http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/sleepmusic Questions tagged with 'sleepmusic' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:12:03 -0800 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:12:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/22669/Lullabies%2Dfor%2Dgrownups Can you recommend some contemporary music to fall asleep to? I'm going to a <a href="http://www.lowlands.nl">pop festival</a> this weekend and, attached to my sleep as I am, I want to take some precautions to help me get those valuable Zs. There's a round-the-clock party tent just outside the camping grounds, and overall there's going to be lots of noise pretty much all of the time.<br> <br> A successful strategy in recent years has been ear plugs + big-ass headphones with some soothing, meandering music. At home I like to fall asleep while listening to This American Life, but talk radio will probably not be powerful enough in this environment. Basically I'm fed up with the mix cd I've been using these last few years (BTW, I'm going for the 10th time! :) ) and I'm looking for pointers to fresh tunes.<br> <br> Basically what I like is either slow, electronic triphoppy stuff or singer-songwriter / slow rock songs (that do have some constant power and no sudden volume changes). Recommendations of albums are ok, single tracks would be even better.<br> <br> Previous successes: Massive Attack, Portishead, Aimee Mann.<br> <br> My brain and mood thank you a lot! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.22669 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:12:03 -0800 festival lullabies music sleep sleepmusic triphop goodnewsfortheinsane