Chill Pills - Uplifting Chillout Music with downtempo, vocal and instrumental chill out, lofi chillhop, lounge and ambient

One year apart, but it's the "forever" part that still haunts me. In bed, after a day of purposeful distractions, my thoughts coalesce to pose the same old question I have asked since Feb 9, 2021: how, in a blink of an eye, does a story end like this? This podcast is also available as ad-free 24/7 online radio on your Alexa or Google Assistant smart speaker. Just say " Alexa, Open Chill Pills Radi...

An ode to delightful summer days, from someone who dreads the cold :) This podcast is also available as ad-free 24/7 online radio on your Alexa or Google Assistant smart speaker. Just say " Alexa, Open Chill Pills Radio " or " Ok Google, Ask Chill Pills Radio to Play ". Tracklist 00:00 Bombay Dub Orchestra ― Beauty and the East (Excerpt) 01:27 Cafe Del Chillia ― New Day [New Mix] 04:07 Emotional ―...

"Deeper than any indigo sea Wider than the largest celestial galaxy Is the linking web which conjoins life Whether it be a couple Or two strangers separated by thousands of miles We are all connected in a universal way Discerned by all or none, we are still unified By a link impossible to hear, see, or touch It sprawls the universe, entangling infinite threads Which weave endlessly through space C...

Last mix of 2021. I named it Yellow not only after the amazing chillout cover of Coldplay's song you'll hear here, but also because I want to look forward to next year with positive intent. It hasn't been an easy year especially with the loss of my best friend to COVID early on. Alas, such is life. Loss is inevitable, but we choose how to carry it forward with us as we honor their memory by living...

Rays ignite the shadows Where the sun forgets to fade Blazing a path of brilliance When memories are made Life it has no boundaries No rules for you or me An endless path of possibility Eternal destiny A fire that burns in the heart Scorching dark, cold days Ignite the light of tomorrow Burning blinding rays A smoldering pyre of passion That glows through the soul A dream that’s not extinguished A...

"We stumbled on a view that's tailor-made for two" I love this quote from the film La La Land and I wanted to create the soundtrack mix to one such view. This is an enchanting mix, full of love and positivity, to take with you on your next escapade. This podcast is also available as ad-free 24/7 online radio on your Alexa or Google Assistant smart speaker. Just say " Alexa, Open Chill Pills Radio...

We've made it to 50! I am so very proud of how far this show has come. Since its inception in 2016, my goal has been to produce quality uplifting chillout mixes. Every one of them, including this anniversary mix, is a true labor of love. I have so many favorites to mention here, and if you like what you hear here, there's a catalog full of them to explore. Thank you all for your support. I've rece...

"When everything has left you, You are alone When you left everything behind that’s solitude." These words, sampled from Schiller’s classic track Solitude, really sum up what this mix is all about. Being in a temporary solitude is not like choosing to be lonely and isolated. It’s a wonderful state of disconnecting from the stress and strains of today’s fast-paced environment and focusing your ener...

“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” ― Dodinsky If you missed last episode, I was happy to share that Chill Pills Radio , a 24/7 online ad-free station, is now available on any Alexa  device or smart speaker. You can follow the link above or simply say " Alexa, Open Chill Pills Radio ". It also suppor...

When curating and crafting a mix, sometimes two songs don't just mix well together; with some thoughtful arrangement, they are meant to be played together. In this mix, released 6 years ago under my previous pseudonym DJ Seroton , you will hear two mashups I made of songs that are match-made in heaven. First, Allie Moss's Wait It Out  is sandwiched between two great instrumental tracks by Ólafur A...

Back in 2015, this mix premiered my residency on Frisky Radio's CHILL channel, under my previous pseudonym DJ Seroton . I had previously submitted a promo guest mix and they loved it enough to invite me to join their DJ roster. It was a big step for me and important validation of the image in which I sought to sculpt my chillout mixes, known as Unwind back then. Their press release put this eloque...

Variety is the spice of life. Long time listeners of this show know that I favor heartfelt, melodic and emotionally-captivating music in my mixes, but every now and then I have my excursions into something purely fun and playful. Case in point this mix. It was featured on Guido's Lounge Café on Mixcloud (big thanks to my friend Guido for hosting it) and it reached #1 in global chillout, lounge and...

This year marks 10 years since I started producing professional music mixes, and this was my very first mix, released under my previous pseudonym DJ Seroton . Before this mix, I got my first taste of chillout and ambient music when I stumbled on DJ River ‘s catalogue of mixes, as well as MDB's Beautiful Voices mixes . I completely fell in love with them and the genre as a whole. There was somethin...

I dedicate this mix to the wonderful people in our lives, past and present, who inspire and move us. They move us to live, love and laugh. They compel out the best version of us, often decaying beneath layers of stagnation. They color our world with hope for a better future and contentment for our present blessings. You move me You give me courage I didn't know I had Out of myself and into the fir...

This mix is inspired by the Epic45 track The Future Is Blinding and is themed around feeling content with what we have and finding happiness within. We get stuck in a vicious cycle of desperately wanting something that we think will make us happy, and pursuing it tirelessly in the hopes of attaining it. Once and if we do, and after we've adapted to it, the cycle starts again with something else th...

Imagine Earth restored to her real beauty Steady trees seem to brush the deep blue sky The clouds billow to form majestic peaks The songs of birds fill the air Creating a symphony upon symphony Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time Embracing that energy within yourselves Will bring all of you to a new u...

"The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude," Thornton Wilder once wrote. Two months in, my grief for losing my best friend Chris is still ever-present. Nevertheless, realizing that painful separation was always going to be an inevitable price for attachment, I started attempting to derail the train of sorrow onto the path of gratitude. Chris's arrival and presence in my life spa...

On the eve of the 1st anniversary of when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, I mourn the loss of my best friend who lost his short-lived fight to it last month. I made this mix in an attempt to process my shock, my disbelief that years of talking to him every single day have been undone, and came to an indisputable irreversible end, in a matter of a week. He was my rock through thick and thin and I...

This mix is dedicated to all people who dream of a better world, one without the conflicts and fractions that plagued our world today. Sometimes I like to zone out and run my imagination wild and free. I like to think that one day, somehow humans will find a way to coexist. To be able to give and take. To share this planet Earth equally and fairly among all of us, and to nourish it so that our fut...

Happy new year everyone! This mix is inspired by a beautiful song called Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka, and the mix is dedicated to my brother Ahmad who recommended it when I asked him for his favorite song to make a mix around. I loved the empowering message of the song that I decided to make an uplifting mix themed around it. Let's make 2021 count! "Always on the outside, through a window...

I released this mix 9 years ago under my previous pseudonym DJ Seroton in a series called Unwind .  It was inspired by the first track, In My Secret Life , by the late Leonard Cohen. It was a personal mix to some extent. The following words by Gregory L. and Brenda Person sum up how I was feeling at the time. Perhaps you can relate to it. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. It certainly brings back m...

Most mixes I create are typically inspired by a single song that I hear and feel strongly about creating a themed mix around. This one, however, has two sources of inspiration. First, I stumbled upon the dreamy, hazy and romantic style of a band called Cigarettes After Sex (the name beats me!). They became an instant favorite and their song Falling in Love was crying out to be the star of a mix. A...

This is a throwback mix released 5 years ago under my previous pseudonym DJ Seroton in a series called Unwind . The mix was inspired by the 5th track ( More Than Nothing ), and is centered around our desire to sometimes "turn back the hands of the clock" and do something we missed out on doing. Even though the song describes a man's regret for not pursuing a relationship, I'd like to think of this...

"May your dreams bring you peace in the darkness, May you always rise over the rain. May the light from above always lead you to love, May you stay in the arms of the angels." from the opening track Lullaby For A Soldier (Arms Of The Angels) by Maggie Siff & The Forest Rangers, taken from Sons of Anarchy soundtrack. This podcast is also available as ad-free 24/7 online radio on your Alexa or G...

We are all painters Holding a color palette Conceiving a painting It’s how we mix the colors Depending on our imagination Whether we paint happiness Or scenes of saddened gray Situations yield the paintings Sometimes splashing all colors Or else black colors gloom Universe has mostly dark energy Yet, we have found our colors To paint our abode, we inhabit No matter, colors of joy and sorrow We cel...