English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of psytrance +‎ chill

Noun edit

psychill (uncountable)

  1. (music) A subgenre of psytrance that is influenced by reggae and psybient.
    • 2015, Jason Beers, From Entheogens to Psychotropics: A Metabletic Analysis of Plant-Human Alienation in Chemical Intervention (PhD dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology):
      Special thanks to my guitars for helping me regain movement, momentum, flow, and energy during each break, and thanks to musicians/artists Robert Rich and Shulman, the compilation album Space Forming, and all the wonderful psybient/psychill electronic artists as well as all the wide variety of music I listen to... all music to write a dissertation with!
    • 2016 June 19, Oana Vasiliu, “Top festivals in Romania to check out in July”, in (Romania) Business Review:
      There will be six stages with diverse music for any state you might be in. From techno, psychedelic, deep house, jazz, ambient, live bands, cumbia, psychill and many other subgenres only the DJs know, relaxation and zen are in order here.
    • 2017 July 12, “Music festival kicks off in scenic Romania village”, in Romania Insider:
      As at the previous edition, the event will have six stages featuring diverse music styles: techno, psychedelic, deep house, jazz, ambient, live bands, cumbia, psychill and many other subgenres.