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Julius Deane

By Disposable Planet on May 31, 2024 7:39 pm


"Julius Deane was one hundred and thirty-five years old, his metabolism assiduously warped by a weekly fortune in serums and hormones.  His primary hedge against aging was a yearly pilgrimage to Tokyo, where genetic surgeons re-set the code of his DNA, a procedure unavailable in Chiba.  Then he'd fly to Hong Kong and order the year's suits and shirts.  Sexless and inhumanly patient, his primary gratification seemed to lie in his devotion to esoteric forms of tailor-worship.  Case had never seen him wear the same suit twice."


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"The Color of Television", Neuromancer-themed album, Track #4 "Julius Deane".

Next up is the appearance of Import-Export dealer Julius Deane, an employer of Case's who is rather old (135 years?!?) and gets his DNA resequenced every year to stay young.   Rumor has it one can even watch his DNA being resequenced in the waveforms on some of the top channels in the beginning of the tune.   He likes to eat his ginger bon bon candies as he works - something represented by the arp bombs that take off into the stratosphere until you can't hear them anymore.

Julius Deane is a seedy dude and so his song reflects the mystery underneath.  Some chopped breaks and unpredictable DNA arps try to keep things interesting atop his driving deep fried bassline and twisty mixolydian melodies.  This is where the album begins to open up to some dissonance and jazziness as these lowlifes begin to make their imprint on the scene.   My favorite part is the third melody towards the end when everything else clears out of the sonic landscape and you hear Julius in his element.

Thanks again for listening!

The full album is here for free licensed under CC Non-Commerical Share Alike with all M8 song bundles included: https://disposableplanet.bandcamp.com/album/the-color-of-television

All character names and quotes from Neuromancer, by William Gibson.

This is entirely unofficial.

Dedicated to my folks, Ralph & Sandra.  RIP & infinite love.

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Excellent grooves here. Pads and bass and breaks definitely fit the scene

This is a lot of fun to listen to 😊

I don't think the resequencing really came through narratively, if it's something important, perhaps it can happen more in isolation outside the drum patterns; but then I don't know what it's supposed to look like, so maybe he's jogging while it happens?
Everything else is very solid though. You can tell this guy is up to some shenanigans.
- Spider

naught101 wrote:

Excellent grooves here. Pads and bass and breaks definitely fit the scene

Thank you naught101!   I’m happy with how it came out

Nik Novo wrote:

This is a lot of fun to listen to 😊

Thanks for the kind words!  And thank you for listening

Devieus wrote:

I don't think the resequencing really came through narratively, if it's something important, perhaps it can happen more in isolation outside the drum patterns; but then I don't know what it's supposed to look like, so maybe he's jogging while it happens?
Everything else is very solid though. You can tell this guy is up to some shenanigans.
- Spider

Shenanigans indeed!   The DNA resetting is very subtle - just an Easter egg in the waveforms really.  It’s the double helixes of DNA strands in the waveforms that dance and then recombine from two into one strand.  I believe it happens on the second channel when those strange high pitched noises are playing in the intro.   Then another DNA double helix comes in below it as the initial melody before the mysterious melody later.    I noticed as I was creating the piece that I was getting somewhat DNA like images in the waveforms so I accentuated them to feature because it fit the characters back story.   But you’re right there’s no way to tell from the music alone.   There are a bunch of subtle Easter eggs in the waveforms for this album from Molly Millions initials to an attempted Pot Leaf in Maelcums track (which came out more like a maple leaf lol).   Thanks for listening spider!

superfun!

emily wrote:

superfun!

Thank you emily!  And thanks for listening

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