Episode 6.19 /// Featuring Tides and Jason van Wyk

In today's program I have a ton of new tracks from new artists to The Relay Station scene and some pretty fantastic new albums as well. My two featured artists are new to the program but have been around for some time and both have simply remarkable albums that I want you to check out. In the first hour, I’ve got music from Tides who’s got a tremendous release out now on Whitelabrecs that is ruminative and introspective, and later on in the program, Jason van Wyk with a spell-binding new album out now on n5md.Plus our conversational topic for today: What are some of your favorite settings to enjoy ambient music in? Do you have a sweet setup? Or throw on some ear buds and go on walks with it? Where do you enjoy ambient music? Let’s strike up a conversation.I’ve got some fantastic tracks ahead — new music from Ben McCarthy, RL Huber, Rose Riebl, and many more ahead.Strap in and make yourself comfortable, join us for the next two hours for global ambient music, on The Stolace Relay Station.Featured artistsTides https://t1d3s.bandcamp.comhttps://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.comJason van Wyk https://jasonvanwyk.bandcamp.comhttps://n5md.bandcamp.comFeatured album /// “Where Her Flowers Still Bloom” by TidesNew from Whitelabrecs comes an eight-song album from Scottish ambient artist Tides. “Where Her Flowers Still Bloom” is a response to his mother’s diagnosis of early-onset dementia, the sort of plight that is difficult to express in words. Through his exploration of grief, fading memory, and the changes in relational dynamics, the album respectfully invites you to sit, and listen to his story conveyed through distressed audio, intimate sound manipulation, sculpted textures, and tarnished instrumentation. There’s a tangible feeling of grief coupled with love and longing, clinging desperately to that which cannot be held — it’s beautiful and heart-breaking, and leaves the listener in a state of reflection and gratitude. You’d be remiss to let this album pass you by. “Where Her Flowers Still Bloom” by Tides is available now on most streaming music services as well as at https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com.Featured album /// "Inherent" by Jason van WykSouth African electronic ambient artist Jason van Wyk has a new album out now on n5md that is inventive, intricate, and intense. “Inherent” is his sixth album, displaying a continued sense of progressive evolution and compositional prowess. The album escorts you through epic soundscapes, sinuous patterns and motifs, satisfying textures, and other meticulously woven elements throughout. Every listening session affords you with a perennial listening experience, picking up new strands of intrigue and fastidiously placed details in the wide stereoscopic space he’s created. It’s an album full of pleasant surprises, intrigue, and electronic bliss — one that you simply can’t afford to miss. “Inherent” by Jason van Wyk is available June 13th on most streaming music services, limited edition vinyl, as well as at https://n5md.bandcamp.com.Playlist* "Echoes from away" by Stokfisz from "Aether Drift"* "eileen myles unrung phase" by Ben McCarthy from "decorative arts ii"* "Telos" by RL Huber from "Dagos"* "Hores" by Aries Mond from "Edge Angles"* "Into Night" by William Thomson from "As It Goes"* "Skies Have Fallen - Rose Riebl" by Rose Riebl from "DUST"* "Fade" by Tides from "Where Her Flowers Still Bloom"* "Begin Again [single]" by Six Missing from "Without Mind: Accept (EP) - part two"* "Aerosol" by Vermilion Rhombus from "You'll See Me Through The Fog"* "a sacred name" by anthéne + simon mccorry from "wellspring"* "Particles" by Diogene from "The Ocean in Our Minds"* "Untitled 2 [theme for a film]" by Brady Cohan from "Wash"* "Memory Loss" by Edoardo Gastaldi + Le Code from "The Sleeping Oceans Vol.1"* "Wisdom Of The Sky" by Ambiente Solstice + Billy Denk from "Stone Eclipse"* "Poissons Rouges" by Aiko Takahashi from "The Grass Harp"* "By The Gates" by Henrik Meierkord + Marco Lucchi + Pawel Kobak from "The Book of Dreams"* "Shine" by Jason van Wyk from "Inherent"* "Vara" by Sons of Melancholia from "Hyperliquid"* "Remain, True" by ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi from "Fade, Remain"* "Postcards" by First Snow of the Year from "Hibernation"* "The Sun Erases Wet Footprints" by Adrian Lane from "Desire Paths"* "Sketch #10" by Kilometre Club from "An Alphabet Of Distance (Deluxe Expanded Edition)"* "Momentum" by Christian Alsemgeest from "End of Summer"* "Surfacing to the iridescent firmament" by Spectrical from "Among Lunar Glaciers"* "30" by Stolace from "Jamuary 2025" Get full access to The Relay Station at therelaystation.substack.com/subscribe