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 tadoma – Red Raleigh Warm, nostalgic ambient with gentle cycling melodies and sun-faded charm. Breezy and reflective. 00:04:28 Hverheij – Unbegun Delicate, minimal ambient with soft unfolding textures and quiet emotional space. Intimate and contemplative. 00:07:10 Ernest Hood – August Haze Classic lo-fi environmental sounds with hazy summer warmth, zither and field recordings. Dreamy and nostalgic. 00:13:33 Amorphous Androgynous – Go Tell It To The Trees Egghead Psychedelic, whimsical electronic odyssey with lush layers and playful surrealism. Trippy and expansive. 00:17:09 Kacey Johansing – Whales of Agate Gentle, flowing folk-ambient with dreamy vocals and crystalline beauty. Ethereal and soothing. 00:21:02 La French – For Casey Tender, minimalist piano-led piece with intimate warmth and quiet emotion. Touching and personal. 00:22:58 Dalton Alexander – At Some Point it Stopped Sparse, drifting ambient with subtle tension and graceful resignation. Still and poignant. Side B 00:27:50 The Foot & Leg Clinic – Intro – Showtime Playful, theatrical intro with quirky charm and vintage broadcast feel. Fun and characterful. 00:29:07 Fallen – This Night is a Magic Spell Enchanting, nocturnal ambient with soft glowing textures and magical atmosphere. Hypnotic and spellbinding. 00:33:27 Willebrant – musings (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 Sweden – Life Around The Sailing Club Sunny, melodic electronic with breezy seaside nostalgia and gentle grooves. Warm and carefree. 00:45:05 Andrea Castiglioni – For Annabelle Delicate, romantic ambient with soft classical elegance and tender melancholy. Beautiful and intimate. 00:48:37 Aural Design – The Dead Astronaut Spacious, cinematic ambient with lonely cosmic drift and subtle sci-fi melancholy. Haunting and vast. 00:49:44 Vic Mars – End Of The Branch Line Wistful, hauntological farewell with warm analogue tones and gentle railway nostalgia. Poignant closer.
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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 Lost Dance Mantra is based on the track Sum Dance by Steve Zydek aka Wavefiler, from the split EP Area Flood, which comes out on May 15 via a label very dear to me Mystery Circles. 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 The Eyes and the Mistoids – The Neolithic Period Atmospheric electronic piece evoking ancient, misty landscapes. It blends subtle experimental textures with a haunting, prehistoric feel, fitting the artist’s weirdly beautiful electronic style on Waxing Crescent Records. 00:06:26 Spooqs – Prosopon (Demo) Dreamy electronic impressionism from Asheville-based artist Spooqs. Moody, instrumental soundscapes designed for imaginary spaces, with fluid, introspective vibes from a 2026 mixtape. 00:07:51 Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop / Wavefiler – Wavefiler – Sum Dance Synth-driven track from the Area Flood split, inspired by Milwaukee’s historic flooding. It captures nature’s power through rhythmic, communal electronic grooves and atmospheric synth work. 00:10:14 The New Human – Proximity Mantra Hypnotic, mantra-like electronic composition with intimate, repetitive motifs. It explores closeness and sonic meditation on Glasgow’s Bricolage label. 00:12:47 Payta – Soul Connection Also on Bricolage, warm, flowing electronic track from the Samsara album. It emphasizes spiritual or emotional linkage through textured, underground beats and melodic layers. 00:15:04 Urban Meditation – Pale Blue Dot Ambient/trance-infused piece reflecting on Carl Sagan’s famous view of Earth. It blends IDM, neo-classical, and spacey atmospheres for a contemplative, cosmic journey. 00:23:03 Andrea Castiglioni – Somewhere on Earth Stories from Far Away Places Cinematic, documentary-style ambient/electronic track. It paints evocative, worldly sound narratives with gentle melodies and distant, storytelling textures. 00:25:51 Biogen – Lost Melancholic IDM/electronic cut from an Icelandic ambient techno compilation. It features drifting, emotional layers that capture a sense of disorientation and introspection. 00:29:51 Fallen – A Scented Signal of Decadence Darkly atmospheric ambient/electronica with IDM and chillout elements. It conjures luxurious decay through textured, immersive sound design from Italian artist The Child of A Creek/Fallen. 00:31:53 Orghanon – Tame Restrained yet dynamic electronic work from the Future in Motion album. It balances controlled rhythms with evolving, organic textures in a thoughtful ambient/IDM style. 00:36:01 Wilks – Break The Cycle Driving track with focused beats and atmospheric depth. It delivers a sense of urgency and renewal from the Left Hand Drive EP. 00:40:11 Ellis Clasper – Auriel Gentle, atmospheric electronic opener from the Periapsis album. It features delicate textures and introspective melodies, showcasing the UK artist’s subtle, emotionally resonant style on Waxing Crescent Records 00:42:16 CIALYN – Tolbiac Garden Floor Dreamy, short-wave-inspired electronica from the 2016 album A Night Of A Short Wave Listener. It evokes mysterious, nocturnal garden atmospheres with soft, nostalgic synth layers and a hazy, lo-fi feel from the French artist. 00:45:56 Sick Robot – Journey to Mars Retro-futuristic synth track from the A Field In Yorkshire album. It blends warm analog tones with a sense of cosmic exploration and electronic propulsion, characteristic of the Sunderland-based producer’s playful, IDM-tinged style. 00:49:55 Time Rival – Wax Delights Short, shimmering electronic piece from Reaction Vol. 3. It delivers crisp, cross-genre textures with ambient and electroacoustic elements, reflecting the Chicago-area artist’s experimental yet accessible approach.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at Episode 140 of The Virtual Cassette Library.
Trunk Stubbed Wiser is the episodes subtitle, as well as the track you’re hearing in the background and it’s geographical location which I’ve filmed and can be experienced on YouTube.
I’m Trevor and I curate these 90-minute genre bending drifts through frequencies from around the globe. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. Two, 45 minute mixes, 15 tracks per side with a side change in the middle.
Picture the listening experience like being at a music festival where the artists play on a rotating stage. Each act is allotted time for their piece and as it ends the next act takes over rotating into view.
Styles for this episode range from ambient to post-rock, from eurorack modular to folk. The musical keys in focus are F sharp major D flat major and D sharp minor, E flat minor.
This episode contains some household names like Hainbach, Loula Yorke and Matthew Halsall. Some friends of the channel like HDRF, Apta and Bryan Rohmer as well as some supporting labels like Third Kind Records, Mystery Circles, Moolakii Club Audio Interface, DiN records and many more. All the artists and labels are the soul of this show.
There is one exclusive track on this episode from the Argentinian trio of OdNu, Mi Cosa de Resistance and friend of the show mRn. The track, Regalo de Adios, comes from their upcoming album, Southern Lands, which drops November 29th on Sheffield based label, Audiobulb.
If you’d like to be included on future episodes 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.
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So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at the coordinates ///clean.builder.door—Episode 127 of The Virtual Cassette Library. A title, a signal, a portal. The track you’re hearing is available for pre-order on Bandcamp, already whispering through YouTube, it sets the tone for what’s to come. These mixes are 90-minute genre bending drifts through curated frequencies—designed for walking meditations, mental meanderings, and quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. Styles include sci-fi, ambient, idm, new age, berlin school, hauntology, folktronica and more. The A side contains an exclusive track by Eric Angelo Bessel, titled Clearing, from the album, Mirror at Night, dropping October 31 on the Lore City Music label. The B side also contains one exclusive track by me and it’s titled Diagram Mobile Cartoons from my upcoming album TVCL 06. The track titles are also geographical locations where the videos for each track were captured. All available on the Trevlad Youtube channel. You’ve maybe noticed that I’m also releasing my first compilation for digital release. Which will be dropped on the 6th of November. Check out the socials if you want to get involved. 💌 Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline. 🎶 Pre-order the 6th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Subscribe and unlock 854 archived shows. 🧙♂️ Shout out to Nanogod, whose alchemical words add dimension to the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every vibration helps keep the channel alive. 🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.
Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 105 A 90-minute musical journey. This episode is a deep dive into the magnetic hiss of memory, the shimmer of modular synths, and the emotional resonance of modern composition. woven together into two, uninterrupted, 45 minute adventures. There is a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark. A lovingly warped mixtape of ambient meditations, experimental electronics, and genre-fluid explorations. The shows are designed for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can join Nanogods’ poetic visualizations on the time line. Don’t be shy.
If you want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
A 90 minute virtual cassette outing with two sides and a side change in the middle. Perfect for taking a walk and knowing when you’re halfway so you can head home.
🌌 Welcome, frequency combers, I’m Trevor, your host for the episode here at Trevlad Sounds, recorded in All Tunes On Studios here in Sollentuna Sweden. —your sonic vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake.
🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: Cyclical Dreams, Mahorka, Subexotic Records, Wormhole World, DiN, Imaginary North, Four Flies Records, whitelabrecs, and, Lo Recordings. 🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: survey channel, and, Anita Tatlow. Also the benevolent forces that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes and fonodroom.