John Lennon would have been 84 today, and his life and enduring legacy as one of the most influential and successful artists of all time is being celebrated in a variety of ways around the world.
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Some of these celebrations include mindfulness “Meditation Mixes” of his classic song “Mind Games” and the relighting of Yoko Ono Lennon’s Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Several exciting collaborations have also arrived, including with the Swedish-based audio technology company Teenage Engineering, the London-based mobile game company Beatstar, and American musical instrument accessory mainstay D’Addario.
Additionally, special programming is set for SiriusXM’s The Beatles Channel, and there will be a Tim’s Twitter Listening Party of Lennon’s revered 1973 album, Mind Games.
Regarding John Lennon’s 1973 peace-and-love anthem, “Mind Games,” it has been radically reimagined by Sean Ono Lennon (also celebrating his birthday today), for a series of nine “Meditation Mixes” designed to put the listener in a relaxed, meditative state, to help guide one’s mind into deeper states of consciousness.
Mind Games – The Meditation Mixes are available to download and stream today. They will be released on vinyl as a limited edition 3LP set this Friday, October 11 via Capitol/UMe. The LPs are pressed on 180-gram crystal clear vinyl and packaged in a triple gatefold mirror board sleeve.
Side B on LP3 features nine unique 1.8 second mantras that play continually in the vinyl’s run out grooves to create infinite loops.
To create Mind Games – The Meditation Mixes various sound design techniques and processes have been applied to the original 1973 two-inch multitrack recordings, and in some cases have been enhanced with additional instrumentation from Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon. They were mixed and engineered by Sam Gannon with additional recording engineered by Scott Holingsworth.
Each of the nine mixes has been radically altered, slowed down and extended, ranging from five to 10 to upwards of 33 minutes, allowing for the musical soundtrack to wash over the listener and provide a relaxing, immersive, deep listening and meditative experience.
