Music you like to fall asleep to?

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For me, nothing beats Jean-Luc Ponty’s Mystical Adventures. No vocals, just some relaxing electric jazz violin. If I’m looking to take a short afternoon nap, this album chills me right out.

What music do you like to fall asleep to or just relax with?

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I don’t fall asleep to music, but a good choice for destressing for me is the Alan Parsons Project. Lots of instrumental stuff.

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Celtic harps.

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Folks interested in this thread might also like this sorta-related thread from 3 weeks ago.

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While I can’t fall asleep to music, and it actually keeps me awake, certain well-chosen music can clear everything out of my head so I can fall asleep easier.

For that purpose I use Marconi Union. It works well because:

  1. It has just enough variety to compel some attention, you can’t just tune it out
  2. But there’s no real hook or repetition to anticipate or enjoy, it meanders endlessly
  3. The sonic texture is mostly bland, no vocals, no dynamics, no distinct instrumentation

That’s what I use when I want to stop thinking about things. Not exactly “white noise” but more like “white music”.

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The cliched chimes and flute meditation stuff does it for me. Boring as Hell, but that’s probably why it works.

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The KLF Chill Out.

An ambient concept album that’s supposed to be a “mythical night time trip through deep south gulf states”. Some crickets, a train horn in the background, car sounds, Elvis fading in and out of the a.m. radio, etc. Just sort of sleepy and trippy.

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Music … from the hearts of space. :relieved_face:

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Loved Stephen Hill’s voice
Safe journeys space fans wherever you are

It’s been years since I’ve listened

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The very essence of “mellow.” :sleeping_face:

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It’s funny, our NPR station used to play that early on Sunday mornings. It may be good for falling asleep, not so much for waking up! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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This is what I came to suggest, I believe it has been called the most relaxing song in the world.

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I’m another who cannot fall asleep to music, mainly because I’m a musician and can’t help but analyze what I’m listening to. It actually keeps me awake.

But, for pure blissful relaxation, my preferences are Pat Metheny, Bela Fleck and Michael Hedges.

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I have a couple of Pat Metheny albums. My wife calls it “hotel lobby music”. :slightly_smiling_face:

One of my favorites:

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I honestly never conceived of trying to fall asleep to music. I once tried one of those machines that generates, like, forest sounds or ocean waves or whatever, but it never really hooked me. There’s just nothing like a good ol’ box fan running in the corner of my bedroom to help me drift off.

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Music featuring Native American flute. Examples from our go to sleep playlist:

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I just put on the ‘spa music’ on cable tv music channels. New age tootles and flutes and uileann pipes, low and soothing, no loud blats or time changes to jar me awake. The fan, though, the fan is always going. It’s very quiet here, but there are planes, trains, occasional barking dog outside that sound louder than they are in the middle of the night.