Oxis: Marine Electronica Manifested—DIY Songcraft in a Loop-Powered Dream World

Genre-defying, ocean-driven, and built loop by loop—Oxis is the one-woman creative arsenal redefining indie-electronica.

The Subaquatic Origin Story

Some artists are born in studios. Oxis was born in water. Raised in Florida and now based in Los Angeles, she weaves oceanic symbolism, loop station wizardry, and raw emotional honesty into something that feels more ritual than record.

Her seventh album, Oxis 7, released June 2025 via Boom Recordings, is a distillation of her journey: meditative, strange, shimmering with real-time magic.

A Sonic Language of Loops

Armed with a BOSS RC-505mkII Loop Station, a Roland VT-4 voice transformer, and an electric guitar, Oxis crafts songs live—layer by layer, loop by loop. She began this practice in her kitchen, where her track "Long Sardine" was born and quickly went viral, pulling her into the collective indie consciousness.

In her own words: "Everything is very emotionally driven because of the lack of planning in my music. The moment is the song."

That philosophy spills into her performances. She constructs each track as a living sculpture, letting rhythm and breath collide, stretch, dissolve. No two shows sound the same.

Oxis 7: A Deep-Sea Confession

The album isn't a collection of singles. It's a submerged emotional voyage. From the pulsating, wave-like pulse of "Bubblecore" to the fractured lullaby of "Ghost Aquarium," Oxis sculpts songs that blur dream-pop, ambient techno, and glitch-folk.

"I wanted Oxis 7 to feel like a long swim inside yourself. Sometimes warm, sometimes terrifying," she told Interview Magazine. Her metaphors aren't gimmicks. They're code. Songs like "Halocline" (a nod to layers in ocean salinity) and "Anemone Voice" explore isolation and identity through tactile sonic metaphors.

Artifacts of a Personal Tidal Shift

Since her emergence in the underground DIY circuit, Oxis has been prolific. In just two years, she's self-produced and released seven albums, each more conceptually bold than the last.

Her rig may be minimal, but her ideas sprawl. Through pedal textures, EQ cuts, and vocal warping, she paints grief, joy, and rebirth with an analog-meets-digital brush. Her use of the Roland VT-4 isn't just for novelty. It fragments her voice, splinters it into synthetic echo. It's an emotional translation device.

Critics have called her the "Princess of Marine Electronica." It's more than a nickname. It’s an ecosystem. Her entire visual language—from cover art to stage lighting to her handmade merch—is drenched in aquatic lore.

Community-Built, Emotionally Engineered

Oxis's fanbase isn't massive. It's devout. Loop-heads, ambient romantics, gear nerds, and gender nonconforming youth gravitate toward her sincerity. Her Twitch streams often include live-loop improvisation, music therapy Q&As, and the occasional sardine joke.

There's a tenderness in her digital presence. She answers DMs. She shares Ableton project files. She posts breakdowns of how to route vocal delay through loop layers. She's a teacher, a peer, and a weirdo in the best way.

In an era of polished drops and PR-rollout playbooks, Oxis is refreshingly unscripted. Every beat she loops is a conversation.

Why STUDIO814 Is All-In On Oxis

• DIY Methodology as Manifesto: Everything from her gear to her stagecraft is rooted in independent ethos.

• Marine Imagery as Emotional Logic: Her metaphor system isn’t random. It’s a conceptual lattice that shapes how fans listen and feel.

• Live as Studio: No playback. No backing track. She builds songs from breath and instinct.

• Emotional Transparency: She writes with nothing to hide. Joy, grief, and anxiety all get woven into melody.

STUDIO814 Takeaway

Oxis isn’t just making songs. She’s building an emotional environment. Her work is for anyone who’s tried to process feelings through tech, who’s found meaning in repetition, who’s ever imagined their heartbreak floating underwater.

Oxis 7 isn’t a collection. It’s a current. And once you dive in, you won't want to come up for air.

Stream the album. Watch her live-loop a universe. And maybe, just maybe, find your own sonic tide.