Downtempo

A playlist of sorts. Or a vibe. A group of artists I enjoy hearing together. Musical categories such as Trip Hop and Rhythm and Blues apply, but others do, too. There’s a good beat and you can dance to it, but it’s slower than disco or EDM. Sometimes elegant, sometimes soulful, but almost always a great baseline.

Begin with Compilations

Buddha-Bar series
Café del Mar series
Hed Kandi Winter Chill series (late 90s, early 2000s CDs)
Hotel Tara
Rendezvous Lounge
Ultra.Chilled series

Mix in music from these artists thoroughly and enjoy:

  1. Air
  2. Eryka Badu
  3. Bent
  4. Bliss
  5. Brand New Heavies
  6. B-Tribe
  7. Caia
  8. Colby Caillat
  9. Cirrus
  10. Cirrus Minor
  11. Cut Chemist
  12. Deep Forest
  13. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
  14. Enigma
  15. Flunk
  16. Govinda
  17. Groove Armada
  18. Herbie Hancock
  19. Imogen Heap
  20. Kiln
  21. Kishi Bashi
  22. Kruder & Dorfmeister
  23. Lamb
  24. Bill Laswell
  25. Massive Attack
  26. Maxwell
  27. Mazzy Star
  28. Morcheeba
  29. Patrick O’Hearn
  30. Beth Orton
  31. Parov Stellar
  32. Portishead
  33. DJ Shadow
  34. Submotion Orchestra
  35. Supreme Beings of Leisure
  36. Susan Tedeschi
  37. Thievery Corporation
  38. Amon Tobin
  39. Tosca
  40. Unkle
  41. Why Mona
  42. Yohimbe Brothers
  43. Zero 7