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Episode 2025-17: Quantum Dreams, beachowl, Mnemeau and more

April 21, 2025 Podcast
Sunrise light illuminates the mountain peak while the base remains in shadow, with dark blue tones. The sky above is blue with a few scattered clouds.

Episode 2025-17

Playlist (as aired):

Time Artist Song Release Duration Released Label
0:01 Shigeto Silver Lining No Better Time Than Now 2:49 2013 Ghostly International
0:03 beachowl Abysmal Motel Pools – EP 2:10 2024 3361561 Records DK
0:07 Treetalking Eyes of the Observer The Unknown 3:44 2021 SXN
0:11 Luden Oasis Locomotion / Oasis – Single 3:07 2022 Enhanced Chill
0:14 il:lo Vega Vega 3:24 2017 Nettwerk Music Group
0:17 Kasseo Finale Finale – Single 2:20 2020 K Records
0:22 Firephly Passage To The Sky Passage To The Sky – Single 4:24 2020 firephly
0:26 Four Tet Unicorn Beautiful Rewind 2:41 2013 Text Records
0:29 Manatee Commune Lavender (feat. Vervex) Brush 3:59 2014 Record Union
0:33 Fujii Long Nights Spirit Anthem 2:31 2022 Puget Sound Collective
0:35 Photay Off-Piste Onism 4:22 2017 Astro Nautico
0:42 Quantum Dreams テープがなくなった 黒体放射 (Blackbody Radiation) 4:20 2024 Takeki Tower
0:46 Mnemeau Blood Maneuvering Music You Don’t Show Your Friends 3:46 2021 Evergreen Prefecture
0:50 A.L.I.S.O.N & Krosia Spirit Spirit – Single 4:14 2021 A.L.I.S.O.N
0:54 FadedAeon Out To Sea Aqueous Anemoia 4:35 2020 1216998 Records DK2



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Photo: “Sunrise, But Only on the Mountain”. Source: Team Cafe Chill. (Alt Text: “Sunrise light illuminates the mountain peak while the base remains in shadow, with dark blue tones. The sky above is blue with a few scattered clouds.”)

Episode 2025-10: Hole Dweller, Hello Meteor, The Tin Box and more

March 3, 2025 Podcast
A sunset with vibrant, colorful clouds behind a mountain range. In the foreground, power lines are visible, indicating the presence of the aging infrastructure of a small desert community.

Episode 2025-10

Playlist (as aired):

• Teebs – Shells
  Release: Anicca
  Label: Brainfeeder

• Monster Rally – El Retorno
  Release: Return to Paradise
  Label: Monster Rally

• Blithe Field – Milkshakes in the Rain
  Release: Face Always Toward the Sun
  Label: Blithe Field

• Esolagoto – Humidity
  Release: Beatsupply: Crate07 – EP
  Label: Beatsupply

• BODYBITE – Woken Up by the Sun
  Release: Pretty World
  Label: 1629096 Records DK

• t.quoise – We’re Going Backwards
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Hole Dweller – Morning Rain by the Overhill Yards, A Harvest of Wet Lumber
  Release: Flies the Coop
  Label: Hole Dweller

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

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

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

• Whirl – Urban Landscape
  Release: Urban Landscape
  Label: Whirl

• The Friendly Moon – Zzzzzzz
  Release: Sleep Well! – EP
  Label: The Friendly Moon

• santpoort – wen uuu – Shlohmo Cover
  Release: FOF10: wen uuu
  Label: Friends Of Friends

• Hello Meteor – Deep Understory
  Release: Mondo Canyon
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• The Tin Box – Formulae
  Release: Formulae
  Label: The Tin Box

• Wayward Lens – Shipyards
  Release: Shipyards – Single
  Label: 2056598 Records DK

• il:lo – Alma (Frameworks Remix)
  Release: Sloh Remixes – Single
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Behind Clouds – Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (Instrumental)
  Release: Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken – Single
  Label: Behind Clouds



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Photo: “Looking Beyond, But Not Past, The Clown Motel”. Credit: Team Cafe Chill. (Alt Text: “A sunset with vibrant, colorful clouds behind a mountain range. In the foreground, power lines are visible, indicating the presence of the aging infrastructure of a small desert community.”)

Episode 2024-48: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Qaett and more

November 25, 2024 Podcast
A small waterfall cascades between moss-covered rocks, with green leaves on plants lining the stream bank.

Episode 2024-48

Playlist (as aired):

• Third Person Lurkin – Adrift
  Release: The Lake of Woods
  Label: Bad Taste Records

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

• Qaett – Along the Shore
  Release: Warm Reminders
  Label: Fedbymachines Audio

• The Sight Below – Wishing Me Asleep
  Release: Murmur – EP
  Label: Ghostly International

• Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
  Release: Viewers Like You
  Label: Magic Square Records

• Lost Integrity – What You Want
  Release: Go Where You Wanna Go – EP
  Label: Lost Integrity

• Past Palms – Flowerbed
  Release: Empyrean – EP
  Label: 581097 Records DK

• Jumpel & Adi Goldstein – Mock State
  Release: Airth
  Label: Jumpel // Adi Goldstein ©️ 2024

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

• TOR – Lens
  Release: Oasis Sky
  Label: Youth and Progress Recordings

• il:lo – Alma (Frameworks Remix)
  Release: Sloh Remixes – Single
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Laurence Guy – Claudi
  Release: Saw You for the First Time
  Label: Church

• Edamame – Lungs Full
  Release: Virga
  Label: MERLIN – Abandon Building Records

• Koresma – Turquoise (Edapollo Remix)
  Release: West Remixes – EP
  Label: Far Away Coast Records

• Dokkodo Sounds – Midwinter
  Release: Peter Bark + Friends
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Tycho – Epigram
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

• SwuM & Delayde – Motions
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
  Label: Chillhop Music



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Photo: “Waterfall”. Credit: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Park Cultural Landscapes Program / National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A small waterfall cascades between moss-covered rocks, with green leaves on plants lining the stream bank.”)

Episode 2024-42: Puar, Matrixxman, Elsa Hewitt and more

October 14, 2024 Podcast
Two caribou with large antlers standing in a vibrant autumn landscape, surrounded by colorful bushes.

Episode 2024-42

Playlist (as aired):

• Treetalking – Stargazing
  Release: The Unknown
  Label: SXN

• Elsa Hewitt – For My Confusion
  Release: Chaos Emeralds
  Label: Tompkins Square

• Milieu – Azurine Drowned
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

• Compressed Soul – Unfinished Trip
  Release: Tell Me – Single
  Label: Midnight Fashion Chill

• Hu – North
  Release: Navigate – EP
  Label: anon recordings

• Laurence Guy – Claudi
  Release: Saw You for the First Time
  Label: Church

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

• il:lo – Alma (Frameworks Remix)
  Release: Sloh Remixes – Single
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Matrixxman – Annika’s Theme
  Release: Homesick
  Label: Ghostly International

• Patterns In Plastic – Balloons Don’t Always Fly (Sun Glitters Remix)
  Release: BDAF Remixes
  Label: Patterns In Plastic

• Kettel – Twinkle Twinkle
  Release: Myam James, Pt. 1
  Label: Sending Orbs

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

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

• t.quoise – Wait
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Puar – Hit The Sack
  Release: Better Late Than Never
  Label: Inner Ocean Records



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Photo: “Autumn, Two Caribou In The Autumn”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

(Alt Text: Two caribou with large antlers standing in a vibrant autumn landscape, surrounded by colorful bushes.)

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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Photo: “Glacier”. Credit: Glacier Bay National Park 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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Photo: “Olympic Rain Forest”. Credit: Olympic National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-11: Sweatson Klank, RUMTUM and more

March 11, 2024 Podcast
Snow-covered evergreen trees in the foreground of a majestic snow-capped mountain, with wisps of steam rising from its peak. A clear sky completes the picture.

Episode 2024-11

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

•Gas-Lab – Mermaids
  Release: Mermaids – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

•Six Missing & Zac Colwell – The Lake – Dokkodo Sounds Remix (feat. Dokkodo Sounds)
  Release: Unfolding
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

•edapollo – By the River
  Release: Blue Spring
  Label: Opine

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

•Blank Banshee – Frozen Flame
  Release: Mega
  Label: Hologram Bay

•Gold Panda – New Days
  Release: The Work
  Label: City Slang

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

•Koresma – Free (Marley Carroll Remix)
  Release: North Remixes – EP
  Label: Koresma

•Yppah – Phoenix by Midnight (Bonus Track)
  Release: Eighty One (Bonus Track Version)
  Label: Ninja Tune

•Space Ghost – New World Energy (Ambient Mix)
  Release: New World Energy (Ambient Mix)
  Label: Tartelet Records

•Catching Flies – True Colours
  Release: True Colours – Single
  Label: Indigo Soul

•Dephrase – Songs I Never Wrote
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
  Label: Chillhop Music

•Vanilla – Arrow
  Release: Origin
  Label: Self-Released

•RUMTUM – Chroma Bloom
  Release: Chroma Bloom – Single
  Label: Rose Garden

•Sweatson Klank – Summer Chronicles
  Release: Summer Chronicles – Single
  Label: Friends Of Friends

•Virtual Cat – Overcast Sky
  Release: June Cat
  Label: Ikimono Records


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Photo: “Steam Rising From Mt. Wrangell”. Credit: NPS Photo by Bryan Petrtyl (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve/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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Photo: “The Caretaker’s Cabin in Winter”. Credit: Valles Caldera National Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-43: Pbs’73, Gramofaune, Handycat and more

October 23, 2023 Podcast
A canyon with minimal vegetation and tiny bits of snow near the valley mountain peaks. In the foreground are wild flowers and a few evergreen trees. The sky is blue.

Episode 2023-43

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Pbs’73 – VVonderhaze
      Release: Technicolor Dreamer – EP
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Arms and Sleepers – In the Jaws of Life
      Release: Safe Area Earth
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Leon Vynehall – Movements (Chapter III)
      Release: Nothing Is Still
      Label: Ninja Tune
  • il:lo – Alma (Frameworks Remix)
      Release: Sloh Remixes – Single
      Label: Future Archive Recordings
  • Gramofaune – You Can Do Anything
      Release: ep – EP
      Label: Gramofaune
  • Handycat – White Lodge
      Release: Women Of The World Vol. 2
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Birocratic – Castles in My Cup
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Bonus Points – Nine to Five
      Release: Eventide
      Label: Bonus Points
  • Home – Oort Cloud
      Release: Odyssey
      Label: ORCHARD – Home
  • Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
      Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier
      Release: On the Run
      Label: Orbital Rendezvous
  • 2814 – Arcadia
      Release: Lost Fragments
      Label: Dream Catalogue
  • Cialyn – Spread Receipt
      Release: Sour Leaves
      Label: Cialyn
  • Warm Ghost – I Will Return (Heathered Pearls’ Coasting In Circles Remix)
      Release: Loyal
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Hello Meteor – Tropikal (BONUS STAGE)
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture


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Photo: “North Fork Cascade Canyon”. Credit: Grand Teton 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.