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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 173

27 January 2026

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Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.

Good evening, or morning, or whatever sliver of the clock you’ve drifted into. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode one hundred and seventy-three. I’m Trevor, turning the reels in the quiet hours.

We approach this one as always—with the old cassette in mind. Side A first, then the satisfying clunk of the flip midway through. Twenty artists tonight, drawn from the shelves where the quieter signals live. Expect drifts of drone and deep ambient, patches of electroacoustic haze, touches of field-recorded exotica, slow-unfolding modular pulses, and the occasional submerged melody that surfaces like something half-remembered from another room. Places flicker through too: underwater trenches, Los Angeles highways at off-hours, Mediterranean dream coasts, vast starry processions, the interior of mechanical bird boxes, and the soft geometries of winter rooms.

No rush. No hooks to grab you. Only the slow uncoiling of sound.

Side A – 00:00

We begin with Nelson, British Columbia based Codedekay and out of place, from Vol. 9 – The Struggle on (We Are The New Underground) Weatnu Records. A patient unfolding of displaced tones, edges softened by time and repetition.

Then an old pseudonym of the artist Time Rival is Supply Fi who brings Unruly Cascade, taken from Unruly Predation on Triplicate Records who I believe Michael Southard, Time Rivals, Supply Fi’s real name, helped create. Cross-genre currents here—ambient electronics that fold and fracture without ever quite settling. Grab this, it’s a name your price release.

I know we’re all over the Christmas vibe already. But at least here in Sweden the snow lies thick. So here’s Omni Gardens with Winter Wonderland, from the Christmas release on Moon Glyph. Familiar seasonal shapes viewed through gauze, Moog warmth and mellotron drift turning the usual into something hushed and interior.

Now one of the channels favourites with some 90s vibe Lounge. I get a hint of Lemon Jelly wafting through this one. THE GAYE DEVICE offers Argent Echo from Routes. Silvered reflections in electronic form, routes that loop back on themselves with deliberate calm.

This next one is the opening track on my second compilation release. This is Ursula’s Cartridges who submerges us in Mighty Underwater Adventure (UC’s Challenger Deep Remix), from Resonances from the Depths. Dubbed echoes refracted through deep pressure, bubbles rising slow.

Things fall apart now with Dissolved who arrives with Alveolate Minds, Exposure Fields on Mahorka. Grainy, fragmented atmospheres—drone and broken beats meeting in alveolar spaces, porous and breathing.

Belgian artist MICADO gives us An Afternoon Reflection from Mindscapes on Argentinian label Cyclical Dreams. Gentle modular lines catching light, a pause where the day leans back.

Now to help us into the zone is Dormance who closes the first side with Dormance 14, from II on Mahorka. Pure dormancy—Squeaky toys, dub tones, and a spoon in a tumble dryer do half the work.

Flip the tape. Listen for the mechanism.

Opening the B side is channel champion brain, melting, Stephen James Buckley aka, Polypores opens the reverse with The Body Is The Spaceship, Hungry Vortex. The longest track of the episode clocking in at 11:30. Organic electronics as vessel, pulsing inward and outward in equal measure. Get everything Stephen releases and thank me later.

Now a haunting melody of the free by Kilmarth feat. Silly Shadow with A Paradox So Cruel from Cherophobia on Adventurous Music. Paradox held lightly—shadows and light in tender opposition.

Next the shortest track of the episode at 1:36 Elijah Fox drifts through Her Palace from Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles. Highway-side reveries, palace built from exhaust and sunset haze.

Now into the darkness with Autonomаton who present Endless stars procession from Collected Not Lost 2015-2025 Vol. 1 on Mahorka. Dub Drones tracing constellations in slow parade.

Next up Michal Turtle & HOVE with Only Sawdust Remains from Sawdust Dreams. Sawdust as memory material, fragile and aromatic. A pumping beat over tribal vibes.

Friend of the show now and a short one. Not the artist but the track. I have no idea what Dave Clarkson’s height is. Here he conjures Mechanical Bird Box Exotica from The Ghosts of Christmas Past and the Effects on Mental Health on Mortality Tables. Clockwork birds singing through antique mechanisms, exotica tuned to melancholy.

Here’s an adventurous outing by Edward Givens with Rapid Eye Movement (a Dance) from the album, Terra. Dream-state pagan motion, eyes flicking beneath lids.

Here an offering of my own. This is Trevlad with EXPANSIVE WAVES 20 (Airtime Text Reacting) from TVCL-08. Airtime caught in reactive loops—waves folding back on their own transmission.

Now French synth miestro Alex Ringess with the final track And Now Let’s Play This New Game from Asynchronicity. Asynchronous invitation, rules written in delay and overlap.

Next an odd one by Catharæ with In my world from Dreams of the Mediterranéant on Adventurous Music. Mediterranean shores remade as interior landscape, trails tracing the mind.

And now the penultimate piece some deep bass tones from Christian Kleine who brings Slow from the 2025 Label Compilation mixed by Todos on A Strangely Isolated Place. Deliberate tempo, everything given room to breathe.

And now, as the tape nears the end, a few words before the leader. Thanks for staying with it. These programmes aren’t built for playlists or quick consumption, and neither are the ears that find them. Support the artists when you can—buy the music, name their work in quiet corners. It matters more than algorithms admit.
This episode streams free for a week on Mixcloud, links and credits at trevor.se and in the comments. Say something if the mood takes you. Or let the silence hold. Both are welcome.
I leave you with the wonderful Sussex Telecom who signs off with Kendophaz from the 2022 release Creator Warehouse on channel sponsoring Third Kind Records. Phased signals from some coastal telecom exchange, wires humming in the wind.
Until the next wind or the next run-out groove—stay resonant, stay expansive. Let the frequencies find their own way back to you. Cheerio…

Intro – 00:00
Codedekayout of place – 01:54
Supply FiUnruly Cascade – 04:44
Omni GardensWinter Wonderland – 10:35
THE GAYE DEVICEArgent Echo – 13:20
Ursula’s CartridgesMighty Underwater Adventure (UC’s Challenger Deep Remix) – 16:41
DissolvedAlveolate Minds – 26:59
MICADOAn Afternoon Reflection – 30:16
DormanceDormance 14 – 38:50
B Side – 43:38
PolyporesThe Body Is The Spaceship – 43:55
KilmarthA Paradox So Cruel (feat. Silly Shadow) – 55:11
Elijah FoxHer Palace – 59:30
AutonomаtonEndless stars procession – 1:00:36
Michal Turtle & HOVEOnly Sawdust Remains – 1:06:02
Dave ClarksonMechanical Bird Box Exotica – 1:14:19
Edward GivensRapid Eye Movement (a Dance) – 1:16:32
TrevladEXPANSIVE WAVES 20 (Airtime Text Reacting) – 1:19:40
Alex RingessAnd Now Let’s Play This New Game – 1:22:16
CatharæIn my world – 1:27:53
Christian KleineSlow – 1:31:16
Sussex TelecomKendophaz – 1:33:23
Outro – 1:38:47

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

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 154

11 December 2025

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“Greetings all. Episode one-five-four of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Decide Views Packages. That’s the track you hear underneath, and it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—it’s up on YouTube if you’re curious.
I’m Trevor, presenting ninety minutes, two virtual sides, fifteen tracks each. Tonight you’ll hear Ranga on Secuencias Temporales, Augen from Womblabel, and FernLodge via Unexplained Sounds Group. Mark Barrott with Norma Winstone and Leo Taylor bring a celestial touch, while Steve Hauschildt and Martin Stürtzer stretch into kosmische and deep ambient zones. On the B side, Dolphins of Venice on Mahorka, Ekoplekz, Portland Vows, and my own track Project Admire Spreads drift through the signal. Jah Wobble, Kid Spatula, and Pyramids of Phobos add echoes of spoken word, IDM, and hauntological soundscapes.
Labels orbiting here include Adventurous Music, Cyclical Dreams, Third Kind Records, Wormhole World, and Balmat. Styles range from ambient and deep techno to ritual electronics, kosmische, jazz-funk, and experimental sound art. These transmissions stretch across places—Mexico City, Lisbon, Leipzig, Glasgow, and Uppsala—woven into the resonance of the library.
The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre‑order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. Every comment, every like, every subscription keeps the frequencies flowing. So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.

Intro – 00:00
RangaSoz – 02:17
AugenThere’s No Distance – 04:50
KilmarthVenom And Desdain (feat. Eeerisei) – 08:15
FernLodgeThe day of forever – 11:27
Lord CernunnosSuccubi Party – 14:44
Christian FieselDwelling In Digial Shadows – 18:00
Mark Barrott feat. Norma Winstone & Leo TaylorI Am The Stars – 21:12
Fran CarlyonLiving Your Last Chance – 24:41
Nicholas LangleyFulking Escarpment – 25:51
Embla Quickbeam & Graham DunningFloating Worlds – 27:52
T-toeDracula’s Daughter – 31:25
Steve HauschildtAeropsia – 34:35
Martin StürtzerSolar Flare – 37:12
HDRFPseudochrome Part 3 – 40:12
Backwards Cavern, EafhmPaper Relic (Eafhm Interpretation) – 43:06
B Side – 46:41
WilksTake It In – 47:10
Dolphins of VeniceAutomated Executive – 50:26
EkoplekzThe Kontessa – 52:44
Akineticcome and listen to Cantique de Noël with me by the fire – 55:09
Portland VowsBrutish Delights – 57:45
TrevladProject Admire Spreads – 1:01:15
Simon HeartfieldMisericord – 1:03:37
Shadow DancerWarmer – 1:07:37
Jah WobbleWestern Reverie – 1:09:46
Kid SpatulaLichtblau – 1:10:59
Frequency Control CentreK-han-tella – 1:14:36
Berto Pisano, Elsio MancusoFOTOMODELLE (LOUNGE) – 1:19:05
Pyramids of PhobosTombs of Phobos – 1:21:15
Ida Urd & Ingri HøylandSono – 1:28:32
Go Outsidedemo – harmonium preset – 1:30:27
Outro – 1:31.34

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

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 101

Nocturnal Treasures.

Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 101 A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is partially sponsored by these generous labels: Mahorka, Dustopian Frequencies, Subexotic Records, Triplicate Records, Le Mont Analogue, Binaural Space, whitelabrecs, Owl Totem Recordings, Mystery Circles, and, Imaginary North.

Much love to my Co-Host the poet, the Psychonaut, Nanogod, for his visualisations of what’s going on during the episodes.

Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏

Also shout outs to, rendez2k, aeon_music, OtterVision, and, Fonodroom, for the follows, likes and comments.

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

Do 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 at the top of each episode.

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

Intro – 00:00
Willebrant + VulcaraDell (Vulcara Remix) – 01:45
x.y.r.purple drops / modified reality (feat. Krjuk) – 05:09
KutimanLine 5 – 09:10
Fallen + Philippe BlacheSupplique au Vent – 11:39
Martin SolosDark Side of the Earth (excerpt) – 18:52
Misha PanfilovThe Shingle Beach – 21:48
Jim HuxleyTessa on a Magazine – 24:39
Austin PotterSun, Moon, and Stars – 27:32
Everyday DustCondensation (Allen Remix) – 28:24
Xqui & Dogs Versus ShadowsClosing Time, Please Leave – 32:58
The SorcerersAncestral Machines – 33:23
Guy BlakesleeArcturian Gamelan – 36:47
Side B – 46:46
SuncastleKinghorse – 47:30
TrevladEXPANSIVE WAVES 04 – 50:55
The Cromagnon BandWilderland – 53:08
Gallery SixBanka – 56:55
Uncle FidoThey Meet the Harmonica Player – 1:01:54
Adrian LaneMemories Become Treasures – 1:03:22
zYklenPytheas and the Frozen Ocean – 1:05:43
ATWSuper Eight – 1:10:58
TrevladFractured Grace – 1:13:20
ATWNocturnal Sun – 1:20:22
Pietro ZolloPolyphon gefasstes Weiss – 1:23:04
rhubiqsC/1995 O1 – 1:24:10
Outro – 1:27:18

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