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Downbeat
Downbeat is a generic term sometimes used to replace ambient-house and ambient-techno, considering that the amount and complexity of electronic listening music described under the "ambient" umbrella had made the terms practically useless by the mid-'90s. It often implies the use of moderate breakbeats instead of the steady four-four beats of most ambient-house or ambient-techno. The style also breaches territory claimed by trip-hop, ambient-techno, and electro-techno. In its widest possible definition, downbeat is any form of electronic music created for the living room instead of the dance floor.
Downbeat Album Highlights
![Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]](https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/release/mr0001149857/front/220/qMDJz1ABCCkAFxPNSsXQVgSijaXJlYnq0St31qpAJWo=.jpg)
![Chillout Annual 2002 [#1]](https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/release/mr0000509310/front/220/EluR8WnrBjoao3QBcGTNWByhM-OFI8zG4l-qVpXXB1I=.jpg)
![The Chillout Session [2002]](https://fastly-s3.allmusic.com/release/mr0000831747/front/220/HpgEdHMXQJVntlZboECXPB_TZlp6n_cq-Emr2zx15tU=.jpg)
