Re: Looping Therapy - Mind / Brain Machines

[David Beardsley <xouoxno@virtulink.com>]

rich wrote:
> 
> >I think Aphex Twin, Autechre and others have already tapped the
> >psychoactive effects of beat frequencies, inducing alpha states,
> >etc. This area has already been explored widely by the New Age and
> >Rave crowd.
> 
> I would definitely not turn anybody onto Aphex Twin as some sort of 
>example
> of the 'healing' properties of looping or frequency manipulation, 
>however!
> 
> That guy is seriously messed up, IMO.  He creates the most dense,
> disturbing 'sounds'.  At first, i am intrigued, because i've never heard
> anybody assemble sound quite like it...then the questions start coming
> up..."This isn't right, something's wrong, i am being manipulated 
>here..."

Selected Ambient Works Vol.2 is one to get.
Easily makes my all time top 10 ambient cds list.



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