Recommendations for ambient/downtempo/chillout internet radio stations?

April 10, 2004 10:16 AM

I love listening to internet radio, especially ambient/downtempo music (I get these streams from iTunes). Anyone out there know any other good ambient/downtempo/chill out internet radio? I ask because although the stations I get on iTunes play from a massive collection, they do tend to narrow in on certain artists.
posted by SpaceCadet to Media & Arts (19 answers total)

Monkey Radio
posted by sad_otter at 10:29 AM on April 10, 2004

I don't really know the genre of which you speak, but have you looked in the listings at Shoutcast?
posted by pmurray63 at 10:38 AM on April 10, 2004

i second monkey radio: been tuning in to it for a long time. massive playlist, seldom repeats, high bandwidth. tunes served up are not always safe for work, though - nothing extremely vulgar but don't be surprised if you get a porn groove remix (complete with "stick it in me" requests) once in a while. surprised the hell out of me, wasn't expecting that...
posted by caution live frogs at 10:40 AM on April 10, 2004

SomaFM
posted by mr.marx at 10:50 AM on April 10, 2004

DJ Dusty's Afternoon Nap.

So. Good.
posted by Jairus at 11:09 AM on April 10, 2004

I second SomaFM.
posted by fionab at 11:28 AM on April 10, 2004

Not a radio station, but if you haven't checked out Jimbob 's stuff on music.metafilter.com, you should.
posted by weston at 11:46 AM on April 10, 2004

Shoutcast.
posted by gramcracker at 2:29 PM on April 10, 2004

Perhaps IPM?
posted by sciurus at 2:34 PM on April 10, 2004

SHOUTCAST
posted by lotsofno at 4:33 PM on April 10, 2004

I third SomaFM.
posted by Succa at 8:11 PM on April 10, 2004

Fluffertrax.
posted by Wet Spot at 8:45 PM on April 10, 2004

Digitally Imported
posted by 4easypayments at 9:14 PM on April 10, 2004

Dub Collective

BlueMars.Org

SOMA FM

RELAXRADIO
posted by y2karl at 6:51 AM on April 11, 2004

spinner.com, now called radio@netscape, is actually really cool
posted by dagny at 7:08 AM on April 11, 2004

micromusic.net's radio is electronica and their categories are unique and kinda cool.

"sporty", "spooky", "funky", "fucky", "worky", "relaxy" and "lovely".

I actually like worky best as ambient. Also, not a huge variation in their playlist,
but it's quite differant than anyone else's playlist.
posted by milovoo at 11:11 AM on April 11, 2004

Asian Vibrations
posted by adamrice at 3:35 PM on April 11, 2004

I do Drone Zone when I'm not doing BassDrive or Urban Drop (or the UK garage rock station I like).
posted by joeclark at 6:33 PM on April 11, 2004

y2karl, bluemars, as awesome as it was, has been down for quite a while now.
posted by jasonspaceman at 7:17 PM on April 11, 2004