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Episode 2024-34: Dokkodo Sounds, Trees Can Talk, Boards of Canada and more

August 19, 2024 Podcast
A butterfly with orange wings and black markings lands on a Pinkshell Azalea rhododendron, which features green leaves and pink flowers.

Episode 2024-34

Playlist (as aired):

• Dokkodo Sounds – We Should Probably Say Goodbye
  Release: Where You Thought You Wanted To Be
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Qaett – Army of One
  Release: Army of One – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Trees Can Talk – New Ways (dub trance version)
  Release: New Ways – Single
  Label: Trees Can Talk

• Stumbleine – Wasted Summer
  Release: Ghosting
  Label: Stumbleine

• Invisible Pyramids – too close to me
  Release: too close to me – Single
  Label: Invisible Pyramids

• altered sigh – Void’s Lullaby
  Release: Void’s Lullaby – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• Peter Bark – Empty Rooms
  Release: Empty Rooms – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Koresma – Waves
  Release: Compass
  Label: Koresma

• Janelle Costa – Vibrations
  Release: Vibrations – Single
  Label: Janelle Costa Music

• Mvnners – her in mind
  Release: her in mind – Single
  Label: SXN

• Uinta – Maples
  Release: Fruits
  Label: mind.slave

• Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
  Release: Viewers Like You
  Label: Magic Square Records

• Telefon Tel Aviv – Lotus Above Water
  Release: Fahrenheit Fair Enough
  Label: Hefty

• Boards of Canada – Left Side Drive
  Release: Trans Canada Highway – EP
  Label: Warp Records

• Komodo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: Points Records

• Anenon – Myriad Multiples
  Release: Gem Drops
  Label: Alpha Pup

• D.K. – High on the Sea
  Release: Island of Dreams
  Label: Antinote



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Hosted by Seth.





Photo: “Pinkshell Azalea”. Credit: Blue Ridge Parkway/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-33: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Site Nonsite, OceanCountyMall and more

August 12, 2024 Podcast
A path winding through a tunnel of green tree branches, with a wooden walking bridge visible further down the trail and more lush foliage surrounding the scene.

Episode 2024-33

Playlist (as aired):

• Windows 96 & Gavriel – BM1999
  Release: How To See Through Walls
  Label: Gabriel Eduardo

• Teebs – NES
  Release: Did It Again – Single
  Label: Brainfeeder

• Jumpel & Adi Goldstein – Mock State
  Release: Airth
  Label: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein

• Komodo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: Points Records

• Tycho – Daydream
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

• Dephrase – Songs I Never Wrote
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
  Label: Chillhop Music

• River Yarra – Cafe del Frog
  Release: Big Material
  Label: If-Only

• Home – Come Back Down
  Release: Odyssey
  Label: HOME

• OceanCountyMall – UppAllNight
  Release: Daydream Generation
  Label: OceanCountyMall

• Forhill & VIQ – Arrival
  Release: Arrival – Single
  Label: Forhill

• Macroblank – Covert Red
  Release: RARE PSALMS COLLECTION VOL.3
  Label: Macroblank

• Aliam – aotra
  Release: Via – Single
  Label: ecotone sounds

• Site Nonsite – Moss Garden
  Release: The Japan Series
  Label: Obvious Things

• altered sigh – Void’s Lullaby
  Release: Void’s Lullaby – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• CJ Hoffman – Content
  Release: Feels
  Label: C.J. Hoffman



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Nature Trail”. Credit: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-32: Robin Sukroso & Korora, Melorman, Es-K and more

August 5, 2024 Podcast
A meadow filled with vibrant summer wildflowers, predominantly yellow and blue, surrounded by green shrubbery.

Episode 2024-32

Playlist (as aired):

• Es-K – T_a_W
  Release: Balancing Act (Part 2)
  Label: Es-K

• Emancipator – Alligator
  Release: Mountain of Memory
  Label: Loci Records

• Rykard – North Cormorant Obscurity
  Release: Arrive The Radio Beacon
  Label: Hunya Munya Records

• Melorman – Salty Air
  Release: For the Sun
  Label: Antonis Chaniotakis

• Patterns In Plastic – Balloons Don’t Always Fly (Sun Glitters Remix)
  Release: BDAF Remixes
  Label: Patterns In Plastic

• Robin Sukroso & Korora – Deep Sea
  Release: Deep Sea – Single
  Label: Wuza Records

• 100 Day Delay – Yarrow
  Release: Yarrow
  Label: 645497 Records DK

• Forhill – Odyssey
  Release: Figments
  Label: Forhill

• Ao Logics – Cat N Johnny
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong
  Release: Sixteen Oceans
  Label: Text Records

• Khotin – Dwellberry
  Release: Beautiful You
  Label: Ghostly International

• gonima – Warm Season
  Release: Strands
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Cialyn – Spread Receipt
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Deep Shoq – Marathon
  Release: Pause – EP
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Fujii – Sleep On The Way
  Release: EUPHORIA
  Label: -AVERSIAC-



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Summer Flowers at Cape Krusenstern National Monument”. Credit: Cape Krusenstern National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-31: Alan Ghostly, Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Robin Sukroso & Korora and more

July 29, 2024 Podcast
Flowering plant in foreground with a steep, mountainous slope in the background. Blue sky with white clouds.

Episode 2024-31

Playlist (as aired):

    • Alan Ghostly – Last Dance
      Release: Retrofuturism Vol. 1
      Label: Alan Ghostly

    • Poldoore – Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes)
      Release: Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes) – Single
      Label: Poldoore Music

    • Treetalking – Stargazing
      Release: The Unknown
      Label: SXN

    • Jumpel & Adi Goldstein – Mock State
      Release: Airth
      Label: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein

    • Shigeto – Look At All the Smiling Faces
      Release: Full Circle
      Label: Ghostly International

    • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
      Release: Nothing Is Still
      Label: Ninja Tune

    • King Shi – Father’s Love
      Release: Jupiter Blues
      Label: Tekhedz, Millennium Jazz Music

    • Almanacs – Coyote Blanco
      Release: Spirits of the River
      Label: Mystery Circles

    • uinta – Taw
      Release: Sweetest
      Label: mind.slave

    • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro

    • Submerse – Bake Sale
      Release: See You Soon
      Label: Project Mooncircle

    • Yppah – R. Mullen
      Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
      Label: Ninja Tune

    • Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul
      Release: Former Kingdoms
      Label: Achillea Music

    • Robin Sukroso & Korora – Deep Sea
      Release: Deep Sea – Single
      Label: Wuza Records

    • Hello Meteor – South Shore Rain
      Release: The End of All Known Land
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture





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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Mountain Bloom”. Credit: Cafe Chill Labs.

Episode 2024-30: Jameson Hodge, From P60, Wave Damage and more

July 22, 2024 Podcast
Calm lake at dusk. Blue water with a darkening shoreline. Elements of color linger in the clouds of the twilight sky.

Episode 2024-30

Playlist (as aired):

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• C-Smitten – Operation Ruthless: Filtered Bounce Mix
  Release: Hey Arnold! Beat Tape: 10th Anniversary Edition
  Label: C-Smitten

• Peter Bark – Slow Down
  Release: Slow Down // Safe Haven – Single
  Label: Peter Bark

• Trees Can Talk – Beacon
  Release: Beacon – Single
  Label: Trees Can Talk

• Borealism – Slide
  Release: So, What’s New With You?
  Label: Borealism

• Emancipator – She Gone To the River
  Release: Mountain of Memory
  Label: Loci Records

• Jameson Hodge – Self Loathe Self Love
  Release: Portrait II (2019-2021)
  Label: Jameson Hodge

• From P60 – Muzai in the House
  Release: Born Ready (feat. MD) – EP
  Label: Midnight Fashion Records

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Hello Meteor – Geopolymers
  Release: Said Ghosts
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Rejoicer – Graveyard Party
  Release: This Is Reasonable
  Label: Circus Company

• Wave Damage – Vivid Blue
  Release: Vivid Blue – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

• ロフト tapes – Harmony 調和
  Release: Heal カセット 81
  Label: lofttapes

• SwuM – If I Leave
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Natty Reeves – Canoe
  Release: Canoe – Single
  Label: DeepMatter Records

• Laflamme – Oceana
  Release: Palm
  Label: Underground Parking



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “The Waters”. Credit: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-29: Es-K, Jameson Hodge, Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls and more

July 15, 2024 Podcast
A bird grasshopper with leather-colored wings, green torso, head, and legs, standing on a piece of white wood.

Episode 2024-29

Playlist (as aired):

• Es-K – Auralenze
  Release: Balancing Act (Part 2)
  Label: Es-K

• Windows 96 – You’re Perfect
  Release: How To See Through Walls
  Label: Gabriel Eduardo

• Swimming TV – With You
  Release: Raindance – EP
  Label: Cosmonostro

• Cialyn – Heliophore
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Paternoster Poetry – Paternoster Elevator 2
  Release: Beats To Procrastinate To
  Label: Stevia Sphere

• Feverkin – Coyote
  Release: Coyote – Single
  Label: Feverkin & Yonderling

• Jameson Hodge – Self Loathe Self Love
  Release: Portrait II (2019-2021)
  Label: Jameson Hodge

• Hello Meteor – Ààtr…ëp…™k(…ô)l- (BONUS STAGE)
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Knowmadic – Digital Dreams
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Esbe – Thousands of Rhythms (Remastered)
  Release: Bloomsday (Remastered)
  Label: Cold Busted

• Eyukaliptus – Summit
  Release: The Moon_tape
  Label: 857594 Records DK

• Shark Anthony – Moonflower
  Release: Esposa Grasa
  Label: Midwest Collective

• Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls – Doin To Me
  Release: Next Chapter – Single
  Label: all:Lo

• Tom Day – Lyrebird
  Release: Lyrebird – Single
  Label: Peaks

• Ruck P – Rise Up
  Release: Hip Dozer Vol. 1
  Label: Hip Dozer

• Teen Daze – Looking West
  Release: Late Summer Compilation Vol.10 (Part II)
  Label: LAGASTA



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Bird Grasshopper”. Cape Hatteras National Seashore/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-28: Warriors of the Dystotheque, Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls, and more

July 8, 2024 Podcast
Glacier carving through valley to meet a body of water, surrounded by steep mountains with summer snow caps and evergreen trees along shore.

Episode 2024-28

Playlist (as aired):

• Warriors of the Dystotheque – Telepathic Tacos
  Release: It’s A Beautiful Thing
  Label: Warriors of the Dystotheque

• Koji. – Solstice
  Release: Solstice – Single
  Label: Cafe Quality

• Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls – Exploration
  Release: Next Chapter – Single
  Label: all:Lo

• il:lo – Biome
  Release: Biome – Single
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Yppah – Eastwood Park (Bonus Track)
  Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
  Label: Ninja Tune

• altered sigh – Until Tomorrow
  Release: Until Tomorrow – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• AWITW – The Mist
  Release: Inside World
  Label: Golden Forest Records

• Horizon Fire – Asimov
  Release: Earthlight
  Label: DistroKid.com 579457

• Rosentwig – Dawsonia
  Release: Dawsonia – Single
  Label: 904678 Records DK

• Yu-Utsu – Sun
  Release: Yu-Utsu
  Label: Midwest Collective

• Fujii – Sleep On The Way
  Release: EUPHORIA
  Label: -AVERSIAC-

• Orange Crush – Invocation
  Release: Autumn Reflections
  Label: Orange Crush

• Soular Order – Liminal
  Release: 01/21 (A Live Album for Jamuary)
  Label: Soular Order

• Tom Day – Train to Nagano
  Release: Train to Nagano – Single
  Label: Peaks

• High Tides – Zolar
  Release: Zolar – Single
  Label: Rad Cult

• Hello Meteor – Next Time, Buddy! (DISQUALIFIED)
  Release: The Oahu GP 2: Hyper Tropic
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Glacier”. Credit: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-27: Rejoicer, Eliot Lipp, Flamingosis and more

June 30, 2024 Podcast
A distant snow-capped peak under the diffused reddish sunlight, with soft atmospheric shadows, contrasting against a dark nighttime foreground.

Episode 2024-27

Playlist (as aired):

• Fujii – Long Nights
  Release: Spirit Anthem
  Label: Puget Sound Collective

• Greybox – closer
  Release: Closer – Single
  Label: Greybox

• Rejoicer – Graveyard Party
  Release: This Is Reasonable
  Label: Circus Company

• City Girl – Mist Beneath Your Apartment
  Release: Neon Impasse
  Label: City Girl Records

• Shlohmo – Wen Uuu
  Release: Vacation – Single
  Label: Friends of Friends

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Tycho – A Circular Reeducation
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

• 2814 – Arcadia
  Release: Lost Fragments
  Label: Dream Catalogue

• Slow Magic – Moon
  Release: Triangle
  Label: PLANCHA

• Akay – Iroh
  Release: Iroh – Single
  Label: AKAY

• Lone – Jaded
  Release: Reality Testing
  Label: R&S Records

• Eliot Lipp – Turbo Coupe
  Release: Turbo Coupe – Single
  Label: Old Tacoma Records

• Jay Daniel – Muse
  Release: Ssd – EP
  Label: Watusi High

• VIQ – Forever
  Release: Remnants Melancholia
  Label: VIQ

• Flamingosis – Nebula Gazer
  Release: Nebula Gazer – Single
  Label: Kahuna Style

• Moshun – Strawberry Cheesecake
  Release: Emotions
  Label: Moshun Sound



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “July Alpenglow”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-26: Helios and Hollie Kennif, Affelaye and more

June 24, 2024 Podcast
Lush green Alaskan hills roll towards snow-capped mountains in the distance. A lone deer stands in the foreground.

Episode 2024-26

Playlist (as aired):

• Just Big Hills – Acacia
  Release: Acacia – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Different Sleep – Turbulance
  Release: Next Time I See You – Single
  Label: Different Sleep

• Deep Shoq – Forward
  Release: Pause – EP
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Dillard – Regeneration
  Release: Palm Skyline
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Volcanic Shores – Glide
  Release: Shoreline – EP
  Label: Independent

• Rsrch Chmcls – This Evening
  Release: This Evening – EP
  Label: 956233 Records DK

• Firephly – Shadows Unveiled
  Release: Shadows Unveiled – Single
  Label: Firephly

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Affelaye – Parhelion
  Release: The Swim – EP
  Label: Bad Taste

• Hector Plimmer – Let’s Stay
  Release: Sunshine
  Label: Albert’s Favourites

• Site Nonsite – Caravan Tokyo
  Release: Tokyo – EP
  Label: Obvious Things

• Dillard – Lust
  Release: Empress LP
  Label: D93 Audio

• Feverkin – Silhouette
  Release: Silhouette – Single
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Frameworks – Kings
  Release: Kings
  Label: MERLIN – Loci Records

• Ox The Moron & Chirofafa – Sleptime
  Release: Rising Tides 015
  Label: SVNSET WAVES



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Summer”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-25: Rejoicer, Affelaye and more

June 17, 2024 Podcast
A clear pool of water inside a cave. A single drop disrupts the still surface, creating ripples. The bottom of the pool is covered in sediment and surrounded by brownish cave walls.

Episode 2024-25

Playlist (as aired):

• Chemtrails – Pastel Eyes
  Release: Vivid Yet Just Beyond Tangible
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Edamame – Periderm
  Release: Periderm
  Label: Abandon Building Records

• Rejoicer – Graveyard Party
  Release: This Is Reasonable
  Label: Circus Company

• Pacific Coliseum – Home
  Release: Blue Universe
  Label: MERLIN – Coastal Haze

• D.K. – Juicy
  Release: Drop
  Label: BELIEVE – Antinote

• Session Victim – Am Continental
  Release: Basic Instinct – EP
  Label: Rhythm Section International

• Marcel Everett – Caged In
  Release: (II)
  Label: Marcel Everett

• Visitors – Triple Life
  Release: Triple Life – Single
  Label: 4361593 Records DK

• Affelaye – Parhelion
  Release: The Swim – EP
  Label: Bad Taste

• t.quoise – D I S S O l v E
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Arms and Sleepers – Fathers and Sons
  Release: What Tomorrow Brings
  Label: Pelagic Records

• Pablo Bolivar & Sensual Physics – Backen Punch
  Release: Details Am Rande
  Label: Seven Villas

• Tycho – PBS
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: Ghostly International

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Wild Light
  Release: Wild Light – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Virtual Cat – Cat looking forward to summer
  Release: June Cat
  Label: Ikimono Records



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Water Drops Into A Cave Pool”. Credit: Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve/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.