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I need some makeout music for bedroom scenes

I'm looking for ambient makeout music. My usual go-to is Air or Boards of Canada. Specifically I want ambient, with no vocals. No dance tracks, but not as slow as spa music. Anything with a sort of dream-pop edge that would appeal to Gen-Xers in a gentle femdom scene is the holy grail.
posted by fluttering hellfire to Media & Arts (31 answers total) 31 users marked this as a favorite
 
This Gen X-er’s go-to in college was My Bloody Valentine.
posted by ejs at 6:25 PM on March 28, 2018


Best answer: Massive Attack and Tricky
posted by Toddles at 6:28 PM on March 28, 2018 [4 favorites]


Hmm, femdom, Gen-X... try something off the Labyrinth soundtrack. (Yes, everyone knows the David Bowie songs, but the score is memorable, dreamlike, and gorgeous.)
posted by restless_nomad at 7:42 PM on March 28, 2018 [2 favorites]


All the Vangelis
posted by Jellybean_Slybun at 8:09 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


I feel the need to suggest Amon Tobin. Perhaps something like Slowly from the album Supermodified.

Caveat: I find his style to be quite unpredictable and there are sound/Foley(?) effects, so that can make it a crapshoot. Like, I love the groove of Stoney Street but the background smoking audibles sounds seem out of place for your needs. Yet the tracks that follow it on the album Bricolage, Easy Muffin and Yasawas, might be a good fit.
posted by juliplease at 8:16 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


Plantasia (1976), sexier than Vangelis, imo.

Great answers above, though most have vocals. Hard to beat 90s trip hop as mentioned. Maybe some Portishead?

If psychedelic synth pop with distorted vocals are ok, check out dreamsicle bomb.
posted by SaltySalticid at 8:16 PM on March 28, 2018


Best answer: Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul
Lemon Jelly - Lemon Jelly KY
Osborne - Osborne
Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
Tosca - Suzuki
posted by Leontine at 8:22 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


GenX’er here. You may laugh, but: Bang on a Can, “Music for Airports” by Brian Eno.
posted by holborne at 8:26 PM on March 28, 2018


I second Massive Attack
posted by myrtle at 9:15 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


Maybe try some Delhi 2 Dublin ("Dreaming," "Synchronicity," "Get On The Bus," "Nightstep") or Beats Antique ("Miss Levine," "Sweet Demure," "Slapdash Era," "Spiderbite," "Shrine," etc.). Some of the named tracks have bits of wordless singing.
posted by wintersweet at 10:34 PM on March 28, 2018


It has vocals, but there is nothing sexier than Portishead.
posted by August Fury at 10:39 PM on March 28, 2018 [2 favorites]


Ravel's Bolero?
posted by bz at 11:03 PM on March 28, 2018


on the off chance that you prefer something genuinely, strangely, provocatively erotic, do check out 23 Skidoo's The Culling Is Coming

it worked for me
posted by philip-random at 11:49 PM on March 28, 2018


Best answer: It has vocals, but Massive Attack’s Mezzanine is the ultimate Gen X adjacent sex album.
posted by moonlight on vermont at 2:28 AM on March 29, 2018 [3 favorites]




Slightly different take: Morrissey...
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:17 AM on March 29, 2018


How about something like You Beautiful Bastard by The Sea and Cake?

Maybe some of Aphex Twin's gentler stuff? Like gwely mernans or IZ-US?
posted by saladin at 7:20 AM on March 29, 2018


Disintegration by the Cure. Has some lyrics but they are so secondary to the overall ambient mood that they are just another layer.
posted by OHenryPacey at 7:44 AM on March 29, 2018


Some Morcheeba stuff might fit the bill. (Some probably have more vocals than you are looking for.) Also, since everyone else is thoroughly disregarding the no vocals thing, when I think femme Gen X dream pop, I think Mazzy Star.
posted by salvia at 8:29 AM on March 29, 2018


Peter Gabriel's album Passion. It's...well, it's kind of the soundtrack he did for Last Temptation of Christ; the reason it's "kind of" the soundtrack is that Peter tinkered with things a bit between turning the music over to Martin Scorcese, and releasing it on an album.

There are some tracks that may be a little too drummy and fast-paced, but others (like Zaar, maybe) will suit.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:44 AM on March 29, 2018


The The's soundtrack for Moonbug.
posted by Capt. Renault at 8:46 AM on March 29, 2018


The Other People Place's Moonlight Rendezvous.
posted by gyusan at 9:49 AM on March 29, 2018


Dub Tractor's More or Less Mono or Leaning or many more of their songs...
posted by gyusan at 9:59 AM on March 29, 2018


"When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on Side One of Led Zeppelin IV."
posted by wenestvedt at 10:23 AM on March 29, 2018


Scottish ambient-y rock band the Cocteau Twins.
posted by Captain Chesapeake at 10:46 AM on March 29, 2018


Best answer: In the vein of Air, try Zero Seven.
posted by Captain Chesapeake at 10:47 AM on March 29, 2018


Glass Animals, Cocoa Hooves
posted by fritillary at 3:45 PM on March 29, 2018


Best answer: Try Groove Salad or Drone Zone, radio stations on Soma FM.
posted by essexjan at 4:38 PM on March 29, 2018


Best answer: Actually, Beat Blender on Soma is probably a better fit.
posted by essexjan at 4:41 PM on March 29, 2018


Best answer: Maybe this is too weird but I’ve had incredible bedtime moments to Future Sound of London, specifically the track My kingdom.
posted by Annika Cicada at 4:43 PM on March 29, 2018


Also Dead Can Dance, specifically A Passage In Time
posted by Annika Cicada at 4:45 PM on March 29, 2018


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