John Lennon 'Mind Games (Meditation Mixes)' Set for Streaming and Limited Edition Vinyl Release - Video Preview

Via the official John Lennon site:

Following the exclusive release of 9 re-imagined Meditation Mixes of John Lennon’s classic 1973 peace-and-love anthem, “Mind Games” via the consciousness-expanding photo app, Lumenate, earlier this year, Mind Games – The Meditation Mixes, produced by Sean Ono Lennon, will be released digitally and on vinyl as a limited edition 3LP set on October 11 to celebrate John and Sean’s shared birthday on October 9. The vinyl will be pressed on 3 x 180-gram crystal-clear vinyl and be packaged in a triple gatefold mirror board sleeve.

Side B on LP3 features nine unique 1.8 second mantras that will play continually in the vinyl’s run out grooves to create infinite loops. 

Sean Ono Lennon: You might say meditation is the ultimate mind game. These very abstract interpretations will hopefully assist you in exploring your ‘Innerverse’. I was both thrilled and surprised when UMG said they wanted to make a vinyl edition. This part of the Mind Games project evolved spontaneously and feels like it is sprinkled with just the right amount of good vibes and fairy dust. (Effects may vary).

To create MIND GAMES (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.

MIND GAMES (Meditation Mixes) create their own space while maintaining firm, authentic roots in John Lennon’s original recording of the original song. Each of the nine mixes has been radically altered, slowed down and extended, ranging from 5 to 10 to upwards of 23 minutes, allowing for the musical soundtrack to wash over the listener and provide a relaxing, immersive, deep listening and meditative experience. Four of the tracks are presented as Binaural versions that each focus on different types of brain waves: Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Theta.

Dubbed ‘Mind’, ‘Space’, ‘Spirit’, and ‘Love’, these tracks feature a Binaural Beat, an auditory illusion created within the brain when the left and right ears hear two slightly different frequencies whose difference is perceived as a new frequency which can activate different brain patterns for scientifically proven therapeutic effects. Beta waves occur when thinking, Delta waves are produced when completely relaxed in deep sleep, Gamma waves are associated with high levels of thought and focus, and Theta waves are produced while sleeping or daydreaming.

Track listings and credits:

1 MIND (100Hz Gamma Binaural)

John Lennon: vocals.

Sean Ono Lennon: piano, Roland Jupiter-8.

  

2 MAGIC

John Lennon: slide guitar, Mellotron, vocals.

David Spinozza: electric guitar.

Ken Ascher: organ.

3 SPACE (8Hz Theta Binaural)

John Lennon: slide guitar, Mellotron, vocals.

Ken Ascher: Organ.

  

4 SEED

John Lennon: vocals

Sean Ono Lennon: reverse piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, celeste, electric guitars, slide guitar, Moog, Yamaha CS80.

  

5 YES

John Lennon: vocals.

Sean Ono Lennon: drums, bass, reverse piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Roland Jupiter-8, celeste, electric guitars, slide guitar, Moog, Yamaha CS80.

  

6 SPIRIT (15Hz Beta Binaural)

John Lennon: slide guitar, Mellotron.

David Spinozza: electric guitar.

Ken Ascher: reed organ.

Gordon Edwards: bass.

  

7 LOVE (0.5Hz Delta Binaural)

John Lennon: vocals.

Gordon Edwards: bass.

  

8 SURRENDER

John Lennon: vocals.

Sean Ono Lennon: drums, bass, reverse piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Roland Jupiter-8, celeste, electric guitars, slide guitar, Moog, Yamaha CS80.

  

9 PEACE

John Lennon: Vocals, Mellotron, slide guitar, Clavinet, tambourine, maracas.

Ken Ascher: Organ, reed organ, piano.

David Spinozza: electric guitar.

Gordon Edwards: bass.

Jim Keltner: drums.

  

ADDITIONAL TRACKS (VINYL ONLY) – INFINITE LOOPS

10 MANTRA ONE ∞

Gordon Edwards: bass.

Jim Keltner: drums.

  

11 MANTRA TWO ∞

Gordon Edwards: bass.

  

12 MANTRA THREE ∞

Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley): vocals.

  

13 MANTRA FOUR ∞

David Spinozza: electric guitar.

  

14 MANTRA FIVE ∞

Ken Ascher: organ.

 

15 MANTRA SIX ∞

John Lennon: vocals.

Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley): vocals.

16 MANTRA SEVEN ∞

Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley): vocals.

17 MANTRA EIGHT ∞

Something Different (Christine Wiltshire, Jocelyn Brown, Kathy Mull, Angel Coakley): vocals.

18 MANTRA NINE ∞

John Lennon: vocals.