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    Posted: August 30 2023 at 11:31
Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Metallica : Enter Sandman


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Definitely Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon and Sigur Ros' Valtari
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A few more random albums which I find are good for relaxing to.

[New Age] 
Enya - The Celts, Watermark, Shephard Moons
Caroline Lavelle - Spirit (the cover of which is my current profile pic)
Enigma - MCMXC a.D
Eurielle - Arcadia

[Dream Pop]
Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Say Lou Lou - Lucid Dreaming
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When I need some music to help myself fall asleep, I play something really loud and busy sounding, so that the music masks most of the noises coming from my neighbours, busy street etc. It helps.
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Well, yesterday I fell asleep to Returned To The Earth- fall of the watcher (by accident). In the past I have fallen asleep to Camel. 
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

For me, relaxation requires silence. I can't use music, because relaxation means that I have to cut off external stimuli, otherwise I will experience sensory overload. For the same reason, I can not use music as a background noise; it just becomes a disturbance, and it makes me stressed.
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I always thought that the "secret" to almost all of it was the "shutting off the internal dialogue" (as stated by Castaneda), but in a busy day and time as today is with so much TV and Computer, the idea of being able to shut off this internal dialogue is just that ... an idea!

Thus, the relaxation and sleeping stuff that the OP is asking for will remain an idea ... and the reality is ... IT CAN'T BE AN IDEA ... or it won't happen. 

I would recommend starting out by finding a mediation workshop, or yoga workshop so you can learn to relax many parts of your body, firstly by breathing properly, and then taking it into the next place.

It's crazy and bizarre to see music be suggested here that does not belong in the arena of mediation. Most of it is CREATING an image for you when what you need for relaxation and sleeping is to make sure there are no "images" so you can enter "the void" (for lack of better wording -- not to scare folks), where there is "nothing" which allows your body and mind the maximum relaxation likely possible.

It takes, however, years to get to this point, so one day listening to Caravanserai, is not going to help! You have to get past the "ideas" of it all in the first place!
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^ It's more or less the same for me. When I listen to music, I try to concentrate on it as much as I can. 

I usually listen to music in the evening, before going to sleep, always with headphones. 

I sometimes (not often) might put on something as background sound for reading, only to drown out or mix with noises from neighbours or outside. It has to be something minimal, ambient and/or repetitive. I don't listen to music when I'm traveling. Not on the bus, bike or walk. I like to put on a CD when I'm driving, though. Or used to, until my car CD player stopped working. Ouch
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For me, relaxation requires silence. I can't use music, because relaxation means that I have to cut off external stimuli, otherwise I will experience sensory overload. For the same reason, I can not use music as a background noise; it just becomes a disturbance, and it makes me stressed.

When I do listen to music, it is because I am in need of stimuli. I listen to it actively, and I usually don't do other things at the same time, because generally I can't concentrate on more than one thing. Sometimes I will listen to music before sleeping, but then I will put the record back in place and turn off the stereo, and then go to sleep.


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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

For me the best late night album for unwinding to has always been Santana's 'Caravanserai' - can't really pick an individual song (except maybe 'Just in Time to See the Sun') as it's one of those albums that is way more that the sum of its constituent parts and really should only ever be listened to in its entirety.


I actually came here to mention listening to 'Caravanserai' for the first a few weeks ago and thought, "Wow" and never really checked out the discography because of some misinterpretation.

I hope I can find something like that in this thread. Thanks!


Santana's output was reasonably prolific back in the day, but I'd certainly recommend you explore their first three albums. The 4th was of course Caravanserai, IMO their masterpiece. Their output after that can be a bit of a mixed bag, but I'd certainly also recommend 1977's Moon Flower (half studio and half live tracks). Then to really capture the spirit of their early live performances try 'Lotus' (1975) which was originally a triple vinyl release.
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Originally posted by Progishness Progishness wrote:

For me the best late night album for unwinding to has always been Santana's 'Caravanserai' - can't really pick an individual song (except maybe 'Just in Time to See the Sun') as it's one of those albums that is way more that the sum of its constituent parts and really should only ever be listened to in its entirety.


I actually came here to mention listening to 'Caravanserai' for the first a few weeks ago and thought, "Wow" and never really checked out the discography because of some misinterpretation.

I hope I can find something like that in this thread. Thanks!


Edited by MortSahlFan - August 26 2023 at 10:58
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Rite Time by Can. Smile
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I love this music & Thumbnail, Time to relax sleeping music

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I love this music & Thumbnail, Time to relax sleeping music

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For me nothing beats Black Hill (instrumental post-rock)

The most pleasant nocturnal guitar music.





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For me the best late night album for unwinding to has always been Santana's 'Caravanserai' - can't really pick an individual song (except maybe 'Just in Time to See the Sun') as it's one of those albums that is way more that the sum of its constituent parts and really should only ever be listened to in its entirety.


Edited by Progishness - August 03 2023 at 11:08
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Alio Die has been mentioned before but I've just recently added a whole bunch of his stuff on top of the likes of David Wright,James Murray, Between Interval, Ian Boddy, Gert Emmens, Arc, Cygna, Kelly David, Jonn Serie, Bertrand Loreau, Frore, Paul Ellis, Max Corbacho, Wave World etc. There is a hell of a lot of this stuff to be found on streaming platforms it seems.

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Unfortunately, I am now of an age when I can fall asleep listening to any type of music. Big smile
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Thanks for sharing your awesome list of relaxation and sleeping music! Those tracks sound like a perfect way to chill and unwind.I totally get you; music has this magical power to transport us to a peaceful state of mind. Personally, I have a soft spot for Irish flute tunes. There's something unique and calming about them, even though they might not be as common as other genres. It's all about finding what resonates with you, right?And oh, I see you've got quite the collection going! Your music knowledge is on point! It's amazing how music can speak to us and create such a soothing atmosphere.


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Most of Brian Eno's ambient albums are very relaxing. My personal favorite is the album he did with Harold Budd entitled The Pearl. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror is equally sublime.


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