Late night sit in the dark music thread.

Anything by Bjork, most notably Vespertine'
Blue Nile, The Beloved, and most PG especially Ovu. Best is Underworld as loud as you can take, even then it sends me to sleep. Early Yes, a good vinyl pressing of Crime of the Centuary [just to show my age] and a beautiful transcription of Ravel's "Pavane for a Dying Princess" by Julian Bream and John Williams.
Throw in a little Kate Rusby, Scott4, Kamakeriad,DJ Food, This Monkey's Gone to Heaven..............

Serets of the beehive- excellent, have you heard his new one, Blemish- very intimate sounding his best vocal performance.

Just a few....

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Ray Obiedo - Perfect Crime
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Karsh Kale - Liberation
Johnny A. - Sometime Tuesday Morning

'Expansions' by Lonnie Liston Smith.

'Small Hours' from 'One World' - John Martyn.

Steely Dan - Gaucho
Alison Moyet - Alf
Maze - We are one
Ingonito - No time like the future
Johnny Hodges - Blues A-plenty

Geoff

Suicide - Frankie Teardrop

DS

"Gone to Earth" is another great one(Remastered off course).....Roddy Frame "Surf" is brilliant acoustic guitar and stunning voice...oh and the Lilac Time and so on!...

The The - Mind Bomb. As it says on the sleeve "To obtain maximum pleasure & effect from this album please play VERY LOUD!, VERY LATE, VERY ALONE ... & with the lights turned VERY LOW!!!"

How VERY TRUE!!!!!

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Blood Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits

The voice of David Clayton-Thomas is quite something together with some great relaxing music...

Mike

Renée Fleming's Bel Canto.

runoutgrooves

anything by:
the floyd
tangerine dream
the orbe

Second Tangerine Dream especially Phaedra, Rubycon and Ricochet.

Joy Division pretty much anything

regards

Richard S

Bill Evans - Alone.

Scary.

Anything by FSOL, particularly 'My Kingdom'

Albums for the dark:

Portishead - Dummy
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Anonymous 4 - On Yoolis Night
Fetish - Shade of a Ghost

Matt

Try some of Robert Fripp's Soundscapes series. Gates of Paradise would actually be pretty scary at times in complete dark!
I wouldn't bother with the drink for any of them, they should be purely aural experiences if you're going for at least some sensory deprivation...

For something more conventional, gotta be Dark Side of the Moon.

Pete.

Can I add Peter Gabriel's "Up" to the list. It's quite a trip if you get past the first track!

Jay

I would agree with Rich that David Sylvian is perfect for this - myself, it would be brilliant trees - although sometimes I watch the video Steel Cathedrals just to chill out in the dark.
Brian Eno is also perfect, Apollo being my current fave, and Music for Airports.
Then of course - there is Jazz...

No-one has yet mentioned the scary one off the White Album then...

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds, Faith, Disintegration or Bloodflowers (Pornography is just too scary)
Cocteau Twins - especially Head over Heels
Startled Insects - you won't have heard this, even Nick Lees hadn't heard of them!
Peter Hammill - almost anything for a more reflective mood
Porcupine Tree - especially the more proggy stuff

old camel, caravan, bo hansen,a good bottle of wine ,a mushroom or three, a spliff..... thats me sorted for the night

Absolutely, most definitely, no doubts about it: Beck's "Sea Change"!!!!!!!

Leftism is great in the dark. Particularly on vinyl.

Andrew

Andrew Randle
Linn Binn Sinner

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Good choice!
I also like:
Air - Moon Safari
Leftfied - the next album after leftism (can't remember what its called (Doh))