Music for falling asleep to

Guybrush · 08-07-2022, 04:31 PM

Hey gang.

Me and my daughter have a playlist that we sometimes like to listen to when it's time for her to sleep. They're songs that we find comforting and perhaps even a little sleep inducing.

You probably get the jist of it, but here are some examples of songs from our playlist:

And many more, of course. We got some Kate Bush, C418, Nico, Dirk Campbell, Robert Wyatt, Mark Knopfler, etc.

Do you use music for this and do you have some tips for us?

music_collector · 08-07-2022, 05:11 PM

The first group that comes to mind for sleepy music would be Beach House. I saw them dubbed dream pop at one point.

I'm such a light sleeper that putting on music would keep me up for the night.

Trollheart · 08-07-2022, 07:51 PM

My go-to

Plankton · 08-08-2022, 08:26 AM

I used to put on some Enya for my daughter. That combined with some Geiss visualizations on my PC screen and she was out like a light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsH1AuPM_Q

rubber soul · 08-08-2022, 08:32 AM

I can fall asleep to just about anything to be honest. Music in general can be soothing to me.

grindy · 08-08-2022, 03:22 PM

Max Richter's Sleep and Robert Rich's Somnium immediately came to mind. Both are 7-8 hour albums made specifically for sleeping to.
I personally am way too sensitive to sound to really sleep to even the calmest ambient but I like do doze a bit or just let the mind float to music like that.

SGR · 08-08-2022, 04:39 PM

Tangerine Dream is a pretty solid choice.

innerspaceboy · 08-08-2022, 06:19 PM

Back in 2020 I contributed to the Ambient thread naming several quality sleep music collections.

The larger collections of the genre I’ve compiled so far include:

Transmissions of Hearts of Space (1,323+ episode broadcast library)
Ambient Music Guide Podcast series (55 mixes)
A Strangely Isolated Place (62 mixes)
Brian Eno (the ambient portion of his 410 major releases)
William Basinski (23 albums)
selections from 36 (22 albums)
Mathias Grassow (149 albums)
Robert Rich (72 albums)
Deuter (89 albums)
Klaus Wiese (100 albums)
Harold Budd (82 albums)
Steve Roach (161 albums)
Music For Sleep (29 albums)

Particularly noteworthy longform sleep works include Max Richter's 8-hour Sleep, Robert Rich's Somnium and Perpetual: A Somnium Continuum, the Liquid Mind drone discography, and the unofficial Klaus Wiese Klangschalen Sounds Vol. 01-12.

I sleep to most of these every night.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Music for falling asleep to Hey gang. Me and my daughter have a playlist that we sometimes like to listen to when it's time for her to sleep. They're songs that we find comforting and perhaps even a little sleep inducing. You probably get the jist of it, but here are some examples of songs from our playlist: And many more, of course. We got some Kate Bush, C418, Nico, Dirk Campbell, Robert Wyatt, Mark Knopfler, etc. Do you use music for this and do you have some tips for us? __________________ Something Completely Different

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	My go-to __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I used to put on some Enya for my daughter. That combined with some Geiss visualizations on my PC screen and she was out like a light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsH1AuPM_Q __________________ See location...

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grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	Max Richter's Sleep and Robert Rich's Somnium immediately came to mind. Both are 7-8 hour albums made specifically for sleeping to. I personally am way too sensitive to sound to really sleep to even the calmest ambient but I like do doze a bit or just let the mind float to music like that. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

08-07-2022, 05:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	The first group that comes to mind for sleepy music would be Beach House. I saw them dubbed dream pop at one point. I'm such a light sleeper that putting on music would keep me up for the night.

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Tangerine Dream is a pretty solid choice.