This definitely has something to do with a lucid dream. If there is an element based on a lucid dream, I'm sure he had a lot of fun expanding and developing the percussion patterns. Nah, there's too much percussion, and the mood of the track almost reminds me of his sense of humour. Yeah, I think this was from a lucid dream. I bet he could easily come up with the main tune while fully awake, and there isn't much else to the track.
Maybe this is inspired by feelings and emotions from a lucid dream, rather than actual sounds. The noise of the main melody is very distinct, a recreation of a lucid sound? And it seems rather unconventional to include the light, skittering beats, so it could have also been a part of the dream. This would have been a fucking spooky dream! Or, perhaps, it was a conscious attempt to make a spooky track. He could have came up with this while awake, but on the other hand, it might be based on something he heard in his sleep. Yeah, it's as if he sat there in his lucid dream and asked "what is the most relaxing sound in the world?". So, it's just an ordinary track (from hear on, "ordinary" just means "not lucid dreaming inspired"). Probably included as part of a track that is padded out with conscious musical ideas.Īs we know, this track is actually the ambient backing to an earlier track (which appears on Peel Sessions and 26 Mixes for Cash), which features a lot of percussion and heavy noises typical of Richard making music while fully awake. This has some very distinct, weird sounds that are likely to be inspired by lucid dreaming. Is it any wonder it gave rise to one of the greatest albums ever released?Īnyway, since I have a lot of time on my hands, I thought it would be interesting to try to figure out exactly which tracks were inspired by lucid dreaming, and which weren't.
I'll say this again, it's fucking awesome that there is someone out there who can both lucid dream AND have enough musical knowledge to re-create the music they hear. Lucid Dreaming offers exciting insights and vivid illustrations that will intrigue not only avid dreamworkers but anyone who is interested in consciousness, identity, and the definition of reality.According to an interview I read, about 50% of the tracks on SAWII are, as we know, inspired by music he conjured up while lucid dreaming. Waggoner proposes 5 stages of lucid dreaming and guides readers through them, offering advice for those who have never experienced the lucid dream state and suggestions for how experienced lucid dreamers can advance to a new level. He concluded that while aware in the dream state, one has both a psychological tool and a platform from which to understand dreaming and the larger picture of man's psyche as well. Waggoner came to realize, however, that aware interaction with the Inner Self was not only possible, but actual and highly inspiring. At first this seemed shocking, even impossible, since psychology normally alludes to such theoretical inner aspects as the Subliminal Self, the Center, and the Internal Self-Helper in vague and theoretical ways. He was able to interact consciously with the dream observer-the apparent Inner Self-within the dream. While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and unexpected. In the process, he stumbles upon the Inner Self. Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self is the account of an extraordinarily talented lucid dreamer who goes beyond the boundaries of both psychology and religion.
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