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-Psy-

15-11-2007, 12:36 PM

What are your favourite relaxing songs? At the moment mine would have to be Joe Satriani's Brother John because it has some beautiful guitar playing and the pacing is just perfect for chilling.

ĐynastҰ

15-11-2007, 12:47 PM

Aim - Cold Water Music

Massive Attack - Teardrop

Unkle - Lonely Soul

FC Kahuna - Hayling

David Holmes - Rodney Yates (Ocean's Eleven music is awesome)

Armin Van Buuren & Nadia Ali - Who Is Watching

Incubus - 11am

Hoobastank - More Than A Memory

Dire Straits - On Every Street (Guitar solo is unbelievably chilled)

Probably some more that ive missed but theres a few i skimmed through quickly.

soulslicer

15-11-2007, 02:13 PM

everything by air, BoC, and zero 7 not to mention all forms of post rock and relaxing techno as well.

And good list there dynasty, I love that aim, hoobastank and incubus songs, they're so chilling, ice would be forming on my ears...

Viperidae

15-11-2007, 02:24 PM

Awesome moment: Listening to all of Campfire Headphrase in bed, then drifting off just as Farewell Fire does.

sea

15-11-2007, 02:31 PM

Hmm.

Leviathan - "****ing Your Ghost In Chains Of Ice" and "A Necessary Mutilation"

jimbo118

15-11-2007, 02:47 PM

Explosions in the Sky

Sliver

15-11-2007, 03:18 PM

Anything by Grandaddy

TheAntipop

15-11-2007, 05:09 PM

Helios' Eingya album. Think Boards of Canada mixed with Four Tet.

ĐynastҰ

15-11-2007, 05:22 PM

I wanna say BoC..but i only like Dayvan Cowboy nowadays..

Pulse

15-11-2007, 07:17 PM

Riverside - Second Life Syndrome

It's actually an album but has some quality chilled out songs, absolutely fantastic prog rock band, influenced heavily by Dream Theater.

lePobz

15-11-2007, 07:55 PM

This has always been one of my favourite chillout tracks: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91KPjxGmYxY

ĐynastҰ

15-11-2007, 08:37 PM

That has to be one of the most breathtaking music videos ive ever seen

French Ninja

15-11-2007, 09:11 PM

An Ending by Brian Eno
Various classical pieces

jimbo118

15-11-2007, 11:34 PM

Lots of stuff by Sigur Ros.

soulslicer

16-11-2007, 06:34 AM

aqueous transmission by incubus

Kula Meenur

16-11-2007, 09:44 AM

Fall to Pieces by Jonas Steur feat. Jennifer Rene

Also DJ Tiesto's new In Search of Sunrise album (no.6), the first disc is sooo relaxing and good background music for bumping uglies

joule

16-11-2007, 01:51 PM

A lot of what Zero 7 puts out.

lePobz

16-11-2007, 04:15 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uofx-I0TiOU

Ennui

16-11-2007, 04:24 PM

I listen to a shit-ton of relaxing/chillout/ambient music, so it's kind of a wide variety I could mention here... but I'll just note a few prominent albums that I consider exceptionally relaxing.

Zero 7 - Simple Things
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Biosphere - Substrata
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II

Insofar as individual songs are concerned:
Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
Aphex Twin - Blue Calx
Aphex Twin - Parallel Stripes
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line
Zero 7 - Polaris
Zero 7 - Destiny
Biosphere - The Things I Tell You

Dalamari

16-11-2007, 07:49 PM

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

Listen to the whole album

BirdMan

20-11-2007, 01:13 PM

Trentemoller - Miss you

Smoothest music ever, it has a taste of melancholy in it. Pump up the volume, close your eyes and flow!!

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=854YStolDNg

Tretemoller - Moan

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VUSEUvBdUx4&feature=related

The bass and tone is so PURE in those songs, you gotta check this guy out, he's awesome

Naph

20-11-2007, 02:16 PM

Slowly by Amon Tobin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCuUcTi_iSg&feature=related
I think it's relaxing :(, compared to his others :P

Oh and ignore the visual

ĐynastҰ

20-11-2007, 02:55 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CHG6maTHGLE

Just let the baseline flow

soulslicer

20-11-2007, 04:31 PM

Hell Yeah, that song is epicly awesome. One of my favorite incubus song. Incubus is awesome. Too bad the song is all about consuming drugs :( Also, this Incubus song is very jazzy and relaxing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhQyNGgPdI
and this too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt7idfsa9hg&feature=related

Oh and by the way, as much as Coldplay is well known, I just want to mention that their music is incredibly relaxing. A Rush of blood to the head will always be one of my favourite albums.

Also DJ Tiesto's new In Search of Sunrise album (no.6), the first disc is sooo relaxing and good background music for bumping uglies

Oh yes, that album was awesome. So many relaxing techno songs there...

sea

20-11-2007, 04:37 PM

The entire Shadows of the Sun album by Ulver is a good start.

ĐynastҰ

21-11-2007, 10:10 PM

Aye Coldplay's Rush of Blood to the Head is an awesome album.

I think..yeah THIS one is probably one of my most awesome incubus tracks for sheer chilledness.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5SHe9aBSlwE

Always makes me think of my ex. Was the song playing when i met her (ironic but believable :P )

Lokizen

21-11-2007, 10:49 PM

I need some sleep, by The Eels

fatchance

22-11-2007, 12:29 AM

Bebel Gilberto.

Portugese is the most romantic lingo....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfLCHQHndRo&feature=related

soulslicer

22-11-2007, 06:53 AM

Oh yes, echo is an awesome song.

God is an astronaut is incredibly relaxing as well. And surprisingly, no one mentioned Porcupine tree, some of their songs can literally put you to a long relaxing sleep. Hoobastank has many relaxing songs as well, such as Dissapear, If I were you, Waiting, More than a memory...

soulslicer

25-11-2007, 06:35 AM

Duran Duran's new album is pretty good:

His first single is quite relaxing actually:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMHxmt0hUTA

Qhartb

25-11-2007, 07:10 AM

There's always threads about relaxing music and I always say "Ommadawn part 1" by Mike Oldfield.

Qonfused

25-11-2007, 07:10 AM

"Incubus" and "awesome" are two words that should never be within 50 words of each other.

golden_fang

25-11-2007, 10:01 AM

disposition by tool

soulslicer

26-11-2007, 03:57 AM

"Incubus" and "awesome" are two words that should never be within 50 words of each other.

bah. Incubus is an awesome band. Incubus awesome. Awesome Incubus.

lePobz

26-11-2007, 04:11 AM

Air - All I Need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNG1zzrqPMg

Citrus

09-12-2007, 09:40 PM

ANDY MCKEE

Drifting (http:/youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4)
For My Father (http://youtube.com/watch?v=T4Igb5Yors4)
Rylynn (http://youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU)

Unfocused

10-12-2007, 01:16 PM

Hot damn, that guy is awesome (talking especially about the first vid here).

sea

10-12-2007, 04:50 PM

Yeah, he's basically a smash hit on YouTube. Good player, and nice, relaxing music. Kind of reminds me of some stuff from Liquid Tension Experiment, strangely.

soulslicer

10-12-2007, 05:14 PM

That is pretty awesome. Very relaxing guitar riffs there...am getting the tabs from the youtube website now...

Unfocused

10-12-2007, 07:41 PM

That is pretty awesome. Very relaxing guitar riffs there...am getting the tabs from the youtube website now...

Yeah, I want to try those out, but I need to buy a capo first.

Citrus

10-12-2007, 10:11 PM

All I have to say is good luck playing them ;)

His guitar skills are immense.

dfc05

10-12-2007, 10:14 PM

iron and wine
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H4eiQfdEd7I

peter and the wolf
http://youtube.com/watch?v=G9-mYs6YOxg

the microphones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4EAHdXU1sU

this will destroy you
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aBy6AIv4dL0

TheAntipop

10-12-2007, 10:20 PM

dfc05

10-12-2007, 11:34 PM

Iron and Wine - now there's a bloke I've wanted to get into for a while. I keep seeing a huge collection of CD's in HMV and I'm always tempted to pick one up out of the blue. What would you consider his best or most accessible?

Also, This Will Destroy You need to release something new. Like... yesterday.

The only Iron and Wine cd I've listened to is The Creek Drank the Cradle, so I can't really compare to any of his other ones. That one has a lot of slow, acoustic folk music. Pretty nice, and it has "upward over the mountain" on it, which is my favorite. The songs could get kinda same-ish after a while though.

Looks like you can listen to all of The Shepherd's Dog on his myspace page (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3800361). That album sounds a lot different from The Creek... seems he's gotten more people playing instruments, whereas The Creek was just him playing his guitar and singing.

As for This Will Destroy You... I might get to see them next week if I can manage to drag someone along with me.

jimbo118

11-12-2007, 12:14 AM

As for This Will Destroy You... I might get to see them next week if I can manage to drag someone along with me.

*Old simpsons lady voice* can i come too?

Personally i can't wait until January, Explosions in the Sky are coming here, pleasure overload!!!!!!!!:D

Also, This Will Destroy You need to release something new. Like... yesterday.
yesterday?

TheAntipop

11-12-2007, 12:24 AM

I need a new TWDS release now, but yesterday, or last week even, or last year, would of been better. :P

EDIT: df - cheers man, will check him out later.

jimbo118

11-12-2007, 12:33 AM

I need a new TWDS release now, but yesterday, or last week even, or last year, would of been better. :P

ok i thought 'yesterday' was a album or something :P

dfc05

11-12-2007, 12:43 AM

I need a new TWDS release now, but yesterday, or last week even, or last year, would of been better. :P

EDIT: df - cheers man, will check him out later.

Or in 4 weeks? http://magicbulletrecords.com/mailorder.html
If you pre-order, you can also get the shirt... the one with the "EPIC artwork".......

Explosions has left Texas off their schedule :(. But I'm guessing they'll add us in a little later, hopefully.

TheAntipop

11-12-2007, 03:18 AM

dfc05

11-12-2007, 05:58 AM

That's a sweet deal but if I'm quite honest with you I think that t-shirt/album design looks like crap. :( Not that I'd know except from films, but it looks like the kind of shirt you would see at some place in America like the Grand Canyon or some forest reserve, or some other tourist attraction.

Still, gonna order it anyway. Love Magic Bullet Records. Some great stuff on there.

Yeah, I think the design is meant to look cheesy patriotic as a joke. Especially when the vinyl comes in your choice of either "Red White or Blue" :P. I will probably get the cd and no shirt. Also on Magic Bullet -- if you haven't heard any Sparrows Swarm and Sing yet, check out their "O' Shenandoah" album. They sound kinda like Godspeed You! Black Emperor.