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In this program I’ve got some striking music in store for you. First up among my featured artists for today, the collaboration between Canadian ambient artist Hollie Kenniff and Japanese artist Kazuma Okabayashi — they’ve got a dreamy and pleasant new album out now on Nettwerk Music Group called “Familial Tones” that we’ll be showcasing. And later in the program, we’re giving some love to the 25th anniversary re-issue of Markus Guentner’s ground-breaking album “In Moll”, remastered and re-released on Black Knoll Editions — and it sounds absolutely stunning. Plus new music from Lusine, Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams, billy gomberg, Brannan Lane and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi I think you’re going to really enjoy the collaboration between my first featured artists — Canadian-American ambient artist Hollie Kenniff and Tokyo-based musician Kazuma Okabayashi. The pair have never actually met in person during the production of their new album “The Last Bright Place”, but somehow that distance is exactly what shaped it. Trading sounds back and forth between Japan and the United States, the two built what started as a simple exchange into this full-length eight-song album — it’s cinematic, reflective, and the kind of selection that’s perfect for winding down, meditating, or just falling asleep to. Kenniff put it best herself: “Some people write letters across a distance. We wrote music. What began as a simple exchange gradually grew into an EP, and eventually into our first full-length album.” Okabayashi remarked about the sounds that came out of their collaboration — something he could never have made alone — discovering a place he had never imagined. It’s a quiet reminder that even continents apart, real collaboration can still happen and a cooperative spirit more than just possible, but an attainable reality. The album was a real treat to listen to — the whole experience is placid, dreamy, bright, and pleasantly layered with minimalist piano, luscious pads, textured guitar, and packaged together in a dreamlike experience. https://holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/https://kazumaokabayashi.bandcamp.com/https://nettwerk.bandcamp.com/ Markus Guentner Twenty-five years after it first came out, Markus Guentner’s landmark debut “IN MOLL” is getting a full anniversary reissue on Black Knoll Editions this November — and today you’ll get an early listen to a track that never even made the original vinyl pressing back in 2001. This record helped define Kompakt’s Pop Ambient sound in its earliest days, and it’s aged into something people still call foundational. Critic Mark Richardson has called it one of the best ambient releases of the 2000s, and Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt calls Guentner “one of the first, but also one of the most important ambient artists” the label ever put out. For this reissue, “IN MOLL” has been fully remastered in analog by Rafael Anton Irisarri, who says discovering the record back in 2001 “opened a door to a world of music” he didn’t know existed. Guentner’s also built a new visual companion piece for the release — so this isn’t just a reissue, it’s the album’s most complete version yet. The album is quite a wild ride through varied sonic dioramas and unique experiential vistas of sound. One moment you might be immersed in slow-burning looped patterns with soft noise, and later whisked off to distorted pulsing patterns and euphoric washes of noise and near-opaque sonic textures. It’s a ground-breaking album that is more than deserving of a rejuvenated second look. https://markusguentner.bandcamp.com/https://blackknolleditions.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:36] “Intruder” by Lusine from “Melting Days” (Ghostly International, 2026) * [05:02] “Silicon Tears” by Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams from “Musica Universalis” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [08:10] “one from october” by billy gomberg from “capacity” (Florabelle, 2026) * [12:20] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [14:30] “Familial Tones” by Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi from “Familial Tones” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [18:48] “In Dreams” by Brannan Lane from “The Sleep Album Vol. 2” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026) * [21:36] “Isn’t That Something?” by Ned Milligan from “Real Fun” (Florabelle, 2026) * [28:31] “Above You and Right Here” by Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen from “Within Gravity” (Independent, 2025) * [32:19] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [34:31] “In Moll 4 (25th Anniversary Edition)” by Markus Guentner from “In Moll (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Black Knoll Editions, 2026) * [41:21] “Coast Starlight” by Windy & Carl with Optigan Conservatory from “Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory” (Kranky, 2026) * [48:20] “Deckard” by Calm Pieces from “Suburbia, Still” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [54:06] “The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave” by vOLKER rAPP from “Silent Running” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) Become a supporter today! 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My two featured artists on the program have some pretty fantastic sonic spaces in store for us, and I can’t wait to share them with you. Akira Film Script is back with another release, offering up his new album “Vibrations” through SoundGhost — and it has an irresistible vibe about it that makes for a fantastic listening session; and later in the program I’ve got an album out now on WhiteLabRecs from Finnish composer Aki Yli-Salomäki and Helsinki violinist and violist Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä that will sweep you off your feet. Plus new music from Akira Uchida, Almost Random, Anenon, Brady Cohan and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Akira Film Script Ryan Watts released another banger under his moniker Akira Film Script — the project name for his ongoing dive into ambient and multi-genre electronic sound — with a new album called “Vibrations”, out now on SoundGhost. The whole thing kicked off when Watts got his hands on a Teenage Engineering OP-1 field synth, which let him dig back through decades of old recordings — ghosted notes, busted sampler experiments, all kinds of sonic ephemera — and reshape them into something new. A lot of these tracks start from a single healing tone or frequency and just unfold from there into drones, pads, and these ghostly, half-intentional textures. It’s less about precision and more about feeling — detuned, morphed, warped sounds doing the emotional heavy lifting. Taylor Deupree handled mastering, so you’re getting that signature 12k polish tying it all together. The album was a beautiful listening experience for me, offering a pensive space at a slow, unhurried pace — with moments of euphoria, hushed melancholy, and intimate dreamy soundscapes. It’s one of his finer recent works and I can’t recommend it enough. https://akirafilmscript.bandcamp.com/http://soundghost.bandcamp.com/ Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä Finnish composer Aki Yli-Salomäki steps outside his usual contemporary classical and orchestral work for “Viriää,” his debut on WhiteLabRecs, teaming up with Helsinki violinist and violist Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä. The record leans on the familiar textures of violin and viola, but Yli-Salomäki threads in subtle electronic undercurrents underneath — what he calls “slowly unfolding structures” built around timbre and resonance rather than melody or narrative. A lot of the album lives in how a single tone shifts almost imperceptibly over time, recorded close and dry, with barely any reverb, so it feels like the instruments are right next to you. Even the Finnish-language track titles are intentional — a quiet nod to preserving smaller linguistic identities — and the whole thing centers on Heikkilä’s expressive playing, which Yli-Salomäki says became the record’s real source of inspiration. The album indeed carries this intimate feeling throughout, with delicate minimalism, pensive introspective motifs, and moments of dreamy and sometimes dramatic contemplation. It’s masterfully crafted, an absolute treat for the senses, and is an album you can’t afford to miss. https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/https://aki-yli-salomaki.bandcamp.com/https://www.kreetajuliaheikkila.com/ Let us know what you thought about the music today! Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:31] “Nusa II” by Akira Uchida from “Nusa” (Iikki, 2026) * [08:19] “Night at the Nameless city” by Almost Random from “Fragments From the Waning World” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) * [13:09] “When The Light Appears, Boy” by Anenon from “Dream Temperature” (Tonal Union, 2026) * [17:43] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [19:41] “Phase Tuning” by Akira Film Script from “Vibrations” (SoundGhost, 2026) * [25:54] “Reverie” by Brady Cohan from “Everything That Matters” (dense presser, 2026) * [29:58] “Ficus Elastica” by Dionisaf from “House Plants” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [33:51] “Momentary” by M. Cross Dougherty from “Oceans” (Ambient Cat Recordsa, 2026) * [37:09] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [39:18] “Suuntaa” by Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä from “Viriää” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [43:11] “Slowly Traversing the Wall” by RL Huber from “Sea Legs” (Independent, 2026) * [48:10] “Autumn” by ai yamamoto from “Seasons” (Someone Good, 2026) * [54:24] “DEL 1” by Toàn from “Solitarium” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Brannan Lane is back with another release available through Chitra Records, a placid, space-filled escapade with his new 2026 ambient release, “Folding Space” that’ll take you to intergalactic destinations within; and later in the program Japanese sound artist Iu Takahashi returns with the ornately imbued album “Ipsum” — her second release with the French label Laaps records — and it’s spellbinding to say the least. Plus new music from Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light, Deaf Center, Deepspace, C-Shape and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Brannan Lane Brannan Lane returns with another addition to his prolific catalog of works on Bandcamp through labels like Wayfarer Music Group, Valley View Records, and Ambient Cat, this time releasing through Chitra Records. His latest release “Folding Space” taps into one of the more widely held subgenres within ambient music — and that’s the theme of space and space travel. While Lane isn’t breaking any new ground with his latest release, it’s rich with all of the hallmarks you’d expect from a space-themed album — leisurely sweeping pad synths, a vast airy like atmospheric quality, and sparsely imbued artifacts and ornamentals throughout the release. It’s a lush, relaxed, and tranquil listening experience that offers the listener a space to unfold, unwind, and release — experiencing their own sort of inner-galactic space travel right within the fabric of their own mind. It’s a pleasant album to lose yourself into, and I recommend it for that space-vibed listening session. https://brannanlane.bandcamp.com/https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/ iu takahashi It feels a little like Christmas morning whenever a new release comes my way from Laaps Records, and today is one of those lucky days. Returning to Laaps records with her second release on the boutique French label, Japanese sound artist Iu Takahashi returns with the ever expressive album “Ipsum”. Drawing her inspiration from Hiroshi Yoshimura and Satoshi Ashikawa, Takahashi has crafted an album that is intriguing, mesmerizing, and at times haunting and almost unsettling. “Ipsum” is ornately imbued with light percussive noises, shadow-like voices dancing around the periphery, lightly peppered with delicate particulates, and fused with mesmerizing sound beds that tie it all together. It’s a richly minimalist album crafted within the tradition of Japanese ambient music, and is a beautiful and beguiling album that will leave you bewildered and enchanted by its unique beauty. https://iutakahashi.bandcamp.com/https://laaps.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:27] “Le Voile D’automne (Corduroy)” by Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light from “Pour un Instant” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [05:11] “Once Upon” by Deaf Center from “Through Time” (Sonic Pieces, 2026) * [11:16] “Atlas Prime - The Vast Gate” by Deepspace from “The Atlas Sector” (Projekt Records, 2026) * [14:58] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [16:41] “Time Is Nowhere” by Brannan Lane from “Folding Space” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [20:39] “Ep-26 Pt.II” by C-Shape from “Ep-26” (Independent, 2026) * [24:46] “Canvas” by Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi from “Familial Tones” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [28:23] “Sol” by John Louis Kluck from “Ethereal Space” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [34:36] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [36:21] “Dejavu” by iu takahashi from “Ipsum” (Laaps, 2026) * [41:49] “Fortsätt” by Klara Lewis from “Opening” (Editions Mego, 2026) * [44:51] “l23” by Lunar Ipona from “fragments” (Independent, 2026) * [49:41] “Linnéplatsen” by Hara Alonso from “Music of Many Nows” (FUU, 2026) * [54:14] “The Deep Blue (Pt.1)” by buoy from “Hideaway” (Independent, 2023) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:50] “Sunlit Solitude” by Spectrical from “Litchfield” (Perceptual Tapes, 2026) * [07:20] “Tharsis (KapTep Remix)” by Fumana from “Moonglow” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [12:30] “Sign” by Akira Kosemura from “Polaroid Piano (15th Anniversary Edition)” (Room 40 / Someone Good, 2026) * [14:32] “What Brings You Here” by Jics from “New South Wales” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [16:27] “Chackers” by memorysound from “Fading Bright” (Perceptual Tapes, 2026) * [19:52] “Blooming (Preludio)” by Dionisaf from “Blooming” (Ambient Cat, 2026) * [24:18] “Sacred House (Prophet)” by John Also Bennett from “Sacred House (Versions)” (Shelter Press, 2026) * [34:14] “The Unknowable Realm of Wisdom” by Loneward from “Paradox of Silken Stars” (Independent, 2026) * [40:39] “Where I End” by The Silent Tide from “Drift & Distance” (Mare Nostrum Label, 2026) * [45:00] SIDE B * [45:01] “First Circle” by Adam Filip from “The Returning Circle” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) * [52:40] “quiet sky #4” by tom eaton from “quiet sky #1” (Independent, 2026) * [55:51] “Echo 2” by Kasia Gawlik from “Echoes of Ceramics” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [01:01:45] “Part 1” by Danny Clay from “A Moment Beyond” (Iikki, 2026) * [01:10:09] “Receptivity” by Akira Film Script from “Vibrations” (SoundGhost, 2026) * [01:15:16] “Cabin” by Arovane & Taylor Deupree from “Enth” (Laaps, 2026) * [01:20:18] “From Trondheim” by Passepartout Duo from “Pieces from Places” (Independent, 2026) * [01:22:48] “Sit Spot” by Theddra from “Inland Sea” (Mare Nostrum, 2026) * [01:25:39] “summer’s glow” by anthéne & simon mccorry from “wellspring” (Home Normal, 2025) Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we showcase ambient artist Zensor from the Netherlands and their pleasant, slow-burning dystopian full-length LP that’s sure to please; and later in the program Australian musician Tsubai makes his ambient genre debut with an album inspired by the majestic landscape of Greenland and it’s magnificent landmark, the Ilulissat Icefjord. Plus new music from Andrew Tuttle & Darren Cross, Wil Bolton, Dionisaf, Rhins and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Zensor Zensor is an ambient music project from the Netherlands that fuses organismic and modular synthesizers with manipulated field recordings and circuit-bent electronics. Their music blends these worlds into lush atmospheric soundscapes that fuse the natural world with the mechanical. Relatively new to The Relay Station, their brand new album “Slow Wave” marks their ninth release on Bandcamp and offers up a pretty cool minimalist and experimental soundtrack. Zensor refers to their music as a sort of living organism of sound, something that unfolds and evolves organically during each and every performance. “Slow Wave” has a lightly liminal quality, laced with washes of soft noise, undulating looped phrases and motifs, and mesmerizing layers of repetition. It gives off dystopian vibes, as if it were the soundtrack to a contemplative, slow-burning sci-fi fantasy, that is more quietly expressive than it is a thunderous action thriller. I think you’ll really enjoy this understated collection of compositions — be sure to give this album a spin in your next listening session. https://zensor.bandcamp.com/ Tsubai Following the release of “We Were Here” under his indie rock and shoegaze moniker Stubai, Australian musician Matt Teffer takes a slight detour into ambient territory under the project name “tsubai”. His debut ambient album “Ilulissat” was inspired by a recent journey to Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord in July 2025 — and from that has come a deeply immersive reflection on one of the planet’s most awe-inspiring landscapes. One listen and you’ll see quite clearly how Teffer effectively captures the majesty and mystery of the icescapes of Ilulissat. Transfixed by the scale, shifting forms and colors of the icebergs, Teffer returned home to Sydney inspired to translate his experience into sound. Using nothing but electric guitar as its sole sound source, ilulissat weaves vast, glacial soundscapes through meticulously layered recordings. Patient movements and stillness give way to emotional swells, evoking towering ice formations slowly emerging from the mist before opening into expansive, soaring passages reminiscent of a seabird sailing the arctic air above the fjord. It’s a great album that you can’t afford to miss. https://stubaimusic.com/https://perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:25] “Is This Too?” by Andrew Tuttle & Darren Cross from “AT/DC” (Someone Good, 2026) * [04:24] “Resonancia Angular” by Wil Bolton from “Aunque llegue la mañana · Refracted” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [08:56] “Magnolia Flower” by Dionisaf from “Mississippian” (WhiteLabRecs, 2025) * [15:39] Featured Artist Segment * [17:29] “Stage Three” by Zensor from “Slow-Wave” (Independent, 2026) * [22:54] “Electric Woods” by Rhins from “The Invisible” (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2026) * [31:03] “Sodium Vapour Halo (alone)” by Lawrence English from “The Rest Is My Ghost” (Room 40 Records, 2026) * [35:24] “Dead Of Night” by Arcane Trickster from “Dead Of Night” (Cosmic Leaf Records, 2026) * [39:57] Featured Artist Segment * [41:49] “Sublimation” by Tsubai from “ilulissat” (Perceptual Tapes, 2026) * [47:11] “Dream to Fade” by Orkun A. from “Dew” (FUU, 2026) * [52:52] “What Remains” by Ian Hawgood & David Cordero from “Shifting Times” (No Ray Records, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

I’ve got some outstanding featured artists in the lineup for today’s program — in a word: sublime. Black Brunswicker is back with a new album on Nettwerk Music Group that is a delightful tribute to guitarist John Fahey in her album “Dreams of A Sunflower River”; and later in the program David Cordero and Aiko Takahashi treat us to a divine collaboration with their album “Night’s End” out now on the Home Normal label. Plus new music from Vin Downes & Tom Eaton, Arbee, Celer, Giulio Aldinucci and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Black Brunswicker Black Brunswicker is no stranger to our programming lineup here on The Relay Station, and has a fantastic new album that comes to us through the Nettwerk Music Group label. Indiana-born, Manchester-based guitarist Etta Helfrich, who operates under the moniker “Black Brunswicker”, channels the rootsy American primitive style of John Fahey on her latest release “Dreams of a Sunflower River”. The album is comprised of ten warm, languid tracks written back in 2019 as she was first exploring Fahey’s fingerstyle technique. Recorded to analog tape for what she calls its “spectral” quality, the album graciously wraps Midwestern memories — cornfields, rivers, fading relationships — in a haze of reverb and hiss, evoking what she describes as a mood imparted “without necessarily saying something.” Her album’s first single “A Raga Called John” pays direct tribute to Fahey’s “Sunflower River Blues” with dreamy, leisurely qualities — an experience that is consistent throughout the album. The sonic space that she’s created is lightly wistful laced with a gentle, daydreamy undercurrent that tenderly shepherds the listener through hushed, placid landscapes. It’s a gorgeous listen that I think you’ll enjoy through and through! https://blackbrunswicker.bandcamp.com/https://nettwerk.bandcamp.com/ David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi Two top-shelf artists are back in the limelight on the program — Spanish ambient artist David Cordero and Slovenia-based ambient artist Aiko Takahashi — this time as a collaborative pair. Their brand new album is “Night’s End”, a new joint-effort album from these two outstanding artists, available on Home Normal. “Night’s End” is a full length LP crafted with gentle piano and modular electronics, and hovers in the threshold between the late hours of twilight and the first waking moments at dawn. It really is a perfect matchup straight from the cosmos. Cordero’s melodic clarity pairs beautifully with Takahashi’s finely detailed sound design, each track ornately imbued with piano notes floating like points of light against soft waves of electronic texture. Nothing about this album is hurried to express its ideas; instead it’s an album of quiet possibility and gentle release, as if the last traces of darkness are slowly giving way to morning. The album feels like that trailing moment from a pleasant dream as it slips through your fingers like an ephemeral mist — here for a moment, and then lost to memory. It’s a precious album and has become one of my 2026 essentials. You will want to queue this up for your next listening session. https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/https://davidcordero.bandcamp.com/https://aikotakahashi.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:31] “disappear into winter” by Vin Downes & Tom Eaton from “Until the Light Was Gone” (Independent, 2026) * [06:28] “Absence motivée” by Arbee from “En vain” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [11:31] “Ascensionaires” by Celer from “Capri (Remastered Deluxe Edition)” (Two Acorns, 2026) * [14:42] Featured Artist Segment * [16:39] “I’ve Got Something To Share” by Black Brunswicker from “Dreams of a Sunflower River” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [21:13] “Come Luce, In Sogno” by Giulio Aldinucci from “Come Luce, In Sogno (single)” (Karlrecords, 2026) * [28:28] “Lowside” by Fax + Braulio Lam from “Mixed Signals III” (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2026) * [34:42] “eletricidade estética” by hugo espirito santo from “têmpora” (Independent, 2026) * [38:23] Featured Artist Segment * [40:26] “Montsec” by David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi from “Night’s End” (Home Normal, 2026) * [43:38] “At Last It Leaves You” by Lynn Wright from “Before The Sinking Plains” (Miasmah, 2026) * [46:56] “Intro: Light” by Six Missing & Patrik Berg Almkvisth from “Developments (EP)” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [50:06] “My Heart Has A Home” by HERE from “Acceptance” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [54:31] “Fossil Whisper” by DTime from “Nightwoven” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

In this program, Sebby Kowal treats us to his latest dreamy soundscape with otherworldly textures and sonic ear candy from his new album “Shoreline”; and later in the program Lynn Wright treats us to dreamy ambient guitar and washed out vocal layering in Wright’s debut ambient album “Before the Sinking Plains”. Plus new music from Miguel Otero & David Cordero, Old Amica, Stray wool, Billy Denk and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Sebby Kowal Sebby Kowal’s name should be familiar to you if you vibe out on dreamy atmospheric soundscapes — Kowal is a full-on wizard when it comes to crafting his ambient worlds. His new album “Cherry Blossom” is chock-full of all that you’ve come to expect from his signature style — soft washes of noise that caress the periphery, otherworldly textures and sounds that defy expectations, and mesmerizing looped sequences that have an entrancing quality about them. “Cherry Blossom” is a slow burn that asks patience of its listener, to be content to sit quietly and be open to a slow trickle of tranquility to envelop the senses. Kowals’ crafted a truly pensive album that is delicately painted with subtle particulates, hushed and subdued field recordings, and mantra-like musical patterns that are out of the ordinary. It’s quite likely to become one of my favorite Sebby Kowal albums to date. https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com Lynn Wright After decades working behind the scenes in New York’s underground scene, musical wanderer Lynn Wright steps into the spotlight on Miasmah Recordings with “Before The Sinking Plains” — his first solo album, born from guitar loops he made each morning during a long illness. The result blends washed-out dream pop, atmospheric drone, and sparse noir folk into what Wright calls “songs masking as atmospheric compositions” — dark, subtle, and vast as an open field meeting the sky. The album is a tasteful blend of reverb-saturated indistinct vocal layers, contemplative ambient guitar lines, and a landscape of open sound — perfect for watching the sky unfold before vast open fields stretching to the edge of the horizon. It’s a great listen and I encourage you to queue up the album in your ambient playlist. https://lynnwright.bandcamp.com/https://miasmah.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:01:25] “Sal” by Miguel Otero & David Cordero from “Verano Oxidado” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [00:05:19] “Eftersol” by Old Amica from “Bländverk” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:09:07] “Under” by Stray wool from “The sorrow” (Evergreen Music label, 2026) * [00:13:32] Featured Artist Segment * [00:15:08] “Shoreline” by Sebby Kowal from “Cherry Blossom” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:21:48] “In Simple Gratitude” by Billy Denk from “Consider The Ravens” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026) * [00:28:45] “Hollow Distance” by The Silent Tide from “Drift & Distance” (Mare Nostrum Label, 2026) * [00:31:02] “Casting Sand” by Build Buildings x Molly Gochman from “Continuum” (Unending Loop, 2026) * [00:35:16] Featured Artist Segment * [00:36:53] “Before The Sinking Plains” by Lynn Wright from “Before The Sinking Plains” (Miasmah, 2026) * [00:44:09] “In the Eastern Wild” by Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri from “Where Light Pauses in the Silence of the Sun” (Black Knoll Editions, 2026) * [00:49:52] “Cities in the Clouds” by Alice AD from “Sleeplaboratory6.0” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:54:18] “Million Year Rain” by AITIA from “Ta Panta Rhei: Cells & Cataclysms” (Independent, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

In this program, I’ve got cinematic-inspired music from the collaboration between Logic Moon and Piscean Daydreams, an album that draws its inspirations from some pretty deep, underlying roots from the Bladerunner Universe. And later in the program, Australian experimental ambient artist Lawrence English has released an album that is grounded in a deep reflection of the meaning of nostalgia that is equally unsettling as it is exploratory. Plus new music from Aymantium, hershel, Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra, Federico Durand and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams The new album from Logic Moon and Piscean Daydreams has me absolutely riveted with its homage to the Bladerunner universe with its deep drones and space-inspired ambient motifs. Available now on Ambient Cat Records, “Musica Universalis” was conceived as the score to an imagined philosophical science fiction film, drawing inspiration from the dystopian sci-fi film genre. From start to finish, the album reads like a true sci-fi film score, layered with vastly sprawling drones, spectral textures, deeply embedded field recordings, and sci-fi inspired synthetic layers. The result is a vivid portrayal of a rain-soaked dystopian city landscape, post-capitalist industrial ruins, and sprawling desolate landscapes — traversing organic and synthetic terrain with each track as the album progresses along. The album was top-shelf and enjoyable all the way through, and I strongly encourage you to give this one a listen! https://logicmoon.bandcamp.comhttps://pisceandaydreams.bandcamp.comhttps://ambientcat.bandcamp.com Lawrence English If you’re familiar with the works of Australian experimental ambient artist Lawrence English, you may be well acquainted with the fact that a listen through his work generally means you’ll be wading into deep waters. His new album is certainly of no exception. “The Rest Is My Ghost” takes aim at what its creator calls “Acid Nostalgia” — a corrosive, politically-charged flattening of the past that erases historical texture in order to foreclose our sense of what’s still possible. Rather than offering a universal thesis, the record channels this idea through a deeply personal collage of architecture, fiction, and cultural theory — from Japan’s Metabolist movement to writers like Mark Fisher and J.G. Ballard — treating failure and fragility not as endpoints, but as the raw material from which new futures might still be imagined. The album is unsettling, spacious, densely layered with washes of sound and landscapes of noise, ever-evolving, and plays out like a deeply intellectual graphic novel waxing philosophical on present-day concerns. It’s a contemplative exploratory album worthy of your time and your attentive listening session. http://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.comhttps://room40.bandcamp.com Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:01:24] “Surfing the Blue Sun” by Aymantium from “AYMANTIA 2” (Independent, 2026) * [00:06:21] “macchiolina pt.2” by hershel from “silent steps for a better way” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:10:36] “Shikijitsu” by Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra from “Tsuioku” (Kitchen Label, 2026) * [00:13:50] Featured Artist Segment * [00:15:22] “Brightburn” by Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams from “Musica Universalis” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:20:02] “Jólin 1960” by Federico Durand from “La Manzana Mágica” (12k, 2026) * [00:26:29] “When Everything seems Lost” by Andrew Heath and Mi Cosa de Resistance from “Land” (Driftworks, 2026) * [00:34:14] “The Backwards Sun” by RL Huber from “The Backwards Sun” (Independent, 2026) * [00:37:44] Featured Artist Segment * [00:39:34] “GhostType” by Lawrence English from “The Rest Is My Ghost” (Room 40 Records, 2026) * [00:44:58] “Late November” by The Green Kingdom from “Vespera” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:48:28] “Slow Bloom” by Clariloops from “The Quiet Below” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:54:16] “Static Fields Pt. I” by Zen Lemon from “Drift Theory Aesthetic” (Chitra Records, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Your support matters! Help the Relay Station thrive — become a sustaining member of The Relay Station. Your monthly contribution in any amount helps support the programming and widen our reach. Give today, become a supporter! Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:50] “N6-79” by Akira Film Script from “Over Exposure” (Driftworks, 2026) * [00:07:59] “Moving Forward” by Sebby Kowal from “Cherry Blossom” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:13:00] “sway: sedation” by Six Missing from “drift, sway (Album)” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [00:17:25] “Almira” by Theddra from “Inland Sea” (Mare Nostrum, 2026) * [00:19:50] “Things Were Visible Again” by Paperbark from “Light Behind Me” (Laaps Records, 2026) * [00:23:38] “Dive Inwards (Dionisaf Remix)” by Ancient Astronaut from “Daydreaming” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:29:06] “Teflon Blues (edit)” by J.WLSN & Liam Keenan from “Country/The Country” (Room 40, 2026) * [00:33:06] “Cold Spring Day” by Cells Interlinked from “Cold Spring Notes” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) * [00:40:59] “Dust Days” by Spheruleus from “The Lost Catalogue” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:45:00] SIDE B * [00:45:01] “Concurrent” by Turnovermoth from “Concurrent (single)” (Independent, 2026) * [00:53:01] “Ces précieux souvenirs” by Arbee from “En vain” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:58:13] “These Walls” by Lusine from “Melting Days” (Ghostly International, 2026) * [01:01:25] “Slow Turning” by Ian Hawgood & David Cordero from “Shifting Times” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [01:03:53] “Nullarbor Plain” by David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi from “Night’s End” (Home Normal, 2026) * [01:06:25] “Unfolding” by Christian Alsemgeest & Let Me Think from “Dissolving” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [01:08:56] “Before the Storm (redux)” by Yann Novak from “Meadowsweet (redux)” (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2026) * [01:16:48] “Sacred House” by John Also Bennett from “Sacred House (Versions)” (Shelter Press, 2026) * [01:21:36] “Corridor / Rouka / 廊下” by Tomoyoshi Date + Stijn Hüwels from “Tatemono” (Laaps, 2026) * [01:26:09] “Let Go” by Ocoeur from “Greener Grass, Clearer Water” (n5md, 2026) Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

A fruitful summer break I think it was a solid decision on my part to take the summer off from weekly programming — it allowed me to finish up a short film that I’ve been serving as film editor and audio engineer for, plus composing the score for it, along with getting set up in my studio space and building up momentum with my visual art. I’ve already had my first exhibition, a number of pieces sold this summer, my first commission completed, and retooling the app that I use to process incoming submissions and produce the programming here on The Relay Station. Extremely productive with very little time wasted. New radio stations picking up the programming Thanks to our partnership with AudioPort of the Pacifica Network, we’ve been expanding our reach. I wanted to take a moment to welcome some of our latest carriers — WHPW 97.3 FM in Harpswell, Maine, KYAQ 91.7 FM in Newport, Oregon, and WKFH-LP 94.3 in Wimberley, Texas. Welcome aboard, friends and travelers! If your local community radio station hasn’t yet picked up the programming — reach out to their program director and tell them to carry The Relay Station. The syndicated show is available on the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and Pacifica Network’s AudioPort, as well as synchronized cloud-hosted files through pCloud. Read up on our radio programming for more information. Become a supporter of The Relay Station At the risk of sounding like cracked vinyl, please step up and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. You can either upgrade to a paid subscription here, or set your own amount at the support page. Your monthly financial contributions of any amount go a long way towards helping further produce, improve, and promote the programming. Musicians, keep submitting your ambient music The ambient music genre is already underserved, and it can feel like an uphill climb going at it all on your own. Well, The Relay Station is in your corner, tirelessly working to help give your music some love and attention. Join our lineup of independent and signed musicians that have been faithfully submitting their music to the programming and yielding results! More and more ambient music lovers are discovering their music through the programming — and that’s what it’s all about, connecting music lovers to your music. Submit your music today for consideration for airplay on The Relay Station. But please do read through the information there to make sure your music is a good fit for the programming. While I absolutely love listening to that EDM banger you worked hard on, the drums will kill its chances of being aired on the show. So please take a moment, remind yourself of what we’re looking for! Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Be a giver! Show some practical love for The Relay Station! You’ve been listening for awhile now — please demonstrate your love for the program. Just one dollar a month can help me further invest in the program and cover the expenses incurred along the way. Join the rest of the community and become a monthly supporter today — any amount can help the program thrive, enabling me to support the ambient music community. Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:50] “Saudade” by HERE from “Acceptance” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:04:19] “Start Again” by Sebby Kowal from “Glowing Paradise” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:10:16] “Exigu” by Arbee from “En vain” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:14:20] “Saffron Breeze” by Ran Slavin from “Aegean Gold” (Nocturnal Rainbow Recordings, 2026) * [00:20:37] “A Hundred Shades of Green” by Piscean Daydreams from “A Sense of Time, A Sense of Place: The Driftless Suite” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:23:58] “Clouds Never Die” by Ocoeur from “Greener Grass, Clearer Water” (n5md, 2026) * [00:28:20] “Sightline” by Lusine from “Melting Days” (Ghostly International, 2026) * [00:31:06] “Hadean” by AITIA from “Ta Panta Rhei: Cells & Cataclysms” (Independent, 2026) * [00:35:13] “Ifred” by Old Amica from “Bländverk” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:40:04] “Immersion Two” by Gregory Paul Mineeff from “Sleeplaboratory6.0” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:45:00] SIDE B * [00:45:01] “Distant Days” by Spheruleus from “The Lost Catalogue” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:50:21] “kvarken archipelago” by Chelidon Frame from “Like Train Whistles” (Independent, 2026) * [00:55:02] “Unexpected Shelter” by Sacred Seeds from “Symbiotic Echoes” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [01:00:56] “A Habitable Planet” by Thaneco from “Tau Zero” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) * [01:06:31] “Sun-Kissed Sea” by City of Dawn & Eddy Ruyter from “Silfira” (Heart Dance Records, 2026) * [01:10:35] “Stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy” by hershel from “silent steps for a better way” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [01:15:39] “Vespers 1” by The Green Kingdom from “Vespera” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [01:21:26] “Port (Logic Moon Remix)” by Dionisaf from “The Stories of Paper Planets” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [01:26:08] “Softening” by Ancient Astronaut from “Softening” (Mare Nostrum, 2026) Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Have a dollar to spare? Just one dollar a month can help me further invest in the program and cover the expenses incurred in the programming. Join the rest of the community and become a monthly supporter today — any amount can help the program thrive, enabling me to support the ambient music community. Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:50] “Dill 35” by Pavel Doronin from “Dill” (Independent, 2026) * [00:05:16] “Ariane’s Ascent” by Piscean Daydreams from “A Sense of Time, A Sense of Place: The Driftless Suite” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:08:50] “currents held” by landtitles from “geographic beings, phosphorus mountains” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:12:47] “Sei” by Makoto Sawai from “Kaze” (Bigo and Twigetti, 2026) * [00:14:40] “Pendulum” by Lusine from “Melting Days” (Ghostly International, 2026) * [00:19:38] “Low Altitude” by Dan Y Wernen from “Shades” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:24:28] “Nothing Changes” by Zen Lemon from “Functional Melancholic” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:28:59] “evening in kallio” by Chelidon Frame from “Like Train Whistles” (Independent, 2026) * [00:32:46] “In True Contemplation” by Abul Mogard from “In a Few Places Along the River (2022 reissue)” (Soft Echoes, 2026) * [00:39:58] “Elsewhere (KapTep Pale Blue Dot Remix)” by M. Cross Dougherty from “Artemis II” (Ambient Cat, 2026) * [00:45:00] SIDE B * [00:45:00] “From Kolkata” by Passepartout Duo from “Pieces from Places” (Independent, 2026) * [00:47:41] “Dissolving” by Christian Alsemgeest & Let Me Think from “Dissolving” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [00:50:50] “Conspiracy of Silence” by Erik Klinga from “Hundred Tongues” (Independent, 2025) * [00:55:50] “Fragmento ausente” by Kenji Kihara from “Aunque llegue la mañana · Refracted” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [00:59:18] “Mill-Pond” by Miguel Otero from “Faint Glow” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [01:01:40] “Gentle Dawn” by Hollie Kenniff from “For Those Who Stay” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [01:05:16] “Between Worlds” by Ancient Astronaut from “Inner Worlds” (Independent, 2026) * [01:09:33] “Tears Of Nature” by Rhucle & Arbee from “Plain” (No Ray Records, 2026) * [01:11:26] “Clay” by Dionisaf from “The Stories of Paper Planets” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [01:15:37] “She Puts Her Hands On Me” by Glacis with Henrik Meierkord from “We Gape And We Are Healed” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [01:20:50] “What Are You Running After” by Ocoeur from “Greener Grass, Clearer Water” (n5md, 2026) * [01:24:06] “La manzana mágica” by Federico Durand from “La Manzana Mágica” (12k, 2026) * [01:26:22] “Attractor” by Tewksbury from “rust/wave” (Imaginary North, 2026) Thanks for listening to this mix tape edition of The Relay Station. Please help our program grow by sharing this episode with your network! Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you so very much for listening to The Relay Station — it’s a delight to have you as a part of the listening community. If you appreciate the programming and have the means, please become a paying subscriber of The Relay Station. Your ongoing financial support helps offset production expenses with 50% of all donations being redirected to high-ranking environmental charities that are working towards tangible solutions for our climate challenges. Become a paying subscriber today! Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:00:50] “Plomari Days” by Ran Slavin from “Aegean Gold” (Nocturnal Rainbow Recordings, 2026) * [00:08:19] “Lost in the Leaves” by Ian Crawford from “Slow Pull on a Long Thread” (Wayfarer, 2025 2025) * [00:15:03] “A single chord played in the entire forest” by Miguel Otero & Raquel Pavón from “Through that garden gate” (Noray Records, 2026) * [00:18:05] “To Find What’s Missing” by Robert Rich & Markus Reuter from “Incubation” (Robert Rich, Markus Reuter, Amoeba Music, and All Matter In The Universe,, 2025) * [00:21:48] “The Venus” by Logic Moon from “Ashes” (Chitra Records, 2025) * [00:24:53] “Movement (bonus Track)” by Violeta Vicci & Bruno Bavota from “Be Human” (Bigo and Twigetti, 2026) * [00:27:09] “Bells of Athena” by Madeleine Cocolas from “Syndesis” (Syndesis, 2025) * [00:32:29] “CD Bonus - Sova (Bloom)” by Henrik Meierkord + Marco Lucchi & Pawel Kobak from “The Book of Dreams” (Whitelabrecs, 2025) * [00:37:50] “unraveling” by Peter Bark from “time shelter” (Sound Ghost, 2025) * [00:41:56] “Frozen Rocks” by Atmøsphäre & Dionisaf from “Northern Dreamscapes” (Chitra Records, 2025) * [00:45:00] SIDE B * [00:45:00] “Dark Flees The Light” by Ambiente Solstice from “Between Two Worlds” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026) * [00:48:48] “Giln” by Pete Kvidera from “Sleeplaboratory6.0” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [00:51:55] “Infinite Expansion” by Ed Herbers from “Season Cycle: Spring” (Independent, 2026) * [00:56:25] “A Deep Calm” by ESH from “Induction Lounge” (Imaginary North Records, 2026) * [01:00:50] “A Long Goodbye pt.2 (redux)” by Yann Novak from “Meadowsweet (redux)” (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2026) * [01:05:21] “Three Loaning End” by Craven Faults from “Sidings” (Craven Faults / The Leaf Label, 2026) * [01:10:05] “Zener Convention (Bonus Track, Digital Mix)” by Andrew Heath from “Shades” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [01:16:44] “Fibers” by Ryan Majoris from “The World Has Become a Great Nerve” (Independent, 2026) * [01:21:12] “The Withering Apparition” by Piscean Daydreams and Michael D. Tidwell from “Ghost, Vol. 2” (Independent, 2026) * [01:25:28] “Blue Lineage” by Ancient Astronaut from “Inner Worlds” (Independent, 2026) Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

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 is Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach are back with a second full-length LP entitled “Gentle Hum” and is chock full of all the experimental goodness that we’ve come to expect! Plus new music from Dionisaf & Deep Dive Sound, memorysound, Till Hillbrecht & Zimoun, David Cordero and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Abul Mogard If you’ve more than a cursory level familiarity with the ambient scene, the name Abul Mogard will likely be familiar to you — an Italian electronic and ambient composer known for long, slow-building melancholic drones, dense with textures and grit that give the sense of the earth trembling beneath you. His music has this sense of being caught in a slow-motion free-fall above a dark cavernous depth, where the bottom can scarcely be seen and a curious uneasiness lures you in with its slow-burn suspense. The album “In A Few Places Along the River” was originally issued in 2022, comprised of three long-form pieces composed between 2019 and 2022, and now remastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri and cut to vinyl by Lupo. It’s a mastery-level ambient album that carries with it a certain gravitas and an alluring feeling of foreboding with its dark cinematic drones and laggardly evolutionary build-up. Mogard’s 2026 re-issue encapsulates one of the very things I love about ambient music — its unhurried cadence to create an all-encompassing environment in which to lose yourself in, and the patience expressed through Mogard’s slow hand and deliberate choices through both analog and digital synthesis. It’s a fantastic album that deserves a spot in your collection! From his 2026 reissue of “In a Few Places Along the River”, here’s Abul Mogard with the track “Against a White Cloud”, here on The Relay Station. https://abulmogard.bandcamp.com/https://soft-echoes.bandcamp.com/ Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach If you are unaware of the collaborative duo that is Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach, sit up, pay attention, and take note! Ah! Kosmos is the experimental sound artist and composer Başak Günak, and her creative companion is the brilliant and extremely prolific sound designer and experimentalist Stefan Goetsch who operates under the moniker Hainbach. Independently, the pair have extensive backgrounds in experimental music, sound installation and design, making music out of the unmusical. Whether it’s nuclear test equipment, dolphin filters, or any number of other distinctly non-musical equipment, its in those spaces that Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach set out like explorers to recover strange, unusual, and intriguing sounds and patterns which make their way into their experimental music compositions. With a deep foundation of patience and careful excavation, they extract textures and tones that might normally be considered as noise or incidental artifacts, and treat them as integral living elements of the sonic realm. There is a very real sense that the music is alive and has its own consciousness and its own voice — industrial and test equipment given a moment to express their own unique language of beeps, blips, scratches, and hums. It’s a fascinating musical listening experience that is approachable, intriguing, and thoroughly enjoyable — and both Günak and Goetsch, in their brilliance, have also made it accessible to a wider range of electronic music lovers, earning it a spot on my 2026 essentials list of experimental ambient albums. From the album “Gentle Hum”, here’s Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach with the track “In a Pattern Like a Shell”, here on The Relay Station. https://ahkosmos.bandcamp.com/https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:01:38] “Places That Never Met, Yet Remember” by Dionisaf & Deep Dive Sound from “Paths That Forgot the Map” (Chitra Records, 2026) * [00:04:40] “Hope” by memorysound from “Fading Bright” (Perceptual Tapes, 2026) * [00:08:14] “Warp 3” by Till Hillbrecht & Zimoun from “Warp Slow” (Room 40, 2026) * [00:12:04] Featured Artist Segment * [00:14:15] “Against a White Cloud” by Abul Mogard from “In a Few Places Along the River (2022 reissue)” (Soft Echoes, 2026) * [00:25:26] “Nebel” by David Cordero from “La Imagen Muda” (Noray Records, 2026) * [00:28:24] “To Yield” by Kreng from “Wormhole” (Miasmah Recordings, 2026-05-07) * [00:30:48] “Veillands” by Yulyseus from “Nothing Under Heaven” (n5MD, 2026) * [00:35:02] Featured Artist Segment * [00:37:28] “In A Pattern Like A Shell” by Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach from “Gentle Hum” (Fuu Records, 2026) * [00:41:06] “Silver Plane, Now Boarding” by Pan•American from “Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane” (Kranky, 2026) * [00:44:30] “Names of Unknown Places” by Absence from “Names of Unknown Places” (Imaginary North Records, 2026) * [00:50:43] “Deep Currents” by Daryl Groetsch from “Fathoms” (Independent, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe

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, Rayan Haïdar, Abul Mogard, Loneward and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Isabel Pine Isabel Pine is a Canadian stringed instrumentalist and ambient artist based out of British Columbia, who I’ve become acquainted with through Kranky, a Chicago-based ambient label. Pine had released an LP and a handful of EP’s and singles before making her debut on Kranky with her latest LP “Fables”, an album that has quickly risen near the top of some of my favorite ambient albums in my vinyl collection. Ornately imbued with cello, viola, violin, and double bass, she experimented with field recordings laced in her compositions, but eventually moved the production to a small, remote cabin deep in the BC to capture the rustic beauty of the landscape that surrounded her. The finished piece is a tapestry of astonishing vignettes and deeply meditative motifs that patiently unfold and cascade like the long, slow push and pull of the tide. To call “Fables” a listening experience is to do a disservice to the way in which it infuses the listener with a sense of weightlessness, where it feels like you’re drifting out of space and time, and into a dreamlike state. When I lose myself into the music, it feels like the gentle rise of the sun over the horizon, kissing my face with that first break of daylight, gently nudging me to wake, to rise, and go experience its beauty first-hand. That is the beauty of “Fables”. From the album “Fables”, here’s Isabel Pine with the track “Wolves”, here on The Relay Station. https://isabelpine.bandcamp.comhttps://kranky.bandcamp.com Philippe Deschamps Philippe Deschamps has long-been a friend of The Relay Station, almost since the early beginnings of the program when I heard his album “Blue Baths”. Each progressive release of his since then has continued to seduce me with its tranquil and contemplative vibes. His latest film score is of no exception — the sound track for the 31-minute independent film “Les Juif Riches” which recently made its debut at the prestigious German film festival “Die Berlinale” in February of 2026. The film is a pensive exploration of director Yolande Zauberman’s post-World War II family footage, revisiting the stories of her Jewish relatives who rebuilt up their lives from nothing. The film score, which Deschamps orchestrated as the musical backbone for the film, is richly layered with dreamy instrumental veneers, soft-swelling melodies, and the feeling of clouded memories made nearly opaque from the passing of time. Because it’s a film score that serves as a backdrop, “Les Juif Riches” is a great soundtrack for your workday, that focused study session, or a contemplative morning with that cup of hot tea and a journal to write your reflections in. It’s a beautiful album and I encourage you to give it a spin! From the album “Les Juif Riches (Bande originale du film), here’s Philippe Deschamps with the track “Sarah, Fragments”, here on The Relay Station. https://philippedeschamps.eu/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [00:01:23] “Lluvia de Octubre” by JJRD + mRn from “Études Sónicas” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026) * [00:05:53] “Cities burn as we dream of a return” by Rayan Haïdar from “Cities burn as we dream of a return” (Dragon’s Eye Recordings, 2026) * [00:11:16] “Along The River (Reduction Edit) - BONUS TRACK” by Abul Mogard from “In a Few Places Along the River (2022 reissue)” (Soft Echoes, 2026) * [00:18:06] Featured Artist Segment * [00:20:24] “Wolves” by Isabel Pine from “Fables” (Kranky / Isabel Pine, 2026) * [00:24:12] “Woven Immensity” by Loneward from “Paradox of Silken Stars” (Independent, 2026) * [00:33:58] “Shells” by Alexander Eldefors from “Vivel” (Laaps Records, 2026) * [00:39:12] “Kindness Will Keep Us Afloat” by Nicola Olla from “Dissolution” (Blue Spiral Records, 2026) * [00:41:54] Featured Artist Segment * [00:43:51] “Sarah, Fragments” by Philippe Deschamps from “Les juifs riches (Bande originale du film)” (Shindo Sea Records, 2026) * [00:48:06] “Early Morning” by Absence from “Names of Unknown Places” (Imaginary North Records, 2026) * [00:54:14] “Torres Blancas [Madrid]” by MiDi B***H from “Habitat” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) Become a supporter today! Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. Your financial support helps cover operating expenses and our collective efforts for the program to reach carbon neutrality. Join us at https://stolace.com/support/ Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe