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Indian Ocean

from North Pacific by Mr Diagonal

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited edition of 500 CDs.
    It's a groovy digi-sleeve format, plastic-free, with 12 page booklet with full lyrics.
    Designed by mr Diagonal, with a little help from his kids (who did the beach writing).
    Please note there is no photoshop involved: the cover is a photo of a photo on a photo.
    A final triumph of CD design, just before the format becomes extinct; not so much an object as an artifact.

    The Cd contains an exclusive final 'track' that is not on the download.
    It's not a song but a sound I heard in a dream, woke up, and added to the master.

    Please be careful when you open the CD, there is a slight design flaw. Comes with free elastic band (you'll see why).

    For bulk orders please contact daniel.barbenel@gmail.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of North Pacific via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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    edition of 500 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €15 EUR

     

  • North Pacific desert island disk with folding boat. Inside you'll find a treasure map with a download code for the album, plus a private video link to build your own origami boat. Made from recycled bottles, each piece is handmade and unique. Limited edition of 200.

    Includes unlimited streaming of North Pacific via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days
    edition of 200 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €12 EUR or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €1 EUR  or more

     

about

An old song written in 1990-something just waiting to make an appearance on this album

lyrics

INDIAN OCEAN

Indian Ocean flows in my veins,
flooding my brain with summer rain;
it's a tropical sea with tropical sharks
that bark in the dark...

Before I was born I swam in this sea,
and as a child, falling asleep,
it comes back to me, ancient and wild,
hauling me, calling me, hauling me, calling me...

Older than the South China Sea,
older than the streets of Tartary,
blowing though me like a magic potion,
the Indian Ocean...

Indian Ocean, I'm cold,
lend me your coat!
Coz it's a tropical sea with tropical sands
when I take your hand...

And the Great Red Octopus
will never never never let me pass
until I bend my knee in devotion
to the Indian Ocean...

Indian Ocean goes down the drain,
looses my chains and loses my name,
locked in the past like the great conger eel
feels for the light...

I can't believe I'll find you in America,
I can't believe I'll find you here in Amsterdam;
for we are living in another land,
we are living in another land,
we are living in another land
where the Indian Ocean rules...

credits

from North Pacific, released July 23, 2021
word and music by mr Diagonal

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Mr Diagonal Brussel, Belgium

mr Diagonal (aka Dan Barbenel) is a multi-faceted musician/ songwriter at the frontiers of
pop, cabaret and theatre music.

In true diagonal fashion, he always cuts a dash and declines to cut corners.

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