Recommendations for relaxing music please!

[BenLaw]

Hi all,

So, we're due to have a baby in about 4 weeks time and Clodagh is planning to have a natural / home birth. She already has a few relaxation CDs and a bit of music, but as far as I can tell ( ) this may take a while, so could do with some music to listen to round the house.

So has anyone got any recommendations for relaxing, tranquil albums / tracks? Must be available on spotify please, so I can set up a playlist. Clodagh's a particular fan of electronica and doesn't really like classical. Otherwise, a mixture of genres would probably be good.

If this all goes well, the payoff is a link to the final playlist

Look forward to the suggestions,

Many thanks,

Ben

 

[GSB]

Never used spotify i'm affraid but have a look/listen for a dude named Kitaro

 

[CnoEvil]

Maybe Oxygen by Jean Michel Jarre.....if that hits the spot, then there's Equinox (don't know if it's on Spotify though)

 

[visionary]

Julee Cruise 'Floating into the Night'

Selected tracks from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Local Hero' are soothing/soporific too

 

[BenLaw]

Never used spotify i'm affraid but have a look/listen for a dude named Kitaro

Great, loads of his albums on spotify Just stuck one on, any particular recommendations?

Thanks,
Ben

 

[BenLaw]

Maybe Oxygen by Jean Michel Jarre.....if that hits the spot, then there's Equinox (don't know if it's on Spotify though)

Thanks I like the stuff I've heard from him and just added these two albums to my Sonos / spotify queue. Let me know if you have any other thoughts.

Cheers,

Ben

 

[John Duncan]

Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

 

[BenLaw]

Julee Cruise 'Floating into the Night'

Selected tracks from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Local Hero' are soothing/soporific too

Thanks, have added julee cruise to queue

Sorry, are the other two albums? Who by? Struggling to locate on spotify

Thanks,

Ben

 

[BenLaw]

Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

Great, I've listened to other albums of theirs but have added this one to the queue. Thanks

 

[Amyl Right Mate]

Terre Thaemlitz - Soulnessless

Clocks in at 31 hours +, so hopefully long enough!

 

[CnoEvil]

Aaron Neville Tatooed Heart

George Benson Breezin' / Weekend in LA

Randy Crawford Secret Combination

Getz/Gilberto

Ismael Lo Iso

Supertramp Slow Motion

Loreena McMcKennit An ancient muse

Santana Brothers Santana Brothers

You can pick the bones out of that eclectic mix!

 

[BenLaw]

Terre Thaemlitz - Soulnessless

Clocks in at 31 hours +, so hopefully long enough!

Not on Spotify unfortunately, but I've added a couple of his other albums to listen to. Tho I'm not sure a song called 'gangsta ****' will necessarily be the right vibe

Thanks,

Ben

 

[BenLaw]

Aaron Neville Tatooed Heart

George Benson Breezin' / Weekend in LA

Randy Crawford Secret Combination

Getz/Gilberto

Ismael Lo Iso

Supertramp Slow Motion

Loreena McMcKennit An ancient muse

Santana Brothers Santana Brothers

You can pick the bones out of that eclectic mix!

Bear in mind Cno the next 4 weeks are not going to be spent solely listening to music to compile this playlist

 

[CnoEvil]

Another thought:

OTT (MIR / Skylon / Blumencraft)

 

[CnoEvil]

Bear in mind Cno the next 4 weeks are not going to be spent solely listening to music to compile this playlist

...but you need to bear in mind, that a first labour may need 24 hours worth of music!

 

[BenLaw]

Aaron Neville Tatooed Heart

Not on Spotify unfortunately.

Getz/Gilberto

83 tracks!! Anything in particular?

Supertramp Slow Motion

Not on spotify unfortunately.

Keep 'em coming! (4, maybe 3, tracks added to playlist so far )

 

[BenLaw]

Another thought:

OTT (MIR / Skylon / Blumencraft)

All added to the queue, thanks

 

[BenLaw]

Bear in mind Cno the next 4 weeks are not going to be spent solely listening to music to compile this playlist

...but you need to bear in mind, that a first labour may need 24 hours worth of music!

I'm really not sure what the right emoticon is to respond to that

Maybe this one: ray:

Tho at the end of it obviously this: :cheer:

 

[CnoEvil]

It's this album:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Getz-Gilberto-Stan/dp/B0000047CX

 

[Amyl Right Mate]

Is there much Stars of the Lid on Spotify? They're pretty awesome in this regard.

 

[Big Chris]

You're approaching the issue from the wrong side Ben. Get something aggressive and pacey on and that baby'll be out in moments. Try some early Slayer.

 

[visionary]

Julee Cruise 'Floating into the Night'

Selected tracks from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Local Hero' are soothing/soporific too

Thanks, have added julee cruise to queue

Sorry, are the other two albums? Who by? Struggling to locate on spotify

Thanks,

Ben

Sorry, they are film soundtracks, artists involved include Neil Diamond and Mark Knopfler

 

[GSB]

Silk road2 is one of my favourites,but then there are so many to be honest....one of his albums(Tenku) starts wi a lil baby crying...

He uses a vast aray of percusion,from eastern to western....some incredible symphs....and lots of nature sounds,worht a listen

 

[GSB]

Sorry,this was meant to qoute Benlaw....

Anyways....Silk road2 is one of my favourite kitaro albums,but then there are so many to be honest....one of his albums(Tenku) starts wi a lil baby crying...

He uses a vast aray of percusion,from eastern to western....some incredible symphs....and lots of nature sounds,worht a listen

 

[BenLaw]

You're approaching the issue from the wrong side Ben. Get something aggressive and pacey on and that baby'll be out in moments. Try some early Slayer.

I might put this on a backup list for if it all seems to be taking too long