Every Ying needs its Yang. The night reveals whether your mind is in balance. This edition of Sound Sunday can help ground your thoughts and allow you to drift off into sleep.
Scroll down for a streaming playlist with the best tracks from each album. Please remember to share this article and leave a comment, to let us know what was good or what could be better.
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Beatstrumental
Genre: instrumental, jazz, beats, soul, trip hop
Air is a sample-based instrumental beat tape with light jazz, soul, and hip hop elements that blow you away. The artist, Greek beatsmith Moderator, a member of Cult Classic Records, was previously featured on Sound Sunday in the Soul & Modern Jazz edition.
Genre: lo-fi, instrumental, electronic, beats
Hungary born and New Mexico based artist plan9 presents a collection of short and relaxing beats; simple and effective.
Classical
Genre: classical, atmospheric, guitar, piano, orchestral
By This River is the moniker of Croatian musician Iohannes. With Lantern he created a dreamy and atmospheric piano EP that will leave you calm and relaxed.
Genre: classical, piano
Neptune is the Solo Piano by Alexandra K; a collection of original songs and selected covers.
Chillout
Genre: alternative, chillout
Best chill set yet. Some real feels for summertime. Out on a walk, sitting on the beach, on a romantic picnic, or just watching the clouds go by, this is the jam for it.
Source: Bandcamp
Genre: downtempo, electronic, ambient, chill
This album began as a simple question: Can an album be created using a tool that is considered obsolete; a $100 Roland MC-303. Less than 9 months later, I have found my answer, and it is within the electronic ebb-and-flow of this album I call "In the absence of expression." Sometimes somber, sometimes energetic electronica enclosed.
Source: MatrixSynth [No Longer Available]
Genre: instrumental, chillout, jazzy hip hop, easy listening
Vibe out to this mini EP when you want to relax, read a book, tea time, or trying to sleep. The soft melodies and soothing percussion will help the listeners "mellow" out.
Source: Bandcamp
Calm
Genre: chakra, meditation, singing bowls
With increasing work pressure and responsibilities, people are not able to spare some time indulging in rejuvenating activities. As a result, they lack passion and purpose in life. The optimism in people is taking a back seat and thus, meditation can help them live a stable and positive life.
Source: See You In Sleep
Genre: experimental, calm, chill, minimal, relaxing
It’s not a shattering, but a quiet, secret place where the waves flow through and roll with the season and tempo of the sea. A craft alone breaks the near impossible.
Source: Bandcamp
Ambient Drone
Genre: ambient, electronic, drone, singing bowls, rain
This album seems to me as a fictional meditation-travel to a shrine of water. In this work I tried to reproduce a delicate, enveloping surround sound which would force the listener to dive and plunge into the atmosphere of the music. I believe that it is best to listen to this music at night or even sleep under it.
Source: Bandcamp
Genre: ambient, dark, noise
My first ambient album, designed to provide you with plenty of drones to help you sleep, study, work or meditate. I hope you enjoy this collection!
Source: Bandcamp
The Playlist
The minilogs playlist contains only the best tunes from this week's edition. Over an hour of streaming music, also available on your Android or iOS device [No Longer Available]. Find previous playlists here and follow me to be notified of future mixtapes.
Breathe In, Breathe Out
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Featured Image Credit: Sleeping Fennecs by Tambako The Jaguar via Flickr