HelloMeteor

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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Photo: “Glacier”. Credit: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-24: Skrypnyk, monoscape, WMD and more

June 10, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of vibrant purple flowers with bright yellow centers. Green stems hold the blooms upright against a backdrop of pristine white sand. The hot sun casts a sharp shadow of the flowers onto the sand.

Episode 2024-24

Playlist (as aired):

• Greybox – closer
  Release: Closer – Single
  Label: Greybox

• GlobulDub – Laughter
  Release: Hip – Hop Symposium Vol. 3 (Childhood) – Single
  Label: Chill Masters Records

• Skrypnyk – Whatever Makes You Happy
  Release: Suburbia
  Label: Skrypnyk

• Hello Meteor – The Building of Forests
  Release: The End of All Known Land
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Steven Deblat – Is This 2 Much 4 U?
  Release: Acedia
  Label: steven deblat

• WMD – The Chills
  Release: Sophrosyne
  Label: WMD

• Memorex Memories – Beacon Hill
  Release: The Life of Riley
  Label: Stratford Ct.

• monoscape – Elysian Valley
  Release: Worldview
  Label: monoscape

• Arovane – Passage To Nagoya (2023 Remaster)
  Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
  Label: Keplar

• Sulyya – Romdeau
  Release: Petal Collage – Single
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

• Tycho – Outer Sunset
  Release: Simulcast
  Label: Mom+Pop

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

• VIQ – Illusion
  Release: Crystal Shores
  Label: VIQ

• Imagined Herbal Flows – Departure
  Release: Departure – EP
  Label: Seeking Blue



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Photo: “Gypsum Centaury in Early Summer”. Credit: White Sands National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-23: Elsa Hewitt, Blank Banshee, Mac DeMarco and more

June 2, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of a tough evergreen plant with long, sword-shaped leaves. Raindrops bead on the leaves. The background is blurred, showing a forest of yucca plants.

Episode 2024-23

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Mac DeMarco – Crescent City
  Release: Five Easy Hot Dogs
  Label: Mac DeMarco LLC

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

• Galleriet – Amore (Instrumental)
  Release: The Instrumentals
  Label: Galleriet

• Seb Wildblood – of transition
  Release: sketches of transition
  Label: AMT

• TOR – City 66
  Release: Oasis Sky
  Label: Youth and Progress Recordings

• Hello Meteor – Conditioned Air
  Release: Conditioned Air
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Drips Zacheer – Gardenia
  Release: Gardenia – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Koresma & edapollo – On the Horizon
  Release: On the Horizon – Single
  Label: Koresma & Edapollo

• Machinedrum – Endless <3
  Release: Vapor City Archives
  Label: Ninja Tune

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Frontier
  Release: On the Run
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

• Rosentwig – Wabi-Sabi
  Release: Kopfkino – EP
  Label: 904678 Records DK

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

• Space Ghost – 4 AM
  Release: 4 Am – Single
  Label: Tartelet Records

• Chrome Sparks – Sugar
  Release: Chrome Sparks
  Label: Counter Records

• AWITW – Faces
  Release: Inside World
  Label: Golden Forest Records



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Photo: “Rain and Yucca”. Credit: Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical 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 2024-13: 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 2024-11: 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 2024-10: Mnemeau, Janelle Costa, Santa Rita and more

March 4, 2024 Podcast
Lightly snow-covered landscape of a gorge with a winding river and steep hillsides. Snow on tree branches in foreground. Mostly cloudy sky.

Episode 2024-10

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Bitykradne – Downtown
      Release: Downtown – Single
      Label: Play It Again Sam
  • Santa Rita – Malachite
      Release: Malachite – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Green Echoes – Hive
      Release: Hive – EP
      Label: Green Echoes
  • innerinnerlife – Gingko Biloba
      Release: R U Ok? – EP
      Label: Eastern Nurseries
  • ITO – The Cliff
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • Mvnners – Soft Drive
      Release: Soft Drive – Single
      Label: SXN
  • Forhill – Tangled
      Release: Tangled – Single
      Label: Forhill
  • Hello Meteor – The Ceramic District
      Release: Conditioned Air
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Es-K & Kurt Stewart & STEEN – Pieces of Mind
      Release: Pieces of Mind – Single
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Chrome Sparks – <3 & Soul
      Release: My <3
      Label: Chrome Sparks
  • Janelle Costa – Vibrations
      Release: Vibrations – Single
      Label: Janelle Costa Music
  • Space Ghost – Lavender Oil
      Release: Aquarium Nightclub
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • Mnemeau – Blood Maneuvering
      Release: Music You Don’t Show Your Friends
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Shigeto – Detroit Pt. II
      Release: The New Monday
      Label: Ghostly International


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Photo: “Snow in the Gorge”. Credit: New River Gorge 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 2024-01: Manatee Commune, Possums at Twilight, Space Ghost and more

January 1, 2024 Podcast
In the foreground is a landscape with flowing hills and no vegetation. The hills are covered in a shallow blanket of snow. Behind the hills are a line of trees, about a quarter mile away. The sky shows a bright moon about to set on the horizon. The sky is blue and purple.

Episode 2024-01

Happy New Year!

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Peter Bark – Back Roads
      Release: Empty Rooms
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Daneel – Karma Chamomile
      Release: Debris – EP
      Label: Inner Ocean Records
  • Koji. – Solstice
      Release: Solstice – Single
      Label: Cafe Quality
  • C-Smitten – Operation Ruthless: Filtered Bounce Mix
      Release: Hey Arnold! Beat Tape: 10th Anniversary Edition
      Label: C-Smitten
  • High Skies – Sumatra
      Release: Sumatra – EP
      Label: Miso
  • Possums at Twilight – The Day Slowly Elapses
      Release: Moments, Final
      Label: Twilight Possums
  • Space Ghost – New World Energy (Ambient Mix)
      Release: New World Energy (Ambient Mix) – Single
      Label: Tartelet Records
  • Hotel Pools – Modes
      Release: Modes – Single
      Label: Wild Nature
  • Soft Static – I am an Ocean
      Release: I am an Ocean – Single
      Label: 3736632 Records DK
  • AWITW – The Mist
      Release: Inside World
      Label: Golden Forest Records
  • Adamlondon – Maple
      Release: Hiddenhills
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • edapollo – Synesthesia
      Release: Synesthesia (Teen Daze Remix) – Single
      Label: Foreign Family Collective
  • Hello Meteor – Heated Seats
      Release: Community Broadcasting
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Manatee Commune – Cast
      Release: Cast – Single
      Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings
  • Gold Panda – Your Good Times Are Just Beginning
      Release: Good Luck and Do Your Best
      Label: City Slang
  • Sensi Sye – Wake Up
      Release: Wake Up – Single
      Label: Sensi Sye


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Photo: “Moonset in Winter”. Credit: Wind Cave 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.