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Music to fall asleep to
For the first minutes in the dark: the softest, warmest and steadiest tracks, chosen so nothing gets louder, brighter or busier while you're falling asleep. Free under CC BY 4.0: dreamy chillwave and ambient downtempo by Purrple Cat, every track in full with a free MP3.
- When
- Lights out, falling asleep
- Good for
- Falling asleep, lying in the dark, a racing mind at bedtime.
- Timer
- 45 min, then a slow fade
- From
- 11 releases: Sleep Tight, Sands of Time, House in the Woods, Above the Clouds, Mellow Skies, Bloom, Cat Nap, Whispers in the Dark, Nostalgia and Moving On, Brain Fog, Up All Night
Tips for this set
- Set the volume before you lie down, as low as you can still comfortably hear it.
- Use the timer so the music fades away on its own instead of playing all night.
- If thoughts keep running, follow the music instead of the thoughts. That's all it's for.
Why these tracks
Every Purrple Cat track was measured for tempo, loudness, brightness and steadiness. The drift off set scores all 343 of them against its own rules, takes no more than 3 from any one release, leaves out the spooky albums and orders the picks so the set drifts gradually softer: 51 min of music before it loops.
- +0:00It Was Just a DreamUp All Night · 20182:28MP3
- +2:28Cat Nip DazeCat Nap · 20192:28MP3
- +4:56UnknownAbove the Clouds · 20203:16MP3
- +8:12Stale Cookies Still Taste Pretty GoodBrain Fog · 20193:07MP3
- +11:19Whispers in the DarkWhispers in the Dark · 20192:54MP3
- +14:14All Curled UpSleep Tight · 20252:28MP3
- +16:42I Can't BreatheNostalgia and Moving On · 20191:53MP3
- +18:35Goodbye, I Hope We Meet AgainNostalgia and Moving On · 20193:21MP3
- +21:56EquinoxBloom · 20202:20MP3
- +24:16Dune DrifterSands of Time · 20242:31MP3
- +26:47DiscoveryHouse in the Woods · 20212:24MP3
- +29:11LullabyBloom · 20202:36MP3
- +31:47Empty Food BowlCat Nap · 20192:41MP3
- +34:28WeightlessSleep Tight · 20253:15MP3
- +37:432:46MP3
- +40:28BalloonAbove the Clouds · 20203:15MP3
- +43:44Day's EndMellow Skies · 20202:45MP3
- +46:29Treat TimeCat Nap · 20192:08MP3
- +48:372:36MP3
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