music to sleep to

[ed miliband]

i've been having trouble sleeping lately i dunno why but i've been tossin' and turnin' all night - resorting to whiskey and press-ups to numb me into something resembling slumber

my ipod is mostly soul and funk and hip hop with some blues and similar stuff - none ideal for sleeping to

what's good? i was thinking maybe grouper and similar stuff but any shouts are cool (and needed)

[Franz Fanonipants]

my bloody valentine

[bricolage]

bjork

[bricolage]

this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(album)

[Deicide]

Children of Bodom.

[Rusty Shackleford]

sigur ros
MeW7TF68AWU
explosions in the sky
fly pan am
KwJ7NHicMmo
earth
zD-J8O2fLf4

[bricolage]

Gillian Welch

[Offbeat]

Any piano music written by Debussy.

[ed miliband]

this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(album)

ahh yes - that's amazing

i've slept to it before and had really weird dream - weird but not bad

[Franz Fanonipants]

j.s. bach

[Left Leanings]

Indian classical music, epsecially the sitar and tabla. I often put a disc in the player at night, and just drift off on the sofa...:)

[LeftAtheist]

My brother sometimes uses ambient music like Brian Eno to sleep to, though I'm not really a fan myself.

[gorillafuck]

the only music that I simultaneously like and would be able to sleep to is Sunn O)))

[ed miliband]

^^^ actually not a bad shout - sounds like falling asleep on the lower decks of a passenger ferry

[Ostrinski]

I can fall alseep to anything I like really, seems like right after I close my eyes it happens. Post-Rock is perfect for it though, this album is a good candidate
-97sExTt5dI

[Bostana]

Very soothing

This man is legendary:
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[ed miliband]

i love hank williams kid but he'll jus depress the hell outta me

[Bostana]

i love hank williams kid but he'll jus depress the hell outta me

Him and Bocephus speak from the heart
;)

[Per Levy]

the klezmatics - headdy down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol04eBQFFvc

sadly i could only find a live version, anyway its a really relaxing song and probally can make you sleepy a little.

[smellincoffee]

I have a winamp playlist for when I'm about to head to sleep. It contains some Enya, Enigma, and other ambiance music; "nature" tracks of rainstorms and so on; many pieces of instrumental music which I find conducive to relaxing; and a few recordings of chanting. The chants, like the instrumental music, are varied; some are from the Christian churches, other are Buddhist meditations. I'm not an adherent of either (or any) religion, but I like the sound of Benedictine chanting and so on.. I also have some jazz titles in this playlist, mostly 'slow' jazz that makes good background music.

[Left Leanings]

Madeleine Peyroux, I'm Alright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwT12wF_iUA&feature=related

[Leonid Brozhnev]

All of Pink Floyd 'Wish you were here' album.

[garymeyer]

American music base on different type there is more verity in this music

[zoot_allures]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnium_(album)

An excerpt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2CYBRgUWQ

[ed miliband]

ah yes i used to be massively into robert rich

[Le Penseur Libre]

Maybe you could try to listen to some guided mediations or even try to listen binaural beats. Some says that it can be very helpful. Google : Binaural Beats and click on the wiki link for more information...:)

[Comrades Unite!]

The White Album by The Beatles will have you asleep in no time.

[NewLeft]

I love repetitive music for sleeping.

e8upSBUNNH4

[homegrown terror]

The Weakerthans - My Favourite Chords. it's practically a revolutionary lullaby

[Misocratist]

Not sure if this post will be read, but I suggest that instead of listening to music, you listen to university lectures on your MP3 player, such as The Teaching Company's lectures (known on the internet as TTC), lectures from iTunes U (some of which can be found elsewhere) and librivox recordings (audiobooks). Put that insomnia to good use. There is quite a few good lecture series dealing with political philosophy, economics and history.

*I would have posted links to those lectures, but I need 25 posts to be allowed to do so. Sorry.*

[corolla]

When I was a little kid, I always used to go to sleep listening to a cassette tape of Ennio Morricones soundtrack for The Mission. For some reason nowadays, though, when I fall asleep listening to music, e.g. on my mp3 player, and I wake up in the middle of the night and its still playing, it makes me feel super disoriented for some reason. I have no idea why. But yeah, I don't do it anymore.

[∞]

all of pink floyd

fixed.

[Robespierres Neck]

Lately, I've been falling asleep to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPodpYu_Ruo

[Prometeo liberado]

Any Michael Parenti books on CD will do the trick.
Or for the brave at heart, the sweet sound of MotherCossak screaming for me to leave before the Colonel gets home.;)