There Are No Oceans in Ohio

**"There Are No Oceans in Ohio"** is a single by Negative Øhio. It contains 3 versions of the song, with the main one being the Fersk Fesk Mix. The track mixes Gabber production with free-form ukulele improvisation, distorted vocals and many different interludes. It is labeled as genres such as Digital Hardcore, Industrial Metal, Noise and Experimental.

It was released on December 26th, 2018 digitally. The Fersk Fesk Mix and Svart Hav Remix were later also released on the album *Metal Is Girly And Gay (And That's Okay)*.

## Composition

### Fersk Fesk Mix - 4:23

The main version of the song, and what would have been the A-side on a physical release of the single.

The track is built around a digital drum part, with a heavily distorted kick drum. The beat is accompanied by MIDI bass, synths and rhythm guitars to create a heavy and aggressive backbone.

The vocals of the song are performed through a kazoo, with Gigakoops singing the lead vocals and Nightmare Lyre accompanying with harmonies and extra growls. Lyrically the song is about traveling around the world looking for good places to surf; however the lyrics only mention countries and US states that are landlocked.

The lead instrument of the song is a ukulele played through a digital guitar amp. The main riff of the song is a sample of the traditional Eastern Mediterranean folk song "Misirlou", which is best known as a surf rock riff due to the famous surf versions by artists such as Dick Dale & The Del Tones and The Beach Boys. Most of the ukulele track consists of improvised solos however.

The song is composed in a 4/4 rhythm at 230 beats per minute. Throughout the song, there are many different interludes which change genres and styles drastically, including elements of Techno, Hip-Hop, Hawaiian Folk, Black Metal and Harsh Noise. These interludes changes tempo to 140BPM, 105BPM, 360BPM, 260BPM, 40BPM, 150BPM and 300BPM, respectively.

### Svart Hav Remix - 4:09

The Svart Hav Remix is a Noise remix of the song, where the master track is heavily distorted and de-tuned to the point of making all the instruments and vocals almost intelligible. The kick drum is also even louder and more violent in this version.

The interludes are altered as well in different ways, such as being sped up to double speed, glitched out and in general messed with to sound as bizarre as possible. Additional glitching is also present occasionally in the main sections.

### Instrumental - 4:23

This is an instrumental of the Fersk Fesk Mix.

## Lyrics

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[Hook]

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There's no oceans in Ohio
So I'mma go and surf in Idaho
Catch the waves in Arizona
Hang ten in Iowa

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[Interlude 1]

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Then I'll catch a cab to Austria
Where they have the biggest waves
Or is that Switzerland?
Oh well, who gives a shit?
From Slovakia to Moldova
I'm gonna surf 'em all! Fuck yeah!

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[Interlude 2]

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You know
I could really use a good surf in Belarus right now
Serbia, Chad, or even going to...

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[Interlude 3]

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Urghhhhhhh
YAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

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[Interlude 4]

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Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
...Hey (hey?) hey (heeeey!)
Heeeey, hey, hey hey!?
What's going on!?
WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?!?!?

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## Trivia

* A clean version without vocals was released on the April Fool's EP *Unplugged Vol. 1: The Most Grating Hits*.

## References

1. ↑ https://negativeohio.bandcamp.com/album/there-are-no-oceans-in-ohio
2. ↑ https://genius.com/Negative-hio-there-are-no-oceans-in-ohio-fersk-fesk-mix-lyrics
3. ↑ https://genius.com/Negative-hio-there-are-no-oceans-in-ohio-svart-hav-remix-lyrics
4. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Negative-%C3%98hio-There-Are-No-Oceans-In-Ohio/master/1575650