Activities: Lounging In A Cool Hotel

Settle into the hip, cool lounge of a trendy European hotel with these stylish tunes. Order a cocktail and let the evening take you away.

All designers know that music can make or break their runway show. Here's an eclectic mix of songs used in shows during the past few seasons.

Originating in the 1950s, bossa nova (Portugese for "new trend") combined harmonies and rhythms from American jazz with Brazilian samba. Now these songs have become standard jazz repertoire.

Turn any old room into a trendy cocktail lounge with this jet-setting collection of swank, laid-back grooves.

A varied mix of smooth downtempo and electronic grooves handpicked for sitting by the ocean with a refreshing beverage.

Some call it chillwave, others call it glo-fi. Whatever the name, this laid-back blend of modern lo-fi recording techniques and vintage synth noises is one of today's most addictive sounds.

Inspired by pioneering DJs, leftfield disco, and the spacier side of synth-driven music, modern-day disco producers slow down the BPMs and explore hypnotic, psychedelic moods that move both the mind and the body.

Explore this producer-focused style of hip hop, a combination of rap and electronica.

Enjoy the low, thudding bass of chill dubstep, the perfect soundtrack for relaxing nights.

This playlist introduces a dynamic new generation of flamenco musicians who retain the techniques of traditional flamenco, but also take inspiration from pop, jazz, and blues.

Like Vinyasa, this playlist is both flowing and dynamic; some songs function to clear the mind while others work to energize the body. The focus here is on left-of-center acoustic and electronic songs.

The very best songs produced by Danger Mouse, one of Esquire magazine's seventy-five most influential people of the 21st century.

While At An Unusual Party With Interesting People...Feeling Good Flying.

Trip-Hop began in the mid-1990s when England's hip hop and house scenes converged to create a unique hybrid of downtempo electronic music.

A selection of jazz tunes by bandleader/bassist/composer Charles Mingus and the many accomplished musicians that performed with him.

Starting in the late 1940s, a new, more cerebral and mellower response to bebop became one of the dominant strains in jazz. Enjoy the birth, maturation and continuation of cool jazz, with an emphasis on ballads.