RUMTUM

Episode 2024-41: Arms and Sleepers, Dokkodo Sounds and more

October 7, 2024 Podcast
A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.

Episode 2024-41

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

• Dokkodo Sounds – Seeing Shapes
  Release: Seeing Shapes – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Four Tet – Daughter
  Release: New Energy
  Label: Text Records

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

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

• 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

• Susumu Yokota – Blue Sky and Yellow Sunflower
  Release: Symbol
  Label: P-VINE RECORDS

• Birocratic – Matlack
  Release: Beets 4
  Label: Birocratic and Many Hats Distribution

• Marley Carroll – Stay
  Release: Voices – EP
  Label: Achillea Music

• Jinsang – Night Breeze
  Release: Solitude.
  Label: Self-Released

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

• Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Wilson (Bonus Track)
  Release: Mr&Rt
  Label: Monster Rally

• Lost Flights – Attraction
  Release: Attraction – Single
  Label: Lost Flights

• Magic Touch – Rooftop Garden
  Release: Private Lesson
  Label: Total Stasis

• Boards of Canada – Happy Cycling
  Release: Music Has the Right to Children
  Label: Warp Records



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Photo: “Autumn”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].(Alt Text: “A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.”)

Episode 2024-36: eevee, Faint Waves, Robin Sukroso & Korora and more

September 2, 2024 Podcast
A herbaceous perennial plant with stoloniferous growth. It has small green leaves with narrow leaflets on the stems. The plant has glossy golden yellow flowers, each 2–3 cm in diameter.

Episode 2024-36

Playlist (as aired):

• VIQ – Somewhere
  Release: Dune – Single
  Label: VIQ

• Ian Aisling – Turbulence
  Release: Finally – EP
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

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

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

• RUMTUM – Metrics in Time
  Release: Reflected – EP
  Label: Tropic Tone

• Feverkin & Alaskan Tapes – Here & There
  Release: Here & There – Single
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Sun Glitters – It Took Me a While
  Release: It Took Me a While / Somewhere Nowhere – Single
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

• Eliot Lipp – Young Alpine
  Release: Encounters
  Label: Young Heavy Souls

• River Yarra – Cafe del Frog
  Release: Big Material
  Label: If-Only

• Faint Waves – Technique
  Release: Paradise – EP
  Label: 7507335 Records DK

• X3SR – summerlush
  Release: Sublimation
  Label: X3SR

• Rival Consoles – Slow Song
  Release: Night Melody / Articulation
  Label: Erased Tapes

• Milieu – Autumn Fog Lifts (Yearbook Version) [Remastered]
  Release: Remodelled (Expanded & Remastered)
  Label: Milieu Music

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

• Robin Sukroso & Korora – Deep Sea
  Release: Deep Sea – Single
  Label: Wuza Records



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Photo: “Creeping Buttercup”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-35: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Steps Tones, Peter Bark and more

August 26, 2024 Podcast
A clear stream flowing through a bed of small rocks, with moss-covered green rocks and lush green foliage along the bank.

Episode 2024-35

Playlist (as aired):

• Lusine – Rafters
  Release: Long Light
  Label: MERLIN – Ghostly International

• Floating Forest – Lost in the Trees (Special Edition)
  Release: Nature Sounds After Dark
  Label: Floating Forest

• Teen Daze – Spring
  Release: Bioluminescence
  Label: PLANCHA

• Koresma – Northern Lights
  Release: Compass
  Label: Koresma

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

• Dokkodo Sounds – Moon Tides
  Release: Where You Thought You Wanted To Be
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Firephly – Quiet Collapse
  Release: A Familiar Stranger – EP
  Label: Firephly

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

• Steps Tones – Screens
  Release: rgb(?) – Single
  Label: Steps Tones

• Wave damage – Evil Play
  Release: Evil Play – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

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

• RUMTUM – Metrics in Time
  Release: Metrics in Time – Single
  Label: Tropic Tone

• Arovane – Cry Osaka Cry
  Release: Lilies
  Label: City Centre Offices

• 100 Day Delay – Yarrow
  Release: Yarrow
  Label: 645497 Records DK

• Birocratic – Sleepyface
  Release: Beets 4
  Label: Birocratic and Many Hats Distribution



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Photo: “Stream”. Credit: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-18: beachowl, Rejoicer and more

April 29, 2024 Podcast
Rugged landscape bathed in the golden unseen sunset. Dark, rolling hills stretch towards a horizon ablaze with yellow.

Episode 2024-18

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• beachowl – Abysmal
  Release: Motel Pools – EP
  Label: 3361561 Records DK

• rosequartz – interlude
  Release: interlude – Single
  Label: SVNSET WŒõVES

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

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

• Brothertiger – Outer Zone
  Release: Fundamentals, Vol. V
  Label: Brothertiger

• Invention – Landrace
  Release: Landrace – Single
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Boards of Canada – Nothing Is Real
  Release: Tomorrow’s Harvest
  Label: Warp Records

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Feathers
  Release: Feathers
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

• Firephly – A Fracture In Time
  Release: A Fracture In Time – Single
  Label: Firephly

• Site Nonsite – Caravan Tokyo
  Release: Tokyo – EP
  Label: Obvious Things

• Joe Nora – Cat Creek
  Release: SVMMER SVN, Vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

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

• RUMTUM – Shade Fader
  Release: Isles in Indigo
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Arovane – Tides
  Release: Tides
  Label: MERLIN – City Centre Offices

• Caleb Belkin – Waves
  Release: Natural Sounds
  Label: SXN


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Photo: “Sunset Point”. Credit: Capitol Reef National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-16: Helios & Hollie Kennif, Naia Spira and more

April 15, 2024 Podcast
Dramatic landscape with sharply eroded cliffs and pointed rock formations, some in shadow. The foreground is covered in tall grass. A clear blue sky with patches of white, fluffy clouds completes the scene.

Episode 2024-16

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Birocratic, Brock Berrigan, iamalex & Philanthrope – Brockoli
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2021
  Label: Chillhop Music

• Peter Bark – Golden Hour
  Release: Empty Rooms
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Feverkin – Eternal Ascent pt. I (feat. Na√Øa Spiral)
  Release: Eternal Ascent (Original Soundtrack) – EP
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Hello Meteor – Heated Seats
  Release: Community Broadcasting
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• Bad Snacks – Settle In
  Release: Bathtub Bumps
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Manatee Commune – Island
  Release: Brush
  Label: Record Union

• Volo – Wild Mind
  Release: Wild Mind – EP
  Label: Vibecast

• Zane Alexander – End of Eons
  Release: End of Eons – Single
  Label: Zane Alexander

• YOUTH 83 & Forhill – Currents
  Release: Currents – Single
  Label: YOUTH 83

• Chemtrails – Hoverpad
  Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Slow Motion Dream
  Release: Slow Motion Dream – Single
  Label: Unseen

• RUMTUM – Shade Fader
  Release: Isles in Indigo
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

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

• cerulean – Imagine
  Release: Imagine – Single
  Label: 1369135 Records DK

• Monster Rally – Baja Samba
  Release: Return to Paradise
  Label: Monster Rally


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Photo: “Badlands Shadows @ Badlands National Park”. Credit: Shaina Niehans, 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 2024-07: 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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Photo: “Ground Fog”. Credit: Cowpens National Battlefield/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.