Bowcraft

Episode 2025-09: Dvwnpour, Pierre LX, ISAN and more

February 24, 2025 Podcast
Snow gently falls on a distant farm, surrounded by bare deciduous trees. The farm features several red buildings with snow-covered roofs, under a winter-gray sky.

Episode 2025-09

Playlist (as aired):

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

• Bad Snacks – Homecoming
  Release: Neat Tape 1
  Label: backbeet records, LLC

• WMD – The Chills
  Release: Sophrosyne
  Label: 16 Entertainment LLC, under exclusive license from WMD

• Osvaldo – Leeches
  Release: Rising Tides 012
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Dvwnpour – Blueberry Glacé
  Release: Apricot
  Label: Dvwnpour

• Birocratic – Orientation
  Release: Beets
  Label: Birocratic

• Packed Rich – Crane
  Release: Ornithology – EP
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Shigeto – Tell a Tale (Bonus Track)
  Release: No Better Time Than Now
  Label: Ghostly International

• Blackbird Belle – Elegy (Instrumental)
  Release: Elegy – Single
  Label: Blackbird Belle

• Mike Forst – Grateful Again
  Release: Rising Tides 012
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Space Ghost – Aquarium Nightclub
  Release: Aquarium Nightclub
  Label: Tartelet Records

• Pierre LX – Untitled (love)
  Release: Loyal & True
  Label: Laral Tapes

• Pacific Coliseum – Endless Journey
  Release: How’s Life
  Label: Let’s Play House

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

• Hello Meteor – Aqualotic
  Release: The Coastal Obscure
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• ISAN – Ship
  Release: Plans Drawn In Pencil
  Label: MERLIN – Morr Music

• Elsa Hewitt – Inhaler
  Release: Lupa
  Label: ERH

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



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Winter Whispers on a Distant Farm”. Credit: Team Cafe Chill, Project Chilly Chillington. (Alt Text: “Snow gently falls on a distant farm, surrounded by bare deciduous trees. The farm features several red buildings with snow-covered roofs, under a winter-gray sky.”)

Episode 2025-07: The Tin Box, Hello Meteor, Susumu Yokota and more

February 10, 2025 Podcast
A single caribou gazes directly at the camera, surrounded by red shrubs, with a river and forest in the background.

Episode 2025-07

Playlist (as aired):

• Hello Meteor – Soryumirai
  Release: Mondo Canyon
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

• Meesha – Sun Shine’inin 2002
  Release: Sun Shine’inin 2002 – Single
  Label: Meesha

• Rykard – Fading into the Light
  Release: Explorers, Vol. 4 – EP
  Label: Hunya Munya Records

• Khotin – Ivory Tower
  Release: Finds You Well
  Label: Ghostly International

• Milieu – Luke’s Rusty Drum
  Release: New Drugs for Nuclear Families of the Seventies
  Label: I, Absentee

• The Tin Box – Formulae
  Release: Formulae
  Label: The Tin Box

• Gloamie – Chickpea+Mango
  Release: In Search of Lost Time
  Label: Likes Flowers Records

• Windows 96 – Hello Earth
  Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
  Label: Windows 96

• High Tides – Summer Reflections
  Release: Paradise Daze
  Label: Rad Cult

• Bowcraft – Lunar Ex.
  Release: Many Distant Cities
  Label: 1469535 Records DK

• Cialyn – Armful of Leaves
  Release: Sour Leaves
  Label: Cialyn

• Vanilla – Dreamcatcher
  Release: Origin
  Label: Cafe del Mar Music

• Puar – Back Seat Driver
  Release: Better Late Than Never
  Label: Puar

• C-Smitten – Invisible Hipp (Soul Brother Mix ft. A.L.D.)
  Release: Hey Arnold! Beat Tape: 10th Anniversary Edition
  Label:

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

• Otesla – Gensyn
  Release: Gensyn – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Who, Me?”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt text: “A single caribou gazes directly at the camera, surrounded by red shrubs, with a river and forest in the background.”)

Episode 2025-04: Wayward Lens, ロフト tapes, Sun Glitters and more

January 20, 2025 Podcast
Snow-covered cliffs of a deep canyon with a lake on the canyon floor, under a cloudy sky.

Episode 2025-04

Playlist (as aired):

• Windows 96 – Hello Earth
  Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
  Label: Windows 96

• Fujii – Colour Storm
  Release: EP-Tape1 – EP
  Label: -AVERSIAC-

• Wayward Lens – Nightshade
  Release: Nightshade – Single
  Label: 2056598 Records DK

• Arms and Sleepers – Thru & True
  Release: Former Kingdoms
  Label: Achillea Music

• wowflower – Cool Group
  Release: Self Portrait
  Label: Street Corner Music

• Submerse – Let’s Never Come Back Here Again
  Release: Slow Waves
  Label: Project Mooncircle

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

• Firephly – Shifting Light
  Release: Cozy Gloom – EP
  Label: 591184 Records DK2

• Willis Fader – Joy of Cooking
  Release: Parts Per Million
  Label: Paradeco Records

• ロフト tapes – Temple 寺院
  Release: Heal カセット 81
  Label: Lofttapes Production

• Teen Daze – Rainwater Coffee
  Release: Rainwater Coffee – EP
  Label: Teen Daze

• Pacific Coliseum – Endless Journey
  Release: How’s Life
  Label: Let’s Play House

• A.L.I.S.O.N – Sunshine Girl
  Release: Sunshine Girl – Single
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• VIQ – Journey
  Release: Last Path
  Label: VIQ

• KOHEI YOSHII x Komachi – Colours
  Release: Colours – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Sun Glitters – No Need To Say (2022)
  Release: No Need To Say (2022) – Single
  Label: Sun Glitters

• Sloslylove – You and I
  Release: The Haunted
  Label: Sloslylove

• Sloslylove – First Semester Love
  Release: Secret Dreams
  Label: Sloslylove



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Canyon With Snowfall”. Credit: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “Snow-covered cliffs of a deep canyon with a lake on the canyon floor, under a cloudy sky.”)

Episode 2024-44: Sweatson Klank, Dissolve in Sepia, Willis Fader and more

October 28, 2024 Podcast
A purple Periwinkle flower adorned with dew drops, set against a backdrop of lush green leaves.

Episode 2024-44

Playlist (as aired):

• Invisible Cloaks & Motion Graphics – Terrazzo
  Release: Reassemblage
  Label: RVNG Intl.

• eevee – nourish
  Release: nourish – Single
  Label: eevee

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

• A.L.I.S.O.N & Krosia – Spirit
  Release: Spirit – Single
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Dissolve in Sepia – Petrichor
  Release: Spaciousness – EP
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

• Sweatson Klank – Club Med 86
  Release: Inner Works – EP
  Label: Friends Of Friends

• A Sol Mechanic – Flight
  Release: Flight – Single
  Label: A Sol Mechanic

• Stumbleine – The Cracks Let the Light In
  Release: The Information Superhighway – Single
  Label: Stumbleine

• Invisible Language – Release
  Release: Forgive – EP
  Label: Invisible Language Music

• Arvo to me – Grandmother
  Release: Into Change
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

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

• Willis Fader – Joy of Cooking
  Release: Parts Per Million
  Label: Paradeco Records

• Koresma – Offshores
  Release: Compass
  Label: Koresma

• Tomas Novoa – Tundra
  Release: Espacio Negativo – EP
  Label: Tomas Novoa



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Periwinkle [Vinca major]”. Credit: Alcatraz Island/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A purple Periwinkle flower adorned with dew drops, set against a backdrop of lush green leaves.”)

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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Hosted by Seth.


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

Episode 2024-09: Lyli J, THC.XLR, Arovane and more

February 26, 2024 Podcast
Tiny, delicate wildflowers with white blooms and slender green stems bask in the warm glow of an late winter sunrise.

Episode 2024-09

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • SwuM – If I Leave
      Release: Chillhop Essentials Winter 2019
      Label: Chillhop Music
  • Windows 96 – Hello Earth
      Release: Enchanted Instrumentals and Whispers
      Label: Windows 96
  • Lux Natura – Rains
      Release: Ephemerals
      Label: 718048 Records DK
  • THC.XLR – see ya space cowboy…
      Release: archive.01: the_cabin
      Label: THC.XLR
  • Arms and Sleepers – For Us To Be Safe
      Release: For Us To Be Safe – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective
  • Fujii – Waves
      Release: Euphoria
      Label: -AVERSIAC-
  • Shigeto – Safe in Here
      Release: No Better Time Than Now
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Arovane – Passage To Nagoya (2023 Remaster)
      Release: Lilies (2023 Remaster)
      Label: Keplar
  • Tycho – Into the Woods
      Release: Simulcast
      Label: Mom+Pop
  • Hotel Pools – Distance (feat. Memorex Memories)
      Release: Distance (feat. Memorex Memories) – Single
      Label: Lofi Records
  • Bowcraft – Tiles
      Release: Many Distant Cities
      Label: 1469535 Records DK
  • Pbs’73 – Kaleidosphere
      Release: Viewers Like You
      Label: Magic Square Records
  • Firephly – Know What I Need
      Release: Safe In Sound
      Label: 591184 Records DK2
  • Lyli J – Frost
      Release: Vibrance – Single
      Label: Lyli J
  • Past Palms – Midnight Sun
      Release: When the Sun Reaches Its Highest Point in the Sky – Single
      Label: 581097 Records DK
  • Sleepdealer – Astoria
      Release: Yerba
      Label: Nettwerk Music Group


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Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Bluets”. Credit: Acadia 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.