Monday, December 28, 2009
The Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast
The godfather of ambient, Brian Eno / a still from Kim Ki-Duk's "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
Physical State: draggy
Mental State: cloudy
Music: Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast
Fashion sense: jeans, black Coachella concert t-shirt
I discovered this online ambient internet radio station which can also be accessed through i-tunes, called Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast. To say that this is a sleepy ambient station is an understatement but that's a good thing. The mandate of this website and station's founder is to provide a 24/7 instrumental broadcast of electronic ambient music with the intention of helping you sleep. There is also an extensive archive of information about ambient music as well at the site under the Ambience For The Masses link.
"The official radio service of Ambience for the Masses. Peaceful streaming audio featuring a random cycling of some of the most sleep-worthy tracks ever created. Live on-line sedation is available 24 / 7 / 365 and all without a doctor's prescription."
A lot of it is quite zen and at times like a soundtrack to an arctic landscape or something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey. But it is also great to listen to if you just want to have some interesting drones and long stretches of minimal electronic music to zone out to or while working on your computer. Brian Eno, not surprisingly, is well represented on the jukebox here, ditto Steve Roach, Harold Budd and others. There are no interruptions, no ads, no commentary...just an immersive ambient experience. The last "song" I listened to was 35 minutes of a background brook sound with 4 Tibetan singing bowls played periodically. Sometimes relaxing, other times moody and atmospheric but always meditative.
The godfather of ambient, Brian Eno / a still from Kim Ki-Duk's "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
Physical State: draggy
Mental State: cloudy
Music: Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast
Fashion sense: jeans, black Coachella concert t-shirt
I discovered this online ambient internet radio station which can also be accessed through i-tunes, called Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast. To say that this is a sleepy ambient station is an understatement but that's a good thing. The mandate of this website and station's founder is to provide a 24/7 instrumental broadcast of electronic ambient music with the intention of helping you sleep. There is also an extensive archive of information about ambient music as well at the site under the Ambience For The Masses link.
"The official radio service of Ambience for the Masses. Peaceful streaming audio featuring a random cycling of some of the most sleep-worthy tracks ever created. Live on-line sedation is available 24 / 7 / 365 and all without a doctor's prescription."
A lot of it is quite zen and at times like a soundtrack to an arctic landscape or something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey. But it is also great to listen to if you just want to have some interesting drones and long stretches of minimal electronic music to zone out to or while working on your computer. Brian Eno, not surprisingly, is well represented on the jukebox here, ditto Steve Roach, Harold Budd and others. There are no interruptions, no ads, no commentary...just an immersive ambient experience. The last "song" I listened to was 35 minutes of a background brook sound with 4 Tibetan singing bowls played periodically. Sometimes relaxing, other times moody and atmospheric but always meditative.
