Based on the track “Mineral Silence” from the album “Timeless Conceptions” by “Rodrigo Passannanti”. 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 deep, cerebral ambient journey from shadowed origins and inner worlds to cosmic scale and planetary reverence. Side A builds from dark, minimalist introspection through cyclic rituals and interstellar warmth. Side B expands into microscopic detail, industrial hauntology, luminous rhythms, and ends on a grand, holistic vision of Earth. Overall mood: Mysterious, contemplative, and expansive with a strong undercurrent of wonder and quiet intensity. It balances cold precision with organic warmth — ideal for focused deep listening, meditation, or nighttime 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 DTime – Shadowed Genesis Dark, embryonic ambient with brooding textures and a sense of primordial emergence. Mysterious and weighty. 00:06:29 Fragile X – Between The Lines Subtle, intricate ambient exploring hidden spaces and delicate emotional nuance. “Fragile” and introspective. 00:10:21 Rodrigo Passannanti – Mineral Silence Crystalline, mineral-inspired ambient with deep stillness and geological patience. Cool and meditative. 00:16:46 Mantris – Full Circle Cyclic, ritualistic electronic with hypnotic repetition and satisfying closure. Focused and transformative. 00:21:00 Danalogue – Mother of Mars Cosmic, maternal ambient-jazz with red planet warmth and interstellar tenderness. Expansive and nurturing. 00:23:03 philippe neau – 0° Precise, zero-degree ambient with minimalist restraint and icy clarity. Stark and beautifully empty. Side B 00:26:38 Leit Motif – Sweven Dreamlike, motif-driven ambient with flowing melodic development and gentle propulsion. Hypnotic and elegant. 00:31:27 zensor – Intracellular Recordings Microscopic, biological electronic textures with inner-world detail and organic pulse. Intriguing and scientific. 00:35:59 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Bonus: Standard Industrial Classification (AKA Part One From Werra Foxma Live) Brutalist synth hauntology with retro-industrial grandeur and bureaucratic melancholy. Bold and atmospheric. 00:39:17 Bluetech – Dance Of The Lumen (ft. KiloWatts) Luminous, rhythmic psybient with glowing melodies and intricate organic flow. Bright and danceable. 00:42:57 Grant Beasley – Null Space Empty, vast ambient exploring nothingness with subtle tension and spatial depth. Minimal and profound. 00:48:10 Intact Veils – Imago of Earth Majestic, veiled ambient portrait of the planet with rich, holistic textures. Reverent and cinematic.
Based on the track “Man and Manufacturing” from the album “People & Industry Special Edition” by “Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan”. 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 thoughtful and emotionally layered ambient journey moving between hope, nostalgia, and darkness. Side A offers gentle optimism and delicate beauty, while Side B drifts into warped nostalgia, hauntological melancholy, and ends in deep, dramatic intensity. Overall mood: Melancholic, reflective, and slightly eerie with moments of warmth and wonder. It has a strong sense of introspection and temporal retreat — perfect for late-night listening or quiet, focused 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 Hverheij – Un Minimal, introspective ambient with sparse textures and quiet emotional restraint. Clean and contemplative. 00:06:29 Interstellar Messenger – Sunrise Solitude Warm, glowing ambient capturing the peaceful solitude of dawn in deep space. Hopeful and radiant. 00:14:40 The Music Liberation Front Sweden – I Hope We Will Be Friends One Day Soon Gentle, optimistic electronic with heartfelt warmth and subtle quirky charm. Tender and endearing. 00:18:01 Antonin De Bemels – ReCOMPTINE Une Delicate, re-composed piano and electronic piece with fragile beauty and subtle movement. Poetic and graceful. 00:23:53 Kasia Gawlik – Echo 4 Haunting, reverberant ambient with soft echoing layers and emotional distance. Ethereal and melancholic. Side B 00:28:42 Boards of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space Classic BoC warped nostalgia with eerie melodies and retreating analogue haze. Dreamlike and unsettling. 00:34:08 Hello Meteor – Species of Special Concern Smooth, cinematic downtempo with ecological undertones and lush textures. Warm and reflective. 00:37:10 Electric Supply Station – The Lander (Reimagination) Atmospheric, exploratory electronic with a sense of landing and discovery. Spacious and immersive. 00:41:02 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Man and Manufacturing Brutalist hauntology with retro-futurist synths and industrial melancholy. Stark and atmospheric. 00:46:34 DOMOTIC – Irisé Iridescent, shimmering electronic with fluid melodic layers and colourful warmth. 00:47:53 Audio Obscura – Is it true we only dream in Black and White? Dreamy, questioning ambient with soft monochrome textures and subtle wonder. 00:53:25 worriedaboutsatan – And You in the Lowest Depths of Hell Dark, powerful post-rock/ambient with heavy emotional weight and brooding intensity. Dramatic closer.
Good evening, or morning, or whatever fragment of time you’ve found yourself in. This is Expansive Waves, episode twenty. I’m Trevor—your host, your guide, your occasional sonic conspirator. Tonight’s programme is not for the hurried. Eight pieces, each longer than twelve minutes, each more patient than the last. If you’re expecting choruses, drops, or anything resembling urgency, you may want to try another channel. We begin, as always, not with a bang but with a murmur. The track you’re hearing underneath me is from my own unreleased album, TVCL 08. It’ll be out when it’s ready—sixteen tracks, no sooner. You can find it on Bandcamp under Trevlad, if you’re the curious sort. So, settle in. Let the kettle boil. Let the cat sleep. Let the world spin without you for a while.
Right, we are starting off tonight with a deep dive into primitive droning territories, courtesy of Patrick R. Pärk. He is based in Denver, Colorado, and is clearly a devotee of the kosmische sound. This piece is ‘Music As An Awesome Healing Force,’ which appears on his album Luminous Rainbow Pulse, released on November 7. His sound covers Berlin School, electronic, experimental, drone, and krautrock.
Next up, we travel to Luxembourg for Maxence Dubroca & co, who is an experimental composer and arranger, and the frontman of Projet -> Renard) Ost) the company being Anita Franz & Simon Gris. The work we have here is ‘Counsel: A Roam Is Not Consequent,’ lifted from the Jump Badger Jump album, which saw release on July 16. This is wonderfully slow material, categorized as ambient drone, electroacoustic, minimal, and slowcore.
Marvelous. We move now to the UK, specifically Sheffield, for Hervé Perez. Hervé Perez is a sound artist, composer, and improviser, and his work is released via nexTTime production studios. This is a live recording, ‘nada 22, live stream 02 10 2024,’ released October 2, 2024, and takes up the largest part of the episode clocking in at 53:20. Hervés’ sound falls under electronic, electroacoustic, experimental electronic, improvisation, and new jazz. This is the sort of evocative work that uses disquiet and dissonance to open imaginary cinematic worlds.
We turn now to a journey from Jarguna, Odile Bruckert, and Henrik Meierkord. This is ‘Sleeping Among the Rice Fields,’ featured on their album Furrows of Memory. Projekt Records, which is America’s premier independent label specializing in passionately intense introspective music in the ambient, electronic, ethereal, and darkwave genres, released this piece on November 21. The work has a beautiful world, new age vibe. This is music that flows and takes you gently on a peaceful meditation.
Following that, we hear from SourceCodeX, a multi-instrumentalist specializing in synthesizers and guitar, working out of Washington, D.C.. This is ‘Clouds Parting Soon,’ which is part of the REBIRTH ~ 10TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED RELEASE, out on November 16. His sound covers ambient, electronic, progressive rock, and synth rock. SourceCodeX stated that listening to Steve Roach’s Structures from Silence is what turned him into an ambient artist. This is utterly splendid to my taste, described by others as an incredibly immersive experience and epic, mysterious, moving, and beautifully produced.
Next up, we have Ümlaut, with the piece ‘Pulling all the sky’. This track is featured on EX! Zine Edition 4 from Adventurous Music, released on November 24. Adventurous Music, based in Leipzig, Germany, is a non-profit micro-label promoting experimental music. Pulling all the sky provides a contemplative and trippy soundscape, it contains field recordings with bird song which I have a soft spot for.
We turn to Asheville, North Carolina, now for Spooqs. This is the complete ‘BIOMES (Full Suite)’, which came out on November 14. Spooqs calls his efforts Electronic Impressionist Instrumentals, creating mood music for imaginary spaces. As this is a full suite you’re are in for quite a trip.
And finally, to close out this installment of Expansive Waves, we have a beautiful, enveloping drone from a channel regular, Willebrant. This is Karl Willebrant, a bassist and producer from Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, running an ambient field drone project. This piece is called ‘A Knight on a Boat (slowed and reverb),’ from his collection The Knight Seas, which saw release on November 7. It is firmly placed in the ambient drone, electronic, and meditation categories. Fans describe the album as divine and providing real gentle ambience to lose yourself in.
🎧 Outro And now, as we approach the final piece, a few words before we vanish again. Thanks for sticking around. Really. These episodes aren’t designed for mass consumption, and neither are you. I’ll be back when the wind changes or the tape runs out—whichever comes first. No schedule, no promises. Waves, that’s all we have. If you liked what you heard, support the artists. Buy their music. Whisper their names into the void. It helps. You can stream this episode on Mixcloud at djsofabed/expansive-waves-20, and find all the links and credits on the episode page at trevor.se. Drop a comment if you feel moved. Or don’t. Silence is underrated. Until next time—stay resonant, stay expansive, and let the soundtrack of the universe find you. Take it away Willebrant.
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. 🚀✨
Welcome to the thirteenth outing of Expansive Waves. A space and a place for long form music. Each episode contains 8 pieces that must be over the 12 minute mark. I’m your host, Trevor, and for the next two and a bit hours I’ll be guiding you through these 8 unhurried gems.