Best sketching music...

[Erica]

I don't understand how a lot of people leave parties and listen to more BANGING house. Okay, I definitely DO understand...it's obviously the fact that they're still ripped out of their brains. But usually by the time I leave a party, my mind wants to calm down a bit and I need to chill out.

The other night, after Sonar, I turned on iTunes and a bunch of Digable Planets came on. Perrrrfect music to sketch out to. Nice and super relaxing and chill.

[Sykonee]

I've always been known as the guy to supply the comedown tunes for some reason. I guess it's because I have an ample supply of dub, nu jazz, and ambient scattered about my collection along with everything else.

Heh... Wonderful driving tunes on those long road trips from parties up north.

[mux]

"Myles Davis - Kind Of Blue".

Don't knock 'till you've tried.

[tested01]

thelonious monk cuts are dope for chillin.
dre instrumentals are the greatest though.

[soma]

bob marley dub sessions

[Moon]

werd to bob marley

i also like to put on some soothing rnb... really chill stuff to just sit back and relax to

[Jblaze]

I like to chill out to weezer - say it aint so

[tested01]

bob marley definatly.

[ryantron]

massive attack! especially mezzanine.. and especially black milk and group four.

[ebbomega]

Telepopmusik.

KLF's Chill Album.

Any ambient, really.

[SEAN!]

thievary corporation, fugees,tribe called quest, basically any smooth hip hop or trip hop...tribal sounds get bonus points

[ryantron]

hooverphonic- a new stereophonic sound spectacular.
also, theivery corporation. i finally picked up a copy of the richest man in babylon and i am madly in love with it.

[Sykonee]

Here's a couple of unobvious sketch out albums:

Jam & Spoon - Tripomatic Fairytales 2002
Kind of an ambient b-side to Tripomatic 2001

L.S.G. - Into Deep
Lieb's awesome for trance. Figures he'd be just as awesome when doing ambient.

The Higher Intelligence Agency - Freefloater
Pure electronics sounding as lush as Jamaican Dub

Dusted - When We Were Young
Maybe a bit more obvious, but Rollo does some mighty fine downtempo here.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Chilled Ibizia - Disc 1&2
- Got this from a buddy from the UK, great stuff to sketch to.

[decypher]

anything DJ shadow

or some nice jazz/funk/soul influenced hip hop

or some nice downtempo

[-ff-]

I have this Everything But the Girl CD from the Back to Mine series (groups assembling/ mixing the music that has most influenced them) that is so fucking chilled. It's my favorite sketch cd for sure.

[neoh]

Everything but the girl, definantly.

[Erica]

awe man, totally agreed with thievery corp. was in love with their albums for the longest time. lebanese blonde and so com voce. <3

[Sammy Skillz]

whenever i just want to chill out and calm down in general:

-thievery corporation
-lamb
-daughter darling
-tricky
-tribe
-digable planets (good choice erica....i love them)

-s.

[Clayton.]

nofx
and maybe a little rush.

[jib monkey]

postal service. so relaxing.

[Rytalin]

Venetian Snares :)

[Séguin]

Johann Sebastian Bach

[ebbomega]

Atari Teenage Riot - Live at the Brixton Academy.

Half an hour of pure, unbridled, distorted noize.

[ryantron]

most of the time, i do come home and listen to house.
its quite a bit calmer than the dnb ive been listening to all night.