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Hi there stranger,

and a big welcome to this blog about the downtempo and chillout beats in all the different guises they come.

Each week I  dig up a track, a remix or a small DJ set to present for you and I guarantee it will always be my very own special selection.

Even though the overall category of music is downtempo or chillout, I try to blend the whole thing together so we can try and escape this category thing – I know, I use it one the site as well. Thats because it makes it easier for you guys to browse around on the site. But really I wouldnt mind mind just NOT doing that.

A note on chillout. As a chillout/downtempo producer myself I must admit I´ve come to dislike the word “chillout” – partly because it has developed to become an overcrowded superficial production genre full of not very (in my humble opinion) interesting music.

When that is said, its still the best word to describe a lot of the good stuff also. So….thats why I use it.

The overall important criteria here is that its slow- to midtempo music – that will fit a listening environment better than a club or a typical dancie situation (even though this is not REALLY true, you get the point I am sure).

So can we agree its all just music?,  and for whatever reason or through whichever category or genre it entered this world – we really couldnt care less.

Its all about the actual sounds that travel through the air and hit our nerves system and does its magic – again and again – not becoming less of a mysterie what it REALLY is. Feelings maybe, with the words of Lou Reed.

I hope you will enjoy the music and hopefully also support the creation of more music by purchasing some of the stuff you really like.

best regards

Christian