I don't remember where on the net I heard about this but I picked it up the
other day and I have to post about it.
the heavenly music corporation: _in a garden of eden_
49 minutes long, on Silent Records (the same ones who put out the
_50 Years of Sunshine_ compilation double CD) [catalog # SR9335]
First of all, heavenly music corp. is the name of a song by Brian Eno
& Robert Fripp off the album No Pussyfooting.
Looking at the sleeve, I noticed: "this cd was created for the space age
lounge, a technomystical chill room in goa, india..." and "please note
that sublingual hypgnosis techniques are used on this cd in order to induce
a theta state in the listener's brain/please do not operate heavy machinery
or drive a motor vehicle while listening to this cd..."
It also credits genesis p-orridge as a "constant source of inspiration"
which means I *had* to hear it. This explains the theta state part.
G.P'O along with William Burroughs are big advocates of inducing the theta
state by using a dream or brain machine as invented by the French surrealist
artist Brion Gysin. It's what you want to achieve with meditation sometimes.
All titles written & mixed by kim cascone. Does anyone know who this is?
1. cloud structure silence (5:07): starts out with a loud rooster call
a la orb. Very ethereal and ambient. Sounds of farm animals thrown in.
2. the quiet mind (4:42): totally spaceous sounding! Try listening to this
one in an altered state of mind!
3. ambient to be here (8:05): a bit more electronic sounding (like a FAX
ambient track) with what I think is the sound of a crackling fire in the
background.
4. dawn chorus (5:25): birds chirpping and trancey electronic ambient bliss
5. beautiful dream (5:01): samples of dolphins, a woman talking about
a dream, someone jumping into a pool, and a beat!
6. in a garden of eden (14:07): the beat kicks in about 5 minutes in and
this track has a more eastern sound to it.
7. reentry (6:59): digeridoo samples & a 303!!! talk about trendy...
In my honest opinion, this is one of the more brilliant pieces of ambient
music I've heard in a long time. Too bad it hasn't come out on vinyl.
I posted to a select few to keep this little jewel were I found it;
underground!
enjoy!
WILL-E