Sleep

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Sleep features 12 brand new Telefuzz tracks, highlighting creator Don Verbrilli's varied but consistently intoxicating sound. 8/10

Product Description
After two well-chilled compilations in the Deepdown Tempos series, Upstairs Recordings is proud to present its first album-length artist CD - TELEFUZZ's 'sleep'. The man at the dials, the Lewis Carroll of modern music, is none other than Don Verbrilli. And 'sleep' is nothing less than an 'Alice in Wonderland' for the ears. Beginning with the song titles, it is clear that the album is more concerned with being literary than contemporary. Tired of the conventions of modern electronic music, free-falling in the soulless, themeless, mindless void of the rabbit hole, Verbrilli has turned to influences of the past for inspiration - not all of them musical. This CD has concept to it, may force listeners to think, laugh, frown, make judgments. It takes risks, is quirky, has imperfections. It's human, musical, made for listeners. It's psychedelic, vision-inducing music, sparse and spaced out at times, thick and dripping off the edge at others. It is multi-coloured and multi-textured, full of characters and stories, images and ideas. It does not reveal itself all at once, but instead requires patience, peace...and a pillow.

Sleep

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The Happiest Baby on the Block New "Super Soothing" Calming Sounds CD (now ... with 5 great sounds!)
Average customer rating:

Definitely A Must Have

My baby sleeps through the night!

amazing results

Slept through the night from day 1

Works like magic!

The Happiest Baby on the Block New "Super Soothing" Calming Sounds CD (now ... with 5 great sounds!)
Dr. Harvey Karp
Manufacturer: The Happiest Baby
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Soothing Sounds for Sleep

Transitions: Soothing Music for Crying Infants(Transitions Music)

For Crying Out Loud!

ASIN: B000CPGYE4
Release Date: 2005-10-01

Tracks:

Fast & Vigorous - this "strange" sound gets a crying baby's attention (10 minutes)
Moderate - gradually guides your fussy babyto calm (10 minutes)
Mellow - rhythmic womb sounds you can use all night (17 minutes)
Hair Drier - perfect for frantic babies or light sleepers (17 minutes)
Rain on the roof - peaceful and soothing (17 minutes)

Product Description

Five white noise sounds used to sooth babies

Customer Reviews:

Definitely A Must Have.......2007-04-30

My baby slept through the night shortly after I started looping track 5 (calming rain). We put a stereo in his room and turned the volume up and the cranked the bass. He loved it. He would only sleep for 3 hours at a time before I introduced this. Then the first night with the rain, he slept for 6 hours and then four hours. The second night he slept for 9 hours straight (9P-6A)! He hasn't repeated the 9 hours yet, but has at least been good for a 6 hour stint at night, which means we are only getting up once.

TIP: Turn up the volume. It does nothing if you don't blast it. If they are really fussy start with track 2 and then move on to tracks 3 or 5.

My baby sleeps through the night!.......2007-04-01

We had trouble getting our two month old to sleep soundly with all the creaks in the floorboards and older kids running around untill we picked up this cd. It was too cold to put a fan in her room and another cd (waves) wasn't doing the trick and we really need that constant noise for our light sleeper. The heartbeat on the cd, set to repeat so it plays all the time, is a lifesaver! I haven't really tried the other noises, since she wasn't a colicky baby, but since knowing a few in my life, I'm sure the vaccuum noise will work like a charm.

Although I never read the book or watched the dvd...
This was a great buy, and we are still using the cd at 5 1/2 months to keep her sleeping soundly at night.

amazing results.......2007-03-22

i had a very colicky baby from 2 weeks old to 10 weeks old and this was the best cd of all the ones i tried (classical, lullabye, ocean sounds, television, etc) to calm my baby and most importantly, to keep him sleeping longer. the last track was his favorite, the sound of the rain. he sleeps so much longer now that i play that track on "repeat" all night long. and i can get things done during his naps because the rain sound covers up the noise of me in the kitchen, etc. And, when he is really cranky and there's nothing else i can do for him, i can put him down in his bed and play the whole cd from start to finish and it calms him and puts him to sleep 75% of the time, which is a huge improvement from other attempts.

Slept through the night from day 1.......2007-03-09

We have used this in our bedroom, where we let the baby sleep, since we got home from the hospital. Every night, we simply turn on the CD (at number 5- rain) and hit repeat on the player. It repeats the rain sound all night long. As soon as we put our baby in the room, he is out like a light and sleeps through the night (since day one and now he is 10 weeks old). We only use the rain, since my husband can't stand to hear the other sounds that much, but now it is even hard for either of us to sleep without the CD :0)

Works like magic!.......2007-02-16

My 3-month-old daughter is a very fussy sleeper, and has been since a few days after birth. Using the 5 S's would calm her down, but she wouldn't fall asleep. As soon as we stopped, the crying would start again. Now, bedtime is much less of a fight. I swaddle my fussy baby, turn on the CD, and often within seconds she stops crying. She falls asleep with much less hassle. The various tracks on the CD can be used alone, in combination, or on repeat. My only complaint is that track 4, the hair dryer recording, begins and ends very abruptly. It has at times woken my daughter when it reaches the end of the track. But, when she is swaddled and crying in her crib, I turn on this recording, and she calms down within SECONDS...and soon afterwards, she falls asleep. This CD has definitely been a great purchase for our family.

Average customer rating:

not sleepy enough
Great CD For Falling Asleep
ZZzzzzz is right!
works wonderfully for the little ones too
Didn't sleep soundly......

Sleep Soundly
Steven Halpern
Manufacturer: Inner Peace Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003IU8
Release Date: 1996-10-29

Tracks:

Brahms' Lullaby
Comfort Zone (Delta)
Subtle Energy Balancing
Light As A Feather
Sleep Soundly (Part 1)
Sleep Soundly (Part 2)
Eventide (Part 1)
Eventide (Part 2)

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One of the fundamental criticisms of New Age music is that it puts people to sleep. Here, Steven Halpern, one of the founding fathers of New Age, makes that his mission and, as you might expect, does an effective job of it. Drawing on catalog material from the early 1980s, Halpern builds an attractive collection of delicate, lighter-than-air sonic textures that nicely serves the intended purpose--to fill the silence with something prettier than white noise. Halpern does so by blending electric and acoustic piano, plus additional keyboards, to create soothing, improvisational, cloudlike musical abstractions that often convey the tranquil randomness of wind chimes in a soft breeze. The liner notes also promise your subconscious will be exposed to a series of subliminal, sleep-encouraging affirmations along the quiet, unstructured way. This may sound like so much frou-frou to the unconverted, but for anyone sincerely interested in a sleep aid, Halpern's disc is a certified snoozer, a New Age music box. Other New Age discs may accomplish the same purpose as Sleep Soundly, but few will do it as persuasively. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

not sleepy enough.......2007-03-02

Too repetative, made me want to speed up the Brahams lullaby. Just made me agitated. However my 8 yr. old daught listens to it many nights a bedtime and loves it. I like his Chakra CD much better and find it more relaxing.

Great CD For Falling Asleep.......2007-02-09

We have purchased several CDs to help us sleep, but this one is by far the best. My husband and I was able to fall asleep pretty much before the first track is finished or at most the beginning of the second track. I don't think I can even recall what the third track sounds like... It plays Brahms Lullaby in several versions (trio, duet, solo) along with some other songs, but it does it in a way that is very soothing.
I have strongly recommended the CD to other family members and my collegues.

ZZzzzzz is right!.......2007-01-13

During the first 5 minutes I told myself this is rediculous how is this going to get me to sleep?

Well after another 5 minutes I checked out and went straight to dreamland.
I woke up refreshed and full of energy. I always suffered from not being able to fall asleep, worrying about little things. The cd is great, I can't hear my own thoughts.
I'm a dj and since using this cd my ears are no longer tired and I can mix my music properly. Love it

works wonderfully for the little ones too.......2007-01-12

We have had trouble with our 2 year old staying in bed. She seems to think night time is a good time to bounce off the walls :) We started playing this CD and within 2 nights she was sleeping soundly without trouble. She shares a room with her 4 year-old sister who loves the CD as well. She will ask to have it played every night. It is very soothing background music.

Didn't sleep soundly.............2007-01-12

I found this cd very UNrelaxing, didn't lull me to sleep as promised. Very dissappointed and would not recommend.

The Calming Collection - Sleep Solutions. ** Guided meditation for restful sleep - Sound therapy sleep CD for deep sleep - Hypnotic Guided CD **

Average customer rating:

Cured my insomnia
Recommended Highly
JUST AMAZING
Really Calming and helpfull
Soundly Sleeping in Dallas, Tx

The Calming Collection - Sleep Solutions. ** Guided meditation for restful sleep - Sound therapy sleep CD for deep sleep - Hypnotic Guided CD **
Roberta Shapiro; M.Ed.
Manufacturer: Sleep Solutions by Roberta Shapiro
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M8NGYM
Release Date: 2006-11-30

Tracks:

Introduction to Sleep Solutions
Sleep Relaxation Meditation
Countdown to Sleep (five minutes)
Countdown to sleep(ten minutes)

Product Description

The first of this wonderfully helpful series is : SLEEP SOLUTIONS. Several techniques are provided, including meditation and hypnosis, which have been found to be highly effective with sleep problems and sleep management. The Calming Collection provides simple, direct solutions for dramatically reducing anxiety through the use of mindful meditation and hypnosis to more rapidly produce deep healing relaxation, profound relief of stress and anxiety and more rapid, lasting achievement of one's goals. These programs use the concept of hypno-meditation and were designed by Roberta Shapiro, M.Ed., a leading specialist in the field of anxiety management. They were formulated as a more rapid and helpful way to manage anxiety and other personal issues. Roberta Shapiro is a renowned psychotherapist in private practice in Florida, as well as a member of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, The National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists, the American Psychotherapy and Medical Hypnosis Association and the 2003 Marquis Edition of Who's Who in American Women. She is the author of Birth Pains.

Customer Reviews:

Cured my insomnia.......2007-07-14

I used to rely on drugs on a regular basis to go to sleep and stay asleep. After using this CD for a month I no longer struggle with going to sleep and I can put myself back to sleep if I wake up early, or I just want to relax and sleep in. Now, I usually fall asleep in the first five minutes. Even when I use different CDs, I still use some of the skills taught in this CD, signal breath and clearing my mind. I highly recommend this CD if you have trouble falling or staying asleep.

Other titles I recommend are Listen to the Whisper in your Sleep Guided Meditation and Body Scan: Managing Pain, Illness, & Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation.

Recommended Highly.......2007-07-06

I recommend this CD for Everyone-people trying to sleep, or just relax, adults, children, fearful people with anxiety and fearful fliers. It is the best CD of it's kind I have ever listened to. The narrators voice is superb and it really does the job. A resounding five stars! Kelly Austin Atlanta, Georgia

JUST AMAZING.......2007-06-20

What an amazing CD. I use it for sleep, when I travel, and just for general relaxation. It is very special, soothing and peaceful, wonderful for adults and children. I recommend it very highly."

Really Calming and helpfull.......2007-06-19

This CD helped me getting better, and calmer sleep. I think Ms. Shapiro deeply understands the human mind and therefore, was capable of putting together this amazing CD.

Soundly Sleeping in Dallas, Tx.......2007-05-13

This is unlike any cd that I have ever listened to. Ms. Shapiro's soothing voice seems to cut through all my anxiety and relax me in a magical way. Ms. Shapiro speaks over a delightful selection of music which collaborates to intensify the hypnotic effect. I would recommend this CD to anyone I know.

Average customer rating:

Worked for us!
Great CD With One Tiny Drawback
Great Sound Quality
Sounds for Sleep
Husband loves this

Soothing Sounds for Sleep

Manufacturer: Kids Music Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Transitions: Soothing Music for Crying Infants(Transitions Music)
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Stops Crying - Heartbeat Music Therapy CD #1

ASIN: B0001WA6Y2
Release Date: 2004-01-11

Tracks:

Forest Sounds
Highway Hum
Malibu Surf
Your Biggest Fan (a fan blowing)
Crickets Galore!
A Family Drive (car sounds)
Rain Falling
Jet Travels (jet cabin white-noise)
Fireplace Crackles
Spring Cleaning (vacuum cleaning)
A Train Ride

Album Description

A collection of real sounds that actually lull babies to sleep. Featuring unique things like a window fan blowing, a car driving, rain, a fireplace... even a vacuum-cleaner! Designed by a Los Angeles recording engineer in the Film and TV Industry, it's a "must-have" for new parent's, and makes a great gift for friends and family with infants, or for those who are expecting them.

Customer Reviews:

Worked for us!.......2007-07-15

If you are desperate enough that you have started the search for a "soothing sounds" cd, make this purchase. It is not a guarantee that your child will calm but it sure works for my very very fussy 4 month old. I originally bought this cd because my son hated riding in the car. It made the shortest trip dreadful! At home, we used the vacuum to calm him so I figured I would try this. As soon as my son would start to fuss in the car, I would put the cd in and he would nod off to sleep --- it really worked!! Now, I use it as part of our bedtime routine and it has helped my son to relax for bedtime as well --- he previously would fight it. So if you are on the fence about buying this cd, it is definitely worth trying.

Great CD With One Tiny Drawback.......2007-07-06

We got this CD for our fussy little one to help her sleep at night. The CD is really good quality and all the tracks are well recorded. We found that our little one likes the jet engine track the best (who knew!?). The only small problem is that each track has a "fade in" and "fade out" for a few seconds (where the track slowly gets louder at the beginning or softer, fading to silent at the end). This creates a pretty long (relatively speaking) space with no sound if you put one track on repeat as we do. I could see this sudden slience waking some little ones. Luckily unless there just happens to be a loud noise during the lull, ours sleeps on through it. But overall, it does what it says it will - helps our little one sleep uninterupted - and that is the most important thing!

Great Sound Quality.......2007-06-27

I bought Soothing Sounds for Sleep CD because my son is a very light sleeper. He would wake up to the slightest little noise. I turn up the volume to the Highway Hum, put it on repeat, and he sleeps through the phone ringing, people talking, even the doorbell!

All of the sounds are very realistic sounding. this CD could even be used for older children or adults that need help staying asleep! Very soothing!

Sounds for Sleep.......2007-05-30

This CD has been EXCELLENT for my baby. I have used it since he was about a month old. It will sooth him instantly when he cries. He also can tell it is bedtime by hearing the CD. My mother tried to put him to sleep one evening and she said she tried several CD's everytime she put one on he wiggled even more until she put on Hush Little Baby. Put this CD on repeat for the night and you can finally get some rest!!!

Husband loves this.......2007-05-27

Whenever my husband has any issues getting our little one to settle down he plops this cd into the player. It works like a charm. I love the cute titles of the tracks.

Average customer rating:

Very Relaxing
Delta Sleep System
God's gift to Sleep assistance
Did little for me
Not the answer for me

Delta Sleep System
Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson
Manufacturer: Relaxation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005BIY7
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

Delta Sleep System
Delta Sleep System

Album Description

There are several stages of sleep which people pass through in the course of a good restful night. In each stage our sleep gets deeper, our bodies gets more relaxed and our brainwave patterns slow down. The deepest and most rejuvenating levels of sleep are associated with Delta brainwave patterns.

Delta sleep is the most physically relaxed stage of sleep and is the time when the body recuperates and rebalances itself for the new day. Getting enough sleep, but more specifically enough Delta Sleep, is essential for healthy, productive living.

Dr. Jeffrey Thompson's breakthrough audio techniques, developed over 20 years of clinical research, are proven to increase levels of Delta brainwave activity. He has helped thousands of people to achieve regular, restful, revitalizing sleep.

How This Program Can Work For You Play Delta Sleep System on any ordinary stereo or through headphones. Pulses of sound embedded into an ambient musical soundtrack, combining rich orchestration and "3-dimensional" sounds of nature will coax your own brainwaves toward their natural pattern of deep Delta Sleep.

In the enclosed notes you will learn: About the natural cycles of sleep and how they effect you How to use Delta Sleep System to fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up rejuvenated Special relaxation techniques which you can use to enhance your experience

Customer Reviews:

Very Relaxing.......2007-05-27

Since having many sleepness nights and many which needed sleeping pills, I have been very anxious about bedtime! For the past couple of years I have been on and off sleeping medications and have continued to have problems with fear at bedtime. Fear of not falling asleep would keep me worrying at night and in turn create what I feared... the inability to fall asleep! But, since I have purchased this CD I have used it whenever I get anxious. When I'm lying in bed worried about the night (because I'm in a new unknown place or the work day starts in just a few hours) I just put on my headphones and listen to the music. I can't remember the last time I didn't find myself awake after several hours, only remembering the first 5 minutes of the CD. After I first got the CD sometimes I didn't fall asleep to the music, but it was always calming and relaxing. If you're anxious and need some relaxation or sleep, this CD will be perfect for you as it was for me!

Delta Sleep System.......2007-05-23

Can't sleep without it. Very Wonderful Product! I always have had trouble falling asleep takes me a really long time and through the night wake up every 2 hours or so and try to fall back asleep. Now I wake up maybe once or twice a night I turn it back on and fall alseep very fast. I would recommend to anyone I know.

God's gift to Sleep assistance.......2007-04-12

God's gift to help me sleep. Was recommended by a sleep therapist and it is one of the greatest investments i have made. i play every night. Thank you Delta Sleep System's keep up great work for us insomniacs.

Did little for me.......2007-04-10

At first when I listened to the cd, it did help me fall asleep sooner than I normally do but it wasn't to the point that I could really see a big impact. I'm still suffering of sleep deprivation so I'm looking for something else. Hope it works for you.

Not the answer for me.......2007-03-03

I have tested this CD several times and the results came out the same: I still could not sleep. It must work for some, based on the other reviews, but I found the melodies distracting if not annoying.

Average customer rating:

Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep
Not exactly....
Not what I expected.
Excellent relaxing music and sleep aid
nice try...

Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep

Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000GH3PQ8
Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major, "Largo" -- Sharon Isbin
Ravel: Piano Cto. in G Major, "Adagio Assai" -- Anne Queffelec
Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves -- Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1 & 3 -- Sado/Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux
Beethoven: Piano Cto. No. 5, "Adagio Un Poco Mosso" -- Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte -- Nagano/lyon National Opera Ochestra
Puccini: Chrysamthemums -- Helsinki Strings
Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major -- Thomas Zehetmair
Chopin: Piano Cto. No. 2, "Larghetto" -- Maria-Joao Pires
Resighi: Villanella -- Scimone/I Solisti Veneti
Faure: In Paradisum -- Corboz/Berne Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, "Aria" -- Jill Crossland
Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile -- Alexander Kniazev
Debussy: The Girl With The Flaxan Hair -- Lily Laskine
Mozart: Piano Cto. No. 21, "Andante" -- Karl Engel
Chopin: Nocturne In E flat Major -- Elisabeth Leonskaja
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Cto. In F Minor, "Adagio" -- Sharon Isbin
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, "Larghetto" -- Karl Leister
Saint-Saens: The Swan -- Gennadi Rojdestvenski
Albinoni/Giazotto: "Adagio" -- Sharon Isbin
Faure: Pavane Pour Orchestre -- Jordan/Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14, Moonlight "Adagio Sostenuto" -- Nikolai Lugansky

Album Description

Created to meet the needs of more than 40 million sleep sufferers and light-eyars beyond lullabies, Bedtime Beats: The Secret To Sleep is the first classical music collection available as a true sleep remedy, an effective alternative to medication and sleepless nights. Carefully programmed in accordance with recent research from Case Western Reserve University--which discovered that classical and soft jazz music played at 60-80 beats per minute induces sound sleep.

Customer Reviews:

Bedtime Beats: The Secret to Sleep.......2007-07-23

I love listening to soothing sounds to help me sleep at night. This CD is expecially relaxing to play when turning in at the end of the day. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to be lulled off to peaceful slumber.

Not exactly...........2007-05-14

This cd wasn't exactly what I was looking for, it does not really help you fall asleep. Some of the music can be annoying and it could have been more soothing.

Not what I expected........2007-04-26

I should have paid attention to the two negative reviews. This CD doesn't put me to sleep at all--in fact, it keeps me awake. I find myself listening to the music instead of going to sleep.

One of the pieces has irritating and dissonant passages mingled with relaxing, soothing passages. Also the music changes tempo and volume quite often, which would wake me up if I did start to drift off.

Since I expected something that would put me to sleep, listening to this is upsetting, because I wasted my money.

However, since it works well for most reviewers, I figure I must hear things differently, or have a harder time falling asleep than most. Maybe if I listened to it enough to get used to it, it might work better.

I would like to find something totally soothing and relaxing--maybe I need actual recordings of water or rain, but I prefer music. Any suggestions?

Excellent relaxing music and sleep aid.......2007-04-10

This CD collection is so effective that I still have not made it through the first CD to listen to the second one. It's very relaxing music and helps me fall asleep every night.

nice try..........2007-02-06

but no silver bullet. FOR ME. Lovely selection of tunes, and I find them quite enjoyable and relaxing, but they just don't "knock me out". I own a variety of "sleep CD's" but real music seems to be just too stimulating when I am having trouble sleeping. I do better with guided imagery. Yesterday, though, I brought it over to my mom's place and laid down to listen to it with her, because she was so stressed out. She was asleep before the third number!

Average customer rating:

Sleep and Peace
Works great, just wish it wasn't creepy!
Delta sleep system 2.0
Wasn't quite what I expected.
really works!

Delta Sleep System 2.0
Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson
Manufacturer: Relaxation
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000654YF6
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

Fall Asleep/Stay Asleep/Wake Up Rejuvenated
Fall Asleep/Stay Asleep/Wake Up Rejuvenated (Continued)

Album Description

How DELTA SLEEP SYSTEM 2.0 Can Work For You Play Delta Sleep System 2.0 on any ordinary stereo or through headphones when you are ready to go to sleep. Lush layers of soothing melody weave through a world of ethereal instruments and natural sounds. Subtle pulses within the music will coax your own brainwaves toward their natural pattern of deep Delta Sleep.

In the enclosed notes you will learn: About the natural cycles of sleep and how they effect you How to use the Delta Sleep System to fall asleep, stay asleep and wake up rejuvenated Special relaxation techniques which you can use to enhance your experience

Customer Reviews:

Sleep and Peace.......2007-06-12

If you have trouble unwinding or falling to sleep, this is a must. I have worked alternating graveyard and daytime shifts for years. This helps calm the mind.

Works great, just wish it wasn't creepy!.......2007-05-15

I would give this 5 stars because it puts me to sleep within 10 minutes...but it's a little creepy sounding and if I do wake up for some reason (cat scratching on the door or something) it always scares me for a minute to wake up to it. It does make me sleep though, so I guess it does it's job.

Delta sleep system 2.0.......2007-04-04

It's not nearly as good as I thought it would be. I got a demo cd from centerpointe about holosync, and just the demo was mind-altering and relaxing. I should have spent my money with them instead. Sorry for the bad review, but I was really disappointed, especially from all the hype about this product.

Wasn't quite what I expected........2007-03-26

I wasn't satisfied with this CD. It was nice, but didn't get me to sleep any better.

really works!.......2007-03-19

I find that the music actually works in putting you into a trance state!

Its his best work to date!

Average customer rating:

Only a provisional four - could well become five
PERFECT.
Broke The Rules
I have no words.
I'll Sleep When You're Dead

I'll Sleep When You're Dead
El-P
Manufacturer: Definitive Jux
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Human the Death Dance

ASIN: B000MM0KXS
Release Date: 2007-03-20

Tracks:

Tasmanian Pain Coaster featuring The Mars Volta
Smithereens (Stop Cryin)
Up All Night
EMG
Drive
Dear Sirs
Run the Numbers featuring Aesop Rock
Habeas Corpses (Draconian Love) featuring Cage
The Overly Dramatic Truth
Flyentology featuring Trent Reznor
No Kings
League of Extraordinary Nobodies
Poisenville Kids No Wins/Reprise (This Must Be Our Time) featuring Cat Power

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When a hip-hop album opens with a collaboration with modern-day prog-rockers the Mars Volta, you know to expect the unexpected. That's pretty much what Brooklyn's El-P (born Jaime Meline) has been delivering since day one, first as a member of now-defunct indie-rap heroes Company Flow and later as founder of the maverick New York label Definitive Jux. Trent Reznor and Cat Power also show up on his first new release in five years, but El-P remains the one to watch, rattling off his typically complex rhymes about the state of the world (and the bedroom) over the cling-clang of industrial beats and frenzied noise. It's dense and weird and sometimes even scary, all of which makes it a marked improvement over the usual Saturday night boom-bap. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Only a provisional four - could well become five.......2007-07-09

I'm at the stage with this album whereby I think it's pretty much a classic but I could end up losing interest soon. The real test is whether I get that hit a couple of months in where I listen to it once at find something even more spectacular about it.

So far I love it: the extended, prog-rock beats and electronics/noises of all descriptions. My favourites are probably the first track, last and many of the others in between. It's a lot easier to say which tracks I don't find 100% great. Flyentology has a slightly monotonous and boring beat which doesn't quite seem as dark or deep as some of his other tracks but it's still pretty good.

I bought this quite soon after getting Fantastic Damage and am currently in a sort of EL-P mode which could mean I'm a little biased but this is definitely worth a listen.

PERFECT. .......2007-06-16

this is one of, or the best of the year. Everything is put together so well! it has some famous stars on it, but you don't notice them/they don't distract as often happens. It's all just layred together perfectly. Don't miss.

Broke The Rules.......2007-06-14

This album can make you smarter.

this album gets deep into the darkside within.

I have no words........2007-06-10

I don't really like rap. Like, at all. This album made me rethink everything. As I said, I have no words, this album left me breathless. If there's one album you buy this year, make it this one. You won't regret it. Simply amazing.

I'll Sleep When You're Dead.......2007-06-07

Hip-hop was becoming a tired institution when El-P, Bigg Jus and Mr. Len (under the moniker Company Flow) recorded one of the most stunning hip-hop albums of the '90s. Bleak, raw, and verbally devastating, 1997's Funcrusher Plus provided a real alternative to G-funk as the three fireball emcees rapped about war, corporate greed and extraterrestrial evil over bargain-basement beats and unsettling ambience. Over the next few years, El-P built up his Definitive Jux label and released a stream of high-quality recordings by some of the most vital emcees in the game, nearly all of whom used Funcrusher Plus as a blueprint to varying degrees. The label had gone quiet in 2007 when rumors of a new El-P record finally surfaced, sending excited twitters through the underground community. Some questioned the rapper's intent when they found out that the album would feature collaborations with Trent Reznor ("hmm"), The Mars Volta ("uh..."), and Chan Marshall of Cat Power ("are you serious?"), but most were fairly certain that it would pulverize in typical El-P fashion.

And pulverize it does. I'll Sleep When You're Dead feels absolutely ferocious; it's the roaring, heavy metal counterpart to Funcrusher Plus's skeletal hardcore punk, and it takes no prisoners from its galvanizing start to its death knell of an ending. Songs are packed to the gills with weird, ungodly noises, melodies appear and disappear like holographs, and dense yet nuanced rhymes roll atop percussion that could have been created by actual weaponry. Indeed, there's so much violence on this record that it should be traumatic to drink in, but El-P's skill and insight on the mic, his studio perfectionism and his flair for idiosyncratic drum programming keep the proceedings as gripping as a 13-car pileup.

Deeper listening reveals that Sleep thrives on a couple of paradoxes. First, the album maintains its focus and cohesion even as it spins off in many different directions. The doomy atmosphere of "Tasmanian Pain Coaster" doesn't sound much like the Brooklynese bounce of "EMG" or the almost operatic "Poisenville Kids No Wins," but even with the diversity (which is inevitable, what with the hundreds of sounds being employed), it's clear that there is a particular aural agenda at work. I'll Sleep When You're Dead sounds uncannily like a comic book, which isn't to knock it; after all, comic books these days attain a level of darkness and extremity that filmmakers are often too risk-averse to attempt. Imagine swarms of robotic flying insects in the Invader Zim cartoon from your worst nightmare raining down machine gun fire and you're getting close.

The second paradox has to do with El-P's lyrics, which attend to personal and universal problems as though they're both part of the same sick plan for humanity that was doomed from the very beginning. While Clipse's Malice and Pusha T believe that a worldly issue (coke dealing) affected their personal states (thickly obfuscated misery), El-P flips the algorithm: He views every act of savagery--from speeding cars to sexual abuse--as indicative of the world's endemic evil. Though it's clear that he doesn't want any part of it, he admits has no choice. He calls himself the "son of urban confusion hatched in a pit where brutes live" and "half a robotic monkey ugly born of a viral agent." Like Nas on his classic Illmatic, El-P simply speaks about what he sees and uses his observations as a form of social protest, reinforcing the idea that the most affecting hip-hop finds a middle ground between slouching back in the seat of a flashy convertible and trying to change the world. His raps have slowed down a bit from his previous work to become part of the rich milieu and to let us latch onto every grim metaphor he hurls our way, but don't worry; El-P's flow will still knock you out of your chair.

And the collaborations? They're all excellent, probably because El-P isn't concerned about flattering his guests, writing his songs his way and using Reznor, Marshall, Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala purely as filigree. The Mars Volta caps off the blitzkrieg "Tasmanian Pain Coaster" with an a funereal trudge, Marshall lends her emphatic torch singing to the chorus of "Poisenville Kids No Wins," and Reznor's sinister cackle seems form-fitted to the electronic torture chamber of "Flyentology." Though they do seem like unorthodox choices, especially compared to Def Jux labelmates Cage and Aesop Rock, all of these artists deal with depravity in their own music (albeit in different ways), and after a few listens, their additions on this album click oddly into place.

I'll Sleep When You're Dead is an utterly urgent recording, something that (unfortunately) feels appropriate for our perpetual state of emergency. Nas once famously spit, "I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death," to which El-P eventually paid tribute: "The timepiece must've read early morning at least, so I laid death's cousin, woken by the silence of the peace." The title of this record, then, seems like less of a threat and more of a helpless prayer to a deaf higher power. Something tells me that, deep down, El-P wishes that there wasn't any need for him to enter the rap world and do what he does. But as long as we live on Earth, this record is as good a warning as any to sleep with one eye open.

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Puts me to sleep.
Drift consciously into sleep without realizing it.
Perfect for napping
Really helps put me to sleep
Definitely makes you drowsyzzz zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep
Liquid Mind
Manufacturer: Real Music / Chuck Wild Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000ELJAW4
Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

Night Light
Moment of Grace
Journey to Peace
Breathe in Me
Adagio for Sleep
Touching Calm

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Music in the Liquid Mind series changes little from one recording to the next--good news for contented fans of the long-running bliss-out series created by keyboardist/composer Chuck Wild. The former Missing Persons keyboardist and studio colleague of famed producer Ken Scott (David Bowie, Supertramp) has evolved into a premier space-music specialist whose relaxing, gentle soundscapes artfully evoke the softer side of the cosmos. His eighth Liquid Mind installment, subtitled Sleep, is a lovely, slo-mo spacewalk through serene, gravity-free realms that consistently yields a sustained sense of well-being and calm. Deserving of a spot at the head table with ambient music's most sophisticated sound designers, Wild creates slowly unfolding, universe-at-rest textures using few of the supplemental sonic dimensions (space winds, angelic voices) often employed by fellow stargazers Jonn Serrie and Jon Jenkins. And he sidesteps the small dramas and mysterious fractals that sometimes add a hint of uncertainty to the otherwise like-minded works of Brian Eno or Harold Budd. Happily, you'll hear no new-agey crystal bowls or plucked harps, either; just a warm, resonant, faintly classical glow skillfully designed for relaxation and peace. Pull up a cloud, lie back, and enjoy. --Terry Wood

Album Description

"Mr. Wild successfully creates a soothing and calming atmosphere which could be an excellent addition to one's nightly sleep regimen." William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D. Director of Sleep Disorders and Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine

"The titles of the first seven Liquid Mind albums have honored values important to me on my life's journey. This eighth album honors the need in all of us for a healthy and regenerating rest each night. I hope you'll enjoy my music, and use it in good health." Chuck Wild

Customer Reviews:

Puts me to sleep........2007-07-22

If I listen to this lying down, I only make it to the 2nd or third section. Very relaxing.

Drift consciously into sleep without realizing it........2007-06-27

Liquid Mind music is truly universal. And while I may not be able to name which album a certain piece comes from; the music on each CD seems to encourage the feeling or state of mind named in the title. This album, Sleep, does help me drift of to sleep. The other albums, likewise, support Meditation, lifting of the Spirit, and other states of mind. Perhaps they are inter-changeable; in any event, this album's selections help me relax and prepare for sleep.

Perfect for napping.......2007-05-18

Some new age music albums get it; some don't. I do not buy new age music to hear third rate melodies (that quickly become annoying), annoying beats and clicks, drumming, chanting, etc. I buy it to help me relax and chill out. Sometimes I use it to filter out noise from outside my home or in my office. Sometimes I use it to help me sleep. Good sleep music should lull - it shouldn't demand attention. It should draw you in enough so that you will stop fretting about your problems at work or at home but not so much that your mind is anticipating a predictable melodic pattern. Liquid Mind has figured out how to do what new age music should do. This album has gently changing tones that ease in and out, cascade, and encircle the listener. Think of it as pleasant white noise. This is definitely sleep inducing. If you feel like youa re sleep deprived but are too wired to nap, put this on your headphones and just listen. You won't be able to focus on any sound in particular - there is enough shifting to keep you from doing that. But you will find yourself being lulled into dreamland. Very good.

Really helps put me to sleep.......2007-05-07

I have no trouble staying asleep, but for years I've struggled to fall asleep. I've used several relaxing CDs, some commercial and some I've put together myself. Most of them helped, but eventually they had less effect, so I changed to another one for a few months. I started using Liquid Mind VIII recently, and it has easily been the most effective sleep CD I've used. Most nights I'm asleep by the fourth or fifth track (15-20 minutes, which is very good for me).

Other than the obvious fact that the music is fairly nondescript and very soothing, I don't know why it works so well, but it does.

Highly recommended if you have problems falling asleep.

Definitely makes you drowsyzzz zzzzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......2007-04-21

I happened to hear this on XM Radio in the car. Oh my goodness. This is not the thing to be listening to while driving. I happened to have on the Vision (New Age music) channel and this came on in broad noon daylight as I was running some errands. Within minutes, I was as calm as a lake on a windless day and heading for nod-off time. Change the channel..but quick, make a note of the album.

I tried it (safely) at home. It has a warning; do not operate machinery or drive while listening to this cd. It does really work. I put it in the cd player in my alarm clock and put it on low before I went to bed. I think I fell asleep in 4 minutes.

The trick is the slow tempo. The music is almost complete phrases, no discernable tune but also not simply noises that sound spacey.

If you want something effective to calm yourself during yoga, to sleep to or to calm a fussy baby or put down the toddlers, this is it. Zzzzzz

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Musician Professionalism at Its Best

The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep
Peter Himmelman
Manufacturer: Himmasongs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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Beauty & Crime
Time on Earth
Sweet Warrior
At My Age
Strange Names and New Sensations

ASIN: B000ROALMG
Release Date: 2007-07-24

Tracks:

The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep
Winning Team
Good Idea
There Comes a Time
War Of Words
The Ship Of Last Hope
Gratitude
Killer
17 Minutes To 1
Save a Little Honey
February Twenty First
A Dog Can Drink Stagnant Water
If We Could Hold Each Other's Hunger

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The spiritually-minded veteran singer-songwriter covers a whole lot of territory, both musical and thematic, on this 13-cut CD (with a bonus DVD that traces his career back to the new-wave Sussman Lawrence band of the 1980s). In response to the political climate of international and religious hostilities, Himmelman strikes an ominous, foreboding tone in the title track, "Good Idea," "War of Words," and "The Ship of Last Hope," which he offsets with the redemptive grace of "Gratitude," the philosophical "17 Minutes to 1," and the warmth of "Save a Little Honey." Musically, the arrangements range from hard-driving, slide-guitar blues ("A Dog Can Drink Stagnant Water") to soul grooves with a horn section ("There Comes a Time") to reflective piano balladry ("If We Could Hold Each Other's Hunger"). Even if Himmelman weren't Bob Dylan's son-in-law, it would be hard to avoid describing his lyrics as Dylanesque. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Musician Professionalism at Its Best.......2007-07-28

Himmelman's 2007 Release is Hard to Beat

Chances are the average rock listener doesn't know who Peter Himmelman is. This is largely due to him not playing in large venues. It's the smaller intimate settings that set this rock troubadour apart from the mainstream artists. He is the son-in-law of Bob Dylan, and often times sounds a more polished Dylan vocal, but the lyrics are similar.

The title cut: Pigeons Couldn't Sleep could very well be mistaken for a rockin' Dylan song if you heard it on the radio. He combines major and minor chords brilliantly - his timing is near-perfect in delivery, and the lyrics are mind-searching combinations of astuteness and faith. "Good Idea" is classic Himmelman, with the half-spoken ominous delivery of Tom Waits. There's more horns than usual on this cd which in turns gives it a more slick production sound. Usually Himmelman uses a more sparse folksy approach to his cds.

Peter Himmelman's ballads is where his songwriting talent really shines: the words come out in unusual combinations of warning and praise. The songs generally on this cd are fuller and more rounded than his previous releases. "The Ship of Last Hope" has a simple but unforgettable melody that makes one wonder why this melody was never written before. "Gratitude" approaches the cohesiveness and the foaming guitar harmonies of a Tom Petty song. "17 Minutes to 1" is a stroke of writing genius.

The cd also includes an awesome DVD that details the generally unknown history of Peter Himmelman and his forays with Sussman-Lawrence band. It's in this DVD that you will begin to understand who this ingenious artist really is, and how important his faith and music are to him.

Overall, Himmelman manages music with the soft quiet charisma of a well-written lyric and the pleading voice of a folk singer. Not too many rock musicians have anything worthwhile to say, but that is definitely not the case with Peter Himmelman. This is adult-rock at its absolute best professionalism. He's branching out into a few new directions with this cd, but it will be a welcome addition to a very very good catalog of excellent pieces of work.

Jeff Feezle of Macafeez

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