Episode 6.16 /// Featuring First Snow of the Year and ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi

In today's program, I’ve got a whole slew of new artists and ambient tracks for you that you’re sure to love. My two featured albums on the program are worthy of your time and attention and come highly recommended. First up, I’ve got new music from First Snow of the Year with a new release out on Whitelabrecs that I absolutely enjoyed from start to finish; and ILUITEQ is back with another collaboration, this time with renown Italian composer Eraldo Bernocchi — it’s everything you’d expect from ILUITEQ and more!

Also in the chat, our conversational topic for today…new and emerging techniques and technologies used in ambient music — have you been exploring new ideas and techniques in your music, or as a listener have you heard something new and different that piqued your interest? Let’s strike up a conversation!

Plus new music from Jason van Wyk, Six Missing, Aiko Takahashi 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.

Featured artists

First Snow of the Year
https://firstsnowoftheyear.bandcamp.com
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com

ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi
https://iluiteq.bandcamp.com
https://eraldobernocchi.bandcamp.com

Featured album /// "Hibernation" by First Snow of the Year

Drop what you’re doing, and give this artist your full attention. Belgian electronic artist First Snow of the Year has a new album out now with Whitelabrecs that is unmistakably enthralling. “Hibernation” is the type of album you’d listen to on repeat while watching the moon rise over the horizon, or day-dreaming on the shoreline, or pretty much any act that calls for a contemplative, dreamy soundtrack — I know, because I’ve done the very same. Though content to serve as placid background music, this album is captivating and lures your senses in effortlessly. The subdued piano, the near melodic bass, the mesmerizing synthetic layers, and the subtle intangibles that bring it all together — it’s the sort of album that you simply cannot pass up. “Hibernation” by First Snow of the Year is available now on most streaming music services as well as at https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com.

Featured album /// "Fade, Remain" by ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi

ILUITEQ is back with a new collaboration with renown Italian artist and composer Eraldo Bernocchi. “Fade, Remain” is a stunning eight-song album that will take you on an existentialist sojourn through the liminal spaces of departure, exploring the themes of one’s own egress to a new state, and the vacancy that’s left behind. ILUITEQ and Bernocchi musically escort you through deeply contemplative spaces with an album that is intimate, somber, and profoundly pensive, receding back to their drone-driven roots, and together with Bernocchi craft layers of rich textures, gritty veneers, ruminative bass lines, immersive field recordings, and wistful analog synth phrasings — a compelling album that is deserving of your time and attention. “Fade, Remain” by ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi is available now on most streaming music services as well as at https://iluiteq.bandcamp.com.

Playlist

1. "If Only" by Jason van Wyk from "Inherent"

2. "Become Am" by Six Missing from "Without Mind: Identify (EP) - Part One"

3. "Vases À Iris" by Aiko Takahashi from "The Grass Harp"

4. "The Near Edge Of Forever" by Ian Crawford from "Slow Pull on a Long Thread"

5. "Sweet Silence (Solo Version)" by Fjordscape from "Inner Joy"

6. "Myria" by Sons of Melancholia from "Hyperliquid"

7. "Sail" by First Snow of the Year from "Hibernation"

8. "Sacre" by Hiram from "Green Green Earth"

9. "Serenity" by Ed Herbers from "Confluence"

10. "Muselet" by Ghostmarble from "Bestmarble"

11. "Electromagnetic pools" by Spectrical from "Among Lunar Glaciers"

12. "The Battle Cave Biltong Robbery" by Ozbolt from "Chasyng Drakens"

13. "Pulse of Light" by Danielle Nia from "A New Light"

14. "Fade, In The Wind" by ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi from "Fade, Remain"

15. "Hollow" by Michael D. Tidwell + Suseti from "Glow EP"

16. "Moments of Shared Silence" by HERE from "Hues of Amber & Rose"

17. "Through The Prism" by Ben Chatwin from "KLASIS"

18. "Slow Rise" by Giannis Gogos from "Light Within"

19. "Relapse" by Ross Christopher + Eddy Ruyter from "Neue"

20. "Doux" by loscil from "Lake Fire"

21. "Luminous Heart" by Arrival In Eden from "Field of Memories"

22. "19" by Stolace from "Jamuary 2025"