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MUSIC AND TRANSCENDENCE - STORY OF A DREAM TEAM...

Music exhilarates  enchants  fires  liberates  calms  comforts  heals. Like hardly any other
medium  it lets us take off into a world beyond time and space. How does that work? What is the
mystery of sound? There are theories  suppositions and hunches from the most diverse fields 
but in no epoch has it been possible to lift the veil definitively.Tenaciously  playfully and
at times ironically  Swiss musician and book author Richard Koechli searches for answers as to
how and why music touches us and  in the sense of transcendence  even takes us beyond
ourselves. What processes are going on there  in the brain and in the soul? How has all this
influenced the history of humanity? Meticulously  Koechli examines explanations from musicology
natural science  psychology  music therapy  sociology  literature  philosophy  mysticism 
spirituality and metaphysics. He passionately quotes legendary stars as they experience the
magic. Worried  he also asks why  since time immemorial  the «drug» of music is often not
enough for us  why we believe we can top the high with some substance or occult practice. Last
but not least  Richard Koechli ends the 200-page book with a fascinating foray through the
history of «Psychedelic Rock»  because it was this music from the hippie era that taught him
how to take off. And in his role as a multiple award-winning blues musician and
singer-songwriter  he complements it all with a very personal album: «Transcendental Blues»
(download link in the book)  a complex musical trip through the ups and downs of being human.
For anyone involved in music in any way. A relevant book because it multiplies respect for the
mystery of sounds. A stirring one  because it takes the love for music to infinity.

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