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 WhiteLabRecs as they celebrate their tenth anniversary with the gorgeous compilation album “Shades”, a nine-song record that embodies everything we’ve come to love about the ambient music genre.
Plus new music from Justin Amphlett, tom eaton, Hiroshi Ebina, Roxani Chatzidimitriou 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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Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou
French musician and artist Félicia Atkinson and Belgian composer Christina Vantzou have a remarkably bewitching and beguiling musical work, the third volume in a series of releases on RVNG International, entitled “Reflections”. “Reflections Volume 3: Water Poems” is an album that resonates with intimacy and ritual in its meditative and pensive arrangement of sea-themed field recordings, hushed spoken words, and minimalist instrumentation, almost like stepping into a sacred space for contemplation, and a soft-spoken dialogue with the sea. There is a distinctive sense of flow and ease — a collection of dreams anchored in sea, sky, and stone with the use of electro-acoustic instrumentation, voice, and environmental sound — inviting listeners into a quiet space of intimacy with the oceanic enigma from which all life unfolds. “Water Poems” echoes what marine biologist Rachel Carson reminds us, “To stand at the edge of the sea… is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.” It ritually celebrates this oceanic feeling as a vital source of serenity and intelligence. In a world scorched by fiery opinion and ecological neglect, this album calls our attention to “the sources of sources.” In doing so, it makes space to reconnect with our elemental instincts and tune in to deeper currents. From the album “Reflections Volume 3: Water Poems” here’s Félicia Atkinson and Christina Vantzou with the track “Film Still / The Sea”, here on The Relay Station.
https://feliciaatkinson.bandcamp.com/
https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/
https://rvng.bandcamp.com/
WhiteLabRecs
This featured album quite notably falls outside the norm for the typical featured album and artist segments on The Relay Station, in that instead of highlighting the amazing work of a single artist or the collaboration between a few, I want to take this opportunity to celebrate an entire community of artists that have garnered quite the love and respect from me as a fellow musician in the ambient community. WhiteLabRecs, is an independent record label that was established in 2016 in Lincolnshire of the United Kingdom, and specializes in limited edition vinyl-effect CDrs and digital editions. Founded by Harry Towell, who also records music under the name Glåsbird, WhiteLabRecs supports artists in the drone, modern classical, and electro-acoustic sub-genres within the greater ambient music genre. As part of their celebration of ten years as a label, they’ve released this beautiful 9-song collection of works from artists like Gustav Davidsson, Clariloops, and Andrew Heath to name just a few. “Shades” is a gorgeous tapestry of tracks with soft crackles and particulates, delicately worn tape loops, meditative drone swells, pensive melodic instrumentation, garnishes of ornate minimalism, and pretty much everything we’ve all come to love about the ambient genre. It’s for their dedication and artistry that I wanted to honor WhiteLabRecs and their tenth anniversary. From the WhiteLabRecs compilation album “Shades”, here’s Andrew Heath with the track “The Zener Convention”, here on The Relay Station.
Complete list of artists appearing on “Shades”: Dan Y Wernen, Blochemy, Clariloops, Andrew Heath, Sven Laux, Adrian Lane, Gustav Davidsson, and Glåsbird.
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com
Playlist
[0:00] INTRODUCTION
[00:01:32] “St. Birinus” by Justin Amphlett from “Sleeplaboratory6.0” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026)
[00:04:26] “a resting place” by tom eaton from “FOUND: Collected Singles 2024-2025” (Independent, 2025)
[00:08:16] “Your Mind Is Like the Ocean” by Hiroshi Ebina from “On Solitude” (Kitchen Label, 2026)
[00:11:34] Featured Artist Segment
[00:13:56] “Film Still / The Sea” by Félicia Atkinson & Christina Vantzou from “Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems” (RVNG Intl., 2026)
[00:19:22] “Entre Ruidos” by Roxani Chatzidimitriou from “Entre Ruidos (single)” (Independent, 2025)
[00:25:00] “Discovery” by Alanna Crouch from “Fragments” (Bigo and Twigetti, 2025)
[00:28:20] “Morning at the Edge of Days” by Mike Lazarev from “Gradiscence” (Bigo and Twigetti, 2026)
[00:30:37] Featured Artist Segment
[00:32:41] “The Zener Convention” by Andrew Heath from “Shades” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026)
[00:40:28] “Ethereal” by Lunar Ipona & Jakob Nord from “Silverlake” (Independent, 2026)
[00:43:30] “Whispers of Hope” by Ancient Astronaut from “New Sincerity” (Chitra Records, 2025)
[00:47:26] “Timeless Azure” by Chromocode from “Timeless Azure” (Cosmicleaf Records, 2026)
[00:55:18] “late afternoon” by Peter Bark from “time shelter” (Sound Ghost, 2025)
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