SLEEP
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Acclaimed British composer Max Richter has made history with a ground-breaking piece of work: his new work, "SLEEP," is an eight-hour lullaby. An exploration of music, consciousness and human connectivity, the work is intended to be listened to while sleeping. The landmark work is played on piano, strings, with subtle electronic touches and vocals - but no words. Previously released digitally, the full eight-hour worked is released on CD and high definition Blu-Ray audio. As a composer, all my works are experiments: either they are about something, or the piece itself is the working out of a musical subject, an attempt at a solution to a musical question. The question in this work is How can the sleeping mind and a musical work interact, and how will this sleeping interaction manifest itself in the listener s experience of the music? My fascination with the unconscious and / or sleeping part of our lives is longstanding. I see it as a resource for creative ideas, and as an autonomous cognitive space, relatively inaccessible to our conscious mind (as described, for example the work of Jung, or more recently in David Eagleman s Incognito), a sort of undiscovered country that lives inside each one of us. Discovery takes time. In this case the equivalent of a night s rest - 8 hours or so. This extended performance duration connects SLEEP with a number of strands in recent gallery work (e.g. the Durational movement in art) as well as pointing back to some earlier art music antecedents... Musical sources begin with Bach s Goldberg Variations BWV988. Allegedly written to be played as a sort of expensive lullaby for an insomniac nobleman, they are an early example of music and sleep explicitly being brought into a functional relationship, though of course the informal evocation of night and sleep is present in music from the earliest written sources, for example the latin chant Te Lucis ante Terminum (Before the ending of daylight). Moving on we come to Mahler s Nachtmusik I and II, the ghost-like movements either side of the central movement of the enigmatic seventh Symphony. Mahler s vision is distinctly within the German Romantic tradition here, with it s emphasis on the intense articulation of individual experience. Arguably sleep is the most individual experience of all. Fast forward to the 1960s we come to the extended duration works of La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Morton Feldman, the contemplative space that is Stockhausen s Stimmung, and the ecstatic pulsations of the early Pink Floyd, among others. These works close the aesthetic gap between the physical experience of the music and it s content - the sound is the text. This boundary or overlap between the musical text and it s sonic presentation is something I am exploring in my own work, and I see it as in some way mirroring the unconscious / conscious mind dualism. Another way to shine a light onto this question is via contemporary neuroscience, and, therefore I am in dialogue with David Eagleman, director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action at Baylor College and author of numerous scientific works on our mental processes. This is directly affecting the development of the musical work, for example on the development of structural aspects of the material that interlock with the cyclical nature of sleep itself. --Max Richter December 2014 Review: TIPS FOR LISTENING - Sleep is a melodic lulaby that entrances the listener. There are a few tips for listening that I wish someone would have told me... Go ahead and buy the $$ 8 cd + Blu-Ray set. I first purchased the digital copy and for some reason it didn't transfer well when they made it digital. There are a lot of complaints listed in all digital music services reviews of this. I know cuz I checked them out after I heard all the distortion. It was full of clicks and so much bass that when I set my stereo on the night setting and turned the dynamic bass off, it was still too much bass. Even on smaller speakers with no sub-woofer it was distorted. I deleted it from my library, got a refund and bought the CD'S. The difference was immediately noticeable... no distortion at all. That being said, there is still a lot of bass but at least it's not messed up. This work is great to listen to aggressively, passively and even sleeping. For me, each has its own setting because of the extreme bass. If I'm listening while working or moving around my usual stereo setting are ok. Passively, like I'm listening now, or when I'm coloring (yes 49 year old men still color) has a setting with the bass and volume reduced. For me, my sleep was interrupted by some of this music. I am a light sleeper and the vocals and sometimes the bass wake me up so, I go through a smaller sound system thus reducing the bass. I set the volume where I can barely hear it when it starts and it lulls me to sleep perfectly. Another great work of his that it's worth buying the extra stuff on is Re-composed. The DVD that comes with it is wonderful and everyone I show it to falls in love. Max has evolved into quite the mad scientist of classical music taking it places like sleeping, ringtones and Tilda Swinton while still giving us masterpieces like On The Nature Of Daylight and Andras. I would love to see him work with Johann Johannsson or Thom Yorke but I'm sure what ever he does I will savour every moment. Review: All the same--sounds great to me - I have the remixes as well as the "from Sleep" release. I am hugely into ambient musics, though for sleep, I prefer white noise or some type of droning repetitiveness, This is actually just monotonous enough to do the trick, however, I agree--when using to sleep have the volume set to just audible, otherwise you will probably pay more attention to the music than you will about falling asleep. You have to kind of treat it as though it were your own sub-conscious. Nevertheless, having it playing in the background during the day will certainly help to de-stress you. That said, it's a phenomenal piece of work and I can appreciate the time it took to create such a seamless and lengthy recording.By the way, I really don't notice the spaces/gaps between the songs. Perhaps it is just the way my media player reads the data. I use the Music Bee media player and if you haven't tried it you should. All the same--sounds great to me.
D**S
TIPS FOR LISTENING
Sleep is a melodic lulaby that entrances the listener. There are a few tips for listening that I wish someone would have told me... Go ahead and buy the $$ 8 cd + Blu-Ray set. I first purchased the digital copy and for some reason it didn't transfer well when they made it digital. There are a lot of complaints listed in all digital music services reviews of this. I know cuz I checked them out after I heard all the distortion. It was full of clicks and so much bass that when I set my stereo on the night setting and turned the dynamic bass off, it was still too much bass. Even on smaller speakers with no sub-woofer it was distorted. I deleted it from my library, got a refund and bought the CD'S. The difference was immediately noticeable... no distortion at all. That being said, there is still a lot of bass but at least it's not messed up. This work is great to listen to aggressively, passively and even sleeping. For me, each has its own setting because of the extreme bass. If I'm listening while working or moving around my usual stereo setting are ok. Passively, like I'm listening now, or when I'm coloring (yes 49 year old men still color) has a setting with the bass and volume reduced. For me, my sleep was interrupted by some of this music. I am a light sleeper and the vocals and sometimes the bass wake me up so, I go through a smaller sound system thus reducing the bass. I set the volume where I can barely hear it when it starts and it lulls me to sleep perfectly. Another great work of his that it's worth buying the extra stuff on is Re-composed. The DVD that comes with it is wonderful and everyone I show it to falls in love. Max has evolved into quite the mad scientist of classical music taking it places like sleeping, ringtones and Tilda Swinton while still giving us masterpieces like On The Nature Of Daylight and Andras. I would love to see him work with Johann Johannsson or Thom Yorke but I'm sure what ever he does I will savour every moment.
C**S
All the same--sounds great to me
I have the remixes as well as the "from Sleep" release. I am hugely into ambient musics, though for sleep, I prefer white noise or some type of droning repetitiveness, This is actually just monotonous enough to do the trick, however, I agree--when using to sleep have the volume set to just audible, otherwise you will probably pay more attention to the music than you will about falling asleep. You have to kind of treat it as though it were your own sub-conscious. Nevertheless, having it playing in the background during the day will certainly help to de-stress you. That said, it's a phenomenal piece of work and I can appreciate the time it took to create such a seamless and lengthy recording.By the way, I really don't notice the spaces/gaps between the songs. Perhaps it is just the way my media player reads the data. I use the Music Bee media player and if you haven't tried it you should. All the same--sounds great to me.
J**R
A massive work from the great Max Richter
I became interested in Max Richter after hearing one of his songs from his Blue Notebooks album on a streaming service. He also does much of the music for the HBO series The Leftovers. This album is really amazing. Quiet, peaceful, with the intention of reflecting an 8 hour sleep cycle. I haven't listened to every bit of it, but I have listened to most of it. I have my Amazon Echo play the first 1-2 hours of this album while I'm trying to fall asleep and it really works for me. Playing it a little louder, it also works fairly well as somewhat somber background music for dinner parties. It's also interesting enough to listen to attentively while awake either for meditation or quiet reflection. A great ambient album.
A**E
Thank you Max and Yulia.
I had never heard of Max Richter,but had been a nighttime Bach sleeper.When I heard of Max's work on SLEEP I was curious,For me Its obvious to me that he really has a love for Sleep (in general) and for the listener (who is the real subject of this pleasure).And on top of litening to it every night while sleeping for 5 months now,this beautiful music just gets lovelier with time.My sleeping body syncs to this (so to speak) Ive begun to hear the breath in between the notes and truly lulls me to sleep and great deep sleep.Well done Max and Yulia.Ive never had a piece of music transform my life as SLEEP has.I cant say enough about it,but I already have. (people much more eloquent than I have given much more lavish reviews than I ever could) I am so sweetly sung to sleep by this amazing piece.God bless them all for putting this together.-Brian
E**N
expensive investment but worth it
I balked at the idea of spending about 50 bucks on a CD of music but this is worth it (note, the cds come in a box in paper sleeves, not plastic cases, which I prefer because it's less bulky/wasteful). People who don't like Richter's minimalism won't think this album is worth it because the tracks do sound a bit repetitive (but they aren't, as is the point of minimalism). I think it is great music to listen to while working (because it is calming and not distracting) or trying to fall asleep (no brainer). I chose this over the abbreviated/cheaper Sleep album because that one didn't have some of my favorite tracks (sublunar, space waves, etc).
G**Y
Scarily effective
The dreams you have may be a bit heavy. Lovely, warm recording that does help sleep. It's a long, melancholy piece using minor keys that may make your dreams either sad or slow, long, and intense. Someday I'll listen to two or three pieces per day during daylight to discover the mysteries of the deep sleep this piece fosters.
Z**Z
Perfect sleeping music for overnight flights
We have used this music to help drown out noise and help us sleep on two overnight flights. It is great -- very soothing! I originally purchased this via iTunes because it was much cheaper but that version has noise issues. (Which were mentioned in the user reviews but I thought for sure the issues would have been fixed by the time I bought it!)
N**R
Haunting and restorative
I’ve never listened to this entire piece at one time. Typically when I do, I’m feeling a need for calm and something restorative. This work is not meditative for me as much as dream like, spacy and liminal. Sometimes it takes me to melancholy, contemplative paces that I’ve been needing to tend and explore. One friend is thinking about using it for her massage work, another for counseling atmosphere. Exquisite and highly recommended.
M**O
ぜひ全曲通しで…
Blu-ray audioは全曲通しで聴くのにとてもよい。96kHz/24bit pure audioの音質は文句なしに素晴らしく、ディスクのかけ替えなしに眠りに堕ちる快感が味わえる。なかなか最後まで聴き切ることはできないけれど心地よい。
M**P
Absolutely outstandingly beautiful!
If you are looking at this then you clearly like Max Richter otherwise why would you be looking at an 8 hour boxset of his music. You have 2 choices here, From Sleep which is about 1 hour or Sleep which is over 8 hours. Why would you want to listen to a piece of music for 8 hours when you can have an edited version for 7 hours less save £30. I would defy anyone who likes Max's music to listen to Sleep online before purchase and then live without the extra 7 hours! It's an absolute masterpiece!!
F**A
Un’Opera Monumentale!
Una raffinata ricerca che ha condotto il maestro Richter a creare un lavoro straordinario senza precedenti. L’ascolto rappresenta un viaggio unico e sublime. La sessione di ascolto completo (8 ore circa) come esperienza sensoriale che accompagna il sonno deve essere necessariamente effettuato attraverso una piattaforma streaming. Un’opera da avere ed ascoltare più volte.
U**E
Tant à découvrir chez cet artiste
Pour structurer le tempo et le mantra de ma méditation, c’est parfait. La 1ère fois que j’ai entendu le 1er morceau du 1er CD, j’ai trouvé ça NUL. Hostile m’a fait réfléchir au talent de Max Richter, tout au moins quant à l’expression intense de la violence, de la peur, du désespoir. Plus tard, j’ai écouté à nouveau Sleep et le charme de cette étrange musique m’a émerveillée. Ensuite, j’ai lu que Max Richter n’était pas n’importe qui. Ça ne m’étonne pas et ça me fait plaisir. Sleep et un bon casque, le nirvâna. A son concert, je n’aurais pas dormi une minute. Plus tard, je me pencherai sur d’autres de ses compositions. Il ne me lira pas mais je le dis quand même : MERCI MAX RICHTER.
J**O
Un éxtasis de música
Celestial , creo que el mejor trabajo de Richter junto con su álbum Voces I y II.
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