The estate of John Lennon and the musician’s son, Sean Ono Lennon, have announced a new partnership with the meditative app Lumenate.
Lumenate, which is available from app stores on smartphones, is now home to nine different ‘Meditation Mixes’ of Lennon’s classic track ‘Mind Games’, originally released in 1973. The alternate versions of the cherished song have been designed with the ambition of placing listeners in a “relaxed, meditative state, to help guide your mind into deeper states of consciousness.”
Ono Lennon has also played a part in enhancing the recordings by providing additional instrumentation which has been used alongside a number of sound design techniques and processes to create the nine new versions of ‘Mind Games’.
The mixes have all been altered significantly and slowed down, with one lasting a total of 33 minutes, aimed to focus on the brain waves Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Theta.
Ono Lennon said of the collaborative venture: “I’m very happy to be working with Lumenate on this release for Mental Health Awareness Month. I think our Mind Games project is fun, meaningful, and potentially mind-expanding. I have been using the Lumenate app for my own personal meditations since it launched, and have had many profound experiences.”
The musician, who recently joined forces with James McCartney on ‘Primrose Hill‘, continued: “My father was famously into meditation. I remember trying the ‘flicker machine’ he kept in the bedroom, which is what first introduced me to the idea of stroboscopic brain wave induction. I thought it made sense to combine the music of ‘Mind Games’ with the science of Lumenate. I really hope people enjoy the results as much as I have.”
Lumenate was founded in 2021, actor Rosamund Pike is the voice of the application and serves as the company’s creative director. In a statement, co-founder Tom Galea said of ‘Mind Games’: “It’s been such a privilege working with Sean and The Lennon Estate on this exciting collaboration.”
Galea added: “The journeys it takes you on are so deeply relaxing and emotive, providing a uniquely powerful canvas for exploring your mind. I can’t wait for the world to experience it, it’s already had such a meaningful impact on me personally.”
Meanwhile, last week, it was revealed Lennon‘s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which was lost for 50 years, is set to head to auction.
The instrument was used on a litany of recordings by The Beatles during the 1960s but was considered a lost relic until it miraculously recently appeared in an attic, according to Julien’s Auctions. It will be sold at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City next month and is expected to fetch between $600,000 to $800,000.
