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Episode 2023-27: leafmold, BeachesBeaches, FTP and more

July 3, 2023 Podcast
View of a canyon extending to the horizon. The canyon is shaded with sunlight reaching the peaks of the mountains within the canyon. In the foreground is the shaded edge of a cliff. The sky is blue with some white clouds on the horizon.

Episode 2023-27

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Bowcraft – Cicada
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Monster Rally – El Retorno
      Release: Return to Paradise
      Label: Monster Rally
  • Flamingosis – Future Lounge (feat. A Sol Mechanic)
      Release: Kahunastyle
      Label: Kahuna Style
  • Hello Meteor – The Tropic Sport Lounge
      Release: The Oahu GP
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture
  • Hotel Pools – Distance (feat. Memorex Memories)
      Release: Distance – Single
      Label: Lofi Records
  • X3SR – Farewell
      Release: Sublimation
      Label: X3SR
  • FTP – sometimes i sit alone (slowgramming remix)
      Release: are we there yet
      Label: slowgramming
  • leafmold – Pacific
      Release: Palms
      Label: Sleepdance Records
  • Richard Alfaro – Alone
      Release: Refract
      Label: Richard Alfaro
  • Tycho – Dictaphone’s Lament
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: Ghostly International
  • System – Manarola
      Release: Common Water – EP
      Label: 949877 Records DK2
  • C418 & Kuabee – Tingle
      Release: Excursions
      Label: C418
  • Ethan Wilson – World Lines
      Release: Relativity – EP
      Label: SVNSET WAVES
  • BeachesBeaches – I Know There’s An Answer (BeachesBeaches Edit)
      Release: I Know There’s An Answer – (BeachesBeaches Edit)
      Label: BeachesBeaches



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Photo: “South Rim Village Sunset”. Credit: Grand Canyon National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

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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.