Meditation music tends to be what it says on the tin: music, or generally even simply tones, designed to place the listener right into a meditative state. That is achieved by varied means: binaural beats, solfeggio tones and spoken guided meditations are well-liked codecs on YouTube and different platforms these days, however as such an open format, this most ambient of the ambient types of electronica is, by its nature, additionally probably the most open to the artistic concepts of the sound artists creating them. They don’t should be impartial or have a selected meditative journey, or, on the flip aspect, they are often much more particular than the common guided meditation.
At this crossroads of open and particular, meditation and music and spoken phrase, is the place the brand new sound design mission The Muse Frequency has arrange camp. Utilizing all of the strategies described above with an additional, ultra-intimate twist, their new album Diary of an Artist In Love creates a brand new goal for meditation music: getting private. Impressed by the diaries of well-known erotica author Anaïs Nin, every monitor on Diary of an Artist In Love tells an intimate story and offers the listener focus for his or her journey via love and self-expression. It’s executed in a method, nonetheless, that’s not solely meditative however visceral. The breath patterns, the phrases and the images pained by them are rather more heat and engaged than the common guided meditation. The speaker addresses the listener instantly with directions after which seemingly reacts to the visualization the listener is having so it’s interactive in addition to meditative.
The 5 purely interactive items are spliced with 5 tracks referred to as “Love Is,” that are extra musings on or poetic definitions of the type of love. The tracks transfer seamlessly between each other, making a move of thought and motion that may be listened to in a single massive meditation, however every energetic monitor can be its personal vignette expertise and can be utilized to deal with one side of affection or paired with one of many definitive tracks. There are, in reality, seemingly limitless methods to hearken to and expertise this album, all of which result in a brand new opening to and expertise of affection.
The music, as one may count on, is within the very ambient finish of the beatless meditative world. “Beatless” is a relative time period, nonetheless, because it’s solely beatless as in comparison with EDM or pop tracks. Like many meditative music sampling of the final two or three a long time, the music of Diary of an Artist In Love accommodates binaural beats, a sort of pulse frequency meant to steadiness the hemispheres of the mind by having offset tones go into every ear. Binaural beats are solely scientifically efficient while listening on earbuds of headphones, nevertheless it’s not simply new age hoodoo: numerous scientific research have been revealed on the efficacy of binaural beats in therapeutic mind trauma and lessening the results of cognition points, ADHD, bipolar dysfunction and extra.
Very often, binaural beats are additionally paired with solfeggio tones, that are sure frequencies meant to stimulate completely different nerves and meridians of the physique for nervous system therapeutic. The science shouldn’t be as sturdy on solfeggio tones, however frequencies like 528, 432 and 963Hz well-known in music and regarded among the many most lovely and uplifting tones. The Muse Frequency additionally makes use of a wholesome dose of solfeggio of their work on Diary of an Artist In Love, so the uplifting results might be heard and felt on a deeper degree.
With the sells of music complimenting the intimate vocals, there’s actually no method the listener received’t be swept away into this loving world of this Diary. In the event you’ve ever learn Anaïs Nin, it’s clear that The Muse Frequency’s intent was for the listener to be utterly immersed in these scenes, however with the bonus impact of calming, therapeutic and hopefully attending to a greater place in understanding one’s personal journey in love. That is actually novel strategy within the meditation world however one that’s visceral and will promote deep therapeutic and self-discovery. Apart from that, it’s a dreamy, superbly produced artwork piece that any ambient musician or spoken phrase poet ought to be happy with. Diary of an Artist In Love is, in contrast to many different meditation music choices, a lot greater than what it says on the tin.
Diary of an Artist In Love is out now and might be streamed on Spotify. Quite a lot of the tracks from the album can be discovered on The Muse Frequency’s YouTube web page with gorgeous visualizer movies.
