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 313
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 doorway that reboots itself, then a planet showing you the face it keeps away from the sun.
Side A coughs the portal awake, paints Milan limb by limb in grey-cheek library jazz, docks Ishtar’s goddess-ship, waits for Blue Bell Hill to switch from black-and-white to blossom, folds a desert peacock that rarely leaves the room, and hums a 7-inch bodega under fluorescent strip-light.
Side B parks godhead in the sprawl, waltzes a chest-pain name you cannot pronounce, pours top brass that refuses to complicate, walks the talk until it grows bass strings, holds the only hands that exist to be held, and ends on the dark side of the earth — the hemisphere the dying star never got around to lighting.
Overall mood: Playful, cinematic, and quietly cosmic — full of Clay Pipe colour, Batov half-shut eyes, and infrastructure filed under prayer. Perfect for late listening, bodega aisles after hours, or sitting with the drawbridge down while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a doorway that reboots itself, Milan painted limb by limb, a goddess-ship docking on the lotus, a council estate coming into colour, a desert peacock that rarely leaves the room, a 7-inch bodega humming under fluorescent strip-light.
00:03:30 DaoLogic – Portal Reload
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/portal-reload
From the album: Source Vive Label: Mahorka
The portal coughs, then remembers its password. Warm crispy beats walking you through without extrasystoles. You enter. The source is still alive.
00:07:27 Barigozzi Group – Grey Cheeks
https://fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/grey-cheeks
From the album: Woman’s Colours Label: Four Flies Records
the last colour on a body mapped in library jazz. Wurlitzer blushing while the flute keeps the secret.
00:09:34 Gong – Ship Of Ishtar
https://gongband.bandcamp.com/track/ship-of-ishtar
From the album: Unending Ascending.
Venus at the tiller. Sacred cargo under the sails, clocks not yet reset. Climb aboard — the guitar is already a spaceship, but tonight the ship is Ishtar.
00:17:50 David Boulter – Blue Bell Hill
https://claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/blue-bell-hill
From the album: St Ann’s Label: Clay Pipe Music
Blue Bell Hill before the demolition learned its manners. Black-and-white streets waiting for the cherry blossom to switch the world to colour.
00:20:04 Taftir – Tavasim
https://taftir.bandcamp.com/track/tavasim-2
From the EP: Od Layla Ba Ayara Label: Batov Records
Desert town, five players, a soul ballad they almost never play live. Feathers folded. The groove keeps its eyes half-shut.
00:23:05 East Side Supply – The Bodega
https://eastsidesupply.bandcamp.com/track/the-bodega
From the single: DELICATESSEN / THE BODEGA Label: Sonor Music Editions
Harpsichord and flute shopping the aisles. Axelrod hits between the tinned peaches. The bodega closes the side before the lotus can blink.
Mood mist: sprawl praying to itself, a chest-pain waltz with a name you cannot pronounce, brass that refuses to complicate, Watt walking the talk into orbit, hands that only exist to be held, a planet showing you the face it keeps away from the sun.
00:27:57 boycalledcrow – godhead
https://boycalledcrow.bandcamp.com/track/godhead
From the album: the sprawl Label: Mortality Tables
Godhead parked in the sprawl. Mortality Tables filing the prayer under “infrastructure.”
00:29:59 Angine de Poitrine – Tohogd
https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/track/tohogd
From the album: Vol.1 Label: Republic of Music
a syllable that arrived before the translation. Vol.1 still catching its breath.
00:33:53 Matt Berry – Top Brass Two
https://mattberry.bandcamp.com/track/top-brass-two
From the album: Simplicity Label: Acid Jazz Records
Top brass, second helping. Simplicity wearing a tie it does not need. Acid Jazz pouring the good stuff and leaving the bottle.
00:36:50 Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio – Walk the Talk
https://galecstasy.bandcamp.com/track/walk-the-talk
From the album: Wattzotica Label: Mystery Circles
Walk the talk until the talk grows bass strings. Wattzotica: the stage spinning at walking pace, then suddenly not.
00:40:15 The Mistys – A Hand Is To Hold
https://themistysband.bandcamp.com/track/a-hand-is-to-hold
From the album: Situations | Useless Mouths Label: Castles In Space
A hand is to hold. Useless mouths taking the night off. Castles In Space leaving the drawbridge down.
00:43:46 Martin Solos – Dark Side of the Earth
https://martinsolos.bandcamp.com/track/dark-side-of-the-earth
From the album: Heart of a Dying Star.
the hemisphere the dying star never got around to lighting. Heart still beating in the shade.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 313.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 311
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.
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.
Right then, my glittering cassette moths…
It’s time I had a quiet word with the universe about this Virtual Cassette Library lark of mine. Lately it’s been drifting off like a helium balloon made of old mixtape innards, floating away from the original bonfire of my intentions. I need to yank it back by its magnetic tape tail before it disappears into a cloud of forgotten B-sides.
I’ve just been bathing in the first episode of The Signal by Wall of Ambient — Harry Towell and James Osland swimming through the ambient oceans like two elegant seahorses in velvet capes. Go and drink it in on Substack. And while you’re there, follow me like a loyal moth to my flickering neon sign.
Anyway, Harry said something that pinged my third eye: concept is the beating heart of an album. And I suddenly realised that even though I pluck these tracks from their original conceptual wombs, my shows are actually stitched together with their own secret concepts. Lately I’ve been chattering between tracks like a magpie on a telephone wire and the concept has been leaking out like cheese from a toasted sandwich.
So what’s the concept, you ask, while adjusting your imaginary pipe?
Well, I’ve spent my entire working life lurking on and around stages like a quiet caretaker with glitter under his nails. I see each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. The audience only ever glimpses 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 like a peacock into fog, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands — slow and syrupy or frantic and glittering.
I still want to whisper the names of the artists, the albums and the labels, so I’ll do that before each set — or “side,” as we cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per side, plus a general mist of what mood to expect.
Now… shall we let the stage begin to turn?
So episode 311 is a weathered, slightly spectral ambient journey through closing dive bars, overlapping canopies, and monuments that have already begun to kneel.
Overall mood: Contemplative, analog, and quietly dilapidated — full of forgotten light, phase transitions, and sockets still whispering in the dark. Perfect for late listening, empty stages, or sitting with the ivy while it finishes the sentence.
Side A lets shadows clock off at the edge of the universe, waves from a missed railway cutting, shares a stereo canopy, opens a December jar six months late, weathers the ivy through human architecture, and climbs dilapidated monuments only to accept itself.
00:05:30 Kh3rtis – As Shadows Fall Away
https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/track/as-shadows-fall-away
A dive bar at the edge of the universe closing its curtains. Shadows clocking off. You are left holding the light they forgot to take.
00:10:28 Sunshine Playroom / Prozapine – The Ultimate
A MicroKorg dressed as 1974 television, waving from a railway cutting that only exists when you miss it.
00:12:06 Chihei Hatakeyama & Jupi/ter – Canopy
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/track/canopy
Two canopies overlapping until the stereo field forgets which tree belongs to which country. Peace wearing someone else’s coat.
00:19:04 Matt Lowery – 12-13-24
https://mattlowery.bandcamp.com/track/12-13-24
The thirteenth of December kept in a jar and opened six months later. Modular dust that still remembers the day it was captured.
00:20:20 The Microgram – Weathered
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/weathered
Human architecture kneeling so the ivy can finish the sentence. A facility learning how to weather.
00:24:05 Blank Embrace – Dilapidated Monuments
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/dilapidated-monuments
Dilapidated monuments on a tundra that ends in a mountain you climb only to accept yourself. The stage turns very slowly here.
Side B argues in black and white until a drop becomes a drum, leaves the singers behind in Midas plumbing, hands in exam music before the piece ends, leaks a green chorus through melted glass, takes on new Beagle waters, and coils after midnight on a Yamaha four-track.
00:33:21 Amotken – Gota
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/gota
Black and white arguing inside a twenty-year-old Mexican machine. A drop of water deciding it is also a drum.
00:37:39 El Michels Affair – Anticipate (Instrumental)
https://elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com/track/anticipate-instrumental
The singers have left the building. What remains is the Midas plumbing — brass, choir-shaped air, a saxophone ghost clocking in for overtime.
00:40:31 The Sound Catelouge – Phase Transitions
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/phase-transitions
Exam music found inside a textbook sleeve. Phase transitions for students who must hand in their papers before the piece ends.
00:42:50 Phil Geraldi – Chorus in Green
https://chakrawhip.bandcamp.com/track/chorus-in-green
Alien country radio leaking through melted glass. A chorus in green that never quite reaches the hook.
00:45:35 Tim Stebbing – New Waters
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/new-waters
HMS Beagle still taking on new water in 2026. Sequencers collecting specimens the Atlantic has not finished naming.
00:52:28 DOMOTIC – Serpenting
https://domotic.bandcamp.com/track/serpenting
*A Yamaha four-track recorded after midnight, coiling like fur that learned to hiss. Vintage sockets whispering to each other in the dark.
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This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 311.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 307
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 late-summer, slightly haunted ambient journey through holiday kickoff, last dances, and worlds still demon-haunted.
Side A opens with Sally’s dream-pop song, then sits suburban and cooked, wishes it was fishing, takes the last summer dance, lands on the rocks, and drifts beatless through rare-earth motherboards. Side B learns 1980s Japanese technopop, walks an empty park of guitar and sarod, mixes 90s creators for the co-op, keeps things simple in Portuguese ambient, lights Sagan’s candles, and ends in submerged industry.
Overall mood: Warm, watery, and quietly uncanny — full of Passed Oceans, festival stems, and analog jewels after the flip. Perfect for autumn evenings, Krankenhaus afterglow, or sitting with the last dance while the next spool still waits.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
00:01:50 Suzanne Perry – Sally’s Song (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sallys-song-from-the-nightmare-before-christmas
From the EP “There’ll Be No More Promises” out on Projekt Records.
Dream-pop voice with Cris Miller of Silver Screen. Elfman melody as holiday kickoff. Pacific Northwest live dates this autumn.
00:04:07 Time Rival – Kamato
https://conditionhuman.bandcamp.com/track/kamato
From the album “Cooked (Visitation No. 3)” out on CONDITION HUMAN.
Suburban Illinois. Tongue drums, flute, ukulele, kalimba, Aalto and Microfreak. Be nice.
00:09:14 Mathew Gracie – Wishin’ I Was Fishin’
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/wishin-i-was-fishin
From the compilation “Passed Oceans” out on Passed Recordings.
Passed Oceans. Water in every language. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
00:16:13 odd person – last summer dance
https://oddperson.bandcamp.com/track/last-summer-dance
From the album “a vile sickness dwells in tacoma” Self released.
Part two of four seasons. Summer, fire, spirit, south. Solstice 2026.
00:18:38 Paul Griffin x Socool – On the Rocks
https://socool.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-rocks
From the album “Dreams & Riddles”. Self released.
Jamuary sketches grown into collaboration. Emily Sobool. Terence Tso masters.
00:21:20 Bit Cloudy – Motherboard Rare Earths – Excerpt 3
https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/album/motherboard-rare-earths-for-krankenhaus-2026
Final track before the tape flip. From the release “Motherboard Rare Earths (For Krankenhaus 2026)”
Octophonic commission for Krankenhaus 2026. Laser and sound installation for Sea Power’s festival. Cheap laptop, Ableton, beatless drift. Eight stems available.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:50 Kuni-Ron – Learning
https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kuni-ron-learning
From the compilation album “Art Form 5”. Out on FORM@ RECORDS.
Japanese artist. Latter-half pop developments evoke 1980s technopop. Eisei Yorimitsu selects.
00:30:53 Takeshi Nishimoto and Hiroshi Watanabe – Empty Park
https://lorecordings.bandcamp.com/track/empty-park
From the album “Curving Time” out on Lo Recordings.
Guitar, sarod and synthesizer as equal voices. Non-Format sleeve. Playground photograph. 6 November.
00:34:14 Erotomechanics – Creators (The Nine 90s Mix)
https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/track/creators-the-nine-90s-mix
From the must have compilation “The Synthesis Co-Op Volume One” out on The Synthesis Co-Op.
Artist-run, not-for-profit. Profits toward future releases and charities.
00:40:38 Augen – Tanjun Na Koto Sa
https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/augen-tanjun-na-koto-sa
From the compiltion “SLIT ART 2”. out on FORM@ RECORDS.
Gabriel Mendes of Portugal. Ambient producer and long-time DJ.
00:47:48 Spirituals – Demon-Haunted World
https://spirituals.bandcamp.com/track/demon-haunted-world
From the album “Candles In The Dark”. Self released.
Tyler Tadlock. Pedal steel, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, voice memos. Sagan’s metaphor leaves the page. Andrew Weathers masters.
00:52:12 Rodrigo Passannanti – Submerged Industry
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/rodrigo-passannanti-submerged-industry
From the compilation album “Gemstones VII” out on Cyclical Dreams.
Vintage synth explorations and personal sonic meditations. Berlin School jewel.
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 307.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 305
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 cliffside, slightly occult ambient journey through spirit bridges, distant evenings, and questions that keep answering themselves.
Side A opens among Provo cliffdwellers and castle waters, then dreams through 808 notebook sequences, sits with Scottish-Swedish darkness, tunes the senses to E.S.P., and holds surface tension across Passed Oceans. Side B begins a mysterious Mechanicus chapter, places the world at your feet for Phantom’s centenary, spices the reel with French library flute and Leipzig afrobeat, flashes a fourteen-second miniature, and ends decaying underwater — however oceanic of you.
Overall mood: Contemplative, faintly eerie, and quietly playful — full of exclusive darkness, compilation water, and short surprises after the flip. Perfect for late listening, sitting with the unexplained, or letting the tape keep asking while the ocean answers.
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.
00:02:21 spaceseer – Cliffdwellers
I start with an apology to the artist EBlo who in the last episode I mixed up with an artist of the same name. EBlo is in fact based in Malmö, Sweden and not the US. Also a shout out to the wonderful aeon who not only is one of my only subscribers but also left a comment on a show a while back and asked me to do an episode of his amazing CAMP radio monthly series Fragments. Opening this episode with a piece from the new compilation album Gemstones VII out on Cyclical Dreams that Record label focused on Berlin School, Ambient, Soundscape, Space Music, Drone, and electronic music. Provo, Utah based spaceseerer who’s described themselves as doom-synth and dark ambient.
00:07:20 Klaus Wolfe – Castle Waters – Spirit Bridge
This is followed by another track from the same Cyclical Dreams compilation. Klaus Wolfe is the only artist that has released work on The Dream Journal Institute label that seems to actually exist anywhere else
00:12:20 Akira Film Script – Dream
from the album Holo which is released on Ethereal Projector which is a sub label of Ambient Cat which in turn is a sub label of Chitra Records or something like that.
Ryan Watts. 808, Bass Station II and 303 from 2018, a daughter’s number sequences in the notebook. Hiroshi Watanabe masters. Meaghan Watts covers.
00:17:11 Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken & Henrik Meierkord – The Evening Seems So Distant
The first exclusive track today comes from this Scottish Swedish collaboration. From the album Darkness Is Just Darkness which will be released on September 22 on the Audiobulb label.
Synths, drones and cello. Spoken passages sit inside the music. Darkness as a state to sit with.
00:22:39 The British Stereo Collective – E.S.P.
The penultimate track of side A and an aboloute legend of the synth world. From the self released album TeleKinesis The trilogy that began with ExoGenesis and continued with ProtoSynthesis now concludes with TeleKinesis: a journey through the mind and the senses; through consciousness and altered states.
00:24:11 Trees Can Talk – Surface Tension
The final track of side A and the longest piece on the episode at 7:51. From that must have new Passed Recording compilation Passed Oceans. Classical instruments, punk years, electronica as therapy. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:31:25 Adeptus Mechanicus – A new mysterious Beginning
We open with annother long track of the episode at 7:42 from two compilation albums recently released. First the whopping 53 track name your price album Summoning 4 out on Hull, UK based Netlabel for sounds of horror, the occult and the unexplained “Dittany of Crete” and also on channel supporting Argentinian label Cyclical Dreams stunning Gemstones VII.
Adeptus Mechanicus is Dutch noise, dark space ambient and sound art.
00:39:06 Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy Perman – I Placed The World At Your Feet #2
The second exclusive track of the episode and a shorter one at 1:42. From the album House with a Curse which releases October 16 on one of our favorite labels Clay Pipe Music. I love when these two get together. Shout out to Tommy for sending me this.
Score for the 1925 Phantom of the Opera centenary. Cinema screenings across the UK and Ireland.
00:40:25 Bolbec – À L’instar Du Flair
And now for something very different with some French floating flute library just to spice it up a bit. From yet another wonderful compilation album on the fantastic Batov Records label titled Around The Sun.
Batov Records celebrates ten years with a landmark compilation
Imaginary soundtrack beside Piccioni and Legrand. DJ Kobayashi selects. November 6.
00:42:44 Sandman Project – Questions Answers
Staying on Batov Records. Leipzig, Germany based afrobeat from the album, Hearts Forever. releases October 23, 2026. Tal Sandman. Desert-rock guitar and brass call-and-response. Golden Rules Studio.
00:47:07 ndrw cnry – Probably should have got the hang of this by now
Now, probably the shortest track I’ve ever had on the show clocking in at just 14 seconds. From the self released album A Certain Distance.
Miniature flashes. Photographs in the download.
00:48:35 Stewart Keller – How Oceanic Of You
This one confused me. I have it in my collection as being titled How Oceanic Of You but on the EP it’s called Ambient Calm. Anyway it’s from SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL OST (Contributions). Stewarts individual contributions to the SHRIMP GAME: OVERKRILL OST.
Decaying underwater world. CorrodedParadox artwork.
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 305.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 303
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 luminous, slightly mythic ambient journey through leaps of heart, early fog, and skies that finally crack.
Side A opens in analog gemstone narrative and rough-edged improg driftwood, then eases through Imaginary North fog, psychill easing, Tsukuba shinonome, and a silken harp that frees its shadow. Side B contemplates Gnawa sorrow by hand, sits in blue, fades into a brighter age with trumpet, locks onto frequency of light, follows a sea diver down, and ends when the sky cracks over the rocky shore.
Overall mood: Expansive, contemplative, and quietly oceanic — full of exclusive transmissions, handmade sonorities, and light arriving after long water. Perfect for deep listening, late hours, or sitting with the shoreline while the next reel still waits.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
00:01:18 Carolyn Fok – A Leap of Heart (Origin Mix)
Analog textures and personal narrative. Gemstones VII on Cyclical Dreams. Berlin School jewel.
00:07:57 (Exclusive) Das Rad – The Driftwood Man
The first of 5 episode exclusives. Nick Robinson, Peter Rophone, Martin Archer, Jon Short, Steve Dinsdale. Improg from studio scratch. Discus Music, 25 September. Voice, guitar, organ, sax and drums keep their rough edges.
00:14:22 (Exclusive) SeniorBeatBox – Early Fog
Exclusive #2. Savino M on Imaginary North Transmission 012. 18 September.
00:17:03 Rising Galaxy, Arcane Trickster – Easing
Psychill and psybient from Rising Galaxy and Arcane Trickster at Tempest Studios. Christopher Innes, Nikolaos Bitsimeas, Damiano Verna. Cosmicleaf. Takis Stavrou does the cover.
00:22:52 (Exclusive) Yusaku Iida ‘NYORAI’ – 東雲 (Shinonome)
Exclusive #3. Tsukuba IDM, ambient and glitch. Zen roots and modern machines. Senpenbanka on EC Underground, 9 October. Mattia Travaglini on the artwork.
00:26:40 (Exclusive) Ocean Moon & Silver Ley – Free My Shadow
Exclusive #4. Jon Tye and Bethany Ley. Silken harp, synth waves and enchanted vocal tones. Open Universe, 16 October. Live with Sonic Boom and Alexis Taylor in Hamburg.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:30:09 (Exclusive) CZiGO – Gnawa
Exclusive #5. Mark Donlon’s fourth Machine Records release. Drone, ambient, jazz and handmade sonorities. Eight Contemplations of Sorrowful Things. December 4. Human-hand sound design.
00:35:23 Wolfgang Merx – In Blue
Gemstones VII again. Minimal solo pieces and ethereal soundscapes. Twitch studio streams.
00:49:08 Pulsar + Demetrio Cecchitelli – Fade In Brighter Age
Foligno and Mahorka. Leonardo Pucci and Demetrio Cecchitelli. Jacopo Buda’s trumpet. Liquid space-ambient cassette. Nick Foglia masters.
00:57:08 Correlations – FREQUENCY OF LIGHT
August 30. Luminous signal.
01:08:39 Ozymandiaz – the death of a sea diver
Passed Oceans. Water in every language. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
01:14:14 Quait Salt Archive – Then The Sky Cracked
Same Passed Recordings compilation. Atmospheric collective. Final illumination of the rocky shoreline.
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 303.
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 294
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-294/
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 ritual, slightly archival ambient journey through cave light, crystal devotion, and lost scrolls.
Side A opens in misfit forest worlds and frog-voiced infinity, then rises from empty Berlin-school air into Sagan-bright crystal strings, Adonia keyboards, and Pan Am polaroid ritual. Side B propagates Greek debut tones, shuffles a side-hustle co-op, unrolls Mossilon’s unfinished archive, lets sandalwood pulse over a vanished ocean, crowns a snow queen, and asks tomorrow to wait.
Overall mood: Contemplative, faintly mythic, and warmly analogue — full of restored tape, short illuminated paths, and memory that arrives as photographs. Perfect for late listening, quiet ritual, or letting the next day stay outside the room.
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 Monroeville Music Center – Caverynth
Monroeville Music Center – Caverynth. Forest worlds, wintertide ritual and cloud ruins glow in short illuminated paths. Heaven for misfits hangs above a castle basement.
00:03:58 Light Vortex – Without Glimmer Of Infinity
Light Vortex – Without Glimmer Of Infinity. Tempo and tonality shift through a living cycle. At the close, frogs speak from a Florida pond.
00:10:26 Michael Brückner – From Zero – Part 1
Michael Brückner – From Zero – Part 1. Berlin School sequences rise from a 2015 studio floor. Synthesizers and keyboards start with empty air.
00:24:38 Spirituals – Crystal Strings
Spirituals – Crystal Strings. Pedal steel, acoustic guitar, vibraphone and voice memos stack as solitary devotionals. Sagan’s metaphor leaves the page and enters the headphones.
00:28:31 Ose – Orgasmachine
Ose – Orgasmachine. Hervé Picart’s Adonia sits between Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk. Rhetoric, journalism and emerging keyboards share one spatial room.
00:31:42 Akira Film Script – Pan Am Port Regalia
Akira Film Script – Pan Am Port Regalia. Polaroids and bidirectional associations open the eRecords white-label ritual.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:36:03 Parallel Worlds – Propagation
Parallel Worlds – Propagation. A Greek debut on SLIT ART sends tones across FORM@’s widening scope.
00:41:25 Legacy Systems – Side Hustle Shuffle
Legacy Systems – Side Hustle Shuffle. The Synthesis Co-Op gathers Eurorack, pedals and occasional guitar. Profits travel toward CALM.
00:45:06 Everyday Dust – The Lost Scrolls Of Mossilon
Everyday Dust – The Lost Scrolls Of Mossilon. Restored quarter-inch, cassette, DAT and MiniDisc carry 2006 to 2022. Grebo Gray’s hand-drawn archive never finishes.
00:50:11 yolabmi – Sandalwood Pulse
yolabmi – Sandalwood Pulse. A vanished ocean whispers before music learns how to dream. Handprints rest on dust.
00:55:00 SERMAK MUSIC – Snow Queen
SERMAK MUSIC – Snow Queen. CZiGO’s piano and production span lockdown years to now. Eight tracks gather the Sermak catalogue.
00:58:54 ndrw cnry – Let tomorrow wait
ndrw cnry – Let tomorrow wait. Brief flashes of memory drift by. Photographs ride with the download.
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 294.
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 289
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-289/
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 warm, slightly hauntological ambient journey through memory pools, lost-and-found melodies, and parallel realities.
Side A gathers shared sonic connections, 1974 household radiophonics, midnight Frankfurt tones, recovered places, Lancashire ease, and ballad-inspired ambient forms. Side B drifts through emotional anchors, nostalgic Japanese colour, Quiet Figures still gathering, serpents in daylight, elemental wooded harmony, and ends walking the fictional lanes of Belbury.
Overall mood: Contemplative, nostalgic, and gently communal — full of recovered light, quiet personal colour, and soft village atmosphere. Perfect for deep listening, late evenings, or sitting with the ordinary as it quietly 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.
00:00:00 Soeik – Memory Pool
Soeik – Memory Pool. Diverse artists gather under the SLIT ART banner, each contribution expanding the label’s reach through shared sonic connection.
00:08:07 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Instamatic
The Twelve Hour Foundation – Instamatic. Household objects and treated recordings capture 1974 spirit. Radiophonic Workshop colours meet Tangerine Dream and early Kraftwerk nods in Bristol rooms.
00:12:04 HDRF – Frankfurt After Midnight
HDRF – Frankfurt After Midnight. Compilation tones settle across the sixth Sound for the Soul gathering of listeners and makers.
00:17:30 Dionisaf – Lost and Found
Dionisaf – Lost and Found. Melodies rise from previously misplaced places.
00:20:01 Brapscallion – Shadaloo
Brapscallion – Shadaloo. Lancashire rhythms move in easy layered motion.
00:23:03 Green Static – Three Corbies
Green Static – Three Corbies. Traditional ballad imagery from The Long Harvest inspires new ambient forms, profits flowing toward ClientEarth protection of earth systems.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:32:12 Samatha – Drift X
Samatha – Drift X. Spontaneous layering and looping search for anchors among shifting emotions.
00:33:01 Saitoh Tomohiro – nostalgic vibes
Saitoh Tomohiro – nostalgic vibes. Japanese tones previously heard through U-Cover connections expand in quiet personal colour.
00:37:04 Visionary Lines – Two Parallel Realities
Visionary Lines – Two Parallel Realities. Rich Johnson’s projects move through the Quiet Figures still gathering.
00:41:56 Christian Fiesel – Serpent In Broad Daylight
Christian Fiesel – Serpent In Broad Daylight. DeepMind12 and Memotron voices ride wild sketches and longer pieces inspired by The Illustrated Man.
00:57:43 Castle Waters – Elemental Harmony
Castle Waters – Elemental Harmony. Wooded walkways and ancient bridges inspire metaphysical relaxation. ETERNITEA awaits at 1:37 in the floating gazebo overlooking the lake.
01:01:16 Belbury Poly – Music, Movement & Meaning
Belbury Poly – Music, Movement & Meaning. Vintage analogue synths, hand percussion, melodica, psaltery and samples walk the fictional village. Disembodied laughter and Minimoog lead from Rattler’s Hey through Pan’s Garden.
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 289.
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 282
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-282/
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 282. 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 1,111 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 reflective, slightly melancholic ambient journey through vanishing places, last forests, and hovering resonances.
Side A opens in dense brainforests and soft sanctuaries, then blooms through disk errors, chosen confusion, Tokyo pavilions, and tired roads halfway from nowhere. Side B drifts into possible villages, orbital last forests, electric roads of trials, chalk coastal paths, invisible hovering worlds, and ends in the hazed industrial interzone of Motor City.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and quietly expansive — full of soft disappearances, preserved light, and gentle forward motion. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or drifting through imagined landscapes.
The tape unspools its visions.
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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 282.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A
00:03:52 Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
00:12:27 Halftribe – Sanctuary
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
00:14:20 maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
00:19:36 Suncastle – Confusion
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
00:21:15 Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
00:25:34 Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
Side B
00:33:16 Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
00:37:33 vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
00:39:39 Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix)
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
00:40:31 Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
00:45:07 Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
00:47:21 Sand Circles – Entering Motor City
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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 281.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 277
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-277/
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 277. 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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporation their work into an incatation of sorts.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,104 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 dreamlike, luminous ambient journey through nameless cities, rising rain, forgotten trails, and golden light.
Side A drifts from violet fog and modular labyrinths into voltage nests, Apalachee trails, hauntological villages, deep indigo night, and lost map coordinates. Side B lifts with rain falling upward, vast interlocking machines, Bach-coloured bird calls, sideways golden rays, wide unknowable valleys, and a single golden earring turning in zero gravity.
Overall mood: Contemplative, otherworldly, and quietly radiant — full of soft wonder, spectral warmth, and gentle expansion. Perfect for deep listening, late-night immersion, or drifting through imagined landscapes.
Side A
00:00:00 Almost Random – Night at the Nameless city
A city without name rises from violet fog. Docks of Celephais stretch into endless water the colour of old mercury. Towers lean at angles that fold inward. Almost Random – Night at the Nameless City. Modular currents braid through the streets. A single lead voice climbs like a pale recorder note, threading the labyrinth where colours bloom outside the spectrum and a lecturer’s silhouette watches from every window at once.
00:05:07 LOULA YORKE – Broody
The roof opens. A nest of voltage and feathers pulses with heat. LOULA YORKE – Broody. Shared-system circuits glow amber and emerald. Nestlings open their beaks in perfect rhythm with the rising sequences. The air fills with starling-shaped waveforms that scatter across the studio ceiling and reform as constellations.
00:07:57 Dionisaf – Forgotten Trails of the Apalachee (ft. Liesbet Leroy)
Cotton fields unroll under a sky of molten copper. An ageing horse moves through tall grass that whispers in kalimba tones. Dionisaf – Forgotten Trails of the Apalachee. Liesbet’s flute drifts above the restored guitar like river mist carrying the scent of magnolias and dry October leaves. Forest trails glow with soft bioluminescence. Seven years of Mississippi light gather into a single warm horizon that keeps expanding.
00:10:03 Belbury Poly – The People
A village appears between the hedges, built entirely of library jingles and children’s television ghosts. Belbury Poly – The People. Minimoog laughter curls through the lanes. Melodica and psaltery ring from open windows. Vines part to reveal Pan’s Garden where the InterCity 125 glides past in slow silver arcs and every face in the square turns toward the listener with the same knowing smile.
00:13:34 Euan Alexander Millar & Henrik Meierkord – Shades Of Night
Night gathers in layers of deep indigo and charcoal. Euan Alexander Millar & Henrik Meierkord – Shades Of Night. Cello tones stretch into long translucent ribbons. Spoken words rise from within the drones and dissolve back into them. The entire field breathes at the pace of a single sustained note.
00:17:19 maps and diagrams – Echo.atlas-B2 [lost.wav]
A map unfolds made of missing coordinates. maps and diagrams – Echo.atlas-B2 [lost.wav]. Waves of pure signal drift across blank paper, leaving faint luminous traces that rearrange themselves into new continents every few seconds.
Side B
00:23:01 Spirituals – Rain Falling Up
Rain lifts from the ground in slow silver columns and continues upward into a sky the colour of candle flame. Spirituals – Rain Falling Up. Pedal steel and vibraphone form soft glowing orbs that float beside the rising water. Field recordings and voice memos drift through the air as tiny points of warm light, each one a living candle carried through the open dark.
00:27:18 Dadanaut – Interferenzen
Gears the size of towers interlock across a black-and-gold cityscape. Dadanaut – Interferenzen. Workers and superiors move inside the same vast machine. Sparks of freedom leap between the teeth of the wheels. The entire structure hums with the low frequency of relief seeking its shape.
00:32:09 Pointe du Lac – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV617)
An empty living room fills with the calls of exotic birds that exist only as samples. Pointe du Lac – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV617). Simple arpeggios cross and shift like interlocking stained-glass windows. Bach harmonies rise through Sun Ra colours. The ceiling opens into a progressive lake of pure harmonic light.
00:35:04 Timo Kuusi – Crepuscular Rays
Crepuscular rays pour sideways across the room in thick golden beams. Timo Kuusi – Crepuscular Rays. Each ray carries its own instructional geometry. The beams expand until the whole space becomes a single radiant exercise in pure illumination.
00:42:39 The Green Kingdom – Vale of the Unknowable
Evening settles in airy layers of soft violet and pearl. The Green Kingdom – Vale of the Unknowable. Piano motifs drift through reverb-soaked guitar lines. The landscape opens into a wide still valley where every sound has room to unfold at its own unhurried pace.
00:44:52 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Golden Earring
A golden earring turns slowly in zero gravity, catching and releasing light in perfect circles. Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Golden Earring. The sound arrives as the first sensation of hearing itself: tender, experimental, shaped for the earliest possible listener. Everything remains open, unguarded, and newly born.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 277
Script – Trevor
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 277. 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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporating their work into a vision of sorts.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,105 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.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 261
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-261/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 261. 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 dreamy, exploratory, and atmospheric ambient journey blending mystical electronics, Nordic cool, quirky whimsy, and celestial inheritance.
Side A drifts from dazed rhythms and time windows into telos purpose, cool air nostalgia, and rosewood calm. Side B flows through adventures, flugelhorn playfulness, inherited starlight, hypothetical colours, and snowy crossings.
Overall mood: Contemplative, whimsical, and wondrous with a blend of warmth, mystery, and quiet beauty. Perfect for deep listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
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 261 episodes plus the 823 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 inspired by the key of A# or Bb minor and based on the retro library charm of the track “Cool Air” by UK artist Jim Jupp under his “Belbury Poly” alias from the 4 track EP “Farmer’s Angle”.
Also on this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by an artists I know little about except that they’ve worked with my sister of the airwaves Kate Bosworth and have released most of their work on the wonderful Adventurous Music label this track titled “Das Zeitfenster” (the time window
) is from not so much an album but a book by Corina Retzlaff with artwork by Francis Théberge titled “Die Verschiebung der Zeit” (The shifting of time).
Then friend of us all Gavin Brick, aka, The Metamorph gives us his sparkling track “Telos” from his latest masterpiece album “From Cobalt to Aquamarine”.
Followed by the episode inspired Belbury Poly piece “Cool Air”.
After that, keeping it in the region with Frazer Brown and Alasdair O’May aka Dohnavùr with their track “Predicaments” from the collaboration album “Dohnavùr//Kl(aüs)” out on Castles in Space.
Ending the A side is the rather worldly piece titled “Rosewood and Olive” by Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki from the album “Small Fires” out on the Mahorka label. A superb release.
Starting off Side B in Berlin school style with Leeds based Tim Stebbing and the track “The Adventure” taken from the “CYCLICAL MAGAZINE 21” EP out on my wonderful friends at Cyclical Dreams.
Followed by a character that’s very active on the scene Michael Evill aka Shambolic and here as The Music Liberation Front Sweden with the wonderfully hopeful track titled “Anyone Can Play The Flugelhorn Outside My Window” from his “Lost Hope Society” album released on Subexotic Records.
Then a piece by myself titled “Visit Impressing Backup” which is where the cover art for this piece is. Created by my friend Ylva Magnusson. It’s from the album “”TVCL 10”.
After that Daniel Avramescu together with Feast of Starlight. A mysterious cloud hovers over all the artists that appear on the label The Dream Journal Institute. All of which seem to be fictional (correct me if I’m wrong) this piece is titled “The Inheritor” and is from the release “The Cosmic Mystery Play”
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of a Castles in Space sister label Lunar Module release from Phexioenesystems and their stunning floating piece titled “Hypothetical Colours” from the album “Patterns in Condensate”
Finishing us off is an artist that is the wonderful Portsmouth finest, Mr. Simon Heartfield and the uplifting track “Across The Snow” from his release “Stella Rossa”.
But first, to set the vibe is Faroese-Icelandic Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen collectively known as Kiasmos and the piano injected Idm track “Dazed” from their album “II” out on Erased Tapes.
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.
Side A
00:00:00 Kiasmos, Ólafur Arnalds, Janus Rasmussen – Dazed
Hypnotic, electronic ambient with pulsing rhythms and dreamy, dazed beauty. Elegant and immersive.
00:10:08 Hendekagon – Das Zeitfenster
Time-window ambient with precise, window-like structures and German-titled temporal elegance. Focused and atmospheric.
00:11:44 The Metamorph – Telos
Purposeful, goal-oriented ambient with analogue transformation and deep, telos-like resonance. Dynamic and profound.
00:15:46 Belbury Poly – Cool Air
Hauntological, cool British ambient with retro library charm and gentle, nostalgic breeze. Whimsical and comforting.
00:17:18 Dohnavùr – Predicaments
Mysterious, predicament-laden ambient with Nordic tension and collaborative depth. Stark and evocative.
00:22:09 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Rosewood and Olive
Organic, wood-and-olive ambient with warm, instrumental textures and earthy, Mediterranean calm.
Side B
00:30:12 Tim Stebbing – The Adventure
Exploratory, adventure-filled ambient with melodic synths and a sense of journey and discovery. Uplifting and expansive.
00:37:30 The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Anyone Can Play The Flugelhorn Outside My Window
Quirky, playful ambient with whimsy and eccentric charm. Fun and light-hearted.
00:41:43 Trevlad – Visit Impressing Backup
Retro-futurist ambient with visiting, impressing, and backup themes — quirky and nostalgic.
00:46:17 Daniel Avramescu, Feast of Starlight – The Inheritor
Inherited, starlit ambient with mystical inheritance and celestial warmth. Poignant and luminous.
00:53:39 Phexioenesystems – Hypothetical Colours
Hypothetical, colour-exploring ambient with speculative, system-like patterns and vivid imagination.
00:59:55 Simon Heartfield – Across The Snow
Vast, snowy ambient with cold, crossing landscapes and serene, wintry 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 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 258
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 258. 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 quirky, colourful, and atmospheric ambient journey through vintage whimsy, seasonal introspection, and urban environments.
Side A moves from posh timepieces and color seas into winter frost, fluid transference, cloud gazing, and returning light. Side B shifts through modular habitats, Trieste streets, secure institutions, and cinematic projections.
Overall mood: Playful yet contemplative, warm, and slightly uncanny with a mix of nostalgia and modern reflection. Perfect for adventurous listening or relaxed evenings.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast like episodes but I’ll do all the talking now in the intro 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 258 episodes plus the 820 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 258 is based on the track “Habitat 67” by my friends “The Twelve Hour Foundation” from the release “Expanded & Repurposed” coming out on their Bandcamp on July 27th.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Queens, New York based Chris Moore aka Light Vortex with the sound art track “Awash In A Sea Of Color” from the album “Aurora In Georgian Bay” out on Mortality Tables.
My friend of the channel Matthew Davies aka Vic Mars with the Chilled piece we all need right now “Winter II” from his collection of must have tracks “From Different Landscapes”.
A beat driven piece by Paris, France based Stephane Laporte aka Domotic from his amazing 36 track album which I’ve been playing a lot recently “Fourrure Sounds Vol. 3 to 6” out on Virtual Cassette supporting label Astra Solaria Recordings.
Then Canadian artist Grant Gard, who records as landtitles with the clarinet infused track “staring at the clouds” from the album “geographic beings, phosphorus mountains” out on whitelabrecs.
After that Tucson, Arizona based Kirk Markarian aka Neuro… No Neuro with the ambient swelling track “You Wasted Your Time” from the album “MemLoss” out on the Sheffield based Audiobulb label.
Then from the latest Cyclical Dreams label release comes the wonderfully stereo panned piece “The Light That Returns” by Adam Filip from the album “The Returning Circle”.
Ending the A side is Michael Plaster aka yttriphie with the Boards of Canada tinged “A Narrow Field of View” from the album “Solipsis” out on Projekt Records.
Starting off Side B is the inspiration for this episode and one of those bands that are instantly recognisable and just a good mood pill in general. They are of course Polly Hulse and Jez Butler collectively known as The Twelve Hour Foundation. With a track from their latest release “Expanded & Repurposed” with the track “Habitat 67” featuring the brilliant Alan Gubby of Buried Treasure / Revbjelde fame adding vibraphone to this classic.
This flows into Brutalist architecture inspired “Rozzol Melara [Triest]” by Fredy Engel aka MiDi BiTCH from another Cyclical Dreams release titled “Habitat”.
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of another favourite artist from the past few years Cate Francesca Brooks and the hypnotic piece “Secure Environments Ltd” from the album “For Your Security”.
And finishing us off is the 18 minute 25 second piece “Untitled 1 [a,b,c,d,e]” by The Projectionist from the rather special label The Dream Journal Institute whose artists don’t seem to actually exist yet they are not AI. This track would have ended up on an episode of Expansive Waves but I’m not doing them any more as they just aren’t worth it. Too much time equals too few listeners.
But setting the vibe for all of this is Portsmouth based legend Keith Seatman with his track “A Posh Hat and Timepiece” from the album “Counting To Ten Then Back Again” out on Castles In Space.
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 Keith Seatman – A Posh Hat and Timepiece
Quirky, vintage hauntological ambient with dapper, timepiece charm and eccentric British whimsy. Playful and nostalgic. Artist Bio: Keith Seatman is a British hauntological artist known for quirky, vintage-inspired electronic works with eccentric charm.
00:10:20 Light Vortex – Awash In A Sea Of Color
Vibrant, colour-flooded ambient with swirling, immersive hues and luminous beauty. Joyful and psychedelic.
00:13:35 Vic Mars – Winter II
Cold, wintry ambient with frosty textures and quiet, seasonal introspection. Crisp and melancholic.
00:15:52 DOMOTIC – Transvaser
Flowing, transference ambient with smooth, vessel-like motion and elegant electronic transfer. Hypnotic and fluid. Artist Bio: DOMOTIC is a French electronic/ambient artist known for precise, tonal, and minimalist compositions.
00:22:44 landtitles – staring at the clouds
Dreamy, cloud-gazing ambient with soft, drifting forms and peaceful, open skies. Serene and contemplative.
00:23:57 Neuro… No Neuro – You Wasted Your Time
Glitchy, self-reflective ambient with fragmented rhythms and a sense of wry acceptance. Sharp and introspective.
00:26:08 Adam Filip – The Light That Returns
Hopeful, returning light ambient with warm, cyclical glow and gentle renewal. Uplifting and radiant.
00:32:44 yttriphie – A Narrow Field of View
Constrained, focused ambient with limited perspective and intimate, narrow beauty. Precise and thoughtful.
Side B
00:40:31 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Habitat 67
Brutalist, modular ambient evoking the iconic Habitat 67 with retro-futurist warmth and architectural charm. Artist Bio: The Twelve Hour Foundation is a British library-inspired electronic group creating retro-futurist and architectural works.
00:43:41 MiDi BiTCH – Rozzol Melara [Triest]
Urban, Trieste-inspired ambient with gritty, residential textures and local atmosphere. Grounded and evocative.
00:48:26 Cate Francesca Brooks – Secure Environments Ltd
Clinical, secure ambient with institutional cool and subtle, controlled tension. Stark and atmospheric.
00:51:44 The Projectionist – Untitled 1 [a,b,c,d,e]
Cinematic, projection-based ambient with shifting, untitled scenes and mysterious, filmic quality.
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 256
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 256. 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.
An eclectic, atmospheric journey blending whimsical dawn grooves, northern flows, and ancient mystical energies.
Side A moves from sardine sunrises and titanium explorations into nodal precision, soft focus, and prime matter. Side B shifts through metropolitan gothic, leaping sorcery, seasonal transformation, and ancient tumuli.
Overall mood: Playful yet contemplative, warm, and mysterious with a mix of light whimsy and deeper resonance. Perfect for adventurous listening, golden-hour drives, or late-night immersion.
Episode 256 is based, appropriately, on the bubbling track “Hylé” by “Denis Violet” from the release “Connection: sculpting silence” out on Paris based Hylé Tapes label. Shout out to Richard Francés who has sent me a load of releases from his label this week.
Thanks also to Paul Beaudoin, and Substak for sending me your latest works I’ll be featuring you very soon.
In this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by unmistakeably Polish artist Marek Kwiatkowski,
An artists that has gone under the radar for years is the UK based Mark Ellery Griffiths. If you’re into vintage synths then dive into his vast name your price catalogue on Bandcamp. Mark gives us some brutalist electronica.
Another regular of the episodes is Rick Jones aka DARK FIDELITY HIFI with Orb flavoured Idm out on his sight and sound label. Also London based Rodrigo Passannantis’ latest I can’t seem to get enough of those soaring synth lines lately. From the Cyclical Dreams label.
Ivo Petrovs Mahorka label is almost always included. This time with quirky dub vibes from Mülheim, Germany based Record Of Tides.
The B side opens with the 27 minute track showing us what the Nord Modular G1 can do by Switzerland based Rupert Lally. This track would have made it onto an Expansive Waves episode but I’ve decided to discontinue those due to lack of motivation.
Clarinet based braindance from Berlin duo Meier & Erdmann.
Then Leeds based Ethiopian Jazz flavours from The Source on ATA records.
Then my friend Gavin Brick aka The Metamorph chills us out with live sci-fi injected ambient.
Ending episode 256 is the great combo of Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate with a haunted finale via Subexotic Records.
But setting the tape rolling today is an almost avant-garde Idm setting with Liryc303, here as, Cylander together with friend of the channel Fluffy Inside and their track Sardine Sunrise the Fluffy Inside’s Cloudy Dawn Mix. Available through the Neo Ouija label.
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 Cylander & Friends – Sardine Sunrise (Fluffy Inside’s Cloudy Dawn Mix)
Playful, sardine-tinged ambient with cloudy dawn warmth and quirky, fluffy textures. Light and whimsical. Artist Bio: Cylander & Friends create here playful, collaborative ambient works with whimsical and dawn-inspired themes.
00:09:40 Marek Kwiatkowski – Łazikiem po Tytanie
Polish-tinged ambient with urban exploration and titanium-like metallic sheen. Adventurous and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Marek Kwiatkowski is a Polish ambient artist exploring urban and material-inspired soundscapes.
00:15:04 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Node
Precise, nodal ambient with interconnected points and subtle, linking resonance. Focused and geometric. Artist Bio: Mark Ellery Griffiths is a UK ambient composer creating cosmic and textural works often inspired by space and nature.
00:16:50 DARK FIDELITY HIFI – soft focus
Warm, blurred ambient with soft-focus glow and gentle, emotional diffusion. Comforting and hazy. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection.
00:21:34 Rodrigo Passannanti – End Motion
Minimal, motion-ending ambient with final, decelerating textures and quiet closure. Reflective and still. Artist Bio: Rodrigo Passannanti is a London-based Italian electronic composer known for immersive, time-focused ambient works and vintage synth explorations.
00:26:04 Denis Violet – Hylé
Prime matter ambient with raw, elemental hylé textures and philosophical depth. Primal and contemplative. Artist Bio: Denis Violet is an ambient artist exploring prime matter, elemental, and philosophical themes.
00:35:07 Record Of Tides – The Beach Crate
Beach-found ambient with tidal memories and crate-like discovered warmth. Nostalgic and organic. Artist Bio: Record Of Tides is an ambient project focused on tidal, beach-found, and nostalgic sound discoveries.
Side B
00:42:28 Rupert Lally – Nord E
Northern, directional ambient with cold elegance and steady, eastward flow. Crisp and expansive. Artist Bio: Rupert Lally is a UK, Swiss based, ambient artist creating directional, northern, and elegant electronic works.
01:09:32 Meier & Erdmann – Nosferatu Metropolitain
Gothic, metropolitan ambient evoking Nosferatu in a city with dark, dramatic tension. Artist Bio: Meier & Erdmann create cinematic, gothic, and urban-inspired ambient soundtracks.
01:13:25 The Sorcerers – He Who Kills with One Leap
Mystical, leaping funk-jazz ambient with powerful, sorcerous energy and ritualistic drive. Artist Bio: The Sorcerers are a psychedelic jazz-funk group known for mystical, energetic, and ritualistic grooves.
01:17:36 The Metamorph – Spring into Summer
Seasonal, transforming ambient capturing the shift from spring to summer with lush growth. Artist Bio: The Metamorph is an analogue electronics project exploring scifi synth and transformation.
01:21:11 Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate – Tumulus
Ancient, burial-mound ambient with barrow-like resonance and mystical, earthen depth. Artist Bio: Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate collaborate on ancient, mystical, and folklore-inspired ambient works.
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 251
Based on the track “Cyme” by “Jonathan Poliart” from the release “Melomed” and “Margin” by “CIRC” from the release “Rite”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A luminous, exploratory, and deeply personal ambient journey through light, myth, and memory.
Side A drifts from setting sun pearls and circular radiance into majestic airships and mythical horizons. Side B expands into floral delicacy, eternal journeys, dream scaffolds, and ends on warm childhood nostalgia.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and wondrous with a strong sense of vastness and intimate reflection. Perfect for deep listening, golden-hour vibes, or peaceful unwinding.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 R&D – Pearls of Setting Sun
Warm, glowing analogue ambient capturing the last pearls of sunlight with rich, fading beauty. Serene and nostalgic. Artist Bio: R&D is the electronic project of a synth enthusiast creating deep, textural analogue soundscapes.
00:09:49 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Circular Square
Luminous, geometric ambient with circular motion and emotional depth. Hopeful and radiant. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection.
00:13:06 Andrew Heath – A Fleet of Airships
Majestic, floating ambient evoking a fleet of airships with vast, drifting elegance. Cinematic and wondrous. Artist Bio: Andrew Heath is a UK ambient composer known for spacious, cinematic works inspired by nature and history.
00:23:12 Zhe Pechorin & F.A. – Yellow Sun
Bright, solar ambient with warm yellow tones and gentle, life-giving radiance. Optimistic and glowing. Artist Bio: Zhe Pechorin & F.A. collaborate on warm, solar, and emotionally radiant ambient music.
00:26:36 philippe neau – ‘
Minimal, apostrophe-like ambient with precise, subtle punctuation and quiet introspection. Clean and poetic. Artist Bio: philippe neau is a French ambient artist creating minimal, precise, and poetic electronic works.
00:31:17 The Earl of Dean – Beyond The Pillars Of Hercules
Mythical, exploratory ambient venturing past ancient boundaries with deep, legendary resonance. Artist Bio: The Earl of Dean is a Scottish ambient artist crafting misty, landscape-inspired sound worlds with Nordic and mythical influences.
Side B
00:38:19 Jonathan Poliart – Cyme
Delicate, cyme-inspired ambient with clustered floral textures and soft, natural elegance. Artist Bio: Jonathan Poliart is an ambient artist creating delicate, nature-inspired works with floral and organic themes.
00:44:34 Yzymyr – Meditation
Pure, meditative ambient with focused stillness and profound inner calm. Minimal and transcendent. Artist Bio: Yzymyr is an ambient artist focused on pure, minimal, and absolute sonic explorations.
00:51:05 Thaneco – Neverending Journey
Vast, eternal ambient capturing endless exploration with cosmic drones and timeless flow. Artist Bio: Thaneco is a Greek ambient artist creating space-themed, narrative-driven electronic works.
00:58:22 Helyg Weidenbach – Dream Scaffold I
Dreamy, scaffold-like ambient building ethereal structures with soft, supportive layers. Artist Bio: Helyg Weidenbach is an ambient artist crafting dream-like, structural soundscapes.
01:04:21 CIRC – Margin
Precise, edge-dwelling ambient exploring boundaries with clean, marginal textures. Artist Bio: CIRC is an ambient artist focused on precise, boundary-exploring minimal electronics.
01:08:41 Akira Film Script – N4-81
Nostalgic, tape-warmed ambient captured in a childhood home with field recordings, cassette hiss, and quiet domestic peace. Deeply personal and comforting. Artist Bio: Akira Film Script is Ryan Watts, a veteran electronic musician creating nostalgic, field-recording-heavy ambient works inspired by childhood homes and personal reflection.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 249
Based on the track “MIZUBURO” by “silentwave” from the release “TSURUKAME NIGHT”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A dreamy, cosmic, and introspective ambient journey through weird dreams, vast time scales, and organic wonder.
Side A drifts from surreal quirkiness and water fluidity into absolute stillness and orbital grace. Side B expands into geological eons, warped nostalgia, polished sea glass, and microscopic cellular life.
Overall mood: Contemplative, whimsical, and expansive with a blend of warmth, mystery, and quiet wonder. Perfect for deep listening, relaxation, or late-night immersion.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Brioskj – A Weird Dream
Surreal, dreamlike ambient with quirky, off-kilter textures and gentle absurdity. Playful and immersive. Artist Bio: Brioskj is an ambient artist creating quirky, surreal, electronic soundscapes.
00:05:19 Mike Petruna – Why Not
Laid-back, exploratory ambient with warm analogue tones and a casual, philosophical curiosity. Relaxed and inviting. Artist Bio: Mike Petruna is an ambient musician known for warm, exploratory, and thoughtful analogue works.
00:09:46 silentwave – MIZUBURO
Fluid, water-inspired ambient with smooth, bubbling textures and deep, meditative calm. Serene and liquid. Artist Bio: silentwave is an ambient artist specializing in meditative soundscapes.
00:13:58 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Floatations
Buoyant, uplifting ambient with glowing electronics and a sense of emotional levitation. Warm and hopeful. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection.
00:17:00 Yzymyr – Absolute
Pure, absolute ambient with stark minimalism and profound, unadorned stillness. Clean and contemplative. Artist Bio: Yzymyr is an ambient artist focused on pure, minimal, and sonic explorations.
00:21:20 Olio Flux – Orbiting
Graceful, orbital ambient with smooth circular motion and cosmic, weightless beauty. Artist Bio: Olio Flux is an ambient project exploring cosmic motion through textured electronics.
Side B
00:23:57 Thaneco – Billion Year Cycles Are Moments
Vast, geological ambient compressing eons into fleeting moments with deep time resonance. Epic and humbling. Artist Bio: Thaneco is an ambient artist creating space-themed, narrative-driven electronic works.
00:29:49 Boards of Canada – I Saw Through Platonia
Eerie, warped nostalgia with classic BoC analogue haze and a glimpse into an uncanny realm. Mysterious and hypnotic. Artist Bio: Boards of Canada are the iconic Scottish duo known for warped nostalgia, analogue warmth, and eerie electronic soundscapes.
00:31:58 Noodle Therapy – Sea Glass
Smooth, tumbled ambient with polished, sea-worn textures and gentle, healing calm. Soothing and beautiful. Artist Bio: Noodle Therapy is an ambient artist crafting smooth, healing, and nature-inspired soundscapes.
00:36:39 Mark Barrott – Variation (III)
Subtle, Balearic-tinged ambient with warm variation and gentle, land-inspired elegance. Artist Bio: Mark Barrott is a Balearic and ambient producer known for warm, earthy, and sun-drenched soundscapes.
00:40:07 Solar Phasing – Cell Division
Organic, microscopic ambient capturing the wonder of cellular life with luminous, dividing patterns. Artist Bio: Solar Phasing is an ambient artist focused cosmic reflection.
00:44:30 Grant Beasley – Subspace
Deep, dimensional ambient exploring hidden subspaces with rich, layered textures and cosmic depth. Artist Bio: Grant Beasley is a Sunderland-based ambient musician creating space-inspired, expansive soundscapes with analogue warmth.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 247
Based on the track “Timmi Flew to the Stars (Anholt Beach)” by “Hello Mr. Klaus” from the release “Baltic Odyssey”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A varied ambient journey blending brutalist starkness, cosmic wonder, natural serenity, and dark turbulence.
Side A moves from concrete weight and celestial beauty into poetic minimalism and deep space orbits. Side B flows through woodland streams, chaotic tsunamis, residual traces, whimsical stars, and grounded everyday life.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and emotionally diverse — from stark and dark to warm and hopeful. Perfect for focused listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Et Voilà – Brutalism 01
Raw, concrete-heavy ambient with brutalist textures and stark architectural weight. Bold and immersive. Artist Bio: Et Voilà is an ambient artist known for stark, architectural soundscapes inspired by brutalism and urban decay.
00:03:59 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Cassiopeia (2015)
Celestial, star-constellation ambient with shimmering synths and cosmic wonder. Luminous and dreamy. Artist Bio: Mark Ellery Griffiths is a UK ambient composer creating cosmic and textural works often inspired by space and nature.
00:10:07 Feon – Darkness Within Darkness
Deep, layered dark ambient exploring inner voids with rich, enveloping shadows. Mysterious and profound. Artist Bio: Feon is an ambient artist focused on dark, introspective explorations of inner darkness and emotional depth.
00:12:30 Substak – Looming Light(naviarhaiku642)
Subtle, haiku-inspired ambient with looming light and delicate, poetic textures. Minimal and evocative. Artist Bio: Substak is a Greek ambient artist creating minimal drone works.
00:16:16 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Managed Decline
Brutalist hauntology with decaying urban synths and themes of managed decline. Stark and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan is a hauntological project exploring British new towns, brutalism, and social history through synth music.
00:19:38 Aether Audio – Deep Space Orbit
Vast, orbital ambient with deep space silence and gentle gravitational drift. Expansive and serene. Artist Bio: Aether Audio is an ambient artist creating vast, space-inspired soundscapes focused on orbital and cosmic themes.
Side B
00:29:51 Nick May – Stream In Woods
Gentle, flowing ambient capturing woodland streams with natural warmth and quiet movement. Peaceful and organic. Artist Bio: Nick May is an ambient artist known for gentle, nature-inspired works with warm, organic textures.
00:34:48 Belial Pelegrim – Tsunami of Bad Ideas
Dark, turbulent ambient with overwhelming waves of chaotic thought and brooding intensity. Artist Bio: Belial Pelegrim is an ambient artist creating dark, narrative-driven works with mysterious and turbulent atmospheres.
00:38:43 Rodrigo Passannanti – Residual Existence
Minimal, lingering ambient exploring what remains after dissolution with fragile beauty. Artist Bio: Rodrigo Passannanti is a London-based Italian electronic composer known for immersive, time-focused ambient works and vintage synth explorations.
00:42:14 Hello Mr. Klaus – Timmi Flew to the Stars (Anholt Beach)
Star-bound ambient with beachy warmth and cosmic adventure. Charming. Artist Bio: Hello Mr. Klaus is an ambient artist blending, location-inspired, and cosmic elements.
00:52:13 Mark Barrott – Land (III)
Earthy, Balearic-tinged ambient with grounded textures and gentle, land-inspired calm. Artist Bio: Mark Barrott is a Balearic and ambient producer known for warm, earthy, and sun-drenched soundscapes.
00:56:31 Jogging House – Stenography
*Intimate, everyday ambient capturing hidden rhythms and quiet domestic notation. Warm and personal.
Artist Bio: Jogging House is a German ambient artist known for warm, everyday, and melodic soundscapes as well as curating the Seil Records label. *
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 246
Based on the track “In The Heart Of Spring (Tim Hopkins Remix)” by “CommsBreakdown” from the release “Dadtronica Remixes”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A warm, organic, and emotionally resonant ambient journey through nature, time, and inner reflection.
Side A moves from spring renewal and riverine depths into geometric structures and soul-reaping darkness. Side B dives into oceanic drones, mysterious realms, timeless flow, rainful nostalgia, and ends on hopeful star-gazing and prairie calm.
Overall mood: Grounded yet expansive, gently melancholic with hopeful warmth and subtle enchantment. Ideal for nature connection, reflective listening, or peaceful evenings.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
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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 CommsBreakdown + Tim Hopkins – In The Heart Of Spring (Tim Hopkins Remix)
Lush, springtime ambient with blooming textures and gentle, hopeful renewal. Warm and vibrant. Artist Bio: CommsBreakdown (Steve Ash) is a British-Australian producer blending ambient, electronica, and house; Tim Hopkins is known for atmospheric remixes and electronic works.
00:07:23 arc rae – Nope
Minimal, defiant ambient with clean lines and a quiet sense of refusal. Stark and focused. Artist Bio: arc rae is a French-born, Berlin-based musician blending acoustic and electronic textures in generative ambient soundscapes.
00:08:52 Tim Stebbing – Rio Negro
Deep, riverine ambient evoking the dark waters of the Rio Negro with rich, flowing textures. Immersive and mysterious. Artist Bio: Tim Stebbing is a veteran UK electronic musician with a long history in Berlin-school and melodic synth music, now creating expansive ambient works.
00:18:53 Grosso Gadgetto – Quadrata Dodus Act 1
Geometric, structured ambient with square-like precision and dramatic development. Bold and architectural. Artist Bio: Grosso Gadgetto is a French artist blending dark ambient, experimental hip-hop, and movie soundtrack influences.
00:24:25 Hverheij – Reaper Of Souls
Dark, ritualistic ambient with solemn weight and a sense of inevitable transition. Haunting and powerful. Artist Bio: Hverheij is a Canadian composer and recording artist creating diverse ambient and electronic works that transpose consciousness into sound.
00:27:42 Stewart Keller – Moving Trees
Organic, wind-swept ambient capturing trees in motion with gentle, natural flow. Peaceful and alive. Artist Bio: Stewart Keller is a US composer known for ambient, electronic, and video game soundtrack work with organic and emotional depth.
Side B
00:31:31 deepspace – Hydrospheric Extraction Drones Class Ⲑ
Vast, underwater drone ambient with deep oceanic pressure and mechanical extraction themes. Immersive and cinematic. Artist Bio: deepspace is an ambient project focused on vast, oceanic, and space-inspired drone soundscapes.
00:34:23 Belial Pelegrim – Interamnia
Mysterious, inter-realm ambient with subtle tension and otherworldly elegance. Cool and enigmatic. Artist Bio: Belial Pelegrim is an ambient artist creating mysterious, cinematic works with dark and elegant atmospheres.
00:39:24 THE GAYE DEVICE – Time Beyond Captured
Expansive, time-transcending ambient with warm analogue layers and a sense of eternal flow. Artist Bio: THE GAYE DEVICE is a Leeds based ambient artist exploring time, memory, and expansive electronic soundscapes.
00:50:05 MDA Analog – Rainful Memories
Nostalgic, rain-soaked analogue ambient with warm, memory-drenched textures. Melancholic and comforting. Artist Bio: MDA Analog is an ambient artist creating nostalgic, tape-warmed works focused on emotion.
00:53:55 Veryan – Step Forward To The Seven Stars
Ascending, star-bound ambient with hopeful progression and celestial wonder. Uplifting and expansive. Artist Bio: Veryan is an ambient artist crafting hopeful, celestial, and exploratory soundscapes.
00:57:41 Time Rival – Dakota Bridge + Birdsong (Prairie Trail 4-13-23)
Field-recording-rich ambient blending bridge sounds and birdsong with prairie tranquility. Peaceful and grounded. Artist Bio: Time Rival is an ambient artist incorporating field recordings and natural sounds into peaceful, location-based compositions.
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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