Happy May the Fourth!
In today's program, we’re going to be celebrating the spaciousness created in ambient music. Yes, May the Fourth may have influenced today’s choice in music, but you won’t find any John Williams anthems here — just fantastic new ambient music. My two featured artists have some pretty fantastic music in their own right, creating a spaciousness of their own: M. Cross Dougherty has a new EP out on Heart Dance Records that brings a new interpretation to ambient music, and German artist Ozbolt hits my essentials list with his new album issued out through Whitelabrecs, it’ll take your listening session to new heights!
Also in the chat, our conversational topic for today… space soundtracks. What are some of your most favorite science fiction composers and film scores? Dune, Interstellar, and Star Wars have some of the most iconic scores — what are some of your favorites? Let’s strike up a conversation!
Plus new music Ben Kaya, Sinemis, Arrival in Eden, Will Bolton and plenty more ahead.
Strap in and make yourself comfortable, join us for the next two hours for global ambient music, on The Stolace Relay Station.
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Featured artists
M. Cross Dougherty https://m-cross-dougherty.bandcamp.com https://heartdancerecords.bandcamp.com
Ozbolt https://andyaquarius.bandcamp.com https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com
Featured album /// "Interpretation" by M. Cross Dougherty
New from Heart Dance Records comes an experimental, four-song EP from electronic artist M. Cross Dougherty. “Interpretation” is a short collection of electronic compositions that were created and recorded on a vintage four-track cassette recorder, paying homage to ambient music’s electronic roots but with the modern era’s love and obsession with warm, analog tape. The album is rich with soft noises, warbles and tape flutters, variable pitch shifts, and all that you’d expect from cassette tapes, and the compositions have a drone-like quality, inviting you to sit back and absorb the synthetic resonance. The overall vibe of the EP is a slow burn, with a molasses-like evolutionary stride and patiently introduces progressive changes at a meditative pace — a perfect companion to your next flow state. “Interpretation” by M. Cross Dougherty is available now on most streaming music services as well as at https://heartdancerecords.bandcamp.com.
Featured album /// "Chasyng Drakens" by Ozbolt
New from Whitelabrecs comes a unique seven-song album from German harpist Andy Ozbolt, who operates under the moniker Ozbolt. “Chasyng Drakens” is one of those ambient albums that surprised me with each layer that bloomed, revealing itself the more I listened and the further I probed into the album’s history. Inspired by the Drakensberg mountains and the coastline of South Africa, along with some experimental field recordings involving a harp, a tree, and coastal winds, Ozbolt has crafted a truly unique listening excursion, a ‘time capsule’ of his travels. Along with field recordings, a wind-blown Celtic harp, and a variety of other instrumentation, Ozbolt has left us with an album that is worthy of your time and attention, and is an essential addition to your ambient music library. I can’t recommend it enough! “Chasyng Drakens" by Ozbolt is available now on most streaming music services as well as at https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com.
Playlist
* "grasp" by Ben Kaya from "Advanced Comp"
* "sleight of hand" by anthéne from "frailty"
* "It's Not Fate, It's You" by Sinemis from "Farewell"
* "Childhoods End" by Arrival In Eden from "Field of Memories"
* "Sumerian Green" by Arborra from "Mind Over Matter"
* "Solitude's Labyrinth" by Loneward from "Gossamer Wings of Illusion"
* "Interpretation III" by M. Cross Dougherty from "Interpretation"
* "Floating" by Ancient Astronaut from "Flowing"
* "Voyager 1 Departs Solar System" by Interstellar Data Unit from "Crossing The Heliopause"
* "Beneath the Peaceful Sky feat. Sean O'Bryan Smith" by Billy Denk from "Beneath the Peaceful Sky"
* "Liminal Space (feat Leif Wyn)" by Flying Tulpa from "Forever Lost"
* "talents" by andarctica from "measures of the old earth"
* "Quill" by Wil Bolton from "Slow Shapes"
* "If" by Federica Deiana from "Fragments"
* "Social Distance" by David Cordero + Rhucle from "So Far, So Close"
* "Exhumed" by Gregory Paul Mineeff from "Exhumed"
* "Peace Rain Prosperity" by Ozbolt from "Chasyng Drakens"
* "The Fairies of FernGully" by Michael D. Tidwell + Natureland from "The Fairies of FernGully - Imaginary North Transmission 010"
* "The Lights Below" by Le Code from "Vol de Nuit"
* "You Don't Have To Smile" by The Choir from "Translucent"
* "Forgotten" by Tides from "Where Her Flowers Still Bloom"
* "18" by Stolace from "Jamuary 2025"
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