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Music for Psychedelic Therapy
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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for British electronic producer Jon Hopkins was inspired by the Tayos Caves of Ecuador.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. musicOMH.com
    Nov 10, 2021
    90
    Music For Psychedelic Therapy is a real accomplishment, otherwordly escapism that’s irresistible for the mind, body and soul.
  2. Exclaim
    Nov 10, 2021
    90
    Music for Psychedelic Therapy is a magical union of nature and creativity, a space where the mind can open, and do so with transportive beauty.
  3. Clash Music
    Nov 23, 2021
    90
    This is Hopkins’ strongest album to date. It is also his bravest. Which is saying something indeed.
  4. Uncut
    Nov 10, 2021
    80
    While its New Age themes may dissuade some, Hopkins affirms his genius for fashioning unparalleled landscapes from sound. [Dec 2021, p.28]
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  5. Under The Radar
    Nov 10, 2021
    75
    Once again, Hopkins invites us to experience the meeting of heaven and earth and be transformed.
  6. Pitchfork
    Nov 18, 2021
    74
    Surprisingly enough, the album’s highlight comes in “Sit Around the Fire,” which was surely Hopkins’ riskiest move. The deeply moving piano-synth track features the late spiritual leader Ram Dass speaking to a congregation in 1975.
  7. Resident Advisor
    Dec 14, 2021
    50
    At its best, the LP touches on the dizzying maximalism that made past records so thrilling. But at other times it treads the same ground as the healing frequency meditation videos that proliferate on YouTube.

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  1. Imigraczech
    Nov 15, 2021
    10
    This album is very deep! I can not explain how this is possible but I literally got a trip from that music. It makes you calm down, find yourThis album is very deep! I can not explain how this is possible but I literally got a trip from that music. It makes you calm down, find your piece and concentrate on yourself. Of course, it's not an album for a tour and there are no hits, but overall it's a very conceptual work by Jon. I was very surprised how he incorporates the sound he did in the last album to this one (Welcome). He creates a story with it. You follow it and you start with Jon this amazing psychedelic therapy. During this trip, you make an inner reflection of the things which happened to you and affected you. You find your emotional calmness and you release the things you wanted to release a long ago, but were scared. This is real therapy. Thank you, Jon!… Expand
  2. Evic21
    Dec 23, 2021
    10
    The album flows with musical flourishes and similarities throughout, which makes it sound like one piece of music than a collection of songs.The album flows with musical flourishes and similarities throughout, which makes it sound like one piece of music than a collection of songs. The meditative electronics mixed with the natural ambience allows the mind to carve its own path through the music all the way to its final track where everything comes together and the journey is understood.… Expand

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