music/body -- functions

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zhao

there are no accidents
hang-overs ---- mostly indian classical music. and the rare kind which does not build into a climax of sorts. for instance some Ali Akbar Khan raggas are mellow all the way through. the warm tones and organic structures are very nice for a hurting head. sometimes western "ambient" music but the good ones tend to make me fall asleep, and the mediocre stuff gets on my (very raw) nerves with the crisp clean sound design. no beats at all please. and the kind of classical music i love is not too good for this either.

trying to sleep --- stars of the lid. Stephen Matheiu. Eno. etc. anything more eventful than this fagiddaboudit

trying to stay up to finish work while very very sleepy/tired --- minimal techno usually. because it's easy and steady and the moodiness gets me in the "zone". acoustic solo guitar folk is also good.

early in the morning --- classical on a clean pallete is great. because it requires clarity and mental energy which dissipates through out the day.

love --- album by the Necks called Sex. that is the ultimate. japanese erotic film sound tracks are ace but some tracks might cause giggles. dubstep can be amazing and intense.

ok your turn
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
hang-overs : country and western, pornography and a good fried breakfast

trying to stay up late/finish work : dubstep or instrumental grime, yeah

early in the morning : pop music! good morning world how are you? Dare by Human League, Innervisions by Stevie Wonder, kwaito especially Msawawa

sex : "ruins" by skullflower
 
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Betamaxnomates

Betamaxnomates

Wild Horses
Hang-overs: Shoegaze all the way. Spacemen 3, Ride, Galaxie 500... the general haziness of it all can be strangely soothing.

Trying to stay up late: Yeah, minimal usually does the trick. Or maybe some afro-beat. Anything that has a lot of repetition but isn't overly demanding to listen to.

Early in the morning: RAWK!!!!1ELEVEN

Sex: Anything slow and heavy - dubstep, downtempo or instrumental hip hop. From recent (unfortunate) experience though, Bjork is a major mood-kill. :(
 
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martin

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If you're trying to sleep, 'Soliloquy for Lilith' or disc 2 of 'Shipwreck Radio Vol 1' by Nurse With Wound are pretty ideal - there's no sudden noisy bits to jolt you awake (though if you do want that, try their 'Merzbild Schwet' album)

Hangover-wise, your best bet used to be to ring the Speaking Clock. That masterful, warm, austere tone of sanity and order was the perfect remedy to booze-induced guilt and paranoia. You could almost visualise the Ballardian Clock Master sitting in a cosy control chamber, overlooking Hyde Park, tapping and puffing on his pipe, unfazed by the madness and bestiality of capitalism. Tragically though, they've replaced him with the smug, clotted tones of that British Telecom bitch.
 
swears

swears

preppy-kei
It's strange, I only really listen to music if I'm not doing anything else, it seems pointless to try and concentrate on more than one thing at once. I'm a big fan of complete silence (or as near as possible) when it comes to hangovers, drifting off to sleep, etc
The sound of the rain on your window is nice and relaxing, I suppose.
 
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mms

sometimes
is it only me that likes to listen to fierce head wrenching aggressive dark and noisy music when hungover?
i once listened to russell haswells album on headphones when i was on the way to ikea really hungover one saturday morning. it was memorable.
 
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gek-opel

entered apprentice
Sleep= pounding music- effectively yr brain tunes out after a while and its exactly as ambient as actual ambient music. Sludge metal very good for this. Also anything with hypnotic qualities, for example "Theme" from the recent KTL album just repeats like a buzzing swarm of neon wasps for half an hour, hypnotises my brain into slumbers. Equally the zen-sine waves and glistening cello/violin shards of +minus' "Rainy Koran Verse" are a fantastic sedative in that same hypnotic manner, like tuning the mind in to slithers of light or something... although curiously the crystalline, meditative qualities of their work is equally good for concentrating the mind on heavy duty conceptual reading.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Hugging your knees and rocking slowly backwards and forwards --- Throbbing Gristle, 'Hamburger Lady'.
 
STN

STN

sou'wester
mms said:
is it only me that likes to listen to fierce head wrenching aggressive dark and noisy music when hungover?
i once listened to russell haswells album on headphones when i was on the way to ikea really hungover one saturday morning. it was memorable.
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No, the sleevenotes for the CD issue of Machine Gun by the Peter Brotzmann Octet recommend listening to it with a hangover. I can't do it myself, I'm afraid it's Rod Stewart all the way for me - completely unchallenging and the precise blend of self-pity and self-loathing it induces is absoluetly perfect. I tried listening to 'We Are All Prostitutes' with a raging hangover once and the saxophone nearly killed me. I also felt like I was being told off.
 
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