8. Eliane RadigueTrilogie de la Mort
It’s as hardcore drone as you can get. It’s basically just a tone, or a few overlapping tones that she’s made on a massive synth, but it’s incredible how she just very, very subtly changes the tape loops. It worked for me in terms of meditation. I’ve been meditating for many years, and one time I put it on and it certainly made it deeper. It also made me not do the mantra bit, where normally you’ve got some words going around in your head to help centre things, so it felt much more direct as a meditation. It felt like I was in the music, and that was really powerful the first time that happened. It was probably one of the most psychedelic experiences I’ve ever had. Something about the drone gets me just that much. I think Éliane Radigue has a Buddhist influence, so there’s definitely that sensibility in the record although it’s not obvious because it really is just a series of tones. I still use it in meditation, although it’s not for the faint hearted!
