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Octagon of Dex
Mildy experimental rock group active throughout the 1980's. Known primarily for scoring a number of promising but ill-fated television series, many in collaboration with the writer/director/producer steven-bochco . The group's only commercial release was self-titled, and included their most successful single, also called Octagon of Dex - a song originally composed for the william-gibson spin-off show wintermute . The group's connection to Gibson's novel preceded their work on the series - their name is an appropriation of william-gibson 's term for a pill of amphetamine ¹ . Infighting within the group often led to controversial musical choices, particularly in reference to the frequency, length, and instrument choice of non-vocal solos ² . Although the group never established a mainstream commercial presence, its credit and montage scoring on shows like skynet-syndrome , otherworld , jan-michael-vincent , and my-nepenthe are notable for their compositional depth and [attempts at] high-level musicianship. The group disbanded following repeated attempts to score the opening of an aborted neon-genesis-evangelion American reboot.

¹ In fact, Bochco's initial introduction to the group came through his exhaustive Neuromancer research.

² Culminating in the seemingly endless fretless bass solos throughout the skynet-syndrome score.

Ref: Octagon of Dex: Octagon of Dex .

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