Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
KALEO
If a good chillout record should create space without surrendering personality, KALEO gives you plenty to work with. You can hear the connection to…
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Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
Of Monsters and Men
If a good chillout record should create space without surrendering personality, Of Monsters and Men gives you plenty to work with. You can hear…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
BROODS
Approach BROODS without the usual genre labels for a moment and the useful quality is the confidence to leave space between ideas. It belongs…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
Laura Doggett
What draws me to Laura Doggett in a downtempo context is not simply softness. It is a patient sense of scale that reveals more…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
Hudson Freeman
If a good chillout record should create space without surrendering personality, Hudson Freeman gives you plenty to work with. You can hear the connection…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
The Bedroomer
I would not reduce The Bedroomer to background music, and that is exactly why the music can work so well in a laidback setting.…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
alt-J
I keep coming back to alt-J when I want music that can sit in the room without flattening the room. In practical terms, this…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
SkyeChristy
What draws me to SkyeChristy in a downtempo context is not simply softness. It is a refusal to treat relaxation as an excuse for…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
Adia Victoria
There is a point late in the day when volume matters less than atmosphere, and Adia Victoria tends to make sense in that space.…
Artist Reviews / 06.10.26
Joy Williams
I would not reduce Joy Williams to background music, and that is exactly why the music can work so well in a laidback setting.…