WTF: Lou Reed: "Wind Coda" [MySpace]
Musician and black belt Lou Reed has been into the "healing arts," like Tai Shi and meditation, for a while. But he's traditionally kept those interests separate from his music. Well, that was then.
"Wind Coda", now streaming on Lou's MySpace page, is the first track available from his upcoming album of instrumentals titled Hudson River Wind Meditations. Nevermind that the wind off the Hudson River is nothing to meditate on-- we're just surprised to see Reed finally sharing a label (and presumably, prime real estate at Whole Foods registers) next to Oprah faves Deepak Chopra and Dr. Weil.
Designed as background music for healing bodywork and meditation practice, "Wind Coda" is little more than processed bell tones and white noise, but when played on headphones, we were surprised to find it did seem to have a soothing effect, allowing us to enter into the blissful, healing state of eternal boredom.
Stream: > Lou Reed: "Wind Coda" [MySpace]
[from Hudson River Wind Meditations; due 04/01/07 on Sounds True Records]