Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 310

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Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 310. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.

If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
A humid, analog journey through Chicago weather, dub earth, and a looking-glass that still grows.
Side A drifts through Bitchin Bajas organ-tape zones, Album Leaf story frames, Laswell’s lowered Marley devotion, Young Gun silver-fox chrome, Eels in a small room of memory, and Quiet Village pool-light haze. Side B drops into Coki’s ruff lovin’ pressure, FSOL mango-tree humidity, Röyksopp’s Late Night bounce, Tellier’s tender river, a brief Kendall Miles afterglow, and ends at Jefferson Airplane’s white rabbit.
Overall mood: Warm, cinematic, and slightly psychedelic — full of analog silk, sub-bass weather, and neon that refuses to cool. Perfect for late drives, pool-side dusk, or sitting with the credits while the mushroom keeps growing.
This is episode 310 which makes it a best of show. Where I’ve chosen 12 favourites from over the years.
The best of shows remain free but everything else slips quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers after 7 days. Subscribers currently have 1,135 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. They also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, and get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.

00:00:00 Bitchin Bajas – Zone 4
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/track/zone-4-2
Organ, tape and analog drift. Chicago psychedelia as weather.
00:04:56 The Album Leaf – Story Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GcS8kyabKA
Jimmy LaValle’s guitar and electronics paint frames in sequence.
00:09:05 Bill Laswell – Is This Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJyjCidPTiY
Marley melody lowered into dub earth. Low-end devotion.
00:13:07 Young Gun Silver Fox – Better
https://younggunsilverfox.bandcamp.com/track/better-2
West-coast silk. Harmony and chrome sunset.
00:16:54 Eels – Manchild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCsiIn-VNDs
Mark Oliver Everett’s voice in a small room of memory.
00:20:46 Quiet Village – Victoria’s Secret
https://quietvillageofc.bandcamp.com/track/victorias-secret
Balearic library haze. Perfume and pool light.

00:24:19 Coki – Ruff Lovin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2u91BJc5vM
South London pressure. Sub-bass as body weather.
00:27:47 The Future Sound Of London – Mango Tree (Original)
https://readdork.com/music-videos/the-future-sound-of-london-mango-tree-dvuecpx0
Humid electronics. Fruit hanging in machine air.
00:32:34 Röyksopp – Daddy’s Groove
https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/track/daddys-groove-exclusive-new-track
Late Night Tales exclusive. Scandinavian bounce and soft neon.
00:35:16 Sébastien Tellier – Le Long De La Rivière Tendre
https://sebastientellier.bandcamp.com/track/le-long-de-la-rivi-re-tendre
A tender river. French hush and analog shimmer.
00:37:46 Kendall Miles – Life (bonus outro)
https://kendallmiles.bandcamp.com/track/life-bonus-outro
Brief afterglow. Credits rolling.
00:38:25 Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM_jC7j_4
Grace Slick at the looking-glass. One pill, one bottle, the mushroom growing.