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

Listen in Prismatic FM

Open this collection in the app for the full experience — music-reactive visualizers for every station.

Stations

SomaFM - Groove Salad Classic

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

In app

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

Fluid Radio

In app

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

9128 A Strangely Isolated Place

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

In app

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

In app

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

In app

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

The Lounge Channel

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

WDR Cosmo - Chill

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