:/ I’m terrified of drones so this didn’t work.
A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
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Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#52Well, that's a pretty standard ambient-ish soundscape bordering on ‘chill-out’, though thankfully not as cheesy as a whole lot of them. For me, dub music (not dubstep) was the most astoundingly un-aggressive music. Back in the past, I ran Bill Laswell's compilations two times a day: on the morning subway to doze for twenty minutes, and when falling asleep at night. Not really a surprising quality, since the genre is…
Sun Araw is great, definitely my favourite on the Hotline Miami soundtrack, which has lots of other awesome tracks. The other quite famous track of his is https://sunaraw.bandcamp.com/track/deep-cover-2 also from the HM soundtrack
The thing is, pretty much everyone knows the two tracks from ‘Hotline Miami’, but Sun Araw has plenty of other heady stuff on the early EPs.
E.g. ‘Canopy’ here https://sunaraw.bandcamp.com/album/boat-trip
All of ‘Heavy Deeds’: https://sunaraw.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-deeds
and ‘On Patrol’, which is full of this deep sound: https://sunaraw.bandcamp.com/album/on-patrol
‘Off Duty’ and ‘Sun Ark’ too.
Stallones later switched to guitar noodling and more spacey compositions, which aren't so groovy—though also interesting sometimes.
He also made an album ‘Icon Give Thank’ with M. Geddes Gengras and The Congos, which is pretty much Sun Araw plus actual dub: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HWvqL-pbH2U
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#53Two recommendations:
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaSi7Gut7xM shop link: https://boomkat.com/artists/stars-of-the-lid
Thomas Köner - Daikan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICcK6Li5OfM shop link: https://boomkat.com/products/daikan
(disclosure: no affiliation with boomkat or the artists, i just love the music & think it is worth supporting)
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#54Here are some ambient songs by Aphex Twin which I also find very calming. Stone In Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86g1aop6a8 Rhubarb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AWIqXzvX-U Tha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGC90fmf8gw Avril 14th - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dGAZTj8xA
Wouldn't put Aphex Twin on as a playlist though, since he also has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqayDnQ2wmw. Great video and music, but anything but anxiety reducing.
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#55I couldn't dig it - but I like the article and idea. Other readers: what are some of your favorite chill background tracks? I'm on Hippie Sabotage lately.
I have a coding / focus Spotify playlist of tracks that keep me focused and in the zone without being distracting. Contains a lot of ambient, deep instrumental house and ambient dub techno: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28W4UPjme9kuIxMKjdlSMx?si=...
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#56Well, that's a pretty standard ambient-ish soundscape bordering on ‘chill-out’, though thankfully not as cheesy as a whole lot of them. For me, dub music (not dubstep) was the most astoundingly un-aggressive music. Back in the past, I ran Bill Laswell's compilations two times a day: on the morning subway to doze for twenty minutes, and when falling asleep at night. Not really a surprising quality, since the genre is…
Btw, funny thing: despite dub being basically packaged tune-out, reggae MCs constantly went on about their ‘war’ against the plight of the black man and the Babylon and about how they're more macho than everyone else in the business. So much so that ragga jungle artist names and compilations were full of military terminology, and the MCing fit right in with breakcore as ‘raggacore’.
Consider this example, which I'm even somewhat uncomfortable sharing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEJ6JVBUBmk
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#57Some years ago I had developed an anxiety disorder.
That's why I think this article makes no sense.
I got anxious of the most stupid things. This was also triggered by some music. It doesn't matter if the music is calming. What matters is what is happening in your head.
It seems to be the trend to meditate or to listen to soothing music when you are anxious. But please: if you are really having issues with anxiety: go see the doctor.
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#58I wonder if they measured some other music too. I'm pretty sure listening to something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y_ztEW1NE will do equally good or better job in reducing anxiety.
Why not listen to sounds that are both great and calming instead of just calming.
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#59Anxiety has a couple of different meanings. There's the everyday use of the word, and I guess calming music would help with that. I like Phillip Glass (which a lot of people find surprising for calming music) or Max Richter's Sleep.
But if anxiety interferes with your day to day life and causes significant distress it might be an anxiety disorder. There are a few different things under the class of anxiety disorder so I'm not going to list symptoms. Luckily, often they've very treatable. Current advice is to start with psycho-education, then step up to a talking therapy (and cognitive behaviour therapy has a good evidence base, it's short and should be affordable), and if that's not working to step up to a combination of meds and a more intensive talking therapy.
Anxiety disorders cause many years of life lost to disability, and they can be really distressing for people.
Re: A song that was constructed to reduce anxiety
#60I find it very interesting how either more people are anxious and scared this go disaster, or we're just talking about it more.
I don't remember there being this much discussion about reducing anxiety in past crises.
I'm also not one to get anxious by this kind of stuff, much more hyped to take on the increased stakes. So it's been a lot of DOOM OST for me.
Rip and Tear baby.