Podcast

Episode 2023-45: Birocratic, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and more

November 6, 2023 Podcast
A view of a calm waterfront marina, including a dock with many parked boats behind it. The terrain in the background is hilly.

Episode 2023-45

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Laflamme – Oceana
      Release: Palm
      Label: Underground Parking
  • Letherette – Sun Up
      Release: Brown Lounge Vol. 5
      Label: Wulf
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Brush
      Release: I Could Be Your Dog / I Could Be Your Moon
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Haunted Lakes – Disappearance
      Release: The SS Chicora | Disappearance
      Label: Haunted Lakes
  • Koresma – Free (Marley Carroll Remix)
      Release: North Remixes – EP
      Label: Koresma
  • Tomas Novoa – Tundra
      Release: Espacio Negativo – EP
      Label: Tomas Novoa
  • Flamingosis – Hidden Attraction
      Release: Great Hair
      Label: Flamingosis
  • Special Q – Reach the Top
      Release: Freedom – Single
      Label: Stratford Ct.
  • Birocratic – snowdown
      Release: Snowdown – Single
      Label: Birocracy
  • Poldoore & Ian Urbina – Nomad
      Release: Astray (Inspired by ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ – a book by Ian Urbina) – Single
      Label: The Outlaw Ocean LLC
  • Frameworks – Titles
      Release: Kings
      Label: FRAMEWORKS
  • Jinsang – Never Know
      Release: In Flight
      Label: VinDig
  • Nemea – Silva (Pt. 2)
      Release: Bare/Silva/Mirror
      Label: Nemea
  • Edamame – Lungs Full
      Release: Virga
      Label: Abandon Building Records
  • Soft Static – 05
      Release: Warrior in a Garden
      Label: 3736632 Records DK
  • Stumbleine – Ember
      Release: Ghosting
      Label: Stumbleine
  • Mndsgn – Hiking
      Release: Breatharian
      Label: MERLIN – Fresh Selects



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Photo: “Calm on the Water” A photo of Bay Street Lake on a cold but normal afternoon with a railway, houses, mountains, shipyards, boats, and grass with little lavender spots in the background. Credit: Darius Doom Scott, JSMS Photography Club, February 18, 2022, Bay Street Lake. Used by permission.

Episode 2023-44: Wave damage, firephly and more

October 30, 2023 Podcast
A pre-sunrise landscape, with mountaintops in view. There is a valley below that you can not see, as it is covered with fog, so it appears that the photo is taken above the clouds. The mountain tops are dark, and the background sky is illuminated by the forthcoming sun, with yellow and orange hues.

Episode 2023-44

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Takeleave – Calibu
      Release: Inner Sea
      Label: Project Mooncircle
  • Tekvision – Lament
      Release: Lament – Single
      Label: independent
  • Past Palms – Midnight Sun
      Release: When the Sun Reaches Its Highest Point in the Sky – Single
      Label: 581097 Records DK
  • Wave damage – Lost world of innocence
      Release: All about tomorrow
      Label: 4530854 Records DK
  • 20HoursAfterDawn – No Sun Into The Void
      Release: Sun Will Crackle – EP
      Label: I Low You records
  • fr√ºit – Jaded
      Release: Prism – EP
      Label: SXN
  • Cialyn – The Sun and The Light
      Release: OMEGA (Soundtrack)
      Label: Cialyn
  • Frequency Control Centre – Lucy Lost In the Window
      Release: Exp.1
      Label: Bad Bat Records
  • Neeta – Beechwood
      Release: Beechwood – EP
      Label: Neeta Sarl
  • Pablo Bolivar – Hoopoo
      Release: Framework of a Dream
      Label: Seven Villas
  • firephly – Know What I Need
      Release: Safe In Sound
      Label: 591184 Records DK2
  • Freud – Cuban Episode
      Release: Velvet Dance – EP
      Label: Substruct Audio
  • Possums at Twilight – Awake
      Release: Interobject
      Label: Possums at Twilight



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Photo: “Sunrise Over an Ocean of Fog”. Credit: Shenandoah National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-43: Pbs’73, Gramofaune, Handycat and more

October 23, 2023 Podcast
A canyon with minimal vegetation and tiny bits of snow near the valley mountain peaks. In the foreground are wild flowers and a few evergreen trees. The sky is blue.

Episode 2023-43

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Pbs’73 – VVonderhaze
      Release: Technicolor Dreamer – EP
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Arms and Sleepers – In the Jaws of Life
      Release: Safe Area Earth
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
      Release: Nothing Is Still
      Label: Ninja Tune
  • il:lo – Alma (Frameworks Remix)
      Release: Sloh Remixes – Single
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Gramofaune – You Can Do Anything
      Release: ep – EP
      Label: Gramofaune
  • Handycat – White Lodge
      Release: Women Of The World Vol. 2
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Birocratic – Castles in My Cup
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Bonus Points – Nine to Five
      Release: Eventide
      Label: Bonus Points
  • Home – Oort Cloud
      Release: Odyssey
      Label: ORCHARD – Home
  • Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
      Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier
      Release: On the Run
      Label: Orbital Rendezvous
  • 2814 – Arcadia
      Release: Lost Fragments
      Label: Dream Catalogue
  • Cialyn – Spread Receipt
      Release: Sour Leaves
      Label: Cialyn
  • Warm Ghost – I Will Return (Heathered Pearls’ Coasting In Circles Remix)
      Release: Loyal
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Hello Meteor – Tropikal (BONUS STAGE)
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture



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Photo: “North Fork Cascade Canyon”. Credit: Grand Teton National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-42: Spiritual Awareness, Possums at Twilight and more

October 16, 2023 Podcast
A shady, rocky coastline, with giant sun illuminated rock formations just off the coast. The formations are shoals and small islands or rock columns called sea stacks. One sea stack has 2 trees on top of it. A light mist is in the background. The sky is a purple-blue.

Episode 2023-42

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Chickenwizard – End Dream
      Release: Stargaze
      Label: Wizard Is a Chicken
  • A.L.I.S.O.N – Output
      Release: Signal Flow – EP
      Label: A.L.I.S.O.N
  • Hector Plimmer – Let’s Stay
      Release: Sunshine
      Label: Albert’s Favourites
  • Emancipator & 9 Theory – Bombilla
      Release: Cheeba Gold – EP
      Label: Loci Records
  • Cryptic Moses – An Island Forms
      Release: A Lake Forms – EP
      Label: darqlab_media
  • Elsa Hewitt – Moonlite
      Release: Quilt Jams
      Label: ERH
  • Arovane – Tides
      Release: Tides
      Label: Keplar
  • Slow Magic – Feel Flows (Sun Glitters Remix)
      Release: (unicode triangle) (10 Year Edition)
      Label: Slow Magic
  • London Syndrome – Roads
      Release: Obscure
      Label: London Syndrome
  • Possums at Twilight – Good Luck and Have Fun
      Release: Moments Final
      Label: MERLIN – Possums at Twilight
  • Borealism – Slide
      Release: So What’s New With You
      Label: Borealism
  • Spiritual Awareness – Zenstrumentals
      Release: Meditation in Motion:Mindfulness Sessions In Discovery
      Label: Spiritual Awareness
  • Takeleave – Sabado
      Release: Belonging
      Label: Project Mooncircle
  • TheNoiseMachine – Ice Formations
      Release: Midnight Musings – EP
      Label: 2750455 Records DK



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Photo: “Olympic Coast Sea Stacks”. Credit: Olympic National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-41: Virtual Cat, leafmold, Sun Glitters and more

October 9, 2023 Podcast
A close up of a bee on a flower. The flower has white petals with a yellow style. The bee is black with a yellow upper torso, and is fussy. The background is out of focus, but is green from the foliage.

Episode 2023-41

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • leafmold – Prickly Pear
      Release: Palms
      Label: Sleepdance Records
  • Bad Snacks – Virgo
      Release: Virgo – Single
      Label: Bad Snacks LLC
  • Tycho – A Circular Reeducation
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: ISO50 Records
  • Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
      Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Pbs’73 – Public Television
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Vanilla – Fuji
      Release: Origin
      Label: VinDig
  • Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
      Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Teebs – Mirror Memory
      Release: Anicca
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • Ruck P – Rise Up
      Release: Hip Dozer Vol. 1
      Label: Hip Dozer
  • Emancipator – Dodo
      Release: Mountain of Memory
      Label: Loci Records
  • Sinh – Early Spring (feat. Masego)
      Release: Early Spring (feat. Masego) – Single
      Label: 695094 Records DK
  • Evan Geesman – Timido
      Release: Lengua
      Label: Ubiquity Records
  • Monster Rally – Orchids
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Birocratic – Boys’ Bop
      Release: Boys’ Bop – Single
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Home – Oort Cloud
      Release: Odyssey
      Label: Home
  • Virtual Cat – Hydrangea
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records



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Photo: “Narcissus Papyraceus, Paper Whites with Bee”. Credit: Natchez National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-40: Lusine, Planet Boelex and more

October 2, 2023 Podcast
A mid-sized creek flowing down the grassy and hilly side of a large mountain. The creek has rocks in it, and small waterfalls that form as a result of the rocks and elevation decrease. The land surrounding the creek is covered by short shrubbery that is green and yellow. There are sparsely located evergreen trees. In the background is a ridge obscured by mist or fog.

Episode 2023-40

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Reside in Flames – Sinclair Our Flight Has Arrived
      Release: Sundials Telescopes – EP
      Label: 3193825 Records DK
  • Hotel Pools & Forhill – Descent
      Release: Stratford Ct. Secret Selection #31 – 40
      Label: Stratford Ct.
  • Jon Hopkins – Immunity
      Release: Immunity
      Label: Domino Recording Co
  • Possums at Twilight – Awake
      Release: Interobject
      Label: Possums at Twilight
  • Casino Versus Japan – Marilyn Set Me Free
      Release: Hitori + Kaiso (1998 – 2001)
      Label: Attacknine Records
  • Sun Glitters – Feel It (feat. Suzy Q. Smith)
      Release: Everything Could Be Fine
      Label: Sun Glitters
  • Brothomstates – Mdrmx
      Release: Claro
      Label: Warp Records
  • Spring In A Small Town – Compassion
      Release: Spring in a Small Town
      Label: flau
  • Teen Daze – Apricot Sunset (A Void)
      Release: Pure Water (Inspired by ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ a book by Ian Urbina)
      Label: Synesthesia Media
  • Terekke – Need U
      Release: Plant Age
      Label: L.I.E.S.
  • Warm Ghost – I Will Return (Heathered Pearls’ Coasting In Circles Remix)
      Release: Loyal
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Lusine – Rafters
      Release: Long Light
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Lord Of The Isles – Waiting in Arisaig
      Release: Whities 029 – EP
      Label: AD 93
  • Astropilot & Althai – Ai-Petri
      Release: Diary of a Restless Mind (Extended Version)
      Label: AstroPilot Music
  • Planet Boelex – Upset Hexadecimal
      Release: Approach
      Label: Planet Boelex



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Photo: “Edith Creek in Autumn”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-39: Birocratic & G Mills, Sun Glitters, Frequency Control Centre and more

September 25, 2023 Podcast
Trees with golden leaves line a quiet stream. The stream has rocks in it. The surrounding landscape is rocky.

Episode 2023-39

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • A Vision of Panorama – Mediterranean Tribal
      Release: Sentimental Coast – EP
      Label: Cala Tarida Musica
  • Monster Rally – Full Sail
      Release: Mystery Cove
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Birocratic & G Mills – Delivery Pizza
      Release: Ninety-Nine
      Label: Decatur Boiz
  • Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
      Release: Totality – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Lusine – Rafters
      Release: Long Light
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Manatee Commune – Cast
      Release: Cast – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Blackbird Belle – Royal Blues
      Release: Celestial Nighthawk
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Teebs – While You Dooooo (Extended)
      Release: Collections 01
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • firephly – Know What I Need
      Release: Safe In Sound
      Label: 591184 Records DK2
  • Nightflyer – Monuments
      Release: Monuments – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • Borealism – Slide
      Release: So What’s New With You?
      Label: Borealism
  • Frequency Control Centre – Kaleidophone
      Release: Analogs of Traces
      Label: Audionautic Records
  • Thrupence – Winston
      Release: Voyages
      Label: Jack Vanzet
  • Telefon Tel Aviv – Lotus Above Water
      Release: Fahrenheit Fair Enough
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Tycho – Past Is Prologue
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: Ghostly International


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    Photo: “Autumn – Golden Colors Reflected in Stream”. Credit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

    Episode 2023-38: Birocratic & G Mills, Peter Bark, Lifeformed and more

    September 18, 2023 Podcast
    There is a tall green cactus in the foreground that loosely resembles a set of organ pipes, with some brown, yellow and green underbrush. The landscape is a desert, with a tall, quickly rising mountain in the not-too-far background. There is little to no vegetation on the mountain. The sky is blue with two white, fluffy clouds.

    Episode 2023-38

    Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

    • Greybox – closer
        Release: Closer – Single
        Label: Greybox
    • Lifeformed – Swimming While It Rains
        Release: Fastfall (Dustforce Original Game Soundtrack)
        Label: LOOPDISK
    • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Mt Baker
        Release: @0 EP1
        Label: MERLIN – Ahead Of Our Time
    • Chemtrails – Soft
        Release: Vivid Yet Just Beyond Tangible
        Label: SVNSET WAVES
    • Qaett – Army of One
        Release: Leavereveal
        Label: Inner Ocean Records
    • Blackbird Belle – Kyoto Recall
        Release: Microcosm
        Label: Inner Ocean Records
    • Chrome Sparks – Your Planet
        Release: Sparks – EP
        Label: Future Classic
    • Birocratic & G Mills – shoobedoo
        Release: shoobedoo – Single
        Label: Decatur Boiz
    • Hello Meteor – Tobacco and Rain
        Release: Community Broadcasting
        Label: Evergreen Prefecture
    • Nerddelic Studio Works – Snore
        Release: The Sun & the Moon
        Label: Nerddelic Studio Works
    • Manatee Commune – Wake
        Release: Wake – Single
        Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
    • Gold Panda – New Days
        Release: The Work
        Label: City Slang
    • Yppah – Grey Eyes
        Release: Grey Eyes – Single
        Label: Future Archive Recordings
    • Lushloss – Old Oak
        Release: Asking/Bearing
        Label: Hush Hush
    • Edamame – My
        Release: Periderm
        Label: Abandon Building Records
    • Peter Bark – Heat Lightning
        Release: Empty Rooms
        Label: Inner Ocean Records



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    Photo: “Organ Pipe and Mountains”. Credit: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

    Episode 2023-37: Jinx, Gaussian Curve, Janelle Costa and more

    September 11, 2023 Podcast
    A high rocky cliff with trees in front of it. The trees are autumn colors, including orange, yellow, red and green. On top of the cliff are some trees in which you can only see the shape of. The sky is blue. The cliff is approximately 35 feet feet higher than the tree line below.

    Episode 2023-37

    Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

    • do_tell – the gate
        Release: radicle [tape]
        Label: do_tell
    • RRAREBEAR – Ginger
        Release: Relief
        Label: RRAREBEAR
    • Hector Plimmer – Let’s Stay
        Release: Sunshine
        Label: Albert’s Favourites
    • Hu – North
        Release: Navigate – EP
        Label: anon recordings
    • Pablo Bolivar – Fuse
        Release: Framework of a Dream
        Label: Seven Villas
    • Gaussian Curve – Broken Clouds
        Release: Clouds
        Label: Music From Memory
    • Tycho – From Home
        Release: Past Is Prologue
        Label: ISO50 Records
    • D.K. – Juicy
        Release: Drop
        Label: BELIEVE – Antinote
    • Jinx – Solace (Bonus) [Nightflyer Chill Mix]
        Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
        Label: Nightflyer
    • Janelle Costa – Rain
        Release: My Kinda Flower – EP
        Label: Janelle Costa Music
    • Matrixxman – Annika’s Theme
        Release: Homesick
        Label: Ghostly International
    • Heathered Pearls – Perfume Catalogue
        Release: Body Complex
        Label: Ghostly International
    • Boards of Canada – Peacock Tail
        Release: The Campfire Headphase
        Label: Warp Records
    • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
        Release: Viewers Like You
        Label: Magic Square Records



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    Photo: “Autumn Splendor”. Credit: Obed Wild and Scenic River/National Park Service, public domain [i].

    Episode 2023-36: Chickenwizard, Boards of Canada and more

    September 4, 2023 Podcast
    A sunset scene. At the bottom is a landscape of trees in the distance, showing only their profile. The sky is blue, yellow, orange and pink, and composes most of the photo.

    Episode 2023-36

    Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

    • Chickenwizard – End Dream
        Release: Stargaze
        Label: Wizard Is a Chicken
    • Shigeto – Safe in Here
        Release: No Better Time Than Now
        Label: Ghostly International
    • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
        Release: Nothing Is Still
        Label: Ninja Tune
    • Boards of Canada – Nothing Is Real
        Release: Tomorrow’s Harvest
        Label: Warp Records
    • Rykard – North Cormorant Obscurity
        Release: Arrive The Radio Beacon
        Label: Hunya Munya Records
    • Andris Mattson – Atlantis Mantis (wildflower)
        Release: Water – EP
        Label: Wildflower Records
    • Astropilot & Althai – Ai-Petri
        Release: Diary of a Restless Mind (Extended Version)
        Label: AstroPilot Music
    • Hello Meteor – The Exoplanet Environmental Trust
        Release: Comfortable Loneliness
        Label: Evergreen Prefecture
    • creative_reality17 – B6
        Release: Attunement
        Label: creative_reality17
    • Abel, the Giant – Better Tomorrow
        Release: Beatsupply: Crate07 – EP
        Label: Beatsupply
    • Rejoicer – Lucid Intent (feat. Nitai Hershkovits)
        Release: Energy Dreams
        Label: Stones Throw Records
    • Feverkin – Silhouette
        Release: Silhouette – Single
        Label: 559975 Records DK2
    • Frameworks – Kings
        Release: Kings
        Label: FRAMEWORKS
    • Tedium Cool – 00h28
        Release: Midnight Tapes
        Label: Kulkraft Records
    • Slow Magic – Hold Still
        Release: How to Run Away
        Label: Downtown Records / Fontana North
    • Sundrenched – Hotel Orange
        Release: Emerald – EP
        Label: Dust-Tone



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    Photo: “Sunset Clouds with Alpenglow”. Credit: Grand Teton National Park/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.