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Music to fall asleep to...any ideas?

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    #32
    Ekels
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    lordgoat wrote: »
    Burial Untrue

    I can imagine this kind of stuff doing the trick alright. Not for me though, I can't stand the stuff.


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    #33
    RodVelvet
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    I always find Mercury Rev albums are normally my chosen tunes for snooze espically Deserter's Songs.


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    #34
    Ekels
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    I fell asleep listening to Test Icicles- For Screening Purposes Only the other night.
    No mean feat. I must have had a few sleeping pills before hand.


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    #35
    invincibleirish
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    JerryHandbag wrote: »
    yep I forgot to mention Mogwai Zidane soundtrack on my original list, its class, just got it recently

    Zavvi sale ftw


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    #36
    ahaaha
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    john martyn.....


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    #37
    Aspiration
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    FuzzyLogic wrote: »
    the knife

    Jinx :)
    JerryHandbag wrote: »
    I see The Knife mentioned here a few times, must check em out...for some reason they sound familiar but i cant place where ive heard of them...

    The Knife are great - brother and sister duo from Sweden. José Gonzalez did a cover of Heartbeats which you might be familiar with as it was on that Sony HDTV ad with all the bouncy balls. They're very good friends. Karin from The Knife is also featured on one of the Royksopps's tracks, "What Else Is There?"


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    #38
    ball ox
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    Ekels wrote: »
    The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

    Jesus, you can sleep through yoshimi battles the pink robots, part 2?! :eek:


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    #39
    kerash
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    ahaaha wrote: »
    john martyn.....

    +1 and if you can get your ears around some Matthew Santos, kinda john martyn/jeff buckley style voice. Very relaxing:)


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    #40
    ChumpStain
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    Explosions in the Sky, fantastic band. They'll make chilling out feel like you should be thinking about life, love and everthing in between.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2CwzhD8W0


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    #41
    flyswatter
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    I would recommend some Boards Of Canada, Burial, Air and Zero 7.


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    #42
    JerryHandbag
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    Aspiration wrote: »
    Jinx :)

    The Knife are great - brother and sister duo from Sweden. José Gonzalez did a cover of Heartbeats which you might be familiar with as it was on that Sony HDTV ad with all the bouncy balls. They're very good friends. Karin from The Knife is also featured on one of the Royksopps's tracks, "What Else Is There?"

    Ah yeah now that rings a bell, love Jose Gonzales first CD didnt realise that song was a cover version....anybody like that band Talk Talk? Not their early 80s new romantic stuff, their later chill-out ambient stuff is really good....


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    #43
    Scubadevils
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    Talk Talk are excellent, the two later albums being Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock - amazing albums.


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    #44
    IanCurtis
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    Ekels wrote: »
    Portishead- Third

    Are you mad man!!?? 'Magic Doors' starts with the sound of a high pitched test signal for one!!!

    Great album, but not relaxing by any means :)

    I'd suggest either of David Kitt's first two albums....really nice to listen to in bed.


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    #45
    Brad Goodman
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    I Went To Sleep by the Beach Boys is a beautifully chilled piece of music plus it ties in with the whole sleeping theme!


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    #46
    paddylonglegs
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    Yeah Jose Gonzalez is good for night time.
    Sift through DJ Shadow albums to find chilled out.
    Also been listening to Fink lately,chilled acoustic similar to Jose.He's playing EP too.


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    #47
    monellia
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    Ventill/Poki by Strafaenn Hakon
    Neroli by Brian Eno
    The first half of The Sea and the Bells album by Rachel's

    Twenty Two Fourteen by the Album Leaf
    Pauvre Simon by Sylvain Chauveau

    Hanne Hukkelberg has a sound that is good both to fall asleep and wake up to.

    Harold Budd

    agree with whoever said DJ Shadow. nice metronomic tempos really good to chill you out.

    Bach is a favourite of mine for when I'm in bed. not because I want to fall asleep tho.


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    #48
    Moneymaker
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    Enigma, Porcupine Tree, Explosions in the Sky all work for me.


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    #49
    doonothing
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    Y'know that toilet roll add with everyone falling into the bog roll? What is that song!

    do do do do-do
    do do do do-do

    It's so satisfying and sleepifying...


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    #50
    Makaveli
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    Lullatone - Plays Pajama Pop Pour Vous


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    #51
    The Everlasting
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    any joy division


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    #52
    ANarcho-Munk
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    IanCurtis wrote: »
    Are you mad man!!?? 'Magic Doors' starts with the sound of a high pitched test signal for one!!!

    Great album, but not relaxing by any means :)

    I'd suggest either of David Kitt's first two albums....really nice to listen to in bed.


    d00d. Some of the songs on Third are amazingly chillaxing. You've just got to filter out some of the harsher sounding songs and then you've got one damn fine relaxing album on your hands.


    EDIT: oops! I was thinking of Dummy, not Third, doh!


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    #53
    ANarcho-Munk
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    Ekels wrote: »
    I fell asleep listening to Test Icicles- For Screening Purposes Only the other night.
    No mean feat. I must have had a few sleeping pills before hand.


    I'm afraid I can one up you on this one. I managed to fall asleep standing next to a speaker twice the height of me pumping pure drum and bass into my earholes. Yep, it was THAT boring.:)

    I had a rather frenetic dream though which more than made up for it...

    As well, regarding sleeping pills, has anyone ever taken them and then try really really hard to stay awake? Great craic altogether.


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    #54
    AbitDramatic
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    I went through a stage of falling asleep to
    "Fade To Black"- Metallica
    and "knocking on Heavens Door"
    Then again these day's I'm falling asleep to my Jimmy Eat World Cd's on shuffle....


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    #55
    MagicMarker
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    Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
    Air - Moon Safari
    Jeff Buckley - Grace
    Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
    Nina Simone - Blue for You
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (accept the beginning of 'Time';))
    Classic Experience II, disc one:)


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    #56
    radiospan
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    Burial - Untrue is good.

    And I put a mix together a few weeks ago, especially for falling asleep: http://www.last.fm/user/plazzTT/journal/2008/07/07/222xol_sleep_mix


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    #57
    JC 2K3
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    Fanny Cradock wrote: »
    Music for Airports by Brian Eno
    This.


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    #58
    dave.omeara
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    Have to agree with other people and say Zero 7.

    Havn't heard Brian Eno but will be looking for a few cd's in the near future.

    I'd say try The Jimmy Cake's latest album as well. Only got it recently but I think you might be interested in it.


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    #59
    JC 2K3
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    Oh, and Shpongle, lots of Shpongle:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tefzSUZbM7Q


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    #60
    mehfesto2
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    IanCurtis wrote: »
    I'd suggest either of David Kitt's first two albums....really nice to listen to in bed.

    Good call.
    Songs from Hope Street, or whatever the album's called with that on it is a fantastic relaxing album.
    And, also, a brilliant sex album.


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    #61
    paddylonglegs
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    mehfesto2 wrote: »
    Good call.
    Songs from Hope Street, or whatever the album's called with that on it is a fantastic relaxing album.
    And, also, a brilliant sex album.

    yeah,ah that album brings back memories,good album to ease the girlfriend into music a little less charty.

    Ya gotta have de shpongle.love that name!


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