Music for Chillin

reeltrouble1

terrance blanchard, damm I cannot remember the name of the SACD I have, but he does some instrumental along with vocals by Casandra Williams, Jane Monheint, Diana Crawl and so on.

Wynton Marrsieles (sp) is another one I enjoy.

heck I have a bunch, let me look when I get home, I just play em I really never read the jewel cases or album covers. Oh yea, I know Amanda McBroom, now she is to die for, what a voice, great music, great recording, this woman has perfect pitch.

Of course we were really poor when I was young so I never could expect a whole album of songs in my youth, had to live on 45's that were hand me down's from my piano teacher or scratched throw aways, now Shack knows all about albums, he comes from money......so he wins that album cover game we have all the time. really unfair......but I bet he could not identify the buckinghams 45 record Kind of Drag by sight......well, at least not without the title staring him in the face.....

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dylan

Try Rose Smith - Dawnraiding. Down-tempo'ish, and one of my favorite albums. Also, I liked the next Zero 7 album better than simple things, The Garden.

I use it as background, ambient music while I'm coding at work. Then on the drive home, Tool comes out.

beardog03

Brian Simpson if ya like the Piano..

I have a few different artists that my wife calls elevator musc....but it`s not !

It`s just real smooooth

Music Joe

I like "The Garden" equally to "Simple Things".
"When It Falls" although weakest of the three, still has an undeniable Zero 7 sound.
Blue States "Man Mountain" "Nothing Changes Under The Sun"(any you can find really)
Air "Talkie Walkie"
Hooverphonic "Magnificent Tree" "Blue Wonder Power Milk"
Goldfrapp "Felt Mountain"
Royksopp "Melody AM" "The Understanding"
Mandalay "Solace"
Emiliana Torrini "Love in the Time of Science"

If you like the female vocals on Z7 check out Sia "Colour the Small One"

all available and recorded decently...all great straight through listens...all flavoured like Zero 7.

wingnut4772

sona wrote:

Who wants to be Oprah?

only if I can say.........




...........John Traaaavoltaaaaaaa!

reeltrouble1

Sona,

You know I think a Polk Xrt XM radio would be perfect for you, you can listen to many many artists who get little play time on traditional stations. Costs are about equal to one CD a month, not bad.

Just a thought.

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treitz3

Music for Chillin?

The Bob Marley mon! Yease mon! At least that's what I chill to.....

schwarcw

Sona wrote: »

Was I wrong about the Fisher equipment? (Or maybe Fischer?)

Sona

You did the right thing by walking past that Fisher junk. They had some decent tube stuff back in the '60's. Their mass market product in the '80's isn't worth burning.

reeltrouble1

Sona,

Agree with Carl, I am not a Fisher officianado, as stated during the 80's Fisher, Kenwood, JVC went on the decline, there are some silver faced JVC units that have a following, but I have personally moved on.

Sattelite radio direct from XM beats the tail off the TV, the Polk XM tuner is a quality piece with a nice DAC, the sound is between mp3 and CD quality, although these kind of statements are getting more fuzzy, dependent upon whose CD or mp3, it's never going to be my reference material for those smoking jacket listening sessions I do, but for exposure to new artists and material the sound is certainly well beyond doable for me.

The Polk I-Sonic can also do XM and it has a traditional tuner that can receive HD radio as well as having its own DVD/CD player, alarms and so on. Costs more than Xrt tuner.

So you would have the cost of the unit
The ever present "activation fee" for the sattelite I think it's 35.00
and the 12.95 fee per month for the xm radio

I know nothing of sirius, mostly because Polk does not get sirius......

The XM has many educational programs, concerts and so on, for someone into music it can become the center of their rig. I would check out the website if nothing else. Other companies make do-dads that go from the rack to the car and back again, I do not own any of these but mention they do at least exist.

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reeltrouble1

Sona,

waaa......funny, of course the random thinking is up my alley, ok, well, DJ's, hell, I could not say, I listen to watercolors, bluesville, rock, its about the music for me, that said the vast majority of my listening is done with the SACD and the Vinyl. I am an old guy so I like old stuff, can you dig it???

I thought XM or the other would be a fit for your need. I can tell you that my Polk Tuner sounds much nicer than the feed I get from Direct TV, however, its the same music and YMMV.

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phuz

A good start to newer jazz, and hip hop influenced electronica music.

Kruder and Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions (also other stufff by them)
Amberdelic Space Compilation (the first one) - 4CD compilation of spacey, chill, electronica - will introduce you to many many artists
Tricky
Massive Attack
DJ Krush
DJ Cam
DJ Shadow
Lamb
Ninja Tune
Portishead (look for their performance DVD, as well as the trip-hop reconstruction CDs)
Thievery Corporation
Anyhting on Om's record label, or remixed or modern stuff on Blue Note.
Check out J Boogies albums if you like ragga/dub/hip-hop influenced stuff.
Fila Brizillia

phipiper10

I've only in the last couple of years gotten into downtempo/chillout type stuff but I love it.

Zero 7
Air
St. Germain - French/chill/jazz
Thievery Corporation - Richest man in babylon
Lemon Jelly -Lemonjelly.KY
Eighteenth Street Lounge - This is a great compilation
Tosca - Suzuki
Kruder & Dorfmeister - these guys have a series of discs as well
Buddha Bar series of discs

Enjoy!

Music Joe

Sona wrote: »

I'm really liking Sia.

Good stuff, ok lets try a few more.....

try these full samples of Frou Frou/Details

full cut from Fragilestate1
which has Neil Cowley (Zero 7) available as an import.
More 30 sec samples here

and some full cuts of Tina Dico (Z7)
a batch of Tina Dico 30 sec samples

shawn474

I am a big fan of Enya when I just want to sit around, have a cocktail and chill. Although, I almost always end up falling asleep!

Shawn

jflail2

A couple that I have been listening to lately:

St. Germain
Soel
Bonobo

Scrutator

I'd recommend Kaya Project "Elixir" and "Walking Through." The discs may be hard to find (I think I got mine from Canada), but nearly every track is a winner.

I'd also recommend Art Bleek's hard-to-find "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow." There are a couple of stinkers on this disc but the rest of it is so good that I forgive him. BTW, the recording quality on this disc is simply outstanding.

I discovered most of my "chill out" music on XM radio channel 84, "XM Chill." I'd highly recommend it 'cause you'll likely never hear these artists elsewhere. :cool:

treitz3

Norah, Enya, Sarah McLachlan, Evanescence and Delirium........all chill tunes to me.

Ahhhhh...............

BaggedLancer

treitz3 wrote: »

Norah, Enya, Sarah McLachlan, Evanescence and Delirium........all chill tunes to me.

Ahhhhh...............

Haha no way you listen to Delerium?

Thought I was one of the only ones, I'm going to put some on right now.

Which CD's you have?

Scrutator

BaggedLancer wrote: »

Haha no way you listen to Delerium?

Thought I was one of the only ones, I'm going to put some on right now.

Which CD's you have?

Another Deleruim listener here. I didn't include it in my above post because it's not exactly "chill."

Karma and Semantic Spaces are the best.

BTW, try Conjure One, the self-titled disc. If you like the above two by Delerium, you'll love this too. :cool:

BaggedLancer

Scrutator wrote: »

Another Deleruim listener here. I didn't include it in my above post because it's not exactly "chill."

Karma and Semantic Spaces are the best.

BTW, try Conjure One, the self-titled disc. If you like the above two by Delerium, you'll love this too. :cool:

I have Karma and Poem right now. I will add Semantic Spaces and Conjure One to my list, thanks.

Really like both of the ones I have now, I'm sure I will like the other two.

zingo

ColdPlay is great hangout/chill music. The piano really ties it together.

treitz3

BaggedLancer wrote: »

Haha no way you listen to Delerium? Which CD's you have?

What's funny is as I'm reading this post this morning, what do I have in the rig playing? Delerium.

I've got many Delerium albums somewhere around here. My wife has a habit of "misplacing them" until I find them in "her" car or CDP.:rolleyes: I've got two that I can find right now, out of about six or seven which includes The Best of and Odyssey. I must have twelve or so versions of the song/mix Silence and I tend to prefer the earlier versions. They are a little more chill to me and not so upbeat and fast. I lost the cover/jewel case to my favorite and the print on the CD is pure graphic, so I can't even tell you what my favorite one is. DOH! It's one that was out 7 or 8 years ago. I can tell you that.

bikezappa

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

Oh yea, I know Amanda McBroom, now she is to die for, what a voice, great music, great recording, this woman has perfect pitch.

RT1

Right on.

I have never met a woman that didn't dig Amanda. Her recordings were done with audiophile techniques, direct mic to cutting the lp record with no other processing. She writes most of her lyrics, like the The Rose. Is funny and doesn't take herself seriously. And finally she can record a song with a dynamic range that will give you the goose bumps.

For all you fans of Amanda she wrote many of the songs on the failed TV show Cop Rock. I have all the Cop Rock shows on tape and you can easily tell which ones she wrote. I told her to make a CD of those songs.