Most Relaxing Tune Ever Recorded, Reducing Anxiety by 65%

Marconi Union – Weightless (Radox) HighQuality Audio (most relaxing tune) – YouTube.

I know this isn’t really nootropics related but this song does help with anxiety. I wanted to share a great song that in test subjects , it reduced their anxiety by 65% and supposedly introduces a trace-like state. Personally I’ve used this song on long flights and meditation, it works like a charm.

“It slows your breathing and reduces brain activity to such an extent that Weightless, written by Manchester band Marconi Union, is said to be the ‘most relaxing song ever’.

The eight-minute track is so effective at inducing sleep, motorists have now been warned they should not listen to it whilst driving.

The band worked with sound therapists to get advice on how to make the most effective use of harmonies, rhythms and bass lines. The result on listeners is a slowing of the heart rate, reduced blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.” (Daily Mail, David Gerges)

Marconi Union are a British musical trio Richard Talbot, Jamie Crossley and Duncan Meadows, with strong links to the Manchester based DOTCA arts collective. Their music incorporates elements of electronica, ambient, jazz and dub.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marconi_Union

“According to scientists at the Mindlab institution (a commercial ‘neuromarketing’ company) it induced a 65% reduction in overall anxiety and brought test subjects’ resting pulse rates to 35% of their usual resting rates.” – Wikipedia.

Ref:

1. ^ “Send-you-to-sleep sound”. London: thetelegraph.co.uk. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
2. ^ “Oiça aqui a música “mais relaxante de sempre”” (in portuguese). visao.pt. 20 October 2011.

Hope someone out there enjoys it!