Music to read books to

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Not sure if this is subject with legs but here goes. Is there any particular bits of music that you listen to while reading or stands out as suiting the mood of a particular book. I mostly listen to ambient for obvious reasons but there was one album that I link with a book and worked like the soundtrack to it. I was reading The Passage by Justin Cronin and happened to put on Sleep Games by Pye Corner Audio and it merged perfectly.

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Barely audible pitched down a little. This is a good thread.

The g.o.a.t.

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low key bliss

Japanese ambient mvp

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We love the Kompakt ā€œPop Ambientā€ compilations for this

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https://youtu.be/jl_z5JvrKlc

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Classis

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Never heard these. Beautiful

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Try these too!

https://youtu.be/VVfpVrlHjtA

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Like a bit of Ludovico Einaudi.

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Mark me down as +1 to yoshimura and terry riley

Gotta plug the exhibition music by inoyama landā€”music for myxomycetes. Molto tranquilioni

(Spotify)

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I have pretty bad ADHD so Iā€™ve never really been able to read books however lately Iā€™ve been reading with music and discovered that background sounds were all I needed to stay focused enough. Iā€™m starting to really treasure my time reading each day now. Those pop ambient albums mentioned above are perfect for me and Iā€™ve listened to them a lot. Letā€™s get this thread going again if anyone has any more to add. This is another favourite of mine as discovered somewhere else in this forum!

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This one is special. Hopefully vocals in a foreign tongue donā€™t distract you.

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these few suggestions although a bit esoteric, could serve well:

https://youtu.be/ptJM6OfTdmQ

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Iā€™ve never been able to read with music. What I do put on when Iā€™m reading/studying is nature sounds.

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Jon Hopkins: Music for Psychedelic Therapy Album Review | Pitchfork has really helped with when I need to settle for reading. Itā€™s a beautiful recording and itā€™s intention is to support Psychedelic therapy. Confusingly, John Hopkins the American Centre for Psychedelic Research have a very good tripping Spotify playlist which can be used for this sort of thing, itā€™s got some gorgeous music on it.

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Itā€™s been a couple of years so just gonna revive this thread in hope that some of you have anything new to add. Iā€™ve been listening to that Andre 3000 one whilst reading this month but need something fresh

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Just read a long passionate post by Alex Downey (techno DJ) about this

For meditation too maybe

also here

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