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Relaxing music before bed
The hour before bed: soft keys, warm pads and slow grooves that still have a gentle tune to follow while you put the phone down, dim the lights and let the day go. Free under CC BY 4.0: dreamy chillwave and ambient downtempo by Purrple Cat, every track in full with a free MP3.
- When
- The hour before bed
- Good for
- Reading in bed, a bath, stretching, journaling, tidying up before sleep.
- Timer
- 60 min, then a slow fade
- From
- 10 releases: Sleep Tight, Sands of Time, Night Train, House in the Woods, Above the Clouds, Cat Nap, Whispers in the Dark, Nostalgia and Moving On, Brain Fog, Now or Never
Tips for this set
- Start it while the lights are still on and let it be the cue that the day is ending.
- Keep it quiet: you should be able to hear a page turn over it.
- A 60-minute timer is about right. If you're still awake when it fades, move on to Drift off.
Why these tracks
Every Purrple Cat track was measured for tempo, loudness, brightness and steadiness. The wind down set scores all 343 of them against its own rules, takes no more than 4 from any one release, leaves out the spooky albums and orders the picks so the set drifts gradually softer: 1 h 01 min of music before it loops.
- +0:00Trying Something NewNow or Never · 20192:50MP3
- +2:50Running LateNight Train · 20232:35MP3
- +5:25Learning to Love MyselfNow or Never · 20193:53MP3
- +9:18NocturneAbove the Clouds · 20203:03MP3
- +12:21I Can't BreatheNostalgia and Moving On · 20191:53MP3
- +14:15Whispers in the DarkWhispers in the Dark · 20192:54MP3
- +17:09Stale Cookies Still Taste Pretty GoodBrain Fog · 20193:07MP3
- +20:16Chugging AlongNight Train · 20232:20MP3
- +22:36UnknownAbove the Clouds · 20203:16MP3
- +25:52Cat Nip DazeCat Nap · 20192:28MP3
- +28:20Mysterious PassengerNight Train · 20232:15MP3
- +30:35BalloonAbove the Clouds · 20203:15MP3
- +33:502:36MP3
- +36:26It's Going to Be a Good DayNow or Never · 20192:18MP3
- +38:44WeightlessSleep Tight · 20253:15MP3
- +41:58Dune DrifterSands of Time · 20242:31MP3
- +44:29DiscoveryHouse in the Woods · 20212:24MP3
- +46:53Empty Food BowlCat Nap · 20192:41MP3
- +49:342:46MP3
- +52:20Hiding in My Room Until Everyone LeavesNostalgia and Moving On · 20192:23MP3
- +54:43The Last Day I Saw YouNow or Never · 20192:57MP3
- +57:39Goodbye, I Hope We Meet AgainNostalgia and Moving On · 20193:21MP3
Free to use, with credit.
Putting this set under a sleep video or a relaxation stream? It's all free under CC BY 4.0.
Free to use
- All social media. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Facebook, X and the rest, including monetised videos, 8-hour sleep videos, sleep streams, Shorts and Reels.
- Other projects too. Podcasts, meditation and relaxation content, games, apps, ads, client work and school projects.
- Edit it to fit. Cut, loop, slow down or fade tracks, and say it's edited in the credit.
- Credit Purrple Cat. “Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0”.
Never
- Never re-upload or release it on streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer or Tidal, through a distributor or any other route.
- Never release remixes, samples or covers of it on streaming services either.
- Never register it in Content ID or claim other people's videos with it.
- Never pass it off as your own or sell the tracks as they are.
Why so strict about streaming? Re-uploads, remixes, samples and covers on Spotify, Apple Music and other services get fingerprinted, and then false Content ID claims hit everyone who uses the music properly. Purrple Cat Self Releases have no Content ID, so there's nothing to clear when you use them as intended.
Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0