In Slate Jody Rosen nails Chill as a musical genre. I'm not sure exactly where its going but I have half the albums he mentions. Cause for concern?

As altered states of coolness and hipness go, it's hard to beat incipient middle age. For millions of record buyers, chillout offers an antidote.

I've been feeling that incipient obsolescence, but I'm not too worried because there's that bulge of boomers ahead of me making fuddy-duddies the trend setting demographic group. Still, much of this music appears to have been covered in David Toop's Oceans of Sound some time ago, so I wonder how much of a new trend it is, but I'm always glad to see Illbient name checked.  ¶ 7:38 AM