No one can say the crew of Deepwater have easy lives. I mean, it's bad enough being a clone, growing to maturity in a state of hibernation on a long journey through space. Then to be woken early, forced into immediate action against an attacking alien ship, find you're stuck with flashbacks of someone else's memory, it's all a little more than the average young clone can take. But the absolute worst would have to be functioning in the absence of decent music--until now.
Deepwater Black Inclonation Volume One, released in Canada by Peg Music, features music inspired by the Canadian television series Deepwater Black (seen twice weekly on YTV). Unlike most soundtracks--which highlight music already used in the show or movie--Inclonation Volume One includes songs that might make their way into future episodes of Deepwater Black. It sort of makes sense, in a twisted-time kind of way.
According to Gilles Paquin, Music Coordinator for the television program, the idea of a compilation had been considered for a couple of years--before the series even hit the air. A 30-second music bed evolved into Inclonation and the series music was also used to inspire the selection of groups found on the soundtrack. The only thing left was for Peg Music's Product Manager Arthur Pearson [hey, he wouldn't happen to be related to one Barry Pearson, producer of DWB, would he? =D] to get to work and, in an impressively short amount of time, pull together an impressive line-up.
Paquin sees the resulting soundtrack appealing to two different audiences.
"The immediate fans will probably be the 8-15-year old YTV viewers who are already familiar with the series," Paquin says. But he also feels an older crowd will pick up Inclonation based purely on the music.
A collection of electronica-based tracks, Inclonation ranges from slow and atmospheric ("Fear of Flying" by Bowery Electric and "Euphoria (Firefly)" by Vancouver's Delerium) to somewhat frenetic ("The Heat (The Energy)" by Prodigy). Other highlights include "Bionic Hippie" by Cirrus (which is aptly titled--psychedelic meets electronica), the rap-influenced "No Hooks" by Winnipeg duo Mood Ruff and album-closer "Metal" by Gary Numan, who many consider the Godfather of modern electronic music. While BPM's change throughout the soundtrack, nothing strays too far up the tempo scale, making this collection a pleasure to listen to.
Life in deep space just got a little easier to deal with.
