Favorite ritual music

[Austin Osman Spare]

Music is the most important thing in the life of the current avatar of ZOS, and he would like to share his favorite pieces of music with you as well as find out your own preferences... There are so many, but i tend to latch on to certain bands or songs for extended periods.

For rituals\inspiration: classics:

Holst: the planets
Wagner: sigfried's funeral march
Orff: carmina burana
Arvo Part: fratres (amazing)

Modern:
Hangedup: kinetic work (ffffin awesome)
Godspeedyoublackemperor: raise your skinny fists to heaven
Radiohead\Thom yorke: "new stuff"
Richard Buckner: the hill

General tastes:
strange ethnic music, medieval music, romantic-era classics, Modern Rock?, Indie, flamenco, "jazzy" jazz, the music I make.

I'm not much of a metal head (unless you count iron maiden), but if I ever get a hold of a "bethlehem" cd again, I'd be playing it.

What are other adepts listening too? lets keep eachother up to speed...

[Zaii]

Norma Jean.

[MythMath]

Most older recordings of music from non-western cultures were
essentially documents, and therefore often revealed types of
details that are frequently absent in "modern" "pop" "productions"...

To me, listening to field recordings of 'World Music'
always felt like looking at old photographs...

A 'realistically accurate' window into another realm...

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But growing up, I listened to what my older sisters had:

Beatles, Stones, Who, Hendrix, Santana, Shankar...

When I started buying my own it was:

Genesis/Gabriel, Yes, King Crim, Brand X, Eno, Talking Heads...

Then I found Cage, Riley, Reich, Glass, Young, Partch, etc...
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Then I started hearing the rest of the planet's
approaches to organizing musical sounds...

Oh, and I dig Radiohead...:rolleyes:

MM

[Austin Osman Spare]

Norma Jean. Yep.. thats metal. I find it enticingly organic though...Does Tool count as "metal" with the "core cores"? I forgot how much I love them. And Nine Inch Nails is big hit with me.

[Anibis]

I very strongly recommend the band 'Godspeed! You Black Emperor'. They are slow, dark, and intense, and are pioneers of the genre known as 'Post Rock'. Heavy on classical instruments, but with a really driving rythm section. For those of you who say the Film "28 Days Later" You will recall the scene in which the hero walks into an empty Picadilly Circus. The really moody, intense, slowly building music is from GYBE's first album; a track called 'East Hasting's Blues'. Here (http://brainwashed.com/godspeed/) is their website; there are some clips under the heading 'music'. Cheers;
-Ibisis-

[Anibis]

Oh wait, there you go AOS, already mentioned them. Ah, we're in good company, I see. Try the album 'F#-A# (infinity)'.
-Ibisis-

[Zaii]

Yep.. thats metal. I find it enticingly organic though...Does Tool count as "metal" with the "core cores"? I forgot how much I love them. And Nine Inch Nails is big hit with me.

I don't know what Tool is up to these days or what you'd classify them as. I wasn't too big on their last album. All their old catalogue sits well with me, as does Lateralus.

Norma Jean....I don't really know what you'd call them. A lot of people try to mimick their sound and don't hit the mark.

Lol....the "cores". Genres are so ridiculous.

[Seipiriz]

I would say :

Wumpscut, Bauhaus, VnV Nation and Flowing tears and withered flowers

However, the music I really find helpful when trying to meditate is Classical music especially Bach, Motzart and Grieg..

[Anibis]

Check out 'Do Make Say Think'. More neat Post-Rock Instrumental stuff.
-Ibisis

[frater luciferi]

im pretty big into sitar musick- ravi shankar and the like. I actually love the soundtrack to the passion too, sometime about the spirit of ancient musick that brings me back :P

[Amur]

Mobb Deep - Extortion
Nas - If I Ruled The World

Though the best Music is the one which comes through unbelievable Reality-Shattering Synchronicity with a glimpse of Eternal Love.

HEhee..

[Αzωת]

For most of my rituals, I use Time Machines by Coil.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/maledoro/Magick/e912498f.gif

[Forest Breath]

I use some Mythos, Loreena McKinnet, Brule' and some Paul Winter

[feranaja]

I use Loreena's Huron Beltane dance, I had an old boyfriend make an extended tape loop and it's very powerful. I have a tape with old old Cocteau Twins that I've been using ritually for twenty years and it's so evocative. Part is phenomenal, I also use some pieces from Gorecki, Resphigi and John Tavener but all these composers are acquired tastes and I think require some experimentation.

I think any number of genres cna work as long as the piece fits the work at hand - I love The Planets, for example but just have strong personal associations with it so it doesn't work for me ritually. And Carmina Burana?? All I see now is The Omen, lol...

fera

[Talkingfox]

Hmmmm depends on the ritual ....
currently the faves are Tabla Beat Science (most all of it) and Peter Gabriel's Passion