Slow Hours: Downtempo & Trip-Hop Radio Stations

Slow Hours: Downtempo & Trip-Hop

A worldwide set tuned to the laid-back end of electronics — Bristol-flavored trip-hop, ambient drift, after-hours lounge, and chill rooms that aren't pretending to be background music. From SomaFM's Groove Salad and Copenhagen's Nordic Lodge to Berlin's FluxFM and a hi-fi lounge stream out of Amsterdam, it's the dial to ease into when the evening finally slows down.

12 live stations

9 browser-playable stations

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Stations

12

SomaFM - Groove Salad Classic logo

SomaFM - Groove Salad Classic

US

Groove Salad Classic is the defining voice of early-2000s downtempo — the genre's center of gravity and a non-negotiable anchor for the brief.

Nordic Lodge Copenhagen logo

Nordic Lodge Copenhagen

DK

Nordic Lodge explicitly programs trip-hop and downtempo alongside ambient and jazz — the late-evening Copenhagen sound the brief promises.

Fluid Radio logo

Fluid Radio

App only

GB

Fluid Radio is a recognized London curatorial voice on the ambient/experimental edge, giving the collection editorial depth instead of generic chill.

View station: Fluid Radio
9128 A Strangely Isolated Place logo

9128 A Strangely Isolated Place

US

9128 is the radio arm of A Strangely Isolated Place — a label-driven stream of ambient, downtempo and deep electronic curation with real scene credibility.

Hi On Line Radio - Lounge logo

Hi On Line Radio - Lounge

NL

Hi On Line's hi-fi lounge stream out of Amsterdam delivers downtempo, nu-jazz and warm world grooves — the polished after-dark texture the brief asks for.

1.FM - Ambient Psychill logo

1.FM - Ambient Psychill

CH

1.FM Ambient Psychill brings the psybient and slow-trance angle — a distinctive sub-current that broadens the collection past pure lounge.

FluxFM - Electronic Chillout logo

FluxFM - Electronic Chillout

App only

DE

FluxFM's Berlin chillout channel sits at the credible end of European electronic radio — reduced BPM, afterhour textures, no schmaltz.

View station: FluxFM - Electronic Chillout
The Lounge Channel logo

The Lounge Channel

MC

The Lounge Channel from Monaco is the polished, nu-jazz-leaning lounge benchmark the genre needs represented.

WDR Cosmo - Chill logo

WDR Cosmo - Chill

DE

WDR COSMO Chill is German public-radio curation pulling in global pop colors and chill-out — broadens the cultural palette beyond Western electronics.

Synthwave City FM Amsterdam logo

Synthwave City FM Amsterdam

NL

Synthwave City FM adds the chillwave/retrowave tint — a separate emotional register from lounge that keeps the collection from feeling samey.

Dinamo.fm - Caffe logo

Dinamo.fm - Caffe

TR

Dinamo Caffe out of Istanbul leans nu-jazz, lounge and downtempo with a Mediterranean cast — pulls the collection's center east.

FRMX Москва logo

FRMX Москва

App only

RU

FRMX Moscow programs trip-hop, IDM, electro and acid jazz — the trip-hop haze the brief specifically promised, from a less-represented scene.

View station: FRMX Москва

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