Episode 2024-23: Elsa Hewitt, Blank Banshee, Mac DeMarco and more

June 2, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of a tough evergreen plant with long, sword-shaped leaves. Raindrops bead on the leaves. The background is blurred, showing a forest of yucca plants.

Episode 2024-23

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Mac DeMarco – Crescent City
  Release: Five Easy Hot Dogs
  Label: Mac DeMarco LLC

• Blank Banshee – Frozen Flame
  Release: Mega
  Label: Hologram Bay

• Galleriet – Amore (Instrumental)
  Release: The Instrumentals
  Label: Galleriet

• Seb Wildblood – of transition
  Release: sketches of transition
  Label: AMT

• TOR – City 66
  Release: Oasis Sky
  Label: Youth and Progress Recordings

• Hello Meteor – Conditioned Air
  Release: Conditioned Air
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Drips Zacheer – Gardenia
  Release: Gardenia – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Koresma & edapollo – On the Horizon
  Release: On the Horizon – Single
  Label: Koresma & Edapollo

• Machinedrum – Endless <3
  Release: Vapor City Archives
  Label: Ninja Tune

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier
  Release: On the Run
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

• Rosentwig – Wabi-Sabi
  Release: Kopfkino – EP
  Label: 904678 Records DK

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

• Space Ghost – 4 AM
  Release: 4 Am – Single
  Label: Tartelet Records

• Chrome Sparks – Sugar
  Release: Chrome Sparks
  Label: Counter Records

• AWITW – Faces
  Release: Inside World
  Label: Golden Forest Records



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Photo: “Rain and Yucca”. Credit: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-22: Brothertiger, Feverkin and more

May 26, 2024 Podcast
Smoke-filled sunlight filters through trees in a controlled burn area.

Episode 2024-22

Playlist:

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

• lover girl – dearly
  Release: stay asleep – Single
  Label: SXN

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

• Tycho – From Home (Mux Mool Remix)
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: Ghostly International

• Volo – Wild Mind
  Release: Wild Mind – EP
  Label: Vibecast

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

• Feverkin – Eternal Ascent pt. I (feat. Na√Øa Spiral)
  Release: Eternal Ascent (Original Soundtrack)
  Label: DISTROKID

• Padma Purana – Faust
  Release: Departure – Single
  Label: Padma Purana

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

• Lux Natura – Caves
  Release: Caves – Singl
  Label: Lux Natura

• Joe Nora – Cat Creek
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• boerd – Look
  Release: Misplaced
  Label: Anjunadeep

• Mountain Range – It’s Lonely Around People 2 (Teen Daze Remix)
  Release: It’s Lonely Around People 2 (Teen Daze Remix)
  Label: bibliotek

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

• Birocratic & Brock Berrigan & iamalex & Philanthrope – Brockoli
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
  Label: Chillhop Music



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Photo: “Rays of Light”. Credit: Fire and Aviation Management Program/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-21: XXYYXX, Xandra and more

May 19, 2024 Podcast
A brightly lit underwater scene. Sunlight filters through blue water, revealing colorful coral in shades of green and yellow. Striped fish flit among the coral.

Episode 2024-21

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Lord RAJA – Dipteres Pt. 2
  Release: Rubies – EP
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Slow Magic – Manhattan
  Release: How to Run Away
  Label: Downtown Records

• Gold Falls – KMNK
  Release: KMNK – Single
  Label: Gold Falls

• The Faded – Uncertainties
  Release: Uncertainties
  Label: The Faded

• J. Roosevelt – Parachute
  Release: Meditations on Silence – EP
  Label: J. Roosevelt

• Prismic Delight – Bridge Sessions
  Release: Mystical Volume I
  Label: Optimystic Records

• Xandra – Petrichor
  Release: Petrichor
  Label: Xandra

• Jetson – Just A Dream Character
  Release: Just a Dream Character – Single
  Label: ONTHEWAY

• Eikona – Artemis
  Release: Artemis – Single
  Label: Insight Music

• XXYYXX – Never Leave
  Release: Xxyyxx
  Label: 3235629 Records DK2

• Geotic – Actually Smiling
  Release: Abysma
  Label: MERLIN – Ghostly International

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

• Mornings – Dear
  Release: Mornings
  Label: Mornings

• X3SR – How You Feel
  Release: Melancholia – EP
  Label: X3SR

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



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Photo: “Underwater Scenic”. Credit: Biscayne National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-20: Six Missing, Rejoicer, I-04 and more

May 12, 2024 Podcast
Starry night sky with celestial light over a meadow surrounded by conifer trees.

Episode 2024-20

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Tobias – Laputa
  Release: Laputa – Single
  Label: Tobias

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

• Six Missing – Sitting Beachside
  Release: counter:point – EP
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

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

• I-04 – Proteus
  Release: I-04 – EP
  Label: Slam Pang

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

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

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

• Shigeto – Olivia
  Release: No Better Time Than Now
  Label: Ghostly International

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

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

• AWITW – Faces
  Release: Inside World
  Label: Golden Forest Records

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

• High Skies – Sumatra
  Release: Sumatra – EP
  Label: Miso

• Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
  Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective



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

Episode 2024-19: Tom Day, Hello Meteor and more

May 6, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of a caribou facing the camera. It stands amidst bright red shrubs, with a flowing river and an evergreen forest in the background.

Episode 2024-19

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Lusine – Rafters
  Release: Long Light
  Label: MERLIN – Ghostly International

• Sleepdealer – Astoria
  Release: Yerba
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

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

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

• altered sigh – Remember
  Release: Remember – Single
  Label: Nocturne Recordings

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Trapdoor
  Release: Future or Past – EP
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

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

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

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

• Blackbird Blackbird – Lifestream
  Release: Hearts
  Label: PLANCHA

• Bad Snacks – While You Sleep
  Release: Bathtub Bumps
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

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

• Cepia – Hoarse
  Release: Natura Morta
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Bakradze – An Evening With John
  Release: Restless
  Label: Space Hardware


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Photo: “Who, Me?”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-18: beachowl, Rejoicer and more

April 29, 2024 Podcast
Rugged landscape bathed in the golden unseen sunset. Dark, rolling hills stretch towards a horizon ablaze with yellow.

Episode 2024-18

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• beachowl – Abysmal
  Release: Motel Pools – EP
  Label: 3361561 Records DK

• rosequartz – interlude
  Release: interlude – Single
  Label: SVNSET WŒõVES

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

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

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

• Invention – Landrace
  Release: Landrace – Single
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Boards of Canada – Nothing Is Real
  Release: Tomorrow’s Harvest
  Label: Warp Records

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

• Firephly – A Fracture In Time
  Release: A Fracture In Time – Single
  Label: Firephly

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

• Joe Nora – Cat Creek
  Release: SVMMER SVN, Vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

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

• RUMTUM – Shade Fader
  Release: Isles in Indigo
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Arovane – Tides
  Release: Tides
  Label: MERLIN – City Centre Offices

• Caleb Belkin – Waves
  Release: Natural Sounds
  Label: SXN


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Photo: “Sunset Point”. Credit: Capitol Reef National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-16: Helios & Hollie Kennif, Naia Spira and more

April 15, 2024 Podcast
Dramatic landscape with sharply eroded cliffs and pointed rock formations, some in shadow. The foreground is covered in tall grass. A clear blue sky with patches of white, fluffy clouds completes the scene.

Episode 2024-16

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Birocratic, Brock Berrigan, iamalex & Philanthrope – Brockoli
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
  Label: Chillhop Music

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

• Feverkin – Eternal Ascent pt. I (feat. Na√Øa Spiral)
  Release: Eternal Ascent (Original Soundtrack) – EP
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Hello Meteor – Heated Seats
  Release: Community Broadcasting
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• Bad Snacks – Settle In
  Release: Bathtub Bumps
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Manatee Commune – Island
  Release: Brush
  Label: Record Union

• Volo – Wild Mind
  Release: Wild Mind – EP
  Label: Vibecast

• Zane Alexander – End of Eons
  Release: End of Eons – Single
  Label: Zane Alexander

• YOUTH 83 & Forhill – Currents
  Release: Currents – Single
  Label: YOUTH 83

• Chemtrails – Hoverpad
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Slow Motion Dream
  Release: Slow Motion Dream – Single
  Label: Unseen

• RUMTUM – Shade Fader
  Release: Isles in Indigo
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

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

• cerulean – Imagine
  Release: Imagine – Single
  Label: 1369135 Records DK

• Monster Rally – Baja Samba
  Release: Return to Paradise
  Label: Monster Rally


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Photo: “Badlands Shadows @ Badlands National Park”. Credit: Shaina Niehans, National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-15: Avocado Combat, Kalaido and more

April 8, 2024 Podcast
A white flowering rhododendron bush with green leaves. Sunlight dapples the leaves, and a blurred evergreen forest fills the background.

Episode 2024-15

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• A L E X – Cube
  Release: Beatsupply: Crate02 – EP
  Label: Beatsupply

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

• Segue – West Coast Rain
  Release: Pacifica
  Label: 1468568 Records DK

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

• Ethan Wilson – World Lines
  Release: Relativity – EP
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Kalaido – Mist Over a Pond
  Release: View Through the Mist – EP
  Label: Hip Dozer

• Avocado Combat – Homecoming
  Release: S.U.R.F.!
  Label: Avocado Combat

• SwuM & Delayde – Motions
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
  Label: Chillhop Music

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

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

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

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

• Space Ghost – 4 Am
  Release: 4 Am – Single
  Label: Tartelet Records

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

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


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

Episode 2024-14: Sweatson Klank, Sun Glitters, Feverkin and more

April 1, 2024 Podcast
Sunlight filters through the verdant foliage of a rainforest teeming with ferns and draped in emerald moss.

Episode 2024-14

Playlist:

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

• Sov & Leaf Beach – Tokismokey
  Release: Tokismokey – Single
  Label: Self Released

• Feverkin – Eternal Ascent pt. I (feat. Na√Øa Spiral)
  Release: Eternal Ascent (Original Soundtrack) – EP
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• il:lo – Vega
  Release: Vega
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Padma Purana – Faust
  Release: Departure – Single
  Label: Padma Purana

• Monster Rally – El Retorno
  Release: Return to Paradise
  Label: Monster Rally

• Gold Panda – New Days
  Release: The Work
  Label: City Slang

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

• Sun Glitters – Ocean Views
  Release: Ocean Views – EP
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

• Thrupence – Winston
  Release: Voyages
  Label: Jack Vanzet

• RUMTUM – Chroma Bloom
  Release: Chroma Bloom – Single
  Label: Tropic Tone

• Sweatson Klank – Summer Chronicles
  Release: Embers – EP
  Label: Friends Of Friends

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

• Vanilla – Fuji
  Release: Origin
  Label: VinDig

• Esbe – Darling (Remastered)
  Release: Bloomsday (Remastered)
  Label: Cold Busted


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Photo: “Olympic Rain Forest”. Credit: Olympic National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-13: Pbs’73, Chickenwizard and more

March 25, 2024 Podcast
Desert mountain valley with a rainbow arcing below a mostly clear blue sky. Light rain falls on the dry brown ground where scattered desert plants grow.

Episode 2024-13

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

•Pbs’73 – VVonderhaze
  Release: Technicolor Dreamer – EP
  Label: Magic Square Records

•Chickenwizard – End Dream
  Release: Stargaze
  Label: Wizard Is a Chicken

•Kodomo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: 5 Points Records

•Hello Meteor – tropik(e)l- (BONUS STAGE)
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

•Edamame – Wrong Flock
  Release: Nightlights
  Label: MERLIN – Abandon Building Records

•Teen Daze – The Endless Summer
  Release: Lost Songs 3
  Label: Teen Daze

•Eputty – 13th Feb 1997
  Release: Untitled Works – Single
  Label: Pulp Glitchin Records

•Cepia – Hoarse
  Release: Natura Morta
  Label: Ghostly International

•Four Tet – Unicorn
  Release: Beautiful Rewind
  Label: Text Records

•Sabi – Loose Contrulled
  Release: Forma. 3.10
  Label: PROGRESSIVE FOrM

•Gold Panda – The Most Liveable City
  Release: Half of Where You Live
  Label: Ghostly International

•FadedAeon – Out to Sea
  Release: Aqueous Anemoia
  Label: 1216998 Records DK2

•Memorex Memories – Wasting Time
  Release: Let Me Love You – Single
  Label: 1030018 Records DK2

•Windows 96 – Hello Earth
  Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
  Label: Windows 96

•upusen – Nice Fridge
  Release: Birds
  Label: Midwest Collective


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Photo: “The Ajo Mountains During a Winter Rain”. Credit: Organ Pipe Cactus 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.