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Sleep Assistance

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2009 in Indie/Folk

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Nowadays a carefully selected iTunes playlist is to thank for getting me to sleep.

No longer can I rely on silence to nod off, instead some incredibly slow and relaxing songs at a very low level help in sending me to the clouds. It’s a little like counting sheep now but replace sheep with songs and see how many you can last.

The first song in my sleep playlist is from the album Plans by Death Cab For Cutie.

Death Cab For Cutie – Brothers On A Hotel Bed

More sleep playlist tracks to follow soon.

If you have any great sleep songs – drop the information in a comment!

Bring on the comments

  1. jimbo says:

    stars of the lid
    and of course boards of canada, i like headphase when i’m drifting off
    jesse somfay’s new album is good too

  2. milnes says:

    Boards Of Canada….

  3. scott says:

    agreed, i totally rock the sleep mix too sometimes. and what a great song to fall asleep to. as cliche as it may be, i also often include some of mark kozelek’s deep catalogue as well. that dude just lulls me to sleep somehow. oh and great picture too!

  4. auco says:

    Hurricane by The Hush Sound is a good one for sleep.

    Until We Bleep by Kleerup
    Boy 1904 by Jnsi&Alex
    Sleepyhead, the Run Toto Run cover

  5. milnes says:

    that picture is classic tokyo subway, im there at the moment and its incredible how many people sleep on the metro, but are able to suddenly spring to life when its their stop. very comical. Bonobo is also wiked sleep time music.

  6. Damani says:

    sleep by dandy warhols

  7. Revolt says:

    Obviously anything by M83…

  8. luke says:

    feist – How My Heart Behaves
    clark – The Autumnal Crash
    max richter – shadow journal
    ben frost – you, me and the end of everything
    pulseprogramming – Within The Orderly Life (Remixed By Sylvain Chauveau)

  9. jax says:

    i usually search through blogs for electro music to dj with.. this track has been a favorite of mine ever since it was released

    kudos !!

  10. Dmitri says:

    Album Leaf is pretty mellow. I also like ‘Blood’ by the Middle East. Great post though..haven’t heard this in a while.

  11. David says:

    Check out an album by Josh Garrels entitled Jacaranda…full of good tunes, multiple good sleep songs, especially tracks 1 and 2.

    Also Damien Rice’s album “O” is brilliant sleep music

    enjoy!

  12. hannah mercado says:

    film by aphex twin – never fails to send me to sleep x

  13. Ryan says:

    Happiness by Riceboy sleeps (Jonsi and alex) is really mellow and cool- like cucumbers… It puts me to sleep like sleeping pills.

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