In this program, we’re going to take a contemplative dip into a dreamy blend of neoclassical and ambient music with our two featured artists. Italian violinist and composer Francesca Guccione has a new album that is a breathtaking surrender to the flow of the universe with her release “Panta Rhei: An Ontology of Becoming”; and later in the program Ukranian-born pianist and electronic artist Mike Lazarev makes his Bigo and Twigetti debut with a contemplative blend of textured piano and warm, sweeping synthesis in his introspective and ruminative album “Gradiscence”.
Plus new music from Isabel Pine, Boreal Taiga, Tristan Allen, Byron Metcalf & Billy Denk and more. Strap in and make yourself comfortable. Join us for the next hour for global ambient music, on The Relay Station.
Artist information
Francesca Guccione
If the name Francesca Guccione isn’t a familar name to you, well it ought to be. The Italian composer and violinist has a brand new album out now through the Neue Meister label that is deserving of your time and attention, with limited edition, signed companion vinyl and digipack CDs available through Bandcamp. For Guccione, her new album “Panta Rhei: An Ontology of Becoming” represents a natural continuation of the conceptual and sonic paths of her previous release “The Geometry of Time”. For the listener, I might add that she provides a breathtaking encounter with her contemplation of the passage of time and the transient nature of all things, a never-ending flow of transmutative experiences with the universe around us. Guccione collaborated with the likes of Violetta Vicci and Antonella Solimine on violin, Francesco Angelico and Chiara Trentin on cello, Frieder Nagel on synths and electronics, and Robert Gromotka on piano. Together they’ve created an album that is tender-hearted, delicate and ornate, and pensive with an invitation for deep contemplation and attentive listening. Even after each piece comes to a close, the deep-seated feelings conveyed through each composition lingers like an enchanting fragrance suspended in air, enveloping you with an invitation to follow its lead through reality into imagination. From her album “Panta Rhei: An Ontology of Becoming”, here’s Francesca Guccione with the track “Movement V”, here on The Relay Station.
https://francescaguccione.bandcamp.com/
https://neuemeister.bandcamp.com/
Mike Lazarev
Ukrainian-born and London-based electronic musician and pianist Mike Lazarev is an artist whose work bridges cinematic soundscapes, advanced synthesis, and reductionist pianism — and his latest work through Bigo and Twigetti reflects that aesthetic. “Gradiscence” is both tender and gently-forceful, almost like the push and pull of the atmosphere before and after a spring rainstorm, and its amalgamation of neoclassical, texture-rich minimalist piano with long swaths of slow-sweeping synthesis have a subdued wistful quality. It feels introspective and ruminative, and has an alluring quality that bids you to gaze out the window, lost in thought with each composition serving as the score for your musings. Lazarev writes about “Gradiscence”, “This release focuses on my natural tendency to bring organic and synthetic sounds together, where each seeks to be heard and recognized amid the rising tempest. This reflects the dichotomy of my emotions in my mind when anxiety tends to take over my body. Breaking out is the only way.” Making his debut with Bigo and Twigetti, this six-song EP is a perfect pairing for those contemplative moments, when you find yourself gazing out blankly into the distance, hot tea in hand, and lost in thought. From his album “Gradiscence” here’s Mike Lazarev with the track “Break Out”, here on the Relay Station.
https://mikelazarev.bandcamp.com/
https://bigoandtwigetti.bandcamp.com/
Playlist
[0:00] INTRODUCTION
[01:40] “Winnow” by Isabel Pine from “Fables” (Kranky / Isabel Pine, 2026)
[04:35] “Auroral Zone” by Boreal Taiga from “Guovssahas - The Light You Can Hear” (Wayfarer Music Group, 2026)
[14:11] “Act III: Rite” by Tristan Allen from “Osni the Flare” (RVNG Intl, 2026)
[18:23] Featured Artist Segment
[20:03] “Movement V” by Francesca Guccione from “Panta Rhei: An Ontology of Becoming” (Neue Meister, a label of Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH, 2025)
[23:40] “Essential Peace” by Byron Metcalf & Billy Denk from “Activation” (Billy Denk & Byron Metcalf, 2026)
[29:58] “Synced Across Static” by Ryan Majoris from “The World Has Become a Great Nerve” (Independent, 2026)
[33:30] “Confident Wings” by Philippe Deschamps from “Les juifs riches (Bande originale du film)” (Shindo Sea Records, 2026)
[36:33] Featured Artist Segment
[38:13] “Break Out” by Mike Lazarev from “Gradiscence” (Bigo and Twigetti, 2026)
[43:59] “Through that garden gate” by Miguel Otero & Raquel Pavón from “Through that garden gate” (Noray Records, 2026)
[47:45] “where the hermit-thrush” by Simon McCorry from “all the important things are now connected” (WhiteLabRecs, 2026)
[54:59] “Deviation V” by Taylor Deupree & Zimoun from “Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations” (12k Music, 2025)
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