The Berliners present an unusual live album that is a testimony of strange times: their Phanerozoic concept album performed live in its entirety at a time when no shows were happening anywhere in the world. 3 LPs plus DVD and access to HD video download and streaming.

Phanerozoic I was streamed live from Pier 2, a big hall in the port of Bremen, on March 25, 2021. Phanerozoic II, recorded at "Die Mühle" studio, aired on April 16, 2021 as part of the digital edition of Roadburn Festival, this year abtly named Roadburn Redux. Both shows couldn't have been more different: where the first part boasts with a pompous, mesmerizing lighting production on a big stage, the 2nd part is quite the opposite: intimate, almost cosy, focused on musicianship rather than performance. A stripped down setup in a dark barn, with moody, minimal but not any less efficient lighting.

"We wanted to give people 2 totally different experiences", says band leader Robin Staps. "In Bremen, we had the chance to record a proper Ocean live show, the way people know us. We played facing towards the front of the stage, to an invisible crowd, essentially to a huge empty room, but we knew people were watching, even if we didn't see them. There was the same rush of adrenaline right before going on stage as you get before going on at any big open air festival, maybe with a little extra anxiety added, because knowing that so many people are watching you without being able to see them yourself was super weird."

This release is yet another master class of record packaging from Norwegian artist and long term friend and collaborator, Martin Kvamme: the trifold is made from thick, rough and incredibly fibrous cardboard, adorned with a filigrane copper foil embossing of a bitmapped live fotography from the Bremen event. It contains 3 vinyl records in printed inner sleeves, plus a DVD and a concert ticket with a streaming and HD video download link to both concerts.

I. Palaeozoic
A1. The Cambrian Explosion
A2. Cambrian
A3. Ordovicium
A4. Silurian
B1. Devonian
B2. Carboniferous
B3. Permian

II. Mesozoic
C1. Triassic
D1. Jurassic | Cretaceous

III. Cenozoic
E1. Palaeocene
E2. Eocene
E3. Oligocene
F1. Miocene | Pliocene
F2. Pleistocene
F3. Holocene

I. Palaeozoic
DVD-1. The Cambrian Explosion
DVD-2. Cambrian
DVD-3. Ordovicium
DVD-4. Silurian
DVD-5. Devonian
DVD-6. The Carboniferous
DVD-7. Permian

II. Mesozoic
DVD-8. Triassic
DVD-9. Jurassic | Cretaceous

III. Cenozoic
DVD-10. Palaeocene
DVD-11. Eocene
DVD-12. Oligocene
DVD-13. Miocene | Pliocene
DVD-14. Pleistocene
DVD-15. Holocene