Tom Green

Music for MRI Scanners

music for mri scanners
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This music was composed by Tom Green (aka Another Fine Day) in 2001, for ambient playback in the ancillary areas of a new MRI Scanner in The Royal Infirmary, Bristol.

The three twenty minute pieces are designed to induce feelings of calm and security, and are perfect for anyone looking for an ambient accompaniment to yoga, meditation, massage, and similar practices, or simply relaxation.

Complex melodies and rhythms, likely to draw the attention, are absent, replaced by slowly evolving textures and processed fragments of sound from piano, kalimba, and the natural world, gently enhancing the audio environment.

VJ artist John Rixon (aka Amukidi) has created three visual pieces to accompany the music; performances have included the Big Chill's "Late at the Tate" event at Tate Britain in 2006 and at The Lighthouse, Brighton, in 2007. A preview of John's work is shown below on the ebedded video.

Tom has contributed to five albums from seminal ambient pioneers The Orb, as well as achieving critical acclaim for his work as Another Fine Day. The Independent voted the AFD album "Life before Land" No 3 in its 'Greatest Ambient Albums' chart.


Excerpt from "Music for MRI scanners" from John Rixon on Vimeo.
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