Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
-
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch’s Buddhist Spirituality Permeated His Life And Music
Huffington Post highlights the spiritual side of the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s life and how he used the power of meditation in his attempt to defeat the cancer cells that eventually took his life: Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys member who went by the stage name MCA, had long practiced Tibetan Buddhism before his death, which was announced Friday in several news reports. The cause of his death is unclear, but Yauch, who died at age 47, had been battling a ...
-
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Release New Album ‘Here’ on May 29th >>> Sneak Peak Track ‘That’s What’s Up’ Out Now
Just in time for summer road trips comes the new album Here on May 29th from the musical commune that is Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. From the sounds of their sneak peak track That’s What’s Up found below, the songs will be soaked in just as much love and jangling good times as their last album. Check out their recently announced track listing and tour dates below as well. >>> TRACK LISTING 1. Man On Fire 2. That’s ...
-
Evolution For Your Ears >>> Evolver Social Movement Mix Tape Vol 1.
Feel paradigms shift in your ears in the Volume 1 Evolver Social Movement Mix Tape. Neotribal, technoshamanic, trans-urban grooves from, and for, the evolutionaries: a planetary mycelium of explorers, artists, and builders…including Thievery Corporation, Tipper, KiloWatts, Nadis Warriors, Cualli, and more awesome acts. >>>
-
Dubconscious >>> Psychedelia Raggae That Let’s Your Mind Slip Away
Psychedelia raggae infused with dub and international sounds, sounds exactly how you might imagine. Like Bob Marley’s brain after a slow strong toke on a big fatty. Listen to the track ‘Ecclesiastes’ from DubConscious’ latest EP ‘These Days’ and let your mind drift away to that happy place. >>> Listen to the whole album here.
-
Did Ancient Cultures Consider Sacred Sounds When Designing Sacred Structures?
It does not come as a surprise that scientists are now uncovering how acoustics were used in ancient cultures to heighten the sacredness of their spaces used for important ceremonies considering how everything from ceremonial art, dress, architecture, and psychoactive plants ingested were all inspired by their spiritual beliefs and mytholgies. From Incan acoustic filtering galleries to Mayan quetzal bird chirping stairways and all the way to the interference patterned layout of Stonehenge, msnbc.com’s Cosmic Log provides a very interesting glimpse into ...
-
Hip Hop Goes On A Vision Quest >>> New Album Vodka & Ayahuasca From Gangrene
In regards to the name of their new psychedelic underground hip hop album, Vodka & Ayahuasca, Gangrene explains to Hip Hop DX “basically Vodka is your modern day party livener. I think we dug deeper. Me and Oh went on a couple excursions. We were out in the rainforest for a while buggin’ out and we kind of encountered different medical, herbal elixirs. Not your average thing but everyone talking, “Hey we got the loud, we got loud.” But do ...
-
The Acidophiles >>> Forming Elements Of Nature Into Psychedelic Trance Music
Take a listen to the latest works from musical visionaries The Acidophiles who have collided digital and organic worlds by combining elements of electronic music with the four elements of nature earth, fire, air, and water to create four wonderfully psychedelic EP’s. >>> >>> >>> >>>
-
Wander Into The Wonder of Music Of Balam Acab
Nothing says wonder than a sweet baby angel singing and that is just what you will find amidst the witch house liquidy lullabies of Balam Acab’s latest album Wander / Wonder. >>>
-
Tommorowland 2011 >>> Short Film Of One of the Most Insane Festivals in the World
When’s the next train to Tomorrowland?
-
Spectral Sonic Sounds From Holy Other
As you might imagine a mysterious holy being of another dimension would sound like, that is exactly what you will hear from Holy Other. Each song is godlike in it’s pulsating energetic perfection elevating you to a sacred place with every listen. >>>
-
Future Shuttle >>> Sounds Intertwining the Cosmic and The Earthly
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON >>> ALTERED ZONES “When Future Shuttle released their debut EP Water’s Edge in late August, they established themselves as an outfit that makes nu age music for body and spirit alike. Their blend of synth, flute, samplers, and beats elegantly intertwines the cosmic and the earthly. Through sounds that evoke flowing streams, bird and dolphin calls, and the vibrations of ancient rock formations, Jessa Farkas’ voice resonates with striking humanity. It is as commanding as it is sorrowful, bringing ...
-
The Visionary Music Video’s of Gotye
In my explorations of my new obsession Gotye, best known for his song ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ and the cover made by the one-guitar playing quintet that is ‘Walk off the Earth‘, it was wonderful to find that his immense talent and creativity didn’t end there. Here are two of his other videos that really grabbed me for there artistic vision and message just as the painterly ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ video did. The first ‘Eyes ...