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A an image showing four people in the '90s set on a background with typography reading "chillout rooms"

Back in the day, every self-respecting club had a chillout room for those in need of some down time — an ambient space to lie down, kick back, roll one. But by the end of the ’90s, they had all-but disappeared. Here, Manu Ekanayake asks: where did they go? And what's the modern equivalent?

The ’90s were a boom time in dance music. Clubland’s main rooms were full of DJs going full-pelt towards rave Armageddon — something nascent superclub...

The “godfather of chillout” died after a short battle with colon cancer 

José Padilla, a legendary Ibiza DJ known as the “godfather of chillout”, has died following a short battle with colon cancer. He was 64.

The...

Widescreen mixes by ambient guru race to No.1!

In a parallel universe, the trippy, floaty, cinematic DJ mixes of Mixmaster Morris would be top of the charts — essential for any post-club after-party...

Plus exclusive first listen to Fat! Records' new release...

Paul Arnold is the founder of Fat! Records, and the infamous Chew The Fat parties that took London by storm over a decade ago —...