Hey y’all!
I’m trying to add more tools to my arsenal to just quiet down and ground myself, and make it easier to start and stay in meditation.
I find that Andean pan flute and such has really helped me in the past, but I can’t find any good albums/playlist or songs anymore. Leo Rojas has some nice tunes, but also some way too active ones.
An example of something that really makes me melt is the beginning of this instrumental:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijw86VcE4f8
Just waves, no unnecessary stuff at the side with a different tempo or volume, etc.
But this thread isn’t just about me! Please feel free to share what music helps you to ground, relax and find calm. I’m sure it can be useful for other folx browsing. :)
Thank you!
Dig - Mudvayne
Duality - Slipknot
Primal Concrete Sledge - PanteraAnything from the HALO OST
Im opposite, Deep bass and mad rythms helps me.
Thought maaaaybe Duality is a calm instrumental song by Slipknot, but nope 😅 Thanks for sharing!
Try this Maggotbrain by Funkadellic. 100% instrumental and very calming https://youtu.be/xby5467EbdU
Try the OST from halo 1, 2, 3 ODST. it will def be up your alley
Brian Eno’s ambient work.
Listening to Ambient 1: Music for Airports now. I like how slow and gentle it is :) Thank you!
Check out “Deep Blue Day” by Eno. That’s always one of my go-to tracks.
Very chill! I’m probably too influenced by the still image, but it gives off space/cosmic vibes :)
My grounding music is old blues. Like scratchy old records.
YouTube Gregorian chants
White noise generator site
Ohh I’m digging the chants! Thank you!
Older (i.e. 2000s and early 2010s) hypnotic techno. I do 30 mins of deep breathing exercises 3 times a day, while listening to it, to try and maintain a sense of calm throughout the day.
Realise my music choice probably isn’t what most people would classify as “chill”. I mainly listen to electronic music so I find it easy to lose myself into the extremely repetitive percussion and melody.
Moby?
Animals as Leaders is my brain go brrrr music. Metal and instrumental are the best.
Spiegel im Spiegel - Arvo Pärt
These two aren’t like the others, The Beautiful Chorus albums Rhythmic Meditations, also Love Dimension. On loop. Both on Bandcamp.
Marconi Union albums The Fear of Never Landing, also Versions. On Bandcamp.
Michael Stearns album Planetary Unfolding, available on Bandcamp.
Nils Frahm album Music For Animals, available on Bandcamp.
Anything by Kiasmos, they have two albums Kiasmos and Kiasmos II, available on Bandcamp.
Absolutely stunning, especially the first two! It kinda makes me think of Made in Heights, like the song viices, though there are still strong differences.
Thank you for sharing!
Marco Union - Weightless
has never failed me.
Yesssss
God is an Astronaut
I have enjoyed a soft murmur on days where I need to focus. A soft murmur is a neat little website where you can build your own soundscape. You can even subscribe to access the full sound library. I have used this site on off for at least a decade.
The free version is great already btw. For years I used singing bowl, birds, rain and waves as my soundscape. After I became a subscriber I got into crickets and frogs xD
As far as I know, this is an initiative by one guy so if you decide to subscribe, the money goes to him. He has a bio on the site that describes the story behind the website and his mission with it, but I don’t remember it super well. Haven’t used it since October because my life has been a hectic mess haha.
Super cool!
lofi.cafe
Dadamnphreaknoizphunk, Massive attack, thievery corporation, and sounds from the ground.
mynoise is my favourite noise generator site. every sound across hundreds of different generators is organically sourced by the owner, which sounds hyperbolic but it’s not.
I’ve come across it a while ago, even got it on my phone. But I don’t really understand how it works, or what the sliders really do :(
the sliders are just the overall volume for the individual noise tracks. best way to see this in action is going through all the presets on the left. i’ll reinstall the app real quick to remind myself how that works there.
ETA: oh it’s literally a button labeled “presets”. you can also bring up the slider labels with a long hold on the circle, or mouse-over on desktop.
Thank you! I honestly played a bunch around with it before, and read a bunch of text on their website but didn’t get it 😅
