John Lennon Estate and Sean Lennon Ono Are Playing 'Mind Games' With Lumenate App

The 1973 hit "Mind Games" is one of John Lennon's most beloved solo songs. Now, thanks to a partnership between Sean Ono Lennon, The John Lennon Estate and phone app, Lumenate, the song is being given new life with nine new "meditation mixes," available today (May 1) in celebration of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Available for free on the Lemenate app, the new mixes are designed to work with the frequencies and light featured on the Lumenate app to help the listener achieve a relaxed, meditative state and ease into deeper states of consciousness.

The new mixes feature the original 1973 multitrack recordings with new instrumentation by producer Sean Ono Lennon along with various sound design techniques and processes.

"I'm very happy to be working with Lumenate on this release for Mental Health Awareness Month," said Sean Ono Lennon in a statement. "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. 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."

"Mind Games," inspired by the 1972 book Mind Games: The Guide to Inner Space by Robert Masters and Jean Houston, reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured as the opening track on the album of the same name.

"John was trying to convey the message that we all play mind games. But if we can play mind games, why not make a positive future with it - to be a positive mind game? 'Mind Games' is such an incredibly strong song. At the time, people didn't quite get the message because this was before its time. Now, people would understand it. I don't think in those days people knew they were playing mind games anyway," Yoko Ono Lennon said of the song in a statement.

This isn't the only new project Sean Lennon Ono has been working on of late. He also co-wrote "Primrose Hill," the recently released song by James McCartney, the son of Paul and Linda McCartney.

At the time of the song's release in April, James McCartney wrote on social media, "With the release of this song it feels like we're really getting the ball rolling and I am so excited to continue to share music with you," hinting that perhaps his collaboration with Sean Ono Lennon is more than a one-off.

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