The Relay Station

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In this program, I’ve got two top-shelf artists and their amazing works that we’ll be highlighting on the program. First up, the incomparable Abul Mogard has reissued his 2022 release “In a Few Places Along the River”, and whether it’s your first time hearing the album or your one-hundredth, it’s captivating all the same. And later in the program, the extremely imaginative and inventive duo that i...

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In this program, I’ve got the stunning new album “Fables” from stringed instrumentalist and composer Isabel Pine that’s ornately imbued with her four-piece stringed arrangement and dreamy ambient layers, and later in the program I’ve got the new album “Les Juif Riches” from film composer Philippe Deschamps, a pensive, dreamy, and contemplative ambient soundtrack. Plus new music from JJRD + mRn, Ra...

In this program, I’ve got some fantastic collaborations in store for you, mirroring the beautiful potential of humankind. First up in the program, we’ll be showcasing the new album “Be Human” from violinist Violetta Vicci and pianist Bruno Bavota, showing the magical potential when two artists come together in the same room — and the result is sublime! And later in the program Scottish composer Gl...

In this program, we’re giving a whole lot of love to one of the most expressive instruments known to human kind — the cello. I’ve got the new album “All The Important Things Are Now Connected” from Simon McCorry, a brooding and contemplative work, balanced with wonder and curiosity. And later in the program French experimental Cellist Cécile Lacharme has me absolutely spell-bound with her new loop...

In this program, we’re going to take a contemplative dip into a dreamy blend of neoclassical and ambient music with our two featured artists. Italian violinist and composer Francesca Guccione has a new album that is a breathtaking surrender to the flow of the universe with her release “Panta Rhei: An Ontology of Becoming”; and later in the program Ukranian-born pianist and electronic artist Mike L...

Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:40] “I Have Worshipped The Wrong Gods” by Glacis with Henrik Meierkord from “We Gape And We Are Healed” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [04:37] “An Accidental Encounter” by Adrian Lane from “Where Once We Danced” (Whitelabrecs, 2025) * [07:20] “Movement between Light and Shadow” by Small Chief from “Zero Movement” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) * [20:58] “Drifting Ionosphere”...

In this program, the Italian duo Passepartout Duo take us all along on a trek through a vast world of sound with their globe-trotting album “Pieces from Places”, a delightful album of vignettes from their travels around the world; and later in the program Six Missing and Patrik Berg Almkvisth treat us to a cinematic odyssey for the mind with their sublime collaboration “Developments”. Plus new mus...

In this program, we’ll be showcasing the follow-up to Piscean Daydreams and Michael D Tidwell’s 2025 collaboration with “Ghost, Volume 2”, a phantasmal album that’ll take us to illusory and mystical environments; and later in the program we’ve got Mike Cadoo of the post-industrial electronic project Dryft, pushing and defying stylistic boundaries, setting the stage with his near dystopian electron...

In this program, French musician and artist Félicia Atkinson and Belgian composer Christina Vantzou have a new album — “Reflections Volume 3: Water Poems”, and it is bewitching, intimate, and ceremonial — deserving of your attention; and later in the program we honor the collection of artists at WhiteLabRecs as they celebrate their tenth anniversary with the gorgeous compilation album “Shades”, a...

In this program, we’re stepping into the imaginative worlds of two vastly different ends of the ambient continuum. My first featured artist is composer, musician, and puppeteer Tristan Allen who has a dream-like experience in store for us with their mixed disciplinary release “Osni the Flare”; and later in the program Alison DeVille of XII Sound gives us a guided audio tour of London’s Underground...

Welcome friends and traveler's to this mix tape edition of The Relay Station. If your current conditions permit it, close your eyes, lean back, and these original ambient sounds. Adjust your headphones, turn the lights down low , and enjoy the next 90 minutes of ambient sounds from around the globe on this special mix tape edition…of The Relay Station. Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:50] “...

In this program, I have two new albums from artists that I cannot stop raving about, and simply cannot get enough of. My first featured artist is Yorkshire-based electronic musician Craven Faults with an inspired album that masterfully reflects the post-industrial landscape of northern England; and later on in the program Rotating Tapes is back with his third full-length album, and it’s positively...

In this program, I’ve got the new album from Japanese pianist and composer Marika Takaeuchi and her memorable neoclassical expressions of loss and wonder woven throughout her new six song LP “Iridescence”, and Norwegian independent ambient artist Lunar Ipona graces our presence with his new expressive album “Fragments”, serving as a fantastic introduction to this new and emerging ambient artist. P...

In this program, we’re giving a little extra love to analog synthesizers, and my two featured artists have got the ticket to our analog bliss. First up in the program, Grant Beasley from the United Kingdom has a new record out on Cyclical Dreams that has blown my mind and transported me to distant worlds with his new release “The Vanishing Point”, and Moscow-based artist Chronos takes us on a guid...

In this program, we’ll be representing two very experiential expressions of ambient music with our two featured artists. Spanish ambient artist David Cordero illuminates the first half of the program with his meditatively slow blooms of warm sound from his new release “Numen”, and the dynamic duo that is CoH and Wladimir Schall take us to deeply experimental territory with their amalgamation of ne...

In this program, both of my featured artists have captivating, tranquil albums that are calming through and through. My first featured artist is Taylor Swindells of Neighborhood Libraries — who is no stranger to the program — he treats us to an entrancing and serene listening experience with his new album “In Our Wake”; and later in the program making his WhiteLabRecs debut, Adrian Newton of the a...

Welcome friends and traveler's to this mix tape edition of The Relay Station. If your current conditions permit it, close your eyes, lean back, and these original ambient sounds. Adjust your headphones, turn the lights down low , and enjoy the next 90 minutes of ambient sounds from around the globe on this special mix tape edition…of The Relay Station. Playlist /// * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:5...

In this program, my two featured artists both bring us to unique spaces for reflection, to stop and savor this moment. My first featured artist is s28, who is going to take us on a trek through the thin-aired alpine range with his breath-taking new album “The Plains Behind Us”; and later in the program French composer Wilson Trouvé has a heart-warming five song EP perfect for a moment to put life...

In this program I will be showcasing two deeply contemplative releases that reward the concentrated and devoted listener with ever-unfolding layers of mystique and texture-rich beauty. First up, Rafael Anton Irisarri has a new album born out of improvisational sessions in a former Dutch psychiatric prison, reflecting on our supposedly connected digital age; and later in the program Nairobi-born el...

In this program I have two absolutely spell-binding releases that we’ll be showcasing on the program that you simply cannot pass up. First up is Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith hot on the heels of her acclaimed album “Gush” from Nettwerk Music Group, an EP that is by stark contrast a contemplative space for you to be immersed in amazing layers of analog synthesis and a re-imagination of chamber music person...

In this episode of The Relay Station, there are two albums that are essential listens, each with their own unique approach to textured layers, wide vistas of sound, and intriguing sonic spaces for reflection. My first featured artist is the incomparable Silence and the Unwinking Minds with new music from their album Emulsion — an ambient experience that’s made my essentials list; and later on in t...

Welcome friends and traveler's to this mix tape edition of The Relay Station. If your current conditions permit it, close your eyes, lean back, and these original ambient sounds. Adjust your headphones, turn the lights down low , and enjoy the next 90 minutes of ambient sounds from around the globe on this special mix tape edition…of The Relay Station. Playlist /// * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:50]...

In this program I’ve got some texture-rich ambient albums that we’ll be highlighting on the program. My first featured artists are Atmøsphäre and Dionisaf that have come together to collaborate on an album that is a fantastic soundtrack for these cold, dark, wintry months, a collab out now on Chitra Records; and later in the program Minneapolis-based ambient artist Paperbark pulls out all the stop...