Episode 7.09 /// Featuring Neighborhood Libraries and Mosaicist

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 ambient project Mosaicist has a new album that quite masterfully captures that feeling of sitting amidst a foggy landscape and watching the long, slow reveal.Plus new music from Rotating Tapes, Akhira Sano, HLow, miska lamberg and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station.Artist informationNeighborhood LibrariesTaylor Swindells, the brainchild behind the project name “Neighborhood Libraries” has a sensational new ambient album out now on the Nettwerk Music Group label. While in the throes of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Swindells made a fundamental shift from his indie rock band The Tourist Company, to the advent of his ambient project Neighborhood Libraries. On this change, he wrote: “As the world shut down, I didn’t have the brain space for lyrics anymore. So I dove into this world headfirst, and I’ve been immersed in it ever since.” Marking his third release, the ten-song album “In Our Wake” takes on a metaphorical angle, reflecting on the accumulation of our past experiences and their contribution to where we find ourselves at this present date. Throughout the album Swindells cultivates the motif of a pool of reflective water, with each sound, phrase, and expression being a ripple passing through our life — an experience of change, shifts in perspective, and the evolution of time — revealing new beauty with each passing moment in our lives. “In Our Wake” has this calm, pensive, and mesmerizing quality woven throughout, like truly being lost in thought as one gazes out onto a body of water. It’s dreamy, laced with gentle reverbs and delays, uplifting instrumental phrases, and an undercurrent of hope and optimism — something we could all use more of. From his album “In Our Wake”, here’s Neighborhood Libraries with the track “The Wind Searches for a Weakness”, here on The Relay Station. https://neighborhoodlibraries.bandcamp.comhttps://nettwerk.bandcamp.comMosaicistMosaicist is the ambient music project of Adrian Newton, an environmental sound artist based in Dorset of the United Kingdom. Newton makes his WhiteLabRecs debut with his new album “The Fog Is Lifting” — a beautiful mosaic of found sounds, field recordings, and improvisational ambient music with a variety of electronic instruments. They commented on how this album drew inspiration from the words of Japanese poet Basho: “I loved the idea of a moment in time, when the shapes of the landscape around you are gradually being revealed, as the fog dissolves away. A moment of increasing clarity, as the mist dissipates. Suggesting a transition; a moment of hope, even joy.” The album “The Fog Is Lifting” truly matches the experience of watching the landscape slowly being revealed as the sun begins to cause the fog to lift — opaque, densely layered textures give way to fragments of melodic motifs that emerge at an unhurried pace, gradually shifting, changing, and evolving in varying degrees of subtlety. Between the wide stereoscopic field recordings, the soft textures, the deeply soothing drones, the interjection of minimalist piano melodies, and tranquil atmospheric phrases — this album is serene from start to finish. From the album “The Fog Is Lifting”, here’s Mosaicist with the track “Shrouded in Dense Fog”, here on The Relay Station https://evergreenmusic1.bandcamp.comhttps://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.comPlaylist* [0:00] INTRODUCTION* [01:36] "Såsom" by Rotating Tapes from "3" (Independent, 2026)* [05:47] "Réponse Deux" by Akhira Sano from "D-R" (Laaps Records, 2025)* [10:36] "Shore of my heart" by HLow from "Dive In - Chapter 8" (Mare Nostrum, 2025)* [13:31] Featured Artist Segment* [15:37] "The Wind Searches for a Weakness" by Neighborhood Libraries from "In Our Wake" (Nettwerk Music Group, 2025)* [19:35] "I remember the day the world lost color" by miska lamberg from "Evening, window" (Dragon's Eye Recordings, 2026)* [24:32] "Knowhere (Zen Lemon Remix)" by KapTep & Sebby Kowal from "Ambient Cat Remixes, Vol. 2" (Ambient Cat Records, 2025)* [29:12] "m12" by Lunar Ipona from "fragments" (Independent, 2026)* [31:12] Featured Artist Segment* [33:06] "Shrouded In Dense Fog" by Mosaicist from "The Fog Is Lifting" (WhiteLabRecs, 2025)* [38:25] "Tovya's Star" by Interstellar Messenger from "Beyond Frontiers" (Cosmic Leaf Records, 2026)* [45:57] "Ashes" by Logic Moon from "Ashes" (Chitra Records, 2025)* [49:41] "Emble" by Inn Comming from "Revolt" (Independent, 2025)* [55:49] "Kaldsår" by Glåsbird from "Isla's Calm Cloud" (WhiteLabRecs, 2026)Become a supporter today!Join our community and become a monthly supporter of The Relay Station. 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