As I explained on the site for the original Great Gypsy Chillout, my interest in downtempo music started when I purchased a copy of Portishead's Dummy on CD in 1995.  It still ranks among my favourite albums of all time, and I eventually purchased practically everything that Portishead had ever released.

With the help of the musical geniuses at Tulsa's Mohawk Music, I began to get into more and more of the artists in the "trip-hop" vein:  Morcheeba, Sneaker Pimps, Massive Attack, Hooverphonic, and others.  The more I purchased, the more appreciation I gained for the various types of downtempo artists out there.

Since those days, I have continued to amass a significant collection of downtempo tracks - from relatively well-known downtempo artists like those above to a lot more obscure artists like Lendi Vexer, Quintero, Rose Smith, Hands Upon Black Earth, Echolocation, Sarah Fimm, and the Moscow Coup Attempt.

In numerous cases, I even had tracks flown to me from around the world, because they weren't available domestically.

For reference, you can find the full setlist of the first Great Gypsy Chillout by clicking here.

Also, for those among you who are curious (or for those of you who already love this type of music like I do), I'm offering a few full streaming chillout sets for free on Mixcloud below...  Here's hoping you enjoy them!