Sleep (album)

For other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation) § Albums.

Sleep
Studio album by
Max Richter
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2015 (2015-09-04)
Recorded2015
Studio
  • Avatar, New York City, US
  • AIR, London, UK
  • StudioKino, Berlin, Germany
Genre
Length8:24:21
From Sleep: 59:59
LabelDeutsche Grammophon
ProducerMax Richter
Christian Badzura (exec. producer)
Yulia Mahr (exec. producer)
Max Richter chronology
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
(2012) 		Sleep
(2015) 		From Sleep
(2015)

Sleep is an eight-and-a-half hour concept album based around the neuroscience of sleep[3] by German-British composer Max Richter.[4][5] It was released on September 4, 2015, accompanied by a one-hour version with variations, From Sleep,[6] later remixed as Sleep Remixes.[7]

The documentary Max Richter's Sleep, directed by Natalie Johns, was released in April 2020 and focuses on Richter and Mahr's performances of Sleep in Los Angeles, Berlin, Sydney, and Paris.[8] In March 2023, Richter released Sleep: Tranquility Base EP, with new versions of themes from Sleep.[9] In January 2024, a "faded" edition of Sleep was released digitally. In March 2024, a digital Sleep: Piano Edition EP was released.[10]

  1. ^ "The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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  3. ^ "Red Bull Music Academy". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ "MAX RICHTER – SLEEP (eight-hour version) – Download – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft". www.deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "RICHTER Sleep (8h version) – 8 CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft". www.deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ^ "MAX RICHTER from SLEEP (one-hour version) – 1 CD / Download – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft". www.deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  7. ^ "RICHTER Sleep (Remixes) – Download – Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft". www.deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Max Richter's Sleep | Official Film Website | Out Now in Cinemas & On Demand". Max Richter's Sleep | Official Film Website | Out Now in Cinemas & On Demand. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Max Richter Introduces: SLEEP: Tranquility Base". Deutsche Grammophon. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Max Richter - SLEEP: Piano Edition - Max Richter". Deutsche Grammophon. Retrieved 11 February 2024.