Fila Brazillia
Red Snapper

go here for chillout music online

I really don't enjoy the typical chill-out music that architects usually are so fond of, so here are some alternatives that are easy going without slipping into some "Café del Mar" sweetness:

Jan Jelinek / Farben
Nat King Cole's recordings in spanish
John Coltrane "Ballads"
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" (obvious choice, I know)
Tom Recchion
Soundtrack to "Punch-Drunk Love"
Jacques Dutronc
Black Box Recorder
Money Mark
Brigitte Bardot

K&D
stuff from ESL
and these might be off, but i love to relax w/ these two artists, Pizzicato Five and Swing Out Sister

Kruder & Dorfmiester
Plaid

The new offering from John Cale (ex Velvet Underground), called 'Hobosapiens' has its foundations in some cool DJ grooves but expands them into really intriguing songs. Cool for background, yes, but also much more interesting/rewarding when you focus on them.

Also, not typically in this category, the last few releases from Joe Henry, 'Fuse', 'Scar', and 'Tiny Voices', have the same qualities: chill music with depth. I'd start with 'Scar' if you're unfamiliar, but then check out the others.

Here are some I have heard on DI.fm that are really good

TasteXperience-Incarnate
The Irresistable Force - Nepalese Bliss (DJ Food Remix)
Tom Van Daft - Thrid Eye
Vibrasphere - All Green Seasons
Humito - Monkey Puzzle
Angles (CD) - Compiled by Peter De Wagter
Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (Solar Stone Chillout Mix)
Chilled Out Euphoria - Mixed by Solar Stone
Jens Buchert - Sun Rider
Deep - Smokers Delight
Bassic - Daydreamer
Stef - Natural Phenomena
Nada - Numbers
Rebel 9 - From Annesia w/ Love

Proabaly can find them on DC++ or your favorite p2p OR you can just rip the stream @ 96k. ENJOY

oval
fennesz
pan sonic
spaceman 3/sonic boom/spiritualized
landing
four tet/fridge
bebel gilberto
serge gainsbourg
jon brion (sndtks to i heart huckabees, and eternal sunshine...)

rufus Wainright...cigarettes and chocalette milk

and then there is frank

Oval one of my favorite,
Autechre
Aes Dana
Xerxes
Woob
Squarepusher
Orbital
Mouse on Mars
Biosphere

....nice topic

tarwater

Yeah these are all great maybe someone has an FTP that they can set up so we can share. I have 1GB FTP server at school. Any ideas because some of these ARE hard to find and some poeple might already have them.

good call on the tarwater.

i want to add calla

Will old stuff like Potishead, and Massive Attack fit??

or else M83 and for those idm lovers.. check this out...

www.thewire.co.uk (i got it from my friend, and since i'm not idm fan, i can't guarantee how good this website is)

Jazzanova too

i'm kind of just getting into the spoken word thing and i use it to work to...here's one i like:

http://www.chainofwords.com/
also: http://www.infinitenumber.com/

thanks to everyone for all this new stuff to check out!

Someone up there had a great idea for this site.... posting songs for us to design vs. working drawings vs. shop drawing review vs. owner/contractor agreements vs. spec writing vs. model building. Get Javier on the horn man! How much bandwidth would something like that take?

I have no way to find some of that great stuff except for your suggestions.

Thanks... from a middle-aged computer just-literate Architect.

Keith Fullerton Whitman - playthroughs
Donna Regina - a quiet week in the house
Piano Magic
Fennesz - venice, endless summer
William Basinski - disintegration loops
Add n to x - revenge of the black reagent
william orbit - strange cargo series
shalabi effect
voodoo child - the end of everything
roni size - new forms
tarantel - from bone to satellite
blur - 13

Bonobo
Manitoba
Fourtet
Gotan Project
Thievery Corporation
Tosca
Royksopp
Cujo
Savas&Savalas
Jet Black Crayon
DJ Krush
Calexico
David Holmes
Up Bustle & Out
Jazzanova
Da Lata
Fila Brazilia
Sofa Surfers
Banco de Gaia

how can you say plaid and kruder and dorfmeister in the same breath.

dear people who don not have access/want to hear some new music,

i will make you a mixed cd.
e-mail.
<3 stephanie

buy one or two of my cds... we write downtempo stuff. it's pretty damned good. really damned good actually. if you like fila brazillia, etc. you should like our stuff. (they actually did a remix for us once!)

plus you'll be helping me pay my arch school tuition.

http://www.americanbacon.com

if you like any hip-hop, Yesterday's New Quintet is probably your best bet for chill-out music. That or The Goldberg Variations of Bach: now that's structure!

Alpha this site is already slow as it is, I highly doubt Paul would stream 128m, but that would be choice. I am trying to think were we can DUMP all the chillout songs so we can share. Again, almost all of these are difficult to find - I am not sure of the legalities but I am not too worried since there are very few big labels AND it goes toward a good cause.

Is it just me or has this style of music kinda tailed off lately....

A couple of other names to add to the list

cinematic orchestra
herbaliser
koop
2 banks of 4
matthew herbert
carl craig -detroit experiment
fat freddies drop

its also good to check out labels

ninjatune
compost
sonar kollektive
ubiquity
stones throw
k7
ropeadope

when i want to chill out i put wolf eyes on the hi fi. or lightning bolt.

Giglioroninomicon:

the Goldberg Variations? i always thought that was something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg tried on their wedding night. (my thanks to sandy bates)

not that it is a specific reference to lounge or chill music, but anyone who doesn't know should go to

www.kexp.org

it gets me through the worst of my days

i put on wolf eyes or lightning bolt when i want to rock out.

Thanks for the info Pimp. Don't really understand the technical issues other than what I learn from you folks.

Listening to kexp this morning, it seems like a very professional station to be university run bossman. Like you say not chill music necessarily, but good stuff so far, thanks for the link!

The best in global chill from the Blueroom

BBC Radio 1 on Saturday and Sunday – web streams available.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/blueroom/index.shtml?dp_rhn_blueroom_title

wolf eyes and lightning bolt would be the opposite of chill...i just got a funny visual of somebody wanting to relax and then putting on "ride the skies" per this thread's suggestion...

but yeah, nobody's mentioned:
yo la tengo
the sea and cake
black heart procession

you know, the indie-rock stuff...

does anyone know about this CD that's like house soft house and TANGO, i heard it at a dinner party but never asked what the name of the Cd was, i thought it was an excellent combo

anyone ?

, probably. Horrible, just give me good old Carlos di Sarli instead!

Sorry, the CD was probably called "Gotan Project". Narcotango is the name of the music and dancing style (open and looser than e.g. milonga).

portishead
massive attack
kruder and dorfmeister
rainer trueby
jazzanova
micatone
st germain
nicola conte
sofa surfers
thievery corp.
les hommes
ursula 1000
thunderball

i am an esl/solarkollektiv slut. luckily, i am not working anymore so i can't afford to buy the newer albums.
(www.solarkollektiv.de + www.eslmusic.com)
modular systems is a decent sampling

AIR

Ben Folds Five, album is Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. Somewhat chill, very loungy, not as depressing as previous releases.

You can talk all you want, evryone must sit at the bar stool of Sinatra, Night and Day, he is the one .

the Orb

Air - Moon Safari

(please comment on the mixes after downloading, ok!!)


Ambient Chillout Mix 1 - Summer 2002
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Ambient Chillout Mix 2 - Spring 2003
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Ambient Chillout Mix 3 - Summer 2004
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Chicane Anthology Vol. 1 - 2003
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Chicane Anthology Vol. 2 - 2004
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Chill House Mix 1 - Summer 2002
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Chill House Mix 2 - Autumn 2002
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Chill House Mix 3 - Summer 2003
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Deep Psychedelic Trip Mix 1 - Winter 2003
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Deep Tech House Mix 1 - Winter 2004
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(latest release!)
Deep Tech House Mix 2 - Winter 2005
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Happy Chillout Mix 1 - Winter 2003
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Thrill Trance Experience Mix - Summer 2002
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Uplifting House Club Mix 1 - Autumn 2002
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enjoy!! :)

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Blatent self promotion.

I'll reserve judgement on your limited contribution to this forum until I listen to the MP3's

dillinger escape plan: "calculating infinity" is really good, but the previous outings have a rather more metalcore feeling to it.

converge: either "jane doe" or "you fail me"

the melvins: "houdini"

cave in: beyond hypothermia

down: "down II - a bustle in your hedgerow"

inferno:"inferno"

chillout for the new generation!

nick drake

zero 7

iron and wine

wrens
pinback
arcade fire
call & response
the dears
devendra banhart
william shatner!

-in addition to my above list

This is music i 'chill' or 'lounge' to at home

Tortoise
The Sea and Cake
American Analog Set
Do Make Say Think
My Bloody Valentine

you can find these artists
at thrill jockey records.com (home to a bunch of chill bands)
or constellation records.com

When i want to chill out i throw on some:
ELLIOT SMITH
IRON & WINE
Though its not electronica you guys might want to check it out