I’ll admit it. Yogihead gets me hot. It’s described as “Innovative Music for Yoga Practice and Meditation” but this CD gets into my mind and body in a way that “yoga music” typically doesn’t.
The truth is, and I’ve got to be honest here, I tend not to listen to music when I meditate and only occasionally do while practicing yoga, but this is a disk I’m gonna do some vinyas to and encourage you do the same.
Yogihead takes you on a journey. The experience at times is intimately intense; ambient waves softly flowing around, beneath and through you, while other times, it’s a pulsing rhythmic ride. The strings are beautiful and haunting. The syncopated beats offer a mixture of sweet melancholic lullabies, and stormy deep crescendos. Musically, it brought to mind a combination of Brian Eno and Massive Attack with a down tempo yoga infused flair. I’m a musician and I know good music. I also know that when something moves deeply through your body, creating what is beyond a simple listening experience, it’s doing what it’s supposed to. The Yogihead CD offers a trip: at times invoking deep emotion and other times, inspiring some free form movin’ and shakin’. Last night I listened to it for the third time, chilling out on a date with a bottle of wine. There was no meditation or yoga involved but both of us were in agreement:
Yogihead is hot.
So. If you’re a Yogi, meditator, musician or you just like good music, this disk is for you. If you feel like taking a ride, within your mind, on your yoga mat, or into your bedroom, climb aboard the Yogihead train. Toot Toot!
To purchase CD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/yogihead/id350700562?uo=6
