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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 2024-28: 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].

Episode 2024-04: Qaett, Helios and more

January 22, 2024 Podcast
On a cold, wintry December afternoon there is a white sky with wintry trees in the background and poles in the foreground.

Episode 2024-04

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Shigeto – Lineage
      Release: Lineage
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Sundrenched – Down Moon
      Release: The Sundrenched Lofi Guitar Ensemble Vol. 4
      Label: Dust-Tone
  • Qaett – Along the Shore
      Release: Warm Reminders
      Label: Fedbymachines Audio
  • Space Ghost – 4 Am
      Release: 4 Am – Single
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • Horizon Fire – Asimov
      Release: Earthlight
      Label: DistroKid.com 579457
  • D.K. – Juicy
      Release: Drop
      Label: BELIEVE – Antinote
  • Eric Hadley – Trembling Sound
      Release: The Passerine Tapes – EP
      Label: 1442394 Records DK
  • Count.00 – Wanderer
      Release: Positive Delay – EP
      Label: Sauce of Life
  • Yppah – R. Mullen
      Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
      Label: Ninja Tune
  • monoscape – Elysian Valley
      Release: Worldview
      Label: monoscape
  • Virtual Cat – Hydrangea
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records
  • Helios – Well Within
      Release: Espera
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Andy Leech – Thinking of You
      Release: Thinking of You – Single
      Label: 668939 Records DK
  • AWITW – Through Memories
      Release: Inside World
      Label: Golden Forest Records
  • Monster Rally – Tropical Showers
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally


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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Winter Sky at Borgensdorf Ferry”. Credit: Darius Doom Scott, Conningsby, Stuffy Land, Borgensdorf Ferry, December 9, 2023. Used by permission.

Episode 2024-02: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Florida Skyline, AWITW and more

January 8, 2024 Podcast
In the foreground is a lake with calm blue waters. The shore of the lake is forested, mostly with evergreen trees. In the background are tall mountains, the ones the furthest away are snow covered. The sky is blue with a three-quarter moon showing in the daylight.

Episode 2024-02

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Virtual Cat – Cat looking forward to summer
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records
  • Sundrenched – Flyby
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Soosh – Always (Shigeto Remix)
      Release: Always (Shigeto Remix)
      Label: Soosh
  • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
      Release: Nothing Is Still
      Label: Ninja Tune
  • Swimming TV – With You
      Release: Raindance – EP
      Label: Cosmonostro
  • Creme – Keep On
      Release: Close Up
      Label: Alpha Pup
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Mt Baker
      Release: @0 EP1
      Label: MERLIN – Ahead Of Our Time
  • Manatee Commune – Routine
      Release: Brush
      Label: Record Union
  • Vanilla – Gigi
      Release: Origin
      Label: VinDig
  • D.K. – Juicy
      Release: Drop
      Label: BELIEVE – Antinote
  • Florida Skyline – Let’s Go Home Now
      Release: Anesthesia
      Label: Midwest Collective
  • AWITW – The Mist
      Release: Inside World
      Label: Golden Forest Records
  • Horizon Fire – Asimov
      Release: Earthlight
      Label: DistroKid.com 579457
  • Jon Hopkins – Immunity
      Release: Immunity
      Label: MERLIN – Domino Recording Co


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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Beautiful Alaskan views from a Dry Bay lodge”. Credit: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-47: Koresma, Shadley Peterson, and more

November 20, 2023 Podcast
A class of trees surrounding a Dark Yellow, Caramel-like sky in Port Orchard, WA.

Episode 2023-47

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Slow Magic – Manhattan
      Release: How to Run Away
      Label: Downtown Records
  • Sloslylove – Memories (Secrets)
      Release: Secret Dreams
      Label: Sloslylove
  • Manatee Commune – Lovely
      Release: Brush
      Label: Record Union
  • The American Dollar – Sea of Roses
      Release: Beatsupply: Crate07 – EP
      Label: Beatsupply
  • Shadley Peterson – Seaside
      Release: Pearls
      Label: Keats Collective
  • Races – Big Broom (Sun Glitters Remix)
      Release: Big Broom (Sun Glitters Remix) – Single
      Label: Frenchkiss Records
  • Thrupence – Winston
      Release: Voyages
      Label: Jack Vanzet
  • AstroLogical – Symbiosis
      Release: Private World – EP
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Vanilla – Rainy Day
      Release: Origin
      Label: VinDig
  • Koresma – Northern Lights
      Release: Compass
      Label: Koresma
  • Nonchalant – Tell Me Something Good
      Release: I Wish I Could Be Somewhere With You
      Label: Eastern Nurseries
  • Horizon Fire – Asimov
      Release: Earthlight
      Label: DistroKid.com 579457
  • Gaussian Curve – Broken Clouds
      Release: Clouds
      Label: Music From Memory
  • früit – Prism
      Release: Prism – EP
      Label: SXN
  • Monster Rally – Ginger on the Wind (feat. Mira Cook)
      Release: Menagerie – Single
      Label: Monster Rally


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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Trees surrounding Caramel Sky”. Alt-text: “A class of trees surrounding a Dark Yellow, Caramel-like sky in Port Orchard, WA”. Credit: Darius Doom Scott, October 2023 via Sedgwick Area. Used by permission.

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.