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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



Hosted by Seth.

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

Episode 2024-06: SwuM & Delayde, Koresma and more

February 5, 2024 Podcast
A rustic brown cabin nestled in a snowy forest clearing. Snow-laden evergreen trees stand tall in the background and foreground, framing the quaint cabin. A light dusting of snow blankets the ground, creating a peaceful winter wonderland scene.

Episode 2024-06

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Shigeto – Huron River Drive
      Release: Lineage
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Teebs – NES
      Release: Did It Again – Single
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • Feverkin & Kalaido – Jewel
      Release: Jewel – Single
      Label: 559975 Records DK2
  • Hello Meteor – Ten Forward
      Release: The Turn After a Storm
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Koresma – Northern Lights
      Release: Compass
      Label: Koresma
  • Blackbird Belle – Champagne Birthday
      Release: Microcosm
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Secret Terminal – Chromatablast
      Release: Unity
      Label: 1264937 Records DK
  • Fujii – Astray
      Release: EP-Tape1 – EP
      Label: -AVERSIAC-
  • Whirl – Soft Grass
      Release: Urban Landscape
      Label: Whirl
  • il:lo – Vega
      Release: Vega
      Label: Nettwerk Music Group
  • Hello Meteor – South Shore Rain
      Release: The End of All Known Land
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • P.SUS – End of the Rainbow
      Release: Sound Traveler
      Label: P.SUS
  • Space Ghost – Ufo
      Release: Dance Planet
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • A.L.I.S.O.N – Crystal Bloom
      Release: Crystal Bloom – Single
      Label: A.L.I.S.O.N
  • Manatee Commune – Thalassophobia
      Release: Crescent Lake – EP
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • SwuM & Delayde – Motions
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
      Label: Chillhop Music



Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “The Caretaker’s Cabin in Winter”. Credit: Valles Caldera National Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-51: Rsrch Chmcls, Qaett, Misha & Jussi Halme and more

December 18, 2023 Podcast
This is a black and white image. The lower two thirds of a person can be seen peaking their upper third into a giant tree trunk's crevice. The tree is about 40 feet across and only the lowest section of the tree can fit in the picture. The giant tree is surrounded by smaller deciduous trees. A sign at the tree says 'Largest Tree At Muir Woods' with elevation, height and age information.

Episode 2023-51

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Sleepyeyes – waffles
      Release: Breakfast
      Label: sleepyeyes
  • Tmpst – Transit
      Release: With Kindness
      Label: 797562 Records DK
  • Qaett – Along the Shore
      Release: Warm Reminders
      Label: Fedbymachines Audio
  • Misha & Jussi Halme – Fountain
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2023
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Fujii – Familiar Faces
      Release: Spirit Anthem
      Label: Puget Sound Collective
  • Vanilla – Rainy Day
      Release: Origin
      Label: Self-Released
  • Angeldustmite – Colcannon
      Release: Second Breakfast
      Label: 967138 Records DK
  • Rsrch Chmcls – This Evening
      Release: This Evening – EP
      Label: 956233 Records DK
  • Lone – Boketto
      Release: Not Seeing Is a Flower – Single
      Label: Ancient Astronauts
  • Shlohmo – Looking at Plants
      Release: Heaven Inc. EP
      Label: Friends Of Friends
  • Ramakhandra – Haku (Rumtum Remix)
      Release: Haku (Rumtum Remix) – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Blackbird Belle – Illuminance
      Release: Microcosm
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Deeb – Flakes
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2016
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Virtual Cat – Hydrangea
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records
  • Flamingosis – Passing By (feat. Birocratic)
      Release: Bright Moments
      Label: Kahuna Style
  • Monster Rally – Island Hopping
      Release: Botanica Dream
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Sundrenched – Deep In the Lab
      Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble Vol. 4
      Label: Dust-Tone



Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “A Visitor Looks Into the Largest Tree At Muir Woods”. Credit: Golden Gate National Recreation Area/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-38: Birocratic & G Mills, Peter Bark, Lifeformed and more

September 18, 2023 Podcast
There is a tall green cactus in the foreground that loosely resembles a set of organ pipes, with some brown, yellow and green underbrush. The landscape is a desert, with a tall, quickly rising mountain in the not-too-far background. There is little to no vegetation on the mountain. The sky is blue with two white, fluffy clouds.

Episode 2023-38

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Greybox – closer
      Release: Closer – Single
      Label: Greybox
  • Lifeformed – Swimming While It Rains
      Release: Fastfall (Dustforce Original Game Soundtrack)
      Label: LOOPDISK
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Mt Baker
      Release: @0 EP1
      Label: MERLIN – Ahead Of Our Time
  • Chemtrails – Soft
      Release: Vivid Yet Just Beyond Tangible
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Qaett – Army of One
      Release: Leavereveal
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Blackbird Belle – Kyoto Recall
      Release: Microcosm
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Chrome Sparks – Your Planet
      Release: Sparks – EP
      Label: Future Classic
  • Birocratic & G Mills – shoobedoo
      Release: shoobedoo – Single
      Label: Decatur Boiz
  • Hello Meteor – Tobacco and Rain
      Release: Community Broadcasting
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Nerddelic Studio Works – Snore
      Release: The Sun & the Moon
      Label: Nerddelic Studio Works
  • Manatee Commune – Wake
      Release: Wake – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Gold Panda – New Days
      Release: The Work
      Label: City Slang
  • Yppah – Grey Eyes
      Release: Grey Eyes – Single
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Lushloss – Old Oak
      Release: Asking/Bearing
      Label: Hush Hush
  • Edamame – My
      Release: Periderm
      Label: Abandon Building Records
  • Peter Bark – Heat Lightning
      Release: Empty Rooms
      Label: Inner Ocean Records



Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Organ Pipe and Mountains”. 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.