over the years, an upbeat lounge genre was developed, also known as ambient, downtempo, and/or chillout, which involves electronic mid-tempo beats - this type of sound, although characterized as lounge, as well as transmitting a relaxing sensation, is more closely associated to electronic music - there are different venues in rio offering both types of lounge music.

here is a list of places one can visit on a wednesday if looking for classical soothing lounge music in rio.