Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 326
Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A pearl filed under ocean, then a periphery that still has a centre.
Side A keeps the grit and the glow in the same shell, lets the resonant field keep answering after the question has sat down, finds time for a blue event on the fast lane, sets an extra place for a postcard from the future, prefers the slow lane for recovery, and measures restraint in sixty-four fluxes content to hold still. Side B files the spirit of gravity with the soil, deepens into the moment before the moment, drifts with Berlin-school manners since the late seventies, walks a quiet figure down to the reservoir, counts time by the stars, and holds the rim so the centre can rest.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly cosmic, and quietly patient — full of unlatched doors, extra places, and clocks the stars prefer. Perfect for dusk listening, fields still ringing, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a pearl filed under ocean, a field that keeps ringing after you leave, a blue event on the fast lane, a postcard from the future introducing itself, a recovery that prefers the slow lane, restraint measured in sixty-four fluxes.
00:00:00 Ærebus – The Pearl
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/the-pearl
Album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings
Passed Oceans keeping the grit and the glow in the same shell.
00:08:06 Vivid Stars Forgotten – The resonance
https://vividstarsforgotten.bandcamp.com/track/the-resonance
Album: The Resonant Field. Label: EC Underground
The field still answering after the question has sat down. EC Underground leaving the door on the latch. Good to have you in the library, and on the subscriber list.
00:11:49 Petridisch x Jude Kerr – Blue Event VI (Breach of Trust Mix)
https://rakurecords.bandcamp.com/track/blue-event-vi-breach-of-trust-mix
Album: 7 Days in the Fast Lane. Label: Rakū Records
Seven days in the fast lane, and still time for a colour. Rakū keeping the lane open.
00:16:47 Mirai No Hagaki – presenting myself
https://camembertelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/mirai-no-hagaki-presenting-myself
Album: [VA #46] – SOURCE UNKNOWN. Label: Camembert Électrique
A fine way to arrive. Camembert Électrique setting an extra place.
00:20:43 KapTep – Recovery
https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/recovery
Album: Slow Down. Label: Chitra Records, Ambient Cat
The instruction and the album. Chitra and Ambient Cat sharing the chair.
00:24:40 Mantris – Passive Restraint
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/track/09-passive-restraint
Album: 64 Flux. Label: Hi Scores
Sixty-four fluxes, and this one content to hold still while the others rush. Hi Scores counting them all.
Mood mist: gravity with a spirit, a deepening that knows it is about to arrive, a drifter from Leeds who has been sequencing since the late seventies, a quiet figure walking to the water, time counted by the stars, a periphery that still has a centre.
00:30:12 Alien Alarms x Aura Mae – The Spirit of Gravity
https://meansmag.bandcamp.com/track/the-spirit-of-gravity
Album: MEANS 7: Grass Roots. Label: MEANS
Grass roots, the pull under the lawn. MEANS filing Newton with the soil.
00:33:43 Heavens Spin Gray – Deepening
https://heavensspingray.bandcamp.com/track/deepening
Album: Imminence.
Imminence, the moment before the moment. The grey already spinning.
00:43:34 Tim Stebbing – Cosmic Drifter
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-drifter
Album: Cosmic Drifter.
Title of the hour. Berlin-school manners, chilled hands, the long orbit.
00:52:04 CommsBreakdown – To The Reservoir!
https://trevlad.bandcamp.com/track/commsbreakdown-to-the-reservoir
Album: Quiet Figures. Label: Trevlad
Quiet Figures, the compilation. Trevlad walking the figure down to the water.
00:55:41 The Light Dreams – Sidereal Time
https://thelightdreams.bandcamp.com/track/sidereal-time
Album: Málverk.
The clock the stars prefer. Málverk, the painting that knows which night it is.
01:01:14 Fonolabe – Bor Eas
(Exclusive)
Album: Essens Periferion. Label: Ethereal Projector, Ambient Cat
https://etherealprojector.bandcamp.com/album/essens-periferion
The essence at the edge. Ethereal Projector and Ambient Cat holding the rim so the centre can rest.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 326.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 325
Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A porch that has already sat down, then a future you already remind someone of.
Side A cools piano phrases on a veranda still holding salt in the grain, teaches a scrap giant to stay kind while made of girders, paints sand purple-black for as long as you are looking, lets a Finnish sentence glide away, shares rust and wave in a hallway with every door on the latch, and finds winter already standing behind the pane. Side B leaves offerings past the last familiar planet, walks false suns politely in their lanes, keeps the hands through a damp postcard, rings a suburban tram once at a stop that knows your name, continues the second investigation under five triangles, and remembers a future in three parts with sense set aside.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly seasonal, and quietly kind — full of unlatched corridors, damp postcards, and titles that have already arrived. Perfect for dusk listening, porches after the heat, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a porch that has already sat down, a giant made of scrap learning manners, sand painted purple-black, Finnish for something slipping softly off, corridors of rust and wave, a pane with the cold season standing behind it.
00:02:18 Jogging House – Veranda
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/veranda
Album: Really.
The porch where the piano phrases come to cool their hands. Salt’s notes still in the grain of the wood.
00:05:59 Mike Dickinson – Iron Man’s Challenge
https://mikedickinson.bandcamp.com/track/iron-mans-challenge
Album: The Iron Man by Ted Hughes – OST.
Ted Hughes’ giant, scored. Scrap learning to be a guest. The challenge is to stay kind while you are made of girders.
00:08:29 Trem 77 – Purple Black Texture (Strings Mix)
https://trem77.bandcamp.com/track/purple-black-texture-strings-mix
Album: Textural Colour Spectrum Sandpainting.
Sandpainting that keeps its colour for as long as you are looking. Henrik’s bow still in the grain.
00:11:25 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – …lipuu pois
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/lipuu-pois
Album: Viriää- Label: whitelabrecs
It glides away. Viriää, the stirring. Whitelabrecs letting the sentence finish in Finnish and in air.
00:17:35 Tewksbury – Corridors
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/corridors
Album: rust/wave. Label: Imaginary North
Rust and wave sharing a hallway. Imaginary North leaving every door on the latch.
00:18:42 Lab’s Cloud – Winter is Coming
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/track/winter-is-coming
Album: Behind the Pane. Label: Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM, fonodroom
Behind the pane, already. Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM, fonodroom, three names for the same glass. Title of the hour.
Mood mist: deities past the last familiar planet, false suns in a kind sky, hands kept through a shower, a tram that knows every hedge, a second investigation, a future you already remind someone of.
00:25:13 Wayside Shrine – Gods of the Outer System
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/gods-of-the-outer-system
Album: Gods of the Outer System. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
A shrine by the road, and the road has left the solar system. The Dream Journal keeping the offerings.
00:35:39 Green-House – Sun Dogs
https://green-house.bandcamp.com/track/sun-dogs
Album: Hinterlands. Label: Ghostly International
Two bright companions walking either side of the real sun, polite enough to stay in their lanes.
00:38:12 BVSMV – Holding Hands in the Rain
https://tripfm.bandcamp.com/track/bvsmv-holding-hands-in-the-rain
Album: Label: TRIP FM, Triplicate Records
Space invaders, volume two, and still someone remembered the hands. Triplicate printing the postcard three times, all of them damp.
00:42:29 Calm Pieces – Suburban Tram
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/suburban-tram
Album: Suburbia, Still. Label: whitelabrecs
Whitelabrecs letting the bell ring once, softly, at a stop that already knows your name.
00:45:37 Department of Light – Investigation #2
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/investigation-2
Album: ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
Five triangles, the case still open. The Dream Journal filing Sofia’s notes under “continuing.”
00:51:40 primeiro – Me hacés acordar al futuro III
https://primeiro-segundo.bandcamp.com/track/me-hace-s-acordar-al-futuro-iii
Album: Senza Senzo.
You remind me of the future, part three. Senza senzo — sense set aside, memory doing the work.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 325.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 319
Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-set outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look. Don’t look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A clock that insists the world is already the argument, then a house that hums because it was cursed to.
Side A opens the door unlatched on a cuckoo that has already said what it came to say, builds a choir from stones that will not give the words, fidgets in Latin for a sound that will not sit still, files tears under ocean and returns the glass, sets a plate for a love that left no chair pushed in, and steps into a puddle that learned to be a room. Side B runs a rite hotter than the room agreed to, cuts a faun from the seventh tray of stones, reaches the far point of an orbit, refuses a capital letter for nights that would rather not be introduced, walks the last few steps into silence, and keeps the hymn book and the haunting on the same shelf.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly haunted, and quietly ritual — full of unlatched doors, lowercase dreams, and sanctuaries that sing whether you asked or not. Perfect for dusk listening, houses with a curse, or sitting still while the ripples never quite reach the edge.
Mood mist: a clock that insists the world is already the argument, a choir built from stones, Latin for a sound that will not sit still, tears filed under ocean, a love that left its plate, a puddle that learned to be a room.
00:02:12 Portland Vows – Everything Is The Case
https://portland-vows.bandcamp.com/track/everything-is-the-case
Album: Cuckoo. Label: Third Kind Records
Cuckoo, and the case is the clock, and the clock has already said what it came to say. Third Kind leaving the door unlatched.
00:06:02 bluhm – stonechoir
https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/track/stonechoir
Album: signals in the static. Label: handstitched*
Signals in the static, sung by a wall that handstitched taught to hold a note. Don’t ask the mortar for the words.*
00:09:12 Sebastian Zawadzki – Fluctuans in Sonitus Ambientis
https://sebastianzawadzkimusic.bandcamp.com/track/fluctuans-in-sonitus-ambientis
Album:Pax Elysium.
A fluctuation in the sound of the room, dressed for Pax Elysium and still fidgeting with its cuffs.
00:10:55 TREVØR – Tears
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/tears
Album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings
Passed Oceans keeping the salt and returning the glass.
00:13:22 Eje Eje – Phantom Love
https://ejeeje.bandcamp.com/track/phantom-love
Album: Mezze. Label: Batov Records
Mezze for a guest who ate and left no chair pushed in. Batov setting a plate anyway.
00:16:08 Salamanda – Puddle Underwater
https://metronrecords.bandcamp.com/track/puddle-underwater
Album: Sphere. Label: Métron Records
A sphere you can step in without wetting the hem. Métron counting the ripples that never reach the edge.
Mood mist: a rite that runs hot, a faun cut from the seventh tray of stones, the far point of an orbit, nights that refuse a capital letter, a walk that ends in quiet, a house that sings because it was cursed to.
00:20:17 Electric Circus – High Fever
https://electriccircus3.bandcamp.com/track/high-fever-2
Album: Rites. Label: Killer Groove Records
Rites performed at a temperature the room did not agree to. Killer Groove leaving the window shut.
00:23:26 Cartas de Japón – Faune III
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/cartas-de-jap-n-faune-iii
Album: Label: Cyclical Dreams
A letter from nowhere in particular, pressed into Gemstones VII until the faun agreed to be a facet.
00:32:57 Erik Wøllo – Aphelion
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/aphelion
Album: Earthshine. Label: Projekt Records
Earthshine at its furthest from the thing that lights it. Projekt letting the tape run slow enough to feel the distance.
00:34:39 Jupi/ter – dreams.
https://jupitersound.bandcamp.com/track/dreams
Album: Nights
Lower case, full stop. Nights that would rather not be introduced.
00:38:51 Fumana – Into Silence
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/fumana-into-silence
Album: Imaginary North Transmission 012. Label: Imaginary North
Imaginary North transmitting the last few steps before the signal decides it has said enough.
00:41:02 Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman – The Sanctuary Of Song
https://claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-sanctuary-of-song
Album: House with a Curse. Label: Clay Pipe Music
The sanctuary of song, inside a house with a curse. Clay Pipe keeping the hymn book and the haunting on the same shelf.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 319.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 315
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.
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.
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 also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies.
Now imagine each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. You, the audience only ever glimpse a sliver of it at a time. Every artist is allotted the exact time it takes them to perform their piece. Then they rotate out of view, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands.
The names of the artists and labels I’ll mention before each set — or “side,” as the cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per set, plus a general mist of what mood to expect.
Now the stage begins to turn.
Moss collecting light before the record exists, then tour days that travel only as far as their own shadow.
Side A gathers moss on a lotus that has not officially opened, parks Sol in the cat’s window, breaks Kerala dawn against industrial dusk, coils organisms above the weather, circumnavigates on a borrowed lighthouse, and smears 1982 until the hair still looks like a forecast. Side B lives in the umbra that remembers what cast it, opens water with no coastline drawn on it, retires speech for the evening, keeps a 2012 hold tone wearing pearls, jams Golden Acres until the punchline clocks out, and packs IDM for a journey only a shadow completes.
Overall mood: Contemplative, prismatic, and quietly migratory — full of exclusive October light, borrowed signals, and harbour lamps left on anyway. Perfect for dusk listening, hold music that never connects, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Shout out to my new subscriber Vivid Stars Forgotten. One more subscriber and we hit the Mixcloud minimum for a payout — the kind that keeps the channel’s lights on after dark. If you’ve been hovering at the door, this is the hour to step in.
Mood mist: moss collecting light before the record exists, a sun parked in the cat’s window, dawn as deconstructed club, organisms coiled above the weather, a borrowed lighthouse for a full orbit, 1982 seen through a lens that will not sharpen.
00:04:33 Ocean Moon & Silver Ley – Gathering Moss
https://oceanmoon.bandcamp.com/album/prismatic-fields
Exclusive track.
From the album: Prismatic Fields. Label: Open Universe. Releases: October 16, 2026
Gathering moss on a lotus that Open Universe has not officially opened yet. Metaphysical pop from a Cornish hill, waiting for October to switch the prisms on.
00:07:15 John Louis Kluck – Sol
https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/track/sol
From the album: Ethereal Space. Label: Ambient Cat. Year:2026
https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/album/ethereal-space
Sol hanging in ethereal space like a coin no one has spent. Ambient Cat leaving the curtains open for people and for the neighbouring households.
00:13:22 Sunken Cages – Kerala
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/kerala
From the album: Neram Pularumbol (As The Dawn Breaks. Label: Mahorka. Year: 2026
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/album/neram-pularumbol-as-the-dawn-breaks
Kerala at the hour the title names — as the dawn breaks. South Indian folk arguing with industrial dusk until neither will admit who started it.
00:16:34 øjeRum – Recurring Dream of Coiled Organisms in the Sky
https://amuletoftears.bandcamp.com/track/recurring-dream-of-coiled-organisms-in-the-sky
From the album: Butterfly Tongues More Ancient Than Flowers. Label: Amulet of Tears. Year: 2022
https://amuletoftears.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-tongues-more-ancient-than-flowers
A recurring dream of coiled organisms in the sky. Butterfly tongues older than the flowers drink from. The stage turns very slowly here.
00:26:10 Rising Galaxy, Arcane Trickster – Circumnavigation
https://cosmicleaf.bandcamp.com/track/circumnavigation
From the release: Borrowed Signal. Label: Cosmicleaf Records. Year: 2026
https://cosmicleaf.bandcamp.com/album/borrowed-signal
Circumnavigation on a borrowed signal. You complete the circle using someone else’s lighthouse and call it your own weather.
00:32:20 Craig Aalders – Soft Focus ’82
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/craig-aalders-soft-focus-82
From the album: Imaginary North Transmission 012. Label: Imaginary North. Year: 2026
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/imaginary-north-transmission-012
Soft Focus ’82. The year smeared just enough that the hair still looks like a forecast.
Mood mist: songs that live in the shade, water with no map drawn on it, speech retired for the evening, a hold tone wearing pearls, a jam in the golden acres, tour days that travel only as far as their own shadow.
00:39:59 Hiram – Umbra
https://matthewhiram.bandcamp.com/track/umbra
From the album: Shade Songs. Year: 2026
https://matthewhiram.bandcamp.com/album/shade-songs
Umbra. The part of the shade that still remembers the object that cast it. Shade Songs filing the silhouette under “unfinished business.”
00:46:06 maps and diagrams – open water
https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/track/open-water
From the album: returning light. Label: Home Normal. Year: 2026
https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/returning-light
Open water. Returning light that forgot to bring the coastline. Home Normal leaving the harbour lights on anyway.
00:51:18 David Cordero – Sin necesidad de palabras
Exclusive track.
From the album: Más allá de las palabras. Label: Noray Records. Year: 2026
https://norayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/m-s-all-de-las-palabras
Without need of words. Beyond them, even. Noray handing you a minute that refuses to be subtitled.
00:52:20 luxury elite – your call is very important to us
https://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/your-call-is-very-important-to-us
From the album: Split LP. Label: Ailanthus Recordings. Year: 2012
https://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-lp
Your call is very important to us. 2012 hold music still waiting for an operator who retired to a mall fountain.
00:53:41 Adel Music Club – TDC Jam (Remix)
https://adelmusicclub.bandcamp.com/track/tdc-jam-remix
From the album: Golden Acres. Label: FRBH Recordings. Year: 2026
https://adelmusicclub.bandcamp.com/album/golden-acres
TDC Jam, remixed across Golden Acres until the original punchline clocks out. The lotus spinning at club speed
01:01:57 SURVEY CHANNEL – Tour & Shadow Days
https://triplicaterecords.bandcamp.com/track/tour-shadow-days
From the album: Along the Wind Spear. Label: Triplicate Records. Year: 2020
https://triplicaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/along-the-wind-spear
Tour and shadow days along the wind spear. IDM packed for a journey that only a shadow complets.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 315.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 309
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.
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 wounded, oceanic ambient journey through blinking cellars, wild roses, and depths that never learned the names of fish.
Side A teaches green cellar walls to blink, then breathes through a Mersey scar, keeps a dolphin spare room, waits for a poppy to bloom, writes Hosono’s letter to the planet’s mother, and holds forty-nine seconds of sunset. Side B rains on Caladan, folds a week into a lobby between lives, climbs a twelve-minute Tucson staircase, keeps Batov moving at the gate, sits bathyal until the feeling grows gills, and ends with a piano-fed bird between two machines.
Overall mood: Tender, slightly raw, and deeply watery — full of Passed Oceans, analog compassion, and rooms that refuse to close. Perfect for late listening, sitting with a scar, or letting the rain read you while the next spool 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.
00:01:20 Altus – The Pulse of Protocols
https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-pulse-of-protocols
From the album “Echo Bloom” on Altus Music.
A cellar full of green light teaching the walls how to blink. Eight small machines agreeing, for once, on the same heartbeat.
00:06:02 autumna – the surgery and scar
https://autumna.bandcamp.com/track/the-surgery-and-scar
From the album “oxygen and light”.
Liverpool as an open wound that breathes. Scouse vowels drifting over the Mersey like stitches that won’t close
00:09:17 purplekairi1312 – dolphin sanctuary
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/dolphin-sanctuary
A noise in the hall that was only ever a dream. The ocean keeping a spare room for things that never learned to walk.
00:13:32 Martin Pyne – And Then A Poppy Blooms
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/
An exclusive track from the forthcoming album “Trios” out on Discus Music 25 September.
Vibraphone petals opening on a chalk hillside. Three players standing still enough for a flower to decide it is safe.
00:15:33 Haruomi Hosono – To A Wild Rose
https://haruomihosono.bandcamp.com/track/to-a-wild-rose
From the album “Yours Sincerely” out on Ghostly International.
A seventy-eight-year-old man writing a letter to the planet’s mother and signing it with an oceanside hum. Compassion trying on an English coat that fits.
00:16:40 Fran Carlyon – Sunset
https://francarlyon.bandcamp.com/track/sunset
From the album “Growing Towards The Light”
Forty-nine seconds of a fallen tree still reaching. Chaos in the heartlands pretending it’s found a window.
00:17:44 Akinetic – Rains of Caladan
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/rains-of-caladan
The second of three pieces from the “Passed Oceans” compilation.
You are a protein complex reading the weather. Sacramento rain falling on a planet that only exists in the margins of a novel.
00:22:04 Petridisch x Jude Kerr – L’infantile (Alprazolam Mix)
https://rakurecords.bandcamp.com/track/l-infantile-alprazolam-mix
From the album “7 Days in the Fast Lane” out on Rakū Records
A week folded into a single pill. Boston stems stretched until they forget their names and wake up in a lobby between life and the afterlife.
00:32:21 Neglect – Escala III
https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/escala-iii
Self released single. Neglectsound are from Tucson, Arizona.
Longest piece at 12:53
Tucson dust climbing a twelve-minute staircase made of delay pedals. The longest piece tonight, refusing to look down.
00:43:51 Kolonel Djafaar – Movin’
https://batovrecords.bandcamp.com/track/movin
From the compilation album “Around The Sun – Batov Records – 10 Years”
Ten years of Batov grooves packed into one suitcase that will not sit still. Ethio-jazz tapping its foot at the departure gate.
00:49:16 spectral void – Bathyal
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/bathyal
The third piece from the compilation album “Passed Oceans”.
Not to be confused with the black metal band of the same name.
The part of the ocean that never learned the names of the fish in it. An Indian composer sitting with a feeling until the feeling grows gills.
00:57:00 Jogging House – Beak
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/beak
From the album “Really”.
Piano phrases sent through the post, then fed to tape like breadcrumbs. A bird dwells in the space between two machines.
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 309.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 308
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.
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 between-worlds ambient journey through vanished lanes, quiet trees, and maps that keep leaving the paper.
Side A walks you home along a Lincolnshire lane that no longer exists, docks in a corridor of light, holds its breath beneath Yiddish trees, answers every name water has ever been given, climbs an Atlas ascent through drowned architecture, and posts a wet summer postcard from Koblenz. Side B decides the right thing is just to leave, sits at a hummingbird campfire, hums the normal order of things after midnight, names an uncatalogued creature, paints the moon with earthshine, and ends on an atlas of shifting clouds.
Overall mood: Melancholic, luminous, and quietly migratory — full of Passed Oceans, analog weight, and weather with no name in the rear-view. Perfect for late listening, leaving rooms gently, or sitting still while the tide rearranges the map.
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.
00:01:56 gribbles – As then, so now
https://gribbles.bandcamp.com/track/as-then-so-now-3
We begin with a friend of the library, Graham Thorpe. From the album “Agatewards” released September 4, 2026.
Picture two old voices walking you home along a Lincolnshire lane that no longer exists, a gramophone left open in a 1920s church field, the dialect still warm in the hedges.
00:06:07 Ancient Astronaut – Between Worlds
https://ancientastronaut.bandcamp.com/track/between-worlds
Aka Eric Allietta. From the album “Inner Worlds”.
A French satellite parked in a corridor of light where only love is permitted to dock. You are invited to step out of the airlock and into the quiet rooms you keep behind your own ribs.
00:09:50 Beymer – Shtil (Hush)
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/shtil-hush
All music performed, mixed, and mastered by Daniel Field. From the album “Beneath the Trees” out on Imaginary North, Toronto, Ontario.
Yiddish trees holding their breath. A Toronto dusk folded into four minutes of leaves that refuse to rustle.
00:11:35 passage. – Thálassa
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/th-lassa
From the compilation I can’t get enough of Passed Oceans on Passed Recordings.
released September 11, 2026
Water answering to every name it has ever been given. Lighthouses blink on a sphere so small the moon can still reach down and rearrange the tide.
00:20:41 deepspace – Atlas 8 – Ascent Theme
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/atlas-8-ascent-theme
From the album “The Atlas Sector” out on Projekt Records. Portland, Oregon.
Deepspace, the soundrealm of Australian musician Mirko Ruckels
Emerald observatory on a planet that forgot Earth. The Juno climbs through drowned architecture and the last radio station still pulsing with soft blue light.
00:24:06 Oberlin – Postcard #6
https://oberlin.bandcamp.com/track/postcard-6
From the album “Ambient Postcards” self released. A. Holtz
released June 21, 2026
A Fernandes Telecaster written in May light and posted from Koblenz. Field recordings as stamps. Summer still wet on the card.
00:25:53 Far away Nebraska – Sometimes the right thing to do is just leave
https://kordelrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sometimes-the-right-thing-to-do-is-just-leave
From the album “Halfway from nowhere” Kordel Records, Seil Records.
released July 28, 2026
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
Tired tyres eating the same mile twice. Nothing in the rear-view except nameless weather.
00:33:05 Eje Eje – Beja Flor
https://ejeeje.bandcamp.com/track/beija-flor
From the album “Mezze” out on Batov Records. Itamar Kluger.
A hummingbird at a Turkish campfire. Five small dishes passed around the same table: psychedelic thyme, Gulf dusk, a Greek melody that never quite sits down.
00:34:48 Raphael Leray – The normal order of things
https://hyletapes.bandcamp.com/track/the-normal-order-of-things
From the album “MONOLITH“.
A monolith humming in Tokyo after midnight. The old anxiety of simply being, recorded before the world remembered how to pretend everything was ok.
00:37:36 Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Mia Theme
https://hyletapes.bandcamp.com/track/mia-theme
From the album “BIODIVERSE” Title: BIODIVERSE
Amandine Pedoux, Cédric Steffens
Label: Hylé Tapes
released November 22, 2024
A theme for a creature that has not yet been catalogued. Circuits breathing the same air as moss.
00:43:12 Erik Wøllo – Earthshine 2
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/earthshine-2
From the album “Earthshine”.
released September 18, 2026
Sunlight bouncing off us and painting the dark side of the moon. Analog tape running slow enough for the notes to remember they once had weight.
00:46:45 Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – Atlas of Shifting Clouds
https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/track/atlas-of-shifting-clouds
From the album “Maps of an Invisible World”.
A map drawn in wind and granular dust. Every contour already leaving the paper.
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 308.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 304
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.
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 liquid, slightly haunted ambient journey through West Riding flocks, kudzu moonlight, and cities that refuse to end.
Side A watches the pinder keep the flock, then drifts under a kudzu moon, through solemn dreams beneath hushed currents, a Bethlehem journey, night-time puzzle sequences, and the slow pressure of mane nobiscum. Side B opens eternal cities, stirs a storm in a water-glass, presses a dystopian button, walks Verona’s water, swells with tide, and ends in soft cyber-space pulses.
Overall mood: Contemplative, damp, and quietly expansive — full of exclusive compilations, recorded liquids, and urban pull that keeps looping after the flip. Perfect for dusk listening, cassette-repeat evenings, or sitting with the water while the figures still gather.
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 Warmfield – The Pinder Watches the Flock
An exclusive track from my own upcoming compilation album Quiet Figures which premiers on the 26 of September. So there’s still time to goet an entry in. At the moment this is the opening track. Just because it’s that good.
Paul Broome’s parageography of the West Riding. Electronics and words. Entries still welcome until the 24th.
00:05:59 Heron & Crane – Kudzu Moon
Yet another exclusive track and the opener from the upcoming self released album “Migrations”
Celtic harp meets 80s new-age synth. Dave Gibson and Travis Kokas. Charlottesville and Columbus. Hibernator Gigs, 2 October. Antony Ryan of Pawpaw masters.
00:08:28 On Idyl – Solemn dreams diffracting beneath hushed currents
The fantstic global collective of artists known as Passed Recordings have just dropped a whopping 47 track water themed compilation. I’ll probably play most of them on the channel as I’m a sucker for recorded liquids.
Solemn dreams diffract beneath hushed currents. John Overturf of Bellingham. Passed Oceans water compilation. Forty-seven tracks. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
00:11:10 EBlo – The Journey
Yet another exclusive from yet another great 13 track compilation. This time Imaginary Norths Transmission 012.
releases September 18, 2026.
EBlo is from Malmö, Sweden.
00:13:53 Jupi/ter – +puzzle
From the self released album “Nights”. Cheers Alex for sending this in.
Alex Glynn. Field recordings, effected guitars, analogue synths and evolving sequences. Chihei Hatakeyama masters.
00:17:07 Heavens Spin Gray – Mane Nobiscum
The last track of Side A and new artist for me. From the self released album “Imminence”. Cheers to the artist Shawn Garvey for sending me a code for this yesterday. Sustained tones and slow pressure of arrival.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:27:23 BUNKR – Eternal Cities
Another exclusive by a good friend of the show and a contributer to my upcoming Quiet Figures compilation. From the EP “signs”. Dropping on VLSI Records on September 18. Hypnotic loops and urban pull.
00:35:16 Christian Schwöbel – Sturm im Wasserglas
Here’s another damp entry from that Passed Recordings compilation Passed Oceans.
Experimental ambient drone producer from Berlin, Germany.
00:39:20 Moonlit Workhouse/Persephonic Sprawl – The Button
From a little retro dystopian gem of a self release titled Despair/Hope EP. Which sees light of day on September 18. The artist Greg Wye sent me a physical cassette of this a couple of weeks ago and it’s been on repeat pretty much since then. Ghost voices, desolate dub, then ambient space meditation. 18 September. Persephonic Audio.
00:43:15 Celestial Echoes – Verona
More water you say? Of course. Here’s another Passed Oceans entry.
CelestialEchoes an ambient project by Morteza Jahangiri from Bielefeld, Germany
00:45:55 Jason Chaffee – Tidal Swell
The fifth exclusive of the episode and another one from that Imaginary North Transmission 012 release. Atmospheric rock toward The Weight of the Sky.
00:48:44 John Louis Kluck – Cyber Space
The final piece of episode 304 of Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Released on the Ambient Cat Label.
Soft pulses and distant echoes. Dionisaf designs the cover.
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 304.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 301
Listen to the show via this link.
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-301/
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.
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.
Today, Wednesday the 9th of September 2026 I’m in Dublin Ireland for my parents 65th wedding anniversary celebrations.
A twilight, slightly modular ambient journey through forgotten breath, moon gardens, and new constellations.
Side A opens in Zürich intimate forgetting and Berlin blue hour, then dips through Kansas-Welsh dream remix, coastal winter voices, Portland octophobic pulse, and Ostrava time-observation. Side B lifts into Amsterdam glowing trails, Bristol granular blue, a Home Normal moon garden, Melbourne tribute to Carme, a February ambient waltz, and a Preston snowflake preview.
Overall mood: Melancholic, textural, and quietly luminous — full of exclusive transmissions, tape-like processing, and small rooms opening onto larger weather. Perfect for blue hour, deep listening, or sitting still while the winter mix keeps breathing for you.
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.
00:01:16 Ryefield Society – I keep on forgetting to breathe
Exclusive from Imaginary North Transmission 012. Zürich intimate ambient. Melancholic melody, abstract texture, downtempo pulse. Chad Skinner masters. Mitch Burke paints the cover.
00:06:32 Hellbach – Blaue Stunde
Second exclusive from the same Transmission. Berlin atmospheric electronics settle into twilight colour.
00:15:25 millicow – Dream Within A Dream (bleepeater remix)
Kansas City modular spirit meets Welsh harmonic wizardry. Rap, synthwave, metal and poetry translate into psychedelic trance.
00:16:55 Noodle Therapy – The Dip
Brighton’s Dan Porter with Dennis White. Coastal, rural and woodland recordings meet modular discovery. Winter mix. Voices appear and vanish.
00:19:43 CONDITION HUMAN – Octophobic
Charles Terhune’s Portland hard electronica. Rave, acid and techno tendencies. Four lengthy pieces. Michael Southard masters.
00:27:07 blochemy – aure
Third exclusive of the episode. Ostrava synthesizer, guitar, environmental recordings and tape-like processing. Observation of time. Whitelabrecs, 19 September.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:32:12 Frank Pels – New Constellation
Amsterdam Sweelinck graduate. Glowing synth trails and weightless harmony. Infinite Seconds as first ambient release. Dionisaf designs the cover.
00:35:24 Trem 77 – Blue Shines Through (Granular Matter Mix Strings Mix)
Bristol sandpainting audio. Henrik Meierkord’s treated strings. Powdery modulated dust. Travellers between stations.
00:37:38 midorinozu – moon garden
Mike Cottone and Tim Diagram. Blurred electronics and organic texture. Home Normal, Ian Hawgood mastering, 25 September.
00:41:13 Arcane Trickster – Carme
Melbourne psytrance roots into ambient and downtempo. Damiano Verna, Christopher Innes, John Crombie. Immersive Love tribute to 2000s netlabels.
00:48:15 SigEnt – FebAmbWaltz
UK artist with Intellitronic Bubble and Neo Ouija credits. FORM@ first appearance. Eisei Yorimitsu selects.
00:51:44 Pyramid Eyes – Snowflake
Joel Stanier’s Lowness EP. Preston rooms. Stephen James Buckley masters. Preview of the 2 October album.
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 301.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 296
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-296/
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 cosmic, slightly archival ambient journey through uncharted quadrants, greenhouse arks, and nine worlds below.
Side A drifts from exclusive galactic isolation and catalystic dreaming into a lumbering poem-machine, last-forest arks, Portuguese hardware colour, and hymns that give everything they have. Side B opens in guitar-and-harmony tranquility, then moves through Kosmische hover, shadow-planet rework, Niflhel depths, a vacation-light response, and ends in a slanted average where nothing needs proving.
Overall mood: Expansive, contemplative, and quietly generous — full of star-aimed memory, analogue drive, and safe mediocrity. Perfect for deep listening, late hours, or sitting still while the tape finds its own orbit.
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.
00:01:17 (EXCLUSIVE) deepspace – Atlas Minor – POLY=VISTAS
An exclusive track. unknown release date. on Projekt Records.
deepspace – Atlas Minor – POLY=VISTAS. Mirko Ruckels drifts through uncharted galactic quadrants. Brisbane rooms send German-born space-ambient into exclusive cosmic isolation.
00:07:55 Ancient Astronaut – Catalystic Mind
Ancient Astronaut – Catalystic Mind. Atmospheric electronic soundscapes open for relaxation and dreaming. Half the proceeds travel to Ekukhanyeni’s early-childhood work in South Africa.
00:11:17 Le Morte d’Abby – A Poem
Le Morte d’Abby – A Poem. Acid-based skitter and dueling melodies move at one hundred and thirty bpm. Forlorn pads give way to a lumbering Miyazaki machine of metal-on-wood.
00:18:29 vOLKER rAPP – The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave
vOLKER rAPP – The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave. ARP 2600 and SEM colours from a 1974 television memory. Greenhouse domes hold Earth’s last forests among Trumbull stars.
00:24:17 Cool Science – Tenshin
Cool Science – Tenshin. Portuguese Polysix, Minilogue XD, Digitone, Digitakt and Syntakt join SLIT ART.
00:30:04 rec – giving you all i got
rec – giving you all i got. Hymns for a fading world gather handprints on dust. Shared memory aims at the stars.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:34:52 (EXCLUSIVE) James McKeown – Tranquility
James McKeown – Tranquility. After eight years as Hawksmoor, acoustic and electric guitars meet layered synths. Cloud of Unknowing carries intimate vocal harmony toward 25 September.
00:37:38 Conrad Schnitzler – 2:08
Conrad Schnitzler – 2:08. Melodies hover. Layers move with Kosmische drive. Flip-Flap and Fonodroom send CON’s focused energy outward.
00:39:33 Brandon Locher – Rahu Ketu (Salvatore Mercatante Rework)
Brandon Locher – Rahu Ketu (Salvatore Mercatante Rework). A 264-day planetary cycle. Shadow planets drawn in ink and coloured pencil. Taylor Deupree mastering.
00:44:42 Lee Anthony Norris & Árni Grétar – Into All Of The Nine Worlds Below Niflhel
Into All Of The Nine Worlds Below Niflhel. A fifty-minute piece yields this excerpt. Futuregrapher’s Icelandic ambient and techno presence remains in the mix.
00:52:03 Gareth Jones – 53_StOlaves : Response
Gareth Jones – 53_StOlaves : Response. Impermanence understood as transformation. A spontaneous reply to Catharsis, vacation light on the photograph.
01:01:27 (EXCLUSIVE) Mike Hans STEFFL – slanted average
An exclusive track. Release date September 2nd, 2026 on the AURAL FILMS label.
Mike Hans STEFFL – slanted average. Berlin School and ambient tones explore mediocrity as a safe space. Sounds envelop. You need prove nothing here.
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 296.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 293
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-293/
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 gentle, dream-facing ambient journey through insectile moonlight, library warmth, and far-shore destinations.
Side A weaves moonflower percussion and analogue arrival into placid Italian night, New Mexico autumn weather, infinite healing time, and a lullaby held behind rain-glass. Side B opens with a whistle toward emotion, then settles into open dusk sky, eleven minutes of analogue hope, close string resonance, a voyage to Beta Virginis, and memory finding water again.
Overall mood: Soft, hopeful, and quietly celestial — full of dusk light, small window-reflections, and patient unfolding. Perfect for twilight listening, falling asleep, or sitting with what still waits on the far shore.
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.
00:01:17 Polypores – Moonflower
Polypores – Moonflower. Tenor recorder, guitars, piano, drums, kalimba and homemade percussion weave insectile textures. Loose slack layers build dense walls of melody dedicated to Violet.
00:05:36 The British Stereo Collective – Arrival
The British Stereo Collective – Arrival. Benny and Björn’s melody becomes analogue library light among other covered transmissions.
00:07:44 Piero Umiliani – Placida Notte
Piero Umiliani – Placida Notte. Fantasy, the lost Telesound chapter, returns on the composer’s centenary. Analogue synthesizers, light orchestration and smooth rhythms share one playful science-and-nature dream.
00:10:49 Heron & Crane – Over Autumn
Heron & Crane – Over Autumn. Clouds hover above New Mexico desert. Celtic harp, new-age synth, lap steel and Moog sequence travel from Charlottesville to Columbus in all-instrumental weather.
00:13:32 ALURIA – Infinite Time
ALURIA – Infinite Time. Healing soundscapes make their FORM@ debut on SLIT ART, opening an original worldview.
00:20:49 Lab’s Cloud – Lullaby for Dreamers
Lab’s Cloud – Lullaby for Dreamers. Rain, snow, wind and twilight move outside the glass. Interior warmth holds ethereal textures and small window-reflections.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:26:48 Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – The whistle
Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – The whistle. Strings and atmospheric new-age tones invite each listener toward their own emotion.
00:29:58 The Green Kingdom – Open Sky
The Green Kingdom – Open Sky. Softly processed piano, reverb-soaked guitar and sampled textures settle into airy dusk. Vespera names the hour.
00:33:35 Circuit3 – The Hope
Circuit3 – The Hope. Peter Fitzpatrick and Vince Clarke build an eleven-minute melodic drone landscape. Analogue machines carry notebook fragments into spacious instrumental light.
00:43:38 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Viriää
Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Viriää. Violin and viola meet subtle synthesizer undercurrents. Slowly unfolding structures of timbre and resonance keep acoustic closeness.
00:46:06 Thaneco – Destination Beta Virginis
Thaneco – Destination Beta Virginis. Minimoog, Matriarch, Eurorack and mellotron voices soundtrack tau approaching zero. Bluish-green vegetation waits at the far shore of a new bang.
00:55:26 Teatre – Memory
Teatre – Memory. Amulet of Tears gathers the piece as a dry life finding water again.
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 293.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 288
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-288/
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 quiet, city-tinged ambient journey through perpetual urban grids, eternal depths, and the soft machinery of passing years.
Side A locks everyday Koenji sounds into rhythm, then opens through cello harmonics, Saturn wings, impenetrable fog, Manchester distance, and autumn-orange strings. Side B settles into shed-piano birdsong, moments held in arms, calm pieces, inner recovery landscapes, laundry-line breath, and a paper machine marking quiet growth.
Overall mood: Contemplative, gently textured, and intimate — blending urban observation with personal stillness and soft analogue warmth. Perfect for focused listening, late evenings, or sitting with the ordinary as it slowly transforms.
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.
00:03:28 Nonturn – Perpetual
Koenji fragments lock onto a 96 BPM grid. Nonturn – Perpetual. Traffic signals, footsteps, air conditioners and passing cars become rhythm and texture. The everyday city turns into a private miniature world of repeating surfaces.
00:10:03 Jupi/ter – 13 (feat. Henrik Meierkord, Sole Gipp Ossler)
Thirteen rises with cello and additional voices. Jupi/ter – 13 (feat. Henrik Meierkord, Sole Gipp Ossler). Tones stretch and interweave across open harmonic space.
00:15:58 Brannan Lane – Wings of Saturn
Wings of Saturn fold space for instantaneous travel. Brannan Lane – Wings of Saturn. Vast evolving soundscapes open for relaxation, focus and faster-than-light passage through distorted fabric.
00:18:28 Field Lines Cartographer – Eternal Depths
Eternal depths descend in impenetrable fog. Field Lines Cartographer – Eternal Depths. Blackness holds the gaze. Helicopter noise drifts overhead while a mug shatters like a pistol shot in the eclipsed room. Secrets remain unanswered.
00:25:22 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Distance
Distance opens in colourful cascades of keys and pads. Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Distance. Crystalline percussion and radiant bass carry melodies of love, memories and acceptance across a Manchester skyline.
00:27:59 Trem 77 – Autumn Orange Spectrum (Strings Mix)
Autumn orange spectrum paints with treated strings. Trem 77 – Autumn Orange Spectrum (Strings Mix). Sandpaper distortion and powdery modulated dust turn sound into tangible grain. Forms stay in perpetual transience while Henrik Meierkord’s strings leave the final auditory thought.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:36:34 Josaleigh Pollett – Shed Piano, Birds
Shed piano and birds gather in Salt Lake and Osaka light. Josaleigh Pollett – Shed Piano, Birds. Voices layer across folk-tinged electronic pop. Experimentation and songwriting open spaces for the listener to enter.
00:38:26 mRn – Cada Momento En Tus Brazos
Cada momento stays held in your arms. mRn – Cada Momento En Tus Brazos. Soft currents of presence move without hurry.
00:41:36 Calm Pieces – Dodes’ka-den
Dodes’ka-den arrives as calm pieces. Calm Pieces – Dodes’ka-den. Quiet motion settles into patient listening.
00:44:30 survey channel – Inner Landscape
Inner landscape traces a cycle of recovery. survey channel – Inner Landscape. Atmospheric exploration breaks free from feedback loops toward genuine stillness.
00:49:37 Hiroaki Yamamoto – Breath
Breath moves between laundry lines. Hiroaki Yamamoto – Breath. Sheets, shirts and socks hang as an alphabet of ordinary things. Wind brushes the threads. A leaf has not yet decided where to fall. Day and night leave their scent on the bare lines.
00:52:22 hershel – paper machine for the passing years
A paper machine marks the passing years. hershel – paper machine for the passing years. Processed guitars, piano and cassette recordings blur into fluid forms. Small silent steps carry personal growth and quiet realisation.
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 288.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 287
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-287/
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 dynamic, slightly nocturnal ambient and experimental journey through elephant rhythms, fractured breakbeats, quiet shade, and slowly fading stars.
Side A moves from South Indian folk-electronic dance and spare war circuits into darkstep fractures, live trio gravity, breath stuck in buffer, and compact chip energy. Side B opens across inland oceans and modular comfort, then rises through live fire, soul-deep space, red-kite aerials, and ends as the stars go out one by one.
Overall mood: Textured, restless, and quietly expansive — blending rhythmic intensity with reflective stillness and cosmic closure. Perfect for late-night listening, focused immersion, or following the slow turning of the tape.
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.
00:00:00 Sunken Cages – Elephant Dance
An elephant dance unfolds through South Indian folk colours and electronic drums. Sunken Cages – Elephant Dance. Dark synths, drones and industrial textures resynthesize into deconstructed club motion. Voices and remixes from across the globe rise as fire brought to the rhythm.
00:10:51 Alex Ringess – War
Minimal circuits pulse under the title of war. Alex Ringess – War. Three or four instruments hold the space. Project files from Analog Abstractions carry the same mix forward in spare luminous lines.
00:17:50 Captive Portal – This minus five (Protuberance darkstep remix)
Darkstep breakbeats fracture and reform. Captive Portal – This minus five (Protuberance darkstep remix). Lush pads from oldschool rave meet atmospheric drum and bass and experimental breaks, each layer covering another band of the spectrum.
00:23:46 Slate Trio – BS7
Guitar, drums and bass lock into BS7. Slate Trio – Neil Smith, Matthew Jones, Alex Heane. Three voices move together in live trio gravity.
00:33:15 Substak – Breath stuck in buffer
Sunlight retreats while long shadows dance at the base of a tree. Substak – Breath stuck in buffer. Memories linger among colours that wait for morning. Quiet things sleep in the cradle of shade.
00:36:46 Danny Playamaqui – Chip
Chip fragments scatter across broken beats and saboteur sweetness. Danny Playamaqui – Chip. Noise, basses, synths and hall atmospheres pack into compact X4 motion, Plaza del Sol energy glowing in the mix.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:43:46 Eric Angelo Bessel – Seagull
A seagull rides above a hidden inland ocean. Eric Angelo Bessel – Seagull. Familiar roads, weathered shorelines and forgotten infrastructure reveal unexpected connections. Eighteen compositions invite wandering among landmarks that have always waited beyond recognition.
00:47:09 Ricardo M. Peixoto – comfort
Comfort arrives through modular skin and tape loops. Ricardo M. Peixoto – comfort. Field recordings and generative chaos balance harmony with rhythm. Silence is sculpted into shared sonic connections.
00:54:57 Anam Gu Anam – Feu
Fire opens in live improvised heat. Anam Gu Anam – Feu. Electronica, ambient and experimental palettes capture a unique moment. Each take remains a personal explorative soundscape.
01:01:51 John Louis Kluck – Soul Deep
Soul deep space drifts through shifting forms. John Louis Kluck – Soul Deep. Soft pulses and distant echoes hover like quiet constellations, sculpting weightless horizons.
01:08:26 CRSY – red kite aerial
A red kite hangs in aerial current. CRSY – red kite aerial. Wings cut slow circles through open sky.
01:10:52 Grey Malkin – One By One, The Stars Are Slowly Going Out
Stars go out one by one as the tides of time come in. Grey Malkin – One By One, The Stars Are Slowly Going Out. A bridge of light leaps from earth to the unknown shore. Arthur Machen’s gulf yawns, then spans.
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 286.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 286
https://www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-286/
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. Episode 286. 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 tender, slightly wondrous ambient journey through closed-eye geometries, night markets, living systems, and working-class fanfares.
Side A rearranges itself behind the eyelids, then drifts through Toronto lanterns, cello architecture, space-IDM bloom, pre-language fingertips, and a well of the world. Side B opens with Ramsgate vocal collage and gentle signs, holds the line, raises a fanfare for the working man, conjures pagan stones among the Weaver Hills, and ends with a star-song demo from the cliff top.
Overall mood: Warm, curious, and quietly celebratory — mixing intimate care, city-night haze, and nostalgic industrial glow. Perfect for late evenings, headphones, or sitting still while things change behind closed eyes.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,117 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.
00:03:39 Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change
Eyelids close and the air rearranges itself. Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change. Colours fold inward, surfaces soften, and new geometries rise in the dark behind the lids.
00:07:48 Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market
Night market stalls glow under Toronto streetlamps. Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market. Ambient currents drift between lanterns and late-hour voices, each tone shaped by the city’s quiet corners.
00:10:41 arc rae – I See You
Cello and voice fragments reassemble into living architecture. arc rae – I See You. Improvised performances become collaged motifs, generative textures and tactile beats discovering their own shape in real time.
00:12:47 Andy Wiseman – Thrust
Thrust carries seventeen space-IDM voices into one amorphous bloom of earcandy. Andy Wiseman – Thrust. Composition after composition opens in phantasmic sequence, each reason to listen arriving already luminous.
00:19:45 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips
Fingertips brush the first possible encounter with sound. Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips. Tenderness and experiment meet as lullaby, ambient composition and care, music made to accompany a listener before language.
00:22:50 Green-House – Well of the World
A well of the world opens in joyous layered synthesis. Green-House – Well of the World. Melody and harmonics helix together. Kaleidoscopic guitar, bubbling synths and orchestral radiance mimic larger living systems, droplets magnifying Yosemite and Inyo into auditory microcosms of wonder.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:29:59 Lone Bison – Vocal Collage
Voices sampled and sung form a collage beside the Ramsgate sea. Lone Bison – Vocal Collage. Hydrasynth textures pack into concise songs, wonky piano loops and groove-based jams rising from park recordings and garage-rock guitar.
00:33:53 Mea Poulpa – Signs
Gentle rhythms and textured samples settle into signs. Mea Poulpa – Signs. Slow tempos, subtle electronics and acoustic guitar create relaxing soundscapes for concentration and meditation.
00:36:02 luxury elite – thank you for holding
Hold music stretches into open waiting space. luxury elite – thank you for holding. Soft tones remain on the line, glowing in patient presence.
00:37:16 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man
A fanfare rises for the working man among late-seventies chimneys. Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man. Prophet synths and reverb celebrate coal, chemicals and cars. Industry glows in nostalgic electronica looking forty years forward.
00:38:05 Geology Disco – Distant Point
Distant points appear among Weaver Hills and dark woods. Geology Disco – Distant Point. Harmonium, accordion, woodwinds, guitar and percussion mix with electronics and field recordings. Monolithic stones and ancient caves conjure pagan memory in Wootton under Wever.
00:45:12 Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo)
The Iron Man reaches the cliff top while stars begin their song. Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo). Microkorg, Maschine, Odyssey and Minilogue voices soundtrack the outsider who saves the world, Mrs Moore’s desk-climbing dragon still vivid in the telling.
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 286.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 285
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-285/
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. Episode 285. 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.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,115 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.
A grounded yet otherworldly ambient journey through suburban roots, dissolving melodies, secret stones, and unravelled dreams.
Side A takes root in overlooked verges and massive voltage, then unfolds along early analogue paths, melting gestures, nights of silver tears, and Leeds-cloud haze. Side B opens into celestial mediumship and the hidden life of stones, then moves through whispering figures, closed-eye warmth, Lovecraftian walking, and a dream seen that day.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly melancholic, and richly textured — blending organic observation, analogue warmth, and quiet mystery. Perfect for deep listening, late-night walks, or sitting still while the world slowly unravels.
The tape unspools its visions.
Side A
00:03:28 ambalek – Roots
Overlooked suburban corners reveal themselves in slow photographic light. ambalek – Roots. Nature’s small moments gather among fences and quiet verges, each observation taking root in soft organic colour.
00:07:43 Baldocaster & Prog Mountain – Massive Dynamic
Massive shapes pulse with dynamic voltage. Baldocaster & Prog Mountain – Massive Dynamic. Sonic architecture rises in heavy luminous blocks that shift and reassemble under their own gravity.
00:09:38 Analogue Path – Post Rock 001
Early exploratory paths open across analogue ground. Analogue Path – Post Rock 001. Guitar tones and evolving textures mark the first stretches of a long road still unfolding ahead.
00:13:45 Arbee – Se fondre
Modular snippets of melody dissolve into one another. Arbee – Se fondre. Unnoticed actions and quiet gestures texture the air. Details surface at their own pace, inviting deep immersion.
00:16:15 TREVØR – Night of a Thousand Tears
A thousand tears fall through night-coloured air. TREVØR – Night of a Thousand Tears. Each drop catches and releases light, turning sorrow into a rain of silver points.
00:24:07 Adel Music Club – Melt the Clouds
Leeds jams from the early nineties melt the clouds above. Adel Music Club – Melt the Clouds. Assorted tunes recorded in various rooms rise through a photographic slide bought at the outdoor market, the sky itself softening into warm analogue haze.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
Side B
00:25:19 Aglaia – Mediumship
Celestial altitudes open in peaceful hypnotic currents. Aglaia – Mediumship. Processed acoustic instruments and subtle electronics weave a mysterious mandala. Consciousness flies through boundless spaces, receiving rather than transmitting, as sponges, anemones and particle clouds dominate the descent.
00:41:32 Walt Shaw – The secret life of stones
Stones keep their secret life among constructed percussion. Walt Shaw – The secret life of stones. Pebbles roll inside bowls and cans. Gongs, springs, saw blades, glass and metal plates vibrate under contact microphones. Accidents become rich textures, blood wiped away, the unexpected harnessed into drones and decay.
00:45:33 Cries from the LTN – Caggy’s Jam
Silent figures whisper through Caggy’s jam. Cries from the LTN – Caggy’s Jam. Hidden mysteries unravel in the compositions that shadow us, each narrative rising from the Quiet Figures still gathering.
00:56:12 Six Missing – Eyes Closed
Eyes close while vintage analogue warmth holds the listener. Six Missing – Eyes Closed. Synths and guitars chosen for heart and human touch accompany late nights, travel and smaller details. One self passes into another in quiet accepted motion.
00:58:50 Almost Random – I walk whilst the world Unravelled
The world unravels while a walker moves through Lovecraftian mists. Almost Random – I walk whilst the world Unravelled. Celephais docks give way to Kingsport fog and forgotten cities in eastern sands. Eurorack voices lead the procession under a lecturer’s gaze.
01:03:29 Silentwave – The dream I saw that day
A dream seen that day returns as improvised drone. Silentwave – The dream I saw that day. Soft luminous layers drift in open oneiric space.
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 285.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 278
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-278/
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. Episode 278. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark. Whether you’re ready or not.
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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporating their work into an incantation of sorts.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,107 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.
A free-flowing, reflective ambient journey through sensory electronics, memory, and quiet personal growth.
Side A moves from biological-electrical parallels and anisotropic expansion into lo-fi peace, earth-toned experiments, momentary swells, and one-note joy. Side B drifts through early-synth sci-fi, molecular machinery, endless Ukrainian fields, youthful better ways, fluttering reassurance, and pleasant loss at C.
Overall mood: Contemplative, warm, and gently expansive — balancing scientific curiosity with emotional depth and soft analogue comfort. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or peaceful immersion.
Side A
Veins of living light pulse through a lattice of roots and circuit traces. The British Stereo Collective – Bloodrush. Biological pathways merge with electrical grids in a continuous glowing network. Neurological rivers flow into digital rivers. Sequencer patterns rise in free-form currents of sensory electronics, carrying the entire landscape forward in one unbroken surge of warm voltage.
Space stretches in every direction at unequal speeds. Ty Lumnus – Anisiotropic Expansion. Horizons lengthen into luminous corridors of shifting density. Particles drift along invisible axes, forming soft geometric clouds that keep expanding outward in quiet anisotropic bloom.
A solitary figure walks away from a city of fading neon into open starfields. LoveKrafty – Peace Out. Lo-fi cassette warmth coats every surface in soft analog grain. The path opens into a junkie space opera of surreal colour, where the traveller follows a new trajectory through swirling planetary dust and glowing debris fields.
Earth pigments swirl across an endless canvas of evolving texture. Analogue Path – Tempera Terra. Early exploratory tones layer themselves into rich mineral hues. The road ahead unfolds as a long sequence of warm analogue colours, each one revealing another stretch of open sonic ground.
A tide of soft harmony drifts across misted water. M. Cross Dougherty – Momentary. Melodic currents swell into pale horizons that dissolve at the edges. Every rise of the water carries deeper layers of luminous mist, the whole surface breathing in slow continuous motion.
A single pure note of C3 expands into thirty-one radiant nodes. aztechsounds – Nodes Of Infinite Joy. Each node blooms as its own complete world of infinite joy, all orbiting the shared frequency. The nodes rearrange themselves in endless new constellations, flowing seamlessly from one luminous form into the next.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
Side B
Vast synth environments open into deep-thought corridors of soft phosphorescence. Richard Francés – 2013. Early electronic clouds drift through sci-fi meditation chambers. Extraterrestrial light filters across Terry Riley-like cycles, creating a continuous pathway of inner and outer consciousness glowing in the same slow colour.
A complex molecular machine glides along a long strand of luminous code. Akinetic – Cryocoma. Protein structures read the intricate sequence with steady luminous precision. The entire cellular landscape unfolds as a quiet reading of infinite genetic light.
Endless fields stretch under a remembered Black Sea sky of liquid gold. Bohdan Stupak – endless fields. A low massive drone carries the horizon while high-pitched textures float above it in shifting emotional colours. Memory opens the fields into wider and wider expanses of warm drone light, ending in a soft closure of computer-generated bells and glowing crackles.
Small silent steps form a continuous path of fluid sound. hershel – Better way. Processed guitars and piano tones reshape themselves into new luminous forms. The landscape moves in gentle everlasting motion, each step revealing another layer of intimate hopeful atmosphere that keeps evolving forward.
A warm ambient blanket of soft fluttering echoes wraps the entire space. Ian Hawgood – Flutter Echo Refrain. Fourteen gentle layers of reassurance drift through the air in slow cascading waves. The echoes form a continuous field of transcendental calm that settles over everything in quiet luminous comfort.
The shared note of C expands into a pleasant drifting openness. BAK – Pleasantly lost at C. The frequency opens into wide soft territories where the listener floats among glowing harmonic islands, carried deeper into the pure tone with every slow turn of the current.
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 Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 278.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A
00:00:00 The British Stereo Collective – Bloodrush
Sensory electronic ambient drawing parallels between veins, roots, neural pathways and circuit boards. Intense, free-flowing, and richly textured.
00:05:19 Ty Lumnus – Anisiotropic Expansion
Expansive, directionally uneven ambient with subtle scientific tension and wide spatial growth. Cerebral and atmospheric.
00:12:15 LoveKrafty – Peace Out
Lo-fi, cassette-warmed ambient with surreal 70s/80s concept-album flavour and crunchy analogue comfort. Quirky and relaxed.
00:15:13 Analogue Path – Tempera Terra
Earth-toned exploratory ambient from early sonic experiments, soft and searching. Honest and grounded.
00:19:50 M. Cross Dougherty – Momentary
Drifting melodic ambient where soft harmonies blur into misty horizons. Gentle, swelling, and reflective.
00:22:15 aztechsounds – Nodes Of Infinite Joy
One-note ambient (C3) from a collective compilation, built around shared frequency and quiet joy. Minimal and uplifting.
Side B
00:27:30 Richard Francés – 2013
Early-synth ambient recalling Tangerine Dream and Terry Riley, with sci-fi meditation and extraterrestrial calm. Expansive and pioneering.
00:30:50 Akinetic – Cryocoma
Molecular, DNA-reading ambient imagining a complex protein machine at work. Precise, intricate, and quietly scientific.
00:35:28 Bohdan Stupak – endless fields
Emotional drone-ambient reflecting on lost places and memory’s tricks — tension, hope, and eventual soothing closure. Poignant and deep.
00:38:20 hershel – Better way
Intimate, youthful ambient shaped by personal growth and quiet transformation. Soft, hopeful, and melancholic in equal measure.
00:41:20 Ian Hawgood – Flutter Echo Refrain
Warm, reassuring ambient with fluttering echoes and gentle curative presence. Comforting and transcendental.
00:46:41 BAK – Pleasantly lost at C
Softly disoriented ambient circling the same note with pleasant, drifting ease. Light and free.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 274
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-274/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve just pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 274. A twelve-track virtual cassette that flips itself at the halfway mark, whether you’re ready or not.
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 textured, slightly nocturnal ambient journey through quiet intensity, natural shifts, and digital calm.
Side A moves from prowling glass and sea changes into moonlight grass, barrel flowers, reduced beats, and deep geological time. Side B drifts through wormeries, rushing ascent, liquid amber circles, grid edges, digital meditation, and ends on an old road.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and gently dynamic — blending organic warmth with subtle tension and quiet modern stillness. Perfect for late-evening listening, deep focus, or peaceful immersion.
I’ll introduce Side A now. Side B will wait for the intermission, as is tradition.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,101 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers also receive the expanding series Veil Frequencies, recorded floor-by-floor inside the 24 buildings of a place called the Resonant Veil Enclave. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
Side A
On this episode you’ll hear the sprawling and inventive side-project of Suncastle’s George Evans and Kristofer Thomas aka Paris Texas who together call themselves Glass Roots. Yes it’s an older release from 2020 but as it’s on Triplicate records it means that it’s Name Your Price on Bandcamp. Which suits my unimployed world. Anyway the track is a stomping Idm piece titled “Panther Loud” from the album “The Idiot”. Go grab it for as little as you can.
Then a dose of slapped bass in a wonderful track titled “Sea Change” by friend of the shows Emily Sobool, aka Socool who has teamed up with Paul Griffin and released a collection of tunes under the name “Dreams & Riddles”
Next, another team up with Elizabeth Joan Kelly aka Orca and David Rodriguez aka Attack! with a highly original piece titled “Grass In The Moonlight” which is a great name so I think I’ll title this episode after it. It’s from a release out on the Mortality Tables label called, yes “Grass In The Moonlight”.
This will be followed by, would you believe it?, another duo in the form of Ali O’May and Frazer Brown as Dohnavùr and a captivating synth adventure titled “Flowers In The Barrel” from their latest release “We Owe Each Other Everything” which you can get on vinyl from that Castles In Space that’s in everyones library.
After that, not a another duo, o no, a Leeds based act of unknown numbers. Active between 1993-1994 called Adel Music Club. You’ll be treated to some sweet drum breaks and bongos or highly tuned congas in the track titled “Break Beats Nothing” from the release called “Golden Acres” out on the channel supporting FRBH Recordings.
Closing Side A is of course another duo. A name all of you know and are probably a bit tired of after this release. It is of course Boards of Canada with the wonderfully wobbly track “Deep Time” from their latest gem “Inferno”. That’s on vinyl in my collection and is available through Warp Records.
But first, to set the vibe: Glass Roots and Panther Loud.
Now settle in. Turn it up just a little. Let’s see where the tape takes us.
One side flip. Just the music.
Side B
Welcome back, sonic travellers. Six tracks down. Six still waiting.
You’ll hear a founder of Triplicate Records, Mr. Michael Southard aka Time Rival and an exclusive, I dare say, from his Bandcamp subscription library titled “Rush Up” from the album “stay safe out there“ which has an official release on the 2nd of October.
Then, speaking of Triplicate Records and their amazing back catalogue I’m playing Belial Pelegrim and an enchanting track titled “Circle of Liquid Ambers”. from the 2020 album “Torus”.
Next. No episode of TVCL would be complete without a dose of modular tweakings. We head to another channel supporting label Paris based Hylé Tapes and the artist Aurel Val with the track “Grid’s End” from the album “Mods-1”. Go grab one of the 7 remaining cassettes on Hylé Tapes.
Near the end we travel to Genoa, Italy with a downtempo summer vibe piece by artist Brioskj titled “Digital Meditation” from the EP The Persuaders! And that’s another Name Your Price release from Finlands finest label: Kahvi Collective.
And finally, a real exclusive track from a true friend of the show. A gentleman fond of words and espicially dialects. Mr. Graham Thorpe who of course is better know as gribbles at least for now. Keep an eye out for upcoming stuff in his own name. Anyway I’m playing a Lemon Jelly flavoured track titled “Owd Roa (Part)” from an upcoming release titled “Agatewards” dropping on boutique label Yellowbelly Records on the 4th of September. Keep an eye out for that.
But first, another exclusive, that makes three for this episode! That deserves a subscription from someone out there does it not?
Anyway, this is an amazing piece of audio art by Imogen Haley Baker who calls herself Enofa, and a rather haunted track titled “The Wormery” from an album called “Small Modernist House in Woodland Setting” which was sent to me by the wonderful Dan Seville, who runs the equally wonderful Subexotic Records. That will be released on double LP black vinyl from the 14th of August. According to the blurb for this release, Imogen made close to a hundred different pieces of music. A lot of htem, she says, will probably stay on her hard drive for decades. Well if you’re listening Imogen, yoou could enter one in for my quiet figures compilation.
Anyway
Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Glass Roots – Panther Loud
Bold, prowling ambient with glass-edged intensity and quiet predatory presence. Atmospheric and sleek.
00:08:06 Paul Griffin x Socool – Sea Change
Transformative, oceanic ambient with shifting tides and collaborative depth. Fluid and reflective.
00:11:25 Orca, Attack! – Grass In The Moonlight
Nocturnal, moonlit ambient with soft grass textures and quiet natural wonder. Serene and evocative.
00:14:18 Dohnavùr – Flowers in the Barrel
Stark, bittersweet ambient placing fragile blooms against hard containers. Poignant and restrained.
00:19:27 Adel Music Club – Break Beats Nothing
Playful, rhythmic ambient that reduces breaks to their quietest essence. Minimal and quirky.
00:21:09 Boards of Canada – Deep Time
Classic BoC deep-time haze with warped nostalgia and geological patience. Hypnotic and timeless.
Side B
00:28:01 Enofa – The Wormery
Earthy, composting ambient with slow organic breakdown and quiet soil life. Grounded and curious.
00:32:17 Time Rival – Rush Up
Urgent, ascending ambient with quickening motion and soft forward pull. Dynamic and hopeful.
00:35:00 Belial Pelegrim – Circle of Liquid Ambers
Warm, circular ambient with molten amber flow and elegant, looping beauty. Rich and immersive.
00:38:58 Aurel Val – Grid’s End
Precise, terminal ambient reaching the edge of structured space. Clean and contemplative.
00:41:04 Brioskj – Digital Meditation
Quiet, screen-soft ambient designed for digital stillness and soft focus. Calm and modern.
00:45:25 gribbles – Owd Roa (Part)
https://www.yellowbellyrecords.co.uk/
Regional, weathered ambient with old-road character and gentle English texture. Nostalgic and grounded.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, due 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.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 271
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-271/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve just pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 271. A twelve-track virtual cassette that flips itself at the halfway mark, whether you’re ready or not.
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 reflective, slightly mysterious ambient journey through memory, floating worlds, and quiet observation.
Side A drifts from cello warmth and barking flowers into micro-drones, memory death, and floating liminality. Side B moves through ghosts, watchful figures, dusty relics, field-recorded nostalgia, watery reflections, and ends in Borges-inspired shadow.
Overall mood: Contemplative, nostalgic, and gently enigmatic — full of soft transitions and quiet emotional depth. Perfect for late-night listening, deep focus, or peaceful solitude.
I’ll introduce Side A now. Side B will wait for the intermission, as is tradition.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,095 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers also receive the expanding series Veil Frequencies, recorded floor-by-floor inside the 24 buildings of a place called the Resonant Veil Enclave. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
Side A
On this episode you’ll hear Stockholm cellist Henrik Meierkord teaming up with Indian artist Suseti for the title track “Hilate” from their latest name-your-price release.
Then Rotterdam’s Ard Janssen, better known as Ard Bit, guides us through surrender and introspection with “Barking Flowers” from the album Juxtaposed. That’s out on Dronarivm’s side hustle DƎЯRDE.
Next, the trio of Zach Frizzell, Kaiton Slusher and James Clements — zakè, Ossa and ASC — open their remarkable album Microliths and Momentary Drifts with the delicate “Microlith 1”.
After that, a piece from Boards of Canada’s Inferno: the quietly devastating “Memory Death”, out on Warp Records of course.
Then a collaboration between Tomotsugu Nakamura and David Cordero: the floating “Ukiyo” (floating world) from the album Aware 哀れ which in Japanese translates as pity or sorrow. Thats out on the wonderful Home Normal label.
Closing Side A is Venezuelan artist Angelo Sanellix together with Mexican producer Justin Ortiz (as SpoonBeats), offering liminal ambience in “long time ago” from the album Distant Particles, released on the prolific Stockholm label Valley View Records.
But first, the opening track of the cassette: Henrik Meierkord & Suseti with “Hilate”.
Now settle in. Turn it up just a little. Let’s see where the tape takes us.
One side flip. Just the music.
Side B
Welcome back, sonic travellers. Six tracks down. Six still waiting.
You’ll hear one of the strongest supporters of this channel — Gareth Evans, known here as HDRF — with an exclusive track from the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures (out 26 September). His piece is the wonderfully titled “Mr Baines (Is Watching You)”.
Then Scottish modular artist and Dustopian Frequencies curator Everyday Dust offers “Maria” from his latest album The Relic Room.
Next, Chesapeake, Virginia’s Ryan Watts (Akira Film Script), a long-time friend of the library and contributor to The Mystery of the Night. Here he brings the heavily field-recorded “N6-79” from Over Exposure on Driftworks. Shout-out to Andrew Heath for keeping that label so consistently excellent.
Near the end we drift through elemental sensations with Intact Veils (Kraków) and “Image of Water” from the album Saint Imago, released on The Artificial Pine.
And finally, Paul Haslinger and Christian Wittman close the tape with “Elogio de La Sombra” (In Praise of Shadow) from their album Borges — an immersive soundscape into the world of Jorge Luis Borges — on their own label NOION Music.
But first, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Derrick Stembridge, better known as Drifting In Silence and here as Unknowndivide, opens Side B with the drifting drones and IDM glitches of “Ghost” from the album Existence on Labile Records.
Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – Hilate
Warm, cello-led ambient with soft Indian-tinged textures and gentle emotional depth. Intimate and luminous.
00:07:15 Ard Bit – Barking Flowers
Surreal, introspective ambient with organic oddity and a sense of quiet surrender. Curious and atmospheric.
00:09:55 zakè, Ossa, ASC – Microlith 1
Delicate, micro-detailed drone ambient with crystalline fragments and patient, drifting beauty. Precise and immersive.
00:10:52 Boards of Canada – Memory Death
Classic BoC nostalgia laced with quiet finality and warped analogue haze. Haunting and bittersweet.
00:13:17 Tomotsugu Nakamura & David Cordero – Ukiyo
Floating, transient ambient (ukiyo = floating world) with soft Japanese-Spanish elegance and gentle suspension.
00:16:22 SanelliX & SpoonBeats – long time ago
Liminal, memory-soaked ambient with distant warmth and soft, half-remembered atmosphere. Melancholic and spacious.
Side B
00:20:05 Unknowndivide – Ghost
Drifting drones with subtle IDM glitches and spectral presence. Ethereal and quietly restless.
00:26:05 HDRF – Mr Baines (Is Watching You)
Warm, slightly watchful ambient with community spirit and gentle narrative intrigue. Comforting yet mysterious.
00:32:39 Everyday Dust – Maria
Modular, relic-like ambient with dusty textures and quiet emotional weight. Atmospheric and intimate.
00:37:08 Akira Film Script – N6-79
Field-recording rich ambient captured with cassette warmth and domestic nostalgia. Personal and comforting.
00:45:02 Intact Veils – Image of Water
Elemental, reflective ambient with fluid, mirrored textures and soft emotional clarity. Serene and contemplative.
00:48:29 Paul Haslinger, Christian Wittman – Elogio de La Sombra
Literary, shadow-praising ambient inspired by Borges — deep, enigmatic, and richly atmospheric. Profound closer.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, due 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.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 264
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-264/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 264. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A contemplative, atmospheric ambient journey through gravity, trapped moments, and fiery elements.
Side A drifts from weightless lapses and arcane nights into sinister awakenings, amber preservation, and circular comfort. Side B shifts through nostalgic postcards, patterned cosiness, collaborative warmth, and ends on flame and dated reflection.
Overall mood: Introspective, melancholic, and quietly wondrous with a blend of darkness and gentle warmth. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or peaceful immersion.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 264 episodes as well as the 820 plus other shows whenever they like.
As a subscriber you also get access to my new series Veil Frequencies based on a fictional world I’ve created called The Resonant Veil Enclave. Each episode is around three hours and recorded from one of the floors from the 24 buildings in the veil. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by the trio of John Crombie, Christopher Innes, and Damiano Verna who together call themselves Arcane Trickster. I’ve chosen their latest single titled “Dead Of Night” which has just been released on Greek label Cosmicleaf Records.
This is followed by the track “Sinister Awakening” by Mantris from an album to get lost in titled “Echoes Of The Silver Screen” out on Bulgaria’s finest Mahorka label.
After that Edinburgh based modular artist Exit Chamber with the soothing piece “Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment” from the release “I Have Lied To You The Best I Can” which features remix work by some other channel friends including Asha Patera, Ed Herbers and Everyday Dust. Grab a digital copy on the Passed Recordings label.
The penultimate track of the first side of this virtual cassette is by French artist Anthony Elfort aka Toàn and the enchanting track “DEL 3” from the album titled “Solitarium” out on the fantastic whitelabrecs label.
Finishing off the first half is a track from the album Quieter by Robot Koch under his moniker Foam and Sand with a mix of analog synthesizers, live vibraphone, chimes, and bells in “Circle 62”. Get it at Jogging House curated label Seil Records.
But first, to set the vibe is Athens-based artist Kostas Staikos, better known as Substak with a deep and dark almost 15 minute piece titled “Gravity Lapse” which was made for Drone Day 2026 on grey clay radio.
Now 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.
Welcome to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear an artist I know nothing about except they are on the fantastic Passed Recordings 31 track compilation album 130.81. Here is Poloma with minimalist piece “Calico”.
Also an exclusive track in the collaboration of ambient giants David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi with the piano piece “Arzino” from their upcoming album “Night’s End” which will be available through the wonderful Home Normal label from the 24th of July.
After that a master of sunset music, Mark Barrott, with the track “Variation (I)” from the album “The Exit Diaries” and that’s out on the Anjunachill label.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of the shortest piece of the show clocking in at just 1:31 seconds but showing the amazing sound of Hannah Peel in the track “All They Had Was Fire” from the film soundtrack album Underland, and that’s out on the Rivertones label.
Finishing us off is Hylé Tapes curator Richard Francés with some minimalistic drone bliss in the track “11 Février 2024” from the album Afterwork III (Février 2024).
But first hailing from Koblenz, Germany, Oberlin with his Fender Telecaster and field-recordings on the track “Postcard #7” from the album Ambient Postcards, Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Substak – Gravity Lapse
Weightless, falling ambient with gravitational pull and delicate, lapsed motion. Hypnotic and ethereal.
00:18:35 Arcane Trickster – Dead Of Night
Mysterious, nocturnal ambient with arcane shadows and quiet, trickster tension. Haunting and atmospheric.
00:22:14 Mantris – Sinister Awakening
Dark, awakening ambient with sinister undertones and gradual, ominous emergence. Tense and immersive.
00:23:56 Exit Chamber – Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment
Frozen, amber-preserved ambient with stillness and poignant captured beauty.
00:27:12 Toàn – DEL 3
Minimal ambient with clean lines and quiet restraint. Precise and reflective.
00:30:31 Foam and Sand – Circle 62
Lush, circular ambient with granular warmth and endless, comforting loops. Radiant and meditative.
Side B
00:35:40 Oberlin – Postcard #7
Nostalgic, postcard ambient with distant, scenic warmth and gentle, mailed intimacy.
00:37:45 Poloma – Calico
Soft, patterned ambient with calico-like textures and warm, fabric-woven calm. Cosy and detailed.
00:41:28 David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi – Arzino
Delicate, place-specific ambient with Italian-inspired warmth and subtle, collaborative beauty.
00:43:52 Mark Barrott – Variation (I)
Subtle, Balearic-tinged ambient with warm variation and gentle, land-inspired elegance.
00:46:52 Hannah Peel – All They Had Was Fire
Fiery, elemental ambient with passionate intensity and a sense of sole reliance on flame. Dramatic and luminous.
00:47:58 Richard Francés – 11 Février 2024
Date-specific ambient capturing a personal February moment with reflective, diary-like intimacy.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 259
https://open.substack.com/pub/trevlad/p/trevs-virtual-cassette-library-259
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 259. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A gentle, seasonal, and introspective ambient journey through light, warmth, cold textures, and personal discovery.
Side A moves from first light and summer flames into quantum bindings, center-finding, and dated reflections. Side B shifts through cold textures, controlled growth, bubble fragility, speaking pebbles, and small waves.
Overall mood: Serene, contemplative, and quietly wondrous with a strong connection to nature and emotion. Perfect for deep relaxation, morning listening, or peaceful reflection.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast style episodes but I’ll do all the talking now in the intro as I’ve put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through the episode to give the “virtual cassette” title a meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few subscribers who get to enjoy the 259 episodes plus the 821 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for 3 quid. It used to be a coffee.
This episode is based on the wonderful modular bubblings in “Bound by Weak Interaction” by Glasgow based music maker Fraser Rowan aka “Ty Lumnus” from the release “Resonances in the Hidden Field” and that’s out on Astral Discs.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured, once again, by Adam Filip and the Future Sound of London vibe, pre-Christian Slavic ritualistic track “Summer Flame” from his release “The Returning Circle” and that’s out on the every present Cyclical Dreams label.
Stoke On Trents own Phil Heeks is back with his unmistakeable retro sci-fi adventures as The British Stereo Collective in “Bloodrush” from his latest release “ProtoSynthesis”.
Then the shortest piece for today comes from a rework of a Raúl Cantizano & David Cordero piece by Japanese artist, Haruhisa Tanaka with “Mi centro vine a encontrar” ‘I came to find my center.’ From the album ‘Even if the morning comes’. Aunque llegue la mañana · Refracted.
Ending the A side is composer and founder of Hylé Tapes, Richard Francés with some nice intimate sound diary with deep bass drones in the track “14 Octobre 2023 II” from the album “Afterwork II (Octobre 2023)”
Starting off Side B with some distorted drone blisters is the second choice from the Connection: sculpting silence compilation on Richard Francés Hylé Tapes label. This one from Berlin based, French artist, kritzkom titled “Texture of Cold”.
St. Cloud, Florida based Olio Flux brightens the view in “It’s All About Control (Instrumental)” from the NYP release “Selected Frequencies”.
Channel friend, Estonian artist, Paul Beaudoin soothes us with the micro sounds of “10th Cultivation” from his album “spores.dat” out on Audiobulb.
The third choice from the Connection: sculpting silence compilation comes in the form of cassette bliss “Shabondama” by Japans own Hiro Nakamura, aka, Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of the french ambient composer and improviser Tom Leclerc and a rather hopeful piece “the pebbles speak” the final choice from the Connection: sculpting silence compilation.
Finishing us off is the ever drifting wash of ´small waves’ Petites vagues from French Canadian artist Mathieu Lamontagne aka Arbee from his latest from the Chitra Records sub label Ambient Cat, Titled En vain.
But first, to set the vibe is modular sound artist, Milan based, Francesca Pavesi aka IDRA and the piece “First Light” from the compilation album that’s dominated this episode “Connection: sculpting silence” from the latest channel supporting label “Hylé Tapes”. Go check them out.
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 IDRA – First Light
Gentle, dawn-breaking ambient with soft, emerging light and hopeful, early-morning textures. Serene and uplifting.
00:09:38 Adam Filip – Summer Flame
Warm, flickering summer ambient with passionate, flame-like glow and seasonal heat. Radiant and lively.
00:13:20 The British Stereo Collective – Bloodrush
Energetic, rushing ambient with pulsing adrenaline and retro-futurist drive. Dynamic and thrilling.
00:18:08 Ty Lumnus – Bound by Weak Interaction
Subtle, particle-physics-inspired ambient with weak, binding forces and delicate, quantum elegance.
00:25:11 Haruhisa Tanaka – Mi centro vine a encontrar
Introspective, Spanish-titled ambient with a sense of finding one’s centre and warm, personal discovery.
00:26:43 Richard Francés – 14 Octobre 2023 II
Date-specific ambient capturing a personal October moment with reflective, diary-like intimacy.
Side B
00:35:49 Kritzkom – Texture of Cold
Crisp, cold-textured ambient with icy surfaces and wintry, tactile chill. Stark and immersive.
00:41:44 Olio Flux – It’s All About Control (Instrumental)
Structured, control-themed ambient with precise layers and a sense of managed flow. Focused and thoughtful.
00:45:32 Paul Beaudoin – 10th Cultivation
Patient, growth-oriented ambient evoking his 10th stage of cultivation with deep, nurturing resonance.
00:51:24 Tokyo Bedroom Orchestra – Shabondama
Delicate, bubble-like ambient with Tokyo bedroom intimacy and shimmering, soap-bubble fragility.
00:54:08 Tom Leclerc – the pebbles speak
Gentle, pebble-talking ambient with natural, riverbed conversation and quiet, earthy wisdom.
00:57:06 Arbee – Petites vagues
Small, wave-like ambient with delicate, French-titled ripples and soft, lapping motion. Peaceful and charming.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 257
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Apologies for the sound quality today. I’m on holidays and find it hard to hard to get a spot quiet enough to record. Anyway…
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 257. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A mystical, elemental, and introspective ambient journey through light, water, time, and deep space.
Side A moves from beacon magic and burning waters into glade mornings, rising energy, and druidic sacredness. Side B rolls through time carpets, anchoring resilience, ocean overlooks, deeper dreams, and reduced space walks.
Overall mood: Contemplative, wondrous, and atmospheric with a strong sense of vastness and quiet power. Perfect for deep listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast like episodes but I’ll do all the talking now as I put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through to give the “virtual cassette” meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my too few subscribers who get to enjoy the 257 episodes plus the 819 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for €3 anymore. It used to be a coffee.
Episode 257 is based on an exclusive soothing drone track “arc gap” by Tallinn, Estonia based “Paul Beaudoin” from the release “signal loss” coming out on Dragon’s Eye Recordings on the 10th of July.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Italian artist M. Beckmann aka The Volume Settings Folder with his improvised stylings from a release on the one of a kind ambient whitelabrecs label.
Rays of light in the form of Bahram Bahrami, Ross Bartlett, and Daniel Field who are Bahrambient, Retland, and Kilometre Club respectively.
My Greek mate Substak with a lesson in field recordings from a Sounds for the Soul Records compilation.
The only beat driven track of the show from Belgian artist Felix Machtelinckx on celebration of the rising sun with Subexotic Records
Finishing the A side is a track from an album based on Risorgimento period samples clipped by Michele Andreotti out on Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series.
Side B gives us inner and out space exploration from Oregon based Modular Synth artist Bart Hawkins.
A meditative soundscape from Melbourne based friend Willebrant who’s sneaked into the mix twice.
Then after the inspired Paul Beaudoin track we drift into a legend of the scene and one I’ve never been able to make contact with. Lee Anthony Norris, here as one of his many alter egos Moss Garden It’s available on lots of places including Fantasy Enhancing, Neotantra and NATURE BLISS.
Penultimately from Trittau, Germany is Christian Fiesel with a release on Cyclical Dreams.
Ending the show is the drone collaboration of Sunil Kumar Sharma aka Suseti and Karl Willebrant again with a Willebrant self release from last year.
But Starting us off Rotterdam based artist Ard Bit is searching for a connection beyond the surface with the track “Fanal Magic” from the album “Juxtaposed”. Out on the Dutch Drunarium sub label Derde. Enjoy…
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 Ard Bit – Fanal Magic
Mystical, beacon-inspired ambient with magical, fanal-like glow and subtle, guiding light. Enchanting and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Ard Bit is an ambient artist creating clear, precise, and unambiguous soundscapes.
00:11:53 The Volume Settings Folder – Burning Waters Pt 1
Intense, fiery aquatic ambient with dramatic, burning waves and emotional depth. Powerful and evocative. Artist Bio: The Volume Settings Folder is an ambient artist exploring elemental forces and emotional intensity through textured soundscapes.
00:17:51 Bahrambient, Retland, Kilometre Club – Rays of Light
Luminous, hopeful ambient with glowing rays and soft, radiant textures. Uplifting and serene. Artist Bio: Collaborative ambient project blending light, hope, and gentle electronic warmth.
00:21:16 Substak – Morning in the Glade
Gentle, dawn-lit ambient in a woodland glade with fresh, dewy textures. Peaceful and organic. Artist Bio: Substak is an ambient artist creating minimal, poetic works often inspired by haiku and subtle natural phenomena.
00:23:34 Felix Machtelinckx – The Riser
Ascending, rising ambient with gradual lift and building, hopeful energy. Dynamic and inspiring. Artist Bio: Felix Machtelinckx is a Belgian ambient artist creating stark, minimal works with organic and skeletal themes.
00:28:49 Michele Andreotti – Luoghi Druidici
Mystical, druidic ambient evoking sacred places with ancient, wooded resonance. Ritualistic and solemn. Artist Bio: Michele Andreotti is an ambient artist creating mystical, druidic, and sacred place-inspired works.
Side B
00:33:59 Bart Hawkins – Roll Up The Carpet Of Time
Time-compressing ambient with rolling, carpet-like textures and a sense of folding history. Expansive and philosophical. Artist Bio: Bart Hawkins is an ambient artist exploring time, history, and expansive conceptual soundscapes.
00:45:03 Willebrant – Keep
Steady, anchoring ambient with a sense of holding on and quiet resilience. Grounded and comforting. Artist Bio: Willebrant is an Australian ambient artist known for grand, cinematic works inspired by landscapes and architecture.
00:49:21 Paul Beaudoin – arc gap
Precise, gap-focused ambient with arcing electronics and subtle, bridging tension. Clean and thoughtful. Artist Bio: Paul Beaudoin is an ambient artist creating precise, gap-exploring, and electronic works.
00:53:07 Moss Garden – Overlooking Oceans
Vast, cliff-top ambient overlooking endless seas with sweeping, panoramic calm. Majestic and serene. Artist Bio: Moss Garden is an ambient artist focused on vast, ocean-overlooking, and panoramic soundscapes.
00:59:18 Christian Fiesel – Deeper Dreamscape
Deep, immersive dream ambient with layered, subconscious textures and profound inner exploration. Artist Bio: Christian Fiesel is an ambient artist creating deep, dream-like, and immersive soundscapes.
01:07:23 Suseti/Willebrant – Deep (space walk reduction)
Reduced, deep space ambient with weightless drift and reduced, minimalist cosmic beauty. Artist Bio: Suseti & Willebrant collaborate on deep, space-walk-inspired ambient reductions.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 255
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 255. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A gentle, nature-infused, and introspective ambient journey through seasons, plants, and storytelling.
Side A flows from sunny rain and clear ambiguity into fleeting glimpses, resigned beauty, and rhythmic patterns. Side B gathers around campfires, buoys, synesthetic storms, momentary drifts, and golden mystical pillars.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and quietly wondrous with a strong connection to nature and emotion. Perfect for deep relaxation, morning listening, or peaceful reflection.
Episode 255 is based on the track “Buoy.” by “Willebrant” from the release “Selected Works – Slowed and Reverb, Volume 2”. Which Australian artist Karl Willebrant sent me a couple of days back. The track is over 13 minutes long so it should be on an episode of Expansive Waves which is my long form music show. For the moment that’s on hold as I don’t have the will to do one. Mainly from lack of time but also from having to pay for the shows myself as I’m still, after years of trying, missing 2 subscribers from the channel in order to get a payout from Mixcloud. It’s super frustrating dangling on that edge for so long.
Anyway a massive shout out to Richard Francés of Hylé Tapes for sending me their catalogue of wonderful releases. You’ll be hearing lots from Hylé Tapes in the near future.
In other news, Substak has entered a track for my next compilation release “Quiet Figures”. Get your entry in before September 24th and join him and The Earl of Dean. Details on the Bandcamp page.
Now back to this episode which features Dutch artist Art Bit and Columbian artist Bålsam both with releases on the Dronarium label.
Japanese artist Tomotsugu Nakamura together with Spanish artists David Cordero have one out via Home Normal records.
Another play by Washington DC based Dionisaf from his release on the Ambient Cat label.
Maps and Diagrams has a release on Sardinian label Lontano Series the sub label of Rohs! records.
Brussels based Jonathan Poliart gets another play from his release as well as Paris based Simon Cacheux both out on Adventurous Music.
The wonderful Mahorka label features, as usual, with a piece by Auto-nomaton.
Also the fantastic collaboration of zakè, Ossa, ASC with a release on zakés own Bandcamp page.
Ending the episode is Danish artist øjeRum with a release on Lithuanian label Amulet of Tears who has also supported the channel with loads of releases.
But first out to start the ball rolling Toronto based artist Chad Skinner also known as Sun Rain with his track May from the Imaginary North release Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto.
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 Sun Rain – May
Bright, sun-drenched ambient with gentle rain textures and springtime freshness. Warm and refreshing. Artist Bio: Sun Rain is a Toronto based ambient artist known for bright, seasonal works blending the elements.
00:06:01 Ard Bit – Disambigious
Clear, unambiguous ambient with precise textures and a sense of resolved clarity. Clean and focused. Artist Bio: Ard Bit is an ambient artist creating clear, precise, and unambiguous soundscapes.
00:08:09 Bålsam – Glimpses
Tender, fleeting ambient capturing brief glimpses with soft, balsam-like warmth. Intimate and ephemeral. Artist Bio: Bålsam is an ambient artist creating tender, heart-centered works with warm, soothing qualities.
00:12:17 Tomotsugu Nakamura & David Cordero – Shōganai
Resigned, Japanese-inspired ambient with gentle acceptance and melancholic beauty. Poignant and serene. Artist Bio: Tomotsugu Nakamura and David Cordero collaborate on delicate, wabi-sabi-inspired ambient reflections.
00:15:24 Dionisaf – Rain Patterns
Intricate, pattern-forming rain ambient with detailed, falling rhythms and soothing repetition. Artist Bio: Dionisaf is an ambient artist creating intricate, nature-patterned, and detailed soundscapes.
00:22:44 Maps and Diagrams – Gigue
Dancing, gigue-inspired ambient with light, rhythmic elegance and cartographic warmth. Artist Bio: Maps and Diagrams is a British ambient artist known for elegant works.
00:27:03 Jonathan Poliart – Oxalis
Delicate, plant-inspired ambient evoking oxalis leaves with soft, natural elegance. Artist Bio: Jonathan Poliart is an ambient artist creating here, delicate, nature-inspired works with floral and organic themes.
Side B
00:35:06 Autonomaton – Campfirestory
Warm, storytelling ambient around a crackling campfire with intimate, narrative glow. Artist Bio: Autonomaton is an ambient artist creating intimate, narrative, and campfire-inspired soundscapes.
00:38:13 Willebrant – Buoy.
Floating, buoyant ambient with gentle bobbing motion and oceanic calm. Serene and anchored. Artist Bio: Willebrant is an Australian ambient artist known for grand, cinematic works inspired by landscapes and architecture.
00:49:59 Simon Cacheux – Hearing the lightning and seeing the thunder
Synesthetic ambient swapping senses with dramatic, inverted storm textures. Powerful and immersive. Artist Bio: Simon Cacheux is a French ambient artist exploring melancholic and time-lost themes through atmospheric electronics.
00:52:50 zakè, Ossa, ASC – Momentary Drift 2
Drifting, collaborative ambient with soft, momentary flow and deep, resonant beauty. Artist Bio: zakè, Ossa, and ASC are respected ambient artists collaborating on drifting, resonant works.
00:57:20 øjeRum – Søjlen Med Det Gyldne Hoved
Mystical, golden-headed pillar ambient with Danish folklore resonance and solemn elegance. Artist Bio: øjeRum is a Danish ambient artist creating mystical, folklore-inspired soundscapes with solemn beauty.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 254
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 254. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
Episode 254 is a short, cosy, quirky, and atmospheric ambient journey through frost, awakenings, domestic warmth, and mysterious valleys.
Side A moves from chilly pockets and tonal precision into planetary awakening and bedroom authority. Side B drifts through affectionate playfulness, Lovecraftian bicycle rides, plastic rain, and misty rotations.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and slightly eccentric with a blend of cosiness, mystery, and gentle wonder. Perfect for relaxed listening, morning reflection, or peaceful evenings.
It’s based on the track ”Bedroom Authority” by “Hz & Fisty Kendal” from the release “Now What?” which is available through Third Kind Records.
Also on the show is French artist Domotic with a release on Astra Solaria Recordings.
A Castles in Space release from Danalogue.
Time Rival with a track from a Triplicate Records release.
Linear North with a self release which also appears on the community-led magazine MEANS.
Protuberance from the Mahorka stable.
The B Side blesses us with Glasgow artists Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid from a 12th Isle release.
Fellow Swede dweller rikardfvs with a self release that also appears on a Sounds for the Soul Records compilation.
Light Vortex with a track from their Mortality Tables release.
Finlands Planet Boelex with a track that appears on the Kahvi Collective.
And ending the show with an exclusive track from a Mystery Circles release due out on the 24th of July. By Tyler Pursel.
First off we have Scottish duo Ali O’May and Frazer Brown also know as Dohnavùr with their piece Frost Pockets from their latest outing “We Owe Each Other Everything” and that’s of course out on Biggleswades shining label Castles in Space. Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Dohnavùr – Frost Pockets
Chilly, pocketed ambient with frosty textures and quiet, wintry isolation. Crisp and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Dohnavùr is an ambient duo Ali O’May and Frazer Brown creating cold, landscape-inspired works with Nordic and wintry themes.
00:05:29 DOMOTIC – The Four Tones
Precise, tone-focused ambient with four distinct layers and elegant, harmonic balance. Clean and hypnotic. Artist Bio: DOMOTIC is a French electronic/ambient artist known for precise, tonal, and minimalist compositions.
00:06:12 Danalogue – Awakening On The Planet
Cosmic, awakening ambient with planetary wonder and gentle, morning-like emergence. Expansive and hopeful. Artist Bio: Danalogue is a cosmic jazz/ambient artist known for exploratory, awakening-themed electronic works.
00:07:37 Time Rival – Cottage Pie
Cosy, domestic ambient evoking hearty cottage meals with warm, comforting textures. Nostalgic and inviting. Artist Bio: Time Rival is Richmond, Illinois based Michael Southard, ambient artist incorporating field recordings and natural sounds into peaceful, location-based compositions.
00:09:40 Linear North – the sacred pattern
Sacred, geometric ambient with northern precision and profound, patterned stillness. Meditative and structured. Artist Bio: Linear North is an ambient artist exploring open, wild, and northern landscapes through sound.
00:12:22 Protuberance – Dark grey morning
Overcast, grey-toned ambient capturing a somber, early-morning mood with subtle tension. Moody and realistic. Artist Bio: Protuberance is an ambient artist from the Mahorka label stable creating moody, atmospheric works inspired by everyday natural phenomena.
00:15:55 Hz & Fisty Kendal – Bedroom Authority
Intimate, authoritative ambient with bedroom warmth and playful, personal dominance. Quirky and close. Artist Bio: Hz & Fisty Kendal collaborate here with quirky, intimate, and playful ambient electronic works.
Side B
00:20:07 Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid – Moshi Likes It
Playful, cat-approved ambient with gentle, affectionate textures and light-hearted charm. Artist Bio: Glaswegian artists Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid collaborate here with playful, nature- and animal-inspired ambient pieces.
00:22:53 rikardfvs – Bicycling in the Miskatonic Valley
Adventurous, Lovecraftian-tinged ambient with bicycle motion and mysterious valley atmosphere. Quirky and evocative. Artist Bio: rikardfvs is a Swedish ambient artist creating quirky, location-inspired works with literary and adventurous themes.
00:27:17 Light Vortex – Plastic Rain
Synthetic, plastic rain ambient with artificial droplets and shimmering, unnatural beauty. Artist Bio: Light Vortex is an ambient artist here exploring synthetic and unnatural weather phenomena.
00:30:46 Planet Boelex – Double standards
Psychedelic, dual-layered ambient exploring contradictions with swirling, boelex-like patterns. Artist Bio: Finlands Planet Boelex is an ambient artist creating psychedelic, dual-natured, and pattern-based soundscapes.
00:35:03 Tyler Pursel – Mist Rotations
Rotating, misty ambient with soft, cyclical fog and gentle, turning motion. Dreamlike and serene. Artist Bio: Philadelphia-based experimental musician and visual artist Tyler Pursel is an ambient artist known for favoring slow pressure over spectacle.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 253
A warm, gentle, and emotionally rich ambient journey through mornings, memories, and cosmic wonder.
Side A drifts from intimate closeness and summer radiance into delicate mornings and scattered light. Side B flows through lazy Sundays, recursive feathers, silent hours, heartfelt balm, and ends on an awe-inspiring Earthrise.
Overall mood: Serene, nostalgic, and hopeful with a strong sense of warmth and quiet beauty. Perfect for morning listening, deep relaxation, or peaceful reflection.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 253. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
Today’s mix is based on the track “Recursive Plumage” by “Dionisaf” from the release “Fractals, Vol. 2” which just dropped on the wonderful Ambient Cat label of which the track by M. Cross Dougherty is also from. also in the mix is mate of the show Ed Herbers with a release on Passed Recordings. The legendary Eluvium is back with a release on Temporary Residence Ltd. Simon Cacheux with a release on Adventurous Music.
Aiko Takahashi together with Scattered Light has one out on David Corderos amazing ambient label Noray Records.
Foam and Sand have a release on Seil Records
Nick May with a self release.
Mate of the mine aeon with a track from my latest compilation The Mystery of the Night which you really should have in your collection.
Bålsam have one out on the fantastic Dutch label Le Mont Analogue
Olio Flux ends with a self release which I’ve been featuring loads on previous episodes.
To start us off though is the amazing Mark Barrott with a release on Anjunachill this is Closer, enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Mark Barrott – Closer
Warm, intimate Balearic ambient drawing the listener closer with soft, inviting textures. Gentle and comforting. Artist Bio: Mark Barrott is a Balearic and ambient producer known for warm, earthy, and sun-drenched soundscapes.
00:05:43 Ed Herbers – Summer Solstice
Bright, sun-drenched ambient capturing the longest day with luminous warmth and seasonal radiance. Joyful and expansive. Artist Bio: Ed Herbers is a Cincinnati, Ohio based ambient musician known for seasonal, textural works that capture natural atmospheres and emotional states.
00:08:38 M. Cross Dougherty – Undulated
Flowing, wave-like ambient with gentle undulations and soft, rolling motion. Hypnotic and serene. Artist Bio: M. Cross Dougherty is an ambient artist creating flowing, textural works with organic motion.
00:10:22 Eluvium – A.M.
Delicate, morning ambient with fragile beauty and quiet, early-light introspection. Tender and hopeful. Artist Bio: Eluvium (Matthew Cooper) is a renowned ambient composer known for delicate, emotionally rich piano and electronic works.
00:12:03 Simon Cacheux – Wasted
Melancholic, time-lost ambient with a sense of gentle regret and drifting emptiness. Poignant and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Simon Cacheux is a French ambient artist exploring melancholic and time-lost themes through atmospheric electronics.
00:14:30 Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light – Cinq Heures Du Matin (16mm Color Film)
Dreamy, 5 AM ambient evoking early morning film grain with soft, scattered light and nostalgic warmth. Artist Bio: Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light collaborate on cinematic, film-inspired ambient works with nostalgic and dreamy qualities.
00:22:30 Foam and Sand – Circle 70
Lush, circular ambient with granular warmth and endless, comforting loops. Radiant and meditative. Artist Bio: Foam and Sand is the ambient project of producer Robin Schut, blending granular synthesis and dreamy textures.
Side B
00:27:01 Nick May – Sunday Morning
Relaxed, lazy Sunday ambient with warm light and gentle, unhurried calm. Cosy and peaceful. Artist Bio: Nick May is an ambient artist known for gentle, nature-inspired works with warm, organic textures.
00:35:15 Dionisaf – Recursive Plumage
Intricate, feather-like ambient with recursive patterns and soft, avian elegance. Detailed and hypnotic. Artist Bio: Dionisaf is an ambient artist creating intricate, recursive, and nature-inspired soundscapes.
00:41:37 aeon – the silent hours
Vast, time-stretched ambient capturing the quiet hours with deep, eternal stillness. Profound and serene. Artist Bio: aeon is an ambient artist focused on vast, time-stretched, and silent explorations.
00:45:07 Bålsam – My Heart
Tender, heartfelt ambient with warm, balsam-like soothing and emotional openness. Intimate and healing. Artist Bio: Bålsam is an ambient artist creating tender, heart-centered works with warm, soothing qualities.
00:49:50 Olio Flux – Earthrise (Instrumental)
Majestic, orbital ambient viewing Earth from space with awe-inspiring wonder and cosmic perspective. Artist Bio: Olio Flux is an ambient project exploring themes of time, change, and cosmic motion through textured electronics.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 312
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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.
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.
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 also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies.
Now imagine each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. You, the audience only ever glimpse a sliver of it at a time. Every artist is allotted the exact time it takes them to perform their piece. Then they rotate out of view, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands.
The names of the artists and labels I’ll mention before each set — or “side,” as the cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per set, plus a general mist of what mood to expect.
Now the stage begins to turn.
A luminous, slightly forensic ambient journey through corridors of evidence, papery lanterns, and planets that have not finished burning.
Side A opens an investigation the cameras invent as they roll, then cracks a cosmic oval, grows emerald armour between patio bricks, combs strings into sand that will not stay, squeezes two minutes of smear-test whimsy, and ends on a wind prayer written for people and cats.
Side B walks dry iron valleys toward utopian lullabies, cuts others from the seventh gemstone tray, argues a Messiah into demo clothes, wires splendour so slowly it can curve, refuses to hurry its illusions, and keeps Batov’s ten-year sun turning with all it can do.
Overall mood: Contemplative, analog, and quietly jewelled — full of evidence the ghost leaves behind, sand still deciding, and light that knows which pocket it came from. Perfect for late listening, slow wiring, or sitting with the corridor while the next spool still waits.
00:03:06 Department of Light – Investigation #1
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/investigation-1
Album: ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆
Label: The Dream Journal Institute
Sofia walks a corridor that only exists when the cameras are rolling. Five triangles of evidence. The library fund gets whatever the ghost leaves behind.
00:09:07 Michael Brückner – Coda (A Pure Oval Shape)
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/coda-a-pure-oval-shape
Album: The Egg in the Cosmic Crack [CYD 0165]
Label: Cyclical Dreams
An oval so clean it could be an eye or an Ei. The cosmic egg cracks, then politely puts itself back together for the coda.
00:13:06 Soda Lite – Emerald Armour
https://soda-lite.bandcamp.com/album/011-soda-lite-cape-gooseberry
Album: 011: Soda Lite (Cape Gooseberry)
Label: Music To Watch Seeds Grow By
Cape gooseberry armour — a papery lantern grown between patio bricks. The plant singing on a cliff that did not invite an audience.
00:16:05 Trem 77 – Staers
https://trem77.bandcamp.com/track/staers
Album: Textural Colour Spectrum Sandpainting
Henrik’s strings combed into sand. A painting you are not allowed to keep; only to notice while the grains are still deciding.
00:22:47 Daily Mail Comments Section – A Short Song About Sex
https://enofa.bandcamp.com/track/a-short-song-about-sex
Album: Now That’s What I Call Smear Test
Two minutes of smear-test pop that arrived in a dream before Charli could steal the name. Whimsy wearing steel-capped boots.
00:23:37 Frank Pels – Wind Prayer
https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/track/wind-prayer
Album: Voyager
Label: Ambient Cat
A wind prayer written for people and for cats. Voyager opening a window the size of a synth trail and calling it home.
00:29:07 Fallen – From Dry Iron Valleys to Utopian Realms
https://touched.bandcamp.com/track/from-dry-iron-valleys-to-utopian-realms-2
Album: Stars are Crashing, Home are Burning, Hearts are Changing-Notes from a Distant World/Detuned Lullabies for the Old Planet
Label: Touched Music
Dry iron valleys emptying into a realm that believes in lullabies. Forty-one records walking toward a planet that has not finished burning.
00:39:15 AeTopus – Others
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/aetopus-others
Album: Gemstones VII [CYD 0166]
Label: Cyclical Dreams
Others, cut from the seventh tray of gemstones. Berlin School light bouncing off a stone that knows which pocket it came from.
00:43:25 SPTW – Messiah (demo version)
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/messiah-demo-version
Album: EUTHYMIA
Label: Mahorka.
Messiah in demo clothes. SP-404 and an MPC arguing with pencils and bottles until euthymia agrees to sit still.
00:45:02 Dirk Serries – Slowly Wired
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/
Album: Curves of Splendor
Label: Projekt Records
Guitar wired so slowly the splendour has time to curve. VidnaObmana’s cousin taking the long way around the intrusive world.
00:56:21 DUSQ – Illusions
https://daydreamerslabel.bandcamp.com/track/illusions
Single: Illusions.
Label: Daydreamers
Illusions that refuse to hurry. Belarus folded into Daydreamers’ fourth quiet continuation.
00:58:55 Wax Machine – All I Can Do
https://batovrecords.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-can-do
Album: Around The Sun – Batov Records – 10 Years
Label: Batov Records
All they can do is keep the ten-year sun turning. Batov’s suitcase still unpacked on the rotating floor.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 312.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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