ArmsandSleepers

Episode 2024-47: Oowets, Quantum Dreams, Tom Day and more

November 18, 2024 Podcast
A creek flowing through a rocky hydrothermal area with steam rising, surrounded by evergreen trees.

Episode 2024-47

Playlist (as aired):

• Arms and Sleepers – For Us To Be Safe
  Release: For Us To Be Safe – Single
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

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

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

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

• Oowets – Star Light Ocean
  Release: Calm Food
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Ian Aisling – Worlds Connected
  Release: The Echoterra
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

• Quantum Dreams – 私が死ぬまで星は明るく輝く (The Stars Will Shine Brightly Until I Die)
  Release: 黒体放射 (Blackbody Radiation)
  Label: Takeki Tower

• CFCF – Oil
  Release: Ghostly Swim 2
  Label: Ghostly International

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

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

• Le Caire – Selfless
  Release: Stratford Ct. | Secret Selection #51​-​60
  Label: Stratford Ct.

• Julien Mier – Light Footed
  Release: Jane’s Junkyard
  Label: Lowriders Recordings

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

• Fujii – Sleep On The Way
  Release: Euphoria
  Label: -AVERSIAC-

• Rival Consoles – Untravel
  Release: Persona
  Label: Erased Tapes

• Soular Order – Sonder
  Release: 01/21 (A Live Album for Jamuary)
  Label: Soular Order



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Photo: “View of Devils Kitchen”. Credit: Lassen Volcanic National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A creek flowing through a rocky hydrothermal area with steam rising, surrounded by evergreen trees.”)

Episode 2024-46: Willis Fader, Brothertiger, Hello Meteor and more

November 11, 2024 Podcast
A rocky trail winding through grass covered terrain and surrounded by deciduous trees in Alaska.

Episode 2024-46

Playlist (as aired):

• Blackbird Belle – Royal Blues
  Release: Celestial Nighthawk
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Teebs – While You Dooooo (Extended)
  Release: Collections 01
  Label: Brainfeeder

• Treetalking – Eyes of the Observer
  Release: The Unknown
  Label: SOULFULXNATURE

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

• Ian Aisling – Reconfigure
  Release: The Echoterra
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

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

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

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

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

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

• She’s Not Real – Crystal Panes
  Release: Crystal Panes – Single
  Label: 935288 Records DK

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

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

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

• gonima – Warm Season
  Release: Strands
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

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



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “On the Trail”. Credit: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park [i]. Alt Text: “A rocky trail winding through grass covered terrain and surrounded by deciduous trees in Alaska.”

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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Hosted by Seth.


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 2024-41: 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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Hosted by Seth.


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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Hosted by Seth.



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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Hosted by Seth.


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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Hosted by Seth.


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

Episode 2024-31: Alan Ghostly, Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Robin Sukroso & Korora and more

July 29, 2024 Podcast
Flowering plant in foreground with a steep, mountainous slope in the background. Blue sky with white clouds.

Episode 2024-31

Playlist (as aired):

    • Alan Ghostly – Last Dance
      Release: Retrofuturism Vol. 1
      Label: Alan Ghostly

    • Poldoore – Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes)
      Release: Celestial (A Tribute To Nujabes) – Single
      Label: Poldoore Music

    • Treetalking – Stargazing
      Release: The Unknown
      Label: SXN

    • Jumpel & Adi Goldstein – Mock State
      Release: Airth
      Label: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein

    • Shigeto – Look At All the Smiling Faces
      Release: Full Circle
      Label: Ghostly International

    • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
      Release: Nothing Is Still
      Label: Ninja Tune

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

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

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

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

    • Submerse – Bake Sale
      Release: See You Soon
      Label: Project Mooncircle

    • Yppah – R. Mullen
      Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
      Label: Ninja Tune

    • Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul
      Release: Former Kingdoms
      Label: Achillea Music

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

    • Hello Meteor – South Shore Rain
      Release: The End of All Known Land
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture





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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Mountain Bloom”. Credit: Cafe Chill Labs.

Episode 2024-25: Rejoicer, Affelaye and more

June 17, 2024 Podcast
A clear pool of water inside a cave. A single drop disrupts the still surface, creating ripples. The bottom of the pool is covered in sediment and surrounded by brownish cave walls.

Episode 2024-25

Playlist (as aired):

• Chemtrails – Pastel Eyes
  Release: Vivid Yet Just Beyond Tangible
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

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

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

• Pacific Coliseum – Home
  Release: Blue Universe
  Label: MERLIN – Coastal Haze

• D.K. – Juicy
  Release: Drop
  Label: BELIEVE – Antinote

• Session Victim – Am Continental
  Release: Basic Instinct – EP
  Label: Rhythm Section International

• Marcel Everett – Caged In
  Release: (II)
  Label: Marcel Everett

• Visitors – Triple Life
  Release: Triple Life – Single
  Label: 4361593 Records DK

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

• t.quoise – D I S S O l v E
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

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

• Pablo Bolivar & Sensual Physics – Backen Punch
  Release: Details Am Rande
  Label: Seven Villas

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

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

• Virtual Cat – Cat looking forward to summer
  Release: June Cat
  Label: Ikimono Records



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Water Drops Into A Cave Pool”. Credit: Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve/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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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Olympic Rain Forest”. Credit: Olympic 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.