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Listing the best “chill” artists and albums

By Michael Visser.

For several years I have been collecting and listening to chill/lo-fi.

The genre cannot be strictly defined but often integrates elements and styles of electronic, classical, jazz, folk, alternative pop/rock and soul.

The result: perfect weekend listening, study music and office-hour loops.

My favourite chill albums from my favourite chill artists!

  • Air - Premiers symptômes
  • Architecture in Helsinki - Fingers Crossed
  • Amiina - AnimaminA
  • Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
  • Björk - Medúlla
  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
  • Brian Eno - Ambient 1 Music for Airports
  • Bright Eyes vs. Her Space Holiday
  • Broadcast - The Noise Made by People
  • Daniel Lanois - Belladonna
  • Emilíana Torrini - Merman
  • Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
  • Garden State (OST)
  • Harry Manx - Wise and Otherwise
  • Hooverphonic - Presents Jackie Cane
  • Jens Lekman - Oh You’re So Silent
  • Jens Kristin Hersh - The Grotto
  • Lamb - Between Darkness And Wonder
  • Martin Grech - Unholy
  • Massive Attack - Mezzanine
  • Michael Andrews - Donnie Darko
  • Minus 8 - Elysian Fields
  • Moby - 18
  • Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust
  • Nick Drake - Way to Blue An Introduction to Nick Drake
  • Pedal Steel Transmission - The Angel Of The Squared Circle
  • Portishead - Portishead
  • Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Studio Release
  • Sigur Rós - Von
  • Spiritualized® - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
  • St Germain - Tourist
  • Stereolab - Dots and Loops
  • Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
  • The Beauty Room - Beyond an Infinite
  • The Cinematic Orchestra - Man With a Movie Camera
  • Tortoise - Standards
  • Zero 7 - Simple Things

Now you’ve got a few names to keep an eye out for… know an artist or album you think should be up here, let me know! Comment below.

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This article was written on 2006-12-20 at 21:47:12+0000, filed under Uncategorized and tagged .

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Michael Visser is the founder of Visser Labs. He works as a professional Front-end Web Developer, loves Wordpress, Joomla and helping people get more out of their sites.

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2 Comments

  1. Amy said:

    Ohhh lovely list… here are my additions:

    Weekend Players - Higher Ground
    Weekend Players - Angel
    Scott Matthews - Dream Song
    Scott Matthews - City Headache
    Zero 7 - Likufanele
    Zero 7 - I have seen
    Coldplay - Swallowed in the Sea
    Coldplay - Green Eyes
    Elbow - Stops
    Frou Frou - Let Go
    Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (and oldie!)
    Angie Stone - Wish i didn’t miss you

    That’s all for me know :) Pleae post more chillout songs at some stage … i love em :)

    Comment by Amy — January 3, 2007 @ 3:44 am

  2. Michael said:

    Isn’t it funny that most of those artists appear on the Garden State OST. That has to be my favourite Official Soundtrack!

    Comment by Michael — January 3, 2007 @ 10:04 am

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