THE TWILIGHT DRONE is the third instalment in Johannes Contag’s SLEEPYTIME series released on Monkey Records. While the previous releases were music albums, containing hypnotically slow, minimal and at times meditative pieces of instrumental music, THE TWILIGHT DRONE is a musical film. As Contag’s previous SLEEPYTIME releases were an homage to the origins of ambient […]

“… a wonderful album of inspired ambient surreality.  ‘Schlafwandler’ is a rich and charming soundtrack for your dreamstates, alternatively light and deep.”    NZ Musician
“… a glorious aural lullaby.”    Listener
“Cloudboy member Johannes Contag’s second Sleepytime release is an extraordinary thing.”    Metro
“Gorgeous and hypnotically addictive.”    Rip It Up

sleepytime - triangles in the snow
This beautifully minimalist film was shot and edited by Sleepytime aka Johannes Contag in the Austrian Alps and features three of his friends making triangles in the snow.
The track is currently unreleased but may possibly feature on the rumoured Sleepytime boxset (rumour started by Johannes).

Johannes Contag’s Sleepytime cycle of albums and performances reaches a new stage with “Sleepytime Vol 2: Schlafwandler”. Completing the arc of alpha-wave inducing ambiences of his first release “you are feeling sleepy”, Johannes’ latest offering explores the idea of aural sleepwalking. His latent soundtracks zoom in on the in-between spaces and afterthoughts of traditional instrumentation […]

A blissful album of ambient miniatures by Cloudboy Johannes Contag.
According to Jo, “The first track is the relaxant / sleep-inducer alpha rhythm device; all subsequent tracks are dream states, ranging from blissful and tranquil to restless and frightened, ultimately however resolved to lazy pre-wakeup dozing satisfaction.”
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“A marvellous work of contemplative simplicity, You Are Feeling Sleepy […]