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 “Familial Tones” that we’ll be showcasing. And later in the program, we’re giving some love to the 25th anniversary re-issue of Markus Guentner’s ground-breaking album “In Moll”, remastered and re-released on Black Knoll Editions — and it sounds absolutely stunning. Plus new music from Lusine, Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams, billy gomberg, Brannan Lane and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station. Artist information Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi I think you’re going to really enjoy the collaboration between my first featured artists — Canadian-American ambient artist Hollie Kenniff and Tokyo-based musician Kazuma Okabayashi. The pair have never actually met in person during the production of their new album “The Last Bright Place”, but somehow that distance is exactly what shaped it. Trading sounds back and forth between Japan and the United States, the two built what started as a simple exchange into this full-length eight-song album — it’s cinematic, reflective, and the kind of selection that’s perfect for winding down, meditating, or just falling asleep to. Kenniff put it best herself: “Some people write letters across a distance. We wrote music. What began as a simple exchange gradually grew into an EP, and eventually into our first full-length album.” Okabayashi remarked about the sounds that came out of their collaboration — something he could never have made alone — discovering a place he had never imagined. It’s a quiet reminder that even continents apart, real collaboration can still happen and a cooperative spirit more than just possible, but an attainable reality. The album was a real treat to listen to — the whole experience is placid, dreamy, bright, and pleasantly layered with minimalist piano, luscious pads, textured guitar, and packaged together in a dreamlike experience. https://holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/https://kazumaokabayashi.bandcamp.com/https://nettwerk.bandcamp.com/ Markus Guentner Twenty-five years after it first came out, Markus Guentner’s landmark debut “IN MOLL” is getting a full anniversary reissue on Black Knoll Editions this November — and today you’ll get an early listen to a track that never even made the original vinyl pressing back in 2001. This record helped define Kompakt’s Pop Ambient sound in its earliest days, and it’s aged into something people still call foundational. Critic Mark Richardson has called it one of the best ambient releases of the 2000s, and Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt calls Guentner “one of the first, but also one of the most important ambient artists” the label ever put out. For this reissue, “IN MOLL” has been fully remastered in analog by Rafael Anton Irisarri, who says discovering the record back in 2001 “opened a door to a world of music” he didn’t know existed. Guentner’s also built a new visual companion piece for the release — so this isn’t just a reissue, it’s the album’s most complete version yet. The album is quite a wild ride through varied sonic dioramas and unique experiential vistas of sound. One moment you might be immersed in slow-burning looped patterns with soft noise, and later whisked off to distorted pulsing patterns and euphoric washes of noise and near-opaque sonic textures. It’s a ground-breaking album that is more than deserving of a rejuvenated second look. https://markusguentner.bandcamp.com/https://blackknolleditions.bandcamp.com/ Playlist * [0:00] INTRODUCTION * [01:36] “Intruder” by Lusine from “Melting Days” (Ghostly International, 2026) * [05:02] “Silicon Tears” by Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams from “Musica Universalis” (Ambient Cat Records, 2026) * [08:10] “one from october” by billy gomberg from “capacity” (Florabelle, 2026) * [12:20] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [14:30] “Familial Tones” by Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi from “Familial Tones” (Nettwerk Music Group, 2026) * [18:48] “In Dreams” by Brannan Lane from “The Sleep Album Vol. 2” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026) * [21:36] “Isn’t That Something?” by Ned Milligan from “Real Fun” (Florabelle, 2026) * [28:31] “Above You and Right Here” by Steen Chorchendorff Jorgensen from “Within Gravity” (Independent, 2025) * [32:19] FEATURED ARTIST SEGMENT * [34:31] “In Moll 4 (25th Anniversary Edition)” by Markus Guentner from “In Moll (25th Anniversary Edition)” (Black Knoll Editions, 2026) * [41:21] “Coast Starlight” by Windy & Carl with Optigan Conservatory from “Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory” (Kranky, 2026) * [48:20] “Deckard” by Calm Pieces from “Suburbia, Still” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026) * [54:06] “The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave” by vOLKER rAPP from “Silent Running” (Cyclical Dreams, 2026) Become a supporter today! 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