Building the Beat: Inside Legendary Roland TR-808 Tracks
This week’s Chill Out Tent Classic isn’t a track or a song, we’re going to honour the classic Roland TR-808 drum machine in the week of the 8th day of the 8th month, it’s the legendary machine’s 40th birthday! The legacy of the TR-808’s boom transcends genre—touching on everything from hip-hop and R&B to techno… Continue Reading →
Danielle Moore Playlist
We’ve just added this great downtempo disco playlist from the star of our last after party, Danielle Moore from Crazy P. Get the wine on ice, it’s a banger!
Coyote – The Chill Out Tent #4
We’re really happy to be able to share the film of Coyote’s set from our Chill Out Tent #4 event last month, An hour of sublime music from the guys and beautiful visuals from Mark Warrington. Thanks to all for creating such a beautiful thing…
Inside The Chill Out Tent
We did an interview with the Nearest Faraway Place blog about the Chill Out Tent, our inspiration and some plans for the future. Worth a look if you’d like to know where we’re coming from and where we’re going…
Peter Green – In the Skies
Following last week’s sad news of Peter Green’s death, we had to make this week’s ‘classic’ one of his performances. Such a sad loss, but what a legacy…
Edition #4 Headliners – Coyote / Is It Balearic?
We’re super happy to have Balearic legends Coyote as one of our headliners for this weekend’s Edition 4 of the Chill Out Tent, they’ll be streaming from 21:00 BST. In keeping with our format of pairing musicians & DJ’s with film makers and visual artists, Coyote have collaborated with artist and animator Mark Warrington to create some… Continue Reading →
Belle Isle Balearic live for The Chill Out Tent: Around The World For Solstice
Belle Isle Balearic aka Rocksteady Disco aka Peter Croce and Blair French played a magic hour from a rooftop in downtown Detroit, for The Chill Out Tent – Around The World. As the sun dipped and helicopters tracking the Black Lives Matter protests swooped overhead they weaved together a back to back set of brilliant… Continue Reading →
Sunset Sound System Playlist
One of our headliners for this weekend’s Chill Out Tent Edition 4 are the legendary San Francisco based Sunset Sound System. To help us get ready for Sunday’s party they curated an awesome playlist for us, have a listen and join us for the livestream on the 26th July at 18:30 BST
The Chill Out Tent Classics – California Dreaming
Our ‘classic’ this week is the album ‘California Dreaming’ inspired by our collaborators for this weekend’s event the Sunset Sound System from San Francisco. This album came out on FFRR in 1993 and featured some pioneering west coast artists and producers, like the Hardkiss brothers, Zoemagick Records and Exist Dance. Bringing together the hippy psychedelic… Continue Reading →
Meet the Crew: HidyThing
We’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with some very talented and creative people in our events so far, and thought it was time to tell you more about them. The first of these introductions is to HidyThing, the creative team who create the lovely animated shorts you’ll see throughout our live-streams. We’ll let them tell… Continue Reading →
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