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What do you listen to when you're stressed? I like to listen to Kraftwerk, the unchanging machinery noises are so peaceful and unexciting it is actually really relaxing.

― Anna Rose, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

>Miles Davis:Kind of Blue >The KLF:Chill Out

― dek1, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I recently flew into a rage on my class mailing list when people kept asking questions like that began "what do you listen to when........" and I asked what do you listen to when you're about to fuck Grace Jones?

I don't know, it's just all so silly, I listen to the BANDS I LIKE!!!!!!

Sorry Anna, it's just I find listening to anything relaxing, just not in a strictly traditional sense. (and even this argument is totally cliched at this point, but it's still the right one)

― Ronan, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

what do you listen to when you're about to fuck Grace Jones?

"My Jamaican Guy"?

― Dan Perry, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Amazing Grace?

― Ronan, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Me And Mrs Jones.

― Dom Passantino, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh god I'm blanking...

Whatever rot song is in the s/t for View To A Kill. Where, 'fyall recall, Christopher Walken and frau Jones get it on after doing some judo. Terrifyingly hot.

― misterhungry, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I listen to some screaming feedback. thats how I ''chill'', you know.

― Julio Desouza, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Louis Prima, Al Green, Willie Nelson, Ben Webster, Deep Dish, the Congos, Smokey Robinson, Tom Waits, depending on what kind of music I fancy. That's laid back rest and relaxation stuff. Destressing can be an entirely different kind of release involving favourite raucous stuff that I'll sing along and jump around with. Louis Prima is the only one who reappears in this group.

― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

For ultra-deep relaxation, I think it's hard to top LaMonte Young's "Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer".

― o. nate, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

For relaxation, instrumental music is preferable, as words and voices are too engaging. Boards of Canada and Susuma Yokota are good.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Fairouz is usually good to listen to when I am feeling worn out from stress. If I am really exhausted, I often find myself listening to either of the two Fripp & Eno collaborations, or sometimes "Overture & Suiten" by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (performed by Konrad Junghanel), a really great CD. One of these days I will start collecting more baroque lute recordings.

― DeRayMi, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The KLF is a great answer, and Biosphere's great for this too, but seriously if you fall asleep while listening to death metal you sleep the most wonderful relaxing sleep. Seriously. Gorguts, Insision, December Wolves: great for mellowing out. Honest.

― John Darnielle, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I totally agree about Kraftwerk. The music and their voices, on 'Radioactivity' - what Kraftwerk did was quite strange. I wish someone would explain to me: why is Kraftwerk's music so relaxing - why exactly? And why are they different to other bands - they do seem almost like perfect music, the music of the future. But no-one else did the same thing as them - even though it seems like obviously the only thing to do, in a way. Nobody did the same thing, because they didn't want to copy - so they went on to make outdated music of the emotions. I mean, the unsubtle emotions. You know how Kraftwerk sing - do they talk like that all the time - or did they experiment and decide just to do it that way? What's their theory? Did they intend their music to be relaxing, or was it meant to have a different effect? And if they did intend their music to be relaxing, how were they bold enough to aim for that, even though they had been bought up to be 'artists'? I mean, how were they brave enough?

― maryann, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I recently flew into a rage on my class mailing list... -- somebody needs to hear Ralf and Florian

― Mark, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jazz vocal stuff: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington (but not Nina Simone; not relaxing at all, 'cept maybe her first LP).

― Sean, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Biosphere indeed, yes. That said, normally I drift off to Faith or something by Lull.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Eno's "Music for Airports" or the colaboration with Harold Budd "Plateaux of Mirrors" are always a last resort when I am really tensed up and need to relax.

Biosphere is another good choice.

― earlnash, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

One of Kraftwerk's songs is called (I think) 'Ohm' and ohm is repeated as a pun on 'oom,' the mantra, so is clearly a reference to meditation.

― maryann, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah that's "Ohm sweet Ohm" which also puns "home sweet home" It's funny I never connected it with Om, but after you pointed it out it seems so obvious

― Elliot, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the fact that Kraftwerk built their own/studio machines has a lot to do w/ their 'difference' - see also Aphex Twin ('Analogue Bubblebath' is a great term for what this thread is all abt...)

'Earth 2' by Earth is a v. relaxing rec.

― Andrew L, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Built to Spill: perfect from now on

Windy and Carl: a dream of blue

Olivia Tremor Control: dusk at cubist castle

Bon Jovi: cross road

Weezer: pinketron

Philistines Jr: the sinking of the ss danehower

Beach Boys: live in london

Smashing Pumpkins: rotten apples

Heartworms: enemies

― jel --, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Why the fuck would I want music that's good for falling asleep to, jesus I hear there's this great new experimental sound where you push the power off button on your stereo.

― Ronan, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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