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Music for Babies
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Is anyone here familiar with Howie B's 'music for babies' LP? I cant vouch for its popularity with the infants, but it is one of the lost ambient classics of the 90s, and by far his best LP...
yeah i used to love pictures at an exhibition,by mussorsky, mainly for the canons, holst the planets esp neptune the mystic, peter and the wolf was a fave, captain beaky and his band and pink floyd, the wall.
peter and the wolf is great as a kid as all the characters have little musical motifs, and some of them are gorgeous.
peter and the wolf is great as a kid as all the characters have little musical motifs, and some of them are gorgeous.
Captain Beaky - yes!
I had some tapes that were set in a zoo - Johnny Morris, maybe? - that had tunes from the Magic Flute on them; whenever I hear that now, I can only associate it with talking llamas and stuff. Debussy's piano music is pretty good too - my dad used to play that all the time when I was a toddler, and it stays with you for your whole life.
I've seen babies being taken to John Cage events at the Barbican, which I thought was pretty cool. Dunno what the babies made of it all though...
I had some tapes that were set in a zoo - Johnny Morris, maybe? - that had tunes from the Magic Flute on them; whenever I hear that now, I can only associate it with talking llamas and stuff. Debussy's piano music is pretty good too - my dad used to play that all the time when I was a toddler, and it stays with you for your whole life.
I've seen babies being taken to John Cage events at the Barbican, which I thought was pretty cool. Dunno what the babies made of it all though...
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Debussy made a childrens ballet called La Boite a Joujoux (The Toybox). Remains one of my all time favorit pieces of classical music, even though I didn't hear it until I was... hmm... fourteen or something. So not a nostalgic childhood thing for me.mms said:
No, this is not a thread in which to discuss the mid-90s Howie B album of the same name (tho feel free to reference tracks where appropriate)...
Rather: the wife is up the duff, and I am counting down to the formation of ears upon my babies head, whereupon I plan to introduce it without delay to the wonder that is music.
I'm making a playlist of tunes that engender a sense of total well-being, and I thought I'd throw it out to the good people here, a bit like Woebot's picture book thread - so that it's not just baby that learns something new. So far, I'm thinking along the lines of:
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Port Gentil - Porter Ricks
Consumed - Plastikman
Slowly Surely - Jill Scott (Theo Parrish rmx)
Love on a Real Train - Tangerine Dream
Life's A Gas - Mike Ink
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
Where or When - Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee
Good Night - The Beatles
And no doubt there'll be some Eno and Boards of Canada in there too, when I've settled on which ones
I plan to start piping in one tune a day sometime in the next fortnight (when ears are accompanied by the ability to actually hear). Really grateful for any suggestions. Give it up! My child's future sanity depends on you...
Rather: the wife is up the duff, and I am counting down to the formation of ears upon my babies head, whereupon I plan to introduce it without delay to the wonder that is music.
I'm making a playlist of tunes that engender a sense of total well-being, and I thought I'd throw it out to the good people here, a bit like Woebot's picture book thread - so that it's not just baby that learns something new. So far, I'm thinking along the lines of:
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Port Gentil - Porter Ricks
Consumed - Plastikman
Slowly Surely - Jill Scott (Theo Parrish rmx)
Love on a Real Train - Tangerine Dream
Life's A Gas - Mike Ink
My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
Where or When - Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee
Good Night - The Beatles
And no doubt there'll be some Eno and Boards of Canada in there too, when I've settled on which ones
I plan to start piping in one tune a day sometime in the next fortnight (when ears are accompanied by the ability to actually hear). Really grateful for any suggestions. Give it up! My child's future sanity depends on you...
try this one - classic fm cd for snobby parents who think their kids will get smarter if they expose em to this gear:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007WBDQG/026-4848515-0500406
innit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4558507.stm
probably better than this one tho :
(what was the howie b mid 90's thing actually all about, wonder what he's doing now)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...8521/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_10_2/026-4848515-0500406
i'd try a record by a group called slomo called ' the creep' it's just like a guitar interpretation of the sleeping brain - aural melatonin.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007WBDQG/026-4848515-0500406
innit
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4558507.stm
probably better than this one tho :
(what was the howie b mid 90's thing actually all about, wonder what he's doing now)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...8521/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_10_2/026-4848515-0500406
i'd try a record by a group called slomo called ' the creep' it's just like a guitar interpretation of the sleeping brain - aural melatonin.
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mms said:
Thats a brilliant LP.
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Its very idiosyncratic with no real formula or structure, full of great sounds and textures, and has a realy warm sound. In the wider context of avant garde music its fairly sedate, but when compared to a lot of other electronic stuff from the same era it really stands out.
Theres a tune off it in this mix:
http://www.weareie.com/2006/02/droid-slug-sc-podcast-4-shwantology.html
Theres a tune off it in this mix:
http://www.weareie.com/2006/02/droid-slug-sc-podcast-4-shwantology.html