On the surface, much meditative music feels the same, but Moshe Halperin has a way of going beyond surface-level transcendence, pushing more momentum into his frequency-fine-tuned releases. The Nirvan Remix of Free Your Mind is the perfect introduction to the British singer-songwriter, guitarist, medicine-music artist and dreamscape composer’s intensely thematic work, freeing the mind, sating the soul and kinetically liberating the body through entrancing, monocultural mould-smashing arrangements.
In Free Your Mind, Eastern rhythms meet the movement of downtempo house, with all the ambience of spiritually swathed production. The remix has that rare ability to sound devotional without becoming passive; the arrangement stays meditative while giving the body something to follow, a slow ignition rather than a soft fade into incense-clouded nothingness.
Halperin’s wider work sits at the meeting point of song, ceremony, story and soul, shaped by warm vocals, spacious guitar work and his role as co-founder and music curator of Medicine Festival. Recent collaborations and remixes with Guy Chambers and Howie B have widened his electronic reach, while The Holy Rollers keep his live expression rooted in collective musical communion.
Fans of Nitin Sawhney, Bonobo, Thievery Corporation and Jon Hopkins’ more reflective electronic work should lock in. Skip the regular meditation; Free Your Mind (Nirvan Remix) is an unshackling awakening.
Free Your Mind (Nirvan Remix) is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast
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