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Episode 2023-12: ロフト tapes, Catching Flies, Earthen Sea and more

March 20, 2023 Podcast
A deep orange moon rising from the mountain obscured horizon. The sky is dark blue. The mountains appear barren of vegetation, except for some evergreen trees near the peak.

Episode 2023-12

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Visible Cloaks – Wheel
      Release: Lex – EP
      Label: RVNG Intl.
  • ロフト tapes (loft tapes) – Arrival 到着
      Release: Heal カセット 81
      Label: lofttapes
  • Earthen Sea – Shiny Nowhere
      Release: Ghost Poems
      Label: kranky
  • Precept – Ascend
      Release: When We Are in Bloom
      Label: analog horizons
  • Boards of Canada – Aquarius
      Release: Music Has The Right To Children
      Label: Warp Records
  • fr√ľit – Prism
      Release: Prism – EP
      Label: SXN
  • Pablo Bolivar – Fuse
      Release: Framework of a Dream
      Label: Seven Villas
  • Warm Ghost – I Will Return (Heathered Pearls’ Coasting In Circles Remix)
      Release: Loyal
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Catching Flies – Komorebi
      Release: Silver Linings
      Label: Indigo Soul
  • Mute City – Seawall
      Release: Data Breach
      Label: Claw Solutions
  • Freud – Cuban Episode
      Release: Velvet Dance – EP
      Label: Substruct Audio
  • Koresma – Liquid Lady
      Release: Liquid Lady – EP
      Label: Koresma
  • Hello Meteor – tropikel (BONUS STAGE)
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture


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Photo: “Moonrise, Curecanti National Recreation Area, 2015”. Credit: Curecanti National Recreation Area / National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-11: Birocratic, Koresma & Koala Karlous and more

March 13, 2023 Podcast
A white lizard with a light yellow stripe, on a broken white surface.

Episode 2023-11

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Virtual Cat – Overcast Sky
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records
  • Sundrenched – Down Moon
      Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble Vol. 4
      Label: Dust-Tone
  • Thrupence – Winston
      Release: Voyages
      Label: Jack Vanzet
  • Floating Forest – Dream Palace (Special Edition)
      Release: Nature Sounds After Dark
      Label: Floating Forest
  • Oscar Oscar – Himeji
      Release: Himeji – Single
      Label: Majestic Casual Records
  • Birocratic – snowdown
      Release: Snowdown – Single
      Label: Birocracy
  • Koresma & Koala Karlous – All Turn to One
      Release: All Turn to One – Single
      Label: Koresma
  • Abel the Giant – Better Tomorrow
      Release: Beatsupply: Crate07 – EP
      Label: Beatsupply
  • Chemtrails – Elapse
      Release: Taking Things Lightly
      Label: Chemtrails
  • Altitude. – The Camp
      Release: Knights – EP
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Sun Glitters – Beside Me
      Release: Everything Could Be Fine
      Label: Sun Glitters
  • Macroblank – Covert Red
      Release: RARE PSALMS COLLECTION VOL.3
      Label: Macroblank
  • Lone – Echo Paths
      Release: Always Inside Your Head
      Label: Greco-Roman
  • TOR – City 66
      Release: Oasis Sky
      Label: Youth and Progress Recordings
  • WMD – Another song about Ruby
      Release: Sophrosyne
      Label: WMD


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Photo: “Bleached Earless Lizard”. Credit: White Sands National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-10: Chrysalis, Aphex Twin, Almanacs and more

March 5, 2023 Podcast
A pond surrounded by trees, likely in the late winter, as there are no leaves on the non-evergreen trees. A single pine tree stands in the foreground. A reflection of the entire forest is seen in the water of the pond.

Episode 2023-10

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 05 Mar 2023):

  • Arms and Sleepers – To Have and To Hold
      Release: To Have and To Hold – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Gloamie – Chickpea+Mango
      Release: In Search of Lost Time
      Label: Likes Flowers Records
  • Lyli J – Lunari
      Release: Lunari – Single
      Label: Sufystudios
  • Elsa Hewitt – Inhaler
      Release: Lupa
      Label: ERH
  • A.L.I.S.O.N & Hotel Pools – Lifted
      Release: Ultrasound
      Label: Tone Tree Music / Wild Nature / Stratford Ct.
  • Aphex Twin – Alberto Balsam
      Release: …I Care Because You Do
      Label: Warp Records
  • Sun Glitters – Somewhere Nowhere
      Release: It Took Me a While / Somewhere Nowhere – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Emancipator & 9 Theory – Tangerine Sour
      Release: A Thousand Clouds – EP
      Label: Loci Records
  • Chrysalis – Home Is…
      Release: Prophecy
      Label: XXI
  • Monster Rally – Grassy Crystals
      Release: Botanica Dream
      Label: Monster Rally
  • King Shi – Father’s Love
      Release: Jupiter Blues
      Label: Tekhedz, Millennium Jazz Music
  • Teen Daze – Modern Compromise
      Release: Modern Compromise – Single
      Label: Cascine
  • Almanacs – Coyote Blanco
      Release: Spirits of the River
      Label: Mystery Circles
  • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro


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Photo: “Pond”. Credit: Thomas Stone National Historic Site/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-09: Birocratic, Cialyn, Havana Swim Club and more

February 27, 2023 Podcast
Old photograph of a hilly landscape with evergreen trees and snow. There is a valley running between the hills, and foggy weather conditions.

Episode 2023-09

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 26 Feb 2023):

  • Monster Rally – Golden Shores
      Release: Botanica Dream
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Hello Meteor – tropikal (BONUS STAGE)
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Birocratic – snowdown
      Release: Snowdown – Single
      Label: Birocracy
  • Frameworks – Titles
      Release: Kings
      Label: FRAMEWORKS
  • Poldoore & Ian Urbina – Nomad
      Release: Astray (Inspired by The Outlaw Ocean‚ a book by Ian Urbina) – Single
      Label: The Outlaw Ocean LLC
  • Blackbird Belle – Apollo
      Release: Microcosm
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Miwon – Shinkansen
      Release: A to B
      Label: City Centre Offices
  • Cialyn – The Sun and The Light
      Release: OMEGA (Soundtrack)
      Label: Cialyn
  • Marley Carroll – Water Temple
      Release: Ice Cavern / Water Temple – Single
      Label: Loci Records
  • Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier
      Release: On the Run
      Label: Orbital Rendezvous
  • Hotel Pools – Highlights
      Release: Vital / Highlights – Single
      Label: Wild Nature / Stratford Ct.
  • upusen – Not Good
      Release: Birds
      Label: Midwest Collective
  • Havana Swim Club – Peaches
      Release: Havana Swim Club
      Label: Havan Swim Club
  • Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division
      Release: Exp.1
      Label: Bad Bat Records


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Photo: “Crystal Lake & Railroad”. Credit: Golden Spike National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-08: 憂鬱, Tom Day, t.quoise and more

February 20, 2023 Podcast
Two white mountain goats in the foreground are standing above a steep vegetated decline with sparse evergreen trees. A large snow covered valley is below, and tall, rocky mountains, some too steep to hold snow, are in the background. The sky is light blue.

Episode 2023-08

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 19 Feb 2023):

  • Koresma & VOLO – Been Gone
      Release: Been Gone – Single
      Label: Koresma & Volo
  • Jinsang – Herewego
      Release: Life
      Label: VinDig
  • Tom Day – Lyrebird
      Release: Lyrebird – Single
      Label: Peaks
  • Eagle Eyed Tiger – Daze // Nostalgia
      Release: Future or Past – EP
      Label: Orbital Rendezvous
  • Swimming TV – Spring
      Release: Raindance – EP
      Label: Cosmonostro
  • Jupiter Himself – Keep Running (Soular Order Remix)
      Release: Keep Running (Soular Order Remix)
      Label: Soular Order
  • Firephly – A Fracture In Time
      Release: A Fracture In Time – Single
      Label: Firephly
  • Yu-Utsu – Slow
      Release: Slow – Single
      Label: śÜāť¨Ī
  • Xky – Shapes
      Release: Mercury EP
      Label: Xky Music
  • t.quoise – D I S S O l v E
      Release: Life in Reverse
      Label: Soundsphere
  • Elven Mirrors. – Walking Meditation
      Release: Chrono
      Label: Azlyn Records!
  • Thrupence – Winston
      Release: Voyages
      Label: Jack Vanzet
  • RUMTUM – Escape Cape (Brothertiger Remix)
      Release: Escape Cape (Brothertiger Remix) – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Hello Meteor – Nobody Has to Do Anything (Interlude)
      Release: Community Broadcasting
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture


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Photo: “Easy Pass”. Credit: North Cascades National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-07: Janelle Costa, KOHEI YOSHII x Komachi, Lifeformed and more

February 13, 2023 Podcast
A snowy mountain range with frost covered Hoar Trees in the foreground. The sky is blue.

Episode 2023-07

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 12 Feb 2023):

  • KOHEI YOSHII x Komachi – Colours
      Release: Colours – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Lifeformed – Pillars of Pepper
      Release: Fastfall (Dustforce Original Game Soundtrack)
      Label: LOOPDISK
  • Resotone – What Never Was.
      Release: What Never Was. – Single
      Label: 702767 Records DK
  • RUMTUM – Commit Way
      Release: Isles in Indigo
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Koresma – Northern Lights
      Release: North – EP
      Label: Koresma
  • Bowcraft – Autumn Every
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Janelle Costa – Rain
      Release: My Kinda Flower – EP
      Label: Janelle Costa Music
  • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro
  • X3SR – Infinite
      Release: Infinite – EP
      Label: X3SR
  • 20HoursAfterDawn – No Sun Into The Void
      Release: Sun Will Crackle – EP
      Label: I Low You records
  • Galactic Language – Modern Flora
      Release: Arrival (Deluxe)
      Label: Galactic Language
  • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: 635970 Records DK
  • Gold Panda – Pink and Green
      Release: Good Luck and Do Your Best
      Label: Tugboat Records
  • Catching Flies – Mama’s Wisdom
      Release: Komorebi / Mama’s Wisdom – Single
      Label: Indigo Soul


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Photo: “Winter – Hoar Frost Coated Trees”. Credit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park/NPS Photo, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-06: Mac DeMarco, Jinx & Nightflyer, Decisive Koala and more

February 6, 2023 Podcast
An image of a night sky in a rural area. The sky is star filled, with some clouds, and hues of blue and orange. There are shadows of trees in the foreground as well as evidence of human habitation in the form of a utility pole.

Episode 2023-06

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 05 Feb 2023):

  • Kaelyn – The Mood
      Release: The Mood – Single
      Label: Majestic Casual Records
  • Floating Forest – Lonesome (Special Edition)
      Release: Nature Sounds After Dark
      Label: Floating Forest
  • Mac DeMarco – Crescent City
      Release: Five Easy Hot Dogs
      Label: Mac’s Record Label
  • Boards of Canada – Turquoise Hexagon Sun
      Release: Music Has the Right to Children
      Label: Warp Records
  • Chris LaRue – Wool Socks
      Release: Lo-Fi Meditations
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • lover girl – Soft Lights
      Release: Stay Asleep – Single
      Label: SXN
  • Jinx & Nightflyer – Solace (Nightflyer Mix)
      Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • Elven Mirrors. – Walking Meditation
      Release: Chrono
      Label: Azlyn Records!
  • Le Caire – Selfless
      Release: Stratford Ct. | Secret Selection #51‚Äč-‚Äč60
      Label: Stratford Ct.
  • Sloslylove – Memories (Secrets)
      Release: Secret Dreams
      Label: Sloslylove
  • Decisive Koala – Locate Memories
      Release: Locate Memories – Single
      Label: Decisive Koala
  • BODYBITE – Woken Up by the Sun
      Release: Pretty World
      Label: 1629096 Records DK
  • Recondite – Equal (Bonus Track)
      Release: Dwell
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Illuvia – Summer Cloud
      Release: Summer Rain – Single
      Label: Dewtone Recordings
  • Site Nonsite – Moss Garden
      Release: Kyoto – EP
      Label: Obvious Things
  • Third Person Lurkin – Adrift
      Release: The Lake of Woods
      Label: Bad Taste Records


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Photo: “Night Sky”. Credit: Cedar Breaks National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-05: RRAREBEAR, Geotic, Tobias and more

January 30, 2023 Podcast
A blue sky with white clouds. The shadowy side of two mountains is in the foreground.

Episode 2023-05

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 29 Jan 2023):

  • mtbrd – Damn Fine Coffee
      Release: Damn Fine
      Label: SMOOV
  • Monster Rally – Grassy Crystals
      Release: Botanica Dream
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Arms and Sleepers – A Mission to Prague
      Release: Black Paris 86 (15th Anniversary Edition)
      Label: Arms and Sleepers
  • AstroLogical – Symbiosis
      Release: Private World – EP
      Label: Bastard Jazz Canada
  • Edamame – Lungs Full
      Release: Virga
      Label: Abandon Building Records
  • Sundrenched – Autumn Memories
      Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble Vol 4
      Label: Dust-Tone
  • Koresma – Waves
      Release: South – EP
      Label: Koresma
  • Treetalking – Move With Purpose
      Release: The Unknown
      Label: SXN
  • Hello Meteor – Monsoon Landing
      Release: Welcome To New Cascade
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • RRAREBEAR – Ginger
      Release: Relief
      Label: RRAREBEAR
  • High Tides – Zolar
      Release: Zolar – Single
      Label: Rad Cult
  • Geotic – Accept
      Release: To Not Now Nor To Ever Despair
      Label: Basement’s Basement
  • Chemtrails – Soft
      Release: Taking Things Lightly
      Label: Chemtrails
  • Tobias – Shiver
      Release: Shiver – Single
      Label: Tobias
  • Teen Daze – Paradiso
      Release: Paradiso – Single
      Label: Flora
  • wowflower – Untuch
      Release: Self Portrait
      Label: Street Corner Music


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Photo: “White Pass, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Alaska”. Credit: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Park Cultural Landscapes Program/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-04: Digitalverein, rosequartz, Hu and more

January 23, 2023 Podcast
A short waterfall emptying into a green pond. The pond is surrounded by greenery.

Episode 2023-04

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 22 Jan 2023):

  • Nitemoves – Antipode
      Release: Antipode – Single
      Label: Mechanical
  • Arvo to me – Into Change
      Release: Into Change
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • M-Cubed – Out of Hiding
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Arms and Sleepers – Hurry Slowly (Manatee Commune Remix)
      Release: Swim Team Remixed
      Label: Arms and Sleepers
  • Chemtrails – Elapse
      Release: Taking Things Lightly
      Label: Chemtrails
  • rosequartz – interlude
      Release: interlude – Single
      Label: SVNSET WőõVES
  • Machinedrum – Endless <3
      Release: Vapor City Archives
      Label: Ninja Tune
  • Richard Alfaro – Inside
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro
  • Home – Tides
      Release: Odyssey
      Label: Home
  • Hu – North
      Release: Navigate – EP
      Label: anon recordings
  • The Sight Below – Wishing Me Asleep
      Release: Murmur – EP
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Digitalverein – Next to Mont Royal
      Release: Tiefer Ins System
      Label: Seven Villas Voyage
  • mu arae – A Far Away Place
      Release: Rising Tides 011
      Label: SVNSET WAVES


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Photo: “Antelope Spring Waterfall”. Credit: Chickasaw National Recreation Area/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-03: Slag Boom Van Loon, Space Ghost, MossGatherer and more

January 16, 2023 Podcast
A brown deer looking at the photographer in a field of tall brown grass. The deer is next to a wooden split-row fence.

Episode 2023-03

Playlist (as run on KNHC on 15 Jan 2023):

  • P.SUS – What We Feel
      Release: Open Ears Open Mind Open Heart
      Label: P.SUS
  • Bowcraft – Monorail
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Space Ghost – 4 Am
      Release: 4 Am – Single
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • MossGatherer – Standing Right There
      Release: Out There – EP
      Label: XVI Records
  • Rykard – North Cormorant Obscurity
      Release: Arrive The Radio Beacon
      Label: Hunya Munya Records
  • Blackbird Belle – I Know
      Release: Microcosm
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • GlobulDub – Hoverin’
      Release: Hip – Hop Symposium Vol. 3 (Childhood) – Single
      Label: Chill Masters Records
  • Richard Alfaro – Field
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro
  • Orange Crush – Invocation
      Release: Autumn Reflections
      Label: Orange Crush
  • Slag Boom Van Loon – Poppy Seed (Boards of Canada Remix)
      Release: So Soon
      Label: Planet Mu
  • Xky – Shapes
      Release: Mercury EP
      Label: Xky Music
  • Freud – Cuban Episode
      Release: Velvet Dance – EP
      Label: Substruct Audio
  • Bakradze – An Evening With John
      Release: Restless
      Label: Space Hardware


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Photo: “Deer and Split-row Fence”. Credit: Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield/National Park Service, public domain [i].

About Café Chill

Café Chill is Public Radio's human curated chill mix, produced by KNHC Productions in Seattle, WA.
  • Host & Curator: Seth B.
  • Manager: Richard J Dalton
Café Chill is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

About The Curator/Host

Seth  has been involved in the Pacific Northwest electronic music scene for years, as a member of Go Periscope and several other projects. In 2015, he became part of the Café Chill team, taking hosting and curation duties.