An interesting question posed by the jet-setting Mr Jong, recently... "don't you ever listen to any relaxing music?"

Thinking on this, I supposed it depends on your definition of relaxing. Amongst the rock and jazz on the shelves at Chez Rico, can be found (amongst others):

• Brian Eno
  
• David Syvian
  
• New Order's Power Corruption & Lies
  
• Jah Wobble
  
• The Orb
  

... so (my tastes aside), what do you listen to in order to relax?

Rico - all your base are belong to us.

My fav chill out tunes are (in no particular order):

Fila Brazillia - A Touch of Cloth
Vangellis - Bladerunner Soundtrack
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Carl Craig - More Songs About Food....
Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op's 1-6
Gerard Prescencer - The Optimist
Luke Slater - Four Cornered Room
Pink Floyd - Meddle, Obscured by Clouds
Rick Wright - Wet Dream
Jackie Brown - Soundtrack

Cheers

W

again, in no particular order:

massive attack - mezzanine

sarah mclachlan - fumbling towards ecstasy / solace

thomas tallis - anything by the tallis scholars

dead can dance - spiritchaser / aion

..amongst others

matt

Art of Noise - The Seduction of Claude Debussey
Autechre - Amber
Brian Eno - Bang on a can / Music for Airports
Dead Can Dance - Spleen & Ideal / Anion
Jean Michel Jarree - (any album)
Mediaeval Baebes - (any album)
Mike Oldfield - (several)
Orbital - In Sides
Patrick Noland - Ascending / Piano Gathering Light
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the moon
Portishead - Dummy
Miles Davies - A Kind of Blue / Ballads and Blues
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Bach - Cello Suites 1,2,5
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Mozart - Requiem Mass
Antonio Forcione - Dedicato
Kenji Kawai - Ghost in the Shell ST
Ennio Moricone - The Mission ST
Vangelis - Bladerunner ST

The first that comes to mind is Music for Zen Meditation by Tony Scott (Verve).

Ciao!

Willem