Anyone else sleep to Ambient?

[Skeeter]

I bought a used POS latop for 20 bucks from work a while back for the single purpose of sitting in top of my stereo in my room so I can tune in to Shoutcast and sleep listening to ambient tunes!

Am i strange because of this? Please tell me I'm not the only one....

Right now DI's Ambient is totally owning me -- and putting me to sleep zzzzZZZzzZZzzzz...

[baltdnb]

www.somafm.com has a good ambient station

[cleophite]

That's not weird at all. If I have problems sleeping, I listen to something downtempo or pop in a classical CD.

[badkitty3804]

I usually fall asleep to Portishead or DCFC lately. :shrug:

[evey]

I have my nature sounds maker. :D

[ras_cee]

I sleep to chill out all da time!!!

[FutonBunny]

i honestly can't sleep to music, it makes my brain wake up and i start analyzing it

[Yakko Red]

i go to sleep to Nick Warren's "Back To Mine" CD every night.

Craig Armstrong - This Love
Coldcut - Autumn Leaves (irresistable force mix)

those two tracks are pretty sweet

[DigDog]

some of the deep house mixes from other buzzlifers = my lullabies of choice

[Sunspot8785]

Ambient is always good to sleep/relax/meditate to... light the incense and candles...

[2rip]

definitely love ambient... especially when fallin asleep

[punkasschikadee]

I normally can't sleep to music, but when I do it's usually something like chilled out progressive... sometimes radiohead and the like but that usually isn't very good for sleeping

[maynard]

I've had my window open for about 6 months now, I find that the sound of passing cars/random other sounds put me to sleep a-ok. I can't fall asleep in dead silence.

The BEST thing to fall asleep to, though, is thunderstorms. As violent as they may be outside, I really can't think of anything more tranquil than lying in your bed listening to a good thunderstorm. It's just so peaceful, at least to me.


If neither is happening, I normally turn on the radio to a rock station. I can fall asleep to pretty much any kind of music.

[xgirl]

hell yeah! i hate total silence when i'm trying to sleep. it always wakes me up.

[punkasschikadee]

I agree... but theres always some kind of noise going on in my house so usually even when everything is off I still have something to keep me asleep (maybe thats why I sleep as long as I do)

[Calen]

I like quiet piano. I've got some tracks from various anime soundtracks that are knockout (literally). Also, chillout like Sigur Ros, sometimes Thievery Corp, Loreena McKennitt, Moby, <3 Dido <3... anything relaxing, really

[electromander]

I've had my window open for about 6 months now, I find that the sound of passing cars/random other sounds put me to sleep a-ok. I can't fall asleep in dead silence.

Have you listened to the album leaf? theyre a little more instrumental rock but still REALLY chill.. i saw them open for sigur ros and they use alot of *real-life* sounds overlayed with their music.. like cars driving by on rainy roads ahhh.. ..pleasant.. :drool:

[electromander]

oh and also check out an album by flim called "simple pleasures" for good ambient/piano music..

[inthemix]

Nick Warren's Reykjavik downtempo mix is pimp. Ummm...
Ive heard some very good ambient tracks from an artist called The Forth....
also I have a Pako & Fredrick ambient mix which is also very good.

[nu_born]

i like that cd Deep Forest, it's like brazilian, jungley, nativey, dancey kind of stuff...chills me out real quick

...i also dig the perfecto chills albums

[Mhatra]

I sleep to drone zone whenever possible... i also have really light chimes which hang on my nightstand and make a wonderful ambient and very soft noise as I move around during the night... i find that my dreams seem to journey into unknown terrotory when I have this sort of input during sleep... sometimes I like to sleep only listening to solo tabla or other Indian Classical Music... this takes me into hole other dimensions of REM sleep... i also think this can alter your brain chemistry if you find something that seems to allow you to have more REM sleep then your brain has more time for the production of seratonin... it is all very interesting... the dreamworld ... the sleep world... the brain chemistry world... this could be a really good thread if we dig into it a bit deeper...


...:INSPIRE:...

[Mhatra]

try to check out some thomas koner, tear ceremony, some arvo part, biosphere, pete namlook, bill laswell, Eno, higher intelligence agency, mira calix, and for sure WOOB...


just some good sleeping/meditation music ideas!


:::CREATE:::

:bowasian:

[milo]

woob rocks. ten years old, and that first album sounds just as fresh.

[munchkin821]

that is actually an awesome idea...i need something...

[Paxus]

i've been trying to work on another mix, i love to spin ambient
but never get the chance to spin it out unfortunately. If I can
finish another one, i'll be sure to post it. A friend who actually
has the one i finished, goes to sleep to it often, good for lucid
dreamstates. : ) -&rew

[Mhatra]

woob rocks. ten years old, and that first album sounds just as fresh.

ooooh I sooo agree, everyone NEEDS a good WOOB fix here and there! amazing work!

:elise:

[electromander]

the best sleep-inducing music i have used lately:

azure ray, autumns grey solace, mazzy star, cyann & ben, peter benisch, ulrich schnauss, brian eno (of course), global communication, and lux...

some are kind of obvious but im sure theres some that you havent heard.. :D enjoy !

[milo]

ooooh I sooo agree, everyone NEEDS a good WOOB fix here and there! amazing work!

:elise:

the first album by journeyman on ntone records is just as nice.
it samples dialogue from 'tron' too! it's produced by the same guy
who does the woob stuff, paul frankland. highly recommended.

www.discogs.com/release/59932

[Mhatra]

the first album by journeyman on ntone records is just as nice.
it samples dialogue from 'tron' too! it's produced by the same guy
who does the woob stuff, paul frankland. highly recommended.

www.discogs.com/release/59932


thanks for the recommendations milo!!! I will check this albukm out for sure!

oooo yea ulrich schnauss is a great one too!

:bowasian:

[Benson]

I usually listen to Donnie Hathaway or Bille Devaughn.."Be Thankful"..so..so..pimp!

[Benson]

"Diamond in the back, sun roof top, diggin' the scene w/ a gangsta lean.."

[2rip]

i sleep to speedcore :raveon:

[Mhatra]

i sleep to speedcore :raveon:


hhhhhmmmm, almost like sleeping to a raging tabla rela!!!!


hehhehe

:tweak:

[schnoidl]

DJ Olive made a great ambient CD called, simply, sleep. released on his label (theagriculture.com). I think he released a second one on another label recently.

i have two all ambient mixes on my site, good for dreaming
and stuff
www.sheldondrake.com

[Shakey]

Try Hooverphonic.............also, if you have trouble sleeping, you could try Ambien. My doctor put me on that a couple of months ago.....20mg of ambien.....20 minutes later it's impossible to hold your eyes open. It's the 20/20 rule!

[Random]

I used to sleep to ambient/downtempo shit, like Mushroom Jazz vol. 3 by Mark Farina, or Earth 6, or other shit like that, but then I found that reggae (old shit, like roots style) such as Lee Perry and old Marley worked as well. Then I figured I could sleep to any music, as long as there was music. Now I'm finding myself putting on ragga jungle when I sleep, like Walkingstick's newest mix "A Day in the Life"

[Matilda]

i do!!!! I usually listen to Lemon Jelly . Tis quite pleasing :)

[Skeeter]

Try Hooverphonic.............also, if you have trouble sleeping, you could try Ambien. My doctor put me on that a couple of months ago.....20mg of ambien.....20 minutes later it's impossible to hold your eyes open. It's the 20/20 rule!


Tried both Ambien and Trazadone -- have plenty left over still too. All they did was make me hungover the next day -- albeit they knocked me the hell out.

Found best thing was to change the workout routine (mainly, start goin to the freakin gym) and limit use of bed to sleeping only (no tv/movies/video games)

Still sleep best when i have some sorta ambient goin.

[NeonGenesis]

you know what sucks is that I try listining to music while I sleep but the last time I did that I left the damn thing on repeat and I woke up like I dident even sleep. Now I just passout while watching some old school anime ( just hit that sleep timer on the tv lol )

[Skeeter]

if it's too upbeat i'll wake up during hte music. Gotta be real mellow.