"Novus Ordo Seclorum" genre: Instrumental Rock
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	Subtitled, The Orwellian Overture [the translation from Latin meaning 'new order of the ages'], the production for Novus Ordo Seclorum was necessarily experimental and subject to much trial and error in the course of three months and 56 tracks. Its mood seeks to reflect a serious interpretation of our post 9/11 world and the threat from an increasing Leviathan nanny-state encroachment upon our civil liberties in addition to the obvious external threat of terror. Your papers please!
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	Story Behind the Song I seem to remember writing this as a more serious composition in response to McCartney's '1985' from his 'Band on the Run' album. Although written several years after 'Band on the Run' was released, I quite liked his take on an Orwellian theme. This came to me as a piano track, although I knew that electric guitars would ultimately become a big part of the production...

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