Hello ambient explorers!
I've unearthed a quantity of the Environment series of vinyl LPs, all
sealed and minty. The only one not among them is record # four of the
# 1 through #11 that I've found (I do have one copy of number 4, first
come first serve). The first one is titled, "Psychologically Ultimate
Seashore," and #2 is the very interesting "Tintinnabulation," and
says,
"imagine five huge bells tuned to reverberate harmonically with each
other. The unusually soft strikes are computer modelled, in widely
seperated stereo, based on a sophisticated sampling technique." For
those of you familiar with these discs, no explanation is necessary.
For
all others, let it be known that the Environments (TM) series was a
ground-breaking early 1970s experiment from Syntonic Labratories, Inc.
I
quote from their first release, "Psychologically Ultimate Seashore":
"...listening to Environments (TM) recordings puts most people into
Alpha state and keeps them there longer than the use of most
bio-feedback training devices.", and "We have found that our heartbeat
recording does have a special relationship to sex..." The remaining
notes
discuss everything from meditation to headache relief, and altered
perception. Environments recordings were aboard the Explorer! These
records are true artifacts from the ideological era that started it
all,
but they are also still very potent and totally relevant to our
present
ideas of AMBIENCE. Accept no substitutes (of which there are
many).This
is the shit! $8.00 each gets me to drive out to the warehouse where I
found these and send them to you. If you want more than one, the price
will go to $7.00. Buyer pays shipping. $3 US for the first, and a buck
apiece
for the rest. We can figure out foreign shipping. Had a good response
the first time around, not one unsatisfied
customer. E-mail me privately at:
brittonjames@aristotle.net
References available
Charlie James