Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back electronic musicElectronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. As defined by the IEEE, electronic devices are low-power systems that use components such as transistors and integrated circuits. Working from this definition, a distinction can be made between instruments that produce sound through electromechanical means as opposed to instruments that produce sound using electronic components. ...electronic music style similar to Ambient musicIt is sometimes characterised as possessing a sense of resonant sonic space, and of being designed to function equally effectively for both passive (background music) and active listening.Ambient music. Downtempo music typically features a stronger emphasis on rhythm and beats than Ambient music. Often the name chill out musicChill out (sometimes chillout), a term derived from a slang injunction to relax, emerged in the early and mid-1990s as a catch-all term for various styles of relatively mellow, slow-tempo music made by contemporary producers in the electronic music scene. The term "Chill out music", as well as the genre itself, originated in chill rooms that were set ...chill out music is used to refer to songs demonstrative of the genre, but those names also refer to other styles of music, and downtempo encompasses a wider variety of styles than those terms alone would indicate.