Freaking Awesome Contemplative Music

Cafe Society
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I urge you all to, in any way possible, listen to the following song:

“It’ll Be a Good Day”, by Yes.

Holy freaking crap.

Holy freaking crap.

This was incredible. It immediately made me want to stop everything I was doing and pick up an Epistle or a Buddhist scripture and start reading, learning, awakening.

And I hate contemplative music.

Only, this was really, really good contemplative music.

So I ask you, the Teeming Millions-

What is your Freaking Awesome Contemplative Music? I’d like to compile a CD that I can meditate to. Equipped with a CD walkman, I could finally pursue my dream of becoming a hermit.

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Sigur Ros.

Anything by Sigur Ros, but especially their latest album, which is, apparently, called ( ).

Seriously. Don’t wait. Buy the album.

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Hildegard of Bingen.

Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians.

The Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star.” (Version on Live Dead is nice.)

Brian Eno’s Ambient Music; Music For Airports, Thursday Afternoon.

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Bach - The Art of Fugue
Mozart - Requiem

I’ve found these to be helpful, but if you do this at the office you might also want to take along an AC/DC or Kid Rock CD to snap you out of the contemplative state before you hit rush hour.

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Lanterna.
Scenic.

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Segovia
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
King Crimson

and (this may not fit in here)

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley. Gotta dig those instrumentals

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I am getting into some sacred choral stuff. No idea what the hell any of it means, but its great to listen to. One idea to look into for that sort of thing would be O Magnum Mysterium - Palestrina