ArmsandSleepers

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 2024-09: Lyli J, THC.XLR, Arovane and more

February 26, 2024 Podcast
Tiny, delicate wildflowers with white blooms and slender green stems bask in the warm glow of an late winter sunrise.

Episode 2024-09

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • SwuM – If I Leave
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Windows 96 – Hello Earth
      Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
      Label: Windows 96
  • Lux Natura – Rains
      Release: Ephemerals
      Label: 718048 Records DK
  • THC.XLR – see ya space cowboy…
      Release: archive.01: the_cabin
      Label: THC.XLR
  • Arms and Sleepers – For Us To Be Safe
      Release: For Us To Be Safe – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Fujii – Waves
      Release: Euphoria
      Label: -AVERSIAC-
  • Shigeto – Safe in Here
      Release: No Better Time Than Now
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Arovane – Passage To Nagoya (2023 Remaster)
      Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
      Label: Keplar
  • Tycho – Into the Woods
      Release: Simulcast
      Label: Mom+Pop
  • Hotel Pools – Distance (feat. Memorex Memories)
      Release: Distance (feat. Memorex Memories) – Single
      Label: Lofi Records
  • Bowcraft – Tiles
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Firephly – Know What I Need
      Release: Safe In Sound
      Label: 591184 Records DK2
  • Lyli J – Frost
      Release: Vibrance – Single
      Label: Lyli J
  • Past Palms – Midnight Sun
      Release: When the Sun Reaches Its Highest Point in the Sky – Single
      Label: 581097 Records DK
  • Sleepdealer – Astoria
      Release: Yerba
      Label: Nettwerk Music Group


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Photo: “Bluets”. Credit: Acadia National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-07: Feverkin & VOLO, Wave damage and more

February 12, 2024 Podcast
A black paved path disappears into dense woods shrouded in ground fog, with a trimmed bush emerging from the swirling mist in the foreground.

Episode 2024-07

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Manatee Commune – Cascade
      Release: Brush
      Label: Record Union
  • Tenda Senda – Swing a Little
      Release: Swing a Little – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Six Missing – Barking Outside Go Check
      Release: Collages – EP
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Gold Falls – KMNK
      Release: KMNK – Single
      Label: Gold Falls
  • Blackbird Belle – Runnin’ Like Clockwork (Extended Mix)
      Release: Celestial Nighthawk
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Feverkin & VOLO – Bird of Passage
      Release: Bird of Passage – Single
      Label: Feverkin and VOLO
  • Yppah – Shot into the Sun
      Release: Sunset in the Deep End
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • RUMTUM – Commit Way
      Release: Isles in Indigo
      Label: MERLIN – Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Tycho – Easy
      Release: Simulcast
      Label: Mom+Pop
  • Wave damage – Reoccurring Dream
      Release: Evil Play – EP
      Label: 4530854 Records DK
  • Invention & Ben Bada Boom – Scala Naturae (ft. Evil Needle)
      Release: Holism
      Label: Blvnt Records
  • City Girl – Mist Beneath Your Apartment
      Release: Neon Impasse
      Label: City Girl Records
  • Arms and Sleepers – Thru & True
      Release: Former Kingdoms
      Label: Achillea Music
  • A Sol Mechanic – Flight
      Release: Flight – Single
      Label: A Sol Mechanic
  • Jinx & Nightflyer – Solace (Nightflyer Mix)
      Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • TOR – Eleuthera (Catching Flies Remix)
      Release: Oasis Sky (Remixes)
      Label: Youth and Progress Recordings


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Photo: “Ground Fog”. Credit: Cowpens National Battlefield/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-03: Forhill, Christ., Koresma and more

January 15, 2024 Podcast
A fully frozen cascading waterfall covered mostly in snow. The waterway ice is blue. Trees and bushes surround the waterway.

Episode 2024-03

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Submerse – Let’s Never Come Back Here Again
      Release: Slow Waves
      Label: Project Mooncircle
  • Past Palms – Flowerbed
      Release: Empyrean – EP
      Label: 581097 Records DK
  • 100 Day Delay – Yarrow
      Release: Yarrow
      Label: 645497 Records DK
  • Departure – Ocean Breeze
      Release: Ocean Breeze – Single
      Label: DEPARTURE
  • Forhill – Tangled
      Release: Tangled – Single
      Label: Forhill
  • Mvnners – soft drive
      Release: soft drive – Single
      Label: SXN
  • Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division
      Release: Exp.1
      Label: Bad Bat Records
  • Christ. – Making a Snow Angel (Remastered)
      Release: Blue Shift Emissions (Remastered)
      Label: Ambidextrous Records
  • Sun Glitters – TThhiinnggss TToo DDoo
      Release: SSoofftt TToouucchh
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Freud – Cuban Episode
      Release: Velvet Dance – EP
      Label: Substruct Audio
  • Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
      Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Koresma – Bridges
      Release: Compass
      Label: Koresma
  • Teebs – NES
      Release: Did It Again – Single
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • A.L.I.S.O.N – Subtract
      Release: Signal Flow – EP
      Label: A.L.I.S.O.N


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Photo: “Ice Flow”. Credit: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-48: Nerddelic Studio Works, Telefon Tel Aviv and more

November 27, 2023 Podcast
In the foreground is a forest of evergreen and deciduous trees. The deciduous trees and multicolored due to the autumn weather. A low hanging sheet of mist is handing over the trees. In the background are mountains, many kilometers away, that are backlit by a rising sun. The sky is white and washed-out.

Episode 2023-48

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • VIQ – Journey
      Release: Last Path
      Label: VIQ
  • Jinsang – journey
      Release: life
      Label: VinDig
  • Pacific Coliseum – Wave Catalyst (High Tide)
      Release: Ocean City
      Label: Coastal Haze
  • Boards of Canada – Hey Saturday Sun
      Release: The Campfire Headphase
      Label: Warp Records
  • Blackboxx – Midnight Dance
      Release: Seablushed – EP
      Label: Slime
  • Yppah – Grey Eyes
      Release: Grey Eyes – Single
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Nerddelic Studio Works – Snore
      Release: The Sun & the Moon
      Label: Nerddelic Studio Works
  • Marley Carroll – Water Temple
      Release: Ice Cavern / Water Temple – Single
      Label: Loci Records
  • Poldoore – Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes)
      Release: Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes) – Single
      Label: Poldoore Music
  • Tycho – Japan (Instrumental)
      Release: Japan – Single
      Label: Mom+Pop/Ninja Tune
  • Telefon Tel Aviv – Life Is All About Taking Things In and Putting Things Out
      Release: Fahrenheit Fair Enough
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Veiled Dawn – Intro/Origins
      Release: I – EP
      Label: 2713475 Records DK2
  • Borealism – Slide
      Release: So What’s New With You?
      Label: Borealism


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Photo: “Autumn Morning Mist”. Credit: Kobuk Valley 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 2023-41: 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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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Narcissus Papyraceus, Paper Whites with Bee”. Credit: Natchez National Historical 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.