The Most Relaxing Song In The World, Ever!
Scientists from British Academy of Sound Therapy got together with Marconi Union and formed what they are calling the most relaxing song in the world. Its use of slow melodic pulses and eary build ups really get you sinking into your chair with a feeling of nostalgia you probably only heard before conception. The song features guitar, piano and manipulated field recordings. It is punctuated throughout by low tones that supposedly induce a trance-like state. This propelled the band into the media spotlight and news reports, and was reported in newspapers worldwide. Characteristically, MU declined almost all requests for interviews with the exception of a brief interview with Jarvis Cocker, during which they explicitly stated that they refused to make any claims about the so called therapeutic properties of the track, their interest in the project had been limited to the process of writing it in collaboration with the sound therapy professionals and...