Episode 2024-45: Jinsang, Trees Can Talk, Wave damage and more

November 4, 2024 Podcast
A dark-feathered bird with red markings on its wings perched on a plant amidst a lush green field.

Episode 2024-45

Playlist (as aired):

• Jinsang – In the Rain
  Release: Drafts // Concepts Vol.1 – EP
  Label: 1302675 Records DK

• Vanilla – Fuji
  Release: Origin
  Label: VinDig

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

• Wave damage – Anyplace you dream
  Release: Promises of tomorrow – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

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

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

• Jogging House – Tongues
  Release: Weight
  Label: Seil Records

• Gold Panda – Trust
  Release: Trust – EP
  Label: Notown

• Koresma & Marley Carroll – Eucalyptus
  Release: Eucalyptus – Single
  Label: Koresma & Marley Carroll

• Forteba – Collective Flora
  Release: Collective Flora – Single
  Label: Midnight Fashion

• Monster Rally – Moonlight Ballroom
  Release: Moonlight Ballroom – Single
  Label: Singles Club

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

• Teen Daze – Modern Compromise
  Release: Modern Compromise – Single
  Label: FLORA

• Rosentwig – Labyrinth
  Release: Dreamstate
  Label: 904678 Records DK

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

• Panda Coast – Windowsill Kalenchoe
  Release: Something to Hold Onto
  Label: 691237 Records DK

• Sundrenched – Overexposed Suburban Sunset
  Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble, Vol. 4
  Label: Dust-Tone



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Photo: “Bird”. Credit: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A dark-feathered bird with red markings on its wings perched on a plant amidst a lush green field.”)

Episode 2024-44: Sweatson Klank, Dissolve in Sepia, Willis Fader and more

October 28, 2024 Podcast
A purple Periwinkle flower adorned with dew drops, set against a backdrop of lush green leaves.

Episode 2024-44

Playlist (as aired):

• Invisible Cloaks & Motion Graphics – Terrazzo
  Release: Reassemblage
  Label: RVNG Intl.

• eevee – nourish
  Release: nourish – Single
  Label: eevee

• Bowcraft – Tiles
  Release: Many Distant Cities
  Label: 1469535 Records DK

• A.L.I.S.O.N & Krosia – Spirit
  Release: Spirit – Single
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Dissolve in Sepia – Petrichor
  Release: Spaciousness – EP
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Brothertiger – Outer Zone
  Release: Fundamentals, Vol. V
  Label: Brothertiger

• Sweatson Klank – Club Med 86
  Release: Inner Works – EP
  Label: Friends Of Friends

• A Sol Mechanic – Flight
  Release: Flight – Single
  Label: A Sol Mechanic

• Stumbleine – The Cracks Let the Light In
  Release: The Information Superhighway – Single
  Label: Stumbleine

• Invisible Language – Release
  Release: Forgive – EP
  Label: Invisible Language Music

• Arvo to me – Grandmother
  Release: Into Change
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

• Willis Fader – Joy of Cooking
  Release: Parts Per Million
  Label: Paradeco Records

• Koresma – Offshores
  Release: Compass
  Label: Koresma

• Tomas Novoa – Tundra
  Release: Espacio Negativo – EP
  Label: Tomas Novoa



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Photo: “Periwinkle [Vinca major]”. Credit: Alcatraz Island/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A purple Periwinkle flower adorned with dew drops, set against a backdrop of lush green leaves.”)

Episode 2024-43: eevee, Lyli J, Brothertiger and more

October 21, 2024 Podcast
A foggy mountainside with a creek flowing down, featuring a small waterfall. The landscape is primarily covered in green grass, with a few scattered trees.

Episode 2024-43

Playlist (as aired):

• Lyli J – Kotos
  Release: Vibrance – EP
  Label: Monoke Records

• Lushloss – Old Oak
  Release: Asking/Bearing
  Label: Hush Hush

• Dissolve in Sepia – Petrichor
  Release: Spaciousness – EP
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• A.L.I.S.O.N – Output
  Release: Signal Flow – EP
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
  Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

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

• eevee – nourish
  Release: nourish – Single
  Label: eevee

• Christopher Willits – Clear (Boreta Remix)
  Release: Clear (Boreta Remix) – Single
  Label: Glass Air

• Manatee Commune – Wake
  Release: Wake – Single
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Tycho – Dictaphone’s Lament
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

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

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

• Ramakhandra – Haku (Rumtum Remix)
  Release: Haku (Rumtum Remix) – Single
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Brothertiger – Outer Zone
  Release: Fundamentals, Vol. V
  Label: Brothertiger

• Bad Snacks – Homecoming
  Release: Neat Tape 1
  Label: backbeet records, LLC

• Blackbird Belle – Champagne Birthday
  Release: Microcosm
  Label: Inner Ocean Records



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Photo: “Edith Creek in Autumn”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A foggy mountainside with a creek flowing down, featuring a small waterfall. The landscape is primarily covered in green grass, with a few scattered trees.”)

Episode 2024-42: Puar, Matrixxman, Elsa Hewitt and more

October 14, 2024 Podcast
Two caribou with large antlers standing in a vibrant autumn landscape, surrounded by colorful bushes.

Episode 2024-42

Playlist (as aired):

• Treetalking – Stargazing
  Release: The Unknown
  Label: SXN

• Elsa Hewitt – For My Confusion
  Release: Chaos Emeralds
  Label: Tompkins Square

• Milieu – Azurine Drowned
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

• Compressed Soul – Unfinished Trip
  Release: Tell Me – Single
  Label: Midnight Fashion Chill

• Hu – North
  Release: Navigate – EP
  Label: anon recordings

• Laurence Guy – Claudi
  Release: Saw You for the First Time
  Label: Church

• 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

• Matrixxman – Annika’s Theme
  Release: Homesick
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Kettel – Twinkle Twinkle
  Release: Myam James, Pt. 1
  Label: Sending Orbs

• ITO – The Cliff
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Unfound – Home
  Release: Anomaly
  Label: 899374 Records DK2

• t.quoise – Wait
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Puar – Hit The Sack
  Release: Better Late Than Never
  Label: Inner Ocean Records



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Photo: “Autumn, Two Caribou In The Autumn”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

(Alt Text: Two caribou with large antlers standing in a vibrant autumn landscape, surrounded by colorful bushes.)

Episode 2024-41: Arms and Sleepers, Dokkodo Sounds and more

October 7, 2024 Podcast
A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.

Episode 2024-41

Playlist (as aired):

• Arms and Sleepers – Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams
  Release: Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams – Single
  Label: Pelagic Records

• Dokkodo Sounds – Seeing Shapes
  Release: Seeing Shapes – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Four Tet – Daughter
  Release: New Energy
  Label: Text Records

• Kettel – Twinkle Twinkle
  Release: Myam James, Pt. 1
  Label: Sending Orbs

• Tycho – Sunrise Projector
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

• Pacific Coliseum – Wave Catalyst (High Tide)
  Release: Ocean City
  Label: Coastal Haze

• A.L.I.S.O.N & Krosia – Spirit
  Release: Spirit – Single
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Susumu Yokota – Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower
  Release: Symbol
  Label: P-VINE RECORDS

• Birocratic – Matlack
  Release: Beets 4
  Label: Birocratic and Many Hats Distribution

• Marley Carroll – Stay
  Release: Voices – EP
  Label: Achillea Music

• Jinsang – Night Breeze
  Release: Solitude.
  Label: Self-Released

• Milieu – Azurine Drowned
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

• Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Wilson (Bonus Track)
  Release: Mr&Rt
  Label: Monster Rally

• Lost Flights – Attraction
  Release: Attraction – Single
  Label: Lost Flights

• Magic Touch – Rooftop Garden
  Release: Private Lesson
  Label: Total Stasis

• Boards of Canada – Happy Cycling
  Release: Music Has the Right to Children
  Label: Warp Records



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Photo: “Autumn”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].(Alt Text: “A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.”)

Episode 2024-40: Blockhead, Rhombus Index, Photay and more

September 30, 2024 Podcast
A wooden fence. Behind the fence are some green deciduous trees. In the foreground is a green, leafy plant. The Cafe Chill logo is superimposed.

Episode 2024-40

Playlist (as aired):

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

• Tekvision – Lament
  Release: Lament – Single
  Label: independent

• Pacific Coliseum – Endless Journey
  Release: How’s Life
  Label: FLORA

• Santa Rita – Malachite
  Release: Malachite – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Blue Wednesday – Runaway
  Release: Runaway – Single
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Macroblank – double trouble
  Release: RARE PSALMS COLLECTION VOL.3
  Label: Macroblank

• Arvo to me – Untitled
  Release: Into Change
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

• Milieu – Swaying Palms
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

• Hello Meteor – For the South Ocean
  Release: Premium Grey Market
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Blockhead – Hard Pass On The Afterlife
  Release: Mortality Is Lit!
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Rhombus Index – Flotsam
  Release: hycean
  Label: Crossworlder Music Ltd

• Photay – Derecho
  Release: Windswept
  Label: Mexican Summer

• Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
  Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

• Blackbird Belle – Elegy (Instrumental)
  Release: Elegy – Single
  Label: Blackbird Belle

• Haircuts For Men – から
  Release: パステル勾配 lp
  Label: Haircuts For Men



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Episode 2024-39: Tom Day, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and more

September 23, 2024 Podcast
A sunrise casts an orange glow over a cloudy sky and a tranquil lake, with trees lining the shore.

Episode 2024-39

Playlist (as aired):

• Yuk – Sundaze
  Release: Gem Drops
  Label: Alpha Pup

• Possums at Twilight – Moments of Isolation
  Release: Herichor
  Label: Possums at Twilight

• t.quoise – Rooting
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Feathers
  Release: Feathers
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

• Boards of Canada – Kid for Today
  Release: In a Beautiful Place Out In the Country – EP
  Label: Warp Records

• X3SR – Farewell
  Release: Sublimation
  Label: X3SR

• Lyli J – Agave
  Release: Micro Wanders
  Label: MERLIN – See Blue Audio

• Daisuke Tanabe – Deer Drop Forest
  Release: Before I Forget
  Label: CIRCULATIONS

• Virtual Cat – Hydrangea
  Release: June Cat
  Label: Ikimono Records

• Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – A Nod Farewell
  Release: A Nod Farewell (Remix) – Single
  Label: Six Missing LLC

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

• Feverkin – Eternal Ascent pt. II (feat. Anan Aoyama)
  Release: Eternal Ascent (Original Soundtrack) – EP
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

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

• Arms and Sleepers – Greetings from Tokyo
  Release: Black Paris 86 (15th Anniversary Edition)
  Label: Arms and Sleepers



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Photo: “Sunrise on the River”. Credit: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-38: Firephly, Compressed Soul, Arms and Sleepers and more

September 16, 2024 Podcast
A cluster of lavender-colored Spreading Phlox flowers with five petals each, surrounded by linear, needle-like leaves, forming a dense mat close to the ground.

Episode 2024-38

Playlist (as aired):

• Arms and Sleepers – Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams
  Release: Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams – Single
  Label: Pelagic Records

• Shepard – Not Bad Enough
  Release: Against Our Nation
  Label: Shepard

• Firephly – Blissful Material
  Release: A Familiar Stranger – EP
  Label: Firephly

• Compressed Soul – Unfinished Trip
  Release: Tell Me – Single
  Label: Midnight Fashion Chill

• Hu – North
  Release: Navigate – EP
  Label: anon recordings

• Milieu – Swaying Palms
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

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

• Frequency Control Centre – Ventral Tegmental
  Release: Ventral Tegmental – Single
  Label: Audionautic Records

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

• Elobrian Sunrise – A Peaceful Place Where Animals Gather
  Release: A Peaceful Place Where Animals Gather – Single
  Label: Prrrrrrr Records

• Greybox – Facade
  Release: Elevate – EP
  Label: Artist Intelligence Agency

• A Vision of Panorama – Mediterranean Tribal
  Release: Sentimental Coast – EP
  Label: Cala Tarida Musica

• Jameson Hodge – Purple Moss
  Release: Purple Moss – Single
  Label: Jameson Hodge

• Emancipator & 9 Theory – Bombilla
  Release: Cheeba Gold – EP
  Label: Loci Records

• Frameworks – The Dark
  Release: Imagine Gold
  Label: MERLIN – Loci Records



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Photo: “Spreading Phlox”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-37: Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Affelaye and more

September 9, 2024 Podcast
A sand dune with intricate wind-carved patterns, with desert brush in the foreground. The sky above is cloudy.

Episode 2024-37

Playlist (as aired):

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

• A Vision of Panorama – Mediterranean Tribal
  Release: Sentimental Coast – EP
  Label: Cala Tarida Musica

• Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – A Nod Farewell
  Release: A Nod Farewell (Remix) – Single
  Label: Six Missing LLC

• Pacific Coliseum – Wave Catalyst (High Tide)
  Release: Ocean City
  Label: Coastal Haze

• A.L.I.S.O.N & Krosia – Spirit
  Release: Spirit – Single
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Thenoisemachine – Don’t Worry So Much
  Release: Midnight Musings – EP
  Label: 2750455 Records DK

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

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

• ITO – The Cliff
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Freud – Setback
  Release: Setback
  Label: MERLIN – Substruct

• Tycho – Coastal Brake
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Reside in Flames – Motion is Me
  Release: Till Dim Stars Wane
  Label: Reside in Flames

• The Beat Broker – Extended Away
  Release: Extended Away – Single
  Label: SENTRALL Records



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Patterns in Nature”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-36: eevee, Faint Waves, Robin Sukroso & Korora and more

September 2, 2024 Podcast
A herbaceous perennial plant with stoloniferous growth. It has small green leaves with narrow leaflets on the stems. The plant has glossy golden yellow flowers, each 2–3 cm in diameter.

Episode 2024-36

Playlist (as aired):

• VIQ – Somewhere
  Release: Dune – Single
  Label: VIQ

• Ian Aisling – Turbulence
  Release: Finally – EP
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

• eevee – Summertime
  Release: Summertime – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

• RUMTUM – Metrics in Time
  Release: Reflected – EP
  Label: Tropic Tone

• Feverkin & Alaskan Tapes – Here & There
  Release: Here & There – Single
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Sun Glitters – It Took Me a While
  Release: It Took Me a While / Somewhere Nowhere – Single
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

• Eliot Lipp – Young Alpine
  Release: Encounters
  Label: Young Heavy Souls

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

• Faint Waves – Technique
  Release: Paradise – EP
  Label: 7507335 Records DK

• X3SR – summerlush
  Release: Sublimation
  Label: X3SR

• Rival Consoles – Slow Song
  Release: Night Melody / Articulation
  Label: Erased Tapes

• Milieu – Autumn Fog Lifts (Yearbook Version) [Remastered]
  Release: Remodelled (Expanded & Remastered)
  Label: Milieu Music

• Oldtwig – Dark Matter
  Release: Dark Matter – EP
  Label: Oldtwig

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



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Photo: “Creeping Buttercup”. Credit: Mount Rainier 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.