Jonathan Nido

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭?” We grew up with stories of neutrality, diplomacy and humanitarian values. The older we get, the more we watch this naive image turn into a Dorian Gray portrait. We wrote 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 last summer, then recorded it in our studio in La Chaux-de-Fonds with Scott Evans @gse

After finishing the ODD LOVE tour in December 2025, we’re hitting the road again tomorrow. It feels so good to be back! We’ll be playing our new single 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 (you can hear a preview above), a best of setlist, and we’ll have a few surprises along the way. We really can’t wait to see you again. Love 🫶 30.04 – Winterthur (CH) – @kraftfeld_winti 01.05 – Thun (CH) – @cafebarmokkathun 02.05 – Martigny (CH) – @cavesdumanoir 07.05 – Guadalajara (MX) – @907novecientosieteoficial 08.05 – Queretaro (MX) – @backroom.live 09.05 – CDMX (MX) – @foroculturalhilvana 15.05 – Baden (CH) – @royalbaden 16.05 – Brussels (BE) – @obsidiandust_belgium 22.05 – Den Haag (NL) – @sniester 28.05 – Lucerne (CH) – @konzerthaus_schuur 29.05 – Bienne (CH) – @coupole_bnc 30.05 – Basel (CH) – @kasernebasel 04.07 – Belfort (FR) – @eurockeennes

We’re happy to share a new single with you. It’s called 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿. We wanted to make a song that feels urgent and direct, a way to express our empathy for those who are bearing the consequences of an increasingly blatant denial of human rights. It feels like protecting civilians or welcoming those in need has somehow become optional, debatable, negotiable… It’s hard to stay indifferent. So we made a song. — We hope it can, in its own way, help spread a bit of peace and solidarity, to put words and sound to the feelings that are shaking us. 🎥 @valentinlurthy

Tour starts in 14 days 🫶 30.04 – WINTERTHUR (CH) – @kraftfeld_winti 01.05 – THUN (CH) – @cafebarmokkathun 02.05 – MARTIGNY (CH) – @cavesdumanoir 07.05 – GUADALAJARA (MX) – @907novecientosieteoficial 08.05 – QUERETARO (MX) – Backroom 09.05 – CDMX (MX) – @foroculturalhilvana 15.05 – BADEN (CH) – @royalbaden 16.05 – BRUSSELS (BE) – @obsidiandust_belgium 22.05 – DEN HAAG (NL) – @sniester 28.05 – LUCERNE (CH) – @konzerthaus_schuur 29.05 – BIENNE (CH) – @coupole_bnc 30.05 – BASEL (CH) – @kasernebasel 04.07 – BELFORT (FR) – @eurockeennes Tickets available. See you there. ❤️‍🔥

In July 2022, on our way back from Norway and right after the recording of ODD LOVE, we stopped for a few days in Germany in the countryside, at a place called "Die Mühle". There we met our old friend Peter, drummer of HEADS and keyboardist in THE OCEAN. He lives in this place, and refurbished it into a very cool looking and wide sounding studio. We shot live versions of three tracks with our pal @valentinlurthy on camera, thinking it might be a key moment to capture them. You can now discover “Nightshifter” - Die Mühle Live Session - via the link in bio. We're stoked to know what you think of it !?

On passera par Belfort cet été. ❤️‍🔥

We’re announcing a new tour, and we hope we’ll get the chance to see you again. This will be the chance to perform our usual classics, and to rocket test some new tunes. Because yes, it seems that we managed to write a new record in between tours last year. We will tell you more about it, but first thing to do is to rehearse these songs a bit before babyshowering them live in the club with you ! 30.04 - Winterthur (CH) - @kraftfeld_winti 01.05 - Thun (CH) - @cafebarmokkathun 02.05 - Martigny (CH) - @cavesdumanoir 07.05 - Guadalajara (MX) - @907novecientosieteoficial 08.05 - Queretaro (MX) - @backroom.live 09.05 - CDMX (MX) - @gatocalavera 15.05 - Baden (CH) - @royalbaden 22.05 - Den Haag (NL) - @sniester 28.05 - Lucerne (CH) - @konzerthaus_schuur 29.05 - Bienne (CH) - @coupole_bnc 30.05 - Basel (CH) - @kasernebasel TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW ➡️ LINK IN BIO © photo : Jon - @reprievevision

Caught up with my old friend, Coilguns guitarist, and Humus Records founder Jona Nido Damnation Festival last year to talk about his time in The Ocean, touring Mexico, being a weird band, pushing DIY to the limit, their latest album 'Odd Love' and then some. Full episode now streaming everywhere.

La semaine prochaine, on boucle la tournée ODD LOVE avec nos trois dernières dates en France. Venez dire au revoir au set ! 11.12 - @hydrophone.56 , Lorient 12.12 - @leferrailleur , Nantes 13.12 - @ccm_john_lennon , Limoges 📷 Merci à @tschopp.marc pour les photos 🫶

𝐎𝐃𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 ! A few days ago, 𝐎𝐃𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 hit its first year. We’ve still got three shows left to play it before moving on to the next chapter, so we’re making the most of it. In the meantime, here are a few clips from our set at @rockinbourlon , they pretty much show where we’re at with this record and how it’s living on stage right now. The full set is available through the link in bio.

The whole idea of coming to Mexico was just to get out of Europe and see what happens when you play your music on another continent. We had no idea what the crowd would be like. In the end, people showed up with so much energy and love, exactly what we were hoping for. We’re just here to share the music and hope people receive it the way we try to give it. 🫶

This is the last picture I took with my baby Michel on Nov. 14th 2024 before I had to rush him to the hospital the next day where he passed away exactly a year ago. I love this picture because it was taken on one big couch he loved and at the moment, we were full on promoting Coilguns new album that was set to release only a few days later and I was doing all interviews on that couch with Michel on my side. I cried everyday for 6 months straight and still do every now and then. But now these are tears of joy, remembering how such a tiny creature was able to deeply changed me, giving me some extra purpose in life. Yesterday night was also the first one where I was able to spend a full night of sleep with our two new babies Charles and Odette in the bed with us. After a lot of patience and love, socialisation is working and though they are not complete besties yet, they are now tolerating each other. I was lucky enough that @delia.mchr was handling this with so much love and care for all the time I was touring this year. We’ll have a drink for Michel tonight!