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The Relay Station
by STOLACE
The Relay Station is a weekly ambient radio program that showcases new ambient, atmospheric, and neoclassical music from around the world. therelaystation.substack.com
Episodes
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Episode 7.29 /// Featuring Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi and Markus Guentner
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...
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Episode 7.28 /// Featuring Akira Film Script and Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä
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...
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Episode 7.27 /// Featuring Brannan Lane and iu takahashi
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…
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Mix Tape Vol 009
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…
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Episode 7.26 /// Featuring Zensor and Tsubai
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…
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Episode 7.25 /// Featuring Black Brunswicker and David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi
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...
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Episode 7.24 /// Featuring Sebby Kowal and Lynn Wright
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...
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Episode 7.23 /// Featuring Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams and Lawrence English
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...
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Mix Tape Vol. 008
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…
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Weekly programming resuming Sept 6th
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…
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Mix Tape Vol. 007
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…
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Mix Tape Vol. 006
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...
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Mix Tape Vol. 005
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…
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Episode 7.22 /// Featuring Abul Mogard and Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach
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...
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Episode 7.21 /// Featuring Isabel Pine and Philippe Deschamps
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...
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Episode 7.20 /// Featuring Violeta Vicci & Bruno Bavota and Glacis with Henrik Meierkord
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…
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Episode 7.19 /// Featuring Simon McCorry and Cécile Lacharme
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...
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Episode 7.18 /// Featuring Francesca Guccione and Mike Lazarev
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…
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Mix Tape Vol. 004
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…
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Episode 7.17 /// Featuring Passepartout Duo and Six Missing & Patrik Berg Almkvisth
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…
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Episode 7.16 /// Featuring Piscean Daydreams and Michael D. Tidwell and Dryft
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...
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Episode 7.15 /// Featuring Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou and WhiteLabRecs
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...
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Episode 7.14 /// Featuring Tristan Allen and XII Sound
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”…
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Mix Tape Vol. 003
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…
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Episode 7.13 /// Featuring Craven Faults and Rotating Tapes
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…
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Episode 7.12 /// Featuring Marika Takeuchi and Lunar Ipona
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...
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Episode 7.11 /// Featuring Grant Beasley and Chronos
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…
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Episode 7.10 /// Featuring David Cordero and CoH + Wladimir Schall
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...
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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...
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Mix Tape Vol. 002
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…
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Episode 7.08 /// Featuring s28 and Wilson Trouvé
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...
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Episode 7.07 /// Featuring Rafael Anton Irisarri and KMRU
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…
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Episode 7.06 /// Featuring Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Stray Theories
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…
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Episode 7.05 /// Featuring Silence and the Unwinking Minds & Ed Herbers
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...
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Mix Tape Vol. 001
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…
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Episode 7.04 /// Featuring: Atmøsphäre + Dionisaf and Paperbark
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...
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Episode 7.03 /// Featuring Robert Rich with Barry Cleveland and Markus Reuter
In this program we’ll be celebrating Robert Rich and two of his recent transcendent collaborations, demonstrating the prolific nature and vast spectrum of Robert’s ability to dive head-first into the creative space with other artists. The first collab we’ll be featuring is with Barry Cleveland,...
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Episode 7.02 /// Featuring Alanna Crouch and Chris Wood + Albert Sapsford
In this program I’ve got two vastly different, but emotive tracks that I think you’re going to absolutely love. Eighteen-year-old pianist and composer Alanna Crouch has a moving four-song EP that is somber, delicately ornate, and unconditionally gorgeous. And the duo Chris Wood and Albert…
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Episode 7.01 /// Feat. Sebby Kowal and Treman + François de Liége
Welcome to an all new season of The Relay Station. In this program we’ll be taking a look at new releases from Sebby Kowal and his new album “A Brand New Day” and Tremen & François de Liége’s pensive new release “Shimmer” that is an absolute treat for the ears. Plus up ahead, new music from…
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Episode 7.00 /// Featuring Clarice Jensen and Louis Gardner
In this program I’m giving you a taste of what’s in store for the upcoming new season of The Relay Station, a sort of holiday stocking stuffer for your inbox with some delightful sonic treats for this wintry season. I have two featured artists on the program that both defy stylistic boundaries…
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Episode 6.26 /// Featuring: KapTep + Sebby Kowal and Benoît Pioulard
In today's program I’ve got a ton of new outstanding and mind-bending tracks from brand new albums, some new faces to The Relay Station, and of course the new digs over at MixCloud — thanks for coming along for the ride. My two featured albums today are both fantastic expressions of different...
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Episode 6.25 /// Featuring: Julia Gjertsen + Gustav Davidsson and The Deccan Traps
Before you listen… I’ve a little something to say about YouTube and my pending move to a different platform. Please take a moment to listen and send me your thoughts at [email protected]. Thank you! If you’d much rather just read, I’ll summarize: YouTube’s interrupted and blocked yet...
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Episode 6.24 /// FLOW STATE — a special mix tape edition of The Relay Station
In today's program we’re settling into the flow state, a special mixtape edition of The Relay Station — perfect for inducing that state of mind for creativity, contemplation, and a deep state of relaxation. Hit play, sit back, and prepare to get in the flow. Up ahead, I’ve got new music from The...
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Episode 6.23 /// Featuring Uuxe + Gollden and Yann Novak
In today's program my two featured albums cover vastly different ends of the ambient spectrum, and I’m totally there for it — one laying the foundation for peace and serenity, and the other stirring you up towards awareness and vigilance. In the first hour, my first featured album comes from the...
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Episode 6.22 /// Featuring Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi, Pawel Kobak and Abul Mogard
In today's program I’ve got some top shelf ambient music in store for you, including new tracks from these two sets of featured artists. In the first hour, we showcase the outstanding collaboration between Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi, and Pawel Kobak — it’s an album that is both spell-binding...
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Episode 6.21 /// FLOW STATE — a special mix tape edition of The Relay Station
In today's program we’re taking a week off from the usual format and focusing on a more seamless listening session dubbed Flow State. Sit back and enjoy this special mixtape edition of The Relay Station — featuring back to back mix sets of ambient, atmospheric, and neoclassical tracks — providing...
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Episode 6.20 /// Featuring Aiko Takahashi and Loscil
In today's program, I’ve got two new albums that have both made my essentials list for 2025 and are captivating new albums in the ambient genre. In the first hour, the enigmatic Aiko Takahashi enchants us with their transcendently beautiful album “The Grass Harp” out now on Laaps Records. And…
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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…
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Episode 6.18 /// FLOW STATE — a special mixtape edition of The Relay Station
In today's program we’re deviating ever so slightly from the typical format and taking a week off from the usual featured album segments, less talking, and focusing on a more seamless listening session. Our program today, dubbed Flow State, is a special mixtape edition of The Relay Station —...
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Episode 6.17 /// Featuring Arrival in Eden and The Bird’s Companion
In today's program, my two featured artists have delightful new albums that are contemplative in their own right and invite you along for a reflective listening session. In the first hour, we feature the new release from Arrival in Eden on Ambient Cat Records that is ruminative and tastefully...
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The Relay Station is a weekly ambient radio program that showcases new ambient, atmospheric, and neoclassical music from around the world.
therelaystation.substack.com
HOSTED BY
STOLACE
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