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downbeat

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 08:02:12 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Downbeat describes atmospheric electronic music characterized by slower tempos, heavy bass, and a melancholic or introspective mood. Emerging from trip-hop and ambient traditions, it blends elements of dub, jazz, and experimental electronica into hypnotic, often nocturnal soundscapes. The music emphasizes texture and space over energy, creating immersive listening experiences that feel contemplative rather than dance-oriented.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
22		1972	Various Artists	Towards Nova Zembla	ambient big beat downbeat electronic electronica idm soundtrack spoken word
98		1977	Various Artists	Suzuki	ambient dub austria downbeat electronic electronica	ambient dub # 100 austria # 100
45		1977	Various Artists	Pi	soundtrack
58		1977	Various Artists	Secretary	downbeat soundtrack
11		1994	Sorcerer	Neon Leon WEB	downbeat
13		1994-10-21	The Collectors	Galapagos	ambience ambient chillout downbeat downtempo electronic electronica instrumental lounge post-rock soundtrack	ambience # 73
80		1994-11-02	Everything But the Girl	Walking Wounded [IMPORT]	downbeat electronic
25		1995	Hedfunk	Hedfunk	downbeat
73		1995	DJ Cam	Underground Live Act	downbeat
38		1997	A Forest Called Mulu	A Search for the Unexplored	downbeat dub jungle trip-hop
78		1997-05-30	Fresh Moods	Fresh Moods	downbeat lounge new age soul soundscape	soundscape # 86
79		1998-06-29	Thievery Corporation	.38.45 (A Thievery Number)	downbeat trip-hop
53		1998-07	Thievery Corporation	Halfway Around the World	downbeat trip-hop
54		1998-09-28	The High Llamas	Lollo Rosso	downbeat downtempo electronica
52		1998-10-13	Urban Tribe	The Collapse of Modern Culture	downbeat dub techno
100		1998-11-06	Thievery Corporation	Lebanese Blonde	downbeat trip-hop
3		1999-06-28	Art of Noise	The Seduction Of Claude Debussy	electronica
18		1999-08	The Dylan Group	If I Had Been Able...	chicago downbeat downtempo
76		2000	Thievery Corporation	The Lagos Communique	downbeat trip-hop
84		2000	Thievery Corporation	DC 3000	downbeat downtempo trip-hop
65		2000-03-14	Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer	Tanglewood Tree	acoustic downbeat folk
87		2000-05-08	Dzihan & Kamien	Freaks & Icons	lounge chillout downtempo	chillout # 9 space age pop # 24 lounge # 83
95		2000-10-27	Thievery Corporation	Shadows of Ourselves	downbeat downtempo electronic trip-hop
92		2003	Moca	Wroooooooooam	acid lounge alternative lounge chillout downtempo downbeat downtempo groove downtempo lounge electronic lounge jazz groove lounge lounge lounge downtempo lounge groove lounge uptempo smooth lounge uutta jazzia	downtempo lounge # 17 downtempo groove # 22 lounge groove # 31 lounge downtempo # 59 chillout downtempo # 61 smooth lounge # 70 lounge uptempo # 78 uutta jazzia # 80 acid lounge # 82 alternative lounge # 83 groove lounge # 85 electronic lounge jazz # 90
42		2003	Boozoo Bajou	Boozoo Bajou Remixes	downbeat
46		2003	Jona	Sich freuen bei 150	downbeat electronica minimal techno
67		2003-01-28	Thievery Corporation	Oasis Lounge - By DJ Markarian	ambient chillout downbeat trip-hop
49		2003-06-21	Entheogenic	Spontaneous Illumination	ambient	ambient dub # 13 psydub # 52 psybient # 53 ambient trance # 60 psychill # 73
5		2003-07-14	Cafe Drechsler	Cafe Drechsler	downbeat lounge
14		2004-05-31	Neutrino	Neutrino	downbeat downtempo
66		2004-09	Logreybeam	It's All Just Another Aspect of Mannerism	ambient downbeat idm
59		2005	PolyGroovers	Moods For Take Out	ambient ambient electronica american california downbeat downtempo easy listening electronica ibiza instrumental jazz lounge san francisco	san francisco # 63 ibiza # 83 ambient electronica # 90
61		2005	Lemongrass	Ikebana	downtempo ambient
81		2005	Marc Hellner	Marriages	downbeat techno
89		2005	Madita	Madita	ambient downbeat
41		2005-03-23	Entheogenic	Dialogue of the Speakers	ambient	ambient trance # 57 psychill # 58 psybient # 71 psydub # 77
55		2005-05-07	Zloty Dawai	Teleopsis Belzebuth	downbeat experimental rock german germany improvisation jazz	improvisation # 64
96		2005-06	Thievery Corporation	Warning Shots	downbeat trip-hop
50		2005-09-10	Engine7	Hope Street	ambient downbeat electronica
23		2005-09-23	Entactogen	Mixotic 012 - Entactogen - Organic	ambient chillout dance downbeat electronic electronica live set lounge	live set # 100
77		2006	Modus	The Colour of Love	new age ambient electronic trip-hop world fusion chillout	breaks # 2 spiritual # 38 psybient # 42 indian # 46 ethnic # 63 india # 66 soundscape # 73 oriental # 88 world fusion # 89 ethno # 94 psychill # 97
27		2006	J. Baracuz	Lasergun Romances	breakbeat breaks downbeat downtempo electronic electronica hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop trip-hop turntablism underground hip-hop
44		2006-02-27	Deckard	Noir Desire EP	downbeat
60		2006-02	Ginormous	The Endless Procession	dark ambient downbeat dubstep glitch
63		2006-06-10	Perpetual Loop	Universal Flow	psychill chillout downbeat downtempo	psychill # 93
20		2006-07-13	Resynthesize	Heart and Soul Direct	downbeat electronic idm
72		2006-07-14	DJ Scientist	Journey Goodbye EP	breakbeat breaks downbeat downtempo electronic electronica hip-hop instrumental instrumental hip-hop trip-hop turntablism underground hip-hop	turntablism # 27
6		2006-12-18	The Wood For The Trees	the wood for the trees	downbeat electronica
51		2007	Carter Tutti	Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether	ambient trance downbeat new age	ambient trance # 65
62		2007	Oka	Half Lazy Half Crazy	chillout downbeat
91		2007-04-02	DJ Vadim	The SoundCatcher	downbeat dub electronica hip-hop
48		2007-06-08	Weathertunes	Beam Me In	chillout downbeat downtempo jazz lounge
57		2007-08-24	DJ Sept	A Promise Never Given EP	breakbeat breaks downbeat downtempo drum and bass electronic electronica instrumental instrumental hip-hop trip-hop underground hip-hop
43		2007-10-08	Miso	Miso	australia downbeat melbourne trip-hop	melbourne # 90
69		2007-11-03	Hermitude	Rare Sightings	chillout downbeat downtempo
35		2007-11-30	Ailo	Concept	ambient chillout downbeat downtempo psychill
37		2008	Architektur	Travelogue	austin chillout downbeat downtempo dub jazz psychill reggae swing	austin # 79
19		2008	Zimmer-G	Mupy Mup	chillout downbeat downtempo electronic electronica lounge
70		2008-04-18	Flashbaxx	The Changing Tides EP	downbeat funk house jazz
2		2008-08-04	NEIZAN	Beijing 2008	acoustic alternative ambient chamber darkwave downbeat downtempo drone drum electroacoustic english espanol ethnic ethno flamenco freestyle funk fusion grindcore grunge hardcore industrial instrumental jazz jazzcore latin metal metalcore musical noise percussion psytrance roots soul soundtrack spain spanish spiritual synthesizer traditional trance tribal world	percussion # 23 ethno # 25 espanol # 33 synthesizer # 34 jazzcore # 43 drum # 45 chamber # 82
56		2008-08-13	Kroakers	Ruined and Going Downhill	ambient bass beat california canada chillout darkwave downbeat drone electro electronic electronica feminist garage garage rock glitch grime grunge hard rock hardcore industrial instrumental jam jam band lo-fi london metal mexico minimalism new york no wave noise noise rock post-grunge post-punk post-rock psychobilly punk rock rock screamo singer-songwriter soundtrack stoner rock	jam band # 20 jam # 28 beat # 54 feminist # 82
71		2008-09	Entheogenic	Flight Of The Urubus	ambient psychill chillout	ambient techno # 8 psychill # 23 psybient # 27 ambient dub # 49 ambient trance # 84 psydub # 85
4		2008-12	Fieldhead	introductions	ambience ambient downbeat electronic electronica idm leeds	leeds # 62 ambience # 69
47		2009	Various Artists	Practice Avoiding Mistakes	hip-hop downbeat
75		2009-02-08	Skipless	Rooftops	downbeat trip-hop
36		2009-06-30	Afterfore	Absence Of Thought	ambient ambient dub ambient techno ambient trance chillout dance dark ambient downbeat downtempo dub electronic electronica ethnic goa lounge nu jazz progressive trance psybient psychill psydub psytrance trance trip-hop world	ambient dub # 29 ambient trance # 54 psydub # 63
8		2009-09-08	Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls	Lord Newborn & the Magic Skulls	downbeat electronic pop neo-psychedelia	electronic pop # 32
82		2009-12-22	Thievery Corporation	Radio Retaliation Extras	downbeat trip-hop
1		2010-04-09	Mark Van Hoen	Where Is The Truth (mastered version2)	downbeat downtempo
83		2010-07-25	Coyote Clean Up	Downhill Exxxpress	downbeat downtempo electronic idm trip-hop
16		2011	Juzhin	Curious EP	acoustic alternative alternative rock ambient american art rock blues breakbeat british britpop brooklyn chillout classic rock dance downbeat downtempo dub easy listening electro electronic electronica england experimental rock female vocalists folk funk grunge hardcore hip-hop idm indie electronic indie pop indie rock indietronica instrumental instrumental hip-hop jazz lounge new wave new york nu jazz pop post-punk post-rock progressive rock psychedelic rock rock shoegaze singer-songwriter soul soundtrack space rock stoner rock trip-hop turntablism usa	brooklyn # 4
68		2011	Pecheur	Haarlem Centraal	alternative alternative pop ambient ambient house ambient pop ambient techno chillout dance deep house downbeat downtempo dream pop dutch easy listening ebm electro electro house electroclash electronic electronic pop electronica electropop house idm industrial lounge nederlands netherlands pop progressive house soul synthesizer synthpop trance	ambient house # 67 electronic pop # 75 synthesizer # 85 netherlands # 85 nederlands # 90
97		2011-04-25	Burial	Streetlands EP	deep and dark downbeat dubstep electronica	deep and dark # 99
90		2011-09-26	Boom Bip	Zig Zaj	downbeat experimental techno indie electronic techno	indie electronic # 61 experimental techno # 98
94		2011-12-26	Raime	Hennail	downbeat downtempo
40		2013-02-01	Der Waldläufer	Wanderlust	ambient chillout downbeat drone ambient soundscape	drone ambient # 31
32		2013-07-28	Fresh Moods	Carbon Islands	ambient downbeat instrumental lounge soul soundscape
99		2013-09-16	Trentemøller	Lost	deep house downbeat downtempo electronic house idm indie rock new wave	deep house # 46
7		2013-11-18	Mystic Crock	Nomad	ambient downbeat drone electronic psybient soundtrack
28		2014-03-30	Yestegan chaY	Shikoon	ambient arabic bass downbeat downtempo dub fusion iran israel oriental persian psychill psydub	iran # 23 oriental # 48 israel # 50 psydub # 60
12		2014-04-19	Mystic Crock	Difference	ambient downbeat lounge psybient psychill trance
39		2014-07-02	Jeff Woodall	Seventh Heaven	ambient british chillout contemporary instrumental deep ambient downbeat downtempo easy listening electro electronic electronica idm lounge new age soundtrack	contemporary instrumental # 48 deep ambient # 66
88		2014-09-23	Dntel	Human Voice	downbeat downtempo experimental techno glitch idm indie electronic indie rock techno trip-hop	indie electronic # 53 experimental techno # 95
9		2016-03-17	Stimulus Timbre	Harmonic Discovery	downbeat psybient psychill
93		2016-06-03	Jaja	Tropical Bird Club	deep house downbeat
64		2017	Thomas Lemmer	Chillout Lounge	ambience ambient chillout downbeat downtempo electronic electronica ibiza instrumental jazz lounge soundtrack	ibiza # 86 ambience # 96
24		2017-08-23	Lux	Cafe Del Mar Vol. 7	ambient downbeat downtempo electronic electronica space age pop trance	space age pop # 5
10		2018-01	Keno	Around The Corner	chillout downbeat downtempo electronic instrumental lounge
26		2019-02-02	Arthrn	In Depth	downbeat downtempo electronica
29		2019-07-30	Modus	The Earth Beneath Our Feet	ambient electronic breakbeat breaks chillout dark ambient downbeat downtempo easy listening electronica ethereal ethnic ethno fusion idm india indian instrumental lounge meditation new age oriental progressive house psybient psychill psytrance soundscape spiritual tribal trip-hop world world fusion	oriental # 49 ethno # 59
34		2021-01-29	St. Germain	Presents Soel Memento & Living	acid jazz chillout	acid jazz # 11
21		2023	Various Artists	Ease Division	ambient chillout downbeat downtempo electronic
86		2023	Various Artists	Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver	downbeat
74		2024-03-27	Puscifer	Money $hot	downbeat
31			Sir Ged	GEDDISMUSS	alternative downbeat dub electro manchester rock	manchester # 34
15			Soundset city	Cityscapes	chillout downbeat lounge
17			Mauve Park	Introducing	ambient chillout downbeat downtempo electronic electronica soundtrack
30			knoeter	rare tracks of 4 years M.I.sound 2000-2004	breakbeat downbeat dub instrumental lounge reggae
33			LM.ORG	Masterpieces	downbeat electronica
85			Dashboard Madonna	Blind Man's Buff	alternative downbeat lounge pop rock

Related genres

• electronic
• electronica
• downtempo
• ambient
• chillout
• lounge
• trip-hop
• instrumental
• electro
• idm