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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 295

www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-295/

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. 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 breathing, slightly cosmic ambient journey through mantra rooms, sunset light, and machine-soul plasma.
Side A keeps a Brighton pulse, then moves through cadmium starling chambers, seaside sunsets, remixed inner-galaxy weather, a slowed descent, and a last-page fin. Side B opens with Glasgow fairy wonk and oxide walk-film, then finds a 2016 first track, Plantasia homage, Gadigal beach light, and new-age retro plasma leading into the bright.
Overall mood: Warm, communal, and quietly expansive — full of shared rooms, analogue vignettes, and light that keeps arriving. Perfect for late mornings, deep listening, or sitting with the last page while the next reel still waits.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.

The tape unspools its visions.

00:01:18 Hill Collective – Keep Breathing
Hill Collective – Keep Breathing. A devotional pulse settles. Vocals move from scat into mantra. Congas, double bass and piano hold Brighton’s Sea Breeze rooms while the horns stretch outward.
00:11:26 LOULA YORKE – Sister Fledge
LOULA YORKE – Sister Fledge. A borrowed Make Noise Shared System lights obsidian chambers in cadmium and gold. Starling chicks and caregiver calls score eight June sessions.
00:15:25 NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Seaside Sunsets
NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Seaside Sunsets. Julien Ash’s devices and Wolf City’s guitar colour twenty-five minutes of previously unreleased light.
00:18:28 Wahn – Phase Memory (Abdicant + Nonima Remix)
Wahn – Phase Memory (Abdicant + Nonima Remix). Mahorka’s five-hundredth release gathers the inner galaxy. Dub-infused pulse and tactile sub-bass transpose Echo Mist Light into new signature weather.
00:23:42 Willebrant – Deep.
Willebrant – Deep. Electric basses, synths, slowed and reverb. A mix holds the descent.
00:30:29 Subordinate Clause – Fin
Subordinate Clause – Fin. Vocal samples from spouse and friends sit in the mix. Stonegate mastering seals the last page.

The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.

00:36:08 The Foot & Leg Clinic – Music for Baby Fairy
The Foot & Leg Clinic – Music for Baby Fairy. Wonk rock from Glasgow studios. Harp, saxophone, strings and Poppy the Cat share Crikey and Green Door air. In memory of Santiago.
00:39:23 Trevlad – Saves Lend Held
Trevlad – Saves Lend Held. Episodes 157 to 171 plus Expansive Waves 22 return as walk-film and oxide.
00:41:09 Albin – Första banan
Albin – Första banan. Four-track cassette from 2016 finds new life on Paltunes. Cover painting by Magnus Gustavsson.
00:44:39 Bluetech – Nebulous Cosmid
Bluetech – Nebulous Cosmid. Homage to Mort Garson’s Plantasia. Analogue lines weave cosmic and microscopic vignettes.
00:47:58 Gavin Sherrington-Blane – Gadigal Beach
Gavin Sherrington-Blane – Gadigal Beach. Planet Trip’s solo voice arrives on SLIT ART.
00:51:13 Suncastle – New Age Retro Plasma (feat. Simon Walklate)
Suncastle – New Age Retro Plasma (feat. Simon Walklate). Arps lead into the light. EQ becomes another instrument on Platformer’s buoyant machine soul.

The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.

Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 26 September.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that stir anything?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work.
Deadline: 24 September.

This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 295.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 230

Deepstate Light Spark

Based on the track “Rain and Weak Light” by “Twilight Sequence” from the album “Stars of the Wayside”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A moody, introspective electronic-ambient journey through time, memory, and emotional transition.
Side A builds from dark tension and marching inevitability into vulnerable, cycling emotion. Side B shifts between detached urban energy, melancholic closure, fragile hope, and hazy melancholy before ending on an open, meditative portal.
Overall mood: Melancholic, atmospheric, and subtly hopeful with a blend of urban grit and dreamy detachment. It feels like wandering through rain-soaked streets at dusk into quiet reflection. Perfect for late-night drives, focused listening, or contemplative evenings.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So 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.

Side A
00:00:00 Mindmeld – Deepstate
Dark, brooding ambient with dense layers and subtle political tension. Immersive and shadowy.
00:06:36 R&D – Time Marches
Steady, marching analogue electronics with a sense of inexorable time and warm synth progression. Hypnotic and purposeful.
00:16:44 Agnes Martian – Cycle Heart Echo
Emotional, cycling ambient with heartfelt echoes and tender rhythmic pulses. Vulnerable and resonant.
Side B
00:23:59 John Foxx – Mr. No
Cool, detached synth-pop/ambient with John Foxx’s signature dystopian elegance and minimalist groove.
00:27:07 Anton Witter – Side(walk) Hustle
Urban, funky electronic with streetwise energy and playful, bustling charm.
00:29:15 Wilks – End Song
Melancholic, farewell-tinged ambient with gentle finality and warm emotional weight.
00:31:20 Dissociative Identity Quartet – A spark of hope
Delicate, fragmented ambient with fragile beauty and a quiet glimmer of optimism.
00:33:16 Nonima + Abdicant – VAPOR FRAME
Hazy, vaporous electronic textures with floating digital drift and atmospheric depth.
00:38:04 Twilight Sequence – Rain and Weak Light
Moody, rain-soaked ambient capturing dim light and quiet melancholy. Intimate and cinematic.
00:44:05 rikardfvs – porta patet
Open, portal-like ambient with spacious resonance and a sense of transition. Meditative and inviting.

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 145

22 November 2025

///decades.copying.observer

“Evening all. Episode one-four-five of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Voucher Bags Marriage. That’s the track you can hear underneath, and, oddly enough, it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—up on YouTube if you’re curious.”
“I’m Trevor. Bringing you ninety minutes, two virtual sides, forty-five minutes each. Fifteen tracks per set. No chatter, no interruptions. Just the music, rolling on like a festival stage that turns—one act fading, another coming into view.”
“Keys in focus this time: A sharp, B flat, and G minor. New friends joining us, Shay Hazan, John Garner and SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS. familiar names including, Asha Patera, Ed Herbers, Binaural Space, DARK FIDELITY HIFI, Audio Obscura and more. labels like Mahorka, Ingrown Records, Buried Treasure, and Subexotic Records keeping the whole thing alive. They’re the soul of the show, really. There’s even an exclusive track by Leisure Prison from the album Living Space dropping on Downstream Records on the 24th of November.”
“If you’d like to be part of these missions, send your work to trevlad@gmail.com. Track links are at trevor.se, and marked in the Mixcloud timeline. The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre-order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. And the second compilation, Resonances from the Depths, is under construction, get involved send in you’re damp entries.”
“Every comment, every like, every subscription keeps the frequencies flowing. So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”

Intro – 00:00
Cate Le Bon – Running Away – 02:16
Nonima + Abdicant – AMR PLATE – 04:21
Autechre – Tankraken – 07:09
Eucalyptus – Orb Palace – 10:11
Anton Witter – A Walk Down 33rd St. – 13:20
Stereolab – Flashes From Everywhere – 16:14
Belial Pelegrim – 236 – 19:12
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Faceclocks (DK Synergy) – 23:36
Saloop – The Well Of Souls – 25:16
ff8282 – poisson – 28:40
Audio Obscura – The Pale Light – 31:07
DARK FIDELITY HIFI – fractured pursuits – 34:10
*Leisure Prison – Living Space Twelve – 37:10
Binaural Space – R – 40:09
Stefan Gubatz – Eigenbrot – 43:10
B Side – 46:16
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS – Les deux orphelines vampires – 46:50
ATA Records – A Dilemma For Holbrook – 47:20
Marek Kwiatkowski – Przygotowanie Eurydyki – 49:28
Joe Higham – 3567 – 53:58
John Garner – The Hermit – 58:35
Shay Hazan – Embrace – 1:01:09
Della Sol Quintet – Red Hot Chilli – 1:03:30
Asmus Tietchens – Räuschlinge – 1:06:50
Ed Herbers – Lies – 1:10:10
Bernard Grancher – Interlude – 1:12:53
Felix Machtelinckx – Febbre – 1:13:49
Anantakara – Waves that Embrace – 1:15:52
Nathan Moody – Sonnenaufgang – 1:20:00
Trevlad – Pulled Indoors Passage – 1:22:57
Asha Patera – Nox Terrorem – 1:26:00
Outro – 1:31:35

*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 130

16 October 2025

///propose.salutes.serve.

Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at Episode 130 of The Virtual Cassette Library.
Propose Salutes Serve is the episodes subtitle, as well the track you’re hearing in the background and it’s geographical location which I’ve filmed and can be experienced on YouTube.
These mixes are 90-minute genre bending drifts through curated frequencies. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. 15 tracks per side with a side change in the middle.
Styles take us through electronica, idm, ambient, soundscapes, krautrock and more.
Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Links to all the tracks are illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline.
Pre-order the 7th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Subscribe and unlock 858 archived shows.
Shout out to Nanogod, whose alchemical words add dimension to the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every follow, subscription, album purchase keeps the frequencies flowing.
So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.

Intro – 00:00
survey channel – Via Skyway – 01:43
Socool – Overworld – 03:39
The Animals at Night – Soft Spring – 06:59
Anton Witter – Take The High Line – 09:02
Lyonel Bauchet – A Quiet Sun – 10:58
Caer Sgàil – Someone I Once Knew – 16:05
Mantris – He Brought Me Spring – 18:09
Cleeve Morris – The Sound of The Universe (Vaporwave) – 21:21
Polypores – Untethered (Ascend Now) – 25:08
Xu – Luminous Dust Trails – 28:23
René Dahinden – Following Footprints – 31:05
tttc – pool party – 34:47
Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Half Smile – 38:15
Eliot Krimsky – I Made My House – 40:21
Eliot Krimsky – My Heart Sings Out To You – 43:51
Side B – 46:45
INYAN – Botanical A – 47:15
Socool – Deja Vu – 49:57
Andres Lopez Azpiri – Otra Época – 52:50
Lorenzo Masotto – Pulse – 53:31
tapes and topographies – holograms – 56:00
Bruno Bavota – I’m losing you – 1:00:23
Nonima + Abdicant – FLUID DYNAMICS – 1:01:57
Nonima + Abdicant – SCRATCHES – 1:04:34
Bruno Bavota – when we collide – 1:07:30
Radx – Total Naturalism (Digital Bonus) – 1:10:04
Pulselovers – Somersault (Doomlode Remix) – 1:17:42
Pulselovers – Night Drive (Fred und Luna Remix) – 1:20:50
*Rural Tapes – Dream within a Dream – 1:25:59
Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Nostalgia – 1:26:11
Outro – 1:31:42