Pbs'73

Episode 2024-13: Pbs’73, Chickenwizard and more

March 25, 2024 Podcast
Desert mountain valley with a rainbow arcing below a mostly clear blue sky. Light rain falls on the dry brown ground where scattered desert plants grow.

Episode 2024-13

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

•Pbs’73 – VVonderhaze
  Release: Technicolor Dreamer – EP
  Label: Magic Square Records

•Chickenwizard – End Dream
  Release: Stargaze
  Label: Wizard Is a Chicken

•Kodomo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: 5 Points Records

•Hello Meteor – tropik(e)l- (BONUS STAGE)
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

•Edamame – Wrong Flock
  Release: Nightlights
  Label: MERLIN – Abandon Building Records

•Teen Daze – The Endless Summer
  Release: Lost Songs 3
  Label: Teen Daze

•Eputty – 13th Feb 1997
  Release: Untitled Works – Single
  Label: Pulp Glitchin Records

•Cepia – Hoarse
  Release: Natura Morta
  Label: Ghostly International

•Four Tet – Unicorn
  Release: Beautiful Rewind
  Label: Text Records

•Sabi – Loose Contrulled
  Release: Forma. 3.10
  Label: PROGRESSIVE FOrM

•Gold Panda – The Most Liveable City
  Release: Half of Where You Live
  Label: Ghostly International

•FadedAeon – Out to Sea
  Release: Aqueous Anemoia
  Label: 1216998 Records DK2

•Memorex Memories – Wasting Time
  Release: Let Me Love You – Single
  Label: 1030018 Records DK2

•Windows 96 – Hello Earth
  Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
  Label: Windows 96

•upusen – Nice Fridge
  Release: Birds
  Label: Midwest Collective



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Photo: “The Ajo Mountains During a Winter Rain”. Credit: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-09: Lyli J, THC.XLR, Arovane and more

February 26, 2024 Podcast
Tiny, delicate wildflowers with white blooms and slender green stems bask in the warm glow of an late winter sunrise.

Episode 2024-09

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • SwuM – If I Leave
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Windows 96 – Hello Earth
      Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
      Label: Windows 96
  • Lux Natura – Rains
      Release: Ephemerals
      Label: 718048 Records DK
  • THC.XLR – see ya space cowboy…
      Release: archive.01: the_cabin
      Label: THC.XLR
  • Arms and Sleepers – For Us To Be Safe
      Release: For Us To Be Safe – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Fujii – Waves
      Release: Euphoria
      Label: -AVERSIAC-
  • Shigeto – Safe in Here
      Release: No Better Time Than Now
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Arovane – Passage To Nagoya (2023 Remaster)
      Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
      Label: Keplar
  • Tycho – Into the Woods
      Release: Simulcast
      Label: Mom+Pop
  • Hotel Pools – Distance (feat. Memorex Memories)
      Release: Distance (feat. Memorex Memories) – Single
      Label: Lofi Records
  • Bowcraft – Tiles
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Firephly – Know What I Need
      Release: Safe In Sound
      Label: 591184 Records DK2
  • Lyli J – Frost
      Release: Vibrance – Single
      Label: Lyli J
  • Past Palms – Midnight Sun
      Release: When the Sun Reaches Its Highest Point in the Sky – Single
      Label: 581097 Records DK
  • Sleepdealer – Astoria
      Release: Yerba
      Label: Nettwerk Music Group



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Photo: “Bluets”. Credit: Acadia National Park/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].

Episode 2023-41: Virtual Cat, leafmold, Sun Glitters and more

October 9, 2023 Podcast
A close up of a bee on a flower. The flower has white petals with a yellow style. The bee is black with a yellow upper torso, and is fussy. The background is out of focus, but is green from the foliage.

Episode 2023-41

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • leafmold – Prickly Pear
      Release: Palms
      Label: Sleepdance Records
  • Bad Snacks – Virgo
      Release: Virgo – Single
      Label: Bad Snacks LLC
  • Tycho – A Circular Reeducation
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: ISO50 Records
  • Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
      Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Pbs’73 – Public Television
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Vanilla – Fuji
      Release: Origin
      Label: VinDig
  • Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
      Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Teebs – Mirror Memory
      Release: Anicca
      Label: Brainfeeder
  • Ruck P – Rise Up
      Release: Hip Dozer Vol. 1
      Label: Hip Dozer
  • Emancipator – Dodo
      Release: Mountain of Memory
      Label: Loci Records
  • Sinh – Early Spring (feat. Masego)
      Release: Early Spring (feat. Masego) – Single
      Label: 695094 Records DK
  • Evan Geesman – Timido
      Release: Lengua
      Label: Ubiquity Records
  • Monster Rally – Orchids
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Birocratic – Boys’ Bop
      Release: Boys’ Bop – Single
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Home – Oort Cloud
      Release: Odyssey
      Label: Home
  • Virtual Cat – Hydrangea
      Release: June Cat
      Label: Ikimono Records



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Photo: “Narcissus Papyraceus, Paper Whites with Bee”. Credit: Natchez National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2023-37: Jinx, Gaussian Curve, Janelle Costa and more

September 11, 2023 Podcast
A high rocky cliff with trees in front of it. The trees are autumn colors, including orange, yellow, red and green. On top of the cliff are some trees in which you can only see the shape of. The sky is blue. The cliff is approximately 35 feet feet higher than the tree line below.

Episode 2023-37

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • do_tell – the gate
      Release: radicle [tape]
      Label: do_tell
  • RRAREBEAR – Ginger
      Release: Relief
      Label: RRAREBEAR
  • Hector Plimmer – Let’s Stay
      Release: Sunshine
      Label: Albert’s Favourites
  • Hu – North
      Release: Navigate – EP
      Label: anon recordings
  • Pablo Bolivar – Fuse
      Release: Framework of a Dream
      Label: Seven Villas
  • Gaussian Curve – Broken Clouds
      Release: Clouds
      Label: Music From Memory
  • Tycho – From Home
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: ISO50 Records
  • D.K. – Juicy
      Release: Drop
      Label: BELIEVE – Antinote
  • Jinx – Solace (Bonus) [Nightflyer Chill Mix]
      Release: Solace (Nightflyer Mix) – Single
      Label: Nightflyer
  • Janelle Costa – Rain
      Release: My Kinda Flower – EP
      Label: Janelle Costa Music
  • Matrixxman – Annika’s Theme
      Release: Homesick
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Heathered Pearls – Perfume Catalogue
      Release: Body Complex
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Boards of Canada – Peacock Tail
      Release: The Campfire Headphase
      Label: Warp Records
  • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records



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Photo: “Autumn Splendor”. Credit: Obed Wild and Scenic River/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.