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Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 265. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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A buoyant, mystical, and exploratory ambient journey through waters, secrets, astral chaos, and mythical islands.
Side A bobs from playful buoys and secret gardens into opening transformations and riverine flows. Side B plunges into black holes, astral disasters, fuzzy warmth, lost islands, and skyway travels.
Overall mood: Contemplative, whimsical, and wondrous with a mix of cosy warmth and cosmic mystery. Perfect for deep listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 1 087 other shows whenever they like.
As a subscriber you also get access to my new series Veil Frequencies based on a fictional world I’ve created called The Resonant Veil Enclave. Each episode is around three hours and recorded from one of the floors of the 24 buildings in the veil. You can read about it on my Substack page. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this TVCL episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Michael Evill who a lot of us know as Shambolic and here in his moniker of “The Music Liberation Front Sweden” with the wonderfully personal track “Edward’s Secret Garden” from the album “This Is The New Record By…” which is available on the Mortality Tables label which I’ll be playing more from in the show.
Another label I’ll be playing a couple of tunes from is a favourite of mine. Mystery Circles, here with the Berlin artist arc rae and a piece titled “Lo and Behold” from the album “Bow and Arrow”.
After that a spanking new release by Rennes, France based artist Wahn. and the track “Something Opens (Genda Remix)” from the album “Re: Echo Mist Light”. Out on another label who features a couple of times in this episode and in most of my shows. Bulgarias finest, Ivo Petrov curated, Mahorka label.
The penultimate track of the first side of the virtual cassette is by Lelystad, Netherlands based outfit TV-99-AD and the tune simply titled “Kess” from the album “Sounds from the Sea Bottom 1995-2000” out on Japanese label FORM@ RECORDS.
Finishing off the first half is a track from the album “Aurora In Georgian Bay” by Chris Moore aka Light Vortex. You’ll hear the track “Riverine”. You can still get a CD copy via the Mortality Tables label.
But first, to set the vibe is Toronto, Ontario based R&D with the live improvised piece titled “Bobbing for Buoys” from their self released outing “Periscope Depth”.
Now settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Welcome to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear Yzymyr in a piece titled “Astral Disaster” from the album “Ø” which is out on Mahorka.
Then off to Nashville, Tennessee and the drifting synth lines of Mike Petruna in the piece “The Fuzz” from the album “Special Herbal Remedies Collection” and that’s out on Labile Records.
After that Nottingham, UK based George Evans better known as Suncastle with the 2020 stomper “Hy Brasil” from the nyp album Platformer. Released by Triplicate records.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based experimental musician Tyler Pursel with an exclusive track titled “Buselik” from the album “In the Pasture of Obsolete Suns” which is being released on the 24th of July on the Mystery Circles label.
Finishing us off is Buffalo, New York based legend Survey Channel and the track “Via Skyway” from the remastered version of his fantastic release “Along the Wind Spear” available in a few places like Triplicate records and Rabbithole Club.
But first, Finnish artist, Planet Boelex, and a track from the nyp album “Twenty” which is out on the Kahvi Collective label, this is the track“Blackholes”, Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 R&D – Bobbing for Buoys
Buoyant, playful ambient with bobbing motion and watery, analogue charm. Light and hypnotic.
00:16:42 The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Edward’s Secret Garden
Mysterious, secret-garden ambient with eccentricity and hidden, lush wonder. Whimsical and atmospheric.
00:19:54 arc rae – Lo and Behold
Surprising, beholden ambient with clean lines and gentle, revelatory elegance. Focused and serene.
00:20:56 Wahn – Something Opens (Genda Remix)
Opening, transformative ambient with expanding layers and remixed, genda-like flow. Dynamic and hopeful.
00:25:09 TV-99-AD – Kess
Retro-futurist, Kess-inspired ambient with sleek, channelled precision and mysterious energy.
00:29:04 Light Vortex – Riverine
Flowing, river-like ambient with liquid motion and gentle, current-driven serenity.
Side B
00:32:37 Planet Boelex – Blackholes
Vast, gravitational ambient drawn into black holes with swirling, cosmic pull. Dark and immersive.
00:37:05 Yzymyr – Astral Disaster
Celestial, disaster-themed ambient with astral chaos and profound, starry turmoil.
00:41:21 Mike Petruna – The Fuzz
Warm, fuzzy analogue ambient with soft, distorted charm and relaxed, nostalgic haze.
00:42:35 Suncastle – Hy Brasil
Mythical, island-inspired ambient evoking Hy Brasil with sunny, lost-world wonder.
00:46:09 Tyler Pursel – Buselik
Turkish makam-inspired ambient with buselik mode elegance and warm, modal beauty.
00:49:59 SURVEY CHANNEL – Via Skyway
Skyway-travelling ambient with elevated, highway-like motion and open, aerial freedom.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor












