Activities: Walking Through A City

Atmospheric and ambient, this is the sound of hip hop producers left to their own devices. Without any vocal assists from rappers, the results are innovative, expressive, and sometimes more than a little trippy.

The Soundtrack To The Movie That Is Your Life. Cinematic Sh*t For Everyday Moments.

Motorik, German for "motor skill," is a propulsive 4/4 drum pattern popularized in 1970s Germany by acts like Neu that's perfect for cruising down the Autobahn. This playlist features modern and classic songs built onto of the Motorik rhythm.

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.

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

Nocturnal and textural electronica for long nights. By yourself, or with someone special, listen to this until the sun rises.

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.

Krautrock is the British label given to the crop of German bands to emerge in the late '60 - the first generation born into post-war Germany. What united these artist wasn't a singular style, but a shared frustration and willingness to experiment.

Organic and electronic sounds are far from mutually exclusive in this eclectic set that ranges from Kraftwerk to Bon Iver and mixes the natural and synthetic to mesmerizing effect.

The rise of digital audio in the '90s brought about a multitude of creative uses (and abuses) of the technology. Explore the original purveyors of the glitch aesthetic as well as some modern-day artists incorporating digital errors into their music.

A summer playlist from DJ/producer Danger Mouse.

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

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

The films of Jim Jarmusch epitomize cool. This playlist features the old treasures and commissioned scores that have soundtracked Jarmusch's distinctive work.

This is the funky, abrasive, and distinctive sound of downtown NYC's various post-punk scenes of the late '70s and early '80s.

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

This bop-leaning selection of vintage jazz features the unique and unmistakable pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, as well as many of his esteemed associates.

A journey through the history of France's vibrant electronic music scene; from the early pioneers inspired by "musique concrète" to today's chillout masters.

Whether bigging up the five boroughs or paying tribute to the blocks they grew up on, pioneering rappers, neighborhood heroes and modern-day superstars love to pen odes to NYC. Here's a non-stop blast of Big Apple hip-hop pride.

Explore the techno scene based in Germany's capital, a hotbed of electronic experimentation since the 1970s.

Manhattan was the center of jazz in the 1950s and '60s, from post-bop to modal experimentation to the controversial "New Thing" of free jazz. Revisit that vibrant time and place.

Asian Underground is a catch-all term for British artists and DJs of South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan) descent who use the traditional sounds they heard in their homes growing up to create sexy beats for western nightlife.

Herbie Hancock is one of the most creatively restless and prolific artists in jazz history. He's presented here in phases ranging from post-bop to electronic pop, alongside many of his influences and contemporaries.

Cold, skittish electronica from witch house to post-dubstep with beautifully brooding synthpop sprinkled into the mix.

Classic bangers from and inspired by the late '80s/early '90s golden age of gangsta rap. Both coasts represent.

Revolutionary stateside developments in techno, house and hip-hop led to the evolutionary hybrids of UK and European electronica. Discover the artists who paved the way for the genre's explosive popularity in the late 1990s.

When indie rock fans feel the urge to switch up their sound and listen to a blast of hip-hop music, these are the rappers and the anthems they inevitably turn to.

During the late 1950s and early '60s, John Coltrane and many of his peers searched for a sound beyond bebop. This cool post-bop set, with saxophones aplenty, balances adventurousness and melody.

Hip-hop producers DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip and Large Professor helped make Nas's Illmatic a '90s hip-hop classic. Explore the best of the quartet's other work from the same era.

Ambient, melancholic trip-hop and IDM that evokes the feeling of being stranded in a large airport late at night.

Get acquainted with a multitude of bass-heavy Brits. Explore over two decades' worth of UK dance music subgenres, from classic drum'n'bass to the recent emergence of dubstep.

Emerging as an antidote to the glitzy-jiggy rap scene of the late '90s, underground artists started putting out uncompromising hip-hop on small independent labels. Look back on a sometimes underappreciated scene.