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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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Hosted by Seth.


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 2024-40: 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 2024-07: 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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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


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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


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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


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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.