Chill out electronica - recommendations

digitalkettle

 @wesker123 's Royksopp suggestion was a good match to your vid...'Melody AM' and 'Junior' albums for me.

Don't overlook Underworld as too energetic! You might have to skip the odd track here and there if your pulse rate starts climbing...but it's not all 'Born Slippy'

Sporky

Quite a lot of u-Ziq is frantic of drum but mellow overall. 

Johnnyseven

digitalkettle said:

Don't overlook Underworld as too energetic! You might have to skip the odd track here and there if your pulse rate starts climbing...but it's not all 'Born Slippy'

Same goes for Orbital too.

randella

I've just stumbled onto a Steve Hillage record that the Orb lifted a bunch of guitar samples from. To save you the 32 years it took me from when I first found the Orb, the Hillage record is called 'Green' - track named 'Ether Ships'.

There. My good deed for the day

steven70

'Green' - and any Hillage - is superb.

The early System7 stuff still sounds good.

randella

steven70 said:

'Green' - and any Hillage - is superb.

The early System7 stuff still sounds good.

I love System7 - have done for a long time. 777 is still my favourite.

I've been listening to a lot of their records lately, probably accounts for the Hillage wormhole opening up!

digitalkettle

randella said:

I love System7 - have done for a long time. 777 is still my favourite.

I've been listening to a lot of their records lately, probably accounts for the Hillage wormhole opening up!

It's that or the tab you've just dropped

randella

digitalkettle said:

randella said:

I love System7 - have done for a long time. 777 is still my favourite.

I've been listening to a lot of their records lately, probably accounts for the Hillage wormhole opening up!

It's that or the tab you've just dropped

Ha Jesus - the work I'm doing right now barely makes sense as it is

monquixote

I've just discovered Oasis Sky by Tor

Mostly listened because it had a cool picture on the cover

gordiji

I wouldn't call this 'electronica' but chilled it is. Gilmouresque guitars in a most sublime chillscape. I've only just stumbled upon it.

Placidcasual79

Johnnyseven said:

What you posted sounds a lot like what Four Tet and Bicep are doing.

Other similar stuff:

Global Communication - 76:14 in particular
Massive Attack
Air
Future Sound of London
B12
The Egg
Nightmares on Wax
The Orb
Royksopp
Sabres of Paradise
Sasha
Seefeel
Luke Slater's 7th Plain
Speedy J
System 7
Timeshard
Children of the Bong
Ultramarine
Zero 7
Max Cooper
Rival Consoles

There are also some mix cds in the Euphoria range that have mixes of chill versions of old trance tunes.

Chilled Euphoria
Chilled Out Euphoria
Deep and Chilled Euphoria

 Loads of goodness to explore there @Haych - can I just throw in a band that sound very similar to the track in the OP - Thievery Corporation - they have a deep catalogue of albums and mixes - there style moves between electronica, dub, Tropicalia, hip hop....... They pull in some interesting guest vocalist from across the world music scene but also some big names like David Byrne and Wayne Coyne -  I think Richest Man in Babylon. and the Cosmic Game are there two most consistent albums......

I am going to throw in these gigs from YouTube that I've had on in work today - 

english_bob

wesker123 said:

Early Aphex Twin (Analoge Bubblebath, selected ambient works vol 1).

..but stop there. If I'd bought "The Richard D. James Album" or the "Come To Daddy" EP expecting chillout music I'd have been bitterly disappointed.


Quite partial to Kruder & Dorfmeister's "The K&D Sessions Vol.1" (I don't think there was ever a volume 2) if you like the jazzier end of the chillout spectrum.