Lounge & chillout- Is it just me?
Discussion
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 s
t 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
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 s
t 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
Edited by Flying Penguin on Sunday 24th May 10:56
"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
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
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