ARITRO GHOSH
MUSIC PSYCHEDELIA
Psychedelic music is a very
common favorite nowadays, a very
disproportionate fascination towards
understanding the inner depths of
human life and the reality behind
it. This is so, as psychedelia, to a
great extent is an answer to your
quite a few different things. These
include intimacy and depths of one’s
infatuation towards someone, as well
as solace towards oneself. Psychedelic
music is the genre that stimulates
the mind and causes your thoughts
to emulate effectively. Therefore, one
can count it to have a classification
towards the lines of conventional
and unconventional. Classic Rock
music is one such addition to the
unconventional type, one could say.
Although, the likes of Beatles, Doors,
and David Bowie also go into this
deep mixture, it’s the tone created
by those like Queen and Prince that
pluck out the aura from inside your
bones. If you don’t believe me, you
should try listening to Bohemian
Rhapsody under a beautiful, starry
night. “Hotel California” similarly, is
one such song that if you try listening
to over a drink, it’ll put you in a very
unreal zone for the rest of that night.
It will leave you watching a different
movie while you’re awake. The
dazzling dementia you’re left with is
overcome by letting go and feeling the
tunes weld with your conscience. You
psychologically feel your conscious
and subconscious becoming one as
you the guitar swings and Prince
goes “Purple Rain!”. They all have
different effects. Harder rock treats
your mind like a vessel that needs
filling and internalization, while
softer rock from likes of Tom Jones,
Jerry Lee Lewis, and even Elvis
makes the soul whole by creating
balance. It tries to give you the
trip your superego looking for. different vibe as compared to rock
and in some cases even slow country.
This is as conventional always beats
unconventional any day, if they’re
having a music-off. EDM being the
new craze, opens doors for DJs all
round to experiment and invent
new zones for psychedelic music. If
one particular word had to be used
to describe how EDM contributes
in this field, it is “random”, as it
opens up your brain, maximizes
your thought process to the point,
you’ll find utter randomness.
We are all familiar with trance music,
or electro-music, which is the new
and improved high music. One of our
favorites from the “mix” is the Manali
trance. Trance music, creates a very Jimi Hendrix once said “Excuse me
while I kiss the sky”. Psychedelic
music and it’s poetry makes
your neurons fly that high.
The visual representation along with
the tune also play a very important
part in this as well. Psychedelic songs
have been known create the effect
that it does using mighty visuals both
static as well as dynamic. Some of the
dynamic trance music which have
animated visuals completely have
us in their grasps. The combination
of EDM with artistic and passion-
loaded, 2-D animation takes the
mysticism to the inner depths of
your brain. You’ll see stars fighting,
or mysterious creatures inside
you playing. Many types of stories
are told through the music that’s
used here, even hip-hop. Hip-hop
dance music makes the neurons go
flying, if you’re a dance fanatic.
Many do not fathom how much the
music of the high makes musicians
and dancers alike create newer and
better music. It is essentially the
music that inspires more music. It
also does a lot for dance, through likes
of Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane.
Slow music, unlike fast music
emanates a separate mind over matter
scenario as you see yourself walking
paths with someone in Neverland,
or planting seeds that grow into
healthy crops. It could be anything
that surreal. Just listen to Bob Dylan!
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