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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Photo: “Patterns in Nature”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

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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Hosted by Seth.


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 2024-34: Dokkodo Sounds, Trees Can Talk, Boards of Canada and more

August 19, 2024 Podcast
A butterfly with orange wings and black markings lands on a Pinkshell Azalea rhododendron, which features green leaves and pink flowers.

Episode 2024-34

Playlist (as aired):

• Dokkodo Sounds – We Should Probably Say Goodbye
  Release: Where You Thought You Wanted To Be
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Qaett – Army of One
  Release: Army of One – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Trees Can Talk – New Ways (dub trance version)
  Release: New Ways – Single
  Label: Trees Can Talk

• Stumbleine – Wasted Summer
  Release: Ghosting
  Label: Stumbleine

• Invisible Pyramids – too close to me
  Release: too close to me – Single
  Label: Invisible Pyramids

• altered sigh – Void’s Lullaby
  Release: Void’s Lullaby – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

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

• Koresma – Waves
  Release: Compass
  Label: Koresma

• Janelle Costa – Vibrations
  Release: Vibrations – Single
  Label: Janelle Costa Music

• Mvnners – her in mind
  Release: her in mind – Single
  Label: SXN

• Uinta – Maples
  Release: Fruits
  Label: mind.slave

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

• Telefon Tel Aviv – Lotus Above Water
  Release: Fahrenheit Fair Enough
  Label: Hefty

• Boards of Canada – Left Side Drive
  Release: Trans Canada Highway – EP
  Label: Warp Records

• Komodo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: Points Records

• Anenon – Myriad Multiples
  Release: Gem Drops
  Label: Alpha Pup

• D.K. – High on the Sea
  Release: Island of Dreams
  Label: Antinote



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Photo: “Pinkshell Azalea”. Credit: Blue Ridge Parkway/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-33: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Site Nonsite, OceanCountyMall and more

August 12, 2024 Podcast
A path winding through a tunnel of green tree branches, with a wooden walking bridge visible further down the trail and more lush foliage surrounding the scene.

Episode 2024-33

Playlist (as aired):

• Windows 96 & Gavriel – BM1999
  Release: How To See Through Walls
  Label: Gabriel Eduardo

• Teebs – NES
  Release: Did It Again – Single
  Label: Brainfeeder

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

• Komodo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: Points Records

• Tycho – Daydream
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

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

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

• Home – Come Back Down
  Release: Odyssey
  Label: HOME

• OceanCountyMall – UppAllNight
  Release: Daydream Generation
  Label: OceanCountyMall

• Forhill & VIQ – Arrival
  Release: Arrival – Single
  Label: Forhill

• Macroblank – Covert Red
  Release: RARE PSALMS COLLECTION VOL.3
  Label: Macroblank

• Aliam – aotra
  Release: Via – Single
  Label: ecotone sounds

• Site Nonsite – Moss Garden
  Release: The Japan Series
  Label: Obvious Things

• altered sigh – Void’s Lullaby
  Release: Void’s Lullaby – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• CJ Hoffman – Content
  Release: Feels
  Label: C.J. Hoffman



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Photo: “Nature Trail”. Credit: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-32: Robin Sukroso & Korora, Melorman, Es-K and more

August 5, 2024 Podcast
A meadow filled with vibrant summer wildflowers, predominantly yellow and blue, surrounded by green shrubbery.

Episode 2024-32

Playlist (as aired):

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

• Emancipator – Alligator
  Release: Mountain of Memory
  Label: Loci Records

• Rykard – North Cormorant Obscurity
  Release: Arrive The Radio Beacon
  Label: Hunya Munya Records

• Melorman – Salty Air
  Release: For the Sun
  Label: Antonis Chaniotakis

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

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

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

• Forhill – Odyssey
  Release: Figments
  Label: Forhill

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

• Four Tet – Teenage Birdsong
  Release: Sixteen Oceans
  Label: Text Records

• Khotin – Dwellberry
  Release: Beautiful You
  Label: Ghostly International

• gonima – Warm Season
  Release: Strands
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Cialyn – Spread Receipt
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Deep Shoq – Marathon
  Release: Pause – EP
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

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



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Photo: “Summer Flowers at Cape Krusenstern National Monument”. Credit: Cape Krusenstern National Monument/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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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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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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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.