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Definition of "downtempo" [downtempo]
- Having a slow tempo. (adjective)
- Having a slow, relaxed pace. (adjective)
- Having a slow tempo. (adverb)
- Having a slow, relaxed pace. (adverb)
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Use "downtempo" in a sentence
- "I first heard his stuff back in my College Radio days (yo, WRBC, what's up?), before people were calling the kind of music he makes "chillout" or "downtempo" - there wasn't really a name for it, it was just part of the spectrum of electronic music."
- "Much of Vibert's earlier output is either hardcore breakbeats and jungle-style madness, or (very dope) hip-hop-tempo beats that would now be called "downtempo", but the Kerrier District project - which first saw a full-length album released by Rephlex in early 2004 - is real-deal electronic DISCO music."
- "Sure, Massive Attack have long since vanished up their own bottoms and the whole scene seems so embarrassed by the way that it only exists to soundtrack Channel Four documentaries about modern architecture that it now prefers the term 'downtempo', but if anyone can save Trip Hop it's Gretchen Lieberum."