Acalis Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Didn't wanna divert from Lorelei's "Most Depressing Music" thread, so I started my own. Share your thoughts on the most relaxing or stress-reducing music you like to listen to. I particularly like "Drops of Life" by The New Gillenium. It has that "Japanesque" feel to it. You can listen to it or even download it on Newgrounds.com The New Gillinium - Drops of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 brian eno - music for airports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Fat Jon, Nujabes & Force of Nature - Mystline (off Samurai Champloo), so serene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 frank sinatra is quite dope to relax to, although if you're listening to stuff he's done like september of my years or in the wee small hours it's fairly depressing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 yeah, but its perfect for a poker game most times, i find. really relaxing shit for me also often includes Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and pretty much anything by Sade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acalis Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 You know strangely enough, I really like some of the music from Secret of Mana. The main forest one on as well as the music of the Palaces. They are oddly relaxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 no doubt there's some good tracks there; i use a lot of Final Fantasy piano soundtracks as well (VIII and X's in particular were great, i thought) and for my money, Mitsuda's "Creid" (the excellent music from Xenogears, done celtic) is as good as it gets from game music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 yeah, but its perfect for a poker game most times, i find. really relaxing shit for me also often includes Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" and pretty much anything by Sade. NZA and his entry level jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalHeart Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 If I remember correctly, Chrono Cross had some pretty and relaxing music <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acalis Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 no doubt there's some good tracks there; i use a lot of Final Fantasy piano soundtracks as well (VIII and X's in particular were great, i thought) and for my money, Mitsuda's "Creid" (the excellent music from Xenogears, done celtic) is as good as it gets from game music. Oh yeah FF-X definitely! I even downloaded the music from the city of Luca as an MP3. It has a nice jazzy yet relaxing beat to it! I love to play it in the background whenever I play Coffee Tycoon on my PC, cuz it sounds like something nice to hear in the background when you're just chilling at Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 NZA and his entry level jazz haha, its true - i got introduced with Kind of Blue like many others but i cant help returning to it. shit just works. i got the complete columbia recordings of his work with Coltrane and it gets heavy rotation, but i gotta admit my favorites. and yeah MH, Chrono Cross was solid too, Time's Scar (theme) still has a great effect over me when i hear it, makes me go wander outside and shit, even through the parking lot. heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 haha, its true - i got introduced with Kind of Blue like many others but i cant help returning to it. shit just works. i got the complete columbia recordings of his work with Coltrane and it gets heavy rotation, but i gotta admit my favorites well I'm not denying A Love Supreme or Kind of Blue are brilliant albums. Kind of Blue is the best selling jazz album ever for a reason. Modal jazz (as they call it), is extremely dope. I mean both those albums are dedicated to God, and sound like they were made in heaven, there's no denying that. 'trane himself was trying to talk to God through a lot of his music, especially that album, but I'm not gonna bore you with my useless jazz knowledge. As you know 'trane went crazy and started doing that free jazz shit. To be honest, I wouldn't dare say you give that stuff a go. Ornette Coleman's "the shape of jazz to come" is the album to pursue if you want to extend your jazz collection. I'm not even sure I can sum up how influential this album is. I guess it was just so shocking at the time, because it had no chord structure, and that whole simultaneous improvisation going on. I'm not saying this isn't an enjoyable album, because it is. What Coleman did was leave out chord-playing instruments. I can't believe that album was only made in '59. It sort of goes melody-mental bridge-improvised sax solo-improvised percussion-melody again. Now you're probably thinking that's like most bebop, but hell, I'm telling you, this shit has no chord structures what-so-ever. You don't exactly need to be a blue note expert to enjoy that album either Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman As to stay on-topic with this thread, apart from that chillout electronica stuff like Boards of Canada, jazz has to be one of the best chillouts. If you've got the musical IQ for it, then sure by all means avant-garde/free jazz is dope, but that joint "Blue In Green" off of Kind of Blue has to be in my top 10 chillout songs ever. Miles Davis - Blue In Green Jazz piano stuff (and organ. nd: herbie hancock) is beautiful to chill to as well. Especially stuff by Bill Evans - of whose name you'll at least recgonise from Kind of Blue. Waltz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Conversations With Myself, all brilliant jazz piano right there, and gorgeous chillout music. If I want to chillout to vocals then I'd probably stick on [urlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Mister_Kelly%27s=]Sarah Vaughan's[/url] "At Mister Kelly's", which is a live album. Vaughan is said to have one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century, and if you've ever heard that album - even the way she forgets her lines in some places - you'd totally agree. Sarah Vaughan - Willow Weep For Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 man, that vaughan one makes me again wish we had a decent jazz lounge in this city. i dont care if it was covered in smoke; id pay too much for drinks and hang there anytime. gonna go get her album you mentioned there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 man, that vaughan one makes me again wish we had a decent jazz lounge in this city. i dont care if it was covered in smoke; id pay too much for drinks and hang there anytime. gonna go get her album you mentioned there. yeah, brilliant album. i'd of loved to be there, even the slightest cough or the sound of a glass or whatever would be your very own contribution to the album. so much better than ella fitzgerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 cant find album; plz link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I'm part of a private torrent community, I've tried looking on those public torrent sites but I can't find it. Don't you use Soulseek or anything? I'd let you get it off me if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 nah, not familiar with it, but if you post it up, ill grab it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 i've tried googling 'sarah vaughan rapidshare' but i can't seem to find that album anywhere. Just letting this torent finish. crappy seeds on these bossa nova torrents though, but i'll up the album for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I'd definitely throw "Enigma" into the list of names being mentioned here. Deep forest, God is An Astronaut and Boards of Canada also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorelei Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 ok i uploaded it, here you go NZA: http://www.zshare.net/download/14635176886fa979/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ben plays this ambient stuff on his PC at home, I'm going to have to ask him what it is because it's very relaxing. My friend turned me on to this album a few months ago and I just put it on when I've been stressing too much @ work: Another Day on The Terrace. If you DL it on iTunes for like $12, you get 4 versions of the album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benz Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 The album I have that Aarty's talking about is called Electric Calm Vol. 3 I like some electronica/trance to relax/sleep to, and also laid back Reggae like Bob Marley, Capleton, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 that's cool, picked some of that up from the dorms, did you? heh. Lore, DLing now, thanks in advance man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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