Episode 2024-27: Rejoicer, Eliot Lipp, Flamingosis and more

June 30, 2024 Podcast
A distant snow-capped peak under the diffused reddish sunlight, with soft atmospheric shadows, contrasting against a dark nighttime foreground.

Episode 2024-27

Playlist (as aired):

• Fujii – Long Nights
  Release: Spirit Anthem
  Label: Puget Sound Collective

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

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

• City Girl – Mist Beneath Your Apartment
  Release: Neon Impasse
  Label: City Girl Records

• Shlohmo – Wen Uuu
  Release: Vacation – Single
  Label: Friends of Friends

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Tycho – A Circular Reeducation
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

• 2814 – Arcadia
  Release: Lost Fragments
  Label: Dream Catalogue

• Slow Magic – Moon
  Release: Triangle
  Label: PLANCHA

• Akay – Iroh
  Release: Iroh – Single
  Label: AKAY

• Lone – Jaded
  Release: Reality Testing
  Label: R&S Records

• Eliot Lipp – Turbo Coupe
  Release: Turbo Coupe – Single
  Label: Old Tacoma Records

• Jay Daniel – Muse
  Release: Ssd – EP
  Label: Watusi High

• VIQ – Forever
  Release: Remnants Melancholia
  Label: VIQ

• Flamingosis – Nebula Gazer
  Release: Nebula Gazer – Single
  Label: Kahuna Style

• Moshun – Strawberry Cheesecake
  Release: Emotions
  Label: Moshun Sound



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Photo: “July Alpenglow”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-26: Helios and Hollie Kennif, Affelaye and more

June 24, 2024 Podcast
Lush green Alaskan hills roll towards snow-capped mountains in the distance. A lone deer stands in the foreground.

Episode 2024-26

Playlist (as aired):

• Just Big Hills – Acacia
  Release: Acacia – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Different Sleep – Turbulance
  Release: Next Time I See You – Single
  Label: Different Sleep

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

• Dillard – Regeneration
  Release: Palm Skyline
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Volcanic Shores – Glide
  Release: Shoreline – EP
  Label: Independent

• Rsrch Chmcls – This Evening
  Release: This Evening – EP
  Label: 956233 Records DK

• Firephly – Shadows Unveiled
  Release: Shadows Unveiled – Single
  Label: Firephly

• Helios and Hollie Kennif – Sepal
  Release: Sepal – Single
  Label: Helios and Hollie Kennif

• Affelaye – Parhelion
  Release: The Swim – EP
  Label: Bad Taste

• Hector Plimmer – Let’s Stay
  Release: Sunshine
  Label: Albert’s Favourites

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

• Dillard – Lust
  Release: Empress LP
  Label: D93 Audio

• Feverkin – Silhouette
  Release: Silhouette – Single
  Label: 559975 Records DK2

• Frameworks – Kings
  Release: Kings
  Label: MERLIN – Loci Records

• Ox The Moron & Chirofafa – Sleptime
  Release: Rising Tides 015
  Label: SVNSET WAVES



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Photo: “Summer”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-25: Rejoicer, Affelaye and more

June 17, 2024 Podcast
A clear pool of water inside a cave. A single drop disrupts the still surface, creating ripples. The bottom of the pool is covered in sediment and surrounded by brownish cave walls.

Episode 2024-25

Playlist (as aired):

• Chemtrails – Pastel Eyes
  Release: Vivid Yet Just Beyond Tangible
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Edamame – Periderm
  Release: Periderm
  Label: Abandon Building Records

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

• Pacific Coliseum – Home
  Release: Blue Universe
  Label: MERLIN – Coastal Haze

• D.K. – Juicy
  Release: Drop
  Label: BELIEVE – Antinote

• Session Victim – Am Continental
  Release: Basic Instinct – EP
  Label: Rhythm Section International

• Marcel Everett – Caged In
  Release: (II)
  Label: Marcel Everett

• Visitors – Triple Life
  Release: Triple Life – Single
  Label: 4361593 Records DK

• Affelaye – Parhelion
  Release: The Swim – EP
  Label: Bad Taste

• t.quoise – D I S S O l v E
  Release: Life in Reverse
  Label: Soundsphere

• Arms and Sleepers – Fathers and Sons
  Release: What Tomorrow Brings
  Label: Pelagic Records

• Pablo Bolivar & Sensual Physics – Backen Punch
  Release: Details Am Rande
  Label: Seven Villas

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

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

• Virtual Cat – Cat looking forward to summer
  Release: June Cat
  Label: Ikimono Records



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Photo: “Water Drops Into A Cave Pool”. Credit: Oregon Caves National Monument 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 2024-22: Brothertiger, Feverkin and more

May 26, 2024 Podcast
Smoke-filled sunlight filters through trees in a controlled burn area.

Episode 2024-22

Playlist:

• Santa Rita – Malachite
  Release: Malachite – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• lover girl – dearly
  Release: stay asleep – Single
  Label: SXN

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

• Tycho – From Home (Mux Mool Remix)
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Possums at Twilight – Moments of Isolation
  Release: Herichor
  Label: Twilight Possums

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

• Padma Purana – Faust
  Release: Departure – Single
  Label: Padma Purana

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

• Lux Natura – Caves
  Release: Caves – Singl
  Label: Lux Natura

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

• boerd – Look
  Release: Misplaced
  Label: Anjunadeep

• Mountain Range – It’s Lonely Around People 2 (Teen Daze Remix)
  Release: It’s Lonely Around People 2 (Teen Daze Remix)
  Label: bibliotek

• Koresma & Marley Carroll – Eucalyptus
  Release: Eucalyptus – Single
  Label: Koresma & Marley Carroll

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



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Photo: “Rays of Light”. Credit: Fire and Aviation Management Program/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-21: XXYYXX, Xandra and more

May 19, 2024 Podcast
A brightly lit underwater scene. Sunlight filters through blue water, revealing colorful coral in shades of green and yellow. Striped fish flit among the coral.

Episode 2024-21

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Lord RAJA – Dipteres Pt. 2
  Release: Rubies – EP
  Label: Ghostly International

• Possums at Twilight – Moments of Isolation
  Release: Herichor
  Label: Twilight Possums

• Slow Magic – Manhattan
  Release: How to Run Away
  Label: Downtown Records

• Gold Falls – KMNK
  Release: KMNK – Single
  Label: Gold Falls

• The Faded – Uncertainties
  Release: Uncertainties
  Label: The Faded

• J. Roosevelt – Parachute
  Release: Meditations on Silence – EP
  Label: J. Roosevelt

• Prismic Delight – Bridge Sessions
  Release: Mystical Volume I
  Label: Optimystic Records

• Xandra – Petrichor
  Release: Petrichor
  Label: Xandra

• Jetson – Just A Dream Character
  Release: Just a Dream Character – Single
  Label: ONTHEWAY

• Eikona – Artemis
  Release: Artemis – Single
  Label: Insight Music

• XXYYXX – Never Leave
  Release: Xxyyxx
  Label: 3235629 Records DK2

• Geotic – Actually Smiling
  Release: Abysma
  Label: MERLIN – Ghostly International

• Edamame – Periderm
  Release: Periderm
  Label: Abandon Building Records

• Mornings – Dear
  Release: Mornings
  Label: Mornings

• X3SR – How You Feel
  Release: Melancholia – EP
  Label: X3SR

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



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Photo: “Underwater Scenic”. Credit: Biscayne National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-20: Six Missing, Rejoicer, I-04 and more

May 12, 2024 Podcast
Starry night sky with celestial light over a meadow surrounded by conifer trees.

Episode 2024-20

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

• Tobias – Laputa
  Release: Laputa – Single
  Label: Tobias

• Bowcraft – Video Video
  Release: Many Distant Cities
  Label: 1469535 Records DK

• Six Missing – Sitting Beachside
  Release: counter:point – EP
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

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

• I-04 – Proteus
  Release: I-04 – EP
  Label: Slam Pang

• Affelaye – Parhelion
  Release: The Swim – EP
  Label: Bad Taste

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

• Borealism – Slide
  Release: So, What’s New With You?
  Label: Borealism

• Shigeto – Olivia
  Release: No Better Time Than Now
  Label: Ghostly International

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

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

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

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

• High Skies – Sumatra
  Release: Sumatra – EP
  Label: Miso

• Sun Glitters – What Is It For?
  Release: Apex vs. Totality – EP
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective



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Photo: “Night Sky”. Credit: Cedar Breaks National Monument/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-19: Tom Day, Hello Meteor and more

May 6, 2024 Podcast
Close-up of a caribou facing the camera. It stands amidst bright red shrubs, with a flowing river and an evergreen forest in the background.

Episode 2024-19

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

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

• Sleepdealer – Astoria
  Release: Yerba
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Hello Meteor – Geopolymers
  Release: Said Ghosts
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• altered sigh – Remember
  Release: Remember – Single
  Label: Nocturne Recordings

• Eagle Eyed Tiger – Trapdoor
  Release: Future or Past – EP
  Label: Orbital Rendezvous

• Wave damage – Vivid Blue
  Release: Vivid Blue – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

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

• Tom Day – Train to Nagano
  Release: Train to Nagano – Single
  Label: Peaks

• Blackbird Blackbird – Lifestream
  Release: Hearts
  Label: PLANCHA

• Bad Snacks – While You Sleep
  Release: Bathtub Bumps
  Label: Nettwerk Music Group

• Christopher Willits – Clear (Boreta Remix)
  Release: Clear (Boreta Remix) – Single
  Label: Glass Air

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

• Dillard – Summit
  Release: Empress LP
  Label: D93 Audio

• Bakradze – An Evening With John
  Release: Restless
  Label: Space Hardware


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Photo: “Who, Me?”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/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].

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.