Music for my opium den
October 3, 2014 11:36 PM Subscribe
Please help me find music that's mellow, percussive, and contemplative, but fades into the background and lets me concentrate on my work.
Prem Joshua's Mangalam is a favorite,
as is Panoramic by Atticus Ross off the Book of Eli soundtrack.
I can put any of those on repeat and toil away. I've also tried Eno's Music for Airports, which I find too choppy, and various flavors of trance, which seem more dance club oriented.
I've looked at other questions here, but not found what I'm looking for. Binaural beats doesn't do it for me.
I'm not stuck on newer techno tracks, I've Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good by Nina Simone is also great.
Any suggestions for more?
Prem Joshua's Mangalam is a favorite,
as is Panoramic by Atticus Ross off the Book of Eli soundtrack.
I can put any of those on repeat and toil away. I've also tried Eno's Music for Airports, which I find too choppy, and various flavors of trance, which seem more dance club oriented.
I've looked at other questions here, but not found what I'm looking for. Binaural beats doesn't do it for me.
I'm not stuck on newer techno tracks, I've Got It Bad, and That Ain't Good by Nina Simone is also great.
Any suggestions for more?
Try the Om album "Advaitic Songs".
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 1:42 AM on October 4, 2014
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 1:42 AM on October 4, 2014
i post this in every thread like this, but everything by visit venus. Everything.
Also, yesterdays new quintet.
Basically, just go back and look at everything used in the early-mid 2000s on adult swim bumps. it was all perfect for this.
posted by emptythought at 2:57 AM on October 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also, yesterdays new quintet.
Basically, just go back and look at everything used in the early-mid 2000s on adult swim bumps. it was all perfect for this.
posted by emptythought at 2:57 AM on October 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Explosions In The Sky might be a little climactic here and there, but I think they sort of fit the bill here.
Example.
Other example.
posted by kuanes at 3:22 AM on October 4, 2014
Example.
Other example.
posted by kuanes at 3:22 AM on October 4, 2014
Some ideas:
* Mogwai - Les Revenants Soundtrack
* Russian Circles
* SOHN - Tremors
* Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
* Ólafur Arnalds
* Sigur Rós
posted by neushoorn at 3:50 AM on October 4, 2014
* Mogwai - Les Revenants Soundtrack
* Russian Circles
* SOHN - Tremors
* Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
* Ólafur Arnalds
* Sigur Rós
posted by neushoorn at 3:50 AM on October 4, 2014
Best answer: Everything from these two recent questions.
posted by jbickers at 6:34 AM on October 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by jbickers at 6:34 AM on October 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I've found music for programming to be very effective work-music.
posted by aka burlap at 6:51 AM on October 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by aka burlap at 6:51 AM on October 4, 2014 [2 favorites]
The Ravi Shankar/George Harrison album
Anything by Snatam Kaur, Deva Premal, or Chinmaya Dunster
posted by Sal and Richard at 7:00 AM on October 4, 2014
Anything by Snatam Kaur, Deva Premal, or Chinmaya Dunster
posted by Sal and Richard at 7:00 AM on October 4, 2014
Response by poster: Wow! You guys know some awesome music. Thank you very much.
I like just about everything I've heard. Some suggestions have really captured the droning background and lack of lyrics that seems to do it for me.
posted by atchafalaya at 9:37 AM on October 4, 2014
I like just about everything I've heard. Some suggestions have really captured the droning background and lack of lyrics that seems to do it for me.
posted by atchafalaya at 9:37 AM on October 4, 2014
Boards of Canada
Sigur Ros (has vocals but they fade into the background, especially if you're wearing headphones)
posted by barnone at 11:32 AM on October 4, 2014
Sigur Ros (has vocals but they fade into the background, especially if you're wearing headphones)
posted by barnone at 11:32 AM on October 4, 2014
Air's album Moon Safari is available in full on YouTube. I found it by accident, but I think it might fit the bill.
posted by wittgenstein at 3:53 PM on October 4, 2014
posted by wittgenstein at 3:53 PM on October 4, 2014
Spotify has great playlists for this. So does Songza. I mean tons of different playlists with variations for music type, tempo, etc. They are probably worth checking out.
posted by Slap Factory at 4:07 PM on October 4, 2014
posted by Slap Factory at 4:07 PM on October 4, 2014
That Mangalam track sounds a lot like Desert Dwellers - any vocals are not in English, which means, if you don't comprehend the language, it becomes just another instrument.
Try:
Desert Dwellers: Roots
or Desert Dwellers - Prana Shakti
For a bit more of the opium den feel, is a track from 'Only Lovers Left Alive' (movie partly set in Tangiers):
Yasmine Hamden - Hal
posted by Elysum at 6:54 PM on October 4, 2014
Try:
Desert Dwellers: Roots
or Desert Dwellers - Prana Shakti
For a bit more of the opium den feel, is a track from 'Only Lovers Left Alive' (movie partly set in Tangiers):
Yasmine Hamden - Hal
posted by Elysum at 6:54 PM on October 4, 2014
Global Communication
Orbital
Music for 18 Musicians
Buddha Bar
Thievery Corporation
Kid Loco
Bonobo
I could go on.
posted by yoHighness at 6:40 AM on October 5, 2014
Orbital
Music for 18 Musicians
Buddha Bar
Thievery Corporation
Kid Loco
Bonobo
I could go on.
posted by yoHighness at 6:40 AM on October 5, 2014
Apologies for the lack of links - they take too much time for the moment. But this is a genre that I like a lot. Seconding Boards of Canada. I'll also add:
-Ezekiel Honig
-Greg Haines
-Odd Nosdam
-Tim Hecker
-Black Moth Super Rainbow (a bit cartoon-y, but wonderful)
I've found some excellent stuff on the Denovali website; it's a German record label that has samples of its musicians on its homepage. Some of the music can get creepy or loud, some is more classical, and some of it will fit right into what you're talking about, I think.
posted by taltalim at 5:10 PM on October 5, 2014
-Ezekiel Honig
-Greg Haines
-Odd Nosdam
-Tim Hecker
-Black Moth Super Rainbow (a bit cartoon-y, but wonderful)
I've found some excellent stuff on the Denovali website; it's a German record label that has samples of its musicians on its homepage. Some of the music can get creepy or loud, some is more classical, and some of it will fit right into what you're talking about, I think.
posted by taltalim at 5:10 PM on October 5, 2014
Yes! Denovali! Poppy Ackroyd on there would be so perfect for this.
posted by yoHighness at 9:05 AM on October 12, 2014
posted by yoHighness at 9:05 AM on October 12, 2014
Groovera's Low Mercury ought to fill the bill.
I listen to it on iTunes > Internet > Ambient
posted by Short Attention Sp at 3:59 AM on May 10, 2015
I listen to it on iTunes > Internet > Ambient
posted by Short Attention Sp at 3:59 AM on May 10, 2015
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