GordoTEK TripTrack 2: Hopkins Playlist for Psilocybin Studies

Merry Christmas!  Sorry, looks like YouTube took this down (for a while it was just blocked in Belgium, France, Canada, and Switzerland due to copyright claims).  But it can be streamed or downloaded from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R8PHVDKn5UR0qxa-kziCCGXNBO7hGdd0

I also put a copy up on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@GordoTEK:1/GTEK-TripTrack-2-Hopkins-Playlist-Audio-Only:f

Downloading is required for offline use or to guarantee no interruptions.  If your device doesn't like the m4a file, try this MP3 version.

The purpose of this soundtrack is to provide music intended to complement and enhance a deep psychedelic experience.  I do recommend a comfortable eye mask that does not touch your eyelashes or lids.

I took some minor liberties in creating this version of the Hopkins playlist but it is a very good representation.  A few of the original selections just didn't resonate in my opinion, but instead of removing them entirely, I moved them to the end as "filler" material that people most likely will never get to.  Also I did not specifically seek out the exact recordings that the Hopkins team used, instead I searched for all available versions (with classical music there are typically dozens of versions out there on YouTube), I then took the time to carefully review and select only the best available renditions of the particular piece (audio quality and subjective ratings being major factors).  I then went through a painstaking process of editing, mixing, and doing sound level adjustments.  In a few cases I got creative and combined different versions of the same song into a single track with overlaid vocals turning solos into duets and making a brand new creation.  I hope you enjoy it!

Please note that I also created this playlist to match the stages of a psilocybin journey, so like the original playlist from Hopkins, the timings of the various pieces are intentional and meant to match the stage of your journey (come up, peak, and come down).  You may be wondering how I did that if I moved some of the original songs to the end?  I compensated for that by choosing longer versions of some songs and adding a few selections as well.  It is also worth pointing out that newer research at Johns Hopkins found that other types of music likely work just as well as the classical pieces as I suggested in my commentary. See:

Set and Setting: A Randomized Study of Different Musical Genres in Supporting Psychedelic Therapy

The original Hopkins playlist came from "Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences" by William A. Richards

I posted the exact playlist from the book here.

Below is my modified version of the playlist which is used in this video, it is not much of a departure from the original:

4:13 Vivaldi, Concerto in G major for 2 Guitars RV 532 2. Andante

7:02 A.Vivaldi-Concerto for Two Guitars, G major -II. Andante

12:07 Concerto in D Major RV. 93, II-Largo, Vivaldi, performed by Eric Larkins

17:16 Vivaldi Violin Concerto In A Minor, Rv 356 Largo

19:44 Paul Horn Mumtaz Mahal

23:00 Paul Horn - Shah Jahan

28:33 Ron Korb - Flute Traveller - alto

30:43 Ron Korb - Beckett's Whisper - Irish flute, flute, violin, cello and piano

36:21 Russill Paul ~ By the Stream (432 Hz)

47:24 King Of Kings Ladysmith Black Mambazo

51:28 Edward Elgar - Nimrod

55:20 O Magnum Mysterium University of Michigan Trombone Studio

1:01:16 O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen

1:07:12 Tchaikovsky-Hymn of the Cherubim - Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

1:14:43 Alleluia... Troparion  Behold the Bridegroom  - Kievan Chant

1:18:38 Henryk Górecki Symphony No. 3 — I. Lento - Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile

1:42:28 Claudie Mackula - Solitude

1:45:29 Don't Let Go ~ Piano & Vocals   Claudie Mackula

1:49:19 Claudie Mackula - Release Me (Beautiful Emotional Vocal)

1:52:30 Claudie Mackula ~ Follow Your Path (Sub Pub Music) Beautiful Vocal & Heavenly Nature

1:53:51 Whispers of Encouragement from Gordo

1:53:56 Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 - 2. Chor  Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras

2:07:00 Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 73 Adagio non troppo by NACO

2:16:46 Brahms Requiem - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen - Berlin Philharmonic. Rattle

2:21:34 Bach B Minor Mass Kyrie Eleison Philippe Herreweghe

2:30:49 Bach Mass in B minor - Kyrie II - Herreweghe

2:34:12 Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

2:41:55 Gloria in D Major, RV 589 I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

2:44:13 Gloria in D Major, RV 589 No. 2, Et in terra pax

2:50:02 Laudate Dominum (Mozart)   boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin (13 years)

mixed with: LVHF 2017 W. A. Mozart - Laudate Dominum, KV 339   Patricia Janečková - soprán

2:54:10 Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 - 2. Adagio

mixed with: Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - II. Adagio

3:03:03 Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo

3:12:22 Elgar Serenade in E minor for String Orchestra, Op.20 - 2. Larghetto

3:18:28 Gabriel Fauré - Requiem  'In Paradisum'

3:22:23 Martin Frost Mozart Clarinet Concerto No 1 KV 622 II Adagio

3:29:08 Arvo Pärt, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

mixed with: Pärt
- Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten - Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic

3:36:44 II. Adagio un poco moto - III. Rondo. Allegro (excerpt) from Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat...

3:40:29 Charles Gounod, Sanctus aus der Cäcilienmesse

3:45:46 Benedictus Charles Gounod

3:48:33 Russian Orthodox Chant  Let my prayer arise.

3:51:00 Halleluja Mantra Meditation - Christian Meditation Hallelujah by Nicole Yazolino & Paramjeet Singh

4:02:21 Wagner  Tristan und Isolde  Prelude and Liebestod   Thielemann Wiener Philharmoniker (excerpt)

4:09:28 Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart) - King's College, Cambridge

4:11:42 Gustav Mahler - Adagietto, Sehr Langsam. Symphony No. 5   Herbert von Karajan

4:23:22 Symphony No. 2, Op. 132,  Mysterious Mountain  I. Andante con moto Seattle Symphony

4:28:56 Canteloube -  Bailero  - Sung by Netania Davrath

4:35:30 Strauss Tod und Verklärung conducted by Christian Thielemann (excerpt)

4:40:18 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - King Of Kings (Live at Montreux 2000)

4:46:41 Karl Jenkins - Adiemus Pure Moods

4:50:34 Albert Ayler - Swing low, sweet chariot

mixed with Swing Low Sweet Chariot   Civil War Songs and Stories   NPT

4:56:40 What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong - with Lyrics

4:58:54 Pink Floyd   David Gilmour   High Hopes (excerpt)

5:04:17 Debussy - Deux Arabesques (Harpe) - Héloïse de Jenlis

5:12:19 The Song of the Butterfly [Hungary 2014] HD

5:29:11 Flying With The Snowman   Walking in The Air

5:33:18 Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel  IZ  Kamakawiwoʻole

5:36:29 Russill Paul - Evening Shadows Fall (Nada Awakening Spirit)

5:59:36 Brahms Flemish Radio Choir Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

06:07:06 Bach 'Come, Sweet Death' ('Komm, süsser Tod') - Stokowski conducts

6:12:55 Bohuslav Matej Cernohorsky - Quare Domine irasceris

6:21:22 Gipsy Kings - Caminando Por La Calle (Mosaique)

6:25:39 The Doors - The End (clean excerpt)

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