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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 206

Open-hearted, wistful, and emotionally rich with a strong cinematic feel.

Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 206 of the Virtual Cassette Library – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that sets the tone for the set. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. If and when I get a couple more subscribers then I’ll go back to doing 90 minute versions, complete with commentary.
This episode is based on the track “Unbegun” by Hverheij from the album “R-Un”. Shout out to Harry Verheij for sending me the album and a bunch of codes which you can find on the substack episode article or the episode page on trevor.se. Also shoutouts to Waxing Crescent Records, DRONARIVM, Third Kind Records, Woodford Halse and Clay Pipe Music for sponsoring the channel with material.
This episode puts the acoustic guitar in focus.
A warm, nostalgic, and gently psychedelic ambient journey blending sun-drenched summer haze, intimate minimalism, and wistful hauntology.
Side A drifts from breezy cycling melodies and hazy environmental sounds into playful psychedelic explorations and tender, emotional minimalism. Side B shifts between theatrical quirkiness, magical nocturnal spells, live organic warmth, and ends with lonely cosmic melancholy and quiet railway nostalgia.
Overall mood: Sunny yet melancholic, intimate, and emotionally rich. It feels like a golden late-summer afternoon slowly fading into a dreamy, reflective evening — perfect for relaxed listening, daydreaming, or quiet contemplation. Strong analogue warmth with a touch of magic and gentle sadness.
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.
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 tadomaRed Raleigh
Warm, nostalgic ambient with gentle cycling melodies and sun-faded charm. Breezy and reflective.
00:04:28 HverheijUnbegun
Delicate, minimal ambient with soft unfolding textures and quiet emotional space. Intimate and contemplative.
00:07:10 Ernest HoodAugust Haze
Classic lo-fi environmental sounds with hazy summer warmth, zither and field recordings. Dreamy and nostalgic.
00:13:33 Amorphous AndrogynousGo Tell It To The Trees Egghead
Psychedelic, whimsical electronic odyssey with lush layers and playful surrealism. Trippy and expansive.
00:17:09 Kacey JohansingWhales of Agate
Gentle, flowing folk-ambient with dreamy vocals and crystalline beauty. Ethereal and soothing.
00:21:02 La FrenchFor Casey
Tender, minimalist piano-led piece with intimate warmth and quiet emotion. Touching and personal.
00:22:58 Dalton AlexanderAt Some Point it Stopped
Sparse, drifting ambient with subtle tension and graceful resignation. Still and poignant.
Side B
00:27:50 The Foot & Leg ClinicIntro – Showtime
Playful, theatrical intro with quirky charm and vintage broadcast feel. Fun and characterful.
00:29:07 FallenThis Night is a Magic Spell
Enchanting, nocturnal ambient with soft glowing textures and magical atmosphere. Hypnotic and spellbinding.
00:33:27 Willebrantmusings (live at the Brunswick Green) – Live
Warm, immersive live ambient with rich resonance and gentle emotional flow. Organic and heartfelt.
00:38:59 The Music Liberation Front SwedenLife Around The Sailing Club
Sunny, melodic electronic with breezy seaside nostalgia and gentle grooves. Warm and carefree.
00:45:05 Andrea CastiglioniFor Annabelle
Delicate, romantic ambient with soft classical elegance and tender melancholy. Beautiful and intimate.
00:48:37 Aural DesignThe Dead Astronaut
Spacious, cinematic ambient with lonely cosmic drift and subtle sci-fi melancholy. Haunting and vast.
00:49:44 Vic MarsEnd Of The Branch Line
Wistful, hauntological farewell with warm analogue tones and gentle railway nostalgia. Poignant closer.

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Ode to the fem

00:00:00 Patricia WolfThe Grotto
(from the album See-Through)
Balmat records.
Soft emerald light filters through a hidden cave entrance, illuminating dripping stalactites that gleam like wet crystals. Shadows shift gently across moss-covered stone walls as faint ripples spread across a shallow turquoise pool. Pale vines curl downward, touching the water’s surface, while distant echoes suggest unseen chambers opening further in.

00:02:54 marine eyessuddenly green
(from the album to belong)
Past Inside the Present.
Early morning fog lifts from rolling hills, revealing fresh blades of grass sparkling with dew under a pale sky. Sunlight breaks through in soft patches, turning the landscape a vivid, almost luminous shade of spring green. Distant wildflowers sway lightly, and the air feels newly alive with quiet renewal.

00:05:50 IKSREGranite
(from the album Solar Return: Golden Hour Mix)
Imaginary North.
Ancient rock faces rise stark against a vast, open sky at dusk, their rough surfaces etched with veins of quartz that catch fading golden light. Wind moves across the stone, carrying subtle grains of dust, while the horizon blurs into warm amber tones, evoking timeless solidity and quiet endurance.

00:09:01 Panic GirlFeathers Of Hope
(from the album Memories)
i u we records.
Delicate white feathers drift slowly downward through golden afternoon light, catching gentle currents in an open meadow. They settle softly on tall grass stems, some twirling upward again before landing, surrounded by distant wild blooms and a sense of uplifting lightness.

00:11:26 Volker RappOut of my Mind
(from the album Blade Runner 2099)
Cyclical Dreams.
Neon reflections shimmer across rain-slicked streets in a futuristic cityscape at night, with towering holographic billboards flickering in electric blues and pinks. Distant flying vehicles streak overhead, their lights trailing like comets, while the scene pulses with synthetic glow and detached introspection.

00:11:58 Andrea CicheckiDifferent Step
(from the album Drawn Into The Edge Effect)
Castles In Space.
Footsteps trace an irregular path along a narrow coastal ledge at twilight, where waves crash below against dark rocks. Mist rises from the sea, blending with soft purple hues in the sky, and small stones shift underfoot, marking a deliberate yet wandering rhythm.

00:15:24 glokenóō
(from the album associated with experimental/ambient contexts, often standalone or mix-featured)
Empty temple halls stretch into dim distance, lit only by faint lanterns casting long shadows on wooden floors. Incense smoke curls lazily upward, dissolving into stillness, while subtle echoes of distant chimes linger in vast, open space.

00:21:22 Sachi KobayashiHealing
(from the album Weathervane)
Stereoscenic Records.
Gentle sunlight filters through a canopy of leaves in a quiet forest clearing, dappling the ground with moving patterns of gold. A soft wind stirs wild grasses and small white flowers, carrying a sense of calm restoration that spreads outward like slow-spreading warmth.

00:24:31 Amorphous AndrogynousMeadows
(from the album associated with their ambient/electronic works, often A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble series context)
Wide open fields stretch under a vast blue sky, dotted with clusters of wildflowers swaying in a warm breeze. Butterflies drift lazily between blooms, and distant tree lines shimmer in heat haze, evoking endless peaceful expanse.

00:27:42 the black Albumenprovokovieff
(from the album associated with Buried Treasure releases)
Buried Treasure.
Abstract geometric shapes float in deep black void, slowly rotating and intersecting with faint glowing edges in crimson and violet. Forms distort and reform like liquid metal, creating tension through precise yet unpredictable motion.

00:30:09 PogoAlice (Extended)
(from the album Broken Beats & Magic Snacks or extended rework context)
Vibrant cartoon woodlands come alive with swirling colors: oversized mushrooms glow in neon pinks and blues, teacups float mid-air, and checkerboard paths twist into impossible loops. Madcap elements whirl together in playful, accelerating chaos.

00:33:13 Emily A. SpragueHorizon
(from the album Mount Vision)
RVNG Intl.
A flat, endless ocean meets a pale sky at dawn, with thin layers of pastel clouds drifting low. Subtle waves lap forward, reflecting soft rose and lavender tones that gradually brighten, holding a meditative line of infinite calm.

00:39:13 Scott GilmoreSubtle Vertigo
(from the album Subtle Vertigo)
Spiraling staircases ascend into misty heights within an old tower, their steps worn smooth and bathed in diffused light from narrow windows. Shadows curve along curved walls, inducing a gentle, disorienting pull upward.

00:43:35 Cate BrooksCurig
(from the album Horizons or related Ghost Box-inspired works)
Rolling Welsh hills under overcast skies, with ancient stone walls dividing emerald fields. Sheep graze quietly, and faint mist clings to distant ridges, evoking rural solitude and timeless pastoral quiet.

00:48:38 Tim ShielBetween Ends (feat. Lonelyspeck)
(from the album Glowing Pains: Music From The Gardens Between)
Spirit Level
Twilight bridges connect shadowy urban fragments, suspended over dark water where city lights reflect in fractured lines. Echoing vocal fragments drift across the scene, marking a liminal space of transition and unresolved emotion.

00:50:09 Dean Honer, Supreme Vagabond CraftsmanI Saw The Frogman
(from the album Frogman)
A surreal pond at midnight, illuminated by moonlight: a humanoid figure with frog-like features emerges halfway from the water, wearing an old coat, staring curiously. Reeds sway around lily pads, blending whimsy with eerie folklore.

00:53:11 Hong Kong In The 60sDisintegration, The Advisory Circle Reshape
(from the album Disintegration or reshape series)
Old film reels flicker with decaying 1960s Hong Kong street scenes: neon signs buzz and blur, crowds dissolve into grainy static, and colors bleed outward in slow analog decay, reshaped into haunting nostalgia.

00:56:08 Anita Tatlowin hallowed spaces
(from the album the farthest star)
slow echo.
Sunlight streams through tall arched windows in an empty cathedral, illuminating dust motes dancing in golden beams. Stone pillars rise into shadow, and faint reverb carries the sense of sacred, resonant emptiness.

00:59:34 Lisa Bella DonnaBig Briar Cove
(from the album *Moogmentum (Presented by the Bob Moog Foundation)
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Thick briar thickets encircle a hidden cove along a rugged coastline, where tangled vines climb over weathered rocks. Waves roll in gently below, and wildflowers peek through thorns, creating a secluded, overgrown sanctuary.


Mystery Apples 11

16.03.2025

SuperpitcherSmile It’s A New Day – 00:00
Micky & JoyceMa’Jackson – 09:33
Rosa Beach Mason & Sean ConradWished – 12:41
Kevin AyersDecadence – 2003 Remaster – 15:56
Sensations’ FixFortune Teller (Coda) – 23:06
Sharon TandyStay With Me – 25:13
YeswayWinter Willing – 28:15
PrairiewolfRoadside Bandit Type – 32:21
KanotPing Pong – 35:53
Mia Doi ToddMy Room Is White – 38:39
Mark SaddlemireThermionic Woods – 41:38
HLM38Monochrome Western – 43:06
les hallesmystic of the great elevator – 46:07
Vieux Farka Touré & KhruangbinMahine Me – 48:18
Porcelain RaftA Dream I Had – 50:36
TrossSynthesis – 54:02
Amorphous AndrogynousOsho – 57:19
MattyBLOOD – 58:42
BALTHVSVapor Waves – 01:01:53
Heron & CraneThese Heretics – 01:05:26
KhruangbinLady and Man – 01:08:48
DF TramThe Operating Room – 01:12:37
Bob DylanVisions Of Johanna (Locust Toybox Remix) – 01:16:48
Future ChildrenThe Paranoids in Echo Courts – 01:18:58
Cosmic Analog EnsembleThe Contrast of Characters – Bonus Track – 01:20:25
GoatZombie – 01:22:07
SedibusPurgatory – 01:27:14
Glass BeamsBlack Sand – 01:36:12
The Galaxy Electric & Droog MulhollandMake You Happy – 01:40:28


Mystery Apples 4

14.02.2025

MatthewdavidZithertronix – 00:00
Mirai No HagakiCantata of the Lost Future – 05:20
Michel Magne, Boris BergmanProphets – 06:43
Richard NorrisTo All Wizards in Lockdown – 09:25
Mong TongIntro – 12:06
Gilroy MereSea Breeze – 13:45
Marigold SunReverie, Pt. 2 – 14:55
J Foerster, N KRAMERLevitation Room – 17:12
Secret CircuitInterface < – 20:46
PolyporesEnchantments – 24:02
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos NiñoSubtle Movements – 25:23
Rosa Beach Mason & Sean ConradArdor – 35:50
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, Golden RulesRocket Ship – 38:16
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos NiñoWe are Moving now – 40:49
Matt BerryAlone – 44:45
SOMAMahamrityunjaya Mantra – 48:10
Red SnapperBan-Di-To – 52:39
Forever PavotAu diable – 56:47
The Galaxy Electric & Droog MulhollandThe Stranger – 01:00:33
Brasa brasilI Got to Bahia – 01:01:08
Amorphous AndrogynousThe Lovers – 01:04:20
Jean-Pierre MassieraOnomatapaeia – 01:09:17
StennesMoon Child – 01:10:44
SkyjellyDamaskiss – 01:14:44
FatmaCirklar – 01:16:28
Anna Butterss, Jeff ParkerDance Steve – 01:19:31
Black Moth Super RainbowFolks with Magik Toes – 01:23:33

Spotify playlist of all the Mystery Apples episodes so far (not all music is on Spotify):


Mystery Apples 2

Amorphous AndrogynousCharvarvah – 00:00
Grand VeymontValse Tango – 03:36
Pacific!From Lips Divine – 13:42
Higamos HogamosMini Pops – 16:07
Glass BeamsHorizon – 21:34
Matthewdavid’s Mindflight, MatthewdavidTract of Hidden Animalia – 22:00
Keith Seatmanhickelty pickelty – 27:43
MatthewdavidLiquidity – 30:00
Anna ButterssElla – 35:00
Kavus TorabiMy Cold Rebirth – 36:20
Meridian BrothersSalsa Caliente (Version Aumentada) – 40:55
Eddie KendricksMy People… Hold On – 45:04
Brightblack Morning LightA Rainbow Aims – 50:11
GoldfrappClowns – 59:31
Edgar Allan Poe, Thurston Moore, Eva Moore, KramerTo My Mother – 01:03:15
KanotLa Danse Des Corneilles – 01:07:02
Black Moth Super RainbowEarly 70s Gymnastics – 01:11:39
VEDOmikron – 01:14:57
BALTHVSLight It Up – 01:19:33
Higamos HogamosSorcery – 01:22:14
Glass BeamsMahal – 01:29:40
PolyporesTurtles All The Way Down – 01:32:35
The ZenmennStairway To Heaven – 01:38:12
StennesK.A.B. Antonio Bay – 01:42:58

Spotify playlist of all the Mystery Apples episodes so far (not all music is on Spotify):