Groovera

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Groovera

Broadcast area	Internet radio
Slogan	"Web radio. Chilled grooves. True."
First air date	August 23, 2003 (as OverXposure)
Format	Chill-out
Former callsigns	OverXposure.FM
Affiliations	independent
Owner	Qaz Media LLC
Website	http://groovera.com/

Groovera (aka. Groovera Chilled Web Radio) is an independent, multi-channel, commercial-free, and listener-supported Internet-only radio station dedicated to the loosely-typed genres of music "smooth electronica", "soft techno" and most commonly "chill-out music". Specifically, Groovera features mixes of downtempo, future lounge, nu-jazz (aka. "future jazz"), ambient pop, trip hop, psybient and neo-soul, as well as other related and contributing genres. Groovera is regarded as the first multiple-channel web radio station dedicated solely to the emerging genre of chill-out music.

1 History
2 Groovera music channels
3 Accolades and awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Groovera, originally known as "OverXposure.FM", was founded by Tim Quigley in Seattle on August 23, 2003 on an old PC in his living room webcasting to only up to six concurrent listeners and featured a single web radio stream called FrostByte Groove Lounge. OverXposure.FM underwent brand transition in September 2006 and became Groovera (pronounced "groov-AIR-ah"), a fanciful word combining the words "groove" and the Latin word "vera" meaning "true" or "pure". As part of the brand transition, the FrostByte Groove Lounge name was retired and the channel rotation divided into the currently existing channels Jet City Lounge and Low Mercury. The foundations of Ambient Popsicle and forthcoming channel Jazz ala Mode were extracted from the FrostByte Groove Lounge rotation in April 2004. Groovera radio channels first appeared in iTunes Radio in February 2007.

[edit] Groovera music channels

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Groovera 4" x 6" flyer (back)

Groovera currently features three distinct chillout-only music channels designed to appeal to the different, however popular interpretations of what is "chill-out music": Jet City Lounge, Ambient Popsicle, and Low Mercury. Five forthcoming channels have been in incubation since April 2004. The following are the current channel line-up descriptions according to the Groovera website:

Jet City Lounge: A fine mix of chilled instrumental future lounge, downtempo, nu-jazz, groove jazz, and brokenbeat, with intermittent vocals. This is the latest evolution of our original, award-winning channel previously known as FrostByte Groove Lounge.

Ambient Popsicle: An aficionado's mix of chilled adult alternative pop, future lounge, vocal downtempo, nu-jazz, ambient pop, trip-hop, neo-soul, synth pop, deep house, and a few surprise classics.

Low Mercury: A deeply-chilled mix of instrumental downtempo, chill-out, psybient, illbient, ambient dub, ambient techno, nu-jazz, and IDM, featuring the occasional select vocal track. Formerly the evening rotation of our original, award-winning format FrostByte Groove Lounge.

[edit] Accolades and awards

Time Magazine Europe: "This nonstop mix of chill-out and ambient grooves form the perfect soundtrack to a long soak in the bath or a room-service déjeuner à deux." (as OverXposure.FM)