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Hi all,

 

So, we're due to have a baby in about 4 weeks time and Clodagh is planning to have a natural / home birth. She already has a few relaxation CDs and a bit of music, but as far as I can tell (  Wink ) this may take a while, so could do with some music to listen to round the house. 

 

So has anyone got any recommendations for relaxing, tranquil albums / tracks? Must be available on spotify please, so I can set up a playlist. Clodagh's a particular fan of electronica and doesn't really like classical. Otherwise, a mixture of genres would probably be good. 

 

If this all goes well, the payoff is a link to the final playlist  Smile

 

Look forward to the suggestions,

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Ben

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

Never used spotify i'm affraid but have a look/listen for a dude named Kitaro:)

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

Maybe Oxygen by Jean Michel Jarre.....if that hits the spot, then there's Equinox (don't know if it's on Spotify though)

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

Julee Cruise 'Floating into the Night'

Selected tracks from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Local Hero' are soothing/soporific too

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

GSB wrote:

Never used spotify i'm affraid but have a look/listen for a dude named Kitaro:)

Great, loads of his albums on spotify Smile Just stuck one on, any particular recommendations?

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Maybe Oxygen by Jean Michel Jarre.....if that hits the spot, then there's Equinox (don't know if it's on Spotify though)

 

Thanks  Smile I like the stuff I've heard from him and just added these two albums to my Sonos / spotify queue. Let me know if you have any other thoughts. 

 

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

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visionary wrote:

Julee Cruise 'Floating into the Night'

Selected tracks from 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' and 'Local Hero' are soothing/soporific too

 

Thanks, have added julee cruise to queue  Smile

 

Sorry, are the other two albums? Who by? Struggling to locate on spotify  embarassed

 

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Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur

Great, I've listened to other albums of theirs but have added this one to the queue. Thanks Smile

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RE: Recommendations for relaxing music please!

Terre Thaemlitz - Soulnessless

Clocks in at 31 hours +, so hopefully long enough!

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Aaron Neville   Tatooed Heart

George Benson  Breezin' / Weekend in LA

Randy Crawford  Secret Combination

Getz/Gilberto

Ismael Lo  Iso

Supertramp  Slow Motion

Loreena McMcKennit  An ancient muse

Santana Brothers  Santana Brothers

 

You can pick the bones out of that eclectic mix!

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Terre Thaemlitz - Soulnessless

Clocks in at 31 hours +, so hopefully long enough!

 

excellent! Not on Spotify unfortunately, but I've added a couple of his other albums to listen to. Tho I'm not sure a song called 'gangsta EDITED' will necessarily be the right vibe  Wink

 

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CnoEvil wrote:

Aaron Neville   Tatooed Heart

George Benson  Breezin' / Weekend in LA

Randy Crawford  Secret Combination

Getz/Gilberto

Ismael Lo  Iso

Supertramp  Slow Motion

Loreena McMcKennit  An ancient muse

Santana Brothers  Santana Brothers

 

You can pick the bones out of that eclectic mix!

 

excellent! Bear in mind Cno the next 4 weeks are not going to be spent solely listening to music to compile this playlist  Wink

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Another thought:

OTT (MIR / Skylon / Blumencraft)

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excellent! Bear in mind Cno the next 4 weeks are not going to be spent solely listening to music to compile this playlist  Wink

...but you need to bear in mind, that a first labour may need 24 hours worth of music! Tongue

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CnoEvil wrote:

Aaron Neville   Tatooed Heart

 

Not on Spotify unfortunately.

 

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Getz/Gilberto

 

83 tracks!! Anything in particular?

 

Quote:
Supertramp  Slow Motion

 

Not on spotify unfortunately.

 

Keep 'em coming!  Smile (4, maybe 3, tracks added to playlist so far  Smile )

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