Tycho

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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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 2024-43: eevee, Lyli J, Brothertiger and more

October 21, 2024 Podcast
A foggy mountainside with a creek flowing down, featuring a small waterfall. The landscape is primarily covered in green grass, with a few scattered trees.

Episode 2024-43

Playlist (as aired):

• Lyli J – Kotos
  Release: Vibrance – EP
  Label: Monoke Records

• Lushloss – Old Oak
  Release: Asking/Bearing
  Label: Hush Hush

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

• A.L.I.S.O.N – Output
  Release: Signal Flow – EP
  Label: A.L.I.S.O.N

• Arms and Sleepers – Disintegrating In Your Soul (Crookram Remix)
  Release: Former Kingdoms Remixed
  Label: DXFXWXU Collective

• Ruck P – Rise Up
  Release: Hip Dozer, Vol. 1
  Label: Hip Dozer

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

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

• Manatee Commune – Wake
  Release: Wake – Single
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

• Tycho – Dictaphone’s Lament
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

• High Tides – Zolar
  Release: Zolar – Single
  Label: Rad Cult

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

• Ramakhandra – Haku (Rumtum Remix)
  Release: Haku (Rumtum Remix) – Single
  Label: Bastard Jazz Recordings

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

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

• Blackbird Belle – Champagne Birthday
  Release: Microcosm
  Label: Inner Ocean Records



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Photo: “Edith Creek in Autumn”. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i]. (Alt Text: “A foggy mountainside with a creek flowing down, featuring a small waterfall. The landscape is primarily covered in green grass, with a few scattered trees.”)

Episode 2024-41: Arms and Sleepers, Dokkodo Sounds and more

October 7, 2024 Podcast
A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.

Episode 2024-41

Playlist (as aired):

• Arms and Sleepers – Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams
  Release: Like Cotton Candy I Chewed My Dreams – Single
  Label: Pelagic Records

• Dokkodo Sounds – Seeing Shapes
  Release: Seeing Shapes – Single
  Label: Inner Ocean Records

• Four Tet – Daughter
  Release: New Energy
  Label: Text Records

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

• Tycho – Sunrise Projector
  Release: Past Is Prologue
  Label: ISO50 Records

• Pacific Coliseum – Wave Catalyst (High Tide)
  Release: Ocean City
  Label: Coastal Haze

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

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

• Birocratic – Matlack
  Release: Beets 4
  Label: Birocratic and Many Hats Distribution

• Marley Carroll – Stay
  Release: Voices – EP
  Label: Achillea Music

• Jinsang – Night Breeze
  Release: Solitude.
  Label: Self-Released

• Milieu – Azurine Drowned
  Release: Swaying Palms
  Label: Milieu Music

• Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Wilson (Bonus Track)
  Release: Mr&Rt
  Label: Monster Rally

• Lost Flights – Attraction
  Release: Attraction – Single
  Label: Lost Flights

• Magic Touch – Rooftop Garden
  Release: Private Lesson
  Label: Total Stasis

• Boards of Canada – Happy Cycling
  Release: Music Has the Right to Children
  Label: Warp Records



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Photo: “Autumn”. Credit: Denali National Park and Preserve/National Park Service, public domain [i].(Alt Text: “A large brown and white animal with impressive antlers stands amidst autumn foliage in Alaska, surrounded by vibrant yellow and orange plants.”)

Episode 2024-37: Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Affelaye and more

September 9, 2024 Podcast
A sand dune with intricate wind-carved patterns, with desert brush in the foreground. The sky above is cloudy.

Episode 2024-37

Playlist (as aired):

• Ao Logics – Cat N Johnny
  Release: Chillhop Essentials Spring 2016
  Label: Chillhop Music

• A Vision of Panorama – Mediterranean Tribal
  Release: Sentimental Coast – EP
  Label: Cala Tarida Musica

• Six Missing & Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – A Nod Farewell
  Release: A Nod Farewell (Remix) – Single
  Label: Six Missing LLC

• Pacific Coliseum – Wave Catalyst (High Tide)
  Release: Ocean City
  Label: Coastal Haze

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

• Thenoisemachine – Don’t Worry So Much
  Release: Midnight Musings – EP
  Label: 2750455 Records DK

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

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

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

• Freud – Setback
  Release: Setback
  Label: MERLIN – Substruct

• Tycho – Coastal Brake
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• Reside in Flames – Motion is Me
  Release: Till Dim Stars Wane
  Label: Reside in Flames

• The Beat Broker – Extended Away
  Release: Extended Away – Single
  Label: SENTRALL Records



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Photo: “Patterns in Nature”. Credit: Kobuk Valley National Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

Episode 2024-33: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein, Site Nonsite, OceanCountyMall and more

August 12, 2024 Podcast
A path winding through a tunnel of green tree branches, with a wooden walking bridge visible further down the trail and more lush foliage surrounding the scene.

Episode 2024-33

Playlist (as aired):

• Windows 96 & Gavriel – BM1999
  Release: How To See Through Walls
  Label: Gabriel Eduardo

• Teebs – NES
  Release: Did It Again – Single
  Label: Brainfeeder

• Jumpel & Adi Goldstein – Mock State
  Release: Airth
  Label: Jumpel & Adi Goldstein

• Komodo – Concept 11
  Release: Still Life
  Label: Points Records

• Tycho – Daydream
  Release: Dive
  Label: Ghostly International

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

• River Yarra – Cafe del Frog
  Release: Big Material
  Label: If-Only

• Home – Come Back Down
  Release: Odyssey
  Label: HOME

• OceanCountyMall – UppAllNight
  Release: Daydream Generation
  Label: OceanCountyMall

• Forhill & VIQ – Arrival
  Release: Arrival – Single
  Label: Forhill

• Macroblank – Covert Red
  Release: RARE PSALMS COLLECTION VOL.3
  Label: Macroblank

• Aliam – aotra
  Release: Via – Single
  Label: ecotone sounds

• Site Nonsite – Moss Garden
  Release: The Japan Series
  Label: Obvious Things

• altered sigh – Void’s Lullaby
  Release: Void’s Lullaby – Single
  Label: Lost Sounds

• CJ Hoffman – Content
  Release: Feels
  Label: C.J. Hoffman



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Photo: “Nature Trail”. Credit: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park/National Park Service, public domain [i].

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 2024-25: 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 2024-22: 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 2024-09: 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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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.