Oceanos is concieved as the circumnavigation of the earth as well as a tribute to the sea and its inhabitants, the whales and the dolphins in particular. The journey starts in the Arctic in the company of humpback whales and takes us to the sea of the mediterranean dolphins where Greek, Turkish and Spanish rhythms in ninths illustrate southern European temperament. We travel with strong Trade winds and in the lulls rest on the wide Atlantic where flute-like sounds from the humpback whales rock us peacefully to wake up to the sensual rhythms of the Caribbean. We meet the power of the Pacific in the Mexican folk-tune Zandunga, head south until we hear a nostalgic cello having a dialogue with a humpback whale. Then we sail into the Patagonian archipelago where the condors soar down from the sheer cliffs of the Andes. Among the Caribbean Islands happy people with drums beating in fifths welcome us under the shade of palm trees. In the south China Sea we meet the exotic sounds of the koto with cymbals, bells and