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Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep | 
| Artist: Liquid Mind
Label: Real Music / Chuck Wild Records
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1994
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 6425
UPC: 046286642527
EAN: 0046286642527
ASIN: B000ELJAW4
Release Date: March 14, 2006
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Condition: NEW NEVER OPEN SEALED
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| Tracks:
| • | Night Light | | • | Moment of Grace | | • | Journey to Peace | | • | Breathe in Me | | • | Adagio for Sleep | | • | Touching Calm |
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Music in the Liquid Mind series changes little from one recording to the next--good news for contented fans of the long-running bliss-out series created by keyboardist/composer Chuck Wild. The former Missing Persons keyboardist and studio colleague of famed producer Ken Scott (David Bowie, Supertramp) has evolved into a premier space-music specialist whose relaxing, gentle soundscapes artfully evoke the softer side of the cosmos. His eighth Liquid Mind installment, subtitled Sleep, is a lovely, slo-mo spacewalk through serene, gravity-free realms that consistently yields a sustained sense of well-being and calm. Deserving of a spot at the head table with ambient music's most sophisticated sound designers, Wild creates slowly unfolding, universe-at-rest textures using few of the supplemental sonic dimensions (space winds, angelic voices) often employed by fellow stargazers Jonn Serrie and Jon Jenkins. And he sidesteps the small dramas and mysterious fractals that sometimes add a hint of uncertainty to the otherwise like-minded works of Brian Eno or Harold Budd. Happily, you'll hear no new-agey crystal bowls or plucked harps, either; just a warm, resonant, faintly classical glow skillfully designed for relaxation and peace. Pull up a cloud, lie back, and enjoy. --Terry Wood
Album Description
"Mr. Wild successfully creates a soothing and calming atmosphere which could be an excellent addition to one's nightly sleep regimen." William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D. Director of Sleep Disorders and Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine "The titles of the first seven Liquid Mind albums have honored values important to me on my life's journey. This eighth album honors the need in all of us for a healthy and regenerating rest each night. I hope you'll enjoy my music, and use it in good health." Chuck Wild
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
A SLADED, SLOWER WORLD April 3, 2006
Crabby Apple Mick Lee (INDIANAPOLIS, IN USA)
33 out of 49 found this review helpful
First things first. Whatever its benefits, I can attest that everything in the entire Liquid Mind series makes for terrible "Make-Out" music. Having said that, I don't know how well SLEEP is actually conducive to slumber; but it is very calming music. In that, it is well worth its weight in gold.
For many of us, the rush of everyday life is a little too much. As one gets older, your ability to let go and relax dissipates. Your mind is constantly busy and your blood pressure increases a little bit more with each passing year. Yet even without the benefit of massage, low lighting and scented candles this CD (and all the others in the series) has a soothing effect on your thoughts and typically slows down your breath-making your entire being rested and composed.
Perhaps because I've had them longer, I tend to like the previous albums REFLECTION and SPIRIT better. But that probably it just a matter of taste and/or familiarity.
In any event, I'll let you in on a little secret. While, indeed, a great deal of this music is reminiscent of some passages from the "romantic" symphonic music of the 19th -early 20th century, it more directly borrows from another source.
While in college, I had a small part-time job typing a professor's correspondence. His office was located in one of four small offices within the campus chapel-which was actually a large concert hall with a steeple set on top (the interior was arranged to that an entire symphony could comfortably be set up on its stage). The only suggestion that this hall could serve as a church was a small "mantle" at the back of the stage on which a small cross and two small candles could be set. Anyway, as I typed away in this professor's silent office during the afternoons, one of several advanced music students would came in to practice on the massive pipe organ. Some of the pieces they played resembled nothing more than a pack of small dogs running back and forth across the keys (there are modern organ pieces naturally). But more often they would play the classic organ scores from Bach and Franck along with some of the more traditional austere, "high church" hymns.
Liquid Mind in general reminds me a great deal of this kind of music-particularly when a bunch of "grace" notes are strung together to form a "loop" or lengthy cycle. Others may not like this observation; but it seems to be the natural "effect" musically. Perhaps Chuck Wild himself would reject this observation; but I think it stands up pretty well.
I do not know what people of the East make of Liquid Mind and other "ambient" music. Perhaps they like it and find counterparts within their own traditions. But it must be remembered that much of the music of the West was first written for the purpose of worship; and so it is only natural that there would be some faint, subconscious resonance in it that suggests "rest" to us.
So we come back full circle to a more ancient, slower world more fit for human rhythms. We need this kind of music for its calming effect. No less important it is quite enjoyable. (And, yes, at least for this turkey it does have an at least short-term beneficial effect on my blood pressure.) I cannot recommend this album more highly.
Definitely makes you drowsyzzz zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz April 21, 2007
Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I happened to hear this on XM Radio in the car. Oh my goodness. This is not the thing to be listening to while driving. I happened to have on the Vision (New Age music) channel and this came on in broad noon daylight as I was running some errands. Within minutes, I was as calm as a lake on a windless day and heading for nod-off time. Change the channel..but quick, make a note of the album.
I tried it (safely) at home. It has a warning; do not operate machinery or drive while listening to this cd. It does really work. I put it in the cd player in my alarm clock and put it on low before I went to bed. I think I fell asleep in 4 minutes.
The trick is the slow tempo. The music is almost complete phrases, no discernable tune but also not simply noises that sound spacey.
If you want something effective to calm yourself during yoga, to sleep to or to calm a fussy baby or put down the toddlers, this is it. Zzzzzz
Perfect for napping May 18, 2007
Jmark2001 (Florida)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Some new age music albums get it; some don't. I do not buy new age music to hear third rate melodies (that quickly become annoying), annoying beats and clicks, drumming, chanting, etc. I buy it to help me relax and chill out. Sometimes I use it to filter out noise from outside my home or in my office. Sometimes I use it to help me sleep. Good sleep music should lull - it shouldn't demand attention. It should draw you in enough so that you will stop fretting about your problems at work or at home but not so much that your mind is anticipating a predictable melodic pattern. Liquid Mind has figured out how to do what new age music should do. This album has gently changing tones that ease in and out, cascade, and encircle the listener. Think of it as pleasant white noise. This is definitely sleep inducing. If you feel like youa re sleep deprived but are too wired to nap, put this on your headphones and just listen. You won't be able to focus on any sound in particular - there is enough shifting to keep you from doing that. But you will find yourself being lulled into dreamland. Very good.
Really helps put me to sleep May 6, 2007
J. Chambers (Georgia, United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have no trouble staying asleep, but for years I've struggled to fall asleep. I've used several relaxing CDs, some commercial and some I've put together myself. Most of them helped, but eventually they had less effect, so I changed to another one for a few months. I started using Liquid Mind VIII recently, and it has easily been the most effective sleep CD I've used. Most nights I'm asleep by the fourth or fifth track (15-20 minutes, which is very good for me).
Other than the obvious fact that the music is fairly nondescript and very soothing, I don't know why it works so well, but it does.
Highly recommended if you have problems falling asleep.
 Closer to his earlier Liquid Mind works November 3, 2006
J. Greenhouse
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This isn't bad, it is nice and relaxing. I find that I enjoy LM 8 better than 3-7 of the series. There are hints of the first two LM albums, Amabience Minimus and Slow World throughout the album. That said, I don't think this album flows as well as the first two. For those who enjoy this, I strongly recomend Slow World-still his best work IMO.
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