Best relaxation / sleeping music
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Topic: Best relaxation / sleeping music
Posted By: cold103
Subject: Best relaxation / sleeping music
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 11:15
Please give me your best music for sleeping / relaxation / de-stressing! Of course the music can't be fast-paced, nor chaotic, and must be mellow.  But perhaps slow-tempo metal would be ok I like to be open-minded Pink Floyd for example sometimes has a heavy sound while at the same time being very relaxing. It does not have to be prog. Here are my favorites! Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - The Wall The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles - Abbey Road |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 11:27
I'm glad you said it doesn't have to be prog.  1996: Linda Ronstadt - Dedicated to the One I Love - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkY3wLpwJbWK31Ht-dwxHRrEGyoWqeZrr" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkY3wLpwJbWK31Ht-dwxHRrEGyoWqeZrr |
Posted By: AJ Junior
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 11:37
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I always go to sleep to music so I understand wanting to find good night songs. Let me name some of my favorites: -Book of Saturday - King Crimson -Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd -The Rain Song -Led Zeppelin -Mother Nature's Son - The Beatles (the Gryphon cover on Raindance is also amazing) -Don't Let it Show- Alan Parson's Project -Blood on the Rooftops - Genesis -Clown - Argent I have a whole playlist but these are some of the highlights written by prog/rock bands. Happy Sleeping :)
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Posted By: cold103
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 11:39
| I bet there are great stuff from the following, but I'm not familiar enough with them to post/mention anything specific: Enya, classical music |
Posted By: cold103
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 11:51
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 12:00
^ My pleasure. As it happens, I was listening to Marillion's Misplaced Childhood album on repeat play last night as I drifted off to sleep, although I wouldn't recommend it, as every time "Kayleigh" came around again for the second, third and fourth time during the night, I kept thinking, "Oh no, not again." 
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Posted By: cold103
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 12:57
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 18:12
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 18:15
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Well this is easy. Anything that bores you beyond comprehension. Seriously need a thread about snoozy music? LOL -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 18:21
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I like a lot of the stuff from the "New Age" period of late 80's to early 90's, that is electronic, interesting, and yet still relaxing, including: Richard Burmer Don Harris Raphael (Disappearing into ?... can't remember the title, but not the Vol. with drums) |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 18:21
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Believe it or not, when I was an aspiring sixteen year-old guitarist, I'd listen to this to fall asleep to -- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5287" rel="nofollow">  ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 18:57
| ^Tokyo Dream |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 19:01
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^ Right-- a very somnambulant record, I'm sure to Allan's dismay . . . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 19:59
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 02 2023 at 23:28
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I'm going to commend the OP for their linked choice. The music of Legend of Zelda is absolutely amazing, and it has been amazing for decades. Themes that were created by Koji Kondo in 8-bit sound great in 16-bit, 64-bit, and beyond. The many fully orchestrated works/performances of Zelda music proves the compositional strength of these pieces. Here's a treat from an AMAZING group. Charlie Rosen is usually the bassist but is also the arranger, conductor, and leader of 8-Bit Big Band. His arrangements sometimes take the composition further into what it was always meant to be, or, they take it to completely new and unexplored styles. Check out their version of Zelda's Lullaby, with a killer flute solo. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 03:05
| I often use electronic artist Thom Brennan with his lovely cascading liquid synths but Neuronium/Michel Huygen comes a close second! |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 04:26
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I think that you should try the post-rock genre: from Talk Talk (80's) to Kwoon (France) and Leech (Switzerland), and many other artists ...
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 04:32
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Hi, Weird to me that someone is mentioning rock bands and SONGS for this OP. There is a lot of meditation music out there and in my book none of the things mentioned actually fit, and while some may have some soothing moments in its entirety too much of it is a song. Most meditation and relaxation music is kind of "endless" and is able to carry you through it, and one could even suggest ENO and his many albums on the subject, not to mention a whole series of AMBIENT albums way back when as it was not thought of as "music". I'm even afraid to make a list of many things that I listen to that could be said to be for relaxation and sleeping, although at my age, I no longer need "supplements" to get to my sleeping state. I use meditation or chants for that, since any kind of music tends to wake up the visible spectrum and create a "film" of sorts for me. The best music for the specific request, would be SILENCE. Though in the age of the internet, the word "silence" is an oxymoron! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 04:56
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Maybe the most relaxing album for me is Edgar Froese's Epsilon in Malaysian Pale. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 05:04
Hi, I would put on "Alpha Centauri" and "Atem" ... though I would skip "Phaedra" for its hardcore sequencer stuff and move to "Stratosfear" that is much softer and less power driven by sequencers at least that I know. But there is a lot of stuff out there that belongs in this category, that I am not sure the OP might not exactly be interested in ... I really am scared to post my list ... ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 05:25
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I can sort of choose to engage or relax to all of these... Klaus Schulze - Mirage, Moondawn+ many, many more... Tangerine Dream - Phaedra, Rubycon + many, many more... The Necks - Aquatic, Hanging Gardens, Further, Blue Mountain many more... Miles Davis - He Loved Him Madly (just one composition, but it's 32 minutes long), Ife, Recollections, Lonely Fire (all about 20 minutes each), Mayisha... In a Silent Way many more... Constance Demby - Sacred Space Music Popol Vuh - Bruder des Schattens-Sone Des Licht (+ more) Pharoah Snaders - Harvest Time Can - Future Days (Bel Air in particular) |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 12:28
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Hi, A few more ... in a historical type way. --Tibetan Bells ... one of the first and beautiful albums. I think there were 3 of them. Wolff and Hemmings --Paul Horn ... a few of his albums were neat and special. Inside the pyramid is one album to have for sure! --Stephan Micus ... acoustic stuff and very pretty. --Thiij Van Leer ... his first solo albums starting with the "Introspection" albums is all classical music done with flute. Beautiful stuff! --Frank Perry ... the most difficult listen of them all, and this is not for you rockers at all. You're not going to find a "beat" in hundreds of bells and bowls! On the first album, it's basically 2 meditations and it took me 3 or 4 times to get comfortable with them to be able to do just side 1. This is NOT music as you know it ... and don't think that you can pick it up in 10 seconds ... you won't! --Ash Ra Tempel ... the early stuff is trippy although it is thought to be tainted with drugs. "Join Inn" and then "New Age of Earth" are excellent in every way ... trying sitting under a starry night at the lake listening to side 2 of NAOE album. And even later, just as AshRa, it still had wonderful stuff. --Deuter ... he deserved better as a lot of his music was actually very nice, were it not that it was "dedicated" to a Guru that was given the boot in America. The music is excellent and very listenable, regardless of its "ideas" ... but since when is an idea "visible" in music? --David Parsons ... several albums that are very nice to listen to. --Christopher Franke ... was kinda put in the "new age" section of things, but his work is hardly that ... very pretty and nice stuff. He did the soundtrack for a lot of episodes of BABYLON 5 with one very sad comment ... the directors in that series were idiots and wouldn't know how to use music in their lives. I don't think that Christopher ever recovered from that and he is still a hermit, and almost no one knows anything about him, or if he has even done any music in 20 years. My thoughts are that he hasn't. -- Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze's material is special for dreaming and meditation. It does NOT interfere with your inner sights as the music itself is "invisible" and simple continues even if it picks up a beat along the way to make it stronger. One of the few folks that never compromised his own work and did it his way, complete with a mixing board at his hands in every concert. And he has some unbelievable great and beautiful things, and the series that was delivered as "Works" 1 and 2, is fantastic and less electronic, using other musicians also improvising with him, and some are exceptional. Try "My Ty She" ... if you don't believe me! Tangerine Dream, would be best "served" as soundtrack music. Its work is about the visualization that goes along with a story of sorts, and it seems to fit well in my imagination, but it's hard for folks to get their ears around anything that is pop oriented instead of something like TD which is "movie oriented" and has very specially beautiful moments. You can hear the music, but sadly we will NEVER SEE the complete SORCERER film with the full work by Tangerine Dream ... I think the studios think it will be a waste of money and screw the music, but you can get the complete shows, the last before Edgar Froese passed away, and immediately think ... I wanna watch that movie with that music together! A lot of "new age" music was actually very nice, with only one problem for me ... the titles were all imaginary, coupled with bad covers on the CD's and Cassettes, and it made the music seem poor. So one album would have a slightly disrobed women dancing in the mist, as if she were nymph or a witch ... and we're supposed to imagine that this is what the music is all about. Guess what? It wasn't even close ... and the error in assuming that an audience was stupid enough to believe an image and what they were told, finally went away with a lot of folks ripping people off left and right. An "age" came apart due to corruption of its own leaders! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 18:52
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Nick Drake Ali Farka Touré (with and without Toumani Diabaté) Michael Hedges Harmonium The Moody Blues ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 19:24
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 05 2023 at 22:56
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Dead Can Dance...... any lp but my personal favorite is Within the Realm of a Dying Sun ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: RM_Lidster
Date Posted: March 12 2023 at 04:07
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Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow King Crimson - Islands Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Camel - Moonmadness Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: March 12 2023 at 12:20
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Nowadays I just go for one of the ambient/dark ambient 3+ hour videos on YouTube--like from Greenred Productions or SpaceAmbient or I might cue up something by Stellardrone or DreamState Logic or maybe even Alio Die but, back in the day, my college roommate and I would play Side Two of Dark Side of the Moon--skipping "Money"--every night before we fell asleep. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: ProkMan78
Date Posted: April 06 2023 at 13:03
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Extremely good choice. Also Harod Budd - Pavilions of Peace came to mind alongside this ------------- Been aroun' since 2007 with name gimsom but lost my email account a while back. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: April 14 2023 at 16:00
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I like to mix it up sometimes so I built my own... Assorted Mellow Progressive Rock 01 - Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself 02 - Santana - The River 03 - Jon Anderson - Don't Forget (Nostalgia) 04 - King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind 05 - Genesis - I know What I like 06 - Boston - Amanada 07 - Jon and Vangelis - He is Sailing 08 - Peter Gabriel - Humdrum 09 - Alan Parsons - A Dream Within A Dream 10 - ELP - Take a Pebble 11 - Led Zeppelin - In the Light 12 - The Doors - Riders on the Storm 13 - Roxy Music - Avalon 14 - Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street And if I want a little more chilaxin', then I pull out... Assorted Relaxing Bubblebath Rock 01 - Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes 02 - Robert Palmer - Get It Through Your Heart 03 - Max Webster - Diamonds, Diamonds 04 - ELPowell - Step Aside 05 - Steve Miller - Wild Mountain Honey 06 - King Crimson - Lady of the Dancing Water 07 - Vangelis - Love Theme from Bladerunner 08 - Thomas Dolby - Mulu The Rain Forest 09 - Split Enz - I Hope I Never 10 - Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up 11 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 12 - ELP - Lucky Man 13 - Joe Jackson - Not Here Not Now 14 - Jon and Vangelis - Deborah 15 - Genesis - Entangled 16 - Men at Work - Down By the Sea 17 - Black Sabbath - Fluff ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 17 2023 at 21:41
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Rush - Rivendell And also: Pink Floyd - A Pillow Of Winds " " - San Tropez " " - If King Crimson - lady of the dancing water " - Prelude: song of the gulls " " - Moonchild VDGG - Refugees Gentle Giant - Aspirations " " - Funny Ways " " - Think Of Me With Kindness " " - Memories Of Old Days Yes - Wonderous Stories " - Sweetness " - Onward Genesis - After The Ordeal " - For Absent Friends " - Dusk Steve Hackett - The Hermit Focus - Le Clochard , Janis and Moving Waves (all from the moving waves album) Uriah Heep - Rain Much Anthony Phillips solo stuff To go back to Rush to wrap it up I'll also say the garden, panacea and tears.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 01:00
| Brian Eno has plenty of ambient music that will help you relax. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 03:34
Yeah, Fripp & Eno's Evening Star is a fantastically relaxing album.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 07:28
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Listening to Evening Star right now - quite nice. I have listened to a LOT of ambient / meditation music in recent years. Stellardrone is great if you want a sci-fi / spacey flavor that's a bit more recent. In spite of a lot of this music having similarities, there are quite a few different "headspaces" I'm going for when I put this on: meditation music really needs to set a mood and then get out of the way, where as for sleep or background music for work there can be a little more going on as long as it stays chill. Sometime I'm listening intently but want it to be relaxing and then I need something that covers more territory. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 21:55
Yep, ambient is your best friend for some "sleep" music. Alio Die in particular is really good, same with Klaus Schulze and Brian Eno. Check out Alio Die's Incantamento for some nice ambient music to relax to. ------------- D~B |
Posted By: paisanojac
Date Posted: May 03 2023 at 18:35
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When one of my sons was a baby/toddler, '90-'93, I played cassette tapes of Ashra when putting him to bed. Ashra: Blackouts
Ashra: Belle Alliance Ashra: Correlations Might have also played Ashra: New Age of Earth. |
Posted By: bardberic
Date Posted: May 03 2023 at 22:16
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Maybe a bit cliched and normie, but I do admit that well-done lo-fi is quite relaxing good before bed. One of my favorite arrangers is Dreamy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4P0-7BXlao I also like simple piano meodies, too. Often based off of soundtracks. This guy from Korea is really good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd83jMTERqM Perhaps my absolute favorite would be droney/stonery psychedelic metal, especially if you want something more commercial and original. Such as Om,: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Hss-QiCnQ&list=OLAK5uy_kUlN9ZFD2Y1iNDkag4Ft2-jhaN4MX-M6M&index=1 and Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLaPKpym3o&list=OLAK5uy_nWBlZ2PQSgAJWyNpzmLrVLjk39hD58boI There's also space ambient - it's a genre I got into when I was a teenager and found it the most relaxing thing ever, but I haven't listened to it in years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wLwxmjrZj8 If you like Pink Floyd, then maybe try Polygondwanaland from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. It may be a bit on the "chaotic" side, relative to the other suggestions here, but anything with a polyrhythm is going ot be relaxing to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqS8bphqBys&list=OLAK5uy_kZx-hTxk_EfczAhOP3eQT-kJlBsH7NJXs (this one's also really good with *puff puff*, if you know what I mean  )If on the otherhand you like Camel, I highly, HIGHLY recommend Mir by Telegraph. This is probably the most relaxing album I've listened to in the prog realm in years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-peau5RgAyM&list=PLqfkBo29a8h9gxVPlperd5Wfh8drW1PZQ In fac I'm going to embed this one :) There's also Stories of the Astral Lizard by Re-Stoned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UviKpPF91Uk&list=OLAK5uy_lIkh5sBNWCqA6nZAnbRPeJ5bG0yYykV3M Going back to ambient, I also do like dark ambient, and it pairs really well with nordic neo-folk (what RYM calls "neo-pagan folk [???]"). Here's Forndom, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZ6P7qfwTQ&list=OLAK5uy_nJ9SGfQJbSl9XQHCy_FlX53cEVI21vfUc&index=6 Anything with a rhythmic, tribal beat is going to be highly relaxing. Also embedding this one for that reason. Post-rock and modern classical with bittersweet melancholy is also quite relaxing (and there are lots of them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVDIALTsLRE&list=PLMynaxX_I0z_flTWOXP5ywwzDtppAWlRM Lastly, I would recommend trying out some straight up drone music, too. It's not for everyone, but those who get, f**king get it lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMlsM7C8y3w&list=PLvsYXqtYjMYc2zsMGGwEvbMWi5j1zJWvc |
Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: July 24 2023 at 18:54
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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. |
Posted By: JacobGraham
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 08:57
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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 http://https://mcneelamusic.com/flutes.html" rel="nofollow - 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. |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 09:07
Unfortunately, I am now of an age when I can fall asleep listening to any type of music. 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 02 2023 at 18:09
| 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. |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: August 03 2023 at 05:07
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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. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: August 05 2023 at 04:39
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For me nothing beats Black Hill (instrumental post-rock) The most pleasant nocturnal guitar music. |
Posted By: VinciYeung
Date Posted: August 26 2023 at 10:27
I love this music & Thumbnail, Time to relax sleeping musicI know you'll always be with me https://www.youtube.com/@soulmate-ih6rr" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/@soulmate-ih6rr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94ykvDYJofY&t=55s |
Posted By: VinciYeung
Date Posted: August 26 2023 at 10:28
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I love this music & Thumbnail, Time to relax sleeping music https://www.youtube.com/@soulmate-ih6rr" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/@soulmate-ih6rr |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 26 2023 at 10:30
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Rite Time by Can.
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: August 26 2023 at 10:57
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!
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Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 02:33
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. ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 04:21
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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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Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 05:26
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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.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 08:15
Hi, 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! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 09:44
| 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. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 12:59
Metallica : Enter Sandman 
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 27 2023 at 14:29
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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. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: Progishness
Date Posted: August 29 2023 at 10:16
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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 ------------- "We're going to need a bigger swear jar." Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2 |
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: August 30 2023 at 07:29
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Definitely Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon and Sigur Ros' Valtari ------------- D~B |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: August 30 2023 at 11:31
ROFL
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