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    Posted: May 17 2015 at 19:33
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What are everyone's favorite albums that you play to relax, fill up space, and such?

My number one would be Mogwai's Hawk is Howling. 
Perfect mellow post-rock. 


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lamb lies down on broadway
license to ill 
hemispheres
in the court of king crimson
wind a wuthering
screaming for vengeance
the who by numbers
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Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Any Moody Blues album
Living in the Past
Stormcock
Five Leaves Left
English Electric 2
Fleet Foxes
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Soliloquy for Lilith - Nurse With Wound
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld - The Orb
Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 - Aphex Twin
Dive - Tycho
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The Way We Live (aka Tractor) - A Candle for Judith
Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes
Smell of Incense - Through the Gates of Deeper Slumber
Explosions in the Sky - Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
Nick Drake - anything
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I... really don't own a lot of relaxing stuff. Ermm

But I love the hell out of Devin Townsend's and Che Aimee Dorval's Casualties of Cool.
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Lowercase Noises
Joni's "Song to a Seagull" and "Blue"
Hope Sandoval
Happy Rhodes
 

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Le Plateau des Mirroirs - Eno/Budd
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Recently:
Sun Kil Moon– Benji
Red House Painters– pretty much anything

Historically:
Nick Drake– Pink Moon
John Cage perf. by Stephen Drury– In a Landscape

Also, not albums but:
Ravel– Pavane pour infante defunte (piano)
Satie– Trois Gymnopedies
Chopin– Nocturnes
Satie– Nocturnes
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Here's some stuff I like to play when I just want to relax:
Jordan Underneath
The Orb - Orblivion
The Orb - Metallic Spheres
Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
Deadmau5 - 7
Deadmau5 - HR 8938 Cephei
Deadmau5 - Random Album Title
Storm Corrosion  
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Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Le Plateau des Mirroirs - Eno/Budd


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Originally posted by Lear'sFool Lear'sFool wrote:


Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 - Aphex Twin


I was gonna say Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II (and now I just did)
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If we are taking the "chill" criterion seriously without including irrelevant choices, ...

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by Barbu Barbu wrote:

Le Plateau des Mirroirs - Eno/Budd
awesome
That, The Pavilion Of Dreams, and The Pearl. Plus, ... 

Vangelis - Blade Runner soundtrack
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane
Popol Vuh - Aguirre soundtrack
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
(Not prog, but I just wish this act was included) The Durutti Column - The Return of The Durutti Column
Shelagh McDonald - Shelagh McDonald Album
(Not prog either, but still it's something to chill to) Nick Drake - Pink Moon (and maybe even Five Leaves Left)
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Brian Eno - Discreet Music
Robert Fripp - A Blessing of Tears: 1995 Soundscapes, Vol. 2


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Even as prog goes there's way too much to list. Off the top of my head:

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow/Aerial
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Genesis - Foxtrot (in particular)
Iamthemorning - ~
King Crimson - Islands
The Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom/Shleep
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Horizons, this might be an ideal album for you:



https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aftermath

It's an ambient/drone album, but very much based around Post-flavoured guitar. Described as `built upon layering shimmers of guitar and bass-generated tones and drones, the album’s core seems inspired by post-rock, drone ambient and the work of Fripp & Eno.'

You can currently stream the entire album on that page, perhaps start with the second track `The Search for Normality', I think you'll definitely pick the Post elements in that one.

It's a really good album, I bought it myself.
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Originally posted by x1yyz x1yyz wrote:

lamb lies down on broadway
license to ill 
hemispheres
in the court of king crimson
wind a wuthering
screaming for vengeance
the who by numbers
tommy

Pardon me for asking but did you post this under the wrong thread?LOL

The only one I can see as a chill-out experience might be Wind & Wuthering. 

From the top of my head (I know I'm forgetting a lot):

Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
Perry Leopold - Christian Lucifer
Manuel Göttsching - E-2 E-4
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
Franco Leprino - Integrati...Disintegrati
Il Paese dei Balocchi - s/t
Popol Vuh - pick any album between Hosianna Mantra and Aguirre
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission
Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musick (sometimes - it isn't every time it works)
Haruomi Hosono - Cochin Moon

Oh and I saw you mentioned Mogwai, Austin. I'm really digging their most recent 'Rave Tapes' and find it extremely relaxing to put on....without sounding sedate. Maybe it's the electronics in play - I'm not entirely sure.




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Good call on KS's `Picture Music', Dave, I'll take that and raise you a:

Daevid Allen/Microcosmic - Sacred Geometry (especially the first volume)
Adelbert von Deyen - Nordborg
Ashra - New Age of Earth
Steve Roach - The Delicate Forever
Alpha Wave Movement - Architexture of Silence
Altus - The Time Collection

Anything by ISHQ seems to be working a treat these days as well, especially `Autumn Light', I was lucky to get one of the long since sold out CD's, but digital can still be snapped up: https://ishq.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-light

I'm sure I missed several recommendations, but those ones instantly came to mind!


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^Hah yeah I thought about listing some 50+ electronic albums but decided not to. It'd end up a little one-sidedLOL
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

^Hah yeah I thought about listing some 50+ electronic albums but decided not to. It'd end up a little one-sidedLOL



Oh yeah, man, don't encourage me or get me started!
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:


From the top of my head (I know I'm forgetting a lot):

...
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
...
Not sure I would call it to be one to chill out to. I find a great deal of intensity on that one. Sometimes I just get up and play air drums, air guitar, and air harmonica when I listen to "Desire".
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