Thread: Chillout music for the season

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Sometimes when I'm working on costumes and props I don't want to listen to the traditional Halloween stuff. Sometimes it just makes me feel like I've had too much caffeine. Same goes for metal and rock tracks (NOTE: sometimes). Anyone have any select chillout tracks or mixes they like when the energy just gets too frantic and you need to calm down? The last few days before halloween can sometimes do this to us all.

Please, no links or offers to send me free music. I'm happy to buy my music and support the artists I love. I just wondered if any of you had an album or two like this that you stashed away for those frantic days.

If you want chillout, check these out

Priscilla Ahn--Just about anything she's done. She is phenominal.
Kelly Sweet--Same as above. She does an awesome cover of Aerosmith's "Dream On", but slower-paced and soulful.
Everything But The Girl--Anything from their album "Amplified Heart"
Minnutes--Their song "More To Luv"
Nathan Barr--The song "Good To Me" from the "Shutter" soundtrack.Lisabeth Scott does the vocals.

I'm loving the Broken Bells self-titled album - very nice and melodic.

Pretty much all of The Black Keys. LOVE them and even their faster stuff isn't all in your face since it's new style old school R&B. Love the album Brothers especially right now.

Black Crows - Warpaint (several good ones), By Your Side (some faster stuff, but there are several just good, lower key songs)

Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, anything by The Band, Nat King Cole, David Bowie (Diamond Dogs, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane), T-Rex, Lyle Lovett, BB King...

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I have many of the selections mentioned, just never particularly thought of them as seasonal. Maybe a fresh listen's in order!

oh, I didn't get that you wanted Halloween sort of chill music... my suggestions were general ones.

I listen to all sorts of music while working on props and setting up stuff. I also listen to Halloween and vaguely related music when it's NOT Halloween season.

Originally Posted by Frankie's Girl

oh, I didn't get that you wanted Halloween sort of chill music... my suggestions were general ones.

I listen to all sorts of music while working on props and setting up stuff. I also listen to Halloween and vaguely related music when it's NOT Halloween season.

No worries. I like most of your choices. I listen to just about everything with very little regard to the season. Music is a pretty big deal to me although I hardly listen to anything that gets airplay these days. I just wondered if there was anything out there that I wasn't aware of that fits this particular bill.

there is always midnight syndicate

I'm gonna add my two cents. This may be just what you're looking for. There's a company that makes lullabye versions of rock songs. Kinda creepy yet soothing at the same time. I posted a separate thread about it elsewhere but I'll add the link here as well. This is a selection of Tool songs but they have other artists as well.

Amazon.com: Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Tool: Rockabye Baby!: Music

@ si-cootik Yes, that's true. And I have a lot of their stuff already. I may have to scan through and put together a mix of the quieter pieces.

@ death wraith Very cool. I'll definitely check those out!

I have an Ambient Halloween Mix I made years ago ... but I can't quite qualify it as Chillout. Chillout makes me think downtempo, but still with beat and rhythm ... and my ambient mix isn't that ... er ... beaty.

There's an ambient mix here ... ambient spookiness ... is that what you had in mind, or were you thinking of something a little more lively?

EDIT: nevermind, that link isn't a nice long mix of tracks ... it is barely one (ambient and spooky) song. Sorry.