Episode 2023-28: Shatter Hands, Koresma & Koala Karlous, Frequency Control Centre and more

July 10, 2023 Podcast
The sun is setting behind a ridge of mountains. In the foreground is the edge of a cliff exposing the jagged, but beautiful landscape below. Another range of mountains falls between the cliff and the ridge with the sunset. The landscape is orange, and the sky is shades of green and purple, with a yellow and orange sunset.

Episode 2023-28

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Tobias – Laputa
      Release: Laputa – Single
      Label: Tobias
  • Emancipator – Waxin
      Release: Mountain of Memory
      Label: Loci Records
  • Koresma & Koala Karlous – All Turn to One
      Release: All Turn to One – Single
      Label: Koresma
  • Psalm Trees & Guillaume Muschalle – Days Go By (ft. Julien Brunard)
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
      Label: Chillhop Records
  • Ian Aisling – Turbulence
      Release: Finally
      Label: MERLIN – Independent
  • Laflamme – Crystal Sky
      Release: Helen
      Label: LaFlamme
  • Chrome Sparks – <3 & Soul
      Release: My <3
      Label: Chrome Sparks
  • Shatter Hands – Singlespeed
      Release: Land Fly
      Label: Urban Waves Records
  • FadedAeon – Out to Sea
      Release: Aqueous Anemoia
      Label: 1216998 Records DK2
  • Prismic Delight – Bridge Sessions
      Release: Mystical Volume I
      Label: Optimystic Records
  • fr√it – Prism
      Release: Prism – EP
      Label: Alpha Pup
  • Lusine Icl – Jetstream
      Release: Language Barrier
      Label: Hymen Records
  • Frequency Control Centre – Kaleidophone
      Release: Analogs of Traces
      Label: Audionautic Records
  • Bad Snacks – Drift
      Release: Bathtub Bumps
      Label: Bad Snacks LLC


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

Episode 2023-27: leafmold, BeachesBeaches, FTP and more

July 3, 2023 Podcast
View of a canyon extending to the horizon. The canyon is shaded with sunlight reaching the peaks of the mountains within the canyon. In the foreground is the shaded edge of a cliff. The sky is blue with some white clouds on the horizon.

Episode 2023-27

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Bowcraft – Cicada
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Monster Rally – El Retorno
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Flamingosis – Future Lounge (feat. A Sol Mechanic)
      Release: Kahunastyle
      Label: Kahuna Style
  • Hello Meteor – The Tropic Sport Lounge
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Hotel Pools – Distance (feat. Memorex Memories)
      Release: Distance – Single
      Label: Lofi Records
  • X3SR – Farewell
      Release: Sublimation
      Label: X3SR
  • FTP – sometimes i sit alone (slowgramming remix)
      Release: are we there yet
      Label: slowgramming
  • leafmold – Pacific
      Release: Palms
      Label: Sleepdance Records
  • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro
  • Tycho – Dictaphone’s Lament
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: Ghostly International
  • System – Manarola
      Release: Common Water – EP
      Label: 949877 Records DK2
  • C418 & Kuabee – Tingle
      Release: Excursions
      Label: C418
  • Ethan Wilson – World Lines
      Release: Relativity – EP
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • BeachesBeaches – I Know There’s An Answer (BeachesBeaches Edit)
      Release: I Know There’s An Answer – (BeachesBeaches Edit)
      Label: BeachesBeaches


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Photo: “South Rim Village Sunset”. Credit: Grand Canyon National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-26: Treetalking, Stumbleine, Maluca and more

June 26, 2023 Podcast
And sand-covered cliff edge with deciduous trees. The cliff is overlooking a large lake that is deep blue. The sky in the background is blue. There is some haze in the distance.

Episode 2023-26

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Slow Magic – Sorry Safari
      Release: Triangle
      Label: Slow Magic
  • Arms and Sleepers – Greetings from Tokyo
      Release: Black Paris 86 (15th Anniversary Edition)
      Label: Arms and Sleepers
  • Le Caire – Selfless
      Release: Stratford Ct. Secret Selection 51 to 60
      Label: Stratford Ct.
  • Polygrim – Ever So Slightly
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 5
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Orange Crush – Invocation
      Release: Autumn Reflections
      Label: Orange Crush
  • Treetalking – Move With Purpose
      Release: The Unknown
      Label: SXN
  • Chrome Sparks – Your Planet
      Release: Sparks – EP
      Label: Future Classic
  • Tycho – A Circular Reeducation
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: ISO50 Records
  • Geotic – Accept
      Release: To Not Now Nor To Ever Despair
      Label: Basement’s Basement
  • Gold Panda – New Days
      Release: The Work
      Label: City Slang
  • Letherette – Sun Up
      Release: Brown Lounge Vol. 5
      Label: Wulf
  • Stumbleine – Ember
      Release: Ghosting
      Label: Stumbleine
  • Maluca – I Couldn’t Leave You
      Release: I Couldn’t Leave You – Single
      Label: Maluca


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Photo: “Pyramid Point”. Credit: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-25: do_tell, A.L.I.S.O.N & Hotel Pools, and more

June 19, 2023 Podcast
The outline of a backlit mountain. In the background is a colorful sky, illuminated by bright pink, yellow and purple clouds at sunset.

Episode 2023-25

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • do_tell – dream in color
      Release: radicle [tape]
      Label: do_tell
  • Gold Panda – Pink and Green
      Release: Good Luck and Do Your Best
      Label: City Slang
  • Yppah – Shot into the Sun
      Release: Sunset in the Deep End
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • 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
  • Komodo – Concept 11
      Release: Still Life
      Label: Points Records
  • King Shi – Father’s Love
      Release: Jupiter Blues
      Label: Tekhedz and Millennium Jazz Music
  • Teen Daze – Modern Compromise
      Release: Modern Compromise – Single
      Label: Flora
  • Almanacs – Coyote Blanco
      Release: Spirits of the River
      Label: Mystery Circles
  • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro


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Photo: “Sunrise at Sunset Crater Volcano”. Credit: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-24: leafmold, Nightflyer, Fujii and more

June 12, 2023 Podcast
Icicles in the foreground with a waterfall in the background. The ice and water have a blue tint to them.

Episode 2023-24

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Shigeto – Safe in Here
      Release: No Better Time Than Now
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Sundrenched – Flyby
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • leafmold – Culdesacs
      Release: Palms
      Label: Sleepdance Records
  • Nightflyer – Awakening
      Release: Monuments – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • Fujii – Long Nights
      Release: Spirit Anthem
      Label: Puget Sound Collective
  • Tobias – Shiver
      Release: Shiver – Single
      Label: Tobias
  • Rosentwig – Dawsonia
      Release: Dawsonia – Single
      Label: 904678 Records DK
  • Koresma – Northern Lights
      Release: Compass
      Label: Koresma
  • Yppah – Shot into the Sun
      Release: Sunset in the Deep End
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Ta-Ku – Long Time No See (Ekali Remix)
      Release: Long Time No See (Ekali Remix)
      Label: Fool’s Gold Records
  • Jinx – Solace (Bonus) [Nightflyer Chill Mix]
      Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • Lyli J – Lunari
      Release: Lunari – EP
      Label: Monoke Records
  • gonima – Warm Season
      Release: Strands
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • VIQ – Journey
      Release: Last Path
      Label: VIQ


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Photo: “Cascade in Winter”. Credit: Shenandoah National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-23: Flamingosis & The Kount, Astropilot and more

June 5, 2023 Podcast
Florescent green aurora bands in a dark blue sky above a melting snowy polar landscape.

Episode 2023-23

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Possums at Twilight – Moments of Isolation
      Release: Herichor
      Label: Possums at Twilight
  • Flamingosis & The Kount – Rhythm Ritual
      Release: Maniacs!
      Label: Flamingosis & The Kount
  • Fujii – Familiar Faces
      Release: Spirit Anthem
      Label: Puget Sound Collective
  • Rosentwig – Dawsonia
      Release: Dawsonia – Single
      Label: Rosentwig
  • Seemio – Untitled I
      Release: Untitled – Single
      Label: Seemio Music
  • Invisible Pyramids – black desert
      Release: Possession Volume 2
      Label: 1216142 Records DK
  • Astropilot – Tenderness (Revisited)
      Release: Tenderness – Single
      Label: AstroPilot Music
  • MossGatherer – Standing Right There
      Release: Out There – EP
      Label: XVI Records
  • Rykard – North Cormorant Obscurity
      Release: Arrive The Radio Beacon
      Label: Hunya Munya Records
  • Xky – Shapes
      Release: Mercury EP
      Label: Xky Music
  • Tomas Novoa – Tundra
      Release: Espacio Negativo – EP
      Label: Tomas Novoa
  • Koresma – Free (Marley Carroll Remix)
      Release: North Remixes – EP
      Label: Koresma
  • Headstreams – Worlds
      Release: Worlds – Single
      Label: AURA
  • A.L.I.S.O.N – Pink Cloud Days
      Release: Sunshine Girl – Single
      Label: A.L.I.S.O.N
  • Teebs – NES
      Release: Did It Again – Single
      Label: Brainfeeder


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Photo: “Aurora Borealis at the Park”. Credit: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-22: Rosentwig, Ethan Wilson and more

May 29, 2023 Podcast
A body of water at dusk or dawn, with mountains jetting out of the water, forming islands or peninsulas. The sky is light purple and there is a light mist.

Episode 2023-22

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Gloamie – Sookie
      Release: Sookie – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • SwuM – If I Leave
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • RUMTUM – Coastal Ruins
      Release: Isles in Indigo
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Blackboxx – Stranded Under Sunsets
      Release: Seablushed – EP
      Label: Slime
  • Ethan Wilson – World Lines
      Release: Relativity – EP
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Dillard – Regeneration
      Release: Palm Skyline
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Imagined Herbal Flows – Evolve
      Release: Departure – EP
      Label: Seeking Blue
  • Rosentwig – Dawsonia
      Release: Dawsonia – Single
      Label: Rosentwig
  • Emancipator – Goodness
      Release: Baralku
      Label: Loci Records
  • Hello Meteor – Charcoal and Ash
      Release: The Coastal Obscure
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Freud – Faux Pas
      Release: Velvet Dance – EP
      Label: Substruct Audio
  • Feverkin – Silhouette
      Release: Silhouette – Single
      Label: 559975 Records DK2
  • Chris LaRue – Wool Socks
      Release: Lo-Fi Meditations
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • il:lo – Reine (feat. Brain Blake)
      Release: Places – EP
      Label: Nettwerk Music Group


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Photo: “Ofu Lagoon”. Credit: National Park of American Samoa/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-21: Ramakhandra, 憂鬱, Telequanta and more

May 22, 2023 Podcast
View of the night sky at sunset. The sky is becoming dark blue, and the sun is still illuminating the greenery on the ground. The sky is filled with stars, and gets deeper blue as the altitude increases.

Episode 2023-21

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Angeldustmite – Chilaquiles
      Release: Second Breakfast
      Label: 967138 Records DK
  • Teebs – Mirror Memory
      Release: Anicca
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • Shigeto – Look At All the Smiling Faces
      Release: Full Circle
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Nerddelic Studio Works – Snore
      Release: The Sun & the Moon
      Label: Nerddelic Studio Works
  • Feverkin & Koresma – Folds
      Release: Folds – Single
      Label: Feverkin & Koresma
  • Chemtrails x Richard Alfaro – Leisure Trail
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 6
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Jay Cliffen & LaFlamme – Bo-Tree
      Release: Canopy – EP
      Label: Canopy
  • Microfunk Crew – Bikini Bottom
      Release: Puzzles – EP
      Label: Microfunk Music
  • Telequanta – Programmable Matter
      Release: Programmable Matter – Single
      Label: Telequanta
  • Ramakhandra – Haku (Rumtum Remix)
      Release: Haku (Rumtum Remix) – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Oscar Oscar – Himeji
      Release: Himeji – Single
      Label: Majestic Casual Records
  • Steven Deblat – Is This 2 Much for U
      Release: i s t h i s 2 m u c h f o r u
      Label: Steven Deblat
  • Imagined Herbal Flows – Breeze
      Release: Floating – EP
      Label: DDM Recordings
  • Yu-Utsu – Sun
      Release: Sun – Single
      Label: 憂鬱


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

Episode 2023-20: 100 Day Delay, Petit Biscuit and more

May 15, 2023 Podcast
A baby marmot, largely with white fur, and brown eyes, ears, nose and toes. There is some greenery in the foreground, and brown and green foliage in the out-of-focus background.

Episode 2023-20

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Shlohmo – Wen Uuu (Covered by Santpoort)
      Release: FOF10: Friends of Friends at 10
      Label: Friends of Friends Music
  • lover girl – Dearly
      Release: Stay Asleep – Single
      Label: SXN
  • Arovane – Cry Osaka Cry (2023 Remaster)
      Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
      Label: City Centre Offices
  • 100 Day Delay – Yarrow
      Release: Yarrow
      Label: 645497 Records DK
  • Petit Biscuit – Sunset Lover (Manatee Commune Remix)
      Release: Sunset Lover (Remixes)
      Label: Petit Biscuit Music
  • Jinsang – night breeze
      Release: Solitude.
      Label: Vinyl Digital GmbH
  • Hello Meteor – Lanai Lookout
      Release: Lanai Lookout – Single
      Label: FiXT
  • Lyli J – Agave
      Release: Micro Wanders
      Label: See Blue Audio
  • X3SR – Farewell
      Release: Sublimation
      Label: X3SR
  • Foewi – Archipelago/Urbanaxia
      Release: Archipelago/Urbanaxia – Single
      Label: 1205714 Records DK
  • Imagined Herbal Flows – Departure
      Release: Departure – EP
      Label: Seeking Blue
  • VIQ – Illusion
      Release: Crystal Shores
      Label: VIQ
  • Frequency Control Centre – Float Left
      Release: Exp.1
      Label: Bad Bat Records
  • Frameworks – The Dark
      Release: Imagine Gold
      Label: Loci Records
  • Fallen Roses & B dom – Yours and Nobody Elses’s
      Release: Yours and Nobody Elses’s – Single
      Label: Majestic Casual Records


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

Episode 2023-19: t.quoise, Drips Zacheer and more

May 8, 2023 Podcast
A woodpecker's head peering out the woodpecker's hole in a tree. The woodpecker has a red forehead with brown stripes. The background is our of focus, with brown branches and some blue sky.

Episode 2023-19

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Arovane – Passage to Nagoya (2023 Remaster)
      Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
      Label: City Centre Offices
  • Space Ghost – Aquarium Nightclub
      Release: Aquarium Nightclub
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • Orange Crush – Invocation
      Release: Autumn Reflections
      Label: Orange Crush
  • t.quoise – Life in Reverse
      Release: Life in Reverse
      Label: Soundsphere
  • flow.ctrl – Nightlight
      Release: Lullaby – EP
      Label:
  • fr√ľit – Yellow Waters
      Release: Opal Melt – EP
      Label: SXN
  • Pablo Bolivar – Fuse
      Release: Framework of a Dream
      Label: Seven Villas
  • Drips Zacheer – Gardenia
      Release: Gardenia – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division
      Release: Exp.1
      Label: Bad Bat Records
  • Hu – North
      Release: Navigate – EP
      Label: anon recordings
  • Boards of Canada – Everything You Do Is a Balloon
      Release: Hi Scores
      Label: Skam Records
  • 20HoursAfterDawn – Sweetness Of Fake Pollution
      Release: Sun Will Crackle – EP
      Label: I Low You records
  • Monster Rally – Enchanted Wine
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally


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Photo: “Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)”. Credit: Fort Stanwix National Monument/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.