[djgustashaw]

my favorite album to listen to while pulling late-night stints on head-fi is second toughest in the infants by underworld. the second track, "banstyle/sappys cury" is 15 minutes long and very calming. good stuff.

 

[ServinginEcuador]

Enya or some jazz and/or classical. But, since I don't sleep well a lot of nights I often pick something very driving to keep me going while I work until 3 or 4am.

 

[zoboomofo]

Yep, late night means jazz to me too.

 

[blip]

I vary... generally jazz, classical, or lighter electronica. Sometimes reggae.

Last night I listened to Amon Tobin's Out from Out Where...

 

[Rizumu]

A GOOD THREAD, HOLY MOLY.

Usually whatever more low-key albums I'm listening to at the time frequent my late-night playlist. As of now it's Modest Mouse, Cake and Jack Johnson...Karate is awesome at night and Radiohead works nicely too. Actually, a lot of of my listening is in the late hours of the night.

 

[usc goose]

jack johnson, ella fitzerald (black coffee is so good late night), diana krall, eagle eye cherry, howie day... that kind of stuff is usually my late night music. for at chilling at home latenight anyways.

 

[Lion Zion]

Older, mellower jazz stuff is great for late night listening; anything by Stan Getz, Miles, 'Trane.

I also like Brazillian music late at night; samba type stuff. Great to chill out to.

I am a huge Thievery Corporation fan and their stuff works great for late night sessions. Each disc runs the gamut from lounge to heavy dub. Very recommended.

Anything by Pat Metheney/Pat Metheny Group is also good for late night. (Also good driving music!)

Michael Franks; cool, for late night, just don't be alone, 'cause it's romantic stuff. Michael was big in the 70's/80's. All of his early stuff imo is really great with top notch session players. Very mellow, great lyrics/vocals.

The Dan (Steely, that is) Don't have the new one yet, but I do have the rest of the catalogue. Kings of east coast cool. The Dan are good anytime of course, but they work for late at night groovin.

Van The Man; Van's voice just seems to lend itself to late night listening. One of the most soulful singers alive. "Astral Weeks", "Moondance" "Veedon Fleece" "No Guru", "Common One" and "Beautiful Vision" are all personal favorites.

Low "Trust" Haunting late night stuff.

 

[FalconP]

On the top of my mind:

Voices by Roger Eno -- pieces for piano with electronic treatments (by big brother Brian). People accuse Roger Eno for being a Satie clone, based on this album; but I doubt Satie has ever been that sentimental.

Between Tides by Roger Eno -- very evocative miniatures for chamber ensemble. There is a warm, golden glow that surround much of the music that you'd swear that they recorded it in a little English cottage by the firelight. My favourite: Winter Music, Field of Gold (no relation to Sting), Dust at Dawn)

Standing Stones of Callanish and The Land of Merlin by Jon Mark -- beautiful (if sonically primitive) electronic soundscapes: warm and melodic, whispering of a bygone mythical age.

Vidna Obmana's Trilogy, The River of Appearance and Subterrean Collective -- all are masterly, graceful ambient excursions, depicting a pristine, tranqil natural world without resorting to prissy whale songs or bird calls.

 

[minya]

Late nights and sleep-deprivation mate perfectly well with GABBER.

Delta 9, Nasenbluten, Emotional Joystick, Knifehandchop...

- Chris

 

[pennylane]

When I can't sleep late at night I listen to Zero 7 - Simple Things.

 

[tehpressman]

usually some ambient:

Bill Laswell/Pete Namlook - Psychonavigation
Bill Laswell - Rasa: Serene Timeless Joy
Harold Budd - The Room
Michael Stearns - Encounter
Tetsu Inoue - Organic Cloud

or jazz:
Jim Hall - Concierto
Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
and any Django, Miles or Coltrane of course

 

[spaceman]

Anything by Dido, Steve Roach Coyote Oldman, Ishq, Bill Douglass, Al Gromer Khan, Enya, Ottmar Liebert, Ricki Lee Jones, Norah Jones, or anything, for that matter, on a HOS program.

Oh, and Kruder & Dorfmeister...The K&D Sessions

 

[Nightfall]

Originally posted by FalconP
On the top of my mind:

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Standing Stones of Callanish and The Land of Merlin by Jon Mark -- beautiful (if sonically primitive) electronic soundscapes: warm and melodic, whispering of a bygone mythical age.


These are favorites of mine too, especially late at night. Great choices, Falcon. You should also pick up his third in that sequence, titled Alhambra. It covers medieval Spanish mythology in the same way he did the English compositions. Also, his most recent, A Sunday In Autumn is wonderful too. Highly recommended

JC

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Pretty much anything sounds better late at night, except maybe the truly "difficult listening" -- Four Tet, Autechre, Laurie Anderson (and even some of hers sounds good late at night), Venetian Snares (at least, the one I've heard -- printf something).

 

[FalconP]

Quote:

Originally posted by Nightfall These are favorites of mine too, especially late at night. Great choices, Falcon. You should also pick up his third in that sequence, titled Alhambra. It covers medieval Spanish mythology in the same way he did the English compositions. Also, his most recent, A Sunday In Autumn is wonderful too. Highly recommended

Alhambra happens to be the only electroambient Jon Mark album that I don't have -- perhaps because I havn't been looking very hard for it. A Sunday in Autumn is a nice one -- very sparse at times with nice jazz overtones.

Jon Mark has done two more albums since A Sunday in Autumn (as well as a best-of that has been withdrawn because of contractual reasons): Asia Journey is a strange one: he wrote it as a "musical diary" of a visit to Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore, but his typically hazy sound makes me wonder whether he has been stoned most of the time: not something I'd recommend, especially as I live in Hong Kong I found his music totally at odds with my day-to-day experience.

An altogether better one is The Leaving of Ireland. Stylistically it is a complete departure -- it is mostly music for traditional Irish instruments, with beautiful songs and narration, and his old soundscape appears only on two tracks. This is a strongly evocative album: depicting the departure of Irish people during the famine and their arrival to -- and triumph in -- the new world. Mark uses a "cinematic" technique in his music; as a whole the set feels like a film without the visuals. I'd bet you'd like this CD -- I rate it my Record of The Year 1999.

Unfortunately the last time I checked, Jon Mark's own record label, White Cloud Records appears defunct.