Quote...so to rouse us from our somnolent inactivity you've started a thread on chillout music? How appropriate...Originally Posted by stann
Just one other thing before I furnish a recommendation or two: While I support the emphasis on recent releases, could we maybe also open the thread up to include discussion of classic chillout tracks and albums? (I say that as although I really like the area I don't have a huge amount of it and am just recently discovering old stuff that I love, like Banco de Gaia's Last Train to Lhasa for example.) So maybe people could offer their top, say, 3 albums in the area and thereby precipitate a magical exploratory journey down this delightfully soothing, uplifting and enrapturing tributary of 'Rio Musica'!
Anyway, recent and decent releases I think stann might like are Four Tet's 4-track, 30-minute EP Ringer, and, from Norwegian Lindstrom, Reinterpretations (in collaboration with Prins Thomas, released 07) or Where You Go I Go Too (on his own, released August-ish). They'd all be more towards the purer electronic, quite-but-not-awfully chilled-out end of the chillout continuum - Lindstrom specialises in a brand of beguiling, spacey disco/house type of thing that I just love (see if you do too), while Ringer is a little deeper compared to the Four Tet track you have above; it's nice nonetheless and I feel secure in recommending it.
Elsewhere, for more laid-back beats, Quiet Village released a lovely little sample-heavy album last year (ie '08!) called Silent Movie. It's not an all-time classic, but it is very good at what it tries to do. Two samples indicative of album style below.
Have a look into those few for now and I'll see what else pops into my head.
Stay chilled!
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