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::: chillout radio :::

beatless bliss, gentle giants, and other transmissions.

60 fresh releases from bandcamp

for quiet moments and late nights. this is a soundtrack for focus, for decompression, for the comedown. expect deep, dubby basslines, crisp ambient textures, and slow-motion trance melodies that stretch out to the horizon. we're pulling from the deepest corners of bandcamp to bring you a seamless flow of atmospheric electronics from independent artists around the world.

  • The Deep Blue

    Temple Step Project, BlauDisS, Madhu Honey

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  • J Edits For DJs VOL.2

    MEEBEE a.k.a KAZUHIRO ABO

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  • Contours of Silence

    Brannan Lane, Lauge

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  • Love Letter To A Lost World

    Globular

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  • Seasoning The Jazz Vol. 1

    Mabisyo

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  • Pillow Talk

    trickpony

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  • Io

    MLO

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  • Ascend

    Pogo

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  • Langbortistan

    Lauge & Baba Gnohm

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  • Dust, Lost Ghosts & Echoes (Anniversary Edition)

    How To Disappear Completely

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  • A Relaxed Blur

    Saafi Brothers

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  • Hope

    Sync24

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  • The Dream [2022 Remastered Edition]

    The Orb

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  • Organic (EP)

    Lil Fish

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  • Recorded Absence

    DTime

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  • Live in Krakow

    Madis

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  • Sail

    Madis

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  • Edges

    Electrypnose and Hypogeo

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  • Blank Slate, Open Space

    Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles

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  • KOSMOBOTANIKA

    ETNOBOTANIKA

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  • Hoshimi EP

    Trashbat

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  • After The Gold Rush

    John Gregorius and David Vito Gregoli

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  • Hindu Kush

    Magupi

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  • EOL+SOT+POE

    Madis

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  • Hydroponic Garden

    Carbon Based Lifeforms

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  • some dreams i had

    luna.eco, good morning ♡ ♥

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  • Energy Systems

    Rambadu

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  • Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi

    Thievery Corporation

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  • Roots And Culture

    Mikey Dread

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  • Carnival Of Peculiarities EP

    Shpongle

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  • Leśne Duchy

    Etnobotanika

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  • Zyklone (LP)

    Niju

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  • Pure Trance XI (Live in London) [Mixed by Solarstone & Orkidea]

    Solarstone & Orkidea

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  • STAR SEEKER

    HIROSHI WATANABE

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  • Strange Land

    Diethyl

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  • Mushroom World

    krusseldorf

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  • Derelicts

    Carbon Based Lifeforms

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  • Deep Blue: Volume 4

    Luigi Tozzi

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  • Reflecte

    Madis

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  • Los Chicos Tristes (El Michels Affair Remix ft. Jensine Benitez)

    Hermanos Gutiérrez

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  • Nine Hours Beyond the Stars

    Hyperspace Odyssey

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  • Sensorium EP

    Arcologies & Eschaton

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  • RUST100

    The Rust Music

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  • Musiques pour l'Illustration Sonore - Library Music Vol.4, Collection de Raretés Analogiques

    Dj HbR

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  • Leev Ur Mynd

    Mr Fingers

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  • World Of Sleepers

    Carbon Based Lifeforms

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  • Entangled Everything

    Globular

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  • Cosmic Dancer

    Magnetik

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  • Paloma

    Paloma

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  • Venus

    Suduaya

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  • Pure Trance XI (Limited Edition Sampler)

    Solarstone & Orkidea

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  • DEIFIED

    DARK DESIRE

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  • Glowing Tide

    ALEX O'RION & MAZE 28

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  • Submerged Pulse

    DTime

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  • Seeker

    Carbon Based Lifeforms

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  • Soak Vol. 1

    Peach

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  • Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland (Remastered) Extended Edition

    Shpongle

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  • Hopler Route - Otkrovenie

    Hopler Route

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  • Lowlight Currents

    Markus Masuhr

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  • The Art of Remix - Calm (Mellow Mellow Acid Remixes)

    Calm

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> about chillout

what is chillout?

it’s music for sinking into your chair. chillout is less a strict genre and more a vibe, a tempo, a state of mind. it lives in the space between ambient’s beatless drift and the gentle pulse of downtempo house or trance. you’ll hear lush synthesizer pads, subtle and complex drum machine programming, deep, rolling basslines, and melodies that favor mood over hooks. it's spacious, patient music that rewards close listening but also functions as the perfect atmospheric background.

from lounge to deep space

the sound has its roots in the early 90s, emerging from the "chill-out rooms" at raves where dancers could take a break from relentless four-on-the-floor kick drums. it evolved from early ambient house and new age into a broad category of relaxed electronic music. while it once conjured images of lounge compilations, today’s chillout scene is a vast landscape of deep, sophisticated production, indebted as much to classic dub techno and ambient explorers as it is to trance and progressive house.

chillout on bandcamp

bandcamp is a goldmine for this stuff. you can find veteran producers with decades of experience releasing sprawling digital albums right alongside diy artists recording their first hypnotic synth epics in a home studio. it’s a space where self-released passion projects and small, carefully curated electronic labels thrive. digging through the chillout tag surfaces everything from shimmering, beatless soundscapes to deep, dub-infused techno and gentle, progressive trance odysseys.

how to listen

tapedigger makes it easy. we turn bandcamp's massive catalog into a non-stop radio station. there are no ads and no interruptions, just a constant stream of music. if you hear something you love, you can click through to the artist's bandcamp page to buy their work directly. keep an eye on your discover feed for more recommendations tailored to your taste.

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