I prefer Programmed to Love. 5 of the top 10 most played tracks on my iPod are from that album.
I am so used to being the only bent fan!
I love Programmed to love , every song is chilled beauty. Boards of Canada have some
stunning songs but a whole album would be boring.
I also vote for Melody AM - Royskopp and Cocteau twins-Four calendar cafe.
And Enya
You chose a classical music album (as classified at the time which is why it entered the Classical Music chart) as a great example of a chill out album. So I asked if you also rate Sibelius and Satie, both of whom are classical music composers known for the relaxing nature of their works. Indeed some see Sibelius as the inventor of ambient music.
You chose a classical music album (as classified at the time which is why it entered the Classical Music chart) as a great example of a chill out album. So I asked if you also rate Sibelius and Satie, both of whom are classical music composers known for the relaxing nature of their works. Indeed some see Sibelius as the inventor of ambient music.
And? I still don't get your point, you're implying that because the work is classical it isn't chill out. Surely chill out is an umbrella term defining an area of music that spans many genres rather than a genre itself?
And? I still don't get your point, you're implying that because the work is classical it isn't chill out. Surely chill out is an umbrella term defining an area of music that spans many genres rather than a genre itself?
That's a good point. For is Chill out not a genre?
I prefer Programmed to Love. 5 of the top 10 most played tracks on my iPod are from that album.
Programmed to Love is a great album (infact probably one of my all time favourites), and contains some gorgeous songs like Swollen, I Love My Man and Always. But it also has some slightly quirkier tracks which might not appeal to everyone's tastes.
I'd say that Ariels is the more... easy listening of the two. I couldn't fault a single track on there.
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I'd also heavily recommend Later: Compiled and Mixed by Bent (Seamless Records). It's slightly dancier, but still perfect for winding down a Spring/Summer's evening.
Programmed to Love is a great album (infact probably one of my all time favourites), and contains some gorgeous songs like Swollen, I Love My Man and Always. But it also has some slightly quirkier tracks which might not appeal to everyone's tastes.
I'd say that Ariels is the more... easy listening of the two. I couldn't fault a single track on there.
Edit:
I'd also heavily recommend Later: Compiled and Mixed by Bent (Seamless Records). It's slightly dancier, but still perfect for winding down a Spring/Summer's evening.
Don't forget FabricLive 11 mixed by Bent....
Oh and it's the quirkier songs (Cylons, Chocolate Star etc that make the album for me)
Oh and it's the quirkier songs (Cylons, Chocolate Star etc that make the album for me)
Aye, those ones are good. I meant more the random little bonus tracks that pop-up throughout the album. Like the one towards the end (Toothless Gibbon?), which sounds like it's been ripped straight from the computer game Point Blank for the PS1.
Morcheeba - Big Calm, really surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet! It's just perfect to end the night when it's just a couple of you left to wind down to!!
Morcheeba - Big Calm, really surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet! It's just perfect to end the night when it's just a couple of you left to wind down to!!
And? I still don't get your point, you're implying that because the work is classical it isn't chill out. Surely chill out is an umbrella term defining an area of music that spans many genres rather than a genre itself?
That's a good point. For is Chill out not a genre?
Even if you accept that 'Chill out' is a genre, why should any piece only fit into one genre of music? Genres are just categories adopted by critics and listeners to describe types of music, they are not rigid, walled divisions.
For example, the album mentioned above 'No Pussyfooting' by Fripp/Eno is often described as ambient, pre-ambient, experimental, avant-garde, loop-based and I would agree, chill-out, even though that term didn't really exist in 1973.
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I am so used to being the only bent fan!
I love Programmed to love , every song is chilled beauty. Boards of Canada have some
stunning songs but a whole album would be boring.
I also vote for Melody AM - Royskopp and Cocteau twins-Four calendar cafe.
And Enya
I don't know anyone else who's heard of them!
Moon Safari - of course if only for Ce matin la
Isn't that just beautiful
What do you define as chill out then? Both albums are pure melloe ambient electronica which is pretty much what chill out is.
I don't understand your point.
You chose a classical music album (as classified at the time which is why it entered the Classical Music chart) as a great example of a chill out album. So I asked if you also rate Sibelius and Satie, both of whom are classical music composers known for the relaxing nature of their works. Indeed some see Sibelius as the inventor of ambient music.
And? I still don't get your point, you're implying that because the work is classical it isn't chill out. Surely chill out is an umbrella term defining an area of music that spans many genres rather than a genre itself?
That's a good point. For is Chill out not a genre?
Programmed to Love is a great album (infact probably one of my all time favourites), and contains some gorgeous songs like Swollen, I Love My Man and Always. But it also has some slightly quirkier tracks which might not appeal to everyone's tastes.
I'd say that Ariels is the more... easy listening of the two. I couldn't fault a single track on there.
Edit:
I'd also heavily recommend Later: Compiled and Mixed by Bent (Seamless Records). It's slightly dancier, but still perfect for winding down a Spring/Summer's evening.
Don't forget FabricLive 11 mixed by Bent....
Oh and it's the quirkier songs (Cylons, Chocolate Star etc that make the album for me)
I found that one a bit harder to get into. The last 4 or 5 tracks are cracking on it, though!
Aye, those ones are good. I meant more the random little bonus tracks that pop-up throughout the album. Like the one towards the end (Toothless Gibbon?), which sounds like it's been ripped straight from the computer game Point Blank for the PS1.
And Groove Armada's Vertigo is still superb 10 years on
Totally agree, it is stunning, I still heavily play it after all these years, a true sign of a classic
is pretty damn up there with the best I've heard
Air - Moon Safari
Or those Ministry Of Sound compilations!
I was about to post the same!
Even if you accept that 'Chill out' is a genre, why should any piece only fit into one genre of music? Genres are just categories adopted by critics and listeners to describe types of music, they are not rigid, walled divisions.
For example, the album mentioned above 'No Pussyfooting' by Fripp/Eno is often described as ambient, pre-ambient, experimental, avant-garde, loop-based and I would agree, chill-out, even though that term didn't really exist in 1973.
Actually in terms of chill-out I think 'Evening Star' by Fripp and Eno is better.
47 minutes of bliss..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH2UxxdXAfg&ab_channel=TheFrozenLands