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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 200

Melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric.

Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the 200th episode of the Virtual Cassette Library – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that sets the tone for the set. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. If and when I get a couple more subscribers then I’ll go back to doing 90 minute versions, complete with commentary.
This episode is based on the track “People Say I’m a Dreamer” by friend of the channel Neil Stringfellow, also known as Audio Obscura. Available on the upcoming album “Dream States”. Dropping June 12. Neil also just entered a track for my upcoming compilation “The Mystery of the Night” Applications are still open. Get your piece in by June 24. All info on the album page on Bandcamp.
If you make music 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.
No breaks, just the music.

Side A
00:00:00 PhexioenesystemsPoringland Extract
Subtle, textural field-recording ambient drawn from the Norfolk countryside. Gentle rustles, distant horizons, and organic drones create a beautifully restrained, place-specific immersion.
00:05:35 The MetamorphThe Unlimited Dream Company
Expansive, psychedelic-tinged ambient inspired by J.G. Ballard. Dreamy, shape-shifting layers and cosmic warmth evoke boundless imagination and surreal inner worlds.
00:07:35 Rival ConsolesIf Not Now
Driving, emotionally charged electronic ambient from Ryan Lee West. Pulsing rhythms and luminous synths build a sense of urgency and beautiful tension—now or never.
00:10:17 Mikael Lind, Johanna SjunnessonRemnants Unveiled
Delicate, haunting ambient that slowly reveals hidden layers. Fragile textures and soft resonances feel like uncovering forgotten memories in dust and light.
00:15:45 Felipe AyresTurmoil
Turbulent yet controlled ambient exploring inner unrest. Swirling drones and restless movement capture emotional chaos while maintaining an elegant undercurrent.
00:20:44 Wil BoltonQuiet Sunlight
Gentle, luminous ambient bathed in soft, filtered light. Warm tones and peaceful stillness evoke a perfect moment of tranquil, golden-hour calm.
00:28:09 Paulina FaeThe Space Inbetween (Instrumental)
Ethereal, floating ambient focused on the liminal. Airy pads and crystalline details create a weightless sense of existing in the beautiful gap between moments.
Side B
00:32:14 Christian WittmanThe Light Before the Dark (Edit. From the album “The Light Before the Dark”
Poignant, cinematic ambient exploring the fragile transition of dusk. Rich, melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric.
00:37:34 Ludovico EinaudiPrimavera
Graceful, flowing piano-led neoclassical piece. Delicate melodies and gentle swells capture the fresh energy and blossoming beauty of spring with quiet emotional depth.
00:44:08 The British Stereo CollectiveSilicon Street (From the Yesterday Children)
Retro-futuristic synth ambient with a hazy 80s cinematic feel. Warm analogue tones and nostalgic melancholy paint a portrait of memory-drenched digital streets.
00:46:59 Audio ObscuraPeople Say I’m a Dreamer
Drifting, introspective ambient with a soft, wistful character. Cloud-like textures and piano voices create a beautiful, slightly detached dream-state.
00:49:42 Dr AtmoHunted Rain
Moody, atmospheric ambient capturing rain as both pursuer and refuge. Wet, pulsing textures and dark elegance evoke being chased through a storm.
00:55:38 Cate BrooksThe Frame
Meticulous, minimal ambient centered on structure and restraint. Clean lines and thoughtful silence create a contemplative, almost architectural listening experience.
00:58:29 Luke Howard TrioSelf Preservation
Intimate, heartfelt modern classical/jazz-tinged ambient. Thoughtful piano, subtle brushes, and warm resonance explore protection, vulnerability, and inner strength.


Ode to the fem

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 104

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Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 104 A 90-minute musical journey through sonic landscapes shaped by ambient architects, experimental visionaries, and boundary-pushing composers all woven together into two, uninterrupted, 45 minute adventures. There is a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark. Immersive audio realms that stretch from the introspective to the cosmic.The shows are designed for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.

I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can join Nanogods poetic visualizations on the time line. Don’t be shy.

If you want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode.

Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨

Intro – 00:00
TrevladDoctrine Sanctum – 01:17
Ursula’s CartridgesCaptain Space Barf – 05:06
Akasha SystemTerraform Dream – 08:00
Masayoshi FujitaOcean Flow – 10:35
Henrik MeierkordSJÖ – 12:42
Paul MallatrattSweet Sorrow – 14:35
BålsamSunshower – 23:24
Anubis RudeShip to Shore – 26:56
TrevladCosmic Paperwork – 30:25
Kamala SankaramUltimo sueño (Morelia, Mexico) – 34:15
Survey ChannelPost-Limitation – 40:27
Side B – 45:06
Sharada ShashidharBy The Land – 45:50
Happy HeartsThe Last Autumn – 48:55
Microscope White NoiseCloudy day – 52:29
SONICriderThoughts Trigger – 59:19
Masefield LabsEngram (Masefield Labs Acid DnB Remix) – 1:06:52
BrainstoryListen (Instrumental) – 1:14:46
John McBainInterloper – 1:17:06
Cate BrooksEnergens – 1:19:15
Dag RosenqvistSjörök – 1:22:04

Outro – 1:24:10

*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 015

07.04.2025

Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Mark Ellery GriffithsLonely Machine – 02:20
The British Stereo CollectiveSudden Impact – 03:35
THE GAYE DEVICECode And Comfort – 07:41
CorrelationsPollination – 12:21
Scholars of the PeakArrival at Dymynsdale – 16:18
Andreas DavidsKometenregen – 19:54
Mark Ellery GriffithsGet Computing! – 29:00
GisReplacement Bus Under Cirrostratus – 29:30
Yakuza JacuzziSequenz Zero – 33:26
*LullatonePor Floristas – 36:18
Null-O BandMartian Time-Slip (Martian Time-Slip) – 37:19
4T ThievesHappy Place – 41:15
B Side – 44:53
Sons Of FaustAftenoon of Perhaps – 45:25
Caught In Joywere shattered by That Thing – 55:40
Voyage FuturLost Memory – 59:04
ChristWhite Count – 1:04:25
OgleBirds – 1:08:49
CIALYNIntricate Lights – 1:11:32
Cate BrooksBlue Chip Fever – 1:14:05
Michael BrücknerDescending to the First Plane – 1:16:32
Trevs Outro – 1:25:39

*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.


Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 012

04.04.2025

Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Gaussian BlurLow Electrical Worker – 02:05
ScannerOdalisk Broadcast – 06:56
THE GAYE DEVICERinse and Repeat – 16:55
Mordant MusicSoft Plastics – 22:30
Beefus BI Like To Wander – 23:48
DialedStopped Clocks – 27:10
FrankMasonMusicGrey Area – 32:07
Cate BrooksCog on Cog – 32:51
Matthewdavid10_STARMAN – 36:05
MiDi BiTCHBoio – 37:02
Time RivalIn No Uncertain Terms – 44:16
B Side – 47:06
Lifting Gear EngineerFray – 47:36
PandoramaNew Wind – 50:26
Natureboy FlakoShipibo Icaro (Part Three) – 53:52
Jonny FalloutMusic Can Do All These Things – 56:55
Bernard GrancherSay goodbye to depression – 1:00:12
Coda NauticaPetal – 1:08:29
Listening CenterVisitor Information – 1:13:03
The Cromagnon BandNot Nothing – 1:16:00
TOKEEПутешествие – 1:20:39
Al LoverEarth People (New York & London) – 1:23:27
Trevs Outro – 1:30:00


Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 008

30.03.2025

Trevs Intro – 00:00


Mod Ribbon Navigator

07.03.2025

Trevors’ Intro – 00:00
Side A – 01:35
HDRFCCOD – 01:41
Fred und LunaDer Allgemeine Tenor – 07:28
MSee you – 12:09
Scholars of the PeakLure of the Depths (The Mermaid’s Pool) – 16:49
Cosmic HoffmannShiva Connection – 19:43
Oberudesert – 29:25
Memory ScaleSyntropy – 34:17
Side B – 38:40
Lights in PairsGet a Grip – 39:50
Warrington RuncornAll Mod Cons – 41:46
Coda NauticaSwan Song – 44:59
Greg Nieuwsma and Antonello PerfettoRibbon Dance – 51:25
Jack CheshireMaps – 54:47
ClystreGartentraum – 57:54
Caught In JoyChrono Navigator – 01:00:27
NEWLYSour Around – 01:05:48
Cate BrooksEconet – 01:08:04
MICADOCall for Hope – 01:11:45
Mind over MIDIOffgrid 6 – 01:16:51
Trevors’ Outro – 01:21:15


Urban Water Memories

02.03.2025

Voyage FuturEntering the Grotto – 00:00
Moonbrew, Paolo Apollo NegriApproaching the Red Planet – 06:18
Pneumatic TubesPetit Bleu II – 10:20
Dorian ConceptThe Touch – 12:09
Mike DickinsonNo Spacesuit, No Helmet, No Oxygen – 15:21
Paolo ZavalloneAttualità – 22:01
Lionmilksue’s garden – 24:31
Riz OrtolaniWhy (strumentale N. 2) – 25:48
Riz OrtolaniCosì Dolce… Così Perversa (Shake N. 2) – 27:22
MICADOA Strange Place – 30:02
MICADOA Place with Memories – 37:46
Pneumatic TubesPetit Bleu XII – 42:23
Voyage FuturLight Reach – 43:58
Cate BrooksChipset – 51:22
Cate BrooksPrismatics – 55:26
Dorian ConceptNovelty – 59:10
RedshiftRedshift – 01:01:08
Mark Ellery GriffithsUrban Encroachment – 01:19:42
Andres Lopez AzpiriUna Carta Para Mamá – 01:22:21
Elías GonzálezRickyleaks – 01:23:32
Ana TuiránPequeña Falla – 01:24:29
Ana TuiránRun Run a la Fuga – 01:25:24
Andres Lopez AzpiriPepe el Hipopótamo – 01:26:12
Rémy LozanoNicaragua – 01:27:50
Elías GonzálezUn Caixixi – 01:29:31
Paolo ZavalloneTelespazio – 01:30:43
Misha PanfilovBaltica Calls Me – 01:32:15
OjardDimanche – 01:38:33
Thee MarloesLogika (Instrumental) – 01:41:07
Tony GilbertStrata Florida – 01:45:11
KolumboWater Bear – 01:47:16
Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel DorThe Garden’s Humble – 01:53:24
Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel DorDance Of The Petals – 01:55:57
Thee MarloesI Know (Instrumental) – 01:58:10


Hidden Frog Souls

14.02.2025

Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel DorHidden Glow – 00:00
30 Door KeyA Week Of Wonderwav – 03:15
Cate BrooksFuture Free – 06:12
The MetamorphLost Souls – 09:49
WoundBreaking News 22-00 (Old Terrors) – 15:26
The MetamorphSpace Cadets – 17:51
Massimo SpinettiTake Control Prologue – 20:12
MindhealWhispers Of Silicon Soul – 21:49
Carlisle City CouncilDemolishing The Old Lanes – 25:44
4T ThievesFragment 11 – 30:22
Scholars of the PeakThe Devil’s Arse – 32:20
StereolabPercolator – 35:27
Paul Ellis & Pabellón SintéticoFirst light of the last day – 39:08
Omni GardensRain Jacket – 48:13
SupersempfftBe A Man You Frog – 51:04
Klaus MorlockSeance on Deck – 56:35
Clystre15 Inches of Snow – 01:03:37


Void Penguin Chair

Cate BrooksVoid Patterns – 00:00
Secret CircuitThe Missing Lounge Chair – 02:49
Audio ObscuraAll That Is Still To Come – 06:10
Nonima + DissolvedAnamnesis – 14:40
_EntityMiami Heat – 18:05
Lunar CambridgeForest Temple – 19:40
Beefus BA Distant Galaxy Message – 22:11
Giants Of DiscoveryMr Probert’s Incredible Steam Machine – 26:54
Doxa SinistraThe Other Stranger – 29:01
AlmanacsEighteen Rabbits – 31:54
Fabien GuiraudDerrière le chardon – 35:49
Al LoverRanking Roedelius – 36:52
Passepartout DuoImitates a Penguin – 40:26
Scanner, Neil LeonardMuster Assemblage – 42:41
CV VisionDer Fröhliche Gaukler – 45:14


Invisible Club 049

22.01.2025

MiDi BiTCHHyperoche – 00:00
Carlisle City CouncilDemolishing The Old Lanes – 06:39
Cate BrooksFuture Free – 10:30
cable.percussionMolecular Break-Up – 12:54
PolyporesLive at The Cumberland, Newcastle (10.08.24) – 17:43
KolumboAppleton – 23:57
XylanderDark Eyes – 28:57
Time RivalOblique Wear Patterns – 31:21
LightowerUnderpass – 33:50
MICADO(C)onscious (C)onfusion (feat. Synthasy) – 35:51
MindhealHeart-Mind Harmony – 41:43
Fragile XMeliorism – 45:59
SupersempfftBe A Man You Frog – 53:29
WoundBreaking News 9-00 (New Horrors) – 57:50
Larry Nozero feat. Dennis TiniTune For L.N. – 01:00:37
A. SongAmble – 01:05:53

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Invisible Club 047

January 8 2025.

Language FieldHallucinations – Pulselovers Remix – 00:00
Michael BrücknerMoogroovia (Bonus Track) – 05:19
Lifting Gear EngineerITRF – 09:39
MindhealWired Together – 14:08
David BeastRacial Riots – 18:53
Phase4ourRogue State (Proxy mix) – 20:49
Opulent Regimefragrant trail – 25:18
Cate BrooksZarch – 27:51
Pbs’73Turquoise Daylight – 31:16
Consumer ElectronicsAgile Methodology – 34:12
Andres Lopez AzpiriPueblo Minero – 36:11
Elías GonzálezRNA – 37:28
VeelargoMountempt – 38:28
30 Door KeyLucifer In Cefalu – 44:08
Le Morte d’AbbyAll I Have – 45:50
Common SaintsCelebrate – 51:08

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Invisible Club 045

Set doors open 25.12.2024. 12pm CET

Remote Guest ListFailure – 00:00
4T ThievesFragment 14 – 05:17
Gianfranco ReverberiRevelations Rhythm – 07:15
The Hologram PeoplePray to the Maypole Witch – 12:27
Cate BrooksLiving Data – 15:00
Tycho, Cautious ClayInfinite Health – Extended Edit – 17:12
ARCDeparted – 20:59
GoatOne More Death – 28:46
Evigt MörkerDet blåser en vind genom världen, och det har det alltid gjort – 34:14
Frunk29Untitled010 – 40:25
ArovaneTen Hours – 2023 Remaster – 44:04
30 Door KeyCosmos Thru The Pond – 46:34
Elías GonzálezSelva Adentro – 48:02
SONICriderThe Reset – 49:20
Greg FoatMinerva’s Owl – 52:59
Opulent Regimewatching her move – 58:17

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Invisible Waves 051

Shhh… The private one hour DJ Mix lies behind these words

22.12.2024

Masayoshi FujitaTower of Cloud 00:00
marine eyessummer whisper 06:11
PolyporesGolden Apples 09:41
Cate BrooksDelta Waves 14:43
Dan DeaconSnuppy 21:14
MantrisYour Arrival To The Deity 22:48
Crystal Voyager, UFOmAngel from Spiritually Advanced Civilization 32:11
Carlos FerreiraIn the Meantime 39:32

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