Recommend some music to 'take me away' at bed time.....

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I struggle to get off to sleep sometimes but I find music helps.

Floydy Echoes type stuff, Brian Eno's An Ending sort of stuff, Classical, Trance, sounds of the sea or even Thrash can have a hypnotic vibe that helps.

Running over the same old ground, What have we found ?

Off to bed now but looking for something new - I was just wondering what other folk 'use' to melt away to ?
 
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Tangerine Dream!!
 
Fracster and U8myufo. That pair o' clowns always send me to sleep. Boring gits that they are:gag::p:D
 
Morcheeba and Portishead used to do it for me. Nowadays, I use earplugs and pretend I'm a pilot of a space craft ... I have little imagination, so soon bore myself to sleep thinking of the blackness of space :D
 
dinners said:
I struggle to get off to sleep sometimes but I find music helps.

Floydy Echoes type stuff, Brian Eno's An Ending sort of stuff, Classical, Trance, sounds of the sea or even Thrash can have a hypnotic vibe that helps.

Running over the same old ground, What have we found ?

Off to bed now but looking for something new - I was just wondering what other folk 'use' to melt away to ?
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One that is guaranteed to work is Discreet Music by Brian Eno.
 
Manuel Gottersching, (Ashra) E2-E4)

Micheal Rother, Katzenmusic.

Neuronium, Digital Dream.
 
Im one of those strange people that find metal really relaxing, so if I were in your shoes id probably pick something like Machine Head, Slayer, fear Factoy or Sepultura (Arise) :thumbs:
 
Thanks folks

I've got most of the above so will add them to my list :thumbs:
 
Foo Fighters 'Skin & Bones' is a beautiful album, a live recording from a theatre tour where it's altogether calmer and more melodic than the usual stuff version (which I love). Just make a playlist without the last song, Best of You, which is a bit energetic for sleep time!
 
Cheers

Nirvana Unplugged was one of my favourites for years.
 
Mag1cp2x said:
Katie Melua's 'Nine Million Bicycles' CD and I bet you dont even get to hear the end of the first track very often.
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Good album, most music of that sort is good for bedtime, same for the Carpenters music.
 
My favourite for complete relaxation is Lisa Gerard's 'Mirror Pool'.....yes I know, each to their own:)
 
how about Jean Michelle Jarre? Other half dragged me to the royal albert hall to see him a couple of years ago, I nodded off about 8 times! ;)
 
Bon Iver...




Half Moon Run...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIYOxxz9YFg


I also like to listen to audio books that I am really familiar with (i.e. it doesn't matter that you are going to fall asleep!) - stops me overthinking things.
 
 
Try looking up Andy McKee - guitar, if that doesn't help you go to sleep not much will...
 
Cheers folks

I can't check them all out every night but I'm certainly keeping tabs on the thread
 
Cg_Girl said:
I used to listen to this at night all the time, i don't have it anymore though
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That can be changed tho. PM me if you want some.
 
Mank said:
This. ^^^


I've listened to this many times while laying in bed. Beautifully relaxing :)
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I was just finishing off some work on the PC before Ryan (my 2 year old) came down.

I had this thread open when I called it a day and knocked off for Christmas.

I'm typing one handed as Ryan has just melted off to sleep to this on my lap (y):angelic:
 
I'd agree with Air. Another good one, for me at least, is Cocteau Twins' "Heaven or Las Vegas" album. Some of the tracks such as Fifty-fifty clown / Road, river and rail / Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires are very nicely relaxing, and just wash right over you.
 
Get an internet radio, and stream "sleepbot".

I also constantly have the sound of rain, surf, and gentle thunder streaming into the bedroom. I genuinely sleep better as a result.
 
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