Although related to chillstep. chill-step is on an alternate musicianship path.

Laid back music with a scattered step rhythm.

The term "Chill out music", as well as the genre itself, originated in chill rooms that were set up by DJs off to the edge of club dance floors to give patrons a chance to take a break from the hectic dance vibe and chill out with this style of music. Chill out as a musical genre or descriptive is synonymous with the more recently popularized terms "smooth electronica" and "soft techno" and is a loose genre of music blurring into several other very distinct styles of electronic and lo-fi music.

Step "a general rubric for all kinds of jittery, irregular rhythms that don't conform to garage's traditional 4-to-the-floor pulse" is that the rhythm lacks the kick drum pattern found in many other styles of electronic music with a regular four-to-the-floor beat. That very rhythm and beat has been slowed down to somewhere between a trip hop BPM and 118 BPM of laid back house music…

…in relation to atmospheric dubstep and a part of the major hub of vule.

Also see the compilation station for Chill-Step at Boo Berry