The Astral Pulse

I've got to go with hearing a live performance of Pacobel's "Canon". Recorded versions still give me the shivers, but a live string performance brings me to some special place I can't describe well. Some parts of some of the songs on "The Miseducation of Lauren Hill" give me shivers, all of Vertical Horizon's do it, bare naked ladies "Live at Red Rock", Alicia Keys, and Jewel's 2nd and 3rd cds all bring me to a neat place if I listen to them with my headphones on. Most of them do it because of the memories and feelings I stored withing them, but there is certain notes in all of them that just spark something, but nothing like that live Canon. Ben

I'd definitely hafta say Tool. Especially their cd "Lateralus." There's actually a way to play the cd out of order and vibrations and energy sensations will be triggered.

I have a friend who gets "high" by listening to music.  He says he lays down on his bed and builds energy...and is subsequently "whooshed" away to wherever he desires.  

Anyway, I think anything that aids in the energy development of the individual can be effectively used for this purpose.  Music is obviously quite effective for many...and probably anyone could use it to build energy if they found the right music and found what works for them to reach the desired effects.

Ya think the Dj would know??? I tink so....

Well I dont think I should name any titles.... But maybe I should get you all into MY music.... Yes, thats right, I make music... And all my songs give me that sensation you are talking about... So.... If you want some of my music, email me at DjMidgetMan@yahoo.com

DjMidgetMan
  "Mind over Matter"

Chrono Trigger is the best game ever. And I agree about the music. :) Almost any Christian Techno is inspiring for me. Which I've always found amusing because I'm Jewish. :)

One of my favorites musicians:

"Kryptonic" can get his stuff off of mp3.com

Also,

chicane - saltwater

Mark



Edited by - kifyre on 06 April 2002  06:30:10

I myself can be energized just listening to my favourite artists such as MR Springsteen, Counting Crows, Enya, Enigma etc., but the #1 artist of them all without any doubt, who both inspires me and energizes me bigtime, is Mother Nature!!  Most preferably "live" out in nature, but I have some "nature sounds" on various CD´s that is great as well...  

   May the force be with you ((Qui-Gon))

- Your focus determines your reality -

Enya, Metallica, Loreena McKennitt, Maire`, Sisters Of Mercy....in general, anything that you love to sing along with, and that resonates with you, is going to be good.  That'll be different for different people.


--Winged Wolf
"I will stare at the sun until its light doesn't blind me, and I will walk into the fire, 'til its heat doesn't burn me, and I will feed the fire...."

G,day music lovers!

This is a subject that is almolst as important to me as OBE,s &
occupies a great deal of my physical life.
5 years ago a friend & I formed a band,wrote some tunes,recorded
them & made a few c-d,s,but only got 1 EP on the market before we
folded in 2000.Our name was "Phoenix" & we played rock,hard rock &
pop sort of tunes,the band members consisting of a lead vocalist,
lead guitarist,me on rhythm guitar & back up vocals,bass & drums.

Well,things didn't turn out well in the end & the c-d cover & name
caused a rift in the band & our drummer moved to England,the lead
guitarist did the bolt & we all just drifted off for a while.
Our singer who is a teacher moved to England for some better pay
& that was it I thought.
Things have turned out better now though than I could ever imagine.
The singer moved back home 3 months ago,his girlfriend bumped into
the lead guitarist in town,he rang me & said do you want to do it
all over again?It took me about 3.57891 milliseconds to say "Hell yeah!".So once again we have a 5 piece band,but this time we have
all grown,got more & better equipment,better quality songs & lots
of recording experience now to be our own producers.

Dj, I wouldn't mind hearing some of your stuff & I'll write to your
email address.I don't think we have any samples on the net anymore,but
we will soon & hopefully a website as well.

I love any music except country,so I will listen to any category
really & have music from classical & meditation music to heavy metal.

Tir13,you are preaching to the converted with me if you are talking
about music & it's benefits to you,I just can't get enough of the
stuff.

Good journeys all

Mobius

I guess what music affects a person is wery personal.
I know a great deal about a music called Ambient, that really
has as its goal to creat different sets of moods, and dig
into the mind.
Anyone interested should check up www.hypnos.com - the finest
ambient store on the net.

There is alot of great ambient for meditation, that basically just
is slow changing drifting soundscapes. There is alot of darker ambient
that really touches the core of your soul too- but I don´t know if
it really raises any energy...

There is s german artist called Klaus Wiese, he dose alot of real
meditative deep stuf with tibetan singing bowles. This stuff is far away from any giddy New Age music- this is the real thing to fall in trance to!

there are sound clips from Klaus Wiese on www.cdnow.com

I am also a musician; I compose and produce electronic music in my home studio. As I'm getting close to finishing my first album, my songs are unpolished and need some work, but here's the URL anyway.

www.mp3.com/bitsmart

I'm starting to incorporate vocal harmonics and other frequency specific stuff like binaural beats. Things are about to get reaaaaal interesting.

bitsmart -
information illumination -
bitsmart@bitsmart.org -

G,day Bitsmart!

Cool bitsmart,I havn't got MP3 software on this computer,so I'll
have to get on my in-laws computer & have a listen.
When you say "electronic music" do you mean a keyboard,sampler or
downloads off the net? or all of the above?
I've got a keyboard (crappy one) & have downloaded different
mixers,samples & drum machines off the net,but I'm not geared up
for any of that stuff at the moment,but next year I hope to get
into that area as well & do my own relaxation music/meditation music.

Good journeys mate

Mobius

Tell me about the Tool cd, I have the cd, and what to hear it the way you were talking about. Did you just programme the tracks in a different order if so please share.

TO LATERALUS897 Hi!
I'm also very interested in how you can 'programme' lateralus... I ve had some interesting experiences lying down and listening to that album...I find I often seem to drift off but not fall asleep and then return somewhere near the end of the 'journey'. ah yeah, I'm a big tool fan never have any recollection of dreams or anything, just a big blank space.

I also love the way when you sit or lie down to an album how often you can hear the same piece of music in a completely different way, i find a similar parralell to looking at the world. and yes while i enjoy strengthing my mind by cocnentrating on keeping it free of thought there's an equal if not greater pleasure in giving it up to the music.

anyway, how do you programme the CD?
smile
steve

Mobius, here's some basic info on my music:

I take samples with a microphone, from my two synthesizers, from the 'Net, and occasionally from a CD. My musical philosophy focuses on consciousness, information/memes, spirituality, color, textures are really important, harmonics, numbers, binaural beats and a slew of other things.

I do all my sequencing on computer software. This debut album just doesn't want to be finished; I keep going back and tweaking songs that at many stages could have been accepted as finished products. Sigh.

bitsmart -
information illumination -
bitsmart@bitsmart.org -

Hey bitsmart!

Sounds like your doing some pretty cool stuff,I hope to do something
similar next year.

Mate I know where your coming from when you say that you keep going back & tweaking things,we are our own worst critique's hey?
We havn't got any computer based recording equipment,just an 8-track
& a 4-track,which gets us up to the mastering stage.
I hope to get Pro-tools next year & get more into digital recording
as most studios we go to uses it now & seems to really speed things
up too.

We stuffed up a bit with our c-d & the original songs got lost in
tweaking too much & striving for perfection,oh well they say that
an experienced person is just someone who has made all the mistakes
& now know what not to do!

Good luck with your music & journeys

Mobius

This is a hell of a forum!  I mentioned this a while ago on another forum and hardly anyone knew what I was talking about.

My recommendations which people should be able to download from http://www.audiogalaxy.com or your favourite MP3 site are:
Goldfrapp - Lovely Head
Goldfrapp - Utopia
DIVA Original Soundtrack - Aria From La Wally (especially at the start)

I have to say I was really surprised how strong the effects of the Goldfrapp tracks were when I initially cranked them up on a good stereo!  Quite a roller-coaster ride...

Also here's an nice one which is especially good if you think you had a past life in 1930s Germany:
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/song.php?&g=26190610

Problem of course with recommending classical tracks is it really depends on the version as to whether you get much in the way of energy effects.  The first one where I really noticed it was listening to the hymn "Jerusalem" with William Blake's words - that's really something when you can find a good version.

BTW I'm not surprised about Tool's tracks as I heard they are quite the occultists.  I guess I should check out some of their stuff.
http://pulse.towerrecords.com/contentStory.asp?contentId=67

Cheers!  

Edited by - SteppenWolf on 10 April 2002  03:49:45

Great thread - I inadvertently began to post on exactly the same topic, then saw this one (doh! I shouldn't be posting when I'm so tired)

I do get greater energy sensations with any music that increases positive emotions. Not really into tranquil "new age", although Enya has some great stuff, but more something with powerful bass or melody. On the slow side, anything by Ennio Morricone (Twin Peaks, The Mission, etc), Enigma, or Enya. For something faster and more visceral, trance is excellent - Gouryella (and the Walhalla mix) by DJ Ferry Corsten is one of the all-time bests. Also DJ Jurgen - Higher and Higher, Sash - With My Own Eyes, Angel Moon - He's all I want, Paul Van Dyk - We are Alive, plus the Warp Brothers for kicks. Just some good tunes for hittin the right emotion and getting that extra rush during NEW.



Edited by - joe on 09 April 2002  14:49:05

Thanks for your suggestions, a lot of the song really get the energy flowing...and I find that my energy will react to the structure of the music in odd ways...^_^  It's funny to observe!

Jason

Nobody has mentioned:
Higher State of Consciousness by Wink!!!!!!
(the originol, not any of the lame mixes, which aren't half as good)
blows my mind!!!!!!!!
Um, Winged Wolf - I knew there was some goth in there somewhere! lol...but Sisters are kinda cool. And metallica.....(drools)
Some songs - hell, lots of songs! - do funny things to my head, in that I think my energies shift match the vibrations of the music, I close my eyes and the music takes over my mind and...everything. The power some music has in it is amazing, which I suppose is one reason I like metal. But music which consistently does it for me, Rancid (currently in love with punk), there is  very cool song called Bruk Out by Rancid and the Buccaneers which I recommend to everyone as because it is so damn cool! I could go on and on and on but will leave it there.....
....I love music.....
(!!!)
btw if anyone out there is planning on going to Glastonbury in England, end of June, I would love to meet some of you guys!


Edited by - inguma on 11 April 2002  03:35:35

Above all others, two songs get me high--very high.
Drops of Jupiter by Train, and Semi-charmed life by Third Eye Blind.
I suppose the song types depend on the individual's taste.

DS

Hmm - I'm just wondering if I am on off on a slightly different tangent.  Perhaps the tracks I mentioned are more for some sort of "astral massage".  When I listen to them I gets tingles all over and often end up with electrified hair if it's really intense.  But I don't know if they're any good for actually helping raise energy.  

I actually have wondered if there is any value to all this tingling or not...  Seems cool but I can't see how it might be useful.

Inguma - took a look at Higher State of Consciousness, not a bad track - a bit Warp Brothers. I just heard Seven Cities (Ambient) by Solar Stone today: really cool track for peaceful and emotive reflection...

Distant bell, I've heard about those Tibetan singing bowls, and I've heard a little sound bite of them once. It'd be so cool to get one of those, because for me at least, a live performance of any sound I like it a million times better than the recorded version.  Ben

For all those who would like to know about "Lateralus," simply program the tracks in this order: 13,6,7,5,8,4,9,3,10,2,11,1,12,13. What it does is it stimulates chakras beginning at the top and working its way down. I'm not sure why, but I know Tool is a very enlightened band, they know a lot more than people give em credit for. It probably has something to do with bass lines and rhythms, maybe even subconscious thought processes... who knows. Get back to me with any results, I'm curious. email: Lateralus897@hotmail.com

Heh, Gouryella, Art of Trance - Madagascar, and Solar Stone - Seven Cities. These three trance tracks are what real trance is all about, a far cry from the off-the-shelf trance that is (unfortunately) all-too-common these days.

We could post for days about music and it's relation to altered states. My advice is just to experiment. Kill the lights, get comfortable, wear headphones, and fall into the music. You won't believe the results you will eventually get.

One example: Pink Floyd, entire albums. Esp. Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, and Atom Heart Mother.

bitsmart -
information illumination -
bitsmart@bitsmart.org -

Bitsmart - got any more... I just listened to Madagascar I'm pretty new to trance but love it. Just can't listen to rnb or pop cr*p any more.

(BTW - saw you're over in St Pete's! I was over in Tampa a little while ago for work - sure miss those hurricane warnings now that I'm back down under )

Hey
I saw a very cool article about a guy named Goa Gil the other day. The biography on his site www.goagil.com says:
"Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe... We are trying to use Trance Music and the Trance Dance Experience to set off a chain reaction in Consciousness... Through the Trance Dance Experience hopefully people will become more sensitive and aware of themselves, their surroundings, the crossroads of humanity, and the needs of the planet... With this Awareness comes Understanding and Compassion... THAT is the need of the hour, and the true Goa State of Mind !!!"

Anyway I am downloading some of his music at the moment which I am sure will be quality - I have grabbed a couple of his recommended songs (see interview at http://goatrance.free.fr/intervws/goagil.htm ) which are gooooooood.
The guy spent ages in India (born there I think) around the 60's meditating and spending time with guru types, and then decided to try and combine yoga and music. He is very shamanistic and his music is suppose to be "Redefining the Ancient Tribal Ritual for the 21st Century"
sounds pretty interesting yes?

Goku22-

Those Tibetan singing bowls are pretty hard to play.. I have tried to
play them in a store once... and well- getting that long dronong clear sound probably takes loads of practice. But they are pretty cool!

It´s abit like playing a pot with a wood spoon- it´s alot like that actually...
so all you need for practice will be in your kitchen


-- Love is the Law - Love under Will --

Hahahah

I have always felt something listening to tool lateralus - and almost nothing else...

I love music - Metallica, Black Sabbath, a lot of good old school metal but it never has any sort of paranormal effect on me... only Tool has done that occassionally.

I will listen to the tracks in that order... theres a few hours of music in there though so it might be the weekend :P


- Ashfo

Music that helps with meditation that i listen to is : Pink Floyd Division Bell , that album has some really good stuff to relax and meditate to . Empyrium ( a Norwegian folk project was medieval black metal) This is a album i use to relax to in the woods its called " Where At Night the Wood Grouse Plays" .Another album that is a powerful religious album to me ( im a Odinist a follower of the old Norse Gods) Is Bathorys " Hammerheart " and The "Twilight of the Gods " these two album are a mix of classical/black metal and viking metal . There just some beautiful ballads on these albums . Also Sarah Brightmans Eden, Deliever me , TIme to say good bye and No one lives forever are extremly enlightening.

Saderin

Most dear is fire to the sons of men,
most sweet the sight of the sun;
good is health if one can but keep it,
and to live a life without shame.
(Odins words from The Havimal , chapter on The wisdom for wanders and the Counsel Of Guests , verse 63)

I enjoy listening to psychedelic, atmospheric and ambient style music when trying to get into different states.  I have some recommendations, but let me first say, that I have strange taste in music.  I would understand if not everyone finds it agreeable.  
The Boredoms::Vision Creation Newsun
I think the band the Boredoms are amazing.  Their last two CDs have been moving from the noise rock, into a very tribal, atmospheric groove.  Julian Cope compared his first listen to this CD with his first OOBE.  I highly recommend this.  I listened to this CD before an intense OBE once and I think it put me in the right mood.  They are a Japanese, psychedelic/noise rock group.  It works for me.  
Brian Eno: Apollo Atmospeheres and Soundtracks
This album was composed as a soundtrack to an outerspace documentary.  The music is largly airy and beatless.  It will put you in a trance very quickly.  Eno is the master of creating rich rooms of sound.  In this one he recreates the feeling of floating through sounds.  Many of you might know one of these tarcks as being on the Trainspotting soundtrack.  I recommend this CD as well as being good for inducing altered states.  

Most music with too many pop hooks or loud lyrics can distract me when trying to "go somewhere".  I also have some cool jazz cds and ambient compilations which help a lot.  
-Usiim

music is interesting- i paticullarly like pink floyd- however a couple weeks ago while doing the OBE techniques with heart racing into my mind pops one of the early pink floyd atmospherics- acid flashback i guess.
anybody have any drumming experiences?
one time about 15 years ago i was drumming with a group of about 30 stoned hippies,with drums and pecussive instuments, and was trying to find the beat and came into a space where i stopped thinking and became one with the beat -it wasn't like i could just drum along but i fell into an intense trance.
music is powerful  
i"ll see you on the dark side of the moon

Hey guys

Yes I must say I've got a soft spot for pink floyd,I've got most of the collection except for "nice pair" & stopped collecting them at "momentary lapse of reason",my favourites were" the wall" "the final cut" "animals" "obscured by clouds",what is on the latest floyd releases? I havn't checked for a while .But yes they seem to get you in a very relaxed mood,love em.

I like Metallica too but mainly the earlier stuff from "kill em all" to "master of puppets",I still like the other stuff but they went on a tangent after cliff died.I learnt how to play most of their songs on guitar,the neighbours love it!

Hey Ralphm,they have a place here in Australia that is still doing group drumming & getting stoned,it's called Nimbin & they do it daily,caught in a time warp down there.hehe

Good journeys

Mobius

pink floyd just released a 2 cd compilation called echoes, which has some of their early spacy stuff besides their later big sellers. Roger Waters just released a live verion, which is good although he is the is the only floyd on it.
just last weekend i was listening to his version of dogs, there was howling noises and ogran swirlings but i was listening to the constant beat of the cymbals and my body started buzzing-quiet in the midst of chaos

I must go & have a look at echoes,as most of my floyd on cd was stolen.Their earlier stuff was so trippy,but apparently they didn't do acid.On the album "pink floyd the works" you would think otherwise after hearing that song "several small animals,grooving together with picks in a cave".They are just an epic band in every way.Dogs,yes that was a good song.They are a band that can just jam well together.

Good journeys

Mobius

If I usually need to be inspired I listen to these songs:

Tommorow Never Knows-Beatles(Second best song written)
Leaves On the Seine-David Lanz(Calming)
Christophori's Dream-David Lanz(Made me want to study piano)
A day in the life-Beatles(Best song ever written)
Aeris Theme-FF7 (I love piano)

Howdy,

 Since tactile imaging is effective for so many, people seem to ignore what strength lies in music.  Since all individuals develop energy differently - visualization, tactile, music, etc...I'm sure there exists other ways to expand and grow energy wise.  Anyway, back to my point - could you guys list the artist and name of either music sountracks, individual songs, etc. that get energy flowing throughout your system.

I cannot express that in any other way, it is a rush of energy, a filling from inside...when you listen to that music.  It creates a deep emotional/energy reaction.  I ask this, because I am trying to expand my taste in music, specifically "energy charged" titles.

Mine include - Chrono Cross/Time Scar, Bach/Air on G, Lord of the Dance (don't laugh)/Celtic Dream, Chrono Trigger/Time Circuits, Delerium/Heaven's Earth, and Enya/The Celts...just off the top of my head.

I look forward to your recommendations!

Cheers!
Jason

PS - www.audiogalaxy.com is an excellent website to find all the songs...^_^