Downbeat and its subgenres:
DownBeat
 -Ambient
 -chill out
 -abstract beats
 -New age
Downbeat music
Name:        DownBeat
History:
Sound:       The sound of downbeat could be enything allthough
             many downbeats has a sleepy mood, because they are
             heard by people who want to relax.
Instruments: Enything.
Beats:       Slow beats at 70-120 bpm, with either breakbeats
             or slow techno rythmes.
Subgenres:
            -Ambient:is a kind of music witch dosent try to
             get the listeners attention; there is no messages
             to understand, there is no complicated themes to
             listen to; ambient is just music who is there and
             yet is no where. Ambient has a sleepy and smooth
             mood; sometimes there a beat but that is not 
             necesary in ambient. The important thing is the
             instruments witch often is long synth strings, 
             sweeps and other soft instruments, witch is 
             accompanied by smooth noises sampled from nature
             or other places. Ambient is a style witch dates
             all the way back to the early 50'ties, where
             the first tracks was made with taperecorded
             sounds from early synthesisers and nature sounds.
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            -Chill out: is not really a style but rather a name
             for all kinds of slow, smooth and sleepy music 
             witch people play to relax. At big parties theres
             often a room reserved to this kind of music, where
             people can sit and relax. This room is allso 
             called a chill out room.

            -Abstract beats: Sofisticated breakbeats and techno
             played in the chill out room.

            -New age: Is a kind of ambient, but it sound less
             electronic and has no beat. New age is often 
             used as meditation music.
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