Culture - Ketamusic

[FSOL]

Originally Posted by ThirdEyeFloond

For journeys in the K-realm SWIM swears by mainly two artists, Higher Intelligence Agency and Alpha Wave Movement, both beatiful ambient soundscapes thats perfect for 'K-tunneling'. In particular HIA's two earliest albums 'Colorform' and 'Freefloater' (the title says it all) and their second collaboration with the german ambientwizard Pete Namlook called S.H.A.D.O 2. Also AWM's 'The Edge of Infinity' aswell as their collaboration with Jim Cole, named 'Bislama'. Honest to god this music has to have been written for ketamine, I can not recommend these albums enough, of course headphones are mandatory. SWIM has had so many transcending experiences with these, and they seem to be quite a usefull catalyst to push the ketamine in a 'spiritual' direction (perhaps not the right word as it at times seems to be lacking any humanoid qualities), as SWIM has introduced ketamine to a fair amount of people that have had bulls eye first time experiences, only downside may be a bit of megalomania from being god fullon for at few moments lol. Headphones as nearly always adds a bit to musical experience but HIA uses binaural tecniques too that really mess with your brain frequencies and SWIM have those suspected for playing a role in his period of alien encounters lol though that thought may have been spawned by his rising paranoia at the time, but more about this when SWIM at some point finds the time to get his ketamine chronicles translated for the international crowd.

Thank you so much for this suggestion, i really enjoyed Higher Intelligence Society's albums...a mental trip!

My suggestion are obvious (i havbe 3 experiences with K till now ), two milestones of Ambient Music, both made by Richard David James aka Aphex Twin.
I'm speakign about Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Selected Ambient Works II, both are masterpieces!

[polidelaiko]

SWIM always used low tempo music, the same with salvia, but with K the playlist must be longer...
One CD he used to listen when he started K-holing was Nature Whispers: Lords of the Deep, a 60 minute song filled with sounds of whales, very soothing. Too bad somebody stole it...
Another one he liked very much for the same ocassions was Vangelis - Voices, but starting on track 2.
SWIM likes Infected Mushroom a lot, but listening to Classical Mushroom on K made him feel pain... weird. As if the pain was caused by the fast beats.
Low doses of K go well with every kind of music, and dancing can be fun, like a mix of 1/3 dancing, 1/3 tai-chi and 1/3 Down Syndrome.

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ROFL '1/3 dancing, 1/3 tai-chi and 1/3 Downs syndrome' funny and true :D

[ThirdEyeFloond]

Originally Posted by FSOL

Thank you so much for this suggestion, i really enjoyed Higher Intelligence Society's albums...a mental trip!

My suggestion are obvious (i havbe 3 experiences with K till now ), two milestones of Ambient Music, both made by Richard David James aka Aphex Twin.
I'm speakign about Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Selected Ambient Works II, both are masterpieces!

Oh I'd overlooked this, but glad you liked it For some reason SWIM has never played any RDJ while on K but he could easily imagine his ambient works being suited for the experience.

[enquirewithin]

Originally Posted by FSOL

Thank you so much for this suggestion, i really enjoyed Higher Intelligence Society's albums...a mental trip!

If you like Higher Intelligence Agency, try Nothing by Bobby Bird (who is HIA) and Brian Duffy. It's just ambient noise from samplers, but very interesting if you are in the right mood. There's nothing quite like it, except perhaps Modulate 5.1, some visuals, with similar 'music.'

[rxbandit]

while swims grooving on K he most enjoys some funk... the smooth beats go well with ketamotion.

[salvatoretoon]

Filthy Electro House is the definite best to listen to so i heard

[Conkermon]

Allow happy hardcore, SWIM hate the ridiculous old-skool cheesy tunes. He's partial to UK hardcore though (unless that's what you guys mean), Hixxy, Gammer, Dougal, the pounding basslines with the euphoric synths and clean female vocals. Favourite mixes; Hardcore Heaven 2 (I think it's 2) Brisk CD, Kevin Energy CD is also amazing, not into freeform but that mix is next level. Bonkers 13 as well, the Dougal disk is just ridiculous.

Other than that there's always Hard House (not the really grimey ultra fast Glazby style), Lisa Pin-Up, Amber D, Whitby for a bit of bounce. Or on rare occasions hard trance, notably the Yoji Music For a Harder Generation CD which takes you on a Keta-journey.

[Niteflights]

For line doses SWIM used to put in some deep space music like Giles Reaves "Sea of Glass" or John Serrie "The Stargazer's Journey". These are huge ambient spaces that SWIM found tended to open up the deepest experiences.

Of course Ketamine alters hearing but SWIM can't imagine K without music... SWIM was always surprised by people complaining about high frequency attenuation. SWIMs experience this in certain instances but also K allows one to be drawn into music quite possible deeper than anything but perhaps high dose LSD. Bottom line is any alteration in perception gives an opportunity to perceive different aspects of a work of art that maybe where hidden otherwise.

cheerios!
Andrei

[Geeza]

Swim would recommend Bonobo or Stenchman, if ur into dubstep. Dubstep is MADE for K!
Swim also liked the Converting Vegetarians album by Infected Mushroom when circling the edges of a K-hole.

Swim finds the tune 'Ketto' by Bonobo the most accurate musical representation of a K experience.

[Twiglet]

loud tekno at a free party is best says swim

[FrankenChrist]

Originally Posted by Twiglet

loud tekno at a free party is best says swim

So you're the unconscious guy in front of the speaker wall

[Twiglet]

Originally Posted by FrankenChrist

So you're the unconscious guy in front of the speaker wall

No, the one floating about ,out of his body

[Silentscream]

Must have Ketamine session album, Burial: Untrue.

[Nose Dive]

Has anyone heard of the Broken Spindles? Absolutely love this music. It's electronic/industrial and slightly dark. My Bill has yet to try it with a trip but can't wait to.

[dave-o]

It'd have to be Aphex's Ambient Works 2.
Each track is a different soundscape which when under the influence transform themselves into different universes or states of mind.
Some light and fluffy, others deep and dark, but all perfect for exploring the different realms of your mind.

[polidelaiko]

Originally Posted by Silentscream

Must have Ketamine session album, Burial: Untrue.

Burial is really nice, SWIM likes both albums (Burial and Untrue). Shackleton has some really great tunes too, sounds like oriental dubstep.

[PingoTango]

Originally Posted by polidelaiko

Burial is really nice, SWIM likes both albums (Burial and Untrue). Shackleton has some really great tunes too, sounds like oriental dubstep.

SWIM would like to add Memories of the Future by Kode 9 + The Spaceape to that list.

EDIT: Have you heard the Soundboy Punishments double album by Shackleton & Appleblim? Outstanding stuff, wicked acid-inspired artwork too.

[rxbandit]

Swirx Got to see Bassnectar and Haj at their NYC underground show on ketamine. It was possibly the two best sets swirx has heard on any drug.

[Beltane]

Dead City Radio. Spoken word poetry by William Burroughs at his best.

- B

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Can't give enough rep for that awesome wiki entry, sir. :)

[Dexyfiend]

Dark drum n bass or crazy cut up jungle, dubstep and breakcore all the way

[Lettish]

Hope this is ok to post. Swim just created his ketamusic playlist and put it in his Quicklaunch:

Rank 1 - Airwave
Oceanlab - Satelite (Above and Beyond Mix)
Mario Piu Presents DJ Arabesque - The Vision (Vision 1 Mix)
Filo And Peri Feat. Eric Lumiere - Anthem
Robin S - Show Me Luv
Mark Otten - Mushroom Therapy (Lightscape Rmx)
Andain - Beautiful Things
Tiesto - Adagio For Strings
Mauro Picotto - Lizard (Claxixx Mix)
Three Drives - Greece 2000
DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima
Jean-Jacques Smoothie - 2 People
BeatPushers - Saving Grace
Bob Marley vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining
Brian Eno - An Ending (Leama & Moor mix)
Cara Dillon & 2Divine - Black is the Colour
Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin
Chicane ft. Maire Brennan - Saltwater
CRW - I Feel Love (R.A.F. Zone mix)
Dario G - Sunchyme
Delerium Feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence
Fred Baker Presents Odyssey - Magic Pad
Hybrid - Finished Symphony
Kyau Vs Albert - Falling Anywhere
Orbital - Belfast
Planet Funk - Chase The Sun (Radio Edit)
Probspot - Foreplay
Rico Saerez - TV Dinner
Robert Miles - Children
Signalrunners - Aria Epica
Squarepusher - Drum n Bass 2000
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Super 8 - Cre8
Underworld - Born Slippy Nuxx
Way Out West - The Gift (Original Mix)
50 Cent F. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland - ayo technology-instrumental
Cygnus X - Superstring (Rank 1 remix)
Jurgen Vries - The Opera Song
Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
Daft Punk - Something About Us (Love Theme From Interstella 5555)
Daft Punk - One More Time
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Daft Punk - Veridis Quo
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Daft Punk - Fresh
Daft Punk - Around The World
Daft Punk - High Fidelity
Daft Punk - Burnin'
Faithless - Insomnia
Faithless - God Is A DJ
Faithless - Dont Leave
Faithless - We Come 1
Faithless - Salva Mea
Faithless - Miss U Less See U More
Faithless - I Want More
Hernán Cattáneo - Weekend World - Twister
Hernán Cattáneo - PQM - You Are Sleeping
Arman Van Helden - Flowerz
Quake - Push It
The Maddkatt Courtship - My Fellow Boppers
The Age of Love - The Age of Love
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar '98
Liquid Child - Diving Faces
System F - Out Of The Blue
Mylo - Sunworshipper
Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits
Paul Van Dyk - Connected
Paul Van Dyk - Spellbound
Paul Van Dyk - Buenaventura (rmx)
Pendulum - Plasticworld Feat. Fats & TC
Pendulum - Sounds Of Life Feat. Jasmine Lee
Pendulum - Girl In The Fire
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
Pendulum - Still Grey
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
The Chemical Brothers - Lost In The K-Hole
The Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin
The Chemical Brothers - Under The Influence
The Chemical Brothers - Feat.Noel Gallagher (Oasis) Let Forever Be
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl
04 Matt Darey - From Russia with Love
07 CRW - I Feel Love
19 Solar Stone - Seven Cities
09 Electrique Boutique - Revelation
11 William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings
12 Rising Star - Touch Me
13 Lost Witness - 7 Colours
Here I Am - I Did All My Best

[humdroid]

A dark teal cat, who liked ket said that the only music she liked on during those strange journeys was minimalistic, ethnic music, such as drumming, chanting or digeridoo. Electronica was ok too, she advises, but the more minimal the better, she states.

[Nebiro]

Autechre. Infected Mushrooms. Aphex Twin. Boards of Canada. Sigur Ros.

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Some rep for an Autechre fan. You should check out Gescom and Bola too!

[gallop7080]

anything by the band infected mushroom.

works for any and all drugs.

[BlondieUK]

Swim put all 3 Mazzy Star albums on repeat for the duration of the weekend.. it worked out very nicely.. it's very spaced out, echoey.. driftwood music.. lovely =)