Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. A warm, gentle, and introspective journey through pastoral folk, ambient guitar, and soft electronic textures with a strong sense of nature and nostalgia. Side A blends intimate folk storytelling, dreamy coastal drifts, and lush emotional songwriting into earthy, organic soundscapes. Side B flows into shimmering downtempo, soulful introspection, neoclassical elegance, and playful folktronica before ending on a smooth, continuous ambient note. Overall mood: Sunny yet melancholic, tender, and deeply comforting. It feels like a peaceful spring or early summer day — wandering through fields, sitting by the coast, or watching golden light fade in the evening. Warm, hopeful, and emotionally rich with a beautiful balance of folk heart and ambient serenity. Perfect for relaxed listening, quiet reflection, or gentle background accompaniment. If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on. So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. One side flip, just the music.
Side A 00:00:00 The Modern Folk – Two Sisters Gentle, haunting folk with intimate storytelling and delicate melancholy. Warm and wistful 00:03:37 The Order Of The 12 – Eye Of A Lens Hypnotic, swirling psychedelic electronica with rich analogue layers and cosmic focus. Mesmerizing. 00:07:50 Old Amica – To the Coastline Dreamy, windswept ambient folk with soft textures and coastal longing. Peaceful and evocative. 00:11:37 Bon Iver – Second Nature Warm, introspective indie-folk with lush production and emotional vulnerability. Beautifully tender. 00:15:28 Austin Potter – Springtime Bright, hopeful ambient-folk with fresh spring-like clarity and gentle optimism. 00:17:52 Danny Paul Grody – Hidden Valley Pastoral, fingerstyle guitar ambient with serene beauty and hidden valley tranquility. Gorgeous. 00:22:13 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Artemesia & Moringa Organic, earthy improvisation with herbal textures and natural, wandering calm. Side B 00:30:08 Tycho – Spectre (Bibio Remix) Warm, shimmering downtempo with Bibio’s signature soft-focus charm and dreamy grooves. 00:34:26 Moses Sumney – Plastic Soulful, artful indie-R&B with expressive vocals and clever, fluid arrangements. 00:36:46 North Americans – Classic Water Sparse, glowing ambient guitar with wide-open spaces and quiet emotional depth. 00:40:39 North Sea Radio Orchestra – Arcade Elegant, chamber-like neoclassical with warm orchestration and nostalgic charm. 00:43:37 Bibio – Curls Playful, sun-dappled folktronica with intricate guitar work and joyful bounce. 00:46:42 Golden Brown – Little Rider Whimsical, intimate electronic folk with gentle melodies and childlike wonder. 00:48:58 Julien Hauspie – Coda Delicate, minimalist ambient closer with soft emotional resonance and graceful fade. 00:52:08 10.32 – Cornelius Drive Atmospheric, driving electronic with subtle propulsion and nocturnal coolness. 00:56:12 tadoma – Continuum Smooth, flowing ambient with seamless transitions and comforting continuity. Perfect ending.
Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 102 A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is partially sponsored by these generous labels: Astra Solaria Recordings, Castles In Space, ARCHIVES, Error Prone Records, Moniker Eggplant, Sonor Music Editions, Bricolage, rohs! records, Mystery Circles,
As well as these artists who have sent me material: Augen, The Green Kingdom, Phil Dodds from Allmanna Town.
Much love to my Co-Host the poet, the Psychonaut, Nanogod, for his visualisations of what’s going on during the episodes.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
Also shout outs to, aeon_music, and Ottervision, for the follows, likes and comments.
At least two of the tracks contain the Bucla Music Easel.
The A side contains “On The Waves Of Neptune” an exclusive from the album “Where Trees Go To Die” the latest offering from Stone Anthem, a hallucinatory journey through ambient textures, dense organic drones, and otherworldly frequencies. Layering field recordings, modular synthesis, and hushed vocals, the album was created in an attempt to maximise immersion and create a sonic field of bliss, a slow-evolving soundscape where perception bends and time dissolves. The album’s initial blueprint was created in a quiet hamlet in the Spanish mountains in 2023 with very little equipment. So the scenery of forests and mountains were a great influence on the album’s development. This is also from where all of the field recordings on the album were sourced.
Castles in Space is delighted to be working with this charismatic, vibrant and super-talented young artist. He’s just turned 18.
The B side contains an exclusive by colab who I know nothing about and I don’t believe are the Georgian Hard techno outfit. The track here, Troubled appears on the Bricolage labels 27 track compilation album X celebrating their 10th year of magical releases. It’s a ‘who’s who’ of the label past, present and future. Do check it out. Links to everything played are in the show notes and in the comments.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can join nanogods poetic visualisations on the time line. Don’t be shy.
Do you want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked at the top of each episode.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
A summer mix for my subscribers. Just some classics that I don’t believe I’ve ever played on the channel.
Tycho – Time To Run – 00:00 Kettel – My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition) – 04:08 The Police – Spirits In The Material World – 08:50 Capitol 1212 ft. Earl 16 – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub) (Exclusive remix) – Originally recorded by Joy Division – 11:36 Albin – I dessa tider – 15:04 To Rococo Rot – cars – 18:28 Sababa 5 – Popcorn – 20:53 Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor – Gnome Worthy – 24:15 Gelbart – WWI Hamster Diorama – 28:08 Mint Julep – It’s My Life – 30:23 Donny Benét – Le Piano – 34:04 Psyché – Cumbia Mahàre – 39:01 Jack J – If You Don’t Know Why – 42:26 Bibio – Even More Excuses – 48:09 Maston with L’éclair – Do You Feel It Working? – 52:05 Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’ – 55:55 SALES – Can’t Be Yours Forever – 58:18 The Books – It Never Changes To Stop – 1:00:34 Prince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin – Black Rabbit – Originally recorded by Jefferson Airplane – 1:04:08 Les Imprimés – You – 1:07:30 Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Sometimes I think that I know – 1:10:22 Edgar Froese – Stuntman – 2012 Remaster – 1:14:28 Low Motion Disco – Things are going to get easier – 1:18:24 Sven Wunder – Asterism Waltz (Celesta Version) – 1:24:01 Carole King – Bitter with the Sweet – 1:26:23 Surprise Chef – Spring’s Theme – 1:28:37 The Smile – The Smoke – 1:32:21 Marvin Gaye – Where Are We Going? – Alternative Mix 2 – 1:35:56 Mave & Dave – You Are Delicious – 1:39:34 Ozric Tentacles – Sploosh! – 1:43:58 Me and My Friends – You Came Into My Life – 1:49:39 DāM-FunK – Night Kruise – 1:53:09 Jordan Rakei – Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (Exclusive Cover Version) – 1:57:26 The Doors – Riders On The Storm (Sunset Sound Demo) – 1:59:53 Khruangbin – B-Side – 2:04:14 The Velvet Underground – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ – 2015 Remaster – 2:08:24 Dorian Concept – Eigendynamik (Elevator Version) – 2:15:35 Gil Trythall – Wichita Lineman – 2:18:17 Tomer Baruch, Animals And Synthesizers – Starfish – 2:20:59 Dina Ögon – Mormor – 2:23:39 Malouma – Nebine – 2:27:27 Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules – Mad World (Donnie Darko) – 2:31:55 Jonny Greenwood – Don’t Read What Hasn’t Been Baptized by Time – 2:34:51 Billy Cobham, Novecento, Bob Mintzer – Stratus – 2:36:29 Pocket Pavilions – Decagons – 2:42:44