whats some good ambient music to fall asleep too?
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Topic: whats some good ambient music to fall asleep too?
Posted By: acheron
Subject: whats some good ambient music to fall asleep too?
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 15:44
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I have Yatha Sidhra meditation mass, but nothing else thats very ambient, besides the Floyd stuff
what are some good atmospheric ambient albums?
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 15:49
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That Yatha Sidrah album is fantastic. I've nodded off listening to Ozric Tentacles before now. And Tangerine Dream. And Mike Oldfield. And Von Zamla, once. Mind you, I was very tired that day.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:09
| Rubycon by Tangerine Dream. |
Posted By: Eddy
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:11
| trouserpress you must have been tired to listen to that and snooze of heheh. Chopper said rubicon, which is Excatly what i was gfoing to say, it is quite and buetiful, a amazing peice of work |
Posted By: the man machine
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:11
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no pussyfooting by fripp and eno is great , as is evening star .
lots of tangerine dream sigur ros (because its so boring!) neu! is great (apart from the begining of negativland) |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:12
Eno's ambient albums come to mind.
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Posted By: Deadwing12
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:20
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I enjoy Sigur Ros especially, as well as Porcupine Tree (slightly older stuff), Pink Floyd, and The Flaming Lips. Recently, however, I have adopted a new routine. Every night or every other night, before bed, I listen to one classic prog album, which, at around 40 minutes, are slightly easier to diggest than today's 80 minute opuses. However, I advise you to NOT listen to King Crimson prior to sleep, as nightmares are almost sure to ensue ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Deadwing008/?chartstyle=Basquiat"> 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:27
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I'll concur that Ozric, Eno, and Tangerine Dream will likely increase
your chances of some wonderful ones! (dreams, that is). With Ozric, be
aware that they can be fairly high energy, so if that will prevent you
from nodding off, maybe a mix CD with the more ambient material is in
order. I once had some pretty incredible dreams while Tangram - Tangerine Dream was playing.  ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:29
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everything by Harold Budd, Robert Rich, Steve Roach for the most accessible and less interesting part of ambient. For a more "visceral" dream-scape ambient excursion go on Beneath the Lake, The halfer trio, Biosphere...otherwise, in a more progressive electronic way try the meditative and linear "Zeit" by Tangerine Dream or "Last Wave" by Bernard Xolotl. ------------- 
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:29
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Wandering from the "ambient" and "prog" label, I always found The Cocteau Twins can put me in a trance.
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:30
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Brian Eno's ambient albums (as Peter already suggested) are good for that purpose, and Labradford's Mi Media Naranja seems to work for me as well.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:31
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Jean-Michel Jarre - Waiting For Cousteau. The title track is a 46 minute ambient relaxing journey. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:32
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Sigur Ros is a good one too- especially " ( ) "
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Posted By: theblastocyst
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:33
| If you want good ambient music check out Sigur Ros. If you want to have the best nights sleep of you life, play Explosions In The Sky |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:34
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I will offer a third recommendation re Brian Eno's Ambient series, particular #1 (Music for Airports) and #2 (Plateaux of Mirror). Oddly, these are also great "background music" albums for low-key dinner parties and other mellow get-togethers.
Peace.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:34
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I recommedn the lately mentioned Music for Airports by Brian Eno
Some Tangerine and Schulze albums, and some of that new age ambient era of Wakeman in special The Aspirant Trilogy
and David Lanz... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:45
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Fodt Til A Herske is an excellent ambient neo-classical album from ex-Emperor's bassist.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:46
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an album I have of Whales talking or doing whatever they do.... great stuff if a bit new agey.. puts me right to sleep.
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Posted By: surfdaddy
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:01
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Engineers, Bethany Curve, Mercury Rev, Yo La Tengo (Lets be still is a
great one), Bowery Electric, Mazzy Starr, Jarre (oxygen), David
Gilmour, etc.... not sure that any of this, except for Jarre, could be
considered ambient, but I need to music to sleep by and I use all of
the above. Not because its boring, but because it helps me
develop positive dreams.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:06
wow... great choices.... especially the Mazzy Starr mention.. and Oxygene ..  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
surfdaddy wrote:Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:39
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I got some not mentioned yet: Explosions in the sky - The earth is not a cold dead place Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro Bark Psychosis - Hex Philip Glass - Koyaaniskatsi Sigur Ros - Ba ba ti ki di do Tortoise - TNT I hightly recommend the Tangerine Dream albums. I also had the best dreams listening to Tangram. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:43
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Some Wakeman and Schulze projects, Eno's ambient albums of course, sometimes, some post rock, Deuter (relaxation), Ashra/Gottsching, some TD, etc...
EDIT: how could I forget Popol Vuh, and of course, all the EG label artists! ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:44
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Zeit - Tangerine Dream Last - Agitation Free (it starts rocking and then the final track "looping IV" makes you fall asleep heavily)
In den Garden Pharaos - Popol Vuh
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:44
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Tangerine Dream-Phaedra -------------  
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 17:45
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Godspeed You Black Emperor!: Lift Your Skinny Fists... and F#A# << (my avatar) ------------- [IMG]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/amorfous/astro-1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 18:03
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Here are some good ambient night albums:
* Raphael - Music to Disappear In (or Into?)
* Richard Burmer - Mosaic
* Harold Budd - Pavillion of Dreams
* Enya - Shepard Moons
* Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks
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Posted By: Erpland316
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 18:07
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Fripp and Eno- The Equitorial Stars
Porcupine Tree- Starcaise Infinities
Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works(85-92)
Massive Attack- 100th Window
Radiohead- Kid A
Tangerine Dream- Rubycon
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Posted By: pepo
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 18:11
| Mother focus. However when I want to relax I listen to Oscar Peterson. |
Posted By: sinkadus
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 18:22
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this is some great ambient space-aloong the lines of TD:
http://www.myspace.com/phrozenlight ------------- I talk to the wind... my words are all carried away... Take Care, Roy |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 19:55
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This is easy. Gilmour's On An Island. That sucker had me snoring inside 2 minutes. The only problem is I was working at the time.
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Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:04
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Try some Klaus Schulze
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Posted By: Bt-Tor
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:14
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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn is excellent, also Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon, Logos, Poland Radiohead - OK Computer, Kid A Bo Hannson - Lord of the Rings, Magician's Hat, Attic Thoughts Popul Vuh - Aguirre... almost anything by these guys! Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi (also a great film!) |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:22
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As a practicioner of falling asleep to it, I would definitely recommend Takk... or ( ) by Sigur Ros, and from what I've heard of Tangerine Dream, that's a safe bet too.
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Posted By: MajesterX
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 20:42
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You also might want to check out Chroma Key. It's soft, ambient, relazing type music. It's kind of like DT's space dye-vest made a band
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Posted By: 2112
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 23:53
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mogwai is pretty good music to put on for night time, i wouldn't put mr beast on its a bit heavier than their other stuff but definatly their earlier stuff is good for ambience also sigur ros is good tune out music. ------------- 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 07 2006 at 23:57
Wow!! Really?? That's almost creepy. I wonder what they've programmed us to do...  ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 00:07
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Some Vangelis would be nice too, maybe "Oceanic" (a bit too relaxing and yanni like at times though, the openers brilliant) or "Soundtrack to Antarctica"
"Dark Side of the Moog" stuff would be good too ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: emersontarkus23
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 00:08
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I think that most Brian Eno albums would be good for ambient music, particularly Another Green World and Ambient Music. Also every song on Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother except the title track and Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast(although it's pretty ambient too), meaning If, Summer '68, and Fat Old Sun. A Pillow of Winds and Fearless on Meddle are quite good as well. That's about it really, in my opinion. Most prog rock I know is not really quiet and mellow.
"And your wise men don't know how it feels....to be thick as a brick." -Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 01:23
I always thought Edgar Froese had some kind of subliminal massage in the Tangerine Dream albums or maybe its just me and and my paranoia -------------
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Posted By: Supertwister
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 01:34
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Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echos
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Buckethead - Electric Tears
Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas
Nick Drake ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/palepoli/?chartstyle=minimalDark - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/minimalDark/artists/palepoli.gif - |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 01:41
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Another Green World - Brian Eno
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Posted By: vogre
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 08:54
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Check out Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Cicadidae. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 09:17
it depends, some parts are rather dark and ambient (the instrumentals) but you have to pass some tracks..."music for films" is a better choice -------------
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Posted By: Baggiesfaninuk
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 09:40
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Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musik Anthony Phillips - Private Parts and Pieces (insert number of your choice here) Wavestar - Moonwind John Dyson - Evolution L'Esprit - Language of Touch Secret Garden - Dreamcatcher John Richardson - Beloved Pia - Benedictine Moon ------------- My father was a beekeeper before me; his father was a beekeeper. I want to follow in their footsteps. And their footsteps were like this. (Runs screaming) "AAAAAAAH! I'm covered in beeeeees!" - Izzard |
Posted By: mgallard
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 13:30
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Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon, over 60 minutes continuous drone as only Eno can I once had a party and it became so late many couldn't leave, so they stayed in the livingroom, put the cd on and they all fell asleep to it, next day many asked what I had put on the night before and wanted a copy. Mogens |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 14:05
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"The Sheltering Sky" by King Crimson. It's one of the samples on the site so check it out if you haven't heard it already.
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 16:36
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SIGUR ROS ()
Certainly sent me to sleep when I heard it!
 (And still does, even after the tenth time of listening.)
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: July 08 2006 at 22:16
Me too, but I still love the album As far as GSY!BE, I don't really want to try to fall asleep to that, because while it starts off relaxed, it slowly builds into an insane crescendo that might wake me up. Then again, I sleep through the drums of Untitled 8.... -------------
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 09 2006 at 18:28
| Fripp & Eno! |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: July 09 2006 at 18:41
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David Gilmour "On an Island" never fails to send me to sleep. ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: July 09 2006 at 20:00
Totally agree, specially MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS... it's very hard to find something more ambient like this one.... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: July 09 2006 at 22:27
| i like phaedra by tangerine dream |
Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: July 09 2006 at 22:50
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problem is- i fall asleep to practically ANYTHING so long as i love it. And I always fall asleep to a cd each night- last night it was Pink Floyds Animals- so there you go.
But, for a real recommendation- try Porcupine Tree's Gravity Eyelids or Mellotron Scratch- soooo lovely. Yes i know there's a bridge in both songs where the elec guitars rev up and play their hearts out but by then you should be dreaming my pretties...dreeeeeeaming...  ------------- 50 tonne angel falls to the earth... |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 00:13
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Brian Eno - Discreet Music
Brian Eno - Music For Airports
Brian Eno - On Land
Brian Eno - Apollo
anything by George Winston hehehe
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Posted By: Goldenavatar
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 00:56
| I agree with Philip Glass and Vangelis, both are great for chilling. I particularly like 1492 and Bladerunner by Vangelis for this purpose. But almost anything by him will work. By Glass I particularly like Passages (with Ravi Shankar) and Mishima. I'd probably stay away from Glass' early stuff which was VERY minimal, like "Music with Changing Parts". I can imagine that messing with your brain while you sleep. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 01:15
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^ He should try Koyaaniskatsi. A very peaceful album by him
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Posted By: CandyAppleRed
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 09:46
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Global Communication's "76 14" is wonderful, in the mold of the Eno ambient style. I resolutely cannot sleep on planes, but it helped me stay sane on a flight from Delhi to London.
Oh and Future Sound of London - Lifeforms. Even containss samples of the Ozrics and Fripp.
And another one - Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians.
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Posted By: progmar
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 11:48
It's exactly what I am at the moment listen to late in the night, especially track 1, 2 and the last one. Great music.
Another good album: Klaus Schulze, Mirage or
Elton Dean & Mark Hewis, Bar Torque ------------- Music washes away from the soul the dust of every-day life. Berthold Auerbach |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 12:25
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Philip Glass...well, sorry guys, I see exactly him as the less talented minimal / piano based composer of his generation...I've studied his work for piano, a real boring sh*t. His texts for orchestra are as dull as the rest. He only made 2 or 3 interesting pieces for the Kronos Quartet but that's all, he always has the same song in head. -------------
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 13:08
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. . . at least he can put one to sleep so it isn't all bad . . . -------------
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Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 17:59
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If you want to have dreams that are exciting listen to Traf de Haidouk.
Another band would be Team Sleep. I have never fallen asleep to them but they sound like they may just work.
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Posted By: MusicForSpeedin
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 18:00
| Taraf* de Haidouks |
Posted By: Tychovski
Date Posted: July 10 2006 at 18:02
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http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xc4uak2kjm3m -
The Fireman - Rushes
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Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 18:13
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Just remembered - I was listening to some Kitaro album, and felt asleep right in the middle of doing something else.
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Posted By: lurkist
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 21:01
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The Orb - UFOrb, Orb's adventures through the ultraworld, aah, feeling sleepy just thinking about it! Also agree with most Tangerine Dream. Re subliminal messages, there is reversed speech on the debut album, Electronic Meditation. Seem to remember reversing it on the computer as a kid but it turned out to be in German or something... |
Posted By: Dr4Wazo
Date Posted: July 11 2006 at 21:44
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some good old Godspeed You! Black Emperor!
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:30
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A Rush of Blood to the Head-Coldplay
Music Has the Right to Children-Boards of Canada
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:38
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Good ambient music to fall asleep to? Steve Roach vidnaObmana Robert Rich Jeff Greinke Vir Unis Saul Stokes Brannan Lane Michael Stearns To name a few. Also, point your cursor thingy to the URL in my signature and click. A few of these in there.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 00:53
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[QUOTE=Flip_Stone]Here are some good ambient night albums:
* Raphael - Music to Disappear In (or Into?)
* Richard Burmer - Mosaic
* Harold Budd - Pavillion of Dreams
* Enya - Shepard Moons
* Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks
I agree with these, as well as other choice Fripp and Eno tracks. Also try some Camel tracks from 'Moonmadness,' as well as certain tracks from Black Light Syndrome's first album.
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 01:20
| The Sky Moves Sideways |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 01:47
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Richard Burmer's Mosaic is a classic...his best one, too. The final track "The Serum" is anything but ambient. Quite an engaging piece for Burmer, with more in common with Tangerine Dream than Steve Roach. Of course, my favorite Steve Roach CD is still Empetus ...sequencer heaven. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: GyrusRex
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 02:06
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robert fripp and brian enos collaberation the equatorial stars soooo mellow ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/FaminePulse/?chartstyle=freckles"> 
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Posted By: edible_buddha
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 07:25
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'Victorialand' - Cocteau twins. If this album dosent relax you, then i am totally lost. Only problem is that the album is soooo short (32:45), so I usually follow it up with 'Moon and the melodies' - Harold Budd/Cocteau twins. I have problems sleeping and it usually takes that long for me to go to la la land.
Other sleepy faves include
'Kind of blue' - Miles davis
'Duality' - Lisa Gerrard & Peiter Bourke (5 star... awsome)
'Within the realm of a dying sun' - Dead can dance (kinda depressing thou)
Anything by William Ackerman, and George Winston
(while im on the topic, Windham hill released an anthology 'the first ten years'; that works.)
'Ambient music' - Brian Eno
'No pussyfooting' - Fripp and Eno; Side 1 (title track) gave me a strange journey; Side 2 (swastica girls) did nothing for me
'When in Rome' - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Im hesitant to try '()' - sigur ros... I think track 8 would wake me prematurely...
Oh, before i forget...
'le mystere des voix bulgares' works on low volume...
Should be enough for now, so have a soak in a warm bath, sip some camamile tea, take some valarium (the herb, not the drug) and massage your ears...
Enjoy the dreams....
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: July 12 2006 at 11:26
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You can't go wrong with Stars Of The Lid. I always recommend 'The Tired Sounds Of...' as a good album to get. Gas Farming is a standout track on that one for me. Sonically, they are sort of a cross between Brian Eno (circa No Pussyfooting) and the soundtrack of the Twin Peaks TV series.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: progmar
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 05:04
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Keith Jarrett - The Vienna Concert ------------- Music washes away from the soul the dust of every-day life. Berthold Auerbach |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 05:22
Robert Fripp's "Blessing of Tears". "The Gates of Paradise" suite is also fine, but you have to edit out tracks of "Outter Darkness", as it has so aggressive parts in it. My friend described those parts that they sound like Tarzan killing a whale with a knife. 
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Posted By: Stars Die
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 06:52
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I can fall alseep to almost anything, I fell saleep while listening to a Vader album a week ago, but the Porcupine Tree's "Voyage 34" is a a very good album to fall asleep to, and so is Mike Oldfields "Songs of Distant Earth" ------------- Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 13 2006 at 07:46
Great choice - especially "New age of earth"; Edgar Froese has been mentioned here (unsurprisingly), but it's also worth listening out for "Neptune", Jerome Froese's first album - definitely like father, like son. Others I would recommend include "New age of steam" by Hesius Dome, "Digital Shaman" by Den Kozlov and the albums "Instinctive traveller", "Lounge control" and "Wet places" by Peter Mergener (think Tangerine Dream circa 1978 with David Gimour on occasional guitar). Some of the above can be difficult to get hold of, but a good first place to look is www.amboworld.com; I use this site to get hold of a lot of material for my club chillout sets, and they've never let me down yet... ------------- 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 18:02
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Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 19:02
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What's the point in listening to music, so that you can fall asleep halfway through it?? A most bizarre and disturbing post, anyway for the record, it ain't ambient, but Genesis make mecomatose. ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 20:02
Colma and Thanatopsis' Axiology are very good too. Buckethead's great at ambient stuff. I also second Mercury Rev, very mellow dream pop. My favourite album to fall asleep to though is either Sigur Ros' Takk or Mike Oldfield's Songs from Distant Earth. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: July 16 2006 at 20:57
Klaus Schonning from Denmark is great too, reminds of dark nights with lights flickering over the ocean in Copenhagen, sax and sequencers, very nocturnal! Locrian Arabesque is a good place to start and has been remastered look for NEW cover art.
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 00:18
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 04:41
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In a modern style I recommend the microphonic drones & piano improvisations of koji Asano, especially in "the end of august" / the Fennesz - Sakamoto collaboration in the moody & laptop "sala santa ceclia" / Tim Hecker's soundscapes in "Mirages". -------------
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: July 17 2006 at 11:34
I love Music for 18 Musicians but I just can't get to sleep while listening to it. There's something about it which makes me concentrate on the rhythms and sounds rather than letting it wash over me. Eno's Discreet Music has the same effect!
As a general rule, it's the dronier, floatier stuff which helps me switch off at night. I listen to Zeit by Tangerine Dream most nights, I'm usually asleep before the cellos on Birth of Liquid Plejades end. If I feel like a change I'll listen to Land of the Midnight Sun by Wendy Carlos, Cyborg by Klaus Schulze, New Age of Earth by Ashra, or Let the Power Fall by Robert Fripp (which I've slowed down to nearly half the original speed using my friend's tape deck which has a varispeed control, then added reverb and some some subtle delays - fantastic!). |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: July 18 2006 at 10:14
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I love "Tales from the engine room" by the positive light & marillion, if that counts ! ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: July 22 2006 at 15:52
| Try playing anything by the band MESHUGGAH |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 03:23
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 03:38
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of course.. Dream Theater - Goodnight Kiss... ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: vogre
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 03:57
There's also an Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto collaboration which is recommended.
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 05:54
Tales is a good one to fall to sleep too.  And so Tales from topographic oceans by Yes-------------
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: July 23 2006 at 10:54
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I would recommend:
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun, Takk...
Opeth - Damnation
No-Man - Together We're Stranger, Returning Jesus
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Most Post-Rock is good night-time music. Especially Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists... ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 03:56
I suppose any music becomes ambient if you play it quietly!
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Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: July 24 2006 at 05:41
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Try anything by Gandalf, truly beautiful ambient music, will give you pleasant dreams certainly. -------------  |
Posted By: yesfan26
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 11:39
| Spacecraft ~ Hummel |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 11:58
| RICHARD PINHAS "Events And Repetitions" [2002]. Fantastic part of music, exactly for people who have a headache, want to rest, want to sleep... |
Posted By: Liquid Len
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 18:34
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Try Rubycon ------------- Can you tell me where my country lies? |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 21:34
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Stars Of The Lid .. nice ambient drone .. Eluvium is nice stuff too, beautiful electronic ambience overtop nice paino compositions
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 21:35
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I've been listening to F#A#Infinity lately and that's been working out well. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 23:00
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got this when in my Stevie Winwood completionist phase... this will put you to sleep... ahh... it is good ahahhah  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |