Chillwave · GenresWhat is chillwave?
Chillwave (AKA: Glo-Fi, Dream-beat) is a style of Indietronica characterized by its emulation of the vintage aesthetics and musical styles of the 1980s/1990s as a means of evoking a sense of nostalgia. Its use of older analog musical styles are altered through modern recording technologies (laptops, samplers, etc.) and techniques to create a hazy dreamlike atmosphere.
About chillwave
Common production elements include reverb, sidechaining, ducking, filtering and cutting / pasting.
From Last.fm, where 8,516 listeners have tagged music as chillwave.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Life of Leisure
London's Saviour
Serotonin II
Causers of This
Era Extraña
Within and Without
Paracosm
Boo BooChillwave songs
- Champagne Coast by Blood Orange
- Resonance by Home
- MY EYES by Travis Scott
- Brokendate by Com Truise
- I Been Young by George Clanton
- I'm God by Clams Casino
- Fear, Sex by Magdalena Bay
- 16 by Baby Keem
- True Blue Interlude by Magdalena Bay
- 'Cause I'm a Man by Tame Impala
Chillwave on Risocast
200% ElectronicaESPRIT 空想, George Clanton · 2017
Psychic ChasmsNeon Indian · 2009
EtherealityPastel Ghost · 2018
SlideGeorge Clanton · 2018
FauxllenniumTV Girl, George Clanton · 2024
Fauxllennium (Japanese Deluxe Edition)TV Girl, George Clanton · 2025
Fauxllennium (Japanese Deluxe Edition)TV GirlPleasurePure X · 2011
The BlondeTV GirlIs There Someone Else?The Weeknd · 2022
Loving MachineTV Girl
It Almost WorkedTV Girl
Neighbouring genres
In the ambient & downtempo family. All genres
ambientdowntempodark ambientambient popambient houseambient technoambient dubdrone doomdrone metallo-fi housepsychillspace ambientQuestions
- What is chillwave?
- Chillwave (AKA: Glo-Fi, Dream-beat) is a style of Indietronica characterized by its emulation of the vintage aesthetics and musical styles of the 1980s/1990s as a means of evoking a sense of nostalgia. Its use of older analog musical styles are altered through modern recording technologies (laptops, samplers, etc.) and techniques to create a hazy dreamlike atmosphere. Common production elements include reverb, sidechaining, ducking, filtering and cutting / pasting.
- Who are the best-known chillwave artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Blood Orange, TV Girl, Com Truise, George Clanton, Home and ODESZA.
- What genres are similar to chillwave?
- On Risocast it sits with ambient, downtempo, dark ambient, ambient pop, ambient house and ambient techno.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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