Everyone has there favorite music that they listen to when they want to get hyped up, or to pass the time.

My question is this - what music do you listen to when you want to slow down, to de-stress and chill out.

I like some of the Chillout Annuals by the Ministry of Sound and some New Age stuff, such as Bhudda Bar - some Traditional Classical music or some of the more "classical" remixes by DJ Tiesto - Forever Young, Adagio for Strings, Just Be & Sweet Misery to name a few.

What about you?

I normally listen to Smooth Jazz to slow down. You know the stuff like Herb Alpert, and Norah Jones for example. I am peterbed however, that there is now smooth jazz stations on the radio where I live. I also listen to the Adult Contemporary as well to cool me down when I'm hot as well.

Oh god smooth jazz annoys the hell out of me. Its so aggravating.

What i listen to is metal at a quiet to medium volume. its soothing cause its pretty much a constant rumbling.

Well I'm usually listening to metal that can't exactly wind me down, so at the moment I relax listening to a symphonic version of the Chrono Trigger soundtrack. It's really good and can fit really any mood.

Cream by Yoko Kanno.. on repeat.. for 6 hours..

I usually listen to techno/trance. A certain mix CD that I have no idea on who any of the artists are. =[ Good disc, though. Type O Negative is pretty mello too.

There are three songs that seem to bring me back to normal. First is Wake Me Up When September Ends. Second is Headfirst for Halos, good for depression too. And last is Teadrop.

Well... Names of songs I guess.

Amour
Dirge for the planet
Glycerine
Herr der Ringe
Hurt
Moonlight Sonata
1979
Schtiel (weird? Ah whatever)

other classical and some later Johnny Cash songs.

to calm down i usually listen to the rocket boys' Follow me or something of the anime beck's soundtrack
but when i just want to get calmed down and blank minded lol i listen to the Beatles some times i listen to Asian Kung-fu generation (usually does the opposite lol)

I listen to softer alternative music when I feel out of it. Like Coldplay, or Nada Surf. Their music really helps relieve the tension.

I listen to bands like Anathema, Coldplay, some songs of Radiohead and Pink Floyd, En Enra of Onmyouza, and others ...
But I mostly listen to Anathema when i'm really depressed lol.

I really like Enigma... If you've never heard it, you should give it a listen. Its very relaxing and soothing.

Yeah, Enigma's one of my favourites. They do melodious music and New Age stuff, I like their older albums (MCMXC AD and circa Singles) more. I also listen to Coldplay and some South Asian classics/remixes, and random Trance songs from Paul Van Dyk and others.

Sublime...calms me down almost immediately...

Dave Matthews Band, some nice bluesy rock

That or my Owen Lee CD...

My best choice for slowing down, de-stress is latin jazz (bossa nova) and lounge music. It's really fun listening to latin jazz when you feel tired/ stressed. At least for me..

Some Axel Rudi Pell, Oceans of time & The Masquerade Ball

ohh

erm any classic dance music like old ministry of sound stuff

theres a song by slipknot called circle thats chills me rightout

anything nice and mellow realy

Mostly classic rock. A lot of Led Zeppelin to be more specific.

Awakening - Mae
New American Classic - Taking Back Sunday
Classic - Judy and Mary
Bump of Chicken songs
Asian Kung-Fu Generation songs
Final Fantasy songs

That's about it I guess =T

Classical or video game music, calms me down for some reason

Beethoven.

Bossa

Orchestral stuff like Immediate Music or X-Ray Dog.
And Justin Nozuka, acoustic soul, I'm lovin' it.

Usually throw on Stone Sour song Zyzzx Rd, or Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.


Rock on

Lately I listen to
The Script "We cry"
It just depends what mood I am really, but I tend to listen to Indie songs when I wanna relax and read a book and stuff, as long as it's not hyper and stuff, or very poppy, because that'll give me a big energy boost.
But yeah nothing special really :].

Iron & Wine if I want words, or Sigur Ros if I'm fine with something mostly instrumental. Definitely helps me downshift.

7th symphony of Beethoven or prodigy or moby

Tusdays Gone by Lynard Skinnard(think i spelled that right) Memories and all that i need by within temptation, and a few more that i can't relly remember right now.

The Postal Service and Regina Spektor. The Beatles if I'm feeling eccentric.
And old-skool rap like Eazy-E or Cypress Hill makes me feel pretty good. They make me want to do something, but something chill, you know? Well, Cypress Hill usually just makes me want to get stoned, but... That's pretty low-key, if you ask me.

psychedelic or spacey music is good like pink floyd
low by david bowie and voyage 34 by porcupine tree are good ones

also some others i thought of:
chroma key - graveyard mountain home
some of aphex twin's slower/ambient stuff
nine inch nails - ghosts
the cure - disintegration or bloodflowers (although a bit depressing at times)
incubus - fungus amongus
sublime - sublime

Daft Punk, Postal Service, Explosions in the Sky.

Get some Explosions in the Sky. If that's not chill enough, I don't know what is...

The Batman theme by Danny Elfman and misc. video game music, I don't know why. :/

Jack johnson

classic jazz, and jazz standards

Totally man I love listening to Ministry of Sound chill out classics when Im so stressed out. But what I really do enjoy listening to is J-pop or classical music especially "HARMONY~J-POP Meets Classics~for slow life" best classical music Ive ever heard.

Twista - Overnight Celebrity
Ice cube - today was a good day
Nipsey hussle ft Game - they Roll
Snoop dogg ft Dr. Dre - ain't nothing but an G thang


hah, i know hip hop and slowing down????

don't worry, Hip hop can be the spirt of chillin out, and the leader of motivation

that kind of stuff can be good for chilling out. snoop dogg's doggystyle album is greal for chillin

Probably the most calming music I've ever listened to are Chopin's nocturnes. Such beautiful music, often almost hauntingly calm. If your not into pianos probably Postal Service, some Death Cab for Cuite, and Damien Rice... very mellow stuff.

Mozart
Joe Hisashi
Babyface
Berlioz
Strauss
Nobuo Uematsu

Listening to Planet Caravan by Black Sabbath right now. God it's relaxing.
Seriously, if you just want to wind down, give it a listen, it's nothing like typical Sabbath/metal of any kind.

awesome song, pantera's cover of it is pretty cool too

I duno y i will hear American rejectes

Trance music can be pretty calming for me.

hmm some clasical maybe a little daft punk
some sound of animals fighting
acoustic or electronica
just depends on what mood i am in at the moment

Clair de Lune - Debussy
River Flows in You - Yiruma
My Immortal - Evanescence