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Episode 2025-14: Tropicalpurples, Soft Static, Pacific Coliseum and more

March 31, 2025 Podcast
Two logs floating on a pond, covered in snow, with a dark sky overhead.

Episode 2025-14

Playlist (as aired):

• VIQ – lowtone
  Release: nothing is real – EP
  Label: From Nowhere Records

• Slow Magic – Toddler Tiger
  Release: Triangle
  Label: PLANCHA

• Shatter Hands – Singlespeed
  Release: Land Fly
  Label: Urban Waves Records

• Emancipator – Eve II (Odesza Remix)
  Release: Dusk to Dawn Remixes
  Label: Loci Records

• Manatee Commune – Pools
  Release: Crescent Lake – EP
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Criibaby & Surfer Dave – Me into You (In the Garden)
  Release: In the Garden
  Label: Friends of Friends

• Max Cooper – The Missing Piece
  Release: On Being
  Label: Mesh

• Tropicalpurples – Yuta’s Curse
  Release: Uhh.. EP
  Label: Anjunachill

• Sun Glitters – Red signals.
  Release: Red signals in a twilight loop.
  Label: Sun Glitters

• Orange Crush – Manual Drift
  Release: Manual Drift – Single
  Label: Orange Crush

• Soft Static – Between Sheets
  Release: Between Sheets – Single
  Label: Soft Static

• Xky – Shapes
  Release: Mercury EP
  Label: Xky Music

• Pacifix – Your Eyes
  Release: Rising Tides 007
  Label: SVNSET WAVES

• Aphex Twin – IZ-US
  Release: Come to Daddy
  Label: Warp Records

• Pacific Coliseum – Understanding (Extended Version)
  Release: Voice Wave
  Label: Noire & Blanche



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Two cold logs, floating”. Source: Team Cafe Chill. (Alt Text: “Two logs floating on a pond, covered in snow, with a dark sky overhead”)

Episode 2025-12: Max Cooper, Sun Glitters and more

March 17, 2025 Podcast
A vibrant amber sunset with the sky almost entirely in shades of amber, while the mountains below are painted in purple hues.

Episode 2025-12

Playlist (as aired):

    • yuk. – Sundaze
      Release: Gem Drops
      Label: Dropping Gems

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

    • Max Cooper – I Am In A Church In Gravesend Listening To Old Vinyl And Drinking Coffee
      Release: On Being
      Label: Mesh

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

    • gonima – Warm Season
      Release: Strands
      Label: SVNSET WAVES

    • Shigeto – Deep Breathing
      Release: Intermission – EP
      Label: Ghostly International

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

    • ITO – The Cliff
      Release: SVMMER SVN vol. 7
      Label: SVNSET WAVES

    • Julien Mier – Yesterday’s Downpour
      Release: Changing Currents
      Label: 631591 Records DK2

    • Kettel – Twinkle Twinkle
      Release: Myam James, Pt. 1
      Label: Sending Orbs

    • Hello Meteor – New Coffee
      Release: Mondo Canyon
      Label: Evergreen Prefecture

    • Arms and Sleepers – TAKE ME BACK
      Release: IMOLA – Single
      Label: DXFXWXU Collective

    • Casino Versus Japan – Scenic Loop
      Release: Damaged Errata – Single
      Label: Attacknine Records

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

    • upusen – Not Good
      Release: Birds
      Label: Midwest Collective

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

    • Monster Rally – Toucans
      Release: Flowering Jungle
      Label: Monster Rally





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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Gazing in the Direction of California”. Source: Team Cafe Chill. (Alt Text: “A vibrant amber sunset with the sky almost entirely in shades of amber, while the mountains below are painted in purple hues.”)

Episode 2024-49: Dissolve in Sepia, Braxton, Ian Aisling and more

December 2, 2024 Podcast
A patchwork of red, orange, and yellow colors in the meadows along a high altitude trail.

Episode 2024-49

Playlist (as aired):

• Tycho – Epigram
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

• Hello Meteor – Coastal Island Cruise
  Release: The Oahu GP
  Label: Evergreen Prefecture

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

• Oldtwig – Wasteland
  Release: Dark Matter – EP
  Label: Oldtwig

• Space Ghost – Peace Lily Garden (Pt. 2)
  Release: Endless Light
  Label: Tartelet Records

• Ian Aisling – Reconfigure
  Release: The Echoterra
  Label: Ian Aisling Media

• Braxton – Falling
  Release: Falling – Single
  Label: Reflections

• Veiled Dawn – Intro/Origins
  Release: I – EP
  Label: 2713475 Records DK2

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

• Panda Coast – Untitled
  Release: Something to Hold Onto
  Label: 691237 Records DK

• Sun Glitters – TThhiinnggss TToo DDoo
  Release: SSoofftt TToouucchh
  Label: Future Archive Recordings

• Max Cooper – Repetition
  Release: Yearning for the Infinite
  Label: Mesh

• Polygrim – Triple Negative
  Release: Brimming
  Label: Dustyroom

• Julien Mier – Light Footed
  Release: Jane’s Junkyard
  Label: Lowriders Recordings

• Arovane – Passage to Nagoya
  Release: Lilies
  Label: City Centre Offices

• Wave damage – Vanish upon completion
  Release: Promises of tomorrow – EP
  Label: 4530854 Records DK

• Senbeii – No Fear
  Release: Vessels VI
  Label: Future Astronauts



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Hosted by Seth.


Photo: “Fall Color Along the High Lakes Trail”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park / National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: A patchwork of red, orange, and yellow colors in the meadows along a high altitude trail.)

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.