Artist	Song
Air	Sexy Boy
from Moon Safari (2004)
Portishead	Sour Times
from Dummy (1994)
Massive Attack	Teardrop
from Mezzanine (1998)
Moby	Natural Blues
from Go - the Very Best of Moby (2006)
Thievery Corporation	Lebanese Blonde
from The Mirror Conspiracy (2000)
Lamb	Gorecki
from Lamb (2008)
Jazzanova	Fedimes Flight
from Remixed (2003)
The Orb	Little Fluffy Clouds
from The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1994)
UNKLE	Rabbit In Your Headlights
from Psyence Fiction (2000)
Fila Brazillia	A Zed and 2 L's
from Retrospective (2006)
DJ Shadow	What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
from Endtroducing... (1996)
Tosca	Chocolate Elvis
from Favourite Chocolate - EP (1995)
Kruder & Dorfmeister	Shakatakadoodub
from Shakatakadoodub - EP (2008)
Koop	Waltz for Koop
from Waltz for Koop (2002)
Soulstice	Fall Into You
from Illusion (2001)
dZihan & Kamien & Sanja	Smile (Featuring Sanja)
from Freaks & Icons (2000)
Morcheeba	The Sea
from Big Calm (2010)
Tricky	Hell Is Around the Corner
from Maxinquaye (1995)
The Postal Service	The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
from The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - EP (2003)
Boozoo Bajou	Night Over Manaus
from Hôtel Costes: A Decade By Stéphane Pompougnac (1999-2009) (2009)
Vikter Duplaix	Sensuality
from Sensuality - Single (2002)
Underworld	Stagger
from Second Toughest In the Infants (1996)
Kid Loco	Love Me Sweet
from A Grand Love Story (2009)
Herbert	Suddenly
from Bodily Functions (2009)
Boards of Canada	Dayvan Cowboy
from The Campfire Headphase (2005)
Massive Attack	Angel
from Mezzanine (1998)
Air	Playground Love
from Playground Love - EP (2000)
The Chemical Brothers	Where Do I Begin
from Dig Your Own Hole (1997)
Thievery Corporation	Marching the Hate Machines (Into the Sun) [feat. The Flaming Lips]
from The Cosmic Game (2005)
DJ Krush featuring Esthero	Final Home (Piano Mix) [Featuring Esthero]
from Stepping Stones - The Self-Remixed Best (2007)
Talvin Singh	Traveller (Kid Loco's Once Upon a Time in the East Mix)
from Café del Mar, Vol. 6 (1999)
UNKLE	Lonely Soul
from Psyence Fiction (2000)
Portishead	Glory Box
from Dummy (1994)
Zero 7	Distractions
from Simple Things (2002)
Shpongle	Nothing Is Something Worth Doing
from Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland (2009)
Chateau Flight	Camping Jazz
from Puzzle (2010)
Underworld	Tongue
from Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994)
Tosca	F**k Dub Pt. 1 & 2
from F**k Dub - EP (1996)
Nicola Conte & Thievery Corporation	Bossa Per Due
from Jet Sounds Revisited (2002)
Koop	Summer Sun
from Waltz for Koop (2002)
Yoshinori Sunahara	The Center of Gravity
from Love Beat (2003)
As One	Amalia
from 21st Century Soul (2001)
Flying Lotus	Tea Leaf Dancers
from Reset - EP (2007)
Dani Siciliano	Extra Ordinary
from Extra Ordinary - EP (2004)
Four Tet	Everything Is Alright
from Pause (2001)
Midwest Product	Clarity
from Specifics (2002)
King Kooba	California Suite
from Nufoundfunk (2000)
Federico Aubele	Esta Noche
from Gran Hotel Buenos Aires (2005)
Flanger	Unocietecero
from Outer Space / Inner Space (2001)
Massive Attack	Unfinished Sympathy
from Blue Lines (1991)
Tricky	Overcome
from Maxinquaye (1995)
Moby	Hymn
from Everything Is Wrong (2006)
The Chemical Brothers	Alive Alone
from Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Portishead	Numb
from Dummy (1994)
Kruder & Dorfmeister	Definition
from G-Stoned - EP (1994)
Groove Collective	Everything Is Changing (Baby Mammoth Mix)
from Everything Is Changing - EP (1999)
Pepe Deluxe	Girl!
from Girl! - Single (2003)
Alpha	Lipstick from the Asylum
from Stargazing (Special Edition) (2004)
Coldcut	Autumn Leaves (Irresistable Force Mix Trip 2)
from Two A.D. (1995)
Ulrich Schnauss	Crazy for You
from Far Away Trains Passing By (2005)
DJ Krush	Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
from Stepping Stones - The Self-Remixed Best (2007)
DJ Food	Dark Lady
from Snow Patrol Another Late Night Tale (2009)
Beat Pharmacy	Ghostship Feat. Spaceape
from Wikkid Times (2008)
Telefon Tel Aviv	I Made a Tree On the Wold
from Immolate Yourself (2009)
Deadbeat	Vampire Dub
from Vampire EP (2010)
Radiohead	Climbing Up the Walls (Fila Brazillia Mix)
from Karma Police (CD 2) - EP (2003)
Fever Ray	When I Grow Up
from Fever Ray (2009)
King Midas Sound	Waiting for You
from Waiting for You (2009)
Smith & Mighty	Walking
from Bass Is Maternal (2006)
Ursula 1000	Arrastao
from The Ultra Lounge (2011)
DJ Rupture	Musquito (Club Foot Remix)
from Special Gunpowder (2004)
Mike Slott	Sun Tan
from Lucky 9teen (2009)
Flying Lotus	Roberta Flack (feat. Dolly)
from Los Angeles (2008)
Jamie Vexd	In System Travel
from In System Travel - EP (2009)

Comment:

One day, when your inquisitive kids ask, “Mommy, Daddy — what’s ‘downtempo’?” you won’t have to break down the details of dance music history. Instead, you can simply say, “It’s a state of mind.” Mellow? Sure, but edgy too. Dreamy? You bet, but you can still get a groove on to it. Carefree? Sometimes, but just as often full of shadows and dark feelings floating through the evening air. It can chill you out, but don’t get too deep into your trance dance or it might come up and nip your heels when you least expect it. From the steamy, dub-soaked trip-hop of Massive Attack to the ether-is-my-oxygen ambient sounds of the Orb, we’ve come up with 75 correct answers to that aforementioned question, each one different, but all of them offering up the luscious, laid-back vibe that lets you ease on down whatever road you’re riding.

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