Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to episode 201 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 “The Poison Garden” by Electric Pentacle. Available on the amazing upcoming compilation album “The Silent Harvest Volume One”. Dropping June 25 on the amazing FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS. Which features amongst others HDRF, Field Lines Cartographer, Twilight Sequence, Hawksmoor, Pulselovers and many more legends of the scene. 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. Please, if you can, subscribe — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference. 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 Rural Tapes – Lucid Dreaming Gentle, hazy ambient with soft-focus electronics and dream-state fluidity. Warm, immersive, and quietly hypnotic. 00:06:31 Young Marco – Kalapa Garden Balearic-tinged electronic with lush tropical vegetation and sun-dappled grooves. Breezy, organic, and blissfully relaxed. 00:11:44 Chris Paladin – Epsilon Zone Sparse, zoned-out electronic minimalism with clean lines and subtle cosmic drift. Focused and atmospheric. 00:18:14 Bernard Grancher – Risible Mention Playful, slightly absurdist electronic with quirky rhythms and light-hearted experimentation. Witty and charming. 00:21:12 Belbury Poly – Star Jelly Haunting Ghost Box-style hauntology with nostalgic analogue synths and eerie pastoral mystery. Dreamlike and nostalgic. 00:25:40 Electric Pentacle – The Poison Garden Dark, occult-tinged folk-electronic with poisonous beauty and shadowy atmosphere. Mysterious and seductive. Side B 00:29:10 Christian Kleine – Serene Salt Mines Crystalline, minimalist ambient with shimmering textures and deep calm. Cool, spacious, and meditative. 00:33:11 Salvatore Mercatante – How Many Hands Intricate, tactile electronic with mysterious layers and subtle rhythmic undertow. Detailed and enigmatic. 00:38:45 Vanilla – Moonlight Smooth, jazzy downtempo beats with warm nocturnal glow and mellow grooves. Silky and atmospheric. 00:42:18 Simon Mills – Cathaleen Power (2021) Deep, rolling Balearic house with oceanic warmth and gentle propulsion. Sunny and hypnotic. 00:44:02 Al Lover – Stockhausen Soundsystem Psychedelic, experimental electronics with krautrock influence and cosmic weirdness. Trippy and energetic. 00:47:18 Will Gregory Moog Ensemble – Buoyancy Theory (feat. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales) Majestic Moog-orchestral hybrid with rich analogue warmth and elegant lift. Grand yet intimate. 00:50:05 Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division Retro-futurist electronic with broadcast-like textures and vintage institutional charm. Nostalgic and precise. 00:56:21 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Stepping Stones Quirky, melodic library-inspired electronica with playful charm and gentle stepping rhythms. Warm and whimsical.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at Episode 138 of The Virtual Cassette Library. Caravan Grew Vaccines is the episodes subtitle, as well as the track you’re hearing in the background and it’s geographical location which I’ve filmed and can be experienced on YouTube. I’m Trevor and I curate these 90-minute genre bending drifts through frequencies from around the globe. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. Two, 45 minute mixes, 15 tracks per side with a side change in the middle. Picture the listening experience like being at a music festival where the artists play on a rotating stage. Each act is allotted time for their piece and as it ends the next act takes over rotating into view. Styles for this episode range from IDM to neo classical, from ritual ambient to jazz-funk. The musical keys in focus are B major and G sharp minor, A flat minor. This episode contains some household names like Greg Foat, Jogging House and Sven Wunder. Some friends of the channel like odd person, Henrik Meierkord and The British Stereo Collective, as well as some supporting labels like oscarson, moniker eggplant, ingrown records, whitelabrecs, mahorka and Cyclical Dreams. All the artists and labels are the soul of this show. If you’d like to be included on future episodes send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Links to all the tracks are illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline. Pre-order the 7th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Also the first channel compilation with 37 tracks so far will drop on the 8th of November, pre-orders are available. Subscribe and unlock 870 archived shows. Remember, every comment, every like, every follow, subscription and, album purchase keeps the frequencies flowing. So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you.