psychill
what it is
Psychill, also known as psybient or psychedelic ambient, originated as a sub-genre to psytrance. Tag refers to downtempo, sunshine pop, psychedelic pop, psychedelic music starting from the sixties, to some alternative types of chillout and lounge as well as to Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, which is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even ethereal wave. It often has many dub influences and can also sound somewhat like glitch.
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✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
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questions
What is psychill?
Psychill, also known as psybient or psychedelic ambient, originated as a sub-genre to psytrance. Tag refers to downtempo, sunshine pop, psychedelic pop, psychedelic music starting from the sixties, to some alternative types of chillout and lounge as well as to Psybient, also known as ambient psy, psychedelic ambient, ambient goa, ambient psytrance and more commonly within the Goa/psytrance scene as psychill and psydub, which is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of psychedelic trance, ambient, world music, new age and even ethereal wave. It often has many dub influences and can also sound somewhat like glitch.
What are good psychill albums to start with?
Try World of Sleepers by Carbon Based Lifeforms, Movements by Solar Fields, Leylines by Aes Dana, and Dialogue of the Speakers by Entheogenic.
Who are some women making psychill?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/psychill/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making psychill, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-22