Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 306
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
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A light, watery ambient journey through easy emergence, melting streams, and roads along the Downs.
Side A opens kepeä — light, easy — then moves through a Russian Standard retrospective, a stream that melts sideways, a Brainforest sanctuary dedicated to Violet, Lola skipping stones, and West Yorkshire crypt-light luminaire. Side B returns 2018 intrigue among workers and superiors, lets petals land softly on water, surges through a third ocean current, begins the Marienbad story again, and travels the Downs in Ravilious colour.
Overall mood: Contemplative, fluid, and quietly elegant — full of Passed Oceans, acoustic closeness, and elliptical cinema. Perfect for dusk listening, train windows, or sitting still while the stones keep hopping the surface.
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.
00:01:39 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Kepeä
From the album “Viriää” which is Finnish and means emergence, awakening. Opening the episode is Finnish composer and sound artist Aki Yli-Salomäki. Aki Yli-Salomäki and Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä open with “Kepeä” which means light, easy. — Vantaa composition meeting Helsinki violin and viola, acoustic closeness with subtle synthesizer undercurrents. Out on Whitelabrecs.
00:04:41 SERMAK MUSIC – Russian Standard
From the 2026 CZiGO Compilation Taster Album. Mark Donlon’s retrospective, lockdown years to now, eight tracks gathered on his Sermak label.
00:08:43 Obsydian Fox – The Stream Melts Sideways
The first of thee tracks from the amazing new compilation “Passed Oceans”. Passed Recordings is a global collective of artists with a focus on making atmospheric music.
Water in every language. Half of the sales go to Doctors Without Borders.
00:14:24 Polypores – The Sanctuary
From the album “Wildlife”. Stephen James Buckley leaves his modular case in another room and looses himeself in another with tenor recorder, guitars, piano, drums, kalimba and homemade percussion. Dedicated to Violet, artwork by João Emmanuel.
00:17:33 Poloma – Lola the Stoneskipper
The second of three tracks from the Passed Oceans release. Stones hop the surface and keep going.
00:20:38 The Gaye Device – Luminaire
Ending side A and a champion of the channel mr. Andrew Howden, better known as The Gaye Device. I wanted to say this was an exclusive for my upcoming compilation Quiet Figures but research shows Andrew released it back in 2023 on his wonderful album “The Fallen Leaf” together with Ellen Southern. West Yorkshire reflective electronics. Jenny Lyon photography. Site singing and crypt acoustics sit inside the mix.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:20 Dadanaut – Morphinist
Opening side B. from the album Kabale. Dadanaut with “Morphinist”. Metropolis and Kästner’s School of the Dictators. A struggle for freedom and relief. 2018 intrigue returns.
00:36:26 Castle Waters – Petals Landing Softly On Water
From the album Ethereal Elegance. Castle Waters with “Petals Landing Softly On Water”. Wooded walkways and ancient bridges. ETERNITEA time waits at 1:37pm in the floating gazebo. Digital proceeds travel to local libraries.
00:40:04 Leafblighter – Surge
And here’s that third track from the “Passed Oceans” release. Fluidity in motion.
00:47:42 Simon Heartfield – Since This Story Began
From the album “Last Year At Marienbad”. Simon Heartfield with “Since This Story Began”. Nine elliptical pieces of piano, strings, woodwind, organ and electronics, after Alain Resnais, 1961.
00:50:19 Gilroy Mere – On the Road
From the album “Furlongs”. On the road along the Downs. Oliver Cherer and Riz Maslen. Forty-mile train journeys. Ravilious colours become texture and tempo. Clarinet, flute, trumpet. All clear after treatment. Recorded at The Laundry, St Leonard’s.
00:54:02 Brannan Lane – Folding Space
The final track is the title track from Brannans latest release. Recorded at Peaceful Paradise Studio. Synthesizers and environmental recordings. Faster-than-light soundscapes for relaxation, focus and travel.
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 306.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Finite Prophecy World
Good day to you listeners, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome once again to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set itself. This episode titled Finite Prophecy World is based on the track Prophecy At 1420 MHz by Boards of Canada, from the album Inferno, which comes out on May 29 via Warp Records. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
Right then… here we go.
00:00:00 Boreal Network – Radio North
Nostalgic Boards of Canada-style IDM/ambient with warm, detuned synths and hazy downtempo grooves. Northern, melancholic, and beautifully analogue.
00:04:23 Loopatronica – Part 3. Megaheadphoneboy Hive Of Morpheus Remix
Dreamy, hypnotic remix with swirling electronics and deep, immersive layers. Psychedelic and sleep-inducing in the best way.
00:11:19 Hyperlink Dream Sync – Hyperlink Dream Sync
Glitchy, retro-futurist synthwave/IDM with vaporwave nostalgia. Bright, digital, and playfully syncopated.
00:16:10 Jetfire Prime – Medieval Knievel (Unreleased Demo)
Energetic, adventurous electronic with a bold, stuntman spirit. Raw demo energy full of character.
00:18:14 Simon Heartfield – Summer Paintings
Warm, melodic ambient/electronic with gentle, impressionistic layers. Sunny, reflective, and painterly.
00:21:03 Eafhm – Luzne (Part ll)
Atmospheric, flowing electronic with organic textures and serene progression. Hypnotic and immersive.
00:24:19 CIALYN – Sunset birds ballet
Delicate, avian-inspired ambient with graceful melodies and twilight warmth. Light, balletic, and enchanting.
00:27:18 DaoLogic – Single Malt Sunset
Smooth, warming downtempo with rich, whisky-like tones. Mellow, golden-hour vibes and gentle grooves.
00:29:44 Erothyme – Pinpoint Sol
Cosmic, star-gazing electronic with crystalline synths and expansive feel. Bright, focused, and celestial.
00:34:08 Giants of Discovery – Living In A Monochromatic World
Reflective, monochrome-hued ambient/electronic with subtle emotional depth. Introspective and atmospheric.
00:38:35 Faex Optim – Finite Forms
Crisp IDM with intricate rhythms and clean, geometric structures. Precise, playful, and intellectually satisfying.
00:41:25 Boards of Canada – Prophecy At 1420 MHz
Eerie, mid-tempo groove with ominous narration and signature warped nostalgia. Cosmic, unsettling, and instantly recognisable.
00:45:18 Panama Fleets – Bounty & Mutiny
Adventurous, nautical-tinged electronic with rolling grooves and pirate spirit. Swashbuckling and immersive.
00:49:23 Sulci – Epoch
Deep, geological ambient with textured layers and sense of vast time. Ancient, resonant, and contemplative.
00:52:58 Koett – Giberboreya
Hypnotic, northern-inspired electronica with mythic, wintry atmosphere. Cold beauty and subtle propulsion.
00:57:56 Bison – Familiar Stranger (Baldelli & Diongi Remix)
Cosmic disco/italo remix with warm, funky bass and dreamy textures. Groovy, expansive, and balearic.
01:03:47 Arda (io) – 45×41:www
Experimental, electronic with intricate, coded patterns. Abstract, digital, and curiously hypnotic.
