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[The Shadow]

Not Enya stuff.

Just slow rock or pop that I can just sit still and listen to, or even have on the stereo while I study. A good example would be Massive Attack's Teardrop.

A few of you seem very music literate so I figure I'll get better recommendations from here than if I just ventured on my own trying to discover this stuff.

 

[tt_deeb]

Sigur Ros?

 

[Dilbert]

Air, Talkie Walkie
Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (hard to find)
Beck, Mutations
Bent, The Everlasting Blink (end the last song after a couple of minutes)
Blue States, Nothing Changes Under The Sun
Boards of Canada, Geogaddi or Music Has The Right To Children
DJ Shadow, Preemptive Strike or ...Endtroducing (may need to remove a song or two from the playlist)
Sigur Ros, Agaetis Byrjun or ( )
Thievery Corporation, Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi or The Mirror Conspiracy
St. Germain, Tourist
Zero 7, Simple Things

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Yeah I was just going to come in and say Sigur Ros, except I don't like Sigur Ros. Put the album on random and you still don't know when the track ends.

Check Supreme Beings of Leisure. Some of the stuff of the second album is more upbeat, swing even, but they are still top billing when it comes to my background music. "Nothing Like Tommorrow" floors me every damn time I hear it.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Eyvind Kang, Virginal Co-Ordinates
Smokey and Miho, Two EPs

 

[nitewulf]

gotan project - la revencha del tango
lali puna - faking the books
stereolab - margerine eclipse
claude challe and ravin - nirvana lounge
faithless - back to mine
morcheeba - back to mine
talvin singh - back to mine
the orb - back to mine
definitely second the theievery corporation recommendation as well.

 

[Dilbert]

Oh yeah, another one: Orbital, In Sides. Classic techno goodness which isn't overpowering.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

For a continous string of other downtempo type music, try Digitally Imported's downtempo channel.

 

[Dice]

I see your Theivery Corporation and Zero 7, and I raise you...

Fila Brazilla
The Dining Rooms
Tosca
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Koop - Waltz for Koop
The Cinematic Orchestra - Man With A Movie Camera

 

[Lemurnator]

Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd

 

[Screenboy]

Guns And Roses - Welcome To The Jungle.




Seriously:


Orbital - Halycon





-SB

 

[Blackcherry]

Fila Brazilla recommended

 

[Quadrophenic]

The Places - Call it Sleep

 

[SlickWilly223]

For some reason Everlast helps me concentrate on school work.

 

[RaymondCarver]

stream music from DI like ConfusingJazz says




and





play Brian Eno's ambient stuff such as Music for Airports and give another group, Boards of Canada, a try.

 

[Travado]

Slayer - All the albums

I recommend Ellioth Smith.

 

[Dice]

You may appreciate Chuck Coleman, mp3 samples on his site there.

 

[Jak140]

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Seriously, listen to this.

 

[Winged Creature]

Llorca - Newcomer
West Magnetic - top down
St Germain - Boulevard
St Germain - Tourist

 

[Quadrophenic]

oh, Iron & Wine.....actually any folky-guitar stuff usually works for me.

except Bob Dylan....I can't read or study when listening to Bob Dylan for some reason.

 

[speedpop]

Could always try slow classical music. That used to do the trick for me - I'd do wonders whilst drawing at 2am in the morning with the Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Suite playing to me in headphones.

 

[Fatalah]

magnetic fields - "i" was a great studying album for me personally

 

[hXc_thugg]

I can't believe nobody has suggested The Blood Brothers yet!

 

[tt_deeb]

Melt Banana

 

[LinesInTheSand]

I use old Metallica and any Dream Theater.

 

[Megafoo Chavez]

Dark Lotus

 

[Ronald_mcd]

I find Pilate very relaxing.

 

[scorcho]

dont listen to Elliot Smith or Nick Drake while you study. the last thing you do is contemplate suicide while hearing their lyrics.

the greatest chill music is Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. it can be either as intricate or as simple as you want it to be. a close second is any Brad Mehldau album.

 

[demon]

dont listen to Elliot Smith or Nick Drake while you study. the last thing you do is contemplate suicide while hearing their lyrics.

:lol Yeah it's not the most cheery music ever.

 

[Eminem]

string tribute to tool/insert other good band here

onesidezero

 

[Chrono]

I rarely listen to music when I study but lately I’ve been listening to “to zanarkand” from FFX for hours while doing work... XD

 

[yoshifumi]

autechre - tri repetae ++
autechre - incunabula
manitoba - up in flames

or some post-rock is always good

 

[SD-Ness]

Opeth - Benighted
Opeth - Hope Leaves
Opeth - To Bid You Farewell
Opeth - Ending Credits
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around the Block
Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer
Belle & Sebastian - Don't Leave the Lights On Baby
Van Morrison - Moondance
Travis - Pipe Dreams
Radiohead - The Tourist
Radiohead - High and Dry
Pink Floyd - Breathe
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Pixies - Alec Eiffel

Tell me if those songs work...

 

[Dilbert]

I'll be interested to hear what Shadow actually enjoyed out of all these recommendations...

 

[Error Macro]

I like to listen to Wilhem Kempff peforming all 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven. I have the Deutsche Grammophon boxset, and I cycle through the 8 cds in order. Damn, one of the finest collections of recorded music ever.

 

[The Shadow]

Holy crap! Didn't expect this amount of replies. That's great. I needed some suggestions because I really don't know who or what to look for even though I've been wanting it for a while now. Now I have a pretty good idea.