Relaxing

Advantages: Great Electro music
Disadvantages: Just the one

...A Heavy Nite With... is the one and only album by Relaxed Muscle who formed in 2002, gigged in 2003 and sort of disappeared after the release of A Heavy Nite With.. towards the end of 2003. Often passed off as a bit of fun as many side-projects are I feel that this album is very under-rated, the lyrical content, grimey feel and quality music ensures that this electro album is up there with the best of them. Relaxed Muscle consist of Jarvis Cocker (need I say Pulp?) and Jason Buckle (All Seing I, Fat Truckers & a cameo role in Harry Potter), they used the pseudonyms Darren Spooner and Wayne Marsden and billed themselves as "The Sound of Young Doncaster" and claimed to have met whilst planting flowers, doing community service for burglary. With Relaxed Muscle's darkened image (black make up and skeleton suits), songs about domestic... Read review

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Advantages: Smooth sounds
Disadvantages: not much variety in sound

...As far as I am aware Jon B's 'Cool Relax' is only available on import. I got my copy from Virgin Mega store on Oxford Street for £15.99 and it's worth every penny. I first saw Jon on an episode of 'Sister Sister' (teen comedy on satellite and cable) where he was featured singing 'They don't know' at the prom. In typical Earth Girl style I fell in love with song and later I found out that Jon is one of the biggest R&B stars in the states and well respected in the industry because of his genuine talent. So after 6 months of searching I finally got hold of a copy of his album and I'm glad I did because its one of the best R&B albums I've heard. Cool Relax is smooth and soulful R&B at its best and contains 15 tracks including 'They don't know' which was a top 10 US Hit, (although the s best version of this track is on the single... Read review

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Advantages: Soothing,relaxing,calming :)
Disadvantages: None

...Who here has come home feeling pissed off and ready to jump down the throat of the person nearest to you? Who has been stuck in a traffic jam and been gripping the wheel tighter and tighter, ready to explode at the next idiot who cuts you up? I'm sure we've all experienced scenarios like this where we've been wound tighter and tighter and it's just a matter of time before you know you're about to explode. That's why I'm here to tell you about Classic FM's Time To Relax CD box set. Or, as the blurb tells me, "more than 3 hours of the world's most relaxing music on 3 CD's". This triple CD box set was brought out in 2001 and it's meant to soothe and relax and allow one to 'create your own personal time to relax'. Obviously, this won't be out in regular CD shops as a new release, because it's 5 years old, but it can be bought online from... Read review

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