Citizen Bio
Paul Oakenfold and Michael J McEvoy collaborated on the score for the groundbreaking SHOWTIME® documentary film “Citizen Bio”. A timely documentary exploring the biohacking movement. Delves into biohackers’ controversial methods and rejection of institutionalized science.
Featuring a sophisticated and mesmerizing score composed by three-time Grammy® nominee Paul Oakenfold and Ivor Novello nominee, Michael J McEvoy, the music for feature-length “Citizen Bio” is a hybrid of electronic and orchestral sounds that combine to create an irresistibly dark and atmospheric soundscape.
CITIZEN BIO follows the stories of four of America’s most notorious biohackers and their relationships with Aaron Traywick, a self-proclaimed biohacker whose life took a tragic turn when he was mysteriously found dead at a meditation spa at the age of 28. Following his death, theories began floating around the cause of death and whether it was linked to the potential groundbreaking treatments he was developing – treatments that could have the power to disrupt the highly regulated pharmaceutical market. Currently, some of the biohackers featured in the documentary are working on developing and doing public experimentation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
The basic and controversial idea behind biohacking is that recent advances in gene-editing technology make it possible for people with little to no formal medical or scientific training to perform genetic experiments at home. Biohackers are eschewing institutionalized science – both academic and corporate – in favor of a DIY ethos, using themselves as lab mice to create their own experimental drug therapies and treatments for stubborn diseases. These DIY practices of self-experimentation are being used to develop expeditious, cost-effective breakthrough medical treatments for the public without FDA approval for those who otherwise wouldn’t have access due to strict regulations. Traywick built a biohacking operation on utilizing these DIY practices. He recruited a number of biohackers and volunteers who shared in his belief of self-testing these genetically designed treatments without FDA oversight, blaming the government, and citing Big Pharma for lack of their mass accessibility. Traywick’s operation garnered national attention by self-testing untested treatments under the guise of a cure in front of live audiences, raising ethical concerns, and alerting the attention of regulators.