Re:A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
by tartoran on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @01:54AM
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I'm surprised nobody mentions Brian Eno. He was a pioneer in ambient music and contributed to a lot of other genres. Look him up if you never heard of him.
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Re:A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
by Magufn on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:02PM
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Yes. His first "Ambient" release, "Music for Airports", back in 1978 was designed to induce a calming effect. It is very effective as I can testify since I've been using it for decades now to sleep.
The fact that it doesn't appear on the list by the researches cited in this article suggests a grave oversight.
Music for Airports was also the first in a series by Eno designed to take advantage of his "ambient speaker technigue" wherein you take a third speaker, in addition to the stereo pair, place it behind the listener, and connect it's two terminals to the two + (positive) terminals each channel on your amplifier.
Call it poor man's quadraphonic. It basically sends side information (or any signal not present on the other channel such as an instrument panned all the way to one side) to this third speaker.
It sounds great.
Re:A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
by toomanyrichies on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @09:51PM
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I first heard "Deep Blue Day" on the soundtrack for "Trainspotting", and was immediately a fan. I subsequently heard "Force Marker" on the "Heat" soundtrack and was amazed to discover it was by the same musician. "Music For Airports" is a classic.