CHILL OUT!!!: 200 Enchanting Downbeat Songs.

Submitted by AlacritMusic on Fri, 08/18/2006 - 10:33
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  1. Don't get me wrong, I love ambient music. I even have a few members of that genre family in here, but very few. It's still a very gray area for me. On the other hand, when it comes to downbeat, I'm a huge fan. A mix of alot of music on here, but it all puts on the same loungy feeling in my opinion.
  3. Note: Chillout Ambient = Not really to the extent that ambient music goes... more of a name description for ambient remixes to house and trance songs. It's not an actual genre, I made the phrase for this list.
  6. BT - The Antikythera Mechanism
  7. [Ambient/Minimal/Instrumental/Glitch]
  9. Conjure One - Sleep (Solar Stone's After Hours Remix)
  10. [Ambient/Downbeat]
  12. Mandalay - Beautiful (12" Uncanny Version)
  13. [Ambient/Downbeat]
  15. Space Manoeuvers - Stage 1 (Total Separation Mix)
  16. [Progressive House/Breaks]
  17. Don't let the fact that it's progressive house steer you away. Listen to this song when it's a clear night and you can see the stars. Complete exhilaration.
  19. BT - Good Morning Kaia
  20. [Ambient]
  22. Bedrock - Beautiful Strange
  23. [Ambient]
  25. William Orbit feat. Beth Orton - Water From A Wine Leaf
  26. [Ambient House/Downbeat]
  28. Kate Havnevik - Kaleidoscope
  29. [Downbeat]
  31. Goldfrapp - Time Out from the World
  32. [Electro/Ambient]
  34. Lustral - Everytime (Original Version)
  35. [Downbeat/Atmospheric Jungle?/Trance]
  37. Copeland - Sleep
  38. [Indie/Downbeat]
  40. Conjure One - Center of the Sun (Solar Stone's Chilled Out Mix)
  41. [Ambient/Downbeat]
  43. The Engine Room - The Perfect Lie (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
  44. [Ambient/Downbeat]
  46. Conjure One - Sleep (Solar Stone’s Chilled Out Mix)
  47. [Downbeat]
  49. Sasha - Wavy Gravy
  50. [Ambient Breaks/Breaktrance]
  52. Enigma - Gravity of Love
  53. [Downbeat/World Beat]
  55. Mono - Life in Mono
  56. [Trip Hop]
  58. The Orb - Blue Room
  59. [Ambient Techno]
  61. Kate Havnevik - New Day
  62. [Starts out Downbeat/Ambient; ends up Neo/Glitch Trance]
  64. Yann Tiersen - Amelie Poulain
  65. [Soundtrack/New Age]
  67. Telepopmusik - Breathe (Original Album Version)
  68. [Post Progressive/Ambient Trance]
  70. Moby - Porcelain
  71. [Ambient Breaks]
  73. Conjure One feat. Poe - Center of the Sun
  74. [Downbeat]
  76. Enigma - Turn Around
  77. [Downbeat/World Beat]
  79. Iio - At the End (Sat & Lee Howler Reprise)
  80. [Chillout Ambient]
  82. Dusted - Always Remember to Respect and Honour Your Mother Pt. 1
  83. [Downbeat]
  85. Sabres of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)
  86. [Chillout Ambient]
  88. ATB - Let U Go (2005 Reworked)
  89. [Ambient Alternative/Pop]
  91. Mandalay - Not Seventeen (Attica Blues Remix)
  92. [Downbeat/Trip Hop?/Acid Jazz?]
  94. Kate Havnevik - Not Fair
  95. [Downbeat]
  97. Conjure One feat. Poe - Make a Wish
  98. [Downbeat]
  100. Balligomingo - Purify
  101. [Downbeat]
  103. Massive Attack feat. Elizabeth Fraser - Teardrop
  104. [Trip Hop]
  106. Chicane - No Ordinary Morning
  107. [Downbeat]
  109. Groove Armada - At the River
  110. [Downbeat/Acid Jazz]
  112. Röyksopp - Remind Me
  113. [Downbeat/House]
  115. Yann Tiersen - La Valse de Amelie
  116. [Soundtrack/New Age]
  118. Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
  119. [Ambient Breaks]
  121. Petter - These Days
  122. [Ambient Progressive Breaktrance]
  124. Mandalay - Deep Love
  125. [Ambient Alternative]
  127. Röyksopp - Someone Like Me
  128. [Electro/Indie/Chilled House?]
  130. Bjork - Joga
  131. [Downbeat]
  133. Armin Van Buuren feat. Justine Suissa - Burned With Desire (Chill Out Mix)
  134. [Progressive Breaks]
  136. Boards of Canada - Roygbiv
  137. [Illbient]
  139. Moodswings - Opium 45
  140. [Ambient/Downbeat]
  142. BT - Satellite
  143. [Ambient Alternative]
  145. Sarah Bright man - Deliver Me
  146. [Downbeat/New Age]
  148. Francoise Hardy - Comment te dire adieu
  149. [Lounge/French Pop]
  151. Faithless - Drifting Away (The Full Paradiso Remix)
  152. [Anthem Trance]
  154. Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death
  155. [Ambient Breaks]
  157. Moby - Novio
  158. [Ambient/New Age]
  160. Craig Armstrong feat. Elizabeth Fraser - This Love
  161. [Downbeat/Trip Hop?]
  163. Dido - Sand in my Shoes
  164. [House/Pop]
  166. Madonna - Power of Goodbye
  167. [Downbeat/Pop]
  169. Erasure - Breathe
  170. [Electropop/Downbeat]
  172. Josh Groban feat. The Corrs - Canto Alle Vita
  173. [Downbeat/Vocal]
  175. Maksim - Exodus
  176. [Ambient Breaks]
  178. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
  179. [Ambient House]
  181. Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits
  182. [Acid Jazz]
  184. Enigma - Beyond the Invisible
  185. [World Beat]
  187. Underworld - Second Hand
  188. [Ambient Trance]
  190. Conjure One feat. Sinead O’Connor - Tears from the Moon
  191. [Downbeat]
  193. Paul Oakenfold - Motion
  194. [Downbeat/Experimental]
  196. Sarah Mclachlan - Sweet Surrender (Uberzone Remix)
  197. [Downbeat/Atmospheric Jungle?]
  199. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
  200. [Lounge Pop?]
  202. Goldfrapp - Utopia
  203. [Downbeat]
  205. Sarah Mclachlan - I Love You
  206. [Alternative]
  208. Mandalay - Beautiful
  209. [Ambient Alternative]
  211. Lisa Gerard - Elysium
  212. [Soundtrack/New Age]
  214. Mike Koglin - The Silence (Tekara [Matt Darey] Remix)
  215. [Breaktrance/Anthem Breaks?]
  217. Leama - Requiem for a Dream (Leama’s Dream Mix)
  218. [Ambient Trance]
  220. Mythos - November
  221. [World Beat]
  223. Loreena Mckennit - Mummer’s Dance (Radio Mix)
  224. [Downbeat/Celtic]
  226. Frou Frou - Let Go
  227. [Indie/Downbeat]
  229. Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground
  230. [Trip Hop/Ambient Alternative]
  232. Röyksopp - 49 Percent
  233. [Downbeat/Illbient?]
  235. Portishead - Sour Times
  236. [Trip Hop]
  238. Ivy - Edge of the Ocean (Duotone Remix)
  239. [Downbeat]
  241. Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden’s Chill Out Mix)
  242. [Downbeat]
  244. Above & Beyond - No One On Earth (Chill Out Mix)
  245. [Downbeat]
  247. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
  248. [Ambient Vocal/Experimental/Indie?]
  250. Dido - Here With Me (Rollo’s Chillin With the Family Mix)
  251. [Downbeat]
  253. Paul Schwartz - River of Stars
  254. [Downbeat]
  256. Push - Strange World (Underwater Kingdom Remix)
  257. [Chillout Ambient]
  259. Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
  260. [Downbeat]
  262. Yoko Kanno feat. Midori - Sora’s Folktale
  263. [Soundtrack/Downbeat]
  265. Deep Forest - Deep Forest
  266. [World Beat]
  268. Sleepthief feat. Nicola Hitchcock - You Did a Good Thing
  269. [Downbeat]
  271. Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train
  272. [Soundtrack/New Age?/Ambient?]
  274. Sia - Breathe Me
  275. [Downbeat/Indie]
  277. Morcheeba - The Sea
  278. [Donwbeat/Acid Jazz]
  280. Smoke City - Underwater Love
  281. [Downbeat/Latino Trip Hop?]
  283. Delerium feat. Sarah Mclachlan - Silence (Michael Woods Remix)
  284. [Chillout Ambient]
  286. Moby - First Cool Hive
  287. [Ambient Breaks]
  289. Phobos - Edge of Forever
  290. [Downtempo/Soundtrack]
  292. Delerium feat. Jael - After All
  293. [downbeat]
  295. Robert Miles - Children (Dreams Version)
  296. [Dream Trance]
  298. Hybrid - Finished Symphony
  299. [Breaktrance]
  301. ATB & Enigma - Enigmatic Encounter
  302. [Downbeat]
  304. Röyksopp - What Else is There?
  305. [Synthpop/Downbeat]
  307. Texas - Like Lovers (Holding On)
  308. [Chilled House?]
  310. PPK - Resurrection (Robots Outro)
  311. Chill Out Ambient/Downbeat]
  313. Moby - Rushing
  314. [Downbeat]
  316. Yoko Kanno - Blue
  317. [Alternative/Blues/Acid Jazz]
  319. Sarah Mclachlan - Stupid (Mark Bell Mix)
  320. [Downbeat/Ambient Alternative]
  322. Akira Yamaoka - Letter, From the Lost Days
  323. [Downbeat/Soundtrack]
  325. Kinobe - Slip into Something More Comfortable
  326. [Downbeat/Acid Jazz]
  328. DJ Encore feat. Engelina - Intuition
  329. [Downbeat/Pop]
  331. Master Cylinder - Jung at Heart
  332. [Downbeat]
  334. Goldfrapp - Pilots (Radio Mix)
  335. [Downbeat/Acid Jazz]
  337. Moby - Love of Strings
  338. [Ambient Breaks]
  340. Jean Michele Jarre - Oxygen Part IV
  341. [New Wave]
  343. Enigma - TNT for the Brain
  344. [Ambient Trance]
  346. Mandalay - Like Her
  347. [Ambient Alternative]
  349. Kaskade - Maybe
  350. [Chilled House?/Lounge]
  352. Madonna - Frozen
  353. [Downbeat/Pop]
  355. Peace Orchestra - Who Am I?
  356. [Soundtrack/Downbeat]
  358. The Kings of Convenience - I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp Remix)
  359. [Indie/Downbeat/Experimental]
  361. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Peter Martin Remix)
  362. [Progressive House?/Experimental]
  364. Delerium feat. Leigh Nash - Innocente
  365. [Ambient Alternative/Downbeat]
  367. All Saints - Pure Shores
  368. [Downbeat/Pop]
  370. Röyksopp - Only this Moment
  371. [Ambient Alternative/Downbeat]
  373. Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
  374. [Indie/Pop]
  376. Enigma - Push the Limits
  377. [Downbeat/New Age]
  379. DJ Dado - X Files Theme (DADO Paranormal Activity Remix)
  380. [Dream Trance]
  382. Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?
  383. [Downbeat/Acid Jazz?]
  385. Goldfrapp - Let it Take You
  386. [Indie/Ambient/Experimental]
  388. Orbital - Halcyon and On and On
  389. [Ambient Techno]
  391. Shiny Toy Guns - Waiting
  392. [Indie/Downbeat/Synthtron]
  394. Maksim - Exodus
  395. [Ambient Breaks/Acid Jazz?]
  397. Delerium feat. Leigh Nash - Run for It
  398. [Ambient Alternative]
  400. The Postal Service - Nothing Better
  401. [Indie/Electropop/Downbeat]
  403. Infusion - Meant to Be
  404. [Downbeat]
  406. Delerium feat. Jacqui Hunt - Euphoria (Firefly)
  407. [Downbeat/World Beat]
  409. Waldeck - Aquarius
  410. [Downbeat]
  412. Enigma - Return to Innocence
  413. [World Beat/Pop]
  415. Delerium feat. Sarah Mclachlan - Silence
  416. [World Beat/Pop]
  418. Enigma - Mea Culpa
  419. [World Beat/Experimental/New Age]
  421. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
  422. [Downbeat/Pop]
  424. Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)
  425. [Chilled House?/Pop]
  427. Craig Armstrong feat. Evan Dando - Wake Up In New York
  428. [New Age?/Ambient Alternative]
  430. The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
  431. [Electronic/Downbeat]
  433. Nitin Sawhney - Breathing Light
  434. [Atmospheric Jungle/Acid Jazz]
  436. Maksim - Hana's Eyes
  437. [Downbeat/Piano-Pop Crossover]
  439. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Radio Mix)
  440. [Trip Hop/Ambient Breaks]
  442. Francoise Hardy - L'amitie
  443. [French Pop]
  445. Moby - In This World
  446. [Downbeat]
  448. Plummet - Damaged (Original Version)
  449. [Pop]
  451. Olive - You’re Not Alone
  452. [Downbeat/Jungle-Pop Crossover?]
  454. Jem - Finally Woken
  455. [Indie/Downbeat]
  457. Frost - Amygdala (Mind over Midi’s Emotional Memories Mix)
  458. [Electropop/Downbeat]
  460. Cocteau Twins - My Truth
  461. [Experimental/Downbeat/Pop]
  463. I Monster - Daydream in Blue
  464. [Lounge/Pop]
  466. Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling
  467. [Illbient]
  469. Supreme Beings of Leisure - Under the Gun
  470. [Acid Jazz/Downbeat]
  472. Sheila Chandra - Crescent Silver Scythe
  473. [World Beat]
  475. DJ Encore feat. Engelina - Out There
  476. [Downbeat/Pop]
  478. Röyksopp - Triumphant
  479. [Downbeat]
  481. Orion - Eternity
  482. [Downbeat]
  484. Aim feat. Kate Rogers - Sail (Rae & Christian Remix)
  485. [Acid Jazz/Downbeat]
  487. Nitin Sawhney - Nothing
  488. [Experimental/Downbeat]
  490. Iio - Runaway (Serenity Mix)
  491. [Lounge/Pop]
  493. Sasha - Mr. Tiddles
  494. [Ambient/Experimental]
  496. Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots
  497. [Indie/Downbeat/Synthtron]
  499. Everything But the Girl - Missing (Original Version)
  500. [Lounge/Pop]
  502. Röyksopp - Eple
  503. [Downbeat]
  505. Fila Brazilia - Who Do U Love?
  506. [Illbient?/Jungle-Pop Crossover?]
  508. Andain - You Once Told Me
  509. [Ambient Alternative/Pop]
  511. Bjork - Pagan Poetry
  512. [Downbeat]
  514. Jakatta - American Dream
  515. [Deep House?]
  517. DJ Hooligan - Hear You Now (Grand Chillas Remix)
  518. [Ambient Trance?/Chill Out Ambient?]
  520. Delerium feat. Kirsty Thirsk - Enchanted
  521. [World Beat]
  523. Tiesto & Aqualung - UR
  524. [Electro/Downbeat/Indie?]
  526. Alice Deejay - Fairytales
  527. [Downbeat/Pop]
  529. Enigma - Modern Crusaders
  530. [World Beat/Downbeat]
  532. Paul Oakenfold feat. Nelly Furtado & Tricky - The Harder They Come
  533. [Downbeat/Trip Hop]
  535. Bjork - Who Is It?
  536. [Experimental/Downbeat]
  538. Dido - Honestly OK
  539. [Illbient/Pop]
  541. David Gahan - I Need You
  542. [Ambient Alternative/Chilled House?]
  544. Sneaker Pimps - Walking Zero
  545. [Trip Hop]
  547. The Beloved - Deliver Me
  548. [Downbeat]
  550. Enigma - Voyageur (Chill Out Mix)
  551. [World Beat]
  553. Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby
  554. [World Beat]
  556. Silc - Himegoto
  557. [Downbeat/J-Chill?(J-Pop)]
  559. Energy 52 - Café Del Mar (Michael Woods Remix)
  560. [Chill Out Ambient]
  562. Enigma - Sadeness (Pt. 1)
  563. [World Beat/Experimental]
  565. Sonique - Feels so Good
  566. [Vocal Trance/Breaktrance?]
  568. Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.
  569. [French Pop]
  571. Coldplay - Clocks
  572. [Indie/Alternative]
  574. Art of Noise - Moments in Love
  575. [Downbeat/World Beat]
  577. T Spigot - Squelch
  578. [Acid Jazz}
  580. Jada & Skip Raiders - Just Another Day (Rip Off to Adagio for Strings)
  581. [Chill Out Ambient/A Waste of Two Minutes]
  583. Delerium feat. Kirsty Thirsk - Flowers Become Screens
  584. [Downbeat]
  586. Nightmares on Wax - The Sweetest
  587. [Acid Jazz]
  589. Coldplay - In My Place
  590. [Indie/Alternative]
  592. Ace of Base - All that She Wants (Banghra Version)
  593. [Downbeat/Pop]
  595. Enigma - Age of Loneliness
  596. [World Beat/Soundtrack]
  598. Bent - Always
  599. [Chilled House?]
  601. Alpha - Elvis
  602. [Acid Jazz/Nu Jazz?]
  604. Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough
  605. [Indie/House/Soundtrack]
  607. Zero 7 - Destiny
  608. [Downbeat/Pop/Trip Hop?]
  610. Delerium feat. Zoe Johnston - You & I
  611. [Downbeat]
  613. Bad marsh & Shri - Signs (Bonobo Mix)
  614. [Downbeat/Illbient?]
  616. B-Tribe - You Won’t See Me Cry
  617. [World Beat]
  619. Strawpeople feat. Bic Runga - Drive
  620. [Atmospheric Jungle?/Downbeat]
  622. Echo - I’ve Got You (Under My Skin) (Karsh Kale Remix)
  623. [Experimental/Downbeat]
  625. Endorphin - Satie 1
  626. [New Age/Nu Jazz]
  628. Bent - The Everlasting Blink
  629. [Downbeat]
  631. Agnelli & Nelson - Everyday (Chillout Mix)
  632. [Downbeat]
  634. Gary Jules - Madworld
  635. [Indie/Soundtrack]
  637. Ace of Base - Happy Nation
  638. [Pop/Chilled Eurodance? (LOL!)]
  640. Bent - I Love My Man
  641. [Downbeat/Experimental/Illbient?]
  643. Banco De Gaia - How Much Reality Can You Take?
  644. [Downtempo/Experimental]
  646. Kinky - San Antonio
  647. [Latin/Lounge]
  649. The Beloved - The Sun Rising
  650. [Jungle-Pop Crossover?/Downbeat]
neptune11/17/2007

Sorry to say this but how is..

William Orbit feat. Beth Orton - Water From A Wine Leaf

[Ambient House/Downbeat]? I would say it's textbook progressive house, have you got a different mix from the normal one? Apart from that though, great list!

AlacritMusic11/17/2007

Are you sure you've heard the original version? Or are you talking about the song that's looped on Ishkur's Guide for Electronic Music?

That version, my friend, is actually Spooky's Xylem Flow Mix- definitive progressive house. I don't understand why Ishkur didn't add that part in, but that's the version that plays on the music guide.

The original version is in fact more downbeat than ambient house. I didn't know this until I acquired the track myself from Beth Orton's greatest hits cd (her vocals are on the song, thus it also being included on her cd).

After that, I acquired the Xylem Flow Mix from William Orbit's single for "Water from a Wine Leaf," and I can't decide which one I like better... they're both extremely catchy...

But to answer your question- the original version is in fact very ambient house/downbeat and the Xylem Flow is the progressive version.

Jeesh... how many times am I gonna repeat that!?

neptune11/17/2007

Sorry, I'm a complete idiot regarding this. I have the Xylem full length mix, as well as of course the Northern Exposure mix, and of course the Ishkur loop. I do know that it's not the original that's just not me checking I do apologise.

AlacritMusic11/18/2007

Hahaha, no it's perfectly fine :]

invert11/22/2007

Wow, excellent list. I sorta agree with you on most, and some of these songs are the best I've ever heard, so great job:D. I can recommend kate havnevik - new day :)

AlacritMusic11/28/2007

Thank you for your lovely compliments!

As for your suggestion, I agree completely that it should be on this list! It's beautiful! It starts out seemingly enough like a Bjork-esque piece, then shifts itself into a complete Neo Trance gem- I love it. Thank you for that wonderful suggestion! :]

AsColdAsIce11/28/2007

Thanks for the list dude, I quite like downbeat.

AlacritMusic11/28/2007

Oh, no problem! This list has been on here for a while, but I'm glad people are finally looking up on it! Seriously, if you have any suggestions, I'll look up on them!

I enjoy downbeat just as much as I do trance. :)

AsColdAsIce11/28/2007

Well, keep an eye out for Abakus' That Much Closer to the Sun, it is fantastic.

neptune11/28/2007

Hey, I love this list. Like, I really love it, as downbeat (in the sense you mean) is such a kick ass genre, chill out music is way too underrated. How about...

Moby - In This World
The Sabres of Paradise - Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix)
Kinobe - Slip Into Something More Comfortable
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Smoke City - Underwater Love
Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits
Underworld - 2 Months Off
Jakatta - American Dream
Delerium - Silence (Michael Woods Remix)

Hope you like em! :)

AlacritMusic11/30/2007

Thanx for the song suggestions Blind! I liked them alot! I think that Avalanches song is one of my new favorites!! It sure does get stuck in your head!

invert11/29/2007

Since you liked my first suggestion I can give you some more... I'm not really an expert when it comes to genres though, so bare with me here :) Only some of these suggestions might fit in this list.

Nu-NRG - Eclisse
Hybrid - Symphony [14 min/not finished symphony]
Chicane - Spirit
Ulrich Schnauss - Passing By
Sasha - Baja
BT - Somnambulist
Oliver Shanti - Sacral Nirvana
Blank and Jones - Counting Clouds [Relax Edition One]
Blank and Jones - City Of Angels [Relax Edition Two]
Blank and Jones - Desire [Relax Edition One (aka Ambient Mix), I truly recommend getting all their Relax Albums]
ATB - Fahrenheit 451
ATB - No Fate [The second disk on his new album Trilogy really puts me in a serious chillout mode, truly recommended (there's also some good once on the first disk also), some of his first albums have some great chillout aswell]
Jupiterhead - Window Of The World
Air - Run
DT8 Project - One Further Thought (Succumb Reprise) [His Perfect World is great]
Massive Attack - Craig Armstrong
Imogen Heap - Speeding Cars
Imogen Heap - The Moment I Said It [Although, I have to admin that the Airbase trance Remix @ airbase.nu is a lot better]

[[Other (Somewhat Simular (In A Unsimular Way))]]
Linkin Park - Session
Linkin Park - Cure For The Itch
Rank 1 - Breathing (Breaks Dub)
Jonas Steur - Sonrisa [TRANCE]
Poloroid - So Damn Beautiful [NIP/TUCK]
Dusty Kid - Cowboys
Thomas Newman - American Beauty
Andy Mckee - Drifting
Kiko Loureiro - Tapping Into My Dark Tranquility
DJ Sammy - Heaven (Candlelight Mix) [Candlelight that is, DHT - Listen To Your Heart (Edmee's Unplugged Mix) and Cascada - Everytime We Touch (Candlight Mix) are also pretty good. Never mind the artists in the front though, only the vocals are used :)

AlacritMusic11/30/2007

Okay so at the moment I'm downloaded several upon several of these, and I thank you for the HUGE list to check out.

But I must admit I'm still debating with myself on adding the ballad versions of DJ Sammy/DHT/Cascada... it just annoys me that they take classics and turn them upside down...

And I'm also debating whether or not to add ATB's "No Fate." It really IS a fabulous chill out version, but not only is it a remake of Zyon's trance classic, but it sounds extremely similar to the Struggle Continues mix of Zyon's "No Fate." Still undecided... but I'm definitely adding the Zyon version.

BT's "Somnambulist" is a catchy tune (when I first heard it years ago I bought his "Emotional Technology" album right away, recommended if you like that song, the whole cd follows the same atmosphere), but its too poppy and danceable to me at the same time. I can't sit down and chill to this song as easily as I can the others.

Are you sure Massive Attack's "Craig Armstrong" is a real song? Craig Armstrong is another downbeat artist... did you download this song?

But still, I strongly endorse your chill out music tastes, so I'm downloaded all of the just the same :] Thanx!

invert12/02/2007

Hi again. I personally think ATB's version is better then the original.

Also, I agree with you on what you said about BT's "Somnambulist" (simply being loved).

I found Massive Attack's - Craig Armstrong on DC++ which is their 13th track on their Greatest Hits album which for the record I can't find proof of existing. Still though, it's a great track either it's real or not. Like Aphex Twin duet with Robert Miles.

Thanks for checking them out, I endorse your music taste too. :)

AlacritMusic12/02/2007

Okay so I've done a little bit of studying as far as Massive Attack and Craig Armstrong are involved. Because you've officially sparked my curiosity on this matter. And you totally rock for reading my tidbit on "Rare Duet." (I'm guessing you read it)

First I went onto Discogs. I went under Massive Attack and noticed there was no Greatest Hits album in specifics.

THEN I looked up Massive Attack along with Craig Armstrong. I found three spontaneous links between the two artists. The links/songs are "Protection," "Weather Storm," and "Sly." All three songs are done by Massive Attack, but "Protection" and "Sly" are produced and arranged by Craig Armstrong. "Weather Storm" features Craig Armstrong on the piano.

Then I totally did something that surprised even myself...

I. Studied. MORE...

I googled Massive Attack and Craig Armstrong. The same similarities. THEN... I googled Massive Attack and Greatest Hits. I came up with the album Collected. It's not titled as a greatest hits album, but it features their biggest successes.

The final touch? I looked at the track listing. Track number 13? None other than "Sly." Fitting all hints and conditions I'm going to download this one. You should too, or come across it somehow and listen to it to see if it matches what you've come to know as Massive Attack's "Craig Armstrong."

... that'll be exciting. Cuz it means I'd solved a mystery.... :)

invert12/02/2007

Hehe, not to put you in a sorta emberrasing spot or anything, but I never actually read what you wrote about "Rare Duet". My friend's favorite artist is Aphex Twin and he told me he knew absolutely everything there is to know about the guy. Then I mentioned his song "Rare Duet" with Robert Miles, and he assured me they never had cooperated together. Still though, it's a great track.

I have very little knowledge about Massive Attack, but after some of the tracks I've heard from them, they clearly managed to put themselves as one of my favorites. So I checked out the track "Sly" which were number 13 on their "Collected" album, and no, I can assure you, that it was not the track I was talking about. I actually found the track by browsing through DJmag.com's "Top 100 DJ Poll" where none other than David Guetta (ranked as 10) answered the simple question "What tune makes you cry?" - Raw talent in music can really make me cry. It happens with a few tracks — and it's usually a simple chord, melody or strings (like Craig Armstrong for Massive Attack). So stupid me, which was downloading all of the artist's "Tune of 2007" and "What tune makes you cry?" copied "Massive Attack Craig Armstrong" into DC++ and downloaded the first track I could find.

Considering it's probably not copyrighted I have uploaded a small sample for you http://dump.no/files/53c46152abe8/massive_attack-craig_armstrong-sample.mp3

now if you're real smart, your figure out where to get the full version ;)

By the way, I have this insane ringing in my ear at the moment, so I am trying not to listen to anything in stereo in hope of it going away. So I can't really listen to too much music :(

AlacritMusic12/02/2007

I listened to the sample.

No doubt about it, that's "Weather Storm." But it is NOT the original version. They've taken it to epic extremes in the sample you linked for me. Perhaps the version I have is a different version and that's the original. I'm not sure. I got the version I have now years ago on Pure Moods: Celestial Legend, and it didn't mention that it was a special version or anything (to tell the truth, I found the song quite bland). I guess I'm just gonna have to download every version I find of this song. :-/

WE'RE GETTING CLOSER THOUGH...

invert12/03/2007

Indeed we are :) But like I said, if you're smart, you'll figure out where I uploaded the full version.

invert12/16/2007

Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2zKARkpDW4 (my new favorite)
Björk - All is Full of Love: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA

:)

JAMOOL03/21/2008

If you really like Underworld's "Second Hand", you should really seek out "Thing in a Book" - it's the same track, but it develops a lot more and shows Underworld's mastery of the genre. It's well worth seeking out.

AlacritMusic03/21/2008

I'll check it out, thanx Jamool!!