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Chill out (sometimes chillout or Chill), a term derived from a slang injunction to relax, emerged in the early and mid-1990s as a catch-all term for various styles of relatively mellow, slow-tempo music made by contemporary producers in the electronic music scene. The term "Chill out music", as well as the genre itself, originated in chill rooms that were set up by DJs off to the edge of club dance floors to give patrons a chance to take a break from the hectic dance vibe and chill out with this style of music. In these rooms, visitors would find couches, comfy pillows, psychedelic light shows projecting trippy images and music that was decidedly downtempo, especially when compared to what was going on a few feet away on the dance floor. Its history began in the UK, with new wave band The Durutti Column being an abstract influence on the genre in the '80s. Higher Intelligence Agency (the HIA) helped move the chill room concept from sideshow to main event with their Oscillate chill party events in Birmingham and elsewhere in the early to mid nineties. Their first releases came out on the now defunct Beyond record label and soon thereafter in the U.S. on the Waveform label - who describes the music as 'exotic electronica.' Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Look up chill out in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Intelligent drum and bass (IDB) (a derivation of Intelligent Jungle) is the widespread yet almost universally disliked term for the subgenre of drum and bass emphasising influences from lounge jazz and ambient music. ... Ambient music refers to a kind of music that envelops the listener without drawing attention to itself [1] // The term ambient music was first coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s to refer to music that can be either actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending... House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... “Ebusus” redirects here. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Contents // Categories: Stub ... In electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated. ... Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back electronic music style similar to Ambient music. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... See Durruti Column for the anarchist column during the Spanish Civil War. ... Higher Intelligence Agency, often also refered to by its acronym HIA, is the main electronic music project of Birmingham UK based Bobby Bird. ... Beyond can refer to: Beyond, a Hong Kong rock band. ... Waveform quite literally means the shape and form of a signal, such as a wave moving across the surface of water, or the vibration of a plucked string. ...

A number of compilations with "Chill Out" in their titles were released in the mid-1990s and beyond, helping to establish the genre as being very closely related to downtempo and trip hop but also incorporating, especially in the early 2000s, slower varieties of house music, nu-jazz, psybient, and lounge music. The genre also includes some forms of trance music, ambient music, and IDM, and it has entirely subsumed the older genre Balearic Beat, although that term is still used interchangeably with chill out. Chill out (sometimes called "soft techno") is generally tonal, relaxing (or at least not as "intense" as other music from the styles it draws from), and generally does not incorporate music that emphasizes "hard," "deep," or particularly hypnotic rhythms, although when used to describe the music played in chillout rooms at raves, it can also encompass extremely psychedelic experimental sounds of great variety. Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back electronic music style similar to Ambient music. ... Trip hop (also known as the Bristol sound) is a term coined by United Kingdom dance magazine Mixmag, to describe a musical trend in the mid-1990s; trip hop is downtempo electronic music that grew out of Englands hip hop and house scenes. ... This article is about the first decade of the 21st century. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music styles that blend jazz textures and sometimes jazz instrumentation, funk, electronic dance music, and free improvisation[1]. Also written nu-jazz or NuJazz, it is sometimes called electronic jazz, electro-jazz, e-jazz, jazztronica, jazz... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Lounge music refers to music played in the lounges and bars of hotels and casinos, or at standalone piano bars. ... Trance is a style of electronic music that developed in the 1990s. ... Ambient music refers to a kind of music that envelops the listener without drawing attention to itself [1] // The term ambient music was first coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s to refer to music that can be either actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending... Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre of electronic music derived from dance music of the 1980s and early 1990s which puts an emphasis on novel processing and sequencing. ... Balearic Beat is a style of electronic dance music that emerged in the late 1980s and was popular into the mid-1990s. ...

An entire culture surrounding chill out music has evolved, with many fashionable bars and clubs, designed with a retro or retro-futuristic ambience, devoted to the genre. Ministry of Sound in London has hosted many chill out events in places such as Ibiza and there are hundreds of mix compilation titles including the words "chill out" or just "chill" that cater for the chill out audience. As of 2005 "chill out" is recognized by all major UK dance magazines and their charts. Retro is a term used to describe the culture of the past. ... Ministry of Sound (MoS) is a nightclub in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, South London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... “Ebusus” redirects here. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The chill out styles are similar to the Leftfield scene inspired by the group of that name. There are many bands that make chill out music, such as A Man Called Adam, Lemon Jelly, Urban Myth Club, Mooli, Sundae Club and the Chillage People; DJs that specialise in chill out like Youth, Alex Paterson, Dr. Chill, Unity Dub, The Only Michael, Chris Coco, Pete Lawrence and Mixmaster Morris, the latter known for having released Global Chillage; record labels like Liquid Sound Design, Vagalume, Ultimae, Waveform and Interchill; radio stations such as Groovera, Soma FM, radioioAMBIENT, Musical Starstreams; and events such as The Big Chill and Sundaze. Often music is mixed with video art mixed by VJs with gentle, relaxing images of nature or electronic graphics. Leftfield were a duo of electronica artists and record producers, Paul Daley (formerly of The Rivals, A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes, formed in 1989 in London, England. ... A Man Called Adam (sometimes abbreviated to AMCA) are an Ibiza-based British dance music group comprising Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones, who were pioneers of the chill out genre. ... Lemon Jelly is a musical collaboration between Nick Franglen and Fred Deakin. ... Urban Myth Club is a UK–based collective consisting of a number of established artists and vocalists. ... Sundae Club is an English down-tempo band formed in 2001 by members Hamstall Ridware and Dr. C.D.Mille, both audio historians and musical instrument technicians, assisted by producer George Shilling. ... The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. ... Chris Coco is club/radio DJ, producer and music critic. ... Ambient DJ and underground musician Mixmaster Morris was born in Brighton in 1965 but started his DJ career in 1985 with his Mongolian Hip Hop Show on pirate radio in London. ... Liquid Sound Design is a chill-out/downtempo focused record label created by Martin Glover. ... Ultimae Records is a French record label, based in Lyon. ... Waveform quite literally means the shape and form of a signal, such as a wave moving across the surface of water, or the vibration of a plucked string. ... Groovera (aka. ... SomaFM is a listener-supported non-commercial Internet-only streaming music station, broadcast out of Rusty Hodges garage in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ... Musical Starstreams (aka Starstreams) is a commercial radio broadcast first aired in the San Francisco bay area in 1981. ... The Big Chill can refer to: The Big Chill (music festival) The Big Chill (movie) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Video Jockey or VJ is a term coined in the early 1980s to describe the fresh faced youth who introduced the music videos on MTV. The word VJ is also used to represent video performance artists who create live visuals on all kind of music. ...

The Big Chill festival is a large annual event catering for chilled out clubbers and families in Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire with resident acts including Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay. The Big Chill is a UK festival of alternative and chillout music. ... Eastnor Castle circa 1880. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... Gilles Peterson Gilles Peterson is an influential DJ and record-label owner from London, UK. Through his labels Acid Jazz and Talkin Loud he has been associated with the careers of countless well-known artists of the 1990s. ... You could say that Norman Jay MBE comes from a similar camp, musically as Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge and former Kiss 100 FM dj Bob Jones. ...

Chill Out Rooms and Rave Safety

Chill out rooms at dance clubs fill a safety need for users of Ecstasy, which has had frequent problems and deaths due to dehydration or heat stroke. In 1992 a UK rule required dance clubs to provide free water and chill out rooms in response to a number of Ecstasy-related injuries and deaths^[1]. Look up ecstasy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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See also

• Back to Mine
• Trip hop
• Ambient
• Downtempo
• Psybient
• Illbient
• Groovera
• KLF