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 program French composer Wilson Trouvé has a heart-warming five song EP perfect for a moment to put life on pause.
Plus new music from Richard James Dunn + Talbert Anthony, IKSRE, Alessandro Barbanera, Paperbark and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station.
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Artist information
s28
I’ve always had a soft spot for this next artist — s28 from Augusta, Georgia. They captivated me with my first introduction to them back in 2022 with their album “Meditations” and a year later took me to atmospheric levels of bliss with their space-themed release “TS-12”. s28’s sweet spot is constructing soundscapes for that ephemeral time of day between high moon and daybreak — music with a mix of ambient and atmospheric textures, soft downtempo rhythms, and the esthetic of the thin-aired high country. That’s just what you get with s28’s brand new album “The Plains Behind Us” — this sense of dissipation into the wispy light atmosphere of the alpine range, standing in the midst of passing clouds with that cool mist enveloping you. Each track is like a unique vantage point, looking off onto different directions in the open expanse, each offering a slightly different view into s28’s perspectives as an artist. I particularly appreciated the wide spatial sound beds, the light artifacts of sound gracing the full stereoscopic range, the airy and atmospheric drones, his slow swells of mesmerizing pads, and the diverse spaces that each track inhabits. It’s a nice ride, and I encourage you to come along for it. From the album “The Plains Behind Us”, here’s s28 with the title track, “The Plains Behind Us”, here on The Relay Station
Wilson Trouvé
French Composer Wilson Trouvé is a neoclassical instrumentalist inspired by the likes of Erik Satie, Philip Glass, and Ludovico Einaudi and has amassed a generous number of streams on the music services with over 20 million streams to date. Trouvé has a brand new EP that was composed and recorded in his new home in Bali, and he writes, “I created the new EP [sic] after moving here with my Indonesian wife and our two young children, as we began building a new life together. The five felted piano pieces capture the emotions of this transition; hope and inspiration for what lies ahead, but also a quiet nostalgia for what was left behind.” Trouvé captures the pensive state of change and the reflection that it brings. His compositions are delicate, thoughtful, and have an introspective pace about them, each line offering a brief pause, allowing one’s thoughts to linger for a moment longer. In essence this album is the esthetic of sitting on the sofa with your partner, leisurely flipping through a book of memories and photos, and lovingly reflecting on what was, and dreaming about what could be. From his EP, “Delight”, here’s Wilson Trouvé with the track “Dust”, here on The Relay Station.
https://www.wilsontrouve.com/https://bigoandtwigetti.co.uk/
Playlist
* [0:00] INTRODUCTION
* [01:25] "Range Vision" by Richard James Dunn + Talbert Anthony from "Raging Ox / Fate's Melody" (Independent, 2025)
* [03:57] "Granite" by IKSRE from "Solar Return: Gollden Hour Mix" (Imaginary North Records, 2025)
* [07:21] "Morning Voices (Pink Dawn Rising)" by Alessandro Barbanera from "Nothing Like Home" (Chitra Records, 2025)
* [13:42] Featured Artist Segment
* [15:40] "The Plains Behind Us" by s28 from "The Plains Behind Us" (Independent, 2025)
* [21:40] "Frailest Beginnings" by Paperbark from "Light Behind Me" (Laaps Records, 2026)
* [27:26] "Transcendental Vision" by Eguana from "Mindflow" (Cosmic Leaf, 2025)
* [35:03] "The Path" by Giuliano Favata from "Inescapable Reality" (Independent, 2025)
* [37:38] Featured Artist Segment
* [39:19] "Dust" by Wilson Trouvé from "Delight" (Bigo and Twigetti, 2025)
* [42:18] "Inheritance" by Alanna Crouch from "Fragments" (Bigo and Twigetti, 2025)
* [44:54] "Meet me After the Apocalypse" by Tim Linghaus from "Future City Ghosts" (Bigo and Twigetti, 2025)
* [47:25] "Dolomites" by Marika Takeuchi from "Iridescence" (Bigo and Twigetti, 2026)
* [50:55] "Displacement (10th Anniversary Reissue)" by Rafael Anton Irisarri from "A Fragile Geography (Reworks)" (Black Knoll Editions, 2025)
* [56:22] "Deliquesce" by Winter Silhouette from "Abstract Is Real" (Ambient Cat, 2025)
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Jacob Collier is perhaps one of my all-time favorite artists and human beings on planet earth. He’s quite literally one of the few musicians that I know of that can paint vivid colors in the imagination with his spell-binding music. While his music is typically somewhere between the broad strokes of pop, jazz, orchestral, choral, and neo-folk — is there nothing that this guy can’t do? — well now add ambient “sleep music” to his repertoire.
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Shades from WhiteLabRecs now out, celebrating 10 years as an ambient label
My dear friends over at WhiteLabRecs are celebrating 10 years as an ambient label, and as part of their celebrations, they’re releasing a compilation album entitled “Shades” featuring music from Low Altitude, Blochemy, Clariloops, Andrew Heath, Sven Laux, Adrian Lane, Gustav Davidsson, and Glåsbird. It’s a delightful listen! Happy tenth anniversary WhiteLabRecs!
