Downbeat
Downbeat or downtempo is a collective term for electronic music that is characterized by slow tempos and synthesizer sound surfaces that are perceived as atmospheric . This includes genres such as trip-hop , dub and related forms of electronica music characterized by Latino rhythms (e.g. bossa nova ) and jazz elements . The downbeat originated in the UK in the late 1980s .
Most of these styles gained popularity in the late 1990s through projects such as Nightmares on Wax , LTJ Bukem , Kruder & Dorfmeister , dZihan & Kamien , Kid Loco , Thievery Corporation , Boozoo Bajou , Beanfield , A Forest Mighty Black or Mo 'Horizons .
Other well-known artists in this genre are Afterlife , Blank & Jones , Chris Coco , Deep Dive Corp. , Geyser , Gotan Project , Lenny Ibizarre , Unit Blue, Lemongrass , Merge of Equals , Moby , Mystic Diversions , José Padilla , Solar Fields, Thomas Lemmer , Ian Pooley and Bonobo .
Similar collective names that overlap in terms of their meaning are chill out and lounge music .
Web links
- Example (Samaya - Serendipity (Mix) [Shamanic Downtempo / Folktronica]) (Youtube video)
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John Dalling: Chillout and Downtempo Electronic Music, a History. (No longer available online.) In: toucanmusic.co.uk. 2006, archived from the original on January 8, 2007 .
- at the end a modified version by John M .: A history of chillout music. In: toucanmusic.com, September 1, 2013 (English)
- Michael M. Krumbein: Downtempo Electronica. Crowd at the Buddha bar. Or: the stress of chilling. (No longer available online.) In: Intro.de . February 21, 2002, archived from the original .
- Downbeat. Origin and history of the genre. (No longer available online.) In: elixic.de. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007 .
- Downbeat Netlabels. Articles in the “Downbeat” category. (No longer available online.) In: phlow.de. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009 (English, with article links).