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My entire collection of music is basically just hard rock and hip hop. I want to expand my tastes. Whats some nice relaxing music? Jazz, classical, anything is good.
 
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Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Beck - Sea Change
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Beastie Boys - The In Sound From Way Out
 
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Beth Orton - Daybreaker, Central Reservation, Trailer Park
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table and Dreaming, Crash
 
UglyCasanova

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Try these:

Mogwai-- Mogwai Fear Satan
Sigur Ros -- Svefn g englar
Godspeed You Black Emperor -- Dead Flag Blues
The For Carnation -- Moonbeams
Modest Mouse -- Cowboy Dan
Built to Spill -- Big Dipper
A Silver Mt Zion -- the whole thing is a song
Mercury Rev -- The Dark is Rising
Spiritualized -- Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space
Sonic Youth -- The Wonder
Shiner -- Surgery
Dismemberment Plan -- Time Bomb
Gunfighter -- Captain Acid
Dorkweed -- You're So Trailer Park
Owls -- Everyone is my Friend
Hey Mercedes -- Bells
CKY -- Disengage the Simulator
Death Cab For Cutie -- Blacking Out the Friction
Trail of the Dead -- Another Morning Stoner
Houston -- Ugly Tree
Jackie O Mutherfvcker -- Beautiful September (We are going there)
My Vitriol -- Ode to the Red Queen
Stroke -- Godlike
Boards of Canada -- Aquarius
Labradford -- any
Do Make Say Think -- Dr Hooch
Fly Pan Am -- track 5
Over the Rhine -- The World Can Wait
My Bloody Valentine -- Loomer
Ugly Cassanova -- Things I Don't Remember
Autolux -- Future Perfect
The Melismatics -- Speaking in Tongues
David Dondero -- The Real Tina Turner
Varnaline -- Difference
Sparklehorse -- King of Snails
Remy Zero -- Glorious
Sense Field -- Fun Never Ends
Boy Hits Car -- Turning Inward
Paloalto -- Monolith
Twilight Singers -- Twilight Kid
Sheila Divine -- Countrymen
Vast -- Touched
Damien Jurado -- Castles
Lo Fidelity Allstars -- What You Want
Queens of the Stone Age -- First it Giveth
The Used -- Taste of Ink
Múm -- Green Grass of Tunnel
Desaparecidos -- Greater Omaha
Cupcakes -- Vidiots
Sunny Day Real Estate -- One
Scotland Yard -- Movin' On
The Flaming Lips -- Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon
Beck -- The Golden Age
Frank Black and the Catholics -- The Black Rider
2 Skinnee J's -- Sugar and Candy
Finch -- What It is to Burn
The Helio Sequence -- Transistor Radio
Imperial Teen -- Million $ Man
BRMC -- Down Here
Black Cat music -- Williamsburg Bridge Song
Sparklehorse -- King of Nails
Big Wreck -- All By Design
American Hi-Fi -- Safer on the Outside
Creeper Lagoon -- Wrecking Ball
The Mayfield Four -- Eden
Q and not U -- Soft Pyramids
Tricky -- Evolution, Revolution, Love

 
Hayabusa Rider

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Originally posted by: dparker
Try these: Mogwai-- Mogwai Fear Satan Sigur Ros -- Svefn g englar Godspeed You Black Emperor -- Dead Flag Blues The For Carnation -- Moonbeams Modest Mouse -- Cowboy Dan Built to Spill -- Big Dipper A Silver Mt Zion -- the whole thing is a song Mercury Rev -- The Dark is Rising Spiritualized -- Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space Sonic Youth -- The Wonder Shiner -- Surgery Dismemberment Plan -- Time Bomb Gunfighter -- Captain Acid Dorkweed -- You're So Trailer Park Owls -- Everyone is my Friend Hey Mercedes -- Bells CKY -- Disengage the Simulator Death Cab For Cutie -- Blacking Out the Friction Trail of the Dead -- Another Morning Stoner Houston -- Ugly Tree Jackie O Mutherfvcker -- Beautiful September (We are going there) My Vitriol -- Ode to the Red Queen Stroke -- Godlike Boards of Canada -- Aquarius Labradford -- any Do Make Say Think -- Dr Hooch Fly Pan Am -- track 5 Over the Rhine -- The World Can Wait My Bloody Valentine -- Loomer Ugly Cassanova -- Things I Don't Remember Autolux -- Future Perfect The Melismatics -- Speaking in Tongues David Dondero -- The Real Tina Turner Varnaline -- Difference Sparklehorse -- King of Snails Remy Zero -- Glorious Sense Field -- Fun Never Ends Boy Hits Car -- Turning Inward Paloalto -- Monolith Twilight Singers -- Twilight Kid Sheila Divine -- Countrymen Vast -- Touched Damien Jurado -- Castles Lo Fidelity Allstars -- What You Want Queens of the Stone Age -- First it Giveth The Used -- Taste of Ink Múm -- Green Grass of Tunnel Desaparecidos -- Greater Omaha Cupcakes -- Vidiots Sunny Day Real Estate -- One Scotland Yard -- Movin' On The Flaming Lips -- Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon Beck -- The Golden Age Frank Black and the Catholics -- The Black Rider 2 Skinnee J's -- Sugar and Candy Finch -- What It is to Burn The Helio Sequence -- Transistor Radio Imperial Teen -- Million $ Man BRMC -- Down Here Black Cat music -- Williamsburg Bridge Song Sparklehorse -- King of Nails Big Wreck -- All By Design American Hi-Fi -- Safer on the Outside Creeper Lagoon -- Wrecking Ball The Mayfield Four -- Eden Q and not U -- Soft Pyramids Tricky -- Evolution, Revolution, Love
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Now theres a list!

Just going to suggest you look into chamber music.
 
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BD2003

Lifer
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Some of these are great suggestions, but I'm leaning more towards non rock no singer type music.
 
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tweakmm

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Originally posted by: BD2003
Some of these are great suggestions, but I'm leaning more towards non rock no singer type music.
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Check out Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, vol 2
 
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CraigRT

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what's that cool song that's in the new Mitsubishi SUV commercial?
that's a hella cool track.. hopefully it's not done just for that commercial.....
 
Anubis

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Beethovens - 5th, 7th, 9th, any of his symphonies
Mozart - Symphony 41
Chostakovitch - symphony 7
Greig - Peter Gint Suite
Holst - The Planets
 
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KokomoGST

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Originally posted by: OulOat
Enya is the best relaxing music I have ever heard.
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Also Sleep-inducing? Well, most New Age stuff is... John Tesh, Yanni... :p

I like some good fusion like Casiopea (Japanese fusion) or some standard singers like Diana Krall. Some of McCoy Tyner's stuff (piano) is great to chill to... if you want more modern guitar stuff, I also like Pat Metheny's stuff. Kenny Burrell I like a lot too. Great to chill, hang out... good background stuff. Upbeat enough to not be sleep inducing... not intrusive. Some of Metheny's music can be described as atmospheric.
 
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LordUnum

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Originally posted by: Mucman
Acoustic Alchemy
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Oh yeah! :)

...and along those lines:

Wind Machine, Bruce Kaphan "Sliders" & Craig Chaquico (nice & soothing acoustic/pedal-steel guitar work)
David Lanz (calming piano)
David Arkenstone (mind-opening and relaxing new-age stuff)

Classical's very good for these purposes, too, naturally. I find these types of music occupying my playlists more and more as I get older, bit-by-bit, progressing further into adulthood... escapism! :Q :p
 
silverpig

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Pink Floyd - Us and Them (I think it should be illegal for car radios to play this song cause it almost puts me to sleep every time)
Robin Trower - Spellbound
Robin Trower - In This Place
 
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numark

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I rather enjoy many of the songs on either of the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. Laugh if you want, but I find many of them to be relaxing to me, especially with the way Howard Shore mixes the instruments together to create certain themes.
 
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AvesPKS

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Anything by Jim Hall, specifically Power of Three's Bimini...but basically anything by him.
 
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