Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 327

Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A plant leaning toward the window, then a landscape content to stay unfinished at number twenty-two.
Side A grows toward the light the title already promised, smokes a soft suburb with curtains half-drawn, fits the eclipse into two letters and a hyphen, files a signal under cool, measures an English furlong at Clay Pipe speed, and lights a candle that has decided to chase the high white. Side B returns light across the hedges with the gate on the latch, spends a lifetime at steady altitude with the butty packed, files wonders under experiment while the tableau dries next door, slows the first stage of sleep on purpose, lets gravity keep its end of the bargain, and leaves the unfinished landscape open at the edge for the next field.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly domestic, and quietly measured — full of half-drawn curtains, steady horizons, and rooms left for the next field. Perfect for dusk listening, fields walked at tape speed, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.

Side A
Mood mist: a plant leaning toward the window, a suburb soft enough to smoke, two letters from an eclipse, a signal filed under cool, an English measure of distance, candles lit for a chase among the high white.
00:02:18 Fran Carlyon – A New Day
https://francarlyon.bandcamp.com/track/a-new-day-2
Album: Growing Towards The Light.
Growing towards the light, which is what the title already promised. The stem has already turned. Title of the hour.
00:03:00 Kenny Ueda – MoonMist Tobacco
(Exclusive track)
Album: Soft Suburbia. Label: Mystery Circles
https://kenjiueda.bandcamp.com/album/soft-suburbia
Soft suburbia, the kind that keeps its curtains half-drawn and its ashtray clean. Mystery Circles leaving the packet on the sideboard.
00:06:28 Brandon Locher – F-G
https://brandonlocher.bandcamp.com/track/f-g
Album: Rahu Ketu.
Rahu and Ketu again, the head and the tail, now reduced to two notes and a hyphen. The eclipse still fits in the interval.
00:12:00 Altus – Cold Signal Index
https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/cold-signal-index
Album: Label: Altus Music
Echo Bloom keeping the temperature low and the index clear. The signal arrives already cooled.
00:16:43 Gilroy Mere – Furlongs 1
https://claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/furlongs-1-3
Album: Furlongs. Label: Clay Pipe Music
An eighth of a mile, walked at Clay Pipe speed. Oliver Cherer measuring the field with his feet and a reel of tape.
00:21:02 Spirituals – Cloud Chaser
https://spirituals.bandcamp.com/track/cloud-chaser
Album: Candles In The Dark.
Candles in the dark, and one of them has decided to follow the white up. The wick stays lit.

Side B
Mood mist: light coming back over the hedges, a lifetime spent at a steady altitude, wonders filed under experiment, the first stage of sleep slowing on purpose, gravity doing its quiet job, a landscape content to stay unfinished at number twenty-two.
00:23:50 maps and diagrams – returning, across the fields
https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/track/returning-across-the-fields
Album: returning light. Label: Home Normal
Returning light, the title and the direction. Home Normal leaving the gate on the latch.
00:31:24 ndrw cnry & Sardine Butty – A lifetime of limited level flight
https://ndrwcnry.bandcamp.com/track/a-lifetime-of-limited-level-flight
Single
The single that prefers the same height all the way. Wings level, horizon steady, the butty packed.
00:46:14 Alex Ringess – Wonders
https://alexringess.bandcamp.com/track/wonders
Album: Experiments.
Experiments that kept the sense of marvel. The tableau still drying in the next room.
00:52:04 D York – N1 (slowing down)
https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/n1-slowing-down
Album: NREM. Label: Neotantra
NREM — the sleep before the dreaming. Neotantra letting the pulse lengthen.
01:15:09 Audio Obscura – As long as gravity persists on holding me to this earth
https://audioobscura.bandcamp.com/track/as-long-as-gravity-persists-on-holding-me-to-this-earth
Album: As long as gravity persists on holding me to this earth.
The whole sentence as title and album. The ground keeping its end of the bargain.
01:19:33 asher tuil – unfinished landscapes xxii
https://ashertuil.bandcamp.com/track/unfinished-landscapes-xxii-4
Album: unfinished landscapes.
The series that prefers the open edge. Room left for the next field.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 327.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 309

Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
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 wounded, oceanic ambient journey through blinking cellars, wild roses, and depths that never learned the names of fish.
Side A teaches green cellar walls to blink, then breathes through a Mersey scar, keeps a dolphin spare room, waits for a poppy to bloom, writes Hosono’s letter to the planet’s mother, and holds forty-nine seconds of sunset. Side B rains on Caladan, folds a week into a lobby between lives, climbs a twelve-minute Tucson staircase, keeps Batov moving at the gate, sits bathyal until the feeling grows gills, and ends with a piano-fed bird between two machines.
Overall mood: Tender, slightly raw, and deeply watery — full of Passed Oceans, analog compassion, and rooms that refuse to close. Perfect for late listening, sitting with a scar, or letting the rain read you while the next spool waits.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.

00:01:20 Altus – The Pulse of Protocols
https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-pulse-of-protocols
From the album “Echo Bloom” on Altus Music.
A cellar full of green light teaching the walls how to blink. Eight small machines agreeing, for once, on the same heartbeat.
00:06:02 autumna – the surgery and scar
https://autumna.bandcamp.com/track/the-surgery-and-scar
From the album “oxygen and light”.
Liverpool as an open wound that breathes. Scouse vowels drifting over the Mersey like stitches that won’t close
00:09:17 purplekairi1312 – dolphin sanctuary
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/dolphin-sanctuary
A noise in the hall that was only ever a dream. The ocean keeping a spare room for things that never learned to walk.
00:13:32 Martin Pyne – And Then A Poppy Blooms
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/
An exclusive track from the forthcoming album “Trios” out on Discus Music 25 September.
Vibraphone petals opening on a chalk hillside. Three players standing still enough for a flower to decide it is safe.
00:15:33 Haruomi Hosono – To A Wild Rose
https://haruomihosono.bandcamp.com/track/to-a-wild-rose
From the album “Yours Sincerely” out on Ghostly International.
A seventy-eight-year-old man writing a letter to the planet’s mother and signing it with an oceanside hum. Compassion trying on an English coat that fits.
00:16:40 Fran Carlyon – Sunset
https://francarlyon.bandcamp.com/track/sunset
From the album “Growing Towards The Light”
Forty-nine seconds of a fallen tree still reaching. Chaos in the heartlands pretending it’s found a window.

00:17:44 Akinetic – Rains of Caladan
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/rains-of-caladan
The second of three pieces from the “Passed Oceans” compilation.
You are a protein complex reading the weather. Sacramento rain falling on a planet that only exists in the margins of a novel.
00:22:04 Petridisch x Jude Kerr – L’infantile (Alprazolam Mix)
https://rakurecords.bandcamp.com/track/l-infantile-alprazolam-mix
From the album “7 Days in the Fast Lane” out on Rakū Records
A week folded into a single pill. Boston stems stretched until they forget their names and wake up in a lobby between life and the afterlife.
00:32:21 Neglect – Escala III
https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/escala-iii
Self released single. Neglectsound are from Tucson, Arizona.
Longest piece at 12:53
Tucson dust climbing a twelve-minute staircase made of delay pedals. The longest piece tonight, refusing to look down.
00:43:51 Kolonel Djafaar – Movin’
https://batovrecords.bandcamp.com/track/movin
From the compilation album “Around The Sun – Batov Records – 10 Years”
Ten years of Batov grooves packed into one suitcase that will not sit still. Ethio-jazz tapping its foot at the departure gate.
00:49:16 spectral void – Bathyal
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/bathyal
The third piece from the compilation album “Passed Oceans”.
Not to be confused with the black metal band of the same name.
The part of the ocean that never learned the names of the fish in it. An Indian composer sitting with a feeling until the feeling grows gills.
00:57:00 Jogging House – Beak
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/beak
From the album “Really”.
Piano phrases sent through the post, then fed to tape like breadcrumbs. A bird dwells in the space between two machines.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 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.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 309.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 297
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-297/

Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
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 coastal, living-system ambient journey through sea-stares, underwater spheres, and second natures.
Side A watches the sea from Sausage Studios, then drifts across unnamed water, residual cellar vectors, tape-warm circles, dancing offertorio light, and one-take Maenporth fall. Side B opens a hidden kantele harmony, mixes smoke and sound in real time, breathes under Yiddish trees, sits with an oracle, walks Sanibel’s helix, and comes back to the world.
Overall mood: Gentle, organic, and quietly luminous — full of water, weather, and small living systems. Perfect for morning listening, nature walks, or sitting still while things fall out of the sky.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.

00:00:00 Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Staring at The Sea – V1 Demo
Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Staring at The Sea – V1 Demo. Mrs Moore still climbs the desks as Space-bat-Angel-Dragon. Microkorg, Maschine, Odyssey and Minilogue voice the outsider at Sausage Studios.
00:05:28 Mensa Group International – Pokoponesia
Mensa Group International – Pokoponesia. Ailanthus colours drift across unnamed water.
00:07:16 Altus – Residual Vector Drift
Altus – Residual Vector Drift. Mike Carss works eight tracks in the Green Cellar through January and February.
00:13:53 Foam and Sand – Circle 66 feat. Priscilla Ahn
Foam and Sand – Circle 66 feat. Priscilla Ahn. Analog synths, live vibraphone, chimes and bells pass through tape warmth. Robot Koch keeps the invitation quiet.
00:17:57 Salamanda – Offertorio
Salamanda – Offertorio. Bubbles, refracting light and dancing underwater spheres. Profits from physical Sphere copies travel to the Korean Women’s Hotline.
00:20:47 Fran Carlyon – Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky) remaster
Fran Carlyon – Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky) remaster. Guitar recorded overlooking Maenporth waves. Kosmische keys overdubbed later in Hockley, one take.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.

00:22:14 Shakali – Toinen Luonto
Shakali – Toinen Luonto. Thirty-six-string kantele, bowls, bells, reeds, wind and water. Julian Overall’s soprano, Timo’s udu, Roy Werner’s sequencers and Les Halles’ flute simmer in hidden harmony.
00:29:02 Perrache – Schall und Rauch
Perrache – Schall und Rauch. Two Fostex four-tracks mix in real time. Doubled layers nod toward Spector and open a spaghetti-western theme. Names prove transitory.
00:32:22 Beymer – Otemen (Breathe)
Beymer – Otemen (Breathe). Daniel Field’s Yiddish trees. Calming recordings and simple synths gather beneath the canopy.
00:34:14 Lillies For Ever – Oracle III
Lillies For Ever – Oracle III. Captivation arrives as peace.
00:43:55 Green-House – Sanibel
Green-House – Sanibel. Named for a Florida island of first nature-walks. Melody and harmonics helix. Kaleidoscopic guitar and bubbling synths mimic a larger living system.
00:45:55 Hunter Complex – Back to the World
Hunter Complex – Back to the World. Flute, trumpet, acoustic guitar and harmonica join lush piano. Inner peace uses weather and water as metaphor.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 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.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 297.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.

As The Crow
Sometimes you just need to go on a psychedelic trip.

Quick mix for the massless. Featuring: The Advisory Circle, Cate Francesca Brooks, Julian Lynch, Memoryhouse, Bit Cloudy, Fran Carlyon, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Zombies, Grand Veymont, Nico Georis, El Michels Affair, Bobby Oroza, Fantastikoi Hxoi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard,Yu Su, Future Children, Aldous Harding, Bluetech, Mark McGuire, IKONS, Manfred Mann, Polypores, Khruangbin.
00:00:00 The Advisory Circle – As The Crow Flies
00:02:50 Julian Lynch – Time After Time
00:06:23 Memoryhouse – Lately (Troisieme)
00:09:16 Bit Cloudy – Trans Kid Karmic Vengeance
00:11:03 Fran Carlyon – A Place To Land (demo)
00:12:17 Oneohtrix Point Never – Hyperdawn
00:14:16 The Zombies – The Way I Feel Inside
00:15:27 Grand Veymont – Bois Barbu
00:20:33 Nico Georis – Vapor
00:26:51 El Michels Affair, Bobby Oroza – Reasons
00:29:38 Fantastikoi Hxoi – Horizon Unfolding
00:34:42 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Yu Su – Dreams – Yu Su Instrumental Mix
00:37:58 Future Children – Unplug the Medicine
00:41:38 Aldous Harding – The Barrel
00:46:14 Bluetech – A Garland Of Stars
00:47:51 Mark McGuire – Moving Apart
00:49:15 IKONS – Free Spirit
00:54:50 Manfred Mann – The Mighty Quinn (Mono)
00:57:23 Polypores – And Slowly Open Your Eyes
00:59:05 Khruangbin – Time (You and I)

