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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



Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Bluets”. Credit: Acadia National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-05: Teen Daze, Invisible Language, Firephly and more

January 29, 2024 Podcast
A solitary rock formation stands stoic against the backdrop of a vast desert landscape. The forces of nature have sculpted this ancient rock formation into a mesmerizing work of art, its weathered beauty a testament to the passage of time.

Episode 2024-05

Playlist (as previously run on KNHC):

  • Giraffage – Girl
      Release: Comfort
      Label: Giraffage
  • Rosentwig – Psithurism
      Release: Kopfkino – EP
      Label: 904678 Records DK
  • Firephly – A Fracture In Time
      Release: A Fracture In Time – Single
      Label: Firephly
  • IG88 – Hiding in My Hands
      Release: Hiding in My Hands
      Label: STYLSS
  • A.L.I.S.O.N & Hotel Pools – Lifted
      Release: Ultrasound
      Label: Tone Tree Music / Wild Nature / Stratford Ct.
  • Emancipator – Pancakes
      Release: Baralku
      Label: Loci Records
  • Birocratic – Wrapped Up
      Release: Wrapped up / Falling to Pieces – Single
      Label: Birocracy
  • Chemtrails – Elapse
      Release: Taking Things Lightly
      Label: Chemtrails
  • Tycho – From Home (Mux Mool Remix)
      Release: Past Is Prologue
      Label: Ghostly International
  • Volo – Wild Mind
      Release: Wild Mind – EP
      Label: Vibecast
  • Lone – Echo Paths
      Release: Always Inside Your Head
      Label: Greco-Roman
  • Invisible Language – Release
      Release: Forgive EP
      Label: Invisible Language Music
  • Teen Daze – Quiet City
      Release: Quiet City – Single
      Label: FLORA
  • Gold Panda – Pink and Green
      Release: Good Luck and Do Your Best
      Label: City Slang



Hosted by Seth.

Photo: “Cracked Rocks”. Credit: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park/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



Hosted by Seth.

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.