Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 337

Temptation.

Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.

You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.

If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.

The shows stay free for the first week. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.

Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread.

I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.

An adventure for the one who must be obeyed, then a sky watched in company.
Side A keeps Haggard’s flame warm in the sequence, reaches the pole with the radio still crackling from the ice, folds the shroud so the outline remains kind, pours a small aperitif before the meal, finds the empire still in the foundations under the roads, and leaves temptation numbered among sixty-four fluxes on the table for you to look. Side B keeps the past still sitting in the chair, grazes elk on a coastal flat with the window open, shares a long look from the mezze table, projects a holographic father already solid and familiar, lets the hearts decide on forever with the pulse steady, and watches the weight of the night sky together while the desert holds both of you.
Overall mood: Mythic, and quietly shared — full of open windows, warm maps, and skies that prefer company. Perfect for dusk listening, coastal flats, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.

Side A
Mood mist: an adventure for the one who must be obeyed, an admiral at the pole, a shroud folded in an elegy, an aperitif for the young, an empire still in the foundations, a temptation numbered among sixty-four fluxes.

00:00:00 Tim Stebbing – She Who Must Be Obeyed
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/track/she-who-must-be-obeyed
Album: SHE: An Adventure Story.
Haggard’s flame still warm in the sequence. The title already knows who is in charge.
00:05:33 MubisMusic – Admiral Byrd
https://camembertelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/mubismusic-admiral-byrd
Album: [VA #46] – SOURCE UNKNOWN. Label: Camembert Électrique
The pole already reached. The radio still crackling from the ice.
00:15:00 The Earl Of Dean – The Shroud Of Turin
https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/the-shroud-of-turin
Album: An Elegy To Where We Are. Label: Cruel Nature Records
The cloth still holding the outline. The elegy still kind.
00:23:41 Petridisch – L’Infantile
https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/track/linfantile-2
Album: Aperitifs. Label: fourth world, Wormhole World
The small glass before the meal. The wormhole already open.
00:25:15 Future Children – The Roman Empire Never Went Away
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/future-children-the-roman-empire-never-went-away
Album: Label: I Heart Noise
The roads still under the roads. The aqueduct still in the plumbing.
00:26:00 Mantris – Temptation
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/track/44-temptation
Album: 64 Flux. Label: Hi Scores
Title of the hour. The one that prefers to stay on the table. You may look.

Side B
Mood mist: a past still in the room, elk on a coastal flat, an eye from the mezze table, a holographic father, hearts that prefer the long duration, a sky watched in company.

00:29:10 ian hawgood – no less present for being in the past
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/no-less-present-for-being-in-the-past
Album: Label: whitelabrecs
The map still warm. The past still sitting in the chair.
00:36:12 Neglect – Elk Flats
https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/elk-flats-2
Album: Neahkahnie Window. Label: Neglectsound
The coastal meadow, the animals already grazing. The window already open.
00:46:02 Eje Eje – Yemen Eye
https://ejeeje.bandcamp.com/track/yemen-eye
Album: Mezze. Label: Batov Records
The small plates, the long look. The table already shared.
00:48:33 Akira Film Script – Jimdaddy
https://etherealprojector.bandcamp.com/track/jimdaddy
Album: Label: Ethereal Projector, Ambient Cat
The projection already solid. The name already familiar.
00:51:34 Sandman Project – Hearts Forever
https://sandmanproject.bandcamp.com/track/hearts-forever
Album: Hearts Forever. Label: Batov Records
The duration already decided. The pulse still steady.
00:56:37 Black Sun High Desert – We Watched The Sky Together
https://blacksunhighdesert.bandcamp.com/track/we-watched-the-sky-together
Album: The Weight Of The Night Sky.
The weight of the night sky, shared. The desert holding both of you.

This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 337.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.