[fyrfytrhoges]

I really enjoy putting on my headphones to "forget about life for awhile" I wonder what are your favorite albums to relax to. Just a few of my favorites: Porcupine Tree " Voyage 34 The Complete Trip" Cusco " Best Of " Pink Floyd "Atom Heart Mother"

 

[Jeff Guidry]

Good, undaground hiphop really loosens up my brain and makes me forget about work, etc.

 

[blink180tone]

i really enjoy chillin out to anyhting by cake, especially prolong the magic and fashion nuget. they have put together some really good music backed by deep lyrics. check them out

 

[redshifter]

if these two don't chill you out, you need drugs my friend:

michael brook: cobalt blue
brian eno: thursday afternoon

some more:

marcy playground (1st album)
grateful dead: for the faithful
passengers 1: soundtracks
brian eno: music for airports
brian eno: ambient #4 on land

 

[stymie miasma]

How about The KLF "Chill Out"?

 

[mezzman]

Quote:

Originally posted by stymie miasma How about The KLF "Chill Out"?

Absolutely!
That is one of my favorite ambient CD's!

 

[Nick Dangerous]

What has been mentioned above is great (if classic) material. Here are two very recent, and rather incredible, releases in the genre (samples of each track available):

Chillosophy

Chillosophy 2

Seriously cool, top drawer stuff. Other genres are stagnating, but ambient/chill out keeps rolling along with kick ass releases that keep on getting better and better. Get on board, man!

A few tracks from each CD have been featured on Musical Starstreams (click my signature below for a direct link to the downloadable .mp3's). The Waveform label has a LOT of music like this...

 

[squirt]

Clannad: Anam

Enya: A Day Without Rain

Echoes of Nature: Ocean Waves (i often play this album overnight so i fall asleep and wake up to the sound of the ocean)
Not everyone in Hawaii lives near the ocean

Echos of Nature: Thunderstorms

 

[elipsis]

vladislav delay: multila


pffttt pssshhhhhhtt snap crackle pop fuzz

 

[Neruda]

Thievery Corporation: The Mirror Conspiracy

 

[penvzila]

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
NIN - Broken/Fixed (stark contrast, i know)

 

[stymie miasma]

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Originally posted by elipsis vladislav delay: multila pffttt pssshhhhhhtt snap crackle pop fuzz

YES YES YES! Beg, borrow or steal. Vladislav Delay has it going on. "Entain", "Multila" and "Anima" are all essentials. In a similar vein, Jan Jelnick/Gramm/Farben are very good also.

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Originally posted by penvzila Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld NIN - Broken/Fixed (stark contrast, i know)

Just picked up "Selected Ambient Works Volume II". Very very nice from what I have heard so far. Must buy that Orb album.

 

[Khazim]

Tool - Lateralus
Group X - Stepping on the Crowtche owf Your American President
311 - Grassroots
Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
Anything Pink Floyd

Group X is just hilarious.

 

[Braver]

Porcupine Tree. specially Recordings, very smooth stuff.
some Bossa Nova jazz, or Diana Krall.
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love.
and Pink FLoyd ofcourse.

 

[coolvij]

Moanin' - Art Blakely
Lateralus - Tool
2nd Violin Concerto - Bartok