Chill out (sometimes also chillout, chill-out, or simply chill), a term derived from a slang injunction to relax, emerged in the early and mid-1990s as a catch-all term for various styles of relatively mellow, slow-tempo music made by contemporary producers in the electronic music scene. The genres associated with chill-out are mostly Ambient, Trip-hop, Nu jazz, Ambient House, Ambient Trance, New Age and other sub-genres of Downtempo—a major branch of electronic music. Sometimes the Easy Listening sub-genre Lounge is considered to belong to the chill-out collection as well.

The term "Chill out music", as well as the genre itself, originated in chill rooms that were set up by DJs off to the edge of club dance floors to give patrons a chance to take a break from the hectic dance vibe and chill out with this style of music. Chill out as a musical genre or descriptive is synonymous with the more recently popularized terms "smooth electronica" and "soft techno" and is a loose genre of music blurring into several other very distinct styles of electronic and lo-fi music.

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Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. It is generally identifiable as being broadly atmospheric and environmental in nature.

Ambient music evolved from early 20th century forms of semi-audible music, from the impressionism to Brian Eno's deliberate sub-audible approach.

Later developments found the dreamy non-linear elements of ambient music applied to some forms of rhythmic music presented in chill-out rooms at raves and other dance events, but always with the primary feature that the music is intended to drift in and out of the listener's awareness while creating its effect on the listener's consciousness.

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CD 1
01. Willkommen
02. Solaris
03. Kon-Tiki
04. Revelation
05. Sonne (with Unheilig)
06. Mitternacht
07. Hallucinating Beauty (with Kate Havnevik)
08. Morgenrot
09. Alive" (with Adam Young)
10. Berlin - Moskau
11. Lichtermeer
12. Soleil De Nuit
13. Reach Out" (with Meredith Call)
14. Das Dritte Auge
15. Velvet Aeroplane (with Kate Havnevik)

CD 2
01. Sonnenuhr
02. Oasis (with Kate Havnevik)
03. Sonnenwelten
04. Epic Shores (with Meredith Call)
05. Energy (with Tim Brownlow)
06. Pale Blue Eyes (with Andrea Corr)
07. Ultramarin
08. Dancing in The Dark (with Ameerah)
09. Klangwelten
10. Lay Down (with Paper Aeroplanes)
11. Geborgenheit
12. Sahara Avenue
13. The Silence (with Meredith Call)
14. Reprise