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Notes about sleep
24 posts that talk about the sleep room. The playlist itself lives at /sleep.
- 01
Notes on the sleep room
What I listen for when picking music for the sleep playlist, and what I leave off.
- 02
Music for rain
What works in a darker room when the weather has changed the light.
- 03
Music for a slow Sunday
Sundays have their own light. The room asks for music that matches.
- 04
Music for a hard day
Days that don't need a playlist so much as a room that doesn't ask anything of you.
- 05
Music for a walk at night
A different brief from a walk in daylight. The city sounds less, and you hear differently.
- 06
Music for snow
Snow muffles a city. Music has to either match the muffling or sit clearly above it.
- 07
Music for jet lag
When the body and the clock disagree, the music has to take a side.
- 08
Music for a long bath
Twenty minutes in warm water is a small ritual. Music has to match its scale.
- 09
Music for the dark
What plays when the lights are out on purpose — a different brief from sleep.
- 10
Music for a long flight
Engine noise eats the bottom end and the cabin is bright. What survives the trip.
- 11
Music for a hangover
A niche listening environment, but a common one. What the body can tolerate and what it can't.
- 12
Music for an empty house
An empty house has a sound of its own. The trick is to add to that sound without replacing it.
- 13
Music for the slow climb out of a cold
The first day you can think again, but not really. Music tuned for sixty-percent attention.
- 14
Music for the in-between week
The days between Christmas and New Year have their own posture — slow, soft, mostly indoors.
- 15
Music for a thunderstorm
The sound outside is already music. The trick is to play with it, not against it.
- 16
Music for someone else asleep
You're awake. They aren't. The room belongs to the person who isn't listening.
- 17
Music for the day after a difficult conversation
The conversation isn't happening anymore, but the room remembers it. The accurate music is patient and uncommitted.
- 18
Music for the first night in a new place
The walls make different sounds. The music does most of its work by not adding to the strangeness.
- 19
Music for a power cut
The speakers are out, the phone is on its last bar. Half the time the right answer is no music at all.
- 20
Music for the night before a flight
Falling asleep is harder than usual; waking through the night is more likely. Music sits between the sleep and wellness rooms.
- 21
Music for arriving home late
The first music you put on tells the room you're back. Whatever was playing in the car is the wrong temperature for indoors.
- 22
Music for the journey home
Different from the trip out, different from the last day. The journey itself is just transit, and the music can be patient about it.
- 23
Music for housesitting
The room isn't yours, but you have to live in it like it is. The music shouldn't leave marks.
- 24
Music for a sleepless night
Different from the sleep playlist, even though they share most of the music. The job changes when sleep won't come.