Talk:Chill-out music

Notable Artists
This section is a mess. It needs to be re-worked and updated with more of a polished format (maybe a table). I would really like to work on this with someone to confer on to ensure better accuracy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theinfamousfx (talk • contribs) 18:58, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've removed it. Nobody had provided any citations for years and it was just growing.  Those sort of sections are just asking for trouble.  We don't really want those sort of trivia listings. - Shiftchange (talk) 10:56, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Reorganisation
I moved the Chill Out dab that was here to Chill Out (disambiguation) and then restored the music material here because that it is the most common use of the term in encyclopedic terms. The slang injunction "chill out!" is a dictionary topic, although it deserves a mention here as a root.

I think that this article needs to be expanded to list the most notable artists that work in this style and I would like to see sources and references throughout.&mdash;Theo (Talk) 22:21, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC) its good! d0rin!

jolly good show

Added Chris Whitlock as this is the main chillout podcaster (via itunes) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luckfoxx (talk • contribs) 11:21, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Difference between leftfield and chill-out
I don't think leftfield is the same as chill out. There is leftfield music that is definitely not chilled. Boleslaw 14:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)DB

But I would argue that there is some that definitely is, for example Melt and El Cid. So Leftfield have contributed to the chill out scene with these tracks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.4.39.88 (talk) 16:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Criticism of the article
Firstly, I think it's pointless to try to describe "Chill Out" as a genre. It's an umbrella term for a vast array of different types of music and it means different things to different people.

I find it surprising that Brian Eno and KLF aren't mentioned. Brian Eno defined the term "Ambient music" in the '70's and KLF released the definitive album "Chill Out" in 1990. The activities of The Orb, Mixmaster Morris and KLF in the early UK rave scene probably defined the idea of "Chill Out" more actively than anything else and all of these people have spoken explicitly about the influence of Brian Eno on their work.

Sorry for not updating the article but I'm too busy at the moment. I may attempt this later but I find that edit disputes on Wikipedia often take up more time than I have. BongoPedro 10:48, 4 Feb 2008
 * I think it's quite well established that Brian Eno defined "ambient music", and The KLF (with Alex Paterson) defined "ambient house". Of course, as noted below the term "chill out" has become so vague as to be almost meaningless. --kingboyk (talk) 01:30, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

I add that I find the term Chill is reducing for music genres which are not inevitably intended to be listened by falling asleep, and generally stimulate the brain. To me, Chillout is the worst tag ever. Just because the music is slower than popular music doesn't mean its relaxing chillout-music.109.3.170.114 (talk) 15:12, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

I agree. Frankly Wikipedia has run amok with all these genres and sub-genres of music. I have to think most of these articles are written by pop culture addicts, and not by people with a music education. When one starts to describe in detail the physical setting in which the music in question is listened to, it is an indication that the contributor has nothing to say about the musical aspects of the music itself. Eelb53 (talk) 03:13, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Björk?
Hey, Since when does Björk do chill out?? anyone has a source to that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StainlessSteelStyle (talk • contribs) 17:55, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Chill-out Music and Deep Dub Music the same thing?
I've been reading a little bit about this article and I wanna know if these two genres in the subject are the same or not? King Shadeed 00:21, December 7, 2016 (UTC)

Appropriate vs Aesthetic
User: ilovetopaint takes issue with my use of the phrase "anime aesthetic." However, the word aesthetic is used twice in the one article he has allowed to remain as a source:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/594b3z/how-lofi-hip-hop-radio-to-relaxstudy-to-became-a-youtube-phenomenon

"An entire generation of people were influenced by the smooth beats and trippy or relaxing background aesthetic of early 2000's Adult Swim," says Celsius. "[It] created a cross section of people that enjoyed both anime and wavy hip-hop beats."

"ChillledCow was also the person who first featured a studious anime girl as his calling card, which set up the aesthetic framework for the rest of the people operating in the genre."

Instead, he prefers to use the term "appropriated anime images." This terminology is not mentioned once in the source. Therefore, it seems like original research to say the anime images are being "appropriated." I am just trying to reflect the language actually used in the source material.

TempDog123 (talk) 07:41, 16 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I didn't see the second sentence, thanks. But in that context, "aesthetic" is still meaningless, as it says nothing about how anime is related to the music. The source only mentions that the videos market themselves with unauthorized uses of anime iconography. --Ilovetopaint (talk) 01:03, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

New link added to 'See also'
I hope its okay, I thought I would notify that I've added Skylab Radio, which is a digital radio station, playing 'chillout', downtempo, ambient, triphop and lounge. So musically; it fits within the parameters of this page. If there's any issues regarding the inclusion. Please let me know. StereoHotHits (talk) 13:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)