I would think you would want something bland if anything at all? I think of Mars Lazar when you talk about meditation. He even had a couple albums specifically for that. http://www.marslasar.com/discography.html Julian On Dec 13, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Nic wrote:

i want to canvass some opinion about which of yello's tracks are best for meditation.

the reason is a friend of mine was listening to touch yello in my car and "takla makan" was playing and she said this would be ideal for meditation.

(there is a lot of new age fairly bland but atmospheric music for this purpose already out there)

so here's the question, which tracks would you choose from the whole of yello's catalogue to put into a 'meditation compilation'? they would have to be instrumental only, slow beats, largely percussion free

i will consider and respond with my own list. perhaps there are some sections of tracks as opposed to whole tracks

Regards, Nic. We are the architects, not the victims of our own destiny

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"...a friend of mine was listening to touch yello in my car and "takla makan" was playing and she said this would be ideal for meditation." It is. :) I did that very thing when I first got Touch. Personally I use Pocket Universe (the entire album) for my meditation/relaxing needs. The transitions are flawless and the build-up to Resistor is "Unbelievable. Oooowwww!". Resistor really launches my mind's eye on a wonderful journey in space. At times it feels like the worm-hole effect they use in Stargate. The vocals, as Dieter has said before, are not a distraction to me, but merely a guide to what direction to take. Like putting a tiny camera on an artist's paintbrush and watching the brush as they paint. I know for most they wouldn't consider PU a meditation album because of the faster beats and vocals, but everyone is different. Hell, I still use Track 7 (AKA Side 2 of the cassette ;) ) of the Vangelis - Chariots of Fire soundtrack to "float around". :) -----Original Message----- From: yello-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:yello-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Nic Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 7:36 AM To: The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful. Subject: [Yello] yello meditation i want to canvass some opinion about which of yello's tracks are best for meditation. the reason is (there is a lot of new age fairly bland but atmospheric music for this purpose already out there) so here's the question, which tracks would you choose from the whole of yello's catalogue to put into a 'meditation compilation'? they would have to be instrumental only, slow beats, largely percussion free i will consider and respond with my own list. perhaps there are some sections of tracks as opposed to whole tracks