It was hugely popularised by early psychedelic adopters and musical adventurers The Beatles used the technique in a few of their songs. It was also a technique found in South Eastern Asian music, well before the 60's.
Drones are long sustained notes that were originally found in Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo playing. Another thing these artists with their newly opened minds did was to incorporate drones into their music. Bands like Donovan, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Steve Reich, The Grateful Dead, Terry Riley all started to record long tracks with weird effects that sounded great to this new generation slumped on their Afghan rugs and bean bags smoking bongs. It just so happened that a lot of the effects you could get from these machines sounded really good to your average, frequently stoned hippy. Things got really cooking in the second half of the 60's as the movement grew and spread across the world.Īgain, as with hip hop, technological innovation played a massive part and the incorporation of synthesizers, effects pedals, tape machines, theremins and echo chambers into modern music is a key moment in the history of chill out. The rule book on so many things got torn up and music was no exception.
#Chill music free
Free thinking was encouraged, new ideas about sex, literature, religion, war and gender equality were discussed, rules and norms rewritten and different approaches promoted. Post war society started to get a big rethink, mainly due to the efforts of a group of acid inspired hippies in the West Coast of America. The 60's are the roots of modern culture that we know today. This is also the time period that I am going to focus on in my brief history of the roots of Chill Out music. The obsession with genre classification is more a late twentieth century phenomena. It certainly wasn't called Chill Out music then, it was just plain old music but played at a slower pace. Chamber music, monastic choirs, classical, jazz and more have always had quieter moments.
Ever since early man started making drum sounds I dare say there were always times when a slower rhythm prevailed, even if it was just because the players needed a rest. Chill Out music's history is as long as the history of music itself.
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