THE CELLARIUS UNIVERSE (CX) IS AN ORIGINAL, TRANSMEDIA CYBERPUNK FRANCHISE THAT LEVERAGES BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND USER-GENERATED ASSETS TO CREATE A COLLABORATIVE, FAN-CURATED STORY.
The narrative begins in the near future and will expand through the galaxy in both space and time. Written works, art, and other media will explore the relationship between humans, sentient artificial superintelligence, and the full spectrum in between. In essence, the Cellarius Universe is a future-oriented mythology. It is also a collective storytelling project whose content and contours will be shaped by its community.
CX straddles the familiar cyberpunk themes of a dystopian and troubled future while maintaining a more optimistic outlook on humanity’s destiny and place in the cosmos.
Despite its flaws, the will of humankind to survive and explore is inextinguishable.
Thomas Denman is a composer, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He has contributed music to the Cellarius Universe (an original blockchain transmedia cyberpunk franchise), collaborated with various artists including Tanuja Desai Hidier and Atom Fellows, and served as a powerful guitarist and songwriter for the NYC hard-rock band Atom Strange.
Versatile and imaginative, he is comfortable composing evocative music in a variety of genres, including sci-fi, electronic, hybrid, epic, orchestral, rock and trap.
His latest digital release, Highway Mirage, may be streamed and downloaded from most digital music providers.
On his 3rd solo release, Highway Mirage, NYC-based Thomas Denman steps in front of the microphone for the first time, and finds himself pulled to the West for a wild retro ride through the white-hot desert. Hard-hitting drums collide with careening hotrods, and crunchy, often psychedelic guitars mix it up with dangerous demons, characters and temptations - and the surreal landscape is just as precarious as the intoxicating harmonies.
The tunes were mixed and mastered by Tor Johnson, who notes: “Sound-wise, I went for a hybrid between the drier 70's sound and a big open retro sounding 60's/70's reverb sound - not modern digital reverb. So everything I used was period specific to that era and sound...vintage plate reverbs, spring reverb, tape echo, tape saturation/distortion, vintage-style eq/compressors, etc. I think it fits and blends together nicely.”
Highway Mirage is available from most digital downloading and streaming services, including Spotify, Amazon and iTunes.
1974 / Horizons / Exit / Highway Mirage / Violets
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Collaborations, including Atom Strange, Atom Fellows, and Tanuja Desai Hidier.
Resonance is comprised of concise and moody instrumentals. Lush strings and minimal percussive musings start with a distinctively far eastern flavor, gradually drifting westward by the closing track. Mixed and Mastered by Tor Johnson.
Approaching Storm / Clarity / Waiting for 23 / Stillness / Entre Chien et Loup_Le Retour
Vanishing Point is a collection of edgy textures and sundry flavors, pulsing rhythms and heavy grooves. Mixed and Mastered by Tor Johnson.
Retrograde Motion / Dragonflies / Firestarter / Ghost Town / Intermission / Blue Bells / Believe Me / Time Sweep / Days Past /Think About It / Goodbye
Retrograde Motion, a Zon Pictures Production by Atom Fellows.
It's business as usual for a mysterious "contractor" in New York City. But with a job like this, there's no such thing as an ordinary night. Shot in the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Midtown and the Upper West Side on a Canon 5D Mark II with Canon and Zeiss lens. Edited on Final Cut Pro X. Sound design on Pro Tools 9. Featuring music from “Vanishing Point.”
Rosa music and foley rewrite demonstration.
Secret World music and foley rewrite demonstration.