pola by sea + i

sea + i is the work of two friends who have suffered long term tinnitus in childhood (ian) and adulthood (ben). they started making music in noisy bands at university before switching to deeply quiet drone music and running a label (Home Normal) focused on some element of quietude and calm so as to continue creating together and hiding their gear lust from their respective partners. it was also a nice reason to continue spending time together when living in different continents.

now their respective homes are not that far apart they have to admit to their partners they just like making weird sounds but aren't really that close as friends. yet despite this awkwardness they make music together and feel happy. when the music stops they generally tend to ignore each other as they don't really know the other any more nor how to interact beyond music. to hide the awkwardness they start making music again. and on it goes.

and so, sea + i are a drone duo who make music to cover up their awkwardness at everyone thinking they are close friends when really they aren't. we hope you enjoy the music that comes from our prison of uncomfortablity with each other.

thank you.

Human music by humans for humans.
Maybe for animals as well.

Currently based in Brighton (UK), we were founded in Tokyo (JP) in 2009. We are dedicated to releasing small physical editions of music by a family of talented ambient composers.

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Thank you