Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 356

Isle Peaks.

Hi folks and welcome to Isle Peaks. Episode 356 of my Virtual cassette library. It’s Sunday and I hope your weekend was a blast. Facebook dropped the bomb of removing additional profiles which is one of the platforms I’ve built up this channel over the years. So I’m having to re-add all the weird music mates I’ve made on trevlad sounds onto my original account.
Anyway…
I make these shows as a sort of diary. I like descovering new music every day and happen to like sharing those finds with you in the form of this podcast/radio show/mixtape.

Side A will include David Boulter with Unloading Cargo from the compilation Pictures at an Exhibition. Out on ElectronicUs which was curated by Bonfire Hill. Observational, and tied to the harbour town of Whitby. Then Bålsam – River Goddess – Soñador. Out on Le Mont Analogue, the sister label of DRONARIVM. Keeping the river moving through the dreamer. After that Tim Stebbing – Arrival – No Place Like Home. A self release. “Arrival” establishes the scale without rushing the landing: melodic lines and ambient pads that feel measured rather than triumphant. Then Monroeville Music Center – World Of Forest – Cave & Castle. out on the Illuminated Paths label. Concrete sounds arranged into something that feels both playful and slightly off-kilter. To end the A side is Bitchin Bajas – Isle Peaks. Out on Drag City Records. I bought the vinyl from Dan Quinlivan of the trio at their concert here in Stockholm on the day of the cover artist Elisabeth Fuchsia’s birthday. Dan told me the image is actually a collage of photos sewn together by Eliabeth. Drone and field recordings carrying the piece outward until the chords begin to shimmer.
After that side B will flip itself like a polite pancake while you notice a detail in your surroundings.
First off is The Mumbai based Belgian artist who returned after decades away.
Mantris – Holding Together – 64 Flux. Out on the Hi Scores label. Quiet, conditional, and still in the process of arriving.

Welcome and Enjoy…

These are not playlists. Each episode is structured as a pair of continuous sets: six tracks on each side, mixed and stitched so the joins sit almost inside the grain. The sequence is the form.
If you make music, run a label, or hold a private archive of material that has not yet found a place, send links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. Every submission is heard.
The episodes remain free for the first week. After that they move into the Mixcloud subscriber archive. Subscribers also receive Veil Frequencies, the ongoing series of three-hour transmissions—extended traversals rather than selections, moving through a curtain of sound that occasionally seems to register the listener in return.
Mind the flip.

Holding together inside a longer flux, then a skeleton already half-buried.
Side A places the provisional elements so the surrounding tracks keep them from dissolving, unloads the cargo with instrumental lines that suggest activity without describing it, keeps the river goddess moving through the dreamer among tender loops and a mother’s voice, arrives on the other planet with sequencer-led lines that feel measured rather than triumphant, opens a door into the world of forest for a moment and moves on, and holds the isle peaks in the middle ground between hypnotic drift and song, still open to the water. Side B keeps the vespers in the dusk atmosphere with softly processed piano and reverb-soaked guitar still carrying the evening light, turns the old material over once more so it remains unfinished enough to keep moving, sinks the fictional island into the last place on the map, holds the goldenrod in warm hypnotic drift still turning toward the longer nights, sits the imperfect among the first steps toward self-awareness with the weight of what has not yet been said, and carries the skeleton within the eldritch frame, already half-buried.
Overall mood: Provisional, and quietly observational — full of elements still in the process of arriving, rivers that keep moving, and bones that prefer to stay half-buried. Perfect for dusk listening, soft harbours, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.

Side A

Mood mist: provisional elements still in the process of arriving, cargo unloaded without describing the activity, a river goddess moving through the dreamer, an arrival measured rather than triumphant, a door into the world of forest held for a moment, isle peaks still open to the water.

00:03:30 Mantris – Holding Together
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/track/08-holding-together
Album: 64 Flux. Label: Hi Scores
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/album/64-flux
The Mumbai artist who returned after decades away places “Holding Together” as track eight on 64 Flux. Where his recent Mahorka work moved from darkness toward hope through progressive sound and melody, this piece sits inside a longer flux: sparse elements that feel provisional, as if the surrounding tracks are what keep it from dissolving. On Hi Scores the track doesn’t announce so much as it maintains its place—quiet, conditional, and still in the process of arriving.
00:07:21 David Boulter – Unloading Cargo
https://whitbyelectronicus.bandcamp.com/track/unloading-cargo
Album: Pictures at an Exhibition. Label: ElectronicUs, Bonfire Hill
https://whitbyelectronicus.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-at-an-exhibition
The Tindersticks keyboardist contributes to the Whitby exhibition album with a piece that sits alongside works accompanying specific paintings. Where his Clay Pipe mini-album Whitby reinterpreted the coast through woodwind, strings and electronics, “Unloading Cargo” keeps the same measured distance—instrumental lines that suggest activity without describing it. On the free/pay-what-you-want Bandcamp release the track holds its place in the gallery sequence: quiet, observational, and still tied to the harbour town.
00:10:33 Bålsam – River Goddess
https://balsam.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/track/river-goddess
Album: Soñador. Label: Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/album/so-ador
Anthony Asher-Yates places “River Goddess” early on the personal album that follows his decade in the Colombian jungles. The four-minute piece sits among tender ambient loops and subtle tropical textures, the kind of quiet that carries both healing and the weight of what came before. On the limited cassette the track holds its place without announcing itself—part of a sequence that includes a mother’s voice message and a recording with his daughter—keeping the river moving through the dreamer.
00:14:28 Tim Stebbing – Arrival
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/track/arrival
Album: No Place Like Home.
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/album/no-place-like-home
The Leeds synthesizer artist opens his concept album about settling another planet with seven minutes of sequencer-led Berlin School electronics. “Arrival” establishes the scale without rushing the landing: melodic lines and ambient pads that feel measured rather than triumphant. Released in October 2026 as the first of eight tracks, it sets the tone for the longer piece—chilled, instrumental, and still in the process of arriving.
00:20:56 Monroeville Music Center – World Of Forest
https://monroevillemusiccenter.bandcamp.com/track/world-of-forest
https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/track/world-of-forest
Album: Cave & Castle. Label: Illuminated Paths
https://illuminatedpaths.bandcamp.com/album/cave-castle
The short piece sits inside the 2015 cassette album that treats its titles as rooms to enter and leave. At under two minutes, “World Of Forest” keeps the project’s musique-concrète brevity—concrete sounds arranged into something that feels both playful and slightly off-kilter. On Illuminated Paths the track doesn’t linger; it opens a door, holds it for a moment, and moves on.
00:22:29 Bitchin Bajas – Isle Peaks
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/track/isle-peaks
Album: Isle Peaks. Label: Drag City Records
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/isle-peaks
The Chicago trio’s title track sits inside the 2026 EP drawn from the same analog sessions as Inland See. Where the longer opener “Ajami” stretches into suite-like proportions, “Isle Peaks” moves more gradually—acoustic guitar, drone and field recordings carrying the piece outward until the chords begin to shimmer. On the Drag City 12″ the track holds the middle ground between the group’s hypnotic drift and its more recent song-oriented mode, still open to the water.

Welcome to the intermission aka the flip side. You just heard the track “Isle Peaks” by Bitchin Bajas. Remember If you make music, run a label, or hold a private stash of sounds that have yet to find more ears, send links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. Every submission is considered. Today’s album of the day: “Skeletons” by 40 various artists. Out on the brilliant DIY tape label Dustopian Frequencies. It’s a name your price release and your collection need it.

https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/skeletons

The next set will feature The Last Ambient Hero – Everything Old Is New Again – Night Games. Self released. Edited, layered at different tape speeds, and still unfinished enough to keep moving. Then Mensa Group International – R’lyeh – Split LP. Out on the Ailanthus Recordings label. Brief, submerged, and sinking. After that Ryan Howell aka Oceanographer – Goldenrod – Orctalox. From the amazing Bricolage label. Contemplative harmony moves over muted percussion and soft reverberations, holding warm, hypnotic drift. Then the penultimate track of the episode is by fellow Irishman Pete Fitzpatrick aka Circuit3 – Imperfect – Metanoia: Music From Therapy. Out on the wonderful Mortality Tables label. Minimal analogue vocabulary with warm, hypnotic drift. To end todays episode is Utrecht-based Jason Stöll’s Xeeland – Skelet – from the album of the day Skeletons. That amazing compilation curated by The Owls Of The Oracle for Dustopian Frequencies. Carrying the weight of bone and already half burried.
But first Michael Cottone aka The Green Kingdom and the track “Vespers 2” from the album Vespera. Out on the always magical whitelabrecs. Softly processed piano and reverb-soaked guitar sit inside the dusk atmosphere that runs through the album.
Enjoy the rest of the episode.

Side B

Mood mist: vespers still carrying the evening light, old material turned over once more, a fictional island already sinking, goldenrod turning toward the longer nights, an imperfect among the first steps toward self-awareness, a skeleton already half-buried.

00:35:13 The Green Kingdom – Vespers 2
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/vespers-2
https://thegreenkingdom.bandcamp.com/track/vespers-2
Album: Vespera. Label: whitelabrecs
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/album/vespera
Michael Cottone places the shorter of the two Vespers near the end of the 2026 album. Softly processed piano and reverb-soaked guitar sit inside the dusk atmosphere that runs through Vespera, the four minutes holding the same luminous restraint as the longer Vespers 1 without repeating it. On the whitelabrecs release the track keeps its place in the measured sequence—quiet, unhurried, and still carrying the evening light.
00:39:08 The Last Ambient Hero – Everything Old Is New Again
https://thelastambienthero.bandcamp.com/track/everything-old-is-new-again
Album: Night Games.
https://thelastambienthero.bandcamp.com/album/night-games-2
The Manchester project closes its 2026 late-night tape album with a short piece that feels like a final pass through the Uher. Recorded after everyone else had gone to bed and then curated down, the two-and-a-half minutes sit among the other brief tracks as a quiet reminder that the old material can still be turned over once more. On the limited CD the track holds the end of the sequence—edited, layered at different tape speeds, and still unfinished enough to keep moving.
00:41:04 Mensa Group International – R’lyeh
https://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/rlyeh
Album: Split LP. Label: Ailanthus Recordings
https://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-lp
The 2012 vaporwave split closes its “Atlas of Fictional Islands” side with the Lovecraft city. At two and a half minutes the piece keeps the same short, lo-fi frames as the other island titles—Pokoponesia, Shadow Moses, New Penzance—before handing the record over to luxury elite’s customer-service half. On the Ailanthus release the track holds the last fictional place: brief, submerged, and already sinking.
00:43:27 Oceanographer – Goldenrod
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/track/goldenrod
Album: Orctalox. Label: Bricolage
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/orctalox-bc102
Ryan Howell names the track after the Missouri wildflower that feeds pollinators late in the season. Contemplative harmony moves over muted percussion and soft reverberations, the four minutes holding the same warm, hypnotic drift that runs through the 2026 album. On the Glasgow label’s bc102 the piece keeps its place in the seasonal sequence—grainy and fluid, earthly and still turning toward the longer nights.
00:49:24 Circuit3 – Imperfect
https://mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/track/imperfect
https://circuit3.bandcamp.com/track/imperfect
Album: Metanoia: Music From Therapy. Label: Mortality Tables
https://mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/metanoia-music-from-therapy
Peter Fitzpatrick places the track early in the 2026 album that grew out of conversations about therapy. The four-and-a-half minutes sit among the first steps toward self-awareness, using the same minimal analogue vocabulary that runs through the rest of the record—spacious, tactile, and still carrying the weight of what has not yet been said. On the Mortality Tables release the piece keeps its place between “Mood” and “Burnout,” quiet enough to let the process continue.
00:53:40 Xeeland – Skelet
https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/track/xeeland-skelet
Album: Skeletons. Label: Dustopian Frequencies
https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/skeletons
Jason Stöll’s contribution sits inside the free Halloween compilation of nearly forty skeleton-themed tracks. The Utrecht-based project keeps the piece within the label’s eldritch frame—short enough to join the others without lingering, yet still carrying the weight of bone. On the Dustopian Frequencies release the track holds its place among the rest of the collection, experimental and already half-buried.

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