Music to Fall Asleep

Klimek | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kompakt
• ASIN: B000F2BXPO
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Sebastian Meissner (aka klimek) living in Frankfurt main is a concept artist composer sound designer and photographer and is this is his second full-length release on kompakt. The follow up to the critically-acclaimed 2005 full length milk & honey, music to fall asleep breathes new life to the world of indie-folk and ambient. Meissner's perseverance to the progression of contemporary music and use of found sounds has taken listeners on journeys to Jerusalem, deep inside the turmoil of the Palestinian conflict as his alter-ego Random Industries and inside his diverse record crate as his an ironic deconstruction of the post-digital genre as bizz circuits. Kompakt. 2006

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Klimek - Music To Fall Asleep, September 29, 2011

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scoundrel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music to Fall Asleep (Audio CD)

Klimek's second album, MUSIC TO FALL ASLEEP, still uses the micro-loop techniques of his first, but the results are much more interesting. Right off the bat, the tonal quality of "Pathways (Verbunden) To Work" is much more majestic, more expansive. The guitars on "Standing (Ausser) On The Beach (Gefahr)," too, now have other instruments to accompany them, and "Working Towards (Yuppies With) Independence (Jeeps)" actually offers them a chance to play a full riff. As well, the tracks also form a more cohesive whole, with the sustained tones of "Kingdoms Here We (Wiggin' By Night) Come" segue into the dreamy "In (Elastisch) Limbo." The title track carries a hint of sadness, especially as the manipulated strings appear halfway through, while "Verlust (White, No Trails) Der Motorik" starts with a sharp whistling and continues icily, warming up only when it echoes into "Catalyst (Celluloid)." The crystalline melancholy of "Kälteschaden (Wärmetod)" reaches out it tendrils, but "Les Mots D'amour (Hinweg)" finally brings back the warmth, stretching like a cat in the sun. This album may lull you into a trance, but is much too interesting to put you to sleep.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars music to rattle your nerves, January 4, 2012

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Mary Hayhoe - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music to Fall Asleep (Audio CD)

This has to be the most irritating collection of sounds I have ever encountered. There are shrill string instruments, a guitar strumming harshly, a voice high pitched... and there is nothing soothing about this at all.
I could not ever recommend this as music for relaxation. But if your intent is to become edgy and irate..........