LUCID DREAMS - LUCID DREAMS

1. Lucidity
2. Prelucid Dreams
3. False Awakenings
4. Out-of-the-body Experiences
5. Dream Control & Erotic Personalities
6. Achieving Lucidity
7. Health Warning
8. Nightmares
9. Extrasensory Perception
10. Implications

A 'does-what-it-says-on-the-tin' style album where the self-titled 'Lucid Dreams' LP takes the listeners on a journey to an alternative reality, incorporating sweeping ambient soundscapes, tribal-esque rhythms and spoken word. A beautiful and intriguing audio experience, released by forward-thinking ambient imprint Astral Industries. 

Notes from the label - 

AI-28 arrives as a double-12” reissue of an album titled “Lucid Dreams”. Formerly released in 1996 as a CD on the now defunct UK imprint em:t, the album now becomes available for the first time on vinyl. Produced collaboratively by Chris Allen, David Thompson (both co-founders of em:t), plus label affiliates Tom Smyth and Will Joss, the record features outlier academic and philosopher Celia Green narrating passages of her classic book “Lucid Dreams” (published in 1968), seamlessly embellished with atmospheric soundscapes throughout.

Brooding amorphously on the cusp of the unknown, the music captures the quintessentially mysterious quality of dreams and dreaming. Layer by layer, the listener is submerged deep into the subconscious stream. The record curls and unwinds with bewildering influence whilst exploring key themes of Green’s studies, with topics covering hallucinatory states, apparitions, out of body experiences, and extrasensory perception. The collaborative handling of samples and sound material comes together powerfully to create a piece that is both artistically theatrical in flavour and sumptuously immersive – a true documentary for the ears and imagination.

If you like this, why not check out other releases from Astral Industries, as well as our recent ambient music releases.