Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape. Trevor here. You’ve just pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 271. A twelve-track virtual cassette that flips itself at the halfway mark, whether you’re ready or not. If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark. A reflective, slightly mysterious ambient journey through memory, floating worlds, and quiet observation. Side A drifts from cello warmth and barking flowers into micro-drones, memory death, and floating liminality. Side B moves through ghosts, watchful figures, dusty relics, field-recorded nostalgia, watery reflections, and ends in Borges-inspired shadow. Overall mood: Contemplative, nostalgic, and gently enigmatic — full of soft transitions and quiet emotional depth. Perfect for late-night listening, deep focus, or peaceful solitude. I’ll introduce Side A now. Side B will wait for the intermission, as is tradition. The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,095 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers also receive the expanding series Veil Frequencies, recorded floor-by-floor inside the 24 buildings of a place called the Resonant Veil Enclave. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures. Side A On this episode you’ll hear Stockholm cellist Henrik Meierkord teaming up with Indian artist Suseti for the title track “Hilate” from their latest name-your-price release. Then Rotterdam’s Ard Janssen, better known as Ard Bit, guides us through surrender and introspection with “Barking Flowers” from the album Juxtaposed. That’s out on Dronarivm’s side hustle DƎЯRDE. Next, the trio of Zach Frizzell, Kaiton Slusher and James Clements — zakè, Ossa and ASC — open their remarkable album Microliths and Momentary Drifts with the delicate “Microlith 1”. After that, a piece from Boards of Canada’s Inferno: the quietly devastating “Memory Death”, out on Warp Records of course. Then a collaboration between Tomotsugu Nakamura and David Cordero: the floating “Ukiyo” (floating world) from the album Aware 哀れ which in Japanese translates as pity or sorrow. Thats out on the wonderful Home Normal label. Closing Side A is Venezuelan artist Angelo Sanellix together with Mexican producer Justin Ortiz (as SpoonBeats), offering liminal ambience in “long time ago” from the album Distant Particles, released on the prolific Stockholm label Valley View Records. But first, the opening track of the cassette: Henrik Meierkord & Suseti with “Hilate”. Now settle in. Turn it up just a little. Let’s see where the tape takes us. One side flip. Just the music. Side B Welcome back, sonic travellers. Six tracks down. Six still waiting. You’ll hear one of the strongest supporters of this channel — Gareth Evans, known here as HDRF — with an exclusive track from the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures (out 26 September). His piece is the wonderfully titled “Mr Baines (Is Watching You)”. Then Scottish modular artist and Dustopian Frequencies curator Everyday Dust offers “Maria” from his latest album The Relic Room. Next, Chesapeake, Virginia’s Ryan Watts (Akira Film Script), a long-time friend of the library and contributor to The Mystery of the Night. Here he brings the heavily field-recorded “N6-79” from Over Exposure on Driftworks. Shout-out to Andrew Heath for keeping that label so consistently excellent. Near the end we drift through elemental sensations with Intact Veils (Kraków) and “Image of Water” from the album Saint Imago, released on The Artificial Pine. And finally, Paul Haslinger and Christian Wittman close the tape with “Elogio de La Sombra” (In Praise of Shadow) from their album Borges — an immersive soundscape into the world of Jorge Luis Borges — on their own label NOION Music. But first, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Derrick Stembridge, better known as Drifting In Silence and here as Unknowndivide, opens Side B with the drifting drones and IDM glitches of “Ghost” from the album Existence on Labile Records. Enjoy…
Side A 00:00:00 Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – Hilate Warm, cello-led ambient with soft Indian-tinged textures and gentle emotional depth. Intimate and luminous. 00:07:15 Ard Bit – Barking Flowers Surreal, introspective ambient with organic oddity and a sense of quiet surrender. Curious and atmospheric. 00:09:55 zakè, Ossa, ASC – Microlith 1 Delicate, micro-detailed drone ambient with crystalline fragments and patient, drifting beauty. Precise and immersive. 00:10:52 Boards of Canada – Memory Death Classic BoC nostalgia laced with quiet finality and warped analogue haze. Haunting and bittersweet. 00:13:17 Tomotsugu Nakamura & David Cordero – Ukiyo Floating, transient ambient (ukiyo = floating world) with soft Japanese-Spanish elegance and gentle suspension. 00:16:22 SanelliX & SpoonBeats – long time ago Liminal, memory-soaked ambient with distant warmth and soft, half-remembered atmosphere. Melancholic and spacious. Side B 00:20:05 Unknowndivide – Ghost Drifting drones with subtle IDM glitches and spectral presence. Ethereal and quietly restless. 00:26:05 HDRF – Mr Baines (Is Watching You) Warm, slightly watchful ambient with community spirit and gentle narrative intrigue. Comforting yet mysterious. 00:32:39 Everyday Dust – Maria Modular, relic-like ambient with dusty textures and quiet emotional weight. Atmospheric and intimate. 00:37:08 Akira Film Script – N6-79 Field-recording rich ambient captured with cassette warmth and domestic nostalgia. Personal and comforting. 00:45:02 Intact Veils – Image of Water Elemental, reflective ambient with fluid, mirrored textures and soft emotional clarity. Serene and contemplative. 00:48:29 Paul Haslinger, Christian Wittman – Elogio de La Sombra Literary, shadow-praising ambient inspired by Borges — deep, enigmatic, and richly atmospheric. Profound closer.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, due 26 September. Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries. Does that stir anything? Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work. Deadline: 24 September. All the best, Trevor
Based on the track “Minilogue 2” by “Nick May” from the album “Sketches: Ambient Works”. 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 deeply personal and introspective ambient journey centered on nostalgia, home, memory, and inner reflection. Side A opens with warm, tape-saturated domestic quietude before drifting into airy lightness, submerged depths, and gentle sorrow. Side B moves inward with meditative loops, nocturnal mystery, and ghostly Aphex Twin beauty, ending on serene harbour echoes and minimal elegance. Overall mood: Nostalgic, melancholic, and intimately comforting with subtle darkness and quiet wonder. It feels like sitting alone in an empty childhood home on a warm afternoon, lost in thought. Perfect for deep listening, meditation, reflection, or unwinding in solitude. 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 Akira Film Script – N3-71 Intimate, nostalgic ambient captured in a childhood home using field recordings, cassette tape, and warm analogue hiss. Quiet reflections filled with distant prop planes, birds, clock chimes, and soft domestic silence — deeply personal and comforting. 00:07:59 Intact Veils – Imago of Air Light, airy ambient portrait of wind and atmosphere with delicate, flowing textures. Ethereal and weightless. 00:12:26 phorme – drowning myself in poison Dark, immersive ambient with heavy, intoxicating drones and a sense of sinking surrender. Brooding and hypnotic. 00:13:27 applecore – deepwater Submerged, liquid ambient with muffled depths and gentle underwater movement. Calm and enveloping. 00:20:02 Arcane Trickster – Homeworld (Ambient Mix) Warm, expansive homecoming ambient with soft glowing layers and comforting familiarity. Peaceful and welcoming. 00:24:02 Blank Embrace – Sorrow Melancholic, minimalist ambient wrapped in gentle sorrow and emotional restraint. Poignant and tender. Side B 00:29:53 Ghostloop – Inside Introspective, looping ambient exploring inner spaces with soft, repetitive warmth. Meditative and cocooning. 00:35:53 Belial Pelegrim – 214 Sparse, nocturnal ambient with subtle tension and cinematic distance. Cool and mysterious. 00:38:23 Aphex Twin – #7 Classic Aphex Twin weirdness — delicate, shifting ambient with ghostly melodies and subtle unease. Beautifully unsettling. 00:44:41 Solace Road – Echoes of Moment Gentle, echoing ambient capturing fleeting moments with warm resonance and quiet reflection. 00:49:32 David Cordero – El Rincón Del Puerto Atmospheric, harbour-side ambient with nautical melancholy and soft coastal textures. Evocative and serene. 00:55:00 Nick May – Minilogue 2 Minimal, refined ambient with subtle melodic touches and patient, flowing elegance. Graceful closer.
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.