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Pete takes us on a journey through the ages of chilled dance and electronica.

Chill Out is an ever evolving, loosely defined genre. The label came from the concept of 鈥楥hill-out鈥� rooms in nightclubs where ravers could go to unwind after dancing to faster paced sets. The sound grew from Easy Listening and electronic producer like Brian Eno and The Orb.

By the early 1990s the influences led to a genres like Ambient House, Trip Hop and Downtempo electronica. Ibiza cafe鈥檚 like Mambo and Cafe Del Mar played chilled music to soundtrack the sunset. Soon compilation albums were made to reflect the DJ selections and 鈥楥hill-out鈥� became its own genre.

Pete takes us on a journey through the ages of chilled dance with electronica with music spanning the decades, from the sci-fi synth soundtracks of the 80s to current artists like Bicep, Fred again.. and Rampa. Sian Eleri also picks a chilled dance anthem and we relive Robyn鈥檚 live performance recorded in Ibiza.

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Music Played

  • Bicep

    Glue

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Duke Dumont

    Ocean Drive

  • Fred again..

    adore u (feat. Obongjayar)

    • Atlantic.

  • Rudimental

    Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre)

    • Asylum Records / Atlantic.

  • Jamie xx

    Loud Places (feat. Romy)

    • Young Turks.

  • The Beloved

    The Sun Rising

    • East West Records.

  • Art of Noise

    Moments Of Love

    • ZTT Records.

  • Groove Armada

    At The River

    • Vertigo.
    • Jive.
    • 9.

  • Moby

    Porcelain

    • Porcelain.
    • Mute.

  • Man Called Adam

    Easter Song

    • Other Records.

  • Overmono

    Good Lies

    • XL Recordings.

  • Jayda G

    Both Of Us

  • Barry Can't Swim

    How It Feels

    • When Will We Land?.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Massive Attack

    Teardrop

    • Mezzanine.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.

  • Nightmares on Wax

    Les Nuits

    • Warp Records.

  • Portishead

    Glory Box

    • Polydor.

  • Morcheeba

    The Sea

  • Vangelis

    Rachel's Song

  • Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    Music for a Found Harmonium

  • Grace Jones

    Private Life

    • The Island Def Jam Music Group.

  • Caribou

    Can't Do Without You

    • Our Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 1.

  • Maribou State

    Midas (feat. Holly Walker)

    • Counter Records.

  • Crazy P

    Heartbreaker

    • Walk Don't Run Records.

  • DJ Shadow

    Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt

    • Mowax Recordings/A&M Records.

  • S茅bastien Tellier

    La Ritournelle

  • The Sabres of Paradise

    Smokebelch II (Beatless mix)

    • Warp.

  • Rampa, Chuala & Keinemusik

    Les Gout

  • Hot Natured

    Benediction (feat. Ali Love)

    • FFRR.

  • Disclosure

    Help Me Lose My Mind (feat. London Grammar)

  • Fatima Yamaha

    What's A Girl To Do

    • Magnetron.

  • ODESZA & Bettye LaVette

    The Last Goodbye

    • Foreign Family Collective.

  • R脺F脺S DU SOL

    Innerbloom

    • Sweat It Out Music!.

  • Everything but the Girl vs Soul Vision

    Tracey In My Room (Lazy Dog Bootleg Remix)

  • Robyn

    Dancing On My Own (Live from Ibiza 2018)

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • Robyn

    Missing U (Live from Ibiza 2018)

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd.,.

  • Robyn

    Call Your Girlfriend (Live from Ibiza 2018)

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd.

  • Robyn

    With Every Heartbeat (Live from Ibiza 2018)

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

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