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Set 04 of 6 · Slow afternoon · 2 PM – 4 PM

Coffee shop music for studying

Dreamy, nostalgic and mellow: the long, unhurried stretch after lunch when the room thins out to readers, students and people writing at the window. Free under CC BY 4.0: dreamy chillwave and ambient downtempo by Purrple Cat, every track in full with a free MP3.

Tempo≈68–89 BPM
Softnesssoft
Brightnessbalanced
Good for
Studying in a café, reading, writing, remote work, a slow weekend afternoon.
Board time
2 PM – 4 PM, by your own clock
From
18 releases: City Nights 3, Sleep Tight, Memories, Eye of the Storm, Sands of Time, Sea of Stars 2, Night Train, House in the Woods, Above the Clouds, Mellow Skies, Bloom, Cat Nap, Pelagic Journey, A Good Book, Just Relax, Nostalgia and Moving On, Brain Fog, Now or Never

Tips for this set

  • This is the set people mean when they search for coffee shop music to study to.
  • Instrumental only, which is all of this catalogue: no lyrics competing with your reading.
  • Put it on at home with a coffee and it's the closest thing to a corner table.

Why these tracks

Every Purrple Cat track was measured for tempo, loudness, brightness and steadiness. The slow afternoon set scores all 343 of them against its own rules, takes no more than 4 from any one release, leaves out the spooky albums and orders the picks so each track flows into a neighbour with a similar tempo and feel: 1 h 47 min of music before it loops.

Slow afternooncoffeeshopmusic.com · 2 PM – 4 PM38 full tracks · 18 releases
.m3u8 playlist
  1. 01
    Learning to Love MyselfNow or Never · 2019
    3:53MP3
  2. 02
    All Curled UpSleep Tight · 2025
    2:28MP3
  3. 03
    I Can't BreatheNostalgia and Moving On · 2019
    1:53MP3
  4. 04
    Entering the Dream WorldBrain Fog · 2019
    2:36MP3
  5. 05
    ConstellationsSea of Stars 2 · 2023
    2:45MP3
  6. 06
    UnknownAbove the Clouds · 2020
    3:16MP3
  7. 07
    Chugging AlongNight Train · 2023
    2:20MP3
  8. 08
    DisassociateJust Relax · 2019
    2:59MP3
  9. 09
    Stale Cookies Still Taste Pretty GoodBrain Fog · 2019
    3:07MP3
  10. 10
    BubblesPelagic Journey · 2019
    2:52MP3
  11. 11
    Cave of SolaceEye of the Storm · 2024
    3:00MP3
  12. 12
    With YouMemories · 2025
    3:17MP3
  13. 13
    Lost ParadiseMellow Skies · 2020
    2:00MP3
  14. 14
    Moving LandscapesMellow Skies · 2020
    3:15MP3
  15. 15
    Wait WhatA Good Book · 2019
    2:47MP3
  16. 16
    Passing TimeNight Train · 2023
    2:46MP3
  17. 17
    Wishing WellBloom · 2020
    1:57MP3
  18. 18
    Mysterious PassengerNight Train · 2023
    2:15MP3
  19. 19
    BalloonAbove the Clouds · 2020
    3:15MP3
  20. 20
    Cat Nip DazeCat Nap · 2019
    2:28MP3
  21. 21
    Another DimensionA Good Book · 2019
    1:59MP3
  22. 22
    Eye of the StormEye of the Storm · 2024
    2:21MP3
  23. 23
    WindyAbove the Clouds · 2020
    2:36MP3
  24. 24
    3 A.M. RadioCity Nights 3 · 2026
    3:00MP3
  25. 25
    Fake MustacheA Good Book · 2019
    3:34MP3
  26. 26
    Going With the FlowMellow Skies · 2020
    3:19MP3
  27. 27
    End of the LineNight Train · 2023
    3:34MP3
  28. 28
    Dune DrifterSands of Time · 2024
    2:31MP3
  29. 29
    DiscoveryHouse in the Woods · 2021
    2:24MP3
  30. 30
    Goodbye, I Hope We Meet AgainNostalgia and Moving On · 2019
    3:21MP3
  31. 31
    Night LightSleep Tight · 2025
    3:36MP3
  32. 32
    Taking a Bath and Jumping Into BedNostalgia and Moving On · 2019
    2:33MP3
  33. 33
    The Last Day I Saw YouNow or Never · 2019
    2:57MP3
  34. 34
    Squeaky Computer ChairNow or Never · 2019
    2:25MP3
  35. 35
    MemoriesMemories · 2025
    2:51MP3
  36. 36
    Trying Something NewNow or Never · 2019
    2:50MP3
  37. 37
    Sometimes I Feel Like I'm Stuck in LimboBrain Fog · 2019
    3:00MP3
  38. 38
    SighNostalgia and Moving On · 2019
    2:46MP3
38 items1:46:44
LicenceCC BY 4.0
PriceFree, with credit

Loops when it ends, like a café playlist.
Music: Purrple Cat (purrplecat.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0

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Free to use, with credit.

Playing this set in your café or putting it under a video? It's all free under CC BY 4.0.

Free to take away

  • All social media. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Facebook, X and the rest, including monetised videos, café vlogs, study streams, Shorts and Reels.
  • In your café. Background music in coffee shops, restaurants, bakeries, shops and offices, with a credit your customers can see.
  • Other projects too. Podcasts, games, apps, ads, client work and school projects.
  • Edit it to fit. Cut, loop 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
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