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Music for Psychedelic Exploration, and the First ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Album
May 3, 2024
Featuring: Shahar Amit
In this episode, Joe interviews Shahar Amit: psytrance musician who has created what may be the world’s first modular album for psychedelic exploration under his project, Held By Sound.
In this episode, Joe interviews Shahar Amit: psytrance musician who has created what may be the world’s first modular album for psychedelic exploration under his project, Held By Sound.
He talks about his background in the rave and festival scene, the moment he realized he wanted to make music, and the realization that he could create soundscapes specifically for journeys into non-ordinary states. And he digs into the ‘choose your own adventure’ framework of the free album: how he actually recorded 3 different albums and figured out how to transition into different moods based on which direction the listener wants to go – from more still to more expansive, to darker or more bittersweet. He has also created music for DMT trials in the UK, and talks a lot about the potential in extended-state DMT experiences.
He also discusses:
- How he came up with the flow of the album related to phases of the trip
- How much of a catalyst and safe container music can be, with or without a complimentary substance
- How psychedelics in a fun, festival experience with lots of laughter can be extremely beneficial – you don’t need to do them the ‘correct’ way
- Graham Hancock, Donald Hoffman, and the concept of consciousness as the building block of all reality
- Psytrance, classical music, traditional Bwiti music, Lady Gaga, and what music he feels is best for exploration
and more!
Links
Pitchblack Playback: Jon Hopkins’ Music For Psychedelic Therapy
Wikipedia.org: Psychoacoustics
Vice.com: Scientists Developed a Way to Make DMT Trips Last Longer Than Ever
Psychedelics Today: DMTx Psychonaut Training Webinar
Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness, by Graham Hancock
The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes, by Donald D. Hoffman
LSD Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Medicine, by Stanislav Grof, M.D.
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