Lounge & chillout- Is it just me?

Lounge & chillout- Is it just me?

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Flying Penguin

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326 posts

158 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Well, I guess we have all been there.

You finally made it back home after a long day at work. Pour yourself a drink, have a cigarette (in a dry, warm place), if you like.

Lean back and relax, nice & easy background tune would now be just perfect. Nothing with too much "message", not too shallow, either- just right.

I found lounge/ chill stuff does it for me. And here is the issue: music classified as "lounge or chill" nowadays is mostly outright st that can be basically classified into 2 categories (happy to stand corrected):

a) Funeral/ suicide/ self- pity- filled howling of accented negativity
b) Talent- free young female "artist", "performing" at- least- 1- octave- too- high- pitched- hollow cover versions of Sade, Al Green, or similar. The type of music I would imagine to be played in Eastern- European brothels (again happy to stand corrected).

Is it just me? Am I getting old or is there really only horrendous crap being played on the radio (I use a Cambridge Audio internet radio speaker thing in the kitchen)?

I listen to anything between classical, jazz/ fusions/ chill (e.g. Fragile State, the Egg, etc.) to melodic death metal during weekends depending on mood/ alcohol level, but focusing on Lounge & Chill on this occasion:

1. What internet radio stations would you recommend and
2. Anything new out there (CDs, internet, whatever) in that genre that screams "quality"?

Please help thumbup









Edited by Flying Penguin on Sunday 24th May 10:56

Vincefox

20,566 posts

171 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Celtic/medieval ambient music.

Because highlander.

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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It's not really my cup of tea but if you search for chillout/lounge/jazz type things on youtube there are lots of hours-long instrumental mixes that should do the job.

Flying Penguin

Original Poster:

326 posts

158 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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"Instrumental" is a way around the problem, I agree. However, and if I am not mistaken, vocals are are an integral component of Lounge/ Chill music but sadly most of the time, once the artist opens his/ her mouth (option 1 or 2 in the OP), the "off" button is the only viable alternative.

What I am looking for is a kind of balancing act between 70's elevator/ supermarket music and Massive Attack/ Blue Six/.

I am aware that's unfortunately unlikely to happen- therefore looking for recommendations

Edited by Flying Penguin on Sunday 24th May 11:28

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Love your descriptions. Perhaps it's time to find another genre that suits the mood?

http://www.di.fm/channels

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Minimal techno is where it's at for me. Berlin is the centre of the minimal universe. It's not always slow, but it is still relaxing and the techno beat ensures that all thoughts of your st day are shut out.

Try some of these:

https://soundcloud.com/groups/berlin-minimal-techn...

jas xjr

11,309 posts

238 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Probably not your thing but I have been chilling out to this lately ub40 dub sessions 3. It is uploaded by one of the guys that worked on it. Try it , it might surprise you

tumble dryer

1,999 posts

126 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Works for me: Best of Deep, Vocal & Sax House 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-chOEUMs2U

Enjoy

037

1,315 posts

146 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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No it's not just you.
Discovered Soundcloud is awesome for this type of mix!
Try Greg Wilson mixes, also LNTG is one of our faves at the moment

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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V8mate said:
Minimal techno is where it's at for me. Berlin is the centre of the minimal universe. It's not always slow, but it is still relaxing and the techno beat ensures that all thoughts of your st day are shut out.

Try some of these:

https://soundcloud.com/groups/berlin-minimal-techn...
Quite good. I quite like Gai Barone's mixes: http://www.mixcloud.com/gaibarone/

sparks85

332 posts

174 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Bonobo - Dial M For Monkey, Black Sands, The North Borders.

You're welcome! biggrin

vournikas

11,683 posts

203 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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I'm not sure if they're still recording, but I always loved the work of Kruder & Dorfmeister for a late night chillout with a spliff. For example :-

Gotta Jazz

Trans Fatty Acid

Jazz Master

Eastwest

And finally, quite the best chillout tune ever IMVHO :-

Future Past by Genetica


Mr E

21,584 posts

258 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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vournikas said:
Personal note. I'm a bit of a closet Lamb fan.
Trans Fatty is a great track. This is a great, great mix/reworking of it.

For the OP, Lou can really sing.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-TvLrbyv9DE



Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Anything by saint germain, esp. Cafe series.
Nightmares on wax - smokers delight
Remixes and modern day jazz stories - courtnay pine
Anything by:
aim
The cinematic orchestra
The irrisistable force
Bonobo
Jazzonova


No idea if any will fit with your paticular type of chill, but all good smile

vournikas

11,683 posts

203 months

Sunday 24th May 2015
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Not heard that Lamb tune before; Lou's still got such a great voice and style.

It reminds me a little of this chillout vocal from Zero 7 :-

In The Waiting Line


Mr E

21,584 posts

258 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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vournikas said:
Not heard that Lamb tune before; Lou's still got such a great voice and style.
New(ish) album. Worth a listen. Bits of it are elegant. Bits of it are knarley. Bits of it are both.

Some of it doesn't work imho, and your mileage may vary. But "in binary", "nobody else" and "doves and Ravens" work for me.

Edited by Mr E on Monday 25th May 00:42

Flying Penguin

Original Poster:

326 posts

158 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Thanks for the feedback, chaps- much appreciated.

Quite a few interesting ideas; will give it a go, looks promising.

If everything else fails, I guess last resort will be having to compose my own music biggrin

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Tangerine Dream

Pixel Pusher

10,188 posts

158 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Paolo Arruda has some good mixes.

Just chose & download the podcast.

https://soundcloud.com/dj-pauloarruda

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

144 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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sparks85 said:
Bonobo - Dial M For Monkey, Black Sands, The North Borders.

You're welcome! biggrin
Bonobo are great.

Some others: Air, Zero 7, Royksopp (sp?).

I like my techo too so a bit of Aphex Twin, Global Communication, Brian Eno, etc. doesn't go a miss. Recently been enjoying Public Service Broadcasting's Race for Space too.