- Digital
Chris Watson
Planet Ocean
Touch
- Cat No: V3390
- Release: 2026-02-06
- updated:
Track List
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1. Chris Watson - Aldeburgh Beach, Suffolk, England
04:03 -
2. Chris Watson - Arnastapi Boulder Beach, Iceland
03:48 -
3. Chris Watson - Berwick Upon Tweed Lighthouse Pier, Creaking Underwater Sea Ladder, England
03:01 -
4. Chris Watson - Blyth Beach, Northumberland, England
04:01 -
5. Chris Watson - Coral Reef, South China Sea
03:07 -
6. Chris Watson - Darwin Bay, Isla Genovesa, Galapagos Islands
03:41 -
7. Chris Watson - Djúpalónssandur Lava Beach, Iceland
04:23 -
8. Chris Watson - Great Courland Bay, Tobago
03:37 -
9. Chris Watson - Ice Beach, Cape Evans, Ross Island, Antarctica
03:40 -
10. Chris Watson - Lindisfarne Island Tidal Causeway, Northumberland, England
03:48 -
11. Chris Watson - Pancake Ice Forming Under the Surface of the Arctic Ocean
04:19 -
12. Chris Watson - Shallow Sand Bar off the Turks & Caicos Islands, Caribbean Sea
03:16 -
13. Chris Watson - Submerged Stony Beach, Orford Ness, Suffolk, England
02:48 -
14. Chris Watson - Turtle Beach, Seligan Island, Borneo
03:59 -
15. Chris Watson - Underwater Kelp Forest, Eynhallow Sound, Orkney Islands, Scotland
02:33 -
16. Chris Watson - Varadero Beach, Cuba
02:56 -
17. Chris Watson - Zuma Beach, California, USA
03:44
24bit/96khz [wav/flac/aiff/alac/mp3]
The photographs that complement 'Planet Ocean' are by circumstance land and water-based. They are intended as a parallel narrative to the sound recordings, deliberately 20 in number so as not to fit with any notion of pairing with a specific location. There is a chemistry between the close-up and the epic vistas together with personal moments at the margins by the water's edge. That seductive and dreadful beauty – are you going in? – "no, it looks freezing!" – but actually the world is melting in front of our eyes.
Wave wash releases negative ions into the air and together with the associated sound they bestow a sense of well-being and stillness when faced by this awesome power. 57 years on from 1969 we need to remind ourselves of the ancient relationship we have with 'Planet Ocean'. A place where we evolved from and which continues to support all life on earth and in the waters all around.
