Best Stuff to Listen to With Headphones When the Insomnia Ain't Goin' Away

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This sort of presumes that there are other people in the house, since if I lived alone I probably wouldn't be using headphones and the listening might consequently be quite different.

Anyhow, after four hours of sleep (I should be grateful), Ludus's The Damage is a really pleasant, occasionally jarring, generally miraculous listen.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

anybody else?

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

are you wanting sounds to lull you back into that warm slumber or to be a soundtrack to the forthcoming day ? t'all depends on your requirements i guess ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

it's as good as impossible for me to fall asleep to music. i wish i could, but it never happens. but since it usually takes me 2-4 hours to fall asleep anyway, i always end up listening to something. usually death metal will do, since that keeps outside noise away. when kept at a low volume, it becomes a pleasant stream of background noise. i can't relax to the quiet stuff that's supposed to soothe you. i think i saw someone mention Arvo Pärt's Alina. i tried that last night, but it was so quiet that my tinnitus got in the way.

i don't use the headphones, btw.

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

ahhh .. i too once suffered this sleep deprivation thing and would lie awake for hours. solution. Kids. now my head hits pillow, 4 mins max and i'm out for the count. PArental Exhaustion cures all Insomnia. i have not had a sleepless night in 7 years ...

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

the concert for george DVD

The sitar stuff, kept my attention.

Jeff Lynne appeared, started a song, I was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm so easily distracted that any random sound will keep me awake. the trick is to find a cd that i'm not crazy about. that way i know i won't start to listen actively. Bowery Electric's Beat works. i've been using that a lot the last couple of weeks.

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Satanstornade - Satanstornade.

The most Soporific thing I have ever heard. Its masami akita & russell haswell taking one stero channel each and playing lot's of white noise, rumbles, and earthquakes through their laptops. it also has one of the best sleeves I have ever seen.

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, noise can work. i've used Aube in the past.

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I have never punctuated lots with an apostrophe before. What a fucking moron.... :((

― hmmm (hmmm), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Insomnia Ain't Goin' Away . . ." So something to keep you company, not lull you back to sleep. How about two things from different sides of the world, like Spirit Of Eden and then Jackie Wilson?

― C W (C W), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, and Spacemen 3!

― tod (tod), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock or Spirit Of Eden
Erik Satie - Gnossiennes (preferably all 6)

― 39 Steps + 40 Winks (39 Steps + 40 Winks), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 13:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The Mermen - With No Definite Future And No Purpose Other Than To Prevail Somehow

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Labaradford "Mi Media Naranja" or "Prazision"zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Planet7 - Double the medication

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 15:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Throbbing Gristle "In the Shadow of the Sun"
Once those vibes start hitting, you are asleep.
I've never heard the end of this record.

― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The song "Hallo Gallo" by Neu! on repeat! works great...also Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left the whole album is very sleep friendly.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I tried an early Oval album but I just started concentrating on the intricacies of the mix and ended up less sleepy than ever. I'll give Merzbow at low volume a go, but I really have trouble listening to music in a dark room. Makes me ultra paranoid for some reason.

― udu wudu (udu wudu), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient 2

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

aphex twin - selected ambient 2
double leopards - u-sound archive
john fahey - blind joe death

x-post with JON

― Ian Johnson (orion), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Cure's Faith. Pure intoxication.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Curve's 'Cuckoo' works for me. I remember one night of turning the volume up with each song so that it really was unbearably loud by 'Sweetest Pie', but falling asleep during 'Cuckoo' itself.

I imagine Mojave 3's 'Spoon and Rafter' would be wonderful late on headphones, but I haven't tried it.

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs

One of the most gentle albums I have... never fails. Not sure if I've ever heard the end so here's hoping it doesn't go all WHOOOOOOOOOOSSHHHHSSSSSSWOOOOOOMHBUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZ (I highly doubt this)

Oren Ambarchi - Suspension

Also good. Gets pretty noisy on one track, but hey. Also really like the Jim O'Rourke disc on Mego for bedtime listening.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

bark psychosis - pendulum man. can't beat it.

― Conor (Conor), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Discreet Music

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 16 March 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Funny, this exact thing happened to me last night. I think I got about five hours in. Sun Kil Moon seemed right, though it did get me a little emotional.

― Scott, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, part of the reason I couldn't sleep is that I had the second track of the Cee-Lo album in my head. That would make a good thread--songs that keep you up at night...

― Scott, Tuesday, 16 March 2004 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I second the Keith Fullerton Whitman Playthroughs recommendation. Track 2 is stunning.

― Salvador Saca (Mr. Xolotl), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't use headphones but these days David Banner's Mississippi Screwed and Crunked and Half Japanese's Heaven Sent are two recent try-to-sleep albums. Kinda dreamy, lyrics that I have tendency to find new elements of with each listen and are ignorable when I actually get close to sleep.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Any of Wolfgang Voigt's Gas records or Kompakt's Pop Ambient series.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:33 (twenty-two years ago)

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops - hopefully you'll only need part 1 if you're sleepy. If you're awake, they're genius.

― southern lights (southern lights), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

get one of those beach 'field' recordings: just waves and birds and ahhh

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Mazzy Star's second album
the Old 97's Hitchhike to Rhome

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Any of Wolfgang Voigt's Gas records or Kompakt's Pop Ambient series.

YES. But especially Pop. I can't believe that record didn't click with me initially. I realized how wrong I was when I listened on headphones.

― original bgm, Wednesday, 17 March 2004 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

gas in a big big way!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

4-hour saturday night comedown mix:

http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/06wujL62lqG9xkOmyqxZI0

Duane Pitre – The Ensemble Chord in Eb with a Minor 7th and a Pump Organ Base
Chord – Gm11 (Pelagic)
Stephen O'Malley – Dolmens & Lighthouses
Pomassl – Qaraghandy Storm
Demdike Stare – Demdike Stare Meets Shangaan Electro
Philip Jeck – Veil
Deaf Center – The Day I Would Never Have
Machinefabriek – Koploop
Oren Ambarchi – Knots
Nana April Jun – Space-time Continuum
Carl Michael Von Hausswolff – Mingling Or Dodekaphonic Drones Interfered By Known And Unknown Digital Phenomena
Deep Listening Band – Deep Sound Exchange
Maryanne Amacher – Remainder (excerpt)
Arcane Devices – Lathe
Daphne Oram – Four Aspects
Lussuria – Untitled 1
High Aura'd – Sleep Like the Dead
William Cody Watson – Ode

― pastoral mellotron soaked epic gnome and wizard shit (get bent), Sunday, 2 September 2012 04:13 (thirteen years ago)

Anyhow, after four hours of sleep (I should be grateful), Ludus's The Damage is a really pleasant, occasionally jarring, generally miraculous listen.

were you trolling here? cuz while half of this record is soothing jazz-funk/sophistipop stuff, the other half is *slap bass freakout* "I WON'T PLAY YOUR GAME" [and now Everything but the Girl will play some excerpts from Trout Mask Replica] *feedback* "BRAAAAAAAAAAAINS". it's less jarring and miraculous and more "you will die if you listen to this after 2am, don't fall asleep during one of the quiet bits because you will wake up screaming 5 minutes later and you will die." if you're wondering why no one has showed up on this thread over the past 8 years saying "hey thanks for the Ludus rec, it really got me through some tough nights" it's because THEY ALL DIED OF FRIGHT AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. just listen to some Hope Sandoval, fuck, do you have any respect for human life?

― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Sunday, 2 September 2012 05:08 (thirteen years ago)

i was gonna say! when i want to go to sleep, ludus isn't the first thing i reach for.

― pastoral mellotron soaked epic gnome and wizard shit (get bent), Sunday, 2 September 2012 05:15 (thirteen years ago)

oh, cool playlist btw.

― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Sunday, 2 September 2012 05:19 (thirteen years ago)

I should say, I fall asleep listening to death metal, I think it's a brain chemistry thing

― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 2 September 2012 06:00 (thirteen years ago)

i've been falling asleep with the classic rock station on. sometimes knowing all the songs helps as background noise, other times i'll jump out of bed screaming "wrapped up like a douche! how is he saying anything BUT that?"

― pastoral mellotron soaked epic gnome and wizard shit (get bent), Sunday, 2 September 2012 06:06 (thirteen years ago)

hahaha

just driftin off...hell yes...wait...why the fuck does Andy Gibb pronounce all his s's like sh's...who says "shtronger"...do his brothers do this too let me go find that best-of

― we don't wanna miss a THING!!! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 2 September 2012 06:17 (thirteen years ago)

I always wonder why the fcc decided that the who were the only ppl ever who got to say fuck on the radio in ”who are you”

― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 September 2012 15:42 (thirteen years ago)

Cocteau Twins, Victorialand?

― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 2 September 2012 15:47 (thirteen years ago)

i made a downloadable version of the "saturday night comedown" playlist for those of you who don't do spotify. i also made it because spotify won't be around forever and this is one mix i want to hold on to.

https://rapidshare.com/files/4289958903/Saturday Night Comedown.zip

if you like the music, a lot of it's available through boomkat.

― arvo peart (get bent), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:43 (thirteen years ago)

you'll need to c/p that link into your browser, otherwise this should work:

https://rapidshare.com/files/4289958903/Saturday%20Night%20Comedown.zip

― arvo peart (get bent), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 17:47 (thirteen years ago)

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