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Trey's favorite trippy music

Sometimes it feels really nice to forget the world and just space out to music. Trippy is the word I use to describe music that is good to space out to. I've found that the best trippy music tends to be psychedelic or electronic. Although techno-electronica works, it takes the right type of electronica to really get into the music. The same applies to psychedelic music. Static and harsh noise usually help add to the experience but only if combined with sound that is already trippy without harsh distortion. Too much distortion also tends to ruin the experience.

The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
The trippiest album I've ever listened to is Zaireeka by The Flaming Lips. This album requires four cds to be played simultaneously. Each cd has it's own unique set of stereo channels. I just listened to the album for the third time today and the experience was better than the last two times. The first time I heard this album I was extremely annoyed by the high-pitched squeeling of static noise during track 6 (How Will We Know). The noise comes from 3 of the 4 cds. When I listened to the album today I really enjoyed this noise. I had the speakers on the floor and I actually lowered my head to the speaker level so I could hear all 4 devices blend clearly. The noise they create when they blend during this track is incredible. The scariest part on this album the last times I listened to it was when all four cds spew out sounds of dogs barking loudly during track 8 (The Big Ol' Bug is the New Baby Now). This time the scariest part seemed to be the buzzing of bees in track 4 (The Machine in India). I had closed my eyes during this part and for some reason I pictured myself on a magic carpet flying through a swarm of bees. Did I mention I need sleep? Track 7 (March of the Rotten Vegetables) has a very trippy drum beat that emits from cd 1 mostly and ends in hissing. Overall, this album is a very interesting experience. I think my favorite song is track 4 (The Machine in India).

John Coltrane - Sun Ship
John Coltrane's Sun Ship album is only 30 minutes long but it is definately worth the 30 minutes. Sun Ship is a purely instrumental free jazz album produced in 1965. The chaotic mix of sound on this album is overwhelming to listen to at times. The music transitions from quiet melodic music to loud harsh music frequently. The first track (Sun Ship) is hyper. The second track seems to be more sad and possibly of a lower pitch than the other tracks. The third track starts off normal and diminishes into chaos. The fourth track (Attaining) is more melodic. The fifth track (Ascent) has more of a traditional jazz beat and is a bit quieter overall.

AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 4
I found this album thanks to a recommendation from Panther. From the little I know of electronic genres I would classify Analogue Bubblebath 4 as ambient. Although all tracks on this album are untitled, there are unofficial names that have been dubbed to each track. The first track (Elephant Song) is my favorite song because it's very easy to trip out to. I think the last track (Knievel) should be listened to as the first track because it sounds like an introduction. Knievel is just 27 seconds of distorted talking that really doesn't belong on the concluding track of an album.

Maurice Ravel - Bolero
Bolero is a fifteen minute long orchestral piece composed by Maurice Ravel during the early twentieth century. The whole piece consists of the same melody repeated over and over in different ways by different instruments and different combinations of instruments. While listening to Bolero it is very easy to space out. The last section of the piece gradually becomes louder as more instruments are introduced. The piece ends in near chaos as every instrument plays simultaneously. Although Bolero is a very simple piece, when played by an orchestra as a whole it sounds very impressive.

The Doors - Celebration of the Lizard
Jim Morrison is known for being constantly high. This song is probably the most "high" of all of The Doors' songs. It's almost 20 minutes long and consists of melodic speaking, singing, and screaming accompanied by chaotic instrumentals. I usually end up listening to this song in Denny's at 3am.