Minimalist music

[Nuttkase]

Anyone else into this stuff? I find it really relaxing and it's good for when you are just trying to chill, read a good book, background music while relaxing or trying to sleep.

Here, as usual, is a wiki link about the genre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalist_music

Here are some great albums to check out that I jacked links for.

Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - After The Night Falls

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7suo03wcx4d

Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Before The Day Breaks

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?15tlim2fvjx

These two albums are so fucking good. As is everything I've heard by Harold Budd thus far. Some of you might now Robin Guthrie as a member of the dream pop/ambeint band Cocteau Twins. This stuff is awesome, if doesn't relax you then nothing will.

Now these albums are really fucking cool. Here is a little about what they are all about.

[The recordings are based on old tapeloops which had degraded in quality. While attempting to salvage the recordings in a digital format, the tapes slowly crumbled and left a timestamp history of their demise/QUOTE]

Sorry that they are megaupload links. I recommened getting II and III the most but they are all amazing. All of William Basinksi's stuff is great too but these are something else.

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops I
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UEQ7UPBV

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops II
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B2YCFOCU

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops III
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CX3K0RJX

William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops IV
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ACIANSS2

Those are two great artists to start with. If any one replies/likes this stuff let me know and I'll post up more.

People that like ambient/dream pop/shoegaze/blah blah blah will more then likely love this type of stuff.

 

[infinity]

thanks for the links. i'll look into it

 

[fershiggs]

Thanks The Disintegration Loops. I almost grabbed those off oink recently, but decided against it.

 

[Nuttkase]

Yeah those loops are fucking awesome how they sound when they start dying.

It looks like "I" is down right now but "III" was downl earlier and now it's up so try it again in a few.

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

For relaxation, i usually do Miles Davis or some Deep Forest. Ill check out your links tomorrow.

 

[Kyle]

This appears to be something I would be into. I know a couple of the artists listed on that wikipedia link but have limited music of this sort. Big thanks for the links, I'll check em all out