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At times I fluctuate between optimism and pessimism which I think suggests realism but who knows? Only the future can tell.

Backing track created using Blocs Wave, with ThumbJam guitar played through Middle Atmosphere guitar amp from AmpKit, and some manual drum kit playing.

In the film Gattaca Jude Law plays Jerome, genetically perfected but an invalid due to an accident. Ethan Hawke plays naturally birthed and genetically defective (with heart problems) Vincent a second class citizen due to his imperfect DNA.

Jerome helps deceive authorities that Vincent is him, allowing Vincent to pursue his dream and travel into space to Saturn's moon Titan.

If you've seen the film, in the end Jerome's sacrifice is complete.

All synths played manually in Logic Pro X.

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I used the main Logic Pro X synth is this track on my track "How Long Do We Have?" which you might also like to listen to:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/how-long-do-we-have

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Image: "Gattaca" by raul2010, Flickr

Tonight a car was driven into a crowd at a junction one block away from my regular tram stop in Melbourne CBD. Such hatred is pointless, as love is greater than hatred.

My heart goes out to all those affected.

I had created the slow clav track when I first heard the news, so the rest of track (cellos, rock guitar, acoustic guitar, bass) quickly turned dark. But that doesn't change my firm belief that Love > Hatred.

21st December 2017.

Image: "Black Square" Malevich (modified by me)

Through a dark pact the Svartálfar sorcerer had learned the power to turn creatures to stone, just like the medusa, the basilisk, and the cockatrice. He used this power to enslave many peoples, and slowly built up his armies.

Some slaves have tried to escape his lands, but magical wards warned the Svartálfar and he uses The Dark Portal to appear in the path of any escapees. He could also return to The Dark Portal from anywhere. There was no escape, only the eternal punishment of stone. It was said that these were living statues...not dead, not dead.

I'll leave the story to your imagination, but you start in Smuggler's Cove on dark and windy night...

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Art: Joseph Vernet's seascape "Tempest", 1730.

This is the final track for my four track E.P. Art Forms Of Life https://soundcloud.com/dacca/sets/art-forms-of-nature inspired by the graphical works of Ernst Haeckel.

Come with me on my (electronic ambient) magic carpet to celebrate my 1,000th track on SoundCloud.

All synths and drum kits played manually.

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Image taken from: "The Flying Carpet" by Ivan Tsarevich, 1880

My third track inspired by Ernst Haeckel's drawings in "Art Forms Of Nature", 1904. I've squared the image here, to make it fit for SoundCloud.

This one comprises three separate Novation LaunchPad tracks each with different effects (bit crusher, phaser, spread stereo) and filters (different noise gates and flanges mainly), on different pans. I hope you like it.

Mostly Japanese instruments available on my iPad, plus some light acoustic guitar touches and round sine synth.

A follow-up to my track Blasoidea https://soundcloud.com/dacca/blastoidea, I hope you like it!

For another track about Trilobites, try:

https://soundcloud.com/dacca/a-trilobite-dreams

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Image modified from "Aspidonia", Ernst Haeckel's "Art Forms of Nature"(1904)