Ferroflu
Original Release Date: 01/19/5003 (AM 0003)
Science is a curious thing. On one hand, you have intergalactic travel, power sources creatures never would have dreamed of, and advances that would make even the most skeptical of Yurzinbbals becomes true believers. On the other, unfortunately, you have the eggheads of Kokimi Industries Conglomerated. Not satisfied with the current strain of influenza (an infectious disease caused by various deadly viruses), their marketing and research and development teams set out to create the "ultimate flu" capable of causing a massive shift in medical needs (and therefore stock prices). Thus, ferroflu was born. Not only was it resistant to most medicines and interventions, its symptoms could only be abated by a product created and manufactured by, you guessed it, Kokimi Industries Conglomerated. With ferroflu running rampant, ravaging creatures with symptoms such as inverted pelvis, cochlear blindness, mucus mortis, and, of course, spontaneous combustion (that one was especially deadly). Kokimi Industries Conglomerated denied that they had spread the disease, but it was quite obvious when all the aforementioned R&D and marketing teams all met similar fates at their very desks. Ironically, employees were forced to pay out-of-pocket to purchase either the vaccine or the oral chewable which would have easily prevented their combustion. When the security teams finally arrested the Board of Directors for spreading ferroflu, they stumbled upon a peculiar experiment in the company's basement laboratory. A strange, inky substance in a stasis jar suddenly jumped when a tactical officer attempted to scan it with a magnetic detector. When in the presence of the polarizing force, the blob emitted a musical tone that was, according to the arresting officers, "quite pleasant". With the bones of Kokimi Industries Conglomerated sold for scrap, so was the substance. Picked up for mere Space coins, it fell into the hands of amateur musician Hherrold G. Grumb. In his own basement, the Slugnorthian was attempting to build a custom synthesizer, but needed a magnetic substance to be able to pass signals to and from distant antennae to achieve the desired tone. Though the stasis jar was labeled as "extremely magnetic," it was not until he positioned the it in the center of the signal and programmed in a sequence did Hherrold know what he had uncovered. The obsidian blob bounced around the jar joyously, fluttering between arpeggios and shifting keys with ease. Named after the deadly disease, the duo turned a negative into a positive, release Ferroflu in 5003 to benefit those who had lost loved ones to the greed of Kokimi Industries Conglomerated. Highlighted by wonky tones and uplifting melodies, the album struck a chord with those left in the wake of the outbreak. Brighter days would be ahead if we could all just magnify our polarity in the right direction. Ferroflu was not a cure, but a vaccine to prevent the past from repeating. We encourage all Audionauts to taste a few tracks and call us in the morning.
Side A
Fundamental Force
Luck? Or Visibility?
Molten Cure
Surfactant
Side B
Electro
Invisible Aurora
Axis and Control
Side Effect May Vary