galactaron

One snowy night in Minnesota, Earth made first contact with five extraterrestrial beings. Each alien derived from a different planet of origin, and was named for the instrument they played. Collectively, they called themselves Galactaron and befriended Emily Wong, who assumed the role of humanity's ambassador for the duration of their stay. Not long after, Galactaron and Emily fled the planet, presumably in search of somewhere better. ••• This is what they left behind.

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This blog is a fan-made tribute to Galactaron, and aims to compile its art, music, and lore all in one place. You’re welcome to submit your own theories and findings!

All of Galactaron's albums and remixes can be experienced for free online.

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Emily Wong chose a new direction to fly, but no measure of stellar distance can sever her from the past. More than anything now, she seeks a sense of closure, embarking to the core of the Egg-Ship to consult an entity who’s been there since the start.

A cosmic escapist in his own right, Guizer wasn’t always a spaceship; over the course of his eon-spanning existence, he’s assumed as many forms as he has names, including that of the world they’ve just fled. A world he calls Xērosa.

They all seem to possess dual names, for one reason or another: the Egg-Ship, its alien crew, the worlds of the Sanguine System, and even Emily herself. Those names they’ve embraced and forsaken comprise a record long left unplayed—an archive to which Guizer holds the key...

Tonight, he spins a tale from deep within the grooves.

Welcome to the unsung WORLDS OF NOTE

🌈 A cosmic prequel to Galactaron (and Infinity Train). Based on original characters by @oweeeeendennis

🌈 Featuring original art, music, and characters by Separocean and the band Waterlogged.

The Galactarchive:

Galactaron Wiki

Galactarchive

This is a fan-made archive of Galactaron's music. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Owen Dennis.

🌈 Galactaron [FULL STORY] ✨

🌈 Galactaron [FULL STORY] ✨

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INTEREST CHECK!!!

Fan-illustrated comic adaptation of the Galactaron short story Hēi Dòng

"Hēi Dòng" was a short story set after the events of Galactaron's first album, wherein the band encountered a black hole. The story was accompanied by fanmade illustrations and an instrumental single.

Back when Owen Dennis originally wrote this story, the idea was for fans to illustrate it, and I theorize that the story itself was shaped around the ultimate amount of illustrations it received. Only one illustration was ever submitted, that being Sam Bachman's. Over a decade later, the full story of Hēi Dòng has been recovered, and given its length, it would be totally reasonable for a small amount of people to illustrate it in comic form!

This is something I've had the idea to do myself for a while, but I just realized it would be infinitely cooler if it were a collaboration of sorts!

If you'd be interested in doing this, just leave a reply on this post!! The idea would be for the comic to be finalized by January 22nd of next year--the original release date of the story.

If you're tagged here it's because you've drawn Galactaron fanart before!! Obviously there's no pressure to respond; thank you so much for helping keep this band alive🌈🌟

@okapi8 @jadedanshi @r4trave

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I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS REAL

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Explain Infinity

In 2016, Owen Dennis composed the demo of “Running Away,” and subsequently used it in his pitch for Infinity Train. The final version of the track was expanded and elevated by Chrome Canyon. Years later, it was discovered that this rendition of the song matched eerily well to one of Dennis’s older compositions…

Galactaron was a virtual band created by Owen Dennis in the early 2010’s. It followed the story of Emily Wong as she made first contact with five musically-inclined aliens. In their venture to the planet Replicator’s Tide, Emily was separated from her friends by the Replicators—an ocean of nanorobotic, self-replicating dust who didn’t take kindly to humanity. In the song, “Explain Humanity,” the Replicators challenged Emily to do just that, or perish.

Many parts of Galactaron have disappeared over the years—from their website, to their socials, to a short story whose ending remains lost to this day. Likewise, Infinity Train has also vanished—removed from its official platforms; if not for the will of its fans and creator, the show would be doomed to join Galactaron in obscurity.

The story goes that Dennis considered pitching two pilots—one being the nebulous concept that would soon become Infinity Train, and the other being Galactaron, the story and characters he’d built for years. Because Infinity Train was so malleable at the time, he opted to pitch it instead, as Galactaron had so much set in stone; Dennis was more attached to it, and less open to making changes.

I’ve been researching and archiving the remaining fragments of Galactaron since 2021—the year I discovered them, and the year Infinity Train met its premature end. It can be hard to place Galactaron’s definitive “beginning” and “end.” What COUNTS as Galactaron? Is it any song that Dennis composes? Is it any song that Dennis composed within a specific time frame? There exist tracks created for games and short animations that have nothing to do with Galactaron’s lore or universe, but they’re credited to the band nonetheless—the name dually serving as a musical pseudonym for Dennis in general.

I have come to deduce that the cutoff point is here, at “Running Away,” as it marks the shift from Galactaron to Infinity Train. Dennis made the effort to post its demo to a different SoundCloud account entirely—he doesn’t see it as Galactaron, and therefore neither do I.

But that raises the question: out of all of Galactaron’s songs… why does “Explain Humanity” sync almost seamlessly to the anthem of Book 1? Was this intentional on either composer’s part? Chrome Canyon is a Galactaron fan himself, after all, and vice versa.

Years ago, I discovered this uncanny, yet serendipitous connection. Galactaron was obscured to make way for Infinity Train; Infinity Train was erased. Both stories now exist in a strange and liminal space, but they echo each other in more ways than one. “Explain Infinity” is the sound of that echo.

Galactaron’s full musical story:

🌈 Galactaron [FULL STORY] ✨

🌈 Galactaron [FULL STORY] ✨

Galactaron’s Wiki (unfinished):

Galactaron Wiki

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The Galactarchive is complete

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Guitar from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Guitar from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Bass from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Emily Wong from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Singer from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Synthesizer from Galactaron is Autistic!

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Two snapshots of some stuff I’m working on. I’m really happy with how it’s going.

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Still finding new art to this day!

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by patthana_garden

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Finally, after years of Galactaron being streamed on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Youtube, and other websites, I got my first royalty check.

Puttin’ that towards my retirement yo.