OM - Meditation is the Practice of Death (Live) 2013

Live At Sonic City 2013

[@FriendOfN0ne]

Lichen's brought a whole new element to these shows. I saw them twice, once on acid, and it was fucking mindblowing. I had to sit down during Lichens solo set and at one point I looked back as he layered vocal after vocal until the speakers were near exploding and the entire club was sitting there entranced. Then Al and Emil come out with this incredibly dynamic between them, Lichens complimenting and filling everything perfectly, Al's bass tone the consistency of warm fluid washing over my entire body and consuming me....this is transcendental to see. nobody can leave this show without being stunned. even mate's that never heard of Om before were fucking shook by the perfromance. i cant even listen to the album versions now as they sound so weak compared to the power of them live.

[@Eurynomus666]

Hell yeah man

[@kmk352]

How awesome!!! How lucky u are❤️

[@matthewspringer1369]

Is Lichen the black guy with the synth and vocals? He is sooo good i totally agree he adds so much. Om is good but I wish they would have made him a permanent member.

[@FriendOfN0ne]

@@matthewspringer1369 yeah man. dude is genius

[@PowertipBrushhead]

Can't think of a better occasion to drop acid. Right on.

[@00RV00]

Those drum fills.

[@luciaeberhardt1843]

really!°!!!!

[@giniwelle]

Sound of metal...

[@justinfernandez3894]

they connect amazingly... Emil is a boss at drumming, he uses his crash cymbals perfectly

[@SuperXRooSHSouless]

I'd like to basic drum like that

[@romancastro_]

Shit Multiverse the drumming fits the music, anything more would be out of place.

[@joeortega9003]

OM.. We Mexicans love some OM.. Al, your a Genius..

[@delhidelirium9091]

Shut up ! Mexicans love Nausea with Jesse Pintado and Terrorizer´s ´world downfall` with the latter + Pete Sandoval !

[@Luism-tz2ey]

yep i saw OM in 2018 hipnosis festival

[@jimtownsend8010]

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

[@juan4realz942]

This is the best version. Fucking, that bass riff he plays is so nasty

[@PietroLorenzoPavan]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1582 ) «Cicero says, that to ‘study philosophy is nothing but to prepare oneself to die’. The reason of which is, because study and contemplation do in some sort withdraw from us our soul, and employ it separately from the body, which is a kind of apprenticeship and a resemblance of death; or else, because all the wisdom and reasoning in the world do in the end conclude this point to teach us not to fear to die. Where death waits for us is uncertain; let us look for her everywhere: the premeditation of death is the premeditation of liberty. He who has learned to die has unlearned to serve. There is nothing evil in life for him who rightly comprehends that the privation of live is no evil. To know how to die, delivers us from all subjection and constraint» Essays, 1580

[@albertolobelle]

Really wise words. Thanks for sharing!

[@ANUNNA_TEMPLE]

LYRICS: The paranayamic ground litmus. Ascetic brace the will ascend. Converge onto the death ground - Advance the Rinpoche. Negates now illusorics - ascendant to the cleric school. Stands upon ground of flight and claim's freedom. Destroyer of the ghost void. Hail vespers - shield from the deponsphere. Effulgent recitation - white light ambassador. O John the Baptist - triumphant beam release. Groundates the hermitage - the last ascent and freed. Travel on now Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Weeps into purified - the Self is not a void. Rounds upon Golgothic screen. Adhan fard salah - grant that I have seen. Walk on O sadhak. Melkezedek.

[@scipioafricanus1346]

We want a new album!!!

[@Drumworshipper]

Pure awesomeness. Emil is such a great drummer too

[@UDT116]

Embrace this moment

[@ThirdEyePried]

+UDT116 Remeber. We are eternal.

[@UDT116]

+Steven Moore Fuck yeah

[@shiqaqa]

All this pain is an illusion.

[@juan4realz942]

Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing

[@1harky01]

Нектар для ушей. Бас и барабаны - все, что нужно для крутого бэнда)

[@xstrongerxthanxdeath81]

TE AMO CISNEROS, TE AMOOO!!!!

[@OniiFernandez]

sabes cual es el canar oficial de esta banda?

[@cosmicdancer6169]

OM I love you

[@lautarohendrix367]

Travel on now Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

[@houba1263]

7:00 till the end taking me to another dimension

[@scooter12e]

Holy shit that beard

[@virtual_balboa]

I love that this comment is 2 years old because if you see Al's beard now....

[@MUSIQUEROS01]

what a great song title !!!!!!

[@Frostliche]

Great sound

[@andisetiawan246]

king of the king ilution OM 👌

[@xstrongerxthanxdeath81]

INCREIBLE!!!! ESTOY ENAMORADA DE ESE BAJO Y DEL QUE LO TOCA ♥.♥

[@lautarohendrix367]

todos estamos enamorados de Al (?

[@xstrongerxthanxdeath81]

Lautaro Hendrix JAAJJAAJ cómo no estarlo, si le hace el amor a ese bajo!

[@luciaeberhardt1843]

seee jajajaja

[@heinzblassen4446]

Someone sell me a snare that sounds exactly like his

[@juan4realz942]

That base lick always gets me man.....

[@FocusReborn44]

This song is delicious.

[@CELERYLAWN]

If they had a genre it would be defined

[@anttam117]

God damn, what a sweet bass line!

[@PatrickWBoyerJr]

The gentleman on guitar at 4:02. HAUNTING!

[@heinzblassen4446]

bruh that part way harder than on the album

[@rafaelassuncao4195]

Isso é bom demaisssssssssssssss!!!!!!

[@dehumanizemarginalized4643]

hypnotic

[@fdxx]

Perfect. Thank you for the upload.

[@taielkadar2655]

Can you upload the full show?

[@bobbykotick1163]

best band of the now

[@knastvogel]

Lemme get that guitar plugged in: 3:50 Didn't sound too bad and seems like Al doesn't mind. I guess it could have been worse.

[@justinfernandez3894]

I love that sound it usually sounds awful but he somehow made it blend in perfect timing even tho it was audible

[@alejandroneri3586]

The paranayamic ground litmus. Ascetic brace the will ascend. Converge onto the death ground - Advance the Rinpoche. Negates now illusorics - ascendant to the cleric school. Stands upon ground of flight and claim's freedom. Destroyer of the ghost void. Hail vespers - shield from the deponsphere. Effulgent recitation - white light ambassador. O John the Baptist - triumphant beam release. Groundates the hermitage - the last ascent and freed. Travel on now Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Weeps into purified - the Self is not a void. Rounds upon Golgothic screen. Adhan fard salah - grant that I have seen. Walk on O sadhak. Melkezedek.

[@lurchedjesus]

this shit is amazing

[@justinfernandez3894]

I NEED Al's shirt

[@thepaulstella]

M E L C H I Z E D E K

[@maxdiesel2379]

im adicted on it

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

Cool! Does anyone have this whole show?

[@enzodruida8925]

A New Horizon i need this show!

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

Enzo Degtyarev Me too!

[@liox105]

A New Horizon yeah me to !

[@MarceloRodrigues-cs7rx]

Genial

[@evilgr]

What a performance .. Is the full show somewhere available?

[@vinyldiary6664]

So Fucking good !!!!

[@eduardovieira4596]

é como uma viagem...

[@watyu2778]

Those tasty rolls...

[@Matt-lu6so]

More rolls than a bakery truck.

[@OniiFernandez]

cual es el canal oficial de esta banda?

[@raultube90]

upload more!

[@Douglas407]

Love the music, but the title puzzles me.

[@sundarvs108]

Douglas McGowan if death could be viewed as the severing of attachments then perhaps meditation, under this notion, might prepare a certain someone for losing it all... yet remaining alive to feel that loss/ freedom. i don't know

[@tylerboychuk3426]

+Sundar Whalen I definitely get a similar idea to this from the title, in the sense that the ego and wordly connections are shed during meditation, bringing you closer to your true self, similar to how it would be at death, in my opinion

[@TheDistortionPrinciple]

meditation is to quiet all surroundings, remove all influence. one with the godhead. similar to death.

[@charlestonsk8ordie]

Se te va la olla.....y no vuelve

[@mennytrevizo2703]

The meditation is the practice of life.

[@rubyredz5663]

Menny Trevizo *meditation is the practice of death

[@PietroLorenzoPavan]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1582 ) «Cicero says, that to ‘study philosophy is nothing but to prepare oneself to die’. The reason of which is, because study and contemplation do in some sort withdraw from us our soul, and employ it separately from the body, which is a kind of apprenticeship and a resemblance of death; or else, because all the wisdom and reasoning in the world do in the end conclude this point to teach us not to fear to die. Where death waits for us is uncertain; let us look for her everywhere: the premeditation of death is the premeditation of liberty. He who has learned to die has unlearned to serve. There is nothing evil in life for him who rightly comprehends that the privation of live is no evil. To know how to die, delivers us from all subjection and constraint» Essays, 1580

[@ericksantos6672]

6:00 Is he chewing gum or just tripping?

[@HowlingYord]

He's chewing gum. I'm pretty sure Emil mentions it in his podcast Drifters Sympathy. But you can see it in most of his drum performances.

[@fekdaleo]

both

[@LaceChaser]

What effects make the guitar sound that way around 4:25 - 4:40 ??? Is it something like a sitar pedal?

[@danny2327]

that’s what i’m thinking i’ve never seen that

[@GoldiRockRecords]

cool - and if you skip ahead roughly 30-90 seconds at a time - again and again - it sounds identical to simply listening straight through! It's amazing!

[@bl8de3]

That's what makes Om so fucking special. Their songs are monotonous as fuck, but still set the athmosphere like no other.

[@ivantasic9883]

Can somebody tell me what is that guy doing with that guitar...whats that effect his using or whatever he is doing to get that eastern strings ki.d of sound...much thanks in advance

[@j.voidlaender7760]

that´s probably the electro harmonix POG 2

[@ivantasic9883]

sheikyerbouti POG 2 can actually do that? wow

[@evgeniydragondog]

+Ivan Tasic i'm not sure but Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar can do that.

[@ivantasic9883]

evgeniydragondog hah thanks such a cool pedal

[@luciaeberhardt1843]

nice!

[@notsorry3631]

Better than sex

[@hmombius2717]

Can not put like on this video because is at 1666 sorry!

[@The6rezax]

seem like sufism

[@n8tehgr8est]

What does his shirt say?

[@ouidadakdim166]

Hasha

[@realeyesrealizereallies1176]

his Rush - Fly by Night shirt was at the laundry

[@Jakeman90210]

there is no good live Om videos

[@freeman7079]

The drummer is almost too good

[@finallucario5873]

Sleep is way way better

[@edoardolillo]

No

[@mustangmikep51]

where do you go when you sleep?

[@maskcollector6949]

He fucked up the bassline, idc if it's creative and different from recording it kinda sucks.

[@maskcollector6949]

​@Napalm The whole point is droning the bass, too many strums. Less is more. The staccato of strumming ruins the trance-vibes. It's like a didgeridoo player taking breaths instead of being consistent. It doesn't help he's playing sloppy and frivolously, either, particularly on the chorus/solo. It's just unnecessary. "Keep it simple, stupid". I didn't even play bass yet when I commented originally, stand by my point. I used to listen to this song's original recording literally every day... The lack of a consistent drone is a creative decision that I don't agree with. If you're going to staccato, the timing has to be like Tabla level of perfect. In the pocket like a mother fucker. And he's not, he sounds drunk here. Sloppy bass on such a simple line just reminds me of the bassist from Khruangbin being sloppy live. Listen to Zakir Hussain if you want to hear proper timing.

[@maskcollector6949]

@Napalm Art/music/beauty in the eye of the beholder, nothing wrong with disagreeing at all whatsoever, in general. No point in having an opinion if you only emulate others, so I would rather you listen for yourself and make your own assessments, anyways. That's the whole point of music. And yeah, jamming this style can be a lot of fun. It's a double edged sword to want to hear perfect timing, gets in the way of appreciation sometimes. At the same time, always striving to be better is a part of playing music. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull is a good example that it's better to enjoy than to know. The 1977 Live in London version is the best. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnLXYpVoZrhsbc0

[@tsiougos]

why such a downgrade in drums?

[@stankdaddy6145]

Melchizedek I think Emil Amos is a badass drummer perfect timing and so technical at the right times, better than haikus in my opinion

[@tsiougos]

Yes i agree but i think the drums arent as complex as in the record

[@iceydaywalker9198]

what a fucking edgy song name

[@n8tehgr8est]

Only if you interpret it as such. If you decide that "death" is an "edgy" concept. But why would we decide death is "edgy" when it's a natural part of life?

[@un_tlaloque]

Prepare for the putrefaction of your physical body, only the spirit will transcend, learn to let go, no attachments to chain you

[@tarsier419]

dope song. meh drums.