Music is
just the beginning. 

EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

Of Whales, Like the Earth

In celebration of releasing debut album Of Whales, Like the Earth, Animal Vegetable Mineral transformed this downtown garden oasis into a cosmic dreamland.

Perhaps London’s most beautiful and best-kept secret, this breathtaking backyard garden is spaciously inviting and lushly populated with local trees, ferns, and other foliage. String lights lead the way to this stunning wooden stage. Nature overflowed as the backdrop for spaciousness and inspiration.

In live events like this, AVM invites you into deeper awareness of your connection with the cosmos. Spoken and musical meditations on the oceanic nature of the cosmos will inspire your renewed appreciation for the fragility and beauty of all existence, inviting you to be present to it all.

This album release event included 45 minutes of guided meditation, 45 minutes of live music, and 30 minutes of group discussion afterward.

Guests enjoyed complementary beverages like lemon rooibos tea from local shop The Tea Haus and purchased Of Whales, Like the Earth on CD with AVM’s companion books Standing on the Shore and In a Breath.

Animal Vegetable Mineral is a multisensory experience including meditative music, entrancing video, the comforting taste of a warm beverage, evocative incense, and real ambient sounds like wind through the trees, in addition to the inner meditative experience cultivated throughout the evening.

The musical experience is preceded by a multipart participatory exercise in guided meditation — exercises in breathing and attention — in order to prepare each person for a deeper and calmer listening experience.

Afterwards, the guided discussion offers participants the opportunity to share observations about the garden and their inner experience through the event. This offers the opportunity to connect over the common experience just shared, and to hear insight into how the experience was different for others.

Rather than simply sending each individual off alone, AVM offers the opportunity for ongoing deeper connection with other likeminded people.

Of Whales, Like the Earth takes listeners on an emotional instrumental journey from standing on the shore listening to ocean waves roll in to listening to birds migrate overhead while Humpback whales sing and dive deep into the darkness below.

AVM creates a spacious listening experience to allow the listener to go on their own personal journey into, through, and out of whatever inner states, experiences, memories, or visions may arise. No two listening experiences are alike.

Give yourself the gift of restful presence.

Let the ocean envelop you – be safe, adrift, weightless…

AVM AS HONOURED OPENER

FOR

BIG|BRAVE

AND

WREKMEISTER

HARMONIES

AVM has hypnotized crowds at renowned venues like Call The Office (RIP) and opened for legendary experimental artists like BIG|BRAVE (Montreal, Southern Lord) and WREKMEISTER HARMONIES (Chicago, Thrill Jockey).

Now breaking out of the bar scene, AVM captivated the outdoor deck on Friday night of the 2023 Yoga Market Festival at Shangrila Yoga and is set to tour other unique venues through 2024.

ZINEOGRAPHY BOOK FAIR

This special early-access event featured pre-release CDs, t-shirts, and printed copies of AVM’s books, including:

  • Standing on the Shore: Preludes to a Philosophy of Whales

  • In a Breath: A Breathing of Philosophy

  • Caverns of Other: Depths of Philosophy

Also included: reference copies of other books that inspired the album and writings, print posters, limited edition hand-numbered cassette copies of AVM’s previous project Some Men, and a screening of the on-stage visuals that accompanied the album release show, all displayed among a diverse gathering of many local bookmakers and artists.

With Animal Vegetable Mineral, music is just the beginning – a gateway to a multisensory experience including video, visual art, and writing.

  • Music

    Animal Vegetable Mineral makes meditative music to inspire awe and wonder for the universe – and our place in it.

    AVM’s spacious ambient music offers you room for thinking and feeling whatever it is you need to think and feel, just as you are at this very moment.

  • Mindfulness

    Let yourself be drawn deeper into your own awareness of yourself, your surroundings, and the intricate web of interconnected life and matter that surrounds you everywhere and always throughout your entire life.

    Slow down. Breathe deeply. Allow your curiosity to guide you gently.

  • Connection

    If you feel so inclined, you are invited to linger after AVM’s performances to connect with the artist and other likeminded listeners to bask in the warmth of your experience, and, if you desire, to share your experience to be safely witnessed as your sensitive and wonderful self. Open-ended discussion questions will be offered as an optional starting point.