I’ve just spent the last hour listening to Herbie Hancock – Takin’ Off.

I’ve never really got into his music (or jazz generally) before, but now, as I’m relaxing with a book, it’s perfect.

That is all.

That is not all because:
kemialliset ystävät alas rattoisaa virtaa
Is better than Herbie Hancock
So Meaugh!
😛

eva cassidy, perfect.

Real Estate – all albums great to relax to. Also Aphex Twin Ambient Works for some hardcore relaxing.

Selected Ambient Works By Aphex Twin.

Example:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z4cLmbw6q0&list=RD0Z4cLmbw6q0[/video]

Alternatively Washed Out:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v00RQms9QiM[/video]

I’ve had some of the best nights of my life to those artists. Certainly relaxed.

What you need….

[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5S_lktstwrs[/video]

^^^^

Klf chill out that takes me back to another decade mid 90s being utterly stoned beyond all belief on a regular basis…good call 😀

Unfitgeezer – many moons ago I used to work behind the bar at the Hacienda. It’s fair to say it wasn’t your average bar job. I used to roll back home at 5am, sit with my feet in the sink, looking out from an 11th storey tower block, kitchen window in Salford, over Manchester, skin up, and just bang KLF Chill Out on. It was the default album. And for good reason

One of the best albums ever made IMHO. I bloody love it!

Jaaaaaaaaz

Brian Eno – Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks

Depends what type of relaxing, like levels innit?

For me –

Level 1 (ie driving up the M5 after rush hr) – Miguel Migs, Naked Music, Lisa Shaw, Kyoto Jazz Massive, mix of Underworld’s downtempo ambient stuff
Level 2 (ie driving down the M5 at 2am) – D J Shadow, Nick Drake, David Axelrod, Ella Fitzgerald
Level 3 (ie recumbent after working hard) – Guqin classical Chinese zither (ie Wang Fei), Orb ‘Live 93’
Level 4 (ie in need of dark room, lengthy solitude and a good cerebral shower) – Gas – ‘Zauberberg’. (In fact whole discography, but Zauberberg more often than not)

[video]http://youtu.be/kVxnbBkCIJA[/video]

Caribou, Four Tet, Bonobo, Dusky, Nathan Fake and Apparat does it for me.

If you want more chilled jazz, try the Joe Pass album “For Django”

M83 – Digital shades vol.1
Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker

+1 for the Apparat album.

Thank you for al of those!

I’m not planning a strong session of Youtube mining and, if that pans out, I think I might be going record shopping. Or getting a Spotify account or something.

Whatever the youth does these days to listen to music.

KLF Chill Out +1
Still listen to it from time to time ,takes me right back to weekends in the North Lakes.
Happy Daze.
I believe copies are hard to find and can fetch many groats on flea bay.

There are a few Slumber Sessions on Soundcloud that are good for mind soothing. Phaeleh, Submotion Orchestra and Kimyan Law are all worth a look. I am currently working through A Strangely Isolated Place on Soundcloud as there are some pretty chilled mixes there too.

BVDub
[video]http://youtu.be/1A3OJvcO7mw[/video]

Lowercase Noises
[video]http://youtu.be/w4M9uKohYnI[/video]

The ultimate relaxing album is “Charcoal” by Brambles
[video]http://youtu.be/o602_CO0ICs[/video]

Ooooooooommmmm

[video]http://youtu.be/O63COyZlTyU[/video]

Nils Frahm and Agnes Obel are my current favourites – just beautiful piano music (and a bit of vocals)

Nice and simple.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN6JyEgxY1Y[/video]

Dave Brubeck’s Greatest Hist is another good gateway into Jazz
For old school clever chillout David Holme’s Essential Mix ’98 is pretty good
Brian Eno’s Ambient Music for Airports is amazingly relaxing.
Groove Armada’s Another Late Night and/or Back to Mine.

I’ll get flamed for this but the acoustic version of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is bloody brilliant, it is definitely my go-to relaxation album. A bit of Jack Johnson works for me as well.

I like a a bit of Japanese Post-rockers Mono for a serious relax.

Even the noisy bits are relaxing in a way…

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This is getting a lot of play at our house recently.

Above & Beyond: Acoustic – Live at Porchester Hall
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUTlKqSO-I[/video]

Anything by Fat Freddy’s Drop is good:

[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=SveqAY9tZ24[/video]

Steve Hackett – Bay Of Kings, Momentum. Beautifully understated guitar with flute.

I have this – http://www.helpmechill.com – on the radio when I’m driving during the day. They play some great stuff and it’s advert free plus pretty much DJ free. I think they get a lot music sent in by the listeners. Gets played in the house quite a bit now.

Seconded for Fat Freddy. Just enjoy the bass and brass bliss in this.

[video]http://youtu.be/1PkV-A5WTPk[/video]

Some good suggestions there, my current picks are the new Thom Yorke, Lowtec and Les Sins.

For chilling out music I really like listening to the albums the hilliard ensemble did with Jan garbarek.

Thievery Corporation – The Mirror Conspiracy
Tosca – Dehli 9
St Germain – Tourist
Smith & Mighty – Big World Small World
Aim – Cold Water Music
4Hero – Creating Patterns
The Orb featuring David Gilmour – Metallic Spheres
Nightmares on Wax – Smokers Delight
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions
Miles Davis – Some Day My Prince Will Come
Jazz Jousters – Lovely and Sweet. JJ plays Ahmad Jamal
Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children
Daniel Crawford – Side Effects
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out
David Holmes – This Films Crap, Lets Slash the Seats
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Sonny Boy Williamson II – The Best Of
Photek – Modus Operandi
Royksopp – Melody AM
LTJ Bukem – Ingredients Series

Mogwai
God Speed You Black Emperor
Explosions in The Sky
Sigur Ros
Efterklang

Especially on the sofa, after lunch, on the headphones. Will probably fall asleep.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU3IcaltbCw[/video]

It may have some stuff at times I don’t like, but I listen to Jazzfm, despite never having thought of myself as ‘into’ Jazz… the music suits my relaxing persona.