HelloMeteor

Episode 2024-50: Slag Boom Van Loon, Hello Meteor and more

December 9, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of a green and yellow bird perched on a branch, with a blurred background of brown and green hues.

Episode 2024-50

Playlist (as aired):

• Vanilla – AJFA
  Release: Soft Focus
  Label: VinDig

• Teebs – Mirror Memory
  Release: Anicca
  Label: Brainfeeder

• Tobias – Shiver
  Release: Shiver – Single
  Label: Tobias

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

• Vanilla – Gigi
  Release: Origin
  Label: VinDig

• Ideism – Float
  Release: Everblue
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Rykard – Stars Like Dust
  Release: Explorers, Vol. 4 – EP
  Label: Hunya Munya Records

• Cialyn – Our Days Gone
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Nightflyer – Sanctuary
  Release: Sanctuary – Single
  Label: Nightflyer

• Hello Meteor – Covert Persephone
  Release: Premium Grey Market
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• Telefon Tel Aviv – John Thomas on the Inside Is Nothing but Foam
  Release: Fahrenheit Fair Enough
  Label: Ghostly International

• Tycho – Sunrise Projector
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

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

• Slag Boom Van Loon – Poppy Seed (Boards of Canada Remix)
  Release: So Soon
  Label: Planet Mu

• Irregular Expression – Setsuko
  Release: Setsuko – Single
  Label: Setsuko



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Rock Wren”. Credit: Montezuma Castle National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “Close-up of a green and yellow bird perched on a branch, with a blurred background of brown and green hues.”)

Episode 2024-49: Dissolve in Sepia, Braxton, Ian Aisling and more

December 2, 2024 Podcast
A patchwork of red, orange, and yellow colors in the meadows along a high altitude trail.

Episode 2024-49

Playlist (as aired):

• Tycho – Epigram
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Dissolve in Sepia – Petrichor
  Release: Petrichor – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Oldtwig – Wasteland
  Release: Dark Matter – EP
  Label: Oldtwig

• Space Ghost – Peace Lily Garden (Pt. 2)
  Release: Endless Light
  Label: Tartelet Records

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

• Braxton – Falling
  Release: Falling – Single
  Label: Reflections

• Veiled Dawn – Intro/Origins
  Release: I – EP
  Label: 2713475 Records DK2

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

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

• Sun Glitters – TThhiinnggss TToo DDoo
  Release: SSoofftt TToouucchh
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Max Cooper – Repetition
  Release: Yearning for the Infinite
  Label: Mesh

• Polygrim – Triple Negative
  Release: Brimming
  Label: Dustyroom

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

• Arovane – Passage to Nagoya
  Release: Lilies
  Label: City Centre Offices

• Wave damage – Vanish upon completion
  Release: Promises of tomorrow – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

• Senbeii – No Fear
  Release: Vessels VI
  Label: Future Astronauts



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Fall Color Along the High Lakes Trail”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park / National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: A patchwork of red, orange, and yellow colors in the meadows along a high altitude trail.)

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 2024-45: Jinsang, Trees Can Talk, Wave damage and more

November 4, 2024 Podcast
A dark-feathered bird with red markings on its wings perched on a plant amidst a lush green field.

Episode 2024-45

Playlist (as aired):

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

• Vanilla – Fuji
  Release: Origin
  Label: VinDig

• Trees Can Talk – Aurora
  Release: Aurora – Single
  Label: Trees Can Talk

• Wave damage – Anyplace you dream
  Release: Promises of tomorrow – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

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

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

• Jogging House – Tongues
  Release: Weight
  Label: Seil Records

• Gold Panda – Trust
  Release: Trust – EP
  Label: Notown

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

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

• Monster Rally – Moonlight Ballroom
  Release: Moonlight Ballroom – Single
  Label: Singles Club

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

• Teen Daze – Modern Compromise
  Release: Modern Compromise – Single
  Label: FLORA

• Rosentwig – Labyrinth
  Release: Dreamstate
  Label: 904678 Records DK

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• Sundrenched – Overexposed Suburban Sunset
  Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble, Vol. 4
  Label: Dust-Tone



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Bird”. Credit: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A dark-feathered bird with red markings on its wings perched on a plant amidst a lush green field.”)

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 2024-37: Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Affelaye and more

September 9, 2024 Podcast
A sand dune with intricate wind-carved patterns, with desert brush in the foreground. The sky above is cloudy.

Episode 2024-37

Playlist (as aired):

• Ao Logics – Cat N Johnny
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
  Label: Chillhop Music

• A Vision of Panorama – Mediterranean Tribal
  Release: Sentimental Coast – EP
  Label: Cala Tarida Musica

• Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – A Nod Farewell
  Release: A Nod Farewell (Remix) – Single
  Label: Six Missing LLC

• 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

• Thenoisemachine – Don’t Worry So Much
  Release: Midnight Musings – EP
  Label: 2750455 Records DK

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

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

• ITO – The Cliff
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Freud – Setback
  Release: Setback
  Label: MERLIN – Substruct

• Tycho – Coastal Brake
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Reside in Flames – Motion is Me
  Release: Till Dim Stars Wane
  Label: Reside in Flames

• The Beat Broker – Extended Away
  Release: Extended Away – Single
  Label: SENTRALL Records



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Patterns in Nature”. Credit: Kobuk Valley 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 2024-30: Jameson Hodge, From P60, Wave Damage and more

July 22, 2024 Podcast
Calm lake at dusk. Blue water with a darkening shoreline. Elements of color linger in the clouds of the twilight sky.

Episode 2024-30

Playlist (as aired):

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• C-Smitten – Operation Ruthless: Filtered Bounce Mix
  Release: Hey Arnold! Beat Tape: 10th Anniversary Edition
  Label: C-Smitten

• Peter Bark – Slow Down
  Release: Slow Down // Safe Haven – Single
  Label: Peter Bark

• Trees Can Talk – Beacon
  Release: Beacon – Single
  Label: Trees Can Talk

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

• Emancipator – She Gone To the River
  Release: Mountain of Memory
  Label: Loci Records

• Jameson Hodge – Self Loathe Self Love
  Release: Portrait II (2019-2021)
  Label: Jameson Hodge

• From P60 – Muzai in the House
  Release: Born Ready (feat. MD) – EP
  Label: Midnight Fashion Records

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

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

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

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

• ロフト tapes – Harmony 調和
  Release: Heal カセット 81
  Label: lofttapes

• SwuM – If I Leave
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Natty Reeves – Canoe
  Release: Canoe – Single
  Label: DeepMatter Records

• Laflamme – Oceana
  Release: Palm
  Label: Underground Parking



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “The Waters”. Credit: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-29: Es-K, Jameson Hodge, Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls and more

July 15, 2024 Podcast
A bird grasshopper with leather-colored wings, green torso, head, and legs, standing on a piece of white wood.

Episode 2024-29

Playlist (as aired):

• Es-K – Auralenze
  Release: Balancing Act (Part 2)
  Label: Es-K

• Windows 96 – You’re Perfect
  Release: How To See Through Walls
  Label: Gabriel Eduardo

• Swimming TV – With You
  Release: Raindance – EP
  Label: Cosmonostro

• Cialyn – Heliophore
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Paternoster Poetry – Paternoster Elevator 2
  Release: Beats To Procrastinate To
  Label: Stevia Sphere

• Feverkin – Coyote
  Release: Coyote – Single
  Label: Feverkin & Yonderling

• Jameson Hodge – Self Loathe Self Love
  Release: Portrait II (2019-2021)
  Label: Jameson Hodge

• Hello Meteor – Ààtr…ëp…™k(…ô)l- (BONUS STAGE)
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Knowmadic – Digital Dreams
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Esbe – Thousands of Rhythms (Remastered)
  Release: Bloomsday (Remastered)
  Label: Cold Busted

• Eyukaliptus – Summit
  Release: The Moon_tape
  Label: 857594 Records DK

• Shark Anthony – Moonflower
  Release: Esposa Grasa
  Label: Midwest Collective

• Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls – Doin To Me
  Release: Next Chapter – Single
  Label: all:Lo

• Tom Day – Lyrebird
  Release: Lyrebird – Single
  Label: Peaks

• Ruck P – Rise Up
  Release: Hip Dozer Vol. 1
  Label: Hip Dozer

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



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Bird Grasshopper”. Cape Hatteras National Seashore/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-28: Warriors of the Dystotheque, Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls, and more

July 8, 2024 Podcast
Glacier carving through valley to meet a body of water, surrounded by steep mountains with summer snow caps and evergreen trees along shore.

Episode 2024-28

Playlist (as aired):

• Warriors of the Dystotheque – Telepathic Tacos
  Release: It’s A Beautiful Thing
  Label: Warriors of the Dystotheque

• Koji. – Solstice
  Release: Solstice – Single
  Label: Cafe Quality

• Smokestax & Rsrch Chmcls – Exploration
  Release: Next Chapter – Single
  Label: all:Lo

• il:lo – Biome
  Release: Biome – Single
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Yppah – Eastwood Park (Bonus Track)
  Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
  Label: Ninja Tune

• altered sigh – Until Tomorrow
  Release: Until Tomorrow – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• AWITW – The Mist
  Release: Inside World
  Label: Golden Forest Records

• Horizon Fire – Asimov
  Release: Earthlight
  Label: DistroKid.com 579457

• Rosentwig – Dawsonia
  Release: Dawsonia – Single
  Label: 904678 Records DK

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

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

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

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

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

• High Tides – Zolar
  Release: Zolar – Single
  Label: Rad Cult

• Hello Meteor – Next Time, Buddy! (DISQUALIFIED)
  Release: The Oahu GP 2: Hyper Tropic
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Glacier”. Credit: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve/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.