--- product_id: 26858528 title: "Method Music" price: "AED 121" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/26858528-method-music store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # Method Music **Price:** AED 121 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Method Music - **How much does it cost?** AED 121 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/26858528-method-music) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Meditative yet propulsive. Structured yet sprawling. Gossamer yet muscular. Inspired yet meticulously constructed. METHOD MUSIC by Lawrence Ball is all of these and more, a double album of highly adventurous electronic music by a master innovator of algorithmic composition. But this album possesses a unique and illustrious lineage that, despite the clear difference in style and genre, connects it to one of the most famous works in the rock music repertoire - the ideas behind METHOD MUSIC are both the outgrowth and the foundation of the legendary LIFEHOUSE project by Pete Townshend, the conceptualize and co-producer of the album, and presents a theoretical system of musical portraiture in which a listener's personal data is translated into a unique composition. Review The sexy lede buried beneath the almost comically dry title of this record is twofold. 1) It is a collaboration between the mathematician/composer Lawrence Ball and Pete Townshend, and 2) It represents the at-least-partial realization of one Townshend's most dearly held fantasies, a rock opera called Lifehouse that was to use synthesizers as a way to to produce music tailor-made to a specific user's input. The Lifehouseproject is one of those Smile-like ideas that tend to strand grand-thinking rock musicians on sharp rocks, but the idea involved creating musical software that would be free to users, who would feed the software specific input and watch as it produced a brand-new piece of music specifically for them. Because it's always better to take a person for a ride in a sports car than to spend hours detailing the features of its engine, Ball and Townshend show you exactly how the process feels: the lead-off cut on this monumental two-disc set is 'Baba O'Riley', fed through Ball's software. What emerges on the other end is wondrous, rippling, and startlingly tactile music. There is no math in the listening: It's like watching a brightly colored pinwheel turn faster and faster until it appears suddenly to revert in the other direction. --Pitchfork, By Jayson Greene , February 28, 2012Forty years on, Pete Townshend finally produces the 'Lifehouse' album for someone else! 'Another chapter,' he says...In the unfolding of 'Lifehouse' there is no 'now', says Pete Townshend. 'We wait patiently for the singularity to catch up with us.' Forty years ago, Townshend imagined compiling a personal profile for every member of The Who's audience, feeding each one into a computer to create a 'celestial cacophony'. This vision led to 'Lifehouse', his legendary unrealized rock-opera with a formidable afterlife. When composer Lawrence Ball later began formulating a musical system called Harmonic Maths, Townshend recognized a kindred spirit. 'I heard some of Lawrence's compositions when we communicated about Terry Riley, and I realized then that he and I had some harmonic and modal stuff in common,' he says. 'I spoke to him and it became immediately clear he was my man.' In 2007 the pair launched The Lifehouse Method, a website inspired by Townshend's original concept, capable of producing millions of unique pieces by converting personal data into musical decisions. 'People could enter a photograph, two sounds and a rhythm to create a musical portrait of themselves,' says Ball. Over 10,000 people participated. Many were baffled. 'They emailed saying, 'This is a waste of my f*cking time, Pete!' It doesn't really address the Who audience. It's a complex art project.' To determine how The Lifehouse Method would function, Ball produced preliminary 'testbed pieces'. These have been collected on Method Music, a Townshend-produced album of multi-layered electronic instrumentals. It nods to 'Lifehouse's origins on 'Meher Baba Piece', a tribute to 'Baba O Riley' which Townshend later recycled for 'Fragments' on Endless Wire. 'It all goes around and around,' says Ball. 'Pete loves all that! He was enormously enthusiastic, although quite insistent and very tenacious, which could be a little uncomfortable.' Ball imagines The Lifehouse Method being installed in the National Portrait Gallery, allowing visitors to enter a booth to create an almost instant musical portrait. Townshend mentions setting up access codes to a 'compositional website', and an ambitious live event. At this stage, letting people hear their completed Method pieces recorded carefully will possible convince them to visit us again for the next chapter,' he says. 'And Lifehouse will have another chapter.' --Uncut, April 2012 Review: Lawrence Ball Is A Creative Genius - I love Method Music so much. I feel, when I listen to it, as if I am plugging into a dimension that allows my creativity to flourish. I highly recommend it to all you Creators here and everywhere! Lawrence was on my radio show, Kate Loving And The Collective Wisdom, Blog Talk Radio, and something he said about the CD struck me. He said that we are moving into a time of great change, known as 2012, and that his music reflects the help we are receiving from galactic sources. I used his music from the CD to help my dog pass over, and I also use it as I create products for my Internet business. As mentioned, it fosters a climate for Divine Innovation. Thank you, Lawrence!! Review: Deep, rich and soothing - I'm familiar with Lawrence's work and have liked it for a long time. But this album represents something new and wonderful. I would call Lawrence's music ambient and repetitive, usually piano or computer-generated and very hypnotic. This new double album has a new layered richness to it -- I find it very emotional and otherworldly in a good way. Beautiful sounds from a deep place, with much more heart in it. Imaginary Sitters is very lively and uplifting, while Imaginary Galaxies is calming and transcending. A beautiful album for helping bring yourself to a grounded, healed place. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B006CAXQ3U | | Best Sellers Rank | #386,049 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) #163,749 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (10) | | Date First Available | December 10, 2011 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Label | Navona | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Navona | | Number of discs | 2 | | Original Release Date | 2012 | | Product Dimensions | 5.59 x 0.51 x 5.08 inches; 4.16 ounces | ## Images ![Method Music - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Y8RNI+1ZL.jpg) ![Method Music - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/616WZplpG2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lawrence Ball Is A Creative Genius *by K***N on March 1, 2012* I love Method Music so much. I feel, when I listen to it, as if I am plugging into a dimension that allows my creativity to flourish. I highly recommend it to all you Creators here and everywhere! Lawrence was on my radio show, Kate Loving And The Collective Wisdom, Blog Talk Radio, and something he said about the CD struck me. He said that we are moving into a time of great change, known as 2012, and that his music reflects the help we are receiving from galactic sources. I used his music from the CD to help my dog pass over, and I also use it as I create products for my Internet business. As mentioned, it fosters a climate for Divine Innovation. Thank you, Lawrence!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Deep, rich and soothing *by C***L on March 2, 2012* I'm familiar with Lawrence's work and have liked it for a long time. But this album represents something new and wonderful. I would call Lawrence's music ambient and repetitive, usually piano or computer-generated and very hypnotic. This new double album has a new layered richness to it -- I find it very emotional and otherworldly in a good way. Beautiful sounds from a deep place, with much more heart in it. Imaginary Sitters is very lively and uplifting, while Imaginary Galaxies is calming and transcending. A beautiful album for helping bring yourself to a grounded, healed place. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Clear instructions; fast turnaround; great transaction!! *by R***R on October 4, 2021* Clear instructions; fast turnaround; great transaction!! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/26858528-method-music](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/26858528-method-music) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*