Philzone.org Discussion Board: Archive 2004: Music Talk Archive 2004: Something Melloooow?

Can some one suggest a band/artist that is superduper Melloow? I mean really Melloow, someting to listen to while totaly relaxing, maybee driving late at night, or even going to sleep. Spacy, slow, yet smooth and even.

The classic Kind of Blue always does it for me.

Stanley Jordan is also some light sweetness I listen to when going to be, but they guitar work might keep ya up all night. Light solo Jazz.

Joshua Bell & edgar Meyer - Short Trip Home
is very very relaxing and melodic, as is Edgar Meyer's Uncommon Ritual. natural music.

Also there's Pat Metheney & Jim Hall Duets that is so very beautiful and will surrender you to the night.

be careful driving late night to some of this stuff, it usually makes me sleepy around that time of night. Usually when I'm driving with the midnight oil burning I turn to the hard stuff to keep me going.

Once I was comin home from SF and my friend had only one cd with her. Rage Against the Machine. That was rough, good thing we made 400 miles in 4 hours!

Blues From the Rainforest (Merl & Jerry)

>>>Joshua Bell & edgar Meyer - Short Trip Home

great music

also ma, meyer and o'connor...Appalachian Journey

Anything Jamie Janover Solo- Hammered Dulcimer Player, awesome, feel asleep to him lst nite

Acoustic Alchemy- compilation

I love Pat Metheny or Kimock on long dreamy drives (in/outside).

Cowboy Junkies

Cocteau Twins - "Victorialand" ~ ubber mellow, but seriously beautiful w/o being new-agey

Pat Metheny's "One Quiet Night" is way mellow (solo acoustic)
Original Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips has a lot of nice mellow records

Jackie O Motherfucker

Something that meets most of your criteria (except slow) is Ipanema Lounge by Bossacucanova

Jazzy, spacy, trippy, floaty ... in fact I'm soaking in it right now.

if only I could remember my name ~ david crosby
interweaving butterscotch hamonies from heaven...

>>interweaving butterscotch hamonies from heaven...

nice skadhi...yur a poet! I know it!

I made this mix for my wife to listen to while she was in labor. She listened to it regularly during the pregnancy, when she was in comfortable, relaxed situations. We wanted her to get to associate these tunes with being totally relaxed, to help with labor. She listened to it for the last hour of labor, while in the hot tub, and it really helped. It also makes a great sunday morning coffee cd. Send me an email if you'd like a copy.

"Relax"

Imagine - The Persuasions
Peace of Mind - Loggins & Messina
You Can Close Your Eyes - James Taylor
April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkle
China Doll - Grateful Dead
Guinevere - Crosby-Nash
Yesterday - The Persuasions
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Soldiers - James Taylor
Where Do The Children Play? - Cat Stevens
Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Stella Blue - Grateful Dead
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Secret O' Life - James Taylor
With a Little Help From My Friends - The Persuasions
No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley
4 + 20 - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
Let it Be - The Beatles
Into White - Cat Stevens
Isn't It Nice To Be Home Again - James Taylor
I Shall Be Released - Warren Haynes

Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer

You could also take some of Kimmocks stuff and edit out the parts where he thinks he is funky. Apart from that much of his stuff is mellow and quite listenable.

Crosby/Nash- Another Stoney Evening

Michael Hedges- Live on a Double Planet

Pathfinder - There is a great band out of Duluth Minnesota called Low that specializes in slow,spacy,super mellow rock. The critics here in Minneapolis call them the Kings of"slowcore" but they are a truly great band that just play softer and slower than most bands. You may also want to check out Luna,Spacemen Three,or Yo La Tengo for some interesting sonic explorations that is more mellow than most. American Music Club's albums are more somber than outright mellow but have great songs and lyrics depicting the not so pretty side of the Cali lifestyle. There's also a slew of alt - country bands that feature some really great mellow tunes like Kelly Willis,Moonshine Willy,Bobby Bare Jr.,Neko Case, and Kelly Hogan. Look for a Bloodshot Records, out of Chicago,compilation as a starter if you are interested in any of that type of stuff. One new band that I've been enjoying the most this fall is I See Hawks in LA - They are a laid - back 70's sounding band that reminds me of early Eagles,Burritos,and Poco - great singing and playing all around, hope this helps - Peace

the leonard cohen 2 cd greatest hits , esecially disc 1 his early stuff. i love that release.

good call Tree!
Bless the early stuff.

Viktor Krauss - Far From Enough (with Bill Frisell and Jerry Douglas)

PORTISHEAD

Every time I hear Leonard Cohen I want to stick a fork in my eye....


No offense

Nick Drake

Nick Drake - any album, Pink Moon is probably the mellowest
The Verve - A Storm In Heaven
Neil Halstead
The Sea & Cake

But if you are really looking for spacy and smooth and dreamy all in one, I highly suggest you pick up the album "Dream Signals and Full Circles" by Tristeza. I guarantee you its what you're looking for.

I forgot to add...

anything by The Album Leaf (which is the main guy from Tristeza). Dreamy, lush, instrumental space.

Brian Eno - any of his ambient stuff.

Michael Houser-Door Harp

5- Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
4- Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
3- Kaya - Bob Marley
2- Shady Grove - Garcia/Grishman
1- Old & in the Way - Old & in the Way

these always make the drive or dream a bit smoother

Yes...Bill Frissel...you gotta get some

good dog...happy man

one of my favorites...though everything is great...you can't go wrong with frissel

Great suggestions Folks, im deffinatly going to get to the Record stores after christmas. An Idea: How about a "Mellow Fellows" Vine, Take a couple of super Melloooow shows or songs and put together a vine. That would be a great Vine for people to stick in on Super Snowy January days.
Thanks all!

you just gave me a cool idea...what if someone starts a vine...take a blank disc and burn one song on it...then mail it to the next person on the sign up...they add one song too...and so on

1. JoeBlow@yahoo in month/day "add some song" out to next person
2. JoeSchmoe@aol in month/day "added some other song" out again to next
3. SarahSilly@netzoid
4. Somebody@aholeL
5. SomebodyElse@yablew
6. and so on

you would recieve a disc from the person ahead of you...you then have to burn a new disc...so you can add your song...then you finalize the disc before sending on to the next person...who would have to burn a new disc from your copy...and add their song before finalizing...each copy is actually a throw-away...untill you get to the last person...or fill the disc...(which ever comes first)...then you reverse the vine...sending the disc back up the list so everyone gets a copy of the completed disc

whaalaa...zoner compiled disc

lets do it...someone start one

pink floyd animals

Good Call on the Michael Hedges.

Jerry Garcia and Sanja Mishra "Blue Incantations" is always a good one (even though jerry is only on a few tracks.)

Want some more mellow stuff? Try these in addition to the above:

1. "Astral Travelling" by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes (1973)

2. "Expansions" by Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes (1974)

3. "Sunset To Dawn" by Kenny Barron (1973) - you might find this one packaged with another Barron album, "Golden Lotus", under the title "Soft Spoken Here", part of a series of great 2fers from the 32Jazz label. I found it during my first stay in NY in 1997. Hope it's still available.

4. "Officium" by Jan Gabarek & The Hilliard Ensemble (medieval choral music meets jazz saxophone - utterly chilled out!).

5. "Rubycon" by Tangerine Dream

Oh yes, just remembered another mellow classic you just have to get:

"Simpatico" by John Klemmer & Oscar Castro-Neves.

>>>also ma, meyer and o'connor...Appalachian Journey

fantastic stuff!

michael stearns--planetary unfolding

Pink Floyd- Obscured by Clouds

Miles Davis-In a Silent Way
Stan Getz,Joao Gilberto-Girl from Ipanema
Van Morrison-Astral Weeks