英國曼徹斯特樂隊 Marconi union在聲音治療師Lyz Cooper協助下創作的作品《 Weightless》，最能令聆聽者減慢心跳、降低血壓和壓力荷爾蒙皮質醇，是歷來最讓人鬆弛的歌曲，想一覺好睡，必聽，但若駕車，奉勸勿聽。
研究員先為 40名女性接上感應器，要她們在限定時間內解謎，以增加壓力，然後播放不同歌曲給她們聽，記錄心跳、血壓、呼吸及腦部活動等數據。結果發現，《Weightless》可令她們減低焦慮感 65%，較處於休眠狀態時低 35%，更比其他歌曲鬆弛 11%，效果更勝按摩、散步或喝茶。天籟女歌手 Enya的《 Watermark》排第 4，莫扎特的《Canzonetta Sull'aria》則排第 9。

The notes for this CD ask, "What issue is more topical than the Brazilian rain forest? So what reissue would be more topical than Walter Wanderley's Rain Forest?" Politically, this may be true, but musically, this collection is anything but topical. From the first tune -- the monster hit "Summer Samba," the listener is catapulted straight back to the '60s when bossa nova was new in the U.S. and everyone wanted a piece of it. Organist Wanderley made a big splash with this CD, which went platinum in two years -- and it does evoke strong water images, like "poolside" and "ice skating rink." The jazzmen are underutilized, since most of the tracks are less than three minutes long and leave little room to stretch out. One exception is the pretty Ferreira/Marconiballad "Rain," the only track where Wanderley plays piano rather than organ and which features a fine solo by Urbie Greenon trombone. On "Beach Samba," Greengets to noodle a bit, but Bucky Pizarelliis heard stating the melody and nothing else. Despite all the sadness implied in the song titles, this CD has a jaunty feel to it and will be best enjoyed by nostalgic fans of that bygone era.

The Gymnopédies are three morceaux for solo piano composed by Erik Satie in 1888, the first of which is here revisited by Italian pianist and composer Fabrizio Selli in the same vein as his album The Magic Room. In this new offering, Selli has increased his use of electronics, though without sacrificing the refinement and subtlety characteristic of his preceeding work; technological wizardry is applied with taste and restraint to enhance the actual sound of the acoustic piano and to enrich its sonic ambience. Satie’s piece, dreamy and romantic yet daringly modern for its time, provides the ideal vehicle for Fabrizio Selli to expand the approach introduced to his listeners with The Magic Room, in which a delicate, ethereal atmosphere is magically sustained throughout the work’s unconventional harmonic structures. Unconventional as was Satie himself, a true original – considered, not without reason, a pioneering genius by his wide circle of students and supporters – who expressed his very personal artistic convictions through seemingly whimsical titles and innovative musical forms.
He introduced a novel musical language – defining his work “furniture music” and even “wallpaper music” – and today’s Ambient Music, a term coined in the late seventies by Brian Eno, would be unthinkable without Satie’s contribution; indeed, Eno has always cited the French master as his major source of inspiration. In this new arrangement of the first Gymnopédie by Fabrizio Selli, the “classical” character of the original score is infused with electronic stylings dear to the Brian Eno “school”, while, at the same time, the listener may detect the influence on the Milanese musician of other contemporary artists such as Björk and the Boards Of Canada in the choice of precious, peculiar sonorities and the addition of elastic, rarified rhythm sequences here and there.

SIGUR ROS在1994年成立于冰岛REYKJAIL，早年一行三人姿态的他们包括歌手兼吉他手JON TONR BIRGISSON、低音吉他手GEORG HOLM和鼓手AGUST OVAR GUNNARSON，乐队取名自JON 年幼妹妹的名字（SINGUR ROS即VICTORY ROSE之意）。三年后，乐队终于在SMEKKLEYSA这所冰岛独立厂牌旗下发表了第一张专辑《VON》。然后乐队设立了一名键盘手KJARTAN SVEINSSON，自此SIGUR ROS拓展成四人阵容，乐队随即展开第二张专辑《AGAETIS BYRJUN》的工作。唱片在99年6月于冰岛SMEKKLEYSA厂牌推出，这张专辑在冰岛稳站排行榜冠军达8个星期，乐队在冰岛的成功，且由于这张专辑的出色表现更是令他们受到英国独立厂牌FAT CAT之青睐、把他们罗致旗下，并横扫当年的英伦独立音乐圈，也称为当年最令人瞩目的优秀作品之一。2000年，AGUST的鼓手位置由ORRI PALL DYRASON代替，乐队亦于伦敦举行了他们的首场演唱会。2002年，乐队由FAT CAT公司推出了第三张专辑()。
我不能确定那是云中隐隐的雷声还是SIGUR ROS伤感而铿锵的鼓声，我好象回到了遥远而熟悉的时间和空间，远得仿佛手伸得再长也触碰不到边缘的土地。有风，暖的，冷的，就这样拂面而来。夹杂着一些干净的泥土，沙砾，打在你脸上，细微的疼痛感，稍瞬即逝。有些仿佛是婴儿的声音，轻轻地唱着，念着，无意识的，或者有意义的，都可以。女的，男的，分不清的。什么都有。杂合着那样的风，那样的气息，就像是冰岛的空气，就像有人说的那样，“在冰岛有风吹到，都会有想哭的感觉。到处弥漫的，是音乐的，无处不在的音乐的气息。”就像是这样的，冰冰冷冷，又惬意非常的感觉。当然，还有一种季节叫冬天，冬天一定会有雪，雪是飞舞的，无论是黑夜还是白昼。在雪的世界里，就算阳光温暖明媚，也无法融化它们的躯体，生命就像雪季的一个过程，开始，白色的雪花覆盖了我们幼稚的童年，我哭了，旷野中，精灵们好奇而无奈的看着我，和着我的哭泣和风声轻轻吟唱着，我听不懂这语言，我只感到这歌声高亢，这风声像大提琴的鸣奏。雪慢慢的又覆盖了我脆弱的青春，我还来不及向往和期盼，这时我的身体强壮，却无法摆脱身边的束缚，一切的努力好象都只是在挣扎，广袤的原野只有我和在我腰际无边的雪，突然间雪到了我的头顶，原来白发是这样染成的......我笑了，听着精灵们朦胧、萧条的吟唱，我继续的等待。这就是驻留在我心灵角落的SIGUR ROS，连噩梦都是这般的诗意。我们会迷失的，会迷失在梦里的，会迷失在过去和现在的。纪伯伦曾说，遗忘是选择自由的一种方式。听这SIGUR ROS的《AGAETIS BYRJUN》，也许是可以选择迷失在自由里的，也许是可以选择彻底地束缚自己的。
无论是从概念还是从感觉来说，来自冰岛的SIGUR ROS都代表着空灵简约的美学主义。八首无名的歌曲，一对()作为标题，一本无字的小书，这是SIGUR ROS的第三张专辑，它再一次把乐队的简约主义风格发挥到一个前所未有的新层面之上。正如SIGUR ROS所说的“每个人对这唱片里的音乐都会拥有完全的个性化体验与感知，对于每个人来说，唱片都是为他们个人而创作是独一无二的”，因此我们实在不需要把此唱片分为任何的歌曲，因为所有作品都是来得那么凄美动人，它们是为人类灵魂深处而存在的一系列配乐。TRACK-1缓慢凝重的前奏，高潮部分的凄厉假声将让人痛得彻骨，纯音乐作品TRACK-3在最简约的音符上描绘着无垠的宏大，纯正的电影质感，然而我想这需要怎样的一部电影才能表达这份感觉？而在这张专集中最为出色的是TRACK-4，空灵飘逸的吉他在神圣的鼓点声中延伸、渗透，JON TONR BIRGISSON的歌声再次响起，虽然始终重复着一句歌词，但是依然非常富有变化和感染力，一曲终了，总有意犹未尽之感。TRACK-6深具内聚力的演奏，好比PINK FLOYD鼓手NICK MASON来演奏的GOTHIC作品，歌曲也渐趋激情。在碟末TRACK-8内更展现出他凌厉的鼓技。而TRACK-6则让我隐约的感觉到大海，兰色和白色的世界，是悲伤之人的眼泪汇聚而成地方，因为它的味道也是咸的，我们无时无刻的，日以继夜的带着这种液体奔波着，只要生命存在，它们就有理由存在，因为它们是悲伤和快乐的载体。就算生命不在了，我们的泪水会合在一起，来自每一个村庄和城市，每一个清晨和黄昏。也许这就是殊途同归的最终体现。大海的边缘是和天空相接的。在每一个晴朗的日子，总有一些人在这无边无际的痛苦汪洋中快乐的戏水，俨然忘记了这是一个苦涩之源。()，简单的符号，却到底是什么意义？谁都有他的感觉和想法。我却无从理解。是圆满吗？残缺的圆满吗？或者是两个月亮？上弦月，遥对着下弦月？或者只是括号？包括了没有指定意义的括号？太多答案。甚至这已成为一个迷失的乐园。好像越扯越远了。只在回忆中感觉那样的音乐。因为无风，因为微冷，因为无声，因为疲惫。
全碟的歌词是一种混合英语及冰岛语的一种语文，被SIGUR ROS们自称为HOPELANDISH，所以很难听懂齐歌词的意思，但是这并不重要，JON TONR BIRGISSON犹如天籁的歌声本身就是一种乐器。
听POST ROCK需要一个条件，就是要对音乐有开放的心，如果你是一个“死硬派”乐迷可能你会觉的POST-ROCK只是一些乱来的东西，甚至是垃圾，这在乎你对音乐是否勇于尝试及接受。