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Is chillout getting too chilled ?
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CosmoNaughty
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Posted : Aug 15, 2009 14:59:51
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Is it just me or do other people think that the chilled side of psychedelic chill out music is getting too chilled ?
Especially this years releases there's a lot of home listening very ambient CD's released not my cup of tea and to be honest useless to me. when you're djing in a club or parties back room / chill area you need some interesting beats and something to grab your audience. something that seems sadly lacking with so many current releases. |
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Abasio
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Posted : Aug 15, 2009 15:13
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Not at all. Some are very chilled indeed but then there has always been ultra chilled chillout music. Listen to Ambient Odyssey from 1999 some ultra relaxed yet still really cool chill music.
There are some more upbeat chill for instance try
Kliment - The Perpetual Ritual (Electrik Dream Records)
Various - Vampire Sunrise (Celestial Dragon Records)
Solar Fields - Movements (Ultimae)
from this year that I have played (and have gone down well) in chill rooms.
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O-I
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Posted : Aug 15, 2009 16:10
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know what you mean Cosmonaughty, I am forever looking for stuff that isn't for home listening. I like ultra chilled stuff but if you want to keep an audience interested as you say then beats are important. 3rd Ear Audio has some nice tracks if you haven't already heard it. And there's some nice tracks on Cosmosophy - Organic Space Age. |
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elektric sheep
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Posted : Aug 15, 2009 18:44
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Ocelot -One is a dam juicy album, its chilled trance...very psychedelic and flows well..
Also have you looked for Heyoka two EP's now released as one cd (Pineal Dub/Whomp Gland ...) its beeeeg... |
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iTranscendence
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Posted : Aug 15, 2009 22:54
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Terra Nine - Streamofconsciousness is a healthy mix of breaks, downtempo and even some DnB mixed with psychedelic ambient.
blip.fm/itranscendence |
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Buttercup
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Posted : Aug 16, 2009 00:56
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On 2009-08-15 14:59:51, CosmoNaughty wrote:
Is it just me or do other people think that the chilled side of psychedelic chill out music is getting too chilled ?
Especially this years releases there's a lot of home listening very ambient CD's released not my cup of tea and to be honest useless to me. when you're djing in a club or parties back room / chill area you need some interesting beats and something to grab your audience. something that seems sadly lacking with so many current releases.
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Thank god i'm not the only disapointed member here.
last year was so flooded with good albums I couldn't decide which one is better, but this year it seems like all surprises parties
are dying slowly....
:-(
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Outolintu
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Posted : Aug 16, 2009 11:54
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so which albums/comps were too ambient to you? i might enjoy them  imo everything's a bit too beat orientated nowerdays. i do like beats but if one can't play a beatless set on a chill stage anymore then that sounds very sad and alarming indeed. it tells a lot about the state of mind the audience or festival attenders are in...
"no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby |
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DjSchofield
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Posted : Aug 16, 2009 13:32
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+1
Sometimes a hour or two of beatless music is just what you need at a festival. Sit down with a chai and chat or just soak it all up.
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Buttercup
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Posted : Aug 16, 2009 16:50
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On 2009-08-16 13:32, DjSchofield wrote:
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Sometimes a hour or two of beatless music is just what you need at a festival. Sit down with a chai and chat or just soak it all up.
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Chai and chillum are always nice but some ppl just have the restless feet syndrome
and that's a problem....
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Smiley Pixie
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Posted : Aug 17, 2009 00:27
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CosmoNaughty : Chillout is a state of mood that explores alot of music genres  Maybe your not into downtempo or ambient,right? but you can try to search some more upbeat stuff !! thats also my thing hug
http://www.myspace.com/thesmileypixie :: ALBUM - Chillout Moods To Urban Grooves, Out Soon |
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Gunter
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Posted : Aug 17, 2009 14:59
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Hm, yes mabe there is less "upbeat" chill out. But there are enaugh old tunes of that genre, which also can be played now. 
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Posted : Aug 18, 2009 03:04
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damon
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Posted : Aug 19, 2009 00:48
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NOT AT ALL
Just open your eyes and look "outside the bun" lol :
Vlastur
Irukanji
Ambientium
Bird Of Prey
shit
I felt a little akward while I was spinning@Ozora during 1/2 of my set when I was bombarding a chill tent with hard (imho) mixture of dubstep, glitch, psychedelia, asian breaks, dub, indian electronica and slooow danceable stuff.
There's sooo much great shit which MOVES the chill floor
You just have to look extra hard for it
Peace 
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Outolintu
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Posted : Aug 19, 2009 19:07
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On 2009-08-19 00:48, damon wrote:
There's sooo much great shit which MOVES the chill floor
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that's the problem right there.
once upon a time the chill-out (a term derived from a slang injunction to RELAX) stage was intended to be an area were people could gather in a mellow atmosphere, eat and drink, have conversations, space out and even get some sleep while other stages were dedicated to more body moving music. now people seem to be too hyped for even stopping for a moment to breathe, think and feel at a slower pace which is just as important for human beings as the energetic, faster rhythms and pulses are.
and i'm not sure if this a sign of the times or just something that has been cooked up by djs who would rather play at the main stage or other upbeat stages. i know myself a couple of djs who find it extremly difficult to stick to their job as chill-dj and start to wander off into more danceable realms.
i do not have anything against midtempo music. in fact i like it very much. i just want to keep the chill-out as a safehaven in this world of fastforwarding and on top of that have a splendid midtempo stage too
p.s. thanks for your pm cosmonaughty. some of the releases are already familiar to me and i enjoy them very much! "no one ever sweats on a plug-in" -moby |
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TechMonkey
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Posted : Aug 19, 2009 19:57
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To me (as a listener) "chillout" generally means "relaxing background ambiance" and that I can expect to do the following:
1) Be able to hold a conversation at normal levels and not have to yell over the music.
2) That whether the music be beatless or beat oriented, I can be comfortable just sitting and relaxing immersed in the experience.
I like and collect the danceable downtempo a lot as well, but my personal preference is that something billed as "chillout" be more about creating an atmosphere conducive to relaxation than focusing on being danceable.
Then again, I'm more a home listener/collector and rarely go to events, so my opinion may not really matter anyhow.
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