User:Theonispks/The O'Neill Illusion

The O'Neill Illusion are a concept band formed in London, UK in Spring 2010. The band is composed of 5 fictitious personas consisting of a male vocalist and four female musicians; KL (vocals), Flik (Guitar), Lexi (Bass), Flo (Drums) and Elisha (Electronics and Dancer). All members assume the surname O'Neill although it is widely accepted that this is not their real name and that none are related. The name O'Neill is believed to have been taken from Professor Leonard O'Neill, a scientist from another reality who first proposed that human consciousness could be transferred between objects.

The band's style draws from a wide range of influences including pop, rock, hip hop and dance, although the band simply describe themselves as pop. KL is the main driving force behind the music, writing and producing most tracks. However, the concept of the band forms a large part of the branding and marketing strategy. The backstory of the band and their origins are driven by an anonymous blogger known only as Theo.

The first 3 tracks to be heard via their Myspace were 'Outta Here', 'Two Worlds' and 'Searching'.

= The Band =

Members
The O'Neill Illusion, or The ONI are made up of 5 people with the aliases KL, Flik, Lexi, Flo and Elisha. The band liked the idea that rather than a stereotypical pop female being backed by male musicians, they would reverse the roles and have a male vocalist backed by an all girl band. This has led to the band describing themselves as a "male fronted girl band". To escape from pop convention even more so, a concept and backstory were developed. With a strong science fiction theme it involves alternate realities, cross-dimensional warfare and the ability to shift consciousness between alternate versions of oneself. We are led to believe the band are members of The Creative Initiative but obviously for their safety they deny publicly all knowledge of anything linked with alternate realities.

The band are keen to escape any accusations of pretention.

First and foremost we are a pop band with pop songs. That is the most important thing. Without music and melody we aren't doing this. Our songs are about life and we hope that people can relate to them. However, there is more to us as a band than meets the eye and we invite people to learn about the world we have created. I love stories and I love being whisked away and imagining I'm on some crazy adventure. I think alot of people do and it's something on which many people bond and I think something that makes us human. However, if people just like the music and want to come and sing and dance and buy the record they can. That's what it's about at the end of the day. But if people want more they can have it. Take as much or as little as you want. - KL

Theo State of Mind
An anonymous blogger known only as Theo, is firmly suspected of being a key player in The Creative Initiative. On his website MindStateControl.org he writes about life in this reality. He also uses imagery and video to spread the message He is also believed to have strong ties with The ONI but as of yet nobody has been able to discover who he or she is or what any connection, if any there is to the band.

= Concept =

The concept of the band was based on new scientific theories put forward that within every black hole lies another universe. The band took this concept one step further and combined previosu thought with these new suggestions. Rather than having a Universe nested inside a black hole instead of a singularity, they put the two together and created the Collectiverse Theory.

The Collectiverse
The Collectiverse is a term that refers to all alternate realities. If one could go beyond the point of the singularity in a black hole, they would find themselves with a metaphorical doorway to all alternate universes. However, as yet technology has not developed in any reality that allows someone to go beyond the singularity. However in many alternate realities, a technology called Mind State Control has been developed which allows for an individual to shift their overriding consciousness into any alternate version of themselves in any reality. This technology developed from the discovery that their is a state of mind known as Complete Consciousness. Left to it's own accord it knows no boundaries and switches between all realities, apparently at random and resides in any version of it's body it chooses. This can be for days at a time or for just miliseconds, some have claimed to be in CC for months. When a mind is not in CC, it is more or less in autopilot and lives life how the person normally would. It has been suggested that the average person in any given reality will only experience Complete Consciousness for 3 months of their life in total, although numbers are hard to gather effectively as in many realities, humans are unaware of it's existance.

MSC technology allows individuals to harness CC and jump between realities and live life as other versions of themselves. From the moment it was publically available, it caused havoc. People were presented with the possibility of only choosing happy endings, of escaping awareness of negativity and taking opportunites that were not otherwise in existance. After several years of ego driven culture where the grass was always believed to be greener, things started to settle down. Nobody has particularly been able to suggest why, but it coincided with the repopulation of many religions. Some have put forward theories that there is only so much positivity a CC mind can take, and that with no counterbalancing force life becomes mundane. That is therefore why the CC has always been so unstable. It moves into a new reality, inspires something positive and then leaves to find another less fulfilled version of it's owner.

As with all great technology, Mind State Control is utilized most effectively by those in a position of power. The greatest fear of the political and religious authorities is that the Mind State technology will cross over into reality known as The Centrative Reality. All other realities are therefore known as The Negative.

The Centrative Reality is the constant. There must always be a constant reality where Complete Consciousness and Mind State Control have not been discovered. It acts as a stabiliser for all alternate universes. Currently, this reality is the Constant. While it is always important to have a constant, it is considered dangerous for one reality to be the constant for too long. The borders of realities are policed by a powerful, political and religious organisation, Tiempol. However, these world leaders have abused MSC for too long and have been corrupted by it's power. The policing of reality borders stops the use of CC within the constant, therefore reducing risk of it's discovery there. The problems of one reality not experiencing any individual CC are that on autopilot, people, science, technology and life itself does and do not develop at the pace it should. This therefore causes problems because it falls to far behind other realities and it's position as a metaphorical 'reset' would be too big a step backwards for society to take. Tiempol however see this as an advantage. They see an undeveloped world as one where they can come in, bring their new technologies and cash in.

This prolonged censorship of the Centrative has got many people across The Negative concerned that the constant which should be a CC refuge would no longer be the safe haven it should be. The resolution should be Tiempol passing over MSC technology to the Centrative and appointing a new constant reality. It has become apparent that this will not happen for financial and business gain. Political campaigning is no longer an option in many realities for fear of safety. So, as has happened in many past times of censorship and corruption, art has taken the initiative and tries to spread the message. This has never proved to be easy as many times the messages fall on deaf ears, and in many cases those responsible suffer mysterious disappearances. The artists who have broken into the Centrative and are trying desperately to bring down the censorship have been labelled The Creative Initiative by Tiempol, who continually track them down. Unfortunately for humanity Tiempol have succeeded in tracking down the initiative many times. In their place however are always more creatives trying to save the world.