A soft passage to sleep

Group releases Resonant Stillness, an ambient music album to help listeners ease into a night's rest and recharge, Fang Aiqing reports.

Amid the hustle and bustle of daily life, people live, work, and push through each day. But late at night, some find themselves lying in bed, wide awake. Their minds race with unfinished tasks, memories of lost friends and lovers, or the worries of their children's school struggles.

It is during those seemingly endless silent nights that they may notice the "rainbow" lamp light refracting on the TV screen across from the bed, hear the gentle hum of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould in his iconic interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria, or drift into unspeakable thoughts. In those quiet moments, they may even recall Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Li Bai compared moonlight to "hoary frost on the floor".

As anxiety over sleep grows, insomnia becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, one that leaves people starting their day groggy and drained.