Global musician and wellness advocate Moby has told Spa Business that while wonderful, most ambient music doesn’t allow people to switch off “because the people who make it want you to pay attention to it”.
He says: “What I had a hard time finding was ambient music just designed to sit in the background to provide an atmosphere of calm.”
This has prompted the music artist, who’s sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, to create his own chill-out tracks which he’s giving away for free. The Long Ambients1. Calm. Sleep album consists of 11 tracks and is available to download or stream and would make a great accompaniment for spas.
He describes the music as having “no drums, no vocals, just very slow, calm, pretty chords and sounds and things for sleeping and yoga and etc.”
Moby explains: “Over the last couple of years, I’ve been making really, really, really quiet music to listen to when I do yoga or sleep or meditate or panic. I ended up with four hours of music and decided to give it away.”
A believer in wellness himself, Moby practices yoga and is known to visit spas occasionally. “When I travel, I’ll sometimes go to the spa if I’m staying in a nice hotel because if you have a day off in a strange city it can be a nice way to kill time,” he told Spa Business, but he adds that there’s still some way to go before consumers truly understand the concept.
“On the one hand it’s really nice people are paying attention to health and wellness, but on the other hand there’s still a disconnect. There’s an idea that you can treat yourself terribly, but if you go to a spa every now and then it’ll all work out.”
Moby who’s also a vegan, recently opened Little Pine, an organic vegan bistro in Los Angeles.
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Global musician and wellness advocate Moby has told Spa Business that while wonderful, most ambient music doesn’t allow people to switch off “because the people who make it want you to pay attention to it”.
He says: “What I had a hard time finding was ambient music just designed to sit in the background to provide an atmosphere of calm.”
This has prompted the music artist, who’s sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, to create his own chill-out tracks which he’s giving away for free. The Long Ambients1. Calm. Sleep album consists of 11 tracks and is available to download or stream and would make a great accompaniment for spas.
He describes the music as having “no drums, no vocals, just very slow, calm, pretty chords and sounds and things for sleeping and yoga and etc.”
Moby explains: “Over the last couple of years, I’ve been making really, really, really quiet music to listen to when I do yoga or sleep or meditate or panic. I ended up with four hours of music and decided to give it away.”
A believer in wellness himself, Moby practices yoga and is known to visit spas occasionally. “When I travel, I’ll sometimes go to the spa if I’m staying in a nice hotel because if you have a day off in a strange city it can be a nice way to kill time,” he told Spa Business, but he adds that there’s still some way to go before consumers truly understand the concept.
“On the one hand it’s really nice people are paying attention to health and wellness, but on the other hand there’s still a disconnect. There’s an idea that you can treat yourself terribly, but if you go to a spa every now and then it’ll all work out.”
Moby who’s also a vegan, recently opened Little Pine, an organic vegan bistro in Los Angeles.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2016 issue 4
Promotional feature: Phytomer
As a pioneer of marine skincare, Phytomer represents a story of three impassioned generations and a dedication to cultivating the purest spa ingredients from the northern French coast
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
As designer Yinka Ilori prepares for his first solo gallery show in London, he speaks exclusively
to CLADmag about his mission to spread joy, the power of play, and his bold approach to using
colour (including the colours you won’t see in his work).
The government of Thailand is exploring plans for a THB300bn (£6.3bn, US$8.3bn)
entertainment complex in the country’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), with officials
proposing a large-scale theme park and sports destination as part of a broader tourism and
economic development strategy.
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