Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 325
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 porch that has already sat down, then a future you already remind someone of.
Side A cools piano phrases on a veranda still holding salt in the grain, teaches a scrap giant to stay kind while made of girders, paints sand purple-black for as long as you are looking, lets a Finnish sentence glide away, shares rust and wave in a hallway with every door on the latch, and finds winter already standing behind the pane. Side B leaves offerings past the last familiar planet, walks false suns politely in their lanes, keeps the hands through a damp postcard, rings a suburban tram once at a stop that knows your name, continues the second investigation under five triangles, and remembers a future in three parts with sense set aside.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly seasonal, and quietly kind — full of unlatched corridors, damp postcards, and titles that have already arrived. Perfect for dusk listening, porches after the heat, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a porch that has already sat down, a giant made of scrap learning manners, sand painted purple-black, Finnish for something slipping softly off, corridors of rust and wave, a pane with the cold season standing behind it.
00:02:18 Jogging House – Veranda
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/veranda
Album: Really.
The porch where the piano phrases come to cool their hands. Salt’s notes still in the grain of the wood.
00:05:59 Mike Dickinson – Iron Man’s Challenge
https://mikedickinson.bandcamp.com/track/iron-mans-challenge
Album: The Iron Man by Ted Hughes – OST.
Ted Hughes’ giant, scored. Scrap learning to be a guest. The challenge is to stay kind while you are made of girders.
00:08:29 Trem 77 – Purple Black Texture (Strings Mix)
https://trem77.bandcamp.com/track/purple-black-texture-strings-mix
Album: Textural Colour Spectrum Sandpainting.
Sandpainting that keeps its colour for as long as you are looking. Henrik’s bow still in the grain.
00:11:25 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – …lipuu pois
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/lipuu-pois
Album: Viriää- Label: whitelabrecs
It glides away. Viriää, the stirring. Whitelabrecs letting the sentence finish in Finnish and in air.
00:17:35 Tewksbury – Corridors
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/corridors
Album: rust/wave. Label: Imaginary North
Rust and wave sharing a hallway. Imaginary North leaving every door on the latch.
00:18:42 Lab’s Cloud – Winter is Coming
https://le-mont-analogue.bandcamp.com/track/winter-is-coming
Album: Behind the Pane. Label: Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM, fonodroom
Behind the pane, already. Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM, fonodroom, three names for the same glass. Title of the hour.
Mood mist: deities past the last familiar planet, false suns in a kind sky, hands kept through a shower, a tram that knows every hedge, a second investigation, a future you already remind someone of.
00:25:13 Wayside Shrine – Gods of the Outer System
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/gods-of-the-outer-system
Album: Gods of the Outer System. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
A shrine by the road, and the road has left the solar system. The Dream Journal keeping the offerings.
00:35:39 Green-House – Sun Dogs
https://green-house.bandcamp.com/track/sun-dogs
Album: Hinterlands. Label: Ghostly International
Two bright companions walking either side of the real sun, polite enough to stay in their lanes.
00:38:12 BVSMV – Holding Hands in the Rain
https://tripfm.bandcamp.com/track/bvsmv-holding-hands-in-the-rain
Album: Label: TRIP FM, Triplicate Records
Space invaders, volume two, and still someone remembered the hands. Triplicate printing the postcard three times, all of them damp.
00:42:29 Calm Pieces – Suburban Tram
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/suburban-tram
Album: Suburbia, Still. Label: whitelabrecs
Whitelabrecs letting the bell ring once, softly, at a stop that already knows your name.
00:45:37 Department of Light – Investigation #2
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/investigation-2
Album: ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
Five triangles, the case still open. The Dream Journal filing Sofia’s notes under “continuing.”
00:51:40 primeiro – Me hacés acordar al futuro III
https://primeiro-segundo.bandcamp.com/track/me-hace-s-acordar-al-futuro-iii
Album: Senza Senzo.
You remind me of the future, part three. Senza senzo — sense set aside, memory doing the work.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 325.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 299
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-299/
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 tender, slightly grieving ambient journey through vanished names, still ponds, and conversations that continue after the person is gone.
Side A opens in collage-and-destroy rooms, then yearns through silent ways, burning homes written after a passing, an orange offered from a train window, stars over a city pond, and a mourning routine kept warm by analogue hands. Side B arrives with supermassive wasps and Neptune’s thirst, then integrates toward stillness, sits dans le noir, still talks about you in Padova cassette light, and ends in blue laundry-line wind.
Overall mood: Contemplative, intimate, and quietly elegiac — full of residual warmth, small awakenings, and light that keeps talking after the leaf has not yet fallen. Perfect for dusk listening, remembrance, or sitting still with what remains.
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.
00:01:18 Enofa – The Girl With the Amazing […]
Imogen Hayley Baker composes, produces, collages and destroys across 2024 to 2026. Please dispose of responsibly.
00:06:00 Halftribe – Yearn
Ryan Bissett’s Disappear in Silent Ways follows Elegant, Golden. Immersive so-longs settle on Dronarivm vinyl and CD.
00:07:41 (EXCLUSIVE) Fallen – Homes are Burning
Exclusive for this episode. Lorenzo Bracaloni’s double album lands 11 September on Touched Music. Piano, organ, guitars, bass, voice and field recordings. Written after Árni Grétar’s passing.
00:12:06 Ryu Oshi – Nothing Swaying in the Wind
An orange leaves a train window as offering to the Cityfield. Electric piano and synthesizer duets. Proceeds travel to local libraries.
00:15:28 W L C – Stars Over Pond
Lake Effect compilation. Ambient Afternoon community gathers city-shaped tones. Daniel Field produces. Chad Skinner masters.
00:17:45 Six Missing – Mourning Routine
Vintage analogue synths and guitars keep warmth and human touch. Arrangements breathe beside late nights and smaller details.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:20:49 Nick May – Supermassive Wasps
Deliberate limits: phone apps, specific hardware. Otherworldly palette after the organic Places album.
00:23:26 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Neptunes Thirst
Keys, pads and crystalline percussion. Love, memories and acceptance glow in Rick Jones’s correspondent light.
00:24:23 survey channel – The Integration
Macrozones traces recovery toward stillness. Atmospheric exploration opens living space.
00:26:51 Matthias Puech – Dans le noir
Connection compilation from France. Ambient and experimental tones weave the spaces between notes.
00:30:58 hershel – We still talk about you
Luciano Masala’s silent steps near Padova. Processed guitars, piano and cassette recordings blur into fluid forms. Small steps of awakening.
00:37:29 Hiroaki Yamamoto – Blue
Sheets and shirts become an alphabet. Wind writes waiting. A leaf has not decided where to fall. Night threads keep the day’s warmth.
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 299.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 293
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-293/
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 gentle, dream-facing ambient journey through insectile moonlight, library warmth, and far-shore destinations.
Side A weaves moonflower percussion and analogue arrival into placid Italian night, New Mexico autumn weather, infinite healing time, and a lullaby held behind rain-glass. Side B opens with a whistle toward emotion, then settles into open dusk sky, eleven minutes of analogue hope, close string resonance, a voyage to Beta Virginis, and memory finding water again.
Overall mood: Soft, hopeful, and quietly celestial — full of dusk light, small window-reflections, and patient unfolding. Perfect for twilight listening, falling asleep, or sitting with what still waits on the far shore.
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.
00:01:17 Polypores – Moonflower
Polypores – Moonflower. Tenor recorder, guitars, piano, drums, kalimba and homemade percussion weave insectile textures. Loose slack layers build dense walls of melody dedicated to Violet.
00:05:36 The British Stereo Collective – Arrival
The British Stereo Collective – Arrival. Benny and Björn’s melody becomes analogue library light among other covered transmissions.
00:07:44 Piero Umiliani – Placida Notte
Piero Umiliani – Placida Notte. Fantasy, the lost Telesound chapter, returns on the composer’s centenary. Analogue synthesizers, light orchestration and smooth rhythms share one playful science-and-nature dream.
00:10:49 Heron & Crane – Over Autumn
Heron & Crane – Over Autumn. Clouds hover above New Mexico desert. Celtic harp, new-age synth, lap steel and Moog sequence travel from Charlottesville to Columbus in all-instrumental weather.
00:13:32 ALURIA – Infinite Time
ALURIA – Infinite Time. Healing soundscapes make their FORM@ debut on SLIT ART, opening an original worldview.
00:20:49 Lab’s Cloud – Lullaby for Dreamers
Lab’s Cloud – Lullaby for Dreamers. Rain, snow, wind and twilight move outside the glass. Interior warmth holds ethereal textures and small window-reflections.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:26:48 Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – The whistle
Henrik Meierkord & Suseti – The whistle. Strings and atmospheric new-age tones invite each listener toward their own emotion.
00:29:58 The Green Kingdom – Open Sky
The Green Kingdom – Open Sky. Softly processed piano, reverb-soaked guitar and sampled textures settle into airy dusk. Vespera names the hour.
00:33:35 Circuit3 – The Hope
Circuit3 – The Hope. Peter Fitzpatrick and Vince Clarke build an eleven-minute melodic drone landscape. Analogue machines carry notebook fragments into spacious instrumental light.
00:43:38 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Viriää
Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Viriää. Violin and viola meet subtle synthesizer undercurrents. Slowly unfolding structures of timbre and resonance keep acoustic closeness.
00:46:06 Thaneco – Destination Beta Virginis
Thaneco – Destination Beta Virginis. Minimoog, Matriarch, Eurorack and mellotron voices soundtrack tau approaching zero. Bluish-green vegetation waits at the far shore of a new bang.
00:55:26 Teatre – Memory
Teatre – Memory. Amulet of Tears gathers the piece as a dry life finding water again.
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 293.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 291
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-291/
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 warm, earthy ambient journey through shared currents, evening rituals, and what remains after the light fades.
Side A gathers jungle meetings and sacred tea, then moves through sunset marrow, mountain mist, solitary machine colour, and warm rainfall microliths. Side B opens liminal gazes and Holkham shorelines, then settles into piano placeholders, remaining polaroids, morning inlight, and a summer curve of insect hum.
Overall mood: Contemplative, healing, and quietly luminous — full of tape hiss, shoreline near-silence, and small rites of duration. Perfect for dusk listening, deep rest, or sitting with what stays.
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.
00:01:18 Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Unite
Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Unite. Jungle scan and echolocation gather as travellers of the past step into shared current. Illustration and tape hiss hold the meeting.
00:07:02 Time Rival – Sacred Tea
Time Rival – Sacred Tea. Tongue drums, kalimba, flute and sun-bleached saturation pour from a planner marked new music. The brew arrives cooked, oversaturated, warm.
00:14:09 Bålsam – Every Sunset
Bålsam – Every Sunset. Cicadas and river-rush enter the marrow. A mother’s voice message and a daughter’s unburdened tone sit among orchids and damp earth. Healing moves as pulse.
00:17:40 Maps and Diagrams – Mist on the Mountain
Maps and Diagrams – Mist on the Mountain. Loops and found sources cycle and fade. Subtle variation and decay keep happening in quiet instability.
00:21:40 Toàn – DEL 0
Toàn – DEL 0. A single Deluge machine, tape loops, harp and bowed tones layer into synesthetic colour. Solitude hangs as an invisible wall of texture.
00:26:01 zakè, Ossa, ASC – Microlith 8
zakè, Ossa, ASC – Microlith 8. Shimmering keys pour like warm rainfall. Analog lines, chest-deep bass and tape-saturated mist carry 90s ambient memory toward an ambiguous horizon.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:27:48 Philippe Blache – Let This Gaze Be Our Part
Philippe Blache – Let This Gaze Be Our Part. Liminal corridors and flowing memory open in meandering textures. Imaginary territories rise through melancholia and repetition.
00:33:47 (EXCLUSIVE) Richard Sage – Holkham
Richard Sage – Holkham. Tripod, Zoom and iPhone gather wave-analogues and shoreline seeds. Near silence wears its own palette.
00:41:25 Audio Obscura – Placeholder for Meaning
Audio Obscura – Placeholder for Meaning. Piano improvisation from Whitby finds its way after months of stillness. Pyramid shapes and late-year fruit settle into place.
00:48:55 Laurel Morgan & Yorkshire Modular Society – Remaining
Laurel Morgan & Yorkshire Modular Society – Remaining. Polaroids and modular breath keep what stays. Scrapbook pages hold the UK location in quiet duration.
00:53:21 David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi – Inlight
David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi – Inlight. Piano notes float as points of light. Modular tones gather in soft waves around the threshold of morning.
00:56:45 CIRC – Summer Curve
CIRC – Summer Curve. Insect hum and rustle become looped ethereal texture. Everyday night turns into a small sonic rite.
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 291.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 282
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-282/
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. Episode 282. 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.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,111 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.
A reflective, slightly melancholic ambient journey through vanishing places, last forests, and hovering resonances.
Side A opens in dense brainforests and soft sanctuaries, then blooms through disk errors, chosen confusion, Tokyo pavilions, and tired roads halfway from nowhere. Side B drifts into possible villages, orbital last forests, electric roads of trials, chalk coastal paths, invisible hovering worlds, and ends in the hazed industrial interzone of Motor City.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and quietly expansive — full of soft disappearances, preserved light, and gentle forward motion. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or drifting through imagined landscapes.
The tape unspools its visions.
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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 282.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A
00:03:52 Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
00:12:27 Halftribe – Sanctuary
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
00:14:20 maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
00:19:36 Suncastle – Confusion
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
00:21:15 Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
00:25:34 Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
Side B
00:33:16 Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
00:37:33 vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
00:39:39 Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix)
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
00:40:31 Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
00:45:07 Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
00:47:21 Sand Circles – Entering Motor City
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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 Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 281.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 271
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-271/
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
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 266
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-266/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 266. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A gentle, introspective ambient journey through awareness, weightlessness, storms, and quiet reflection.
Side A moves from attentive listening and zero-gravity daydreams into open arms and sweltering heat. Side B drifts through afflicted warmth, dawn-to-dusk passage, dramatic storms, blank slates, mirrored reflections, and motivated absence.
Overall mood: Contemplative, tender, and atmospheric — balancing soft intimacy with moments of intensity. Ideal for deep listening, meditation, or peaceful solitude.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 1 089 other shows whenever they like.
As a subscriber you also get access to my new series Veil Frequencies based on a fictional world I’ve created called The Resonant Veil Enclave. Each episode is around three hours and recorded from one of the floors of the 24 buildings in the veil. You can read about it on my Substack page. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this TVCL episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Japanese sound artist yolabmi rouses us with their soundworld in the track “Awareness” from the album “Internal Resurrection” available via the wonderful Lithuanian label Amulet of Tears.
Followed by the collaboration of Tobias Lorsbach aka Logic Moon and JJ Rogalski aka Piscean Daydreams in their deep drone, space ambient track “Life in Zero Gravity” from the album Musica Universalis which you can get through Chitra Records sub label Ambient Cat.
Then Paris based Italian modular composer Alessandro De Nicola bathes us in drone in the track titled “Open Arms” from the 27 track double baby pink cassette compilation “Connection: sculpting silence” from 2024 out on Hylé Tapes.
The penultimate track of the first side of the virtual cassette is by Danish artist øjeRum (eye space), and their piece titled “Et Pust I Sivet”(A Breath Among the Reeds) from the 2022 album Butterfly Tongues More Ancient Than Flowers. Available through Amulet of Tears.
Finishing off the first half is Cincinnati, Ohio based friend Ed Herbers with a track many of us have felt recently titled “Sweltering” from the third of his four part album series titled “Season Cycle: Summer” from the always brilliant Passed Recordings label.
But first, to set the vibe is British producer Ryan Bissett, aka Halftribe, with a gentle, atmospheric invitation into the episode via the track “Listen” from the album “Disappear in Silent Ways” out on Dutch label DRONARIVM.
Now 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.
Welcome to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear Rick Jones better known as Dark Fidelity Hi Fi in a short colourful cascade in the track “Dawn To Dusk Passenger” from the Limited Edition CD album “Your Skyline Correspondent” and that’s out on Glasgow based super label Bricolage.
After that Minneapolis, Minnesota based duo Amy McNally and Matthew Hiram aka Visible Light with their immersive field recordings from El Yunque Bosque Nacional, Puerto Rico and a piece titled “La Tormenta” (The Storm) from the eco-friendly CD EP Sierra de Luquillo: A Living Soundscape.
Then Los Angeles, California based friend David Strother brings the track that inspired this episode titled “Tabula Rasa” a short suggestive violin piece from his latest release “A Brilliant Midnight”.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of another track from that wonderful Hylé Tapes compilation “Connection: sculpting silence” this time by the amazing modular artist Andrea Cichecki and the bubbling sounds of “Mirrored reflections”.
Finishing us off is Québec based artist Mathieu Lamontagne better known as Arbee and the modular based track “Absence motivée” (excused absence) from the album “En vain” (In Vain) out on the ever astounding Ambient Cat label.
But first, Anthony Asher-Yates the artist behind Bålsam with a highly personal ambient track titled “Afligido” (Afflicted) from the album “Soñador” (Dreamer), available on a stunning cassette release from DRONARIVM sister label Le Mont Analogue, Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Halftribe – Listen
Quiet, attentive ambient with soft layers inviting deep listening. Calm, spacious, and meditative.
00:05:33 yolabmi – Awareness
Gentle, mindful ambient with soft focus and a sense of quiet presence. Intimate and reflective.
00:10:04 Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams – Life in Zero Gravity
Weightless, floating ambient with dreamy, gravity-free drift and soft cosmic buoyancy.
00:13:27 Alessandro de Nicola – Open Arms
Warm, welcoming ambient with open, embracing textures and emotional generosity. Tender and inviting.
00:19:23 øjeRum – Et Pust I Sivet
Delicate, breath-in-the-reeds ambient with soft Danish minimalism and fragile, natural stillness.
00:23:22 Ed Herbers – Sweltering
Humid, heat-soaked ambient capturing thick summer air and sticky, immersive warmth.
Side B
00:25:03 Bålsam – Afligido
Melancholic, afflicted ambient with soft sorrow and balsam-like emotional soothe. Poignant and healing.
00:27:12 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Dawn To Dusk Passenger
Journeying synth tracing the arc from dawn to dusk with glowing, passenger-like motion. Warm and cinematic.
00:28:23 Visible Light – La Tormenta
Dramatic, storm-driven ambient with turbulent energy and Puerto Rican intensity. Powerful and immersive.
00:41:24 David Strother – Tabula Rasa
Clean, blank-slate ambient with pure, reset textures and quiet potential. Minimal and open.
00:42:00 Andrea Cichecki – Mirrored reflections
Reflective, mirrored ambient with doubling layers and soft, self-regarding beauty. Contemplative and elegant.
00:46:03 Arbee – Absence motivée
Motivated absence ambient with deliberate emptiness and French-titled quiet space. Thoughtful and sparse.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 257
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Apologies for the sound quality today. I’m on holidays and find it hard to hard to get a spot quiet enough to record. Anyway…
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 257. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A mystical, elemental, and introspective ambient journey through light, water, time, and deep space.
Side A moves from beacon magic and burning waters into glade mornings, rising energy, and druidic sacredness. Side B rolls through time carpets, anchoring resilience, ocean overlooks, deeper dreams, and reduced space walks.
Overall mood: Contemplative, wondrous, and atmospheric with a strong sense of vastness and quiet power. Perfect for deep listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast like episodes but I’ll do all the talking now as I put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through to give the “virtual cassette” meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my too few subscribers who get to enjoy the 257 episodes plus the 819 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for €3 anymore. It used to be a coffee.
Episode 257 is based on an exclusive soothing drone track “arc gap” by Tallinn, Estonia based “Paul Beaudoin” from the release “signal loss” coming out on Dragon’s Eye Recordings on the 10th of July.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Italian artist M. Beckmann aka The Volume Settings Folder with his improvised stylings from a release on the one of a kind ambient whitelabrecs label.
Rays of light in the form of Bahram Bahrami, Ross Bartlett, and Daniel Field who are Bahrambient, Retland, and Kilometre Club respectively.
My Greek mate Substak with a lesson in field recordings from a Sounds for the Soul Records compilation.
The only beat driven track of the show from Belgian artist Felix Machtelinckx on celebration of the rising sun with Subexotic Records
Finishing the A side is a track from an album based on Risorgimento period samples clipped by Michele Andreotti out on Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series.
Side B gives us inner and out space exploration from Oregon based Modular Synth artist Bart Hawkins.
A meditative soundscape from Melbourne based friend Willebrant who’s sneaked into the mix twice.
Then after the inspired Paul Beaudoin track we drift into a legend of the scene and one I’ve never been able to make contact with. Lee Anthony Norris, here as one of his many alter egos Moss Garden It’s available on lots of places including Fantasy Enhancing, Neotantra and NATURE BLISS.
Penultimately from Trittau, Germany is Christian Fiesel with a release on Cyclical Dreams.
Ending the show is the drone collaboration of Sunil Kumar Sharma aka Suseti and Karl Willebrant again with a Willebrant self release from last year.
But Starting us off Rotterdam based artist Ard Bit is searching for a connection beyond the surface with the track “Fanal Magic” from the album “Juxtaposed”. Out on the Dutch Drunarium sub label Derde. Enjoy…
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 Ard Bit – Fanal Magic
Mystical, beacon-inspired ambient with magical, fanal-like glow and subtle, guiding light. Enchanting and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Ard Bit is an ambient artist creating clear, precise, and unambiguous soundscapes.
00:11:53 The Volume Settings Folder – Burning Waters Pt 1
Intense, fiery aquatic ambient with dramatic, burning waves and emotional depth. Powerful and evocative. Artist Bio: The Volume Settings Folder is an ambient artist exploring elemental forces and emotional intensity through textured soundscapes.
00:17:51 Bahrambient, Retland, Kilometre Club – Rays of Light
Luminous, hopeful ambient with glowing rays and soft, radiant textures. Uplifting and serene. Artist Bio: Collaborative ambient project blending light, hope, and gentle electronic warmth.
00:21:16 Substak – Morning in the Glade
Gentle, dawn-lit ambient in a woodland glade with fresh, dewy textures. Peaceful and organic. Artist Bio: Substak is an ambient artist creating minimal, poetic works often inspired by haiku and subtle natural phenomena.
00:23:34 Felix Machtelinckx – The Riser
Ascending, rising ambient with gradual lift and building, hopeful energy. Dynamic and inspiring. Artist Bio: Felix Machtelinckx is a Belgian ambient artist creating stark, minimal works with organic and skeletal themes.
00:28:49 Michele Andreotti – Luoghi Druidici
Mystical, druidic ambient evoking sacred places with ancient, wooded resonance. Ritualistic and solemn. Artist Bio: Michele Andreotti is an ambient artist creating mystical, druidic, and sacred place-inspired works.
Side B
00:33:59 Bart Hawkins – Roll Up The Carpet Of Time
Time-compressing ambient with rolling, carpet-like textures and a sense of folding history. Expansive and philosophical. Artist Bio: Bart Hawkins is an ambient artist exploring time, history, and expansive conceptual soundscapes.
00:45:03 Willebrant – Keep
Steady, anchoring ambient with a sense of holding on and quiet resilience. Grounded and comforting. Artist Bio: Willebrant is an Australian ambient artist known for grand, cinematic works inspired by landscapes and architecture.
00:49:21 Paul Beaudoin – arc gap
Precise, gap-focused ambient with arcing electronics and subtle, bridging tension. Clean and thoughtful. Artist Bio: Paul Beaudoin is an ambient artist creating precise, gap-exploring, and electronic works.
00:53:07 Moss Garden – Overlooking Oceans
Vast, cliff-top ambient overlooking endless seas with sweeping, panoramic calm. Majestic and serene. Artist Bio: Moss Garden is an ambient artist focused on vast, ocean-overlooking, and panoramic soundscapes.
00:59:18 Christian Fiesel – Deeper Dreamscape
Deep, immersive dream ambient with layered, subconscious textures and profound inner exploration. Artist Bio: Christian Fiesel is an ambient artist creating deep, dream-like, and immersive soundscapes.
01:07:23 Suseti/Willebrant – Deep (space walk reduction)
Reduced, deep space ambient with weightless drift and reduced, minimalist cosmic beauty. Artist Bio: Suseti & Willebrant collaborate on deep, space-walk-inspired ambient reductions.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 255
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 255. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
A gentle, nature-infused, and introspective ambient journey through seasons, plants, and storytelling.
Side A flows from sunny rain and clear ambiguity into fleeting glimpses, resigned beauty, and rhythmic patterns. Side B gathers around campfires, buoys, synesthetic storms, momentary drifts, and golden mystical pillars.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and quietly wondrous with a strong connection to nature and emotion. Perfect for deep relaxation, morning listening, or peaceful reflection.
Episode 255 is based on the track “Buoy.” by “Willebrant” from the release “Selected Works – Slowed and Reverb, Volume 2”. Which Australian artist Karl Willebrant sent me a couple of days back. The track is over 13 minutes long so it should be on an episode of Expansive Waves which is my long form music show. For the moment that’s on hold as I don’t have the will to do one. Mainly from lack of time but also from having to pay for the shows myself as I’m still, after years of trying, missing 2 subscribers from the channel in order to get a payout from Mixcloud. It’s super frustrating dangling on that edge for so long.
Anyway a massive shout out to Richard Francés of Hylé Tapes for sending me their catalogue of wonderful releases. You’ll be hearing lots from Hylé Tapes in the near future.
In other news, Substak has entered a track for my next compilation release “Quiet Figures”. Get your entry in before September 24th and join him and The Earl of Dean. Details on the Bandcamp page.
Now back to this episode which features Dutch artist Art Bit and Columbian artist Bålsam both with releases on the Dronarium label.
Japanese artist Tomotsugu Nakamura together with Spanish artists David Cordero have one out via Home Normal records.
Another play by Washington DC based Dionisaf from his release on the Ambient Cat label.
Maps and Diagrams has a release on Sardinian label Lontano Series the sub label of Rohs! records.
Brussels based Jonathan Poliart gets another play from his release as well as Paris based Simon Cacheux both out on Adventurous Music.
The wonderful Mahorka label features, as usual, with a piece by Auto-nomaton.
Also the fantastic collaboration of zakè, Ossa, ASC with a release on zakés own Bandcamp page.
Ending the episode is Danish artist øjeRum with a release on Lithuanian label Amulet of Tears who has also supported the channel with loads of releases.
But first out to start the ball rolling Toronto based artist Chad Skinner also known as Sun Rain with his track May from the Imaginary North release Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto.
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 Sun Rain – May
Bright, sun-drenched ambient with gentle rain textures and springtime freshness. Warm and refreshing. Artist Bio: Sun Rain is a Toronto based ambient artist known for bright, seasonal works blending the elements.
00:06:01 Ard Bit – Disambigious
Clear, unambiguous ambient with precise textures and a sense of resolved clarity. Clean and focused. Artist Bio: Ard Bit is an ambient artist creating clear, precise, and unambiguous soundscapes.
00:08:09 Bålsam – Glimpses
Tender, fleeting ambient capturing brief glimpses with soft, balsam-like warmth. Intimate and ephemeral. Artist Bio: Bålsam is an ambient artist creating tender, heart-centered works with warm, soothing qualities.
00:12:17 Tomotsugu Nakamura & David Cordero – Shōganai
Resigned, Japanese-inspired ambient with gentle acceptance and melancholic beauty. Poignant and serene. Artist Bio: Tomotsugu Nakamura and David Cordero collaborate on delicate, wabi-sabi-inspired ambient reflections.
00:15:24 Dionisaf – Rain Patterns
Intricate, pattern-forming rain ambient with detailed, falling rhythms and soothing repetition. Artist Bio: Dionisaf is an ambient artist creating intricate, nature-patterned, and detailed soundscapes.
00:22:44 Maps and Diagrams – Gigue
Dancing, gigue-inspired ambient with light, rhythmic elegance and cartographic warmth. Artist Bio: Maps and Diagrams is a British ambient artist known for elegant works.
00:27:03 Jonathan Poliart – Oxalis
Delicate, plant-inspired ambient evoking oxalis leaves with soft, natural elegance. Artist Bio: Jonathan Poliart is an ambient artist creating here, delicate, nature-inspired works with floral and organic themes.
Side B
00:35:06 Autonomaton – Campfirestory
Warm, storytelling ambient around a crackling campfire with intimate, narrative glow. Artist Bio: Autonomaton is an ambient artist creating intimate, narrative, and campfire-inspired soundscapes.
00:38:13 Willebrant – Buoy.
Floating, buoyant ambient with gentle bobbing motion and oceanic calm. Serene and anchored. Artist Bio: Willebrant is an Australian ambient artist known for grand, cinematic works inspired by landscapes and architecture.
00:49:59 Simon Cacheux – Hearing the lightning and seeing the thunder
Synesthetic ambient swapping senses with dramatic, inverted storm textures. Powerful and immersive. Artist Bio: Simon Cacheux is a French ambient artist exploring melancholic and time-lost themes through atmospheric electronics.
00:52:50 zakè, Ossa, ASC – Momentary Drift 2
Drifting, collaborative ambient with soft, momentary flow and deep, resonant beauty. Artist Bio: zakè, Ossa, and ASC are respected ambient artists collaborating on drifting, resonant works.
00:57:20 øjeRum – Søjlen Med Det Gyldne Hoved
Mystical, golden-headed pillar ambient with Danish folklore resonance and solemn elegance. Artist Bio: øjeRum is a Danish ambient artist creating mystical, folklore-inspired soundscapes with solemn beauty.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 253
A warm, gentle, and emotionally rich ambient journey through mornings, memories, and cosmic wonder.
Side A drifts from intimate closeness and summer radiance into delicate mornings and scattered light. Side B flows through lazy Sundays, recursive feathers, silent hours, heartfelt balm, and ends on an awe-inspiring Earthrise.
Overall mood: Serene, nostalgic, and hopeful with a strong sense of warmth and quiet beauty. Perfect for morning listening, deep relaxation, or peaceful reflection.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 253. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
Today’s mix is based on the track “Recursive Plumage” by “Dionisaf” from the release “Fractals, Vol. 2” which just dropped on the wonderful Ambient Cat label of which the track by M. Cross Dougherty is also from. also in the mix is mate of the show Ed Herbers with a release on Passed Recordings. The legendary Eluvium is back with a release on Temporary Residence Ltd. Simon Cacheux with a release on Adventurous Music.
Aiko Takahashi together with Scattered Light has one out on David Corderos amazing ambient label Noray Records.
Foam and Sand have a release on Seil Records
Nick May with a self release.
Mate of the mine aeon with a track from my latest compilation The Mystery of the Night which you really should have in your collection.
Bålsam have one out on the fantastic Dutch label Le Mont Analogue
Olio Flux ends with a self release which I’ve been featuring loads on previous episodes.
To start us off though is the amazing Mark Barrott with a release on Anjunachill this is Closer, enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Mark Barrott – Closer
Warm, intimate Balearic ambient drawing the listener closer with soft, inviting textures. Gentle and comforting. Artist Bio: Mark Barrott is a Balearic and ambient producer known for warm, earthy, and sun-drenched soundscapes.
00:05:43 Ed Herbers – Summer Solstice
Bright, sun-drenched ambient capturing the longest day with luminous warmth and seasonal radiance. Joyful and expansive. Artist Bio: Ed Herbers is a Cincinnati, Ohio based ambient musician known for seasonal, textural works that capture natural atmospheres and emotional states.
00:08:38 M. Cross Dougherty – Undulated
Flowing, wave-like ambient with gentle undulations and soft, rolling motion. Hypnotic and serene. Artist Bio: M. Cross Dougherty is an ambient artist creating flowing, textural works with organic motion.
00:10:22 Eluvium – A.M.
Delicate, morning ambient with fragile beauty and quiet, early-light introspection. Tender and hopeful. Artist Bio: Eluvium (Matthew Cooper) is a renowned ambient composer known for delicate, emotionally rich piano and electronic works.
00:12:03 Simon Cacheux – Wasted
Melancholic, time-lost ambient with a sense of gentle regret and drifting emptiness. Poignant and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Simon Cacheux is a French ambient artist exploring melancholic and time-lost themes through atmospheric electronics.
00:14:30 Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light – Cinq Heures Du Matin (16mm Color Film)
Dreamy, 5 AM ambient evoking early morning film grain with soft, scattered light and nostalgic warmth. Artist Bio: Aiko Takahashi & Scattered Light collaborate on cinematic, film-inspired ambient works with nostalgic and dreamy qualities.
00:22:30 Foam and Sand – Circle 70
Lush, circular ambient with granular warmth and endless, comforting loops. Radiant and meditative. Artist Bio: Foam and Sand is the ambient project of producer Robin Schut, blending granular synthesis and dreamy textures.
Side B
00:27:01 Nick May – Sunday Morning
Relaxed, lazy Sunday ambient with warm light and gentle, unhurried calm. Cosy and peaceful. Artist Bio: Nick May is an ambient artist known for gentle, nature-inspired works with warm, organic textures.
00:35:15 Dionisaf – Recursive Plumage
Intricate, feather-like ambient with recursive patterns and soft, avian elegance. Detailed and hypnotic. Artist Bio: Dionisaf is an ambient artist creating intricate, recursive, and nature-inspired soundscapes.
00:41:37 aeon – the silent hours
Vast, time-stretched ambient capturing the quiet hours with deep, eternal stillness. Profound and serene. Artist Bio: aeon is an ambient artist focused on vast, time-stretched, and silent explorations.
00:45:07 Bålsam – My Heart
Tender, heartfelt ambient with warm, balsam-like soothing and emotional openness. Intimate and healing. Artist Bio: Bålsam is an ambient artist creating tender, heart-centered works with warm, soothing qualities.
00:49:50 Olio Flux – Earthrise (Instrumental)
Majestic, orbital ambient viewing Earth from space with awe-inspiring wonder and cosmic perspective. Artist Bio: Olio Flux is an ambient project exploring themes of time, change, and cosmic motion through textured electronics.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 223
Atlas Dream Habit
Based on the track “Escape to Dream” from the album “Escape to Dream” by “Solace Road”.
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 tender, atmospheric ambient journey centered on introspection, escape, and emotional depth.
Side A drifts through gentle dreamscapes, delicate melodies, and fragile, watery textures — evoking longing, memory, and quiet reflection. Side B expands into luminous, slowed, and alchemical territory before shifting toward vivid cosmic and dark energy realms.
Overall mood: Dreamy, melancholic, and emotionally resonant with a strong sense of space and solitude. It feels intimate yet vast — like drifting between inner thoughts and the cosmos. Ideal for deep listening, late-night reflection, meditation, or unwinding.
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.
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 Solace Road – Escape to Dream – Escape to Dream – 2026
Gentle, flowing ambient with soft pads and dreamy escapism. Warm, hopeful, and soothing.
00:08:30 Arbee & Kilometre Club – Once is not a habit – Once is not a habit – 2025
Minimal, tape-warmed ambient with delicate textures and quiet repetition. Intimate and reflective.
00:09:54 Garda – Likimas – Sąlyga – 2025
Atmospheric Lithuanian ambient with emotional depth and subtle cinematic tension. Melancholic and elegant.
00:14:57 Scyye – outside – 2018
Sparse, drifting electronic ambient with open space and gentle detachment. Calm and airy.
00:18:25 Woo – Celeste
Light, whimsical ambient with charming melodies and signature Woo warmth. Playful and dreamy.
00:19:40 Spheruleus – Atlas Days – The Lost Catalogue – 2026
Subtle, weathered ambient with lost-catalogue nostalgia and soft decaying tones. Poignant and nostalgic.
00:23:43 Ekin Fil – bazille-water drop – Bora Boreas – 2025
Delicate, watery ambient with fragile beauty and emotional translucence. Ethereal and touching.
Side B
00:26:43 Solar Phasing – Luminescence (432hz) – Electronic Patterns – 2025
Luminous, tuned ambient with soft glowing layers and healing calm. Radiant and meditative.
00:30:44 Willebrant – Emerge (slowed and reverb) – The Pilgrim – Slowed and Reverb – 2025
Deep, slowed ambient with heavy reverb and emotional emergence. Immersive and cinematic.
00:35:57 Paul Beaudoin – Prima Materia – Alchemies – 2025
Alchemical ambient exploring raw sonic matter with rich, evolving textures. Mystical and grounded.
00:40:28 SURVEY CHANNEL – Outside the Coding Region – Triplicate Tapes Vol. 2: Space Invaders – 2021
Glitchy, coded electronic ambient with sci-fi unease and digital drift. Abstract and intriguing.
00:45:03 Loneward – Crimson Canvas – Musings of a Painted Sky – 2025
Vivid, painterly ambient with warm glowing tones and emotional brushstrokes. Beautiful and expressive.
00:52:31 Substak – Dark Energy Singularity – Black Noise Constellation – 2025
Cosmic, low-frequency dark ambient with massive scale and gravitational pull. Deep and powerful.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 213
A deep, introspective, and emotionally rich ambient journey focused on surrender, melancholy, and cosmic introspection.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 213 of the Virtual Cassette Library. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
This episode is based on the track “Cold Spring Day” by Cells Interlinked from the album “Cold Spring Notes” which dropped on the 22nd of May via the legendary Cyclical Dreams label. Also a massive thank you to Altus Music, 4000 Records, whitelabrecs, Woodford Halse, DRONARIVM, Fonodroom, Cyclical Dreams, Substak, and David Cordero of Noray Records for sponsoring the episode with material.
A deep, introspective, and emotionally rich ambient journey focused on surrender, melancholy, and cosmic introspection.
Side A drifts from blissful release and hypnotic pulses into raw emotional fragility, quiet nocturnal stillness, and nostalgic longing. Side B expands into airy renewal, majestic astral voyages, fading luminescence, and grounding harmonic weight.
Overall mood: Contemplative, melancholic, and spacious with a strong sense of emotional depth and solitude. It feels like drifting through late-night thoughts, faded memories, and vast inner/outer space — perfect for deep listening, meditation, or quiet reflective moments. Intimate yet expansive, with a beautifully somber and serene atmosphere.
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.
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 Loneward – Exult in Surrender
Deep, immersive ambient with rich harmonic layers and a sense of blissful release. Warm and enveloping.
00:09:18 The Black Dog – Sleep Deprivation 43: Somnolent Sofa Pulse
Hypnotic, low-slung ambient techno pulse with heavy-lidded warmth and subtle rhythmic sway. Deeply relaxing.
00:13:50 ff8282 – to the skin’s raw edges
Raw, textural ambient with exposed emotional edges and delicate digital fragility. Intimate and vulnerable.
00:16:13 Audio Obscura – The Quiet Night
Gentle, nocturnal ambient with soft glowing tones and peaceful stillness. Calm and introspective.
00:19:55 HERE – Saudade
Melancholic, heartfelt ambient capturing deep longing and nostalgic beauty. Emotionally resonant.
00:23:42 Prism Capture – Track No. VII (Sometime)
Subtle, prismatic ambient with shifting light and quiet temporal drift. Delicate and reflective.
00:28:04 Spheruleus – Dust Days
Dry, particulate ambient with faded memories and warm, dusty textures. Nostalgic and atmospheric.
Side B
00:32:15 anthéne – air signs
Light, airy ambient with gentle movement and ethereal transparency. Floating and serene.
00:39:42 Cells Interlinked – Cold Spring Day
Crisp, melancholic ambient evoking early spring light and quiet renewal. Fresh and bittersweet.
00:47:18 Erik Wøllo – Astral Travelers
Cosmic, flowing ambient with majestic pads and sense of interstellar journey. Expansive and wondrous.
00:52:02 Autumna – Expiry pt. 2 (Halo)
Haunting, halo-like ambient with emotional weight and fading luminescence. Poignant and beautiful.
00:55:18 Substak – Gravity Harmonics
Deep, resonant ambient with gravitational pull and harmonic richness. Powerful and grounding.
00:56:53 David Cordero – Falsen
Sparse, minimalist ambient with subtle Nordic coolness and quiet introspection. Restrained and elegant.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 206
Open-hearted, wistful, and emotionally rich with a strong cinematic feel.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 206 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 “Unbegun” by Hverheij from the album “R-Un”. Shout out to Harry Verheij for sending me the album and a bunch of codes which you can find on the substack episode article or the episode page on trevor.se. Also shoutouts to Waxing Crescent Records, DRONARIVM, Third Kind Records, Woodford Halse and Clay Pipe Music for sponsoring the channel with material.
This episode puts the acoustic guitar in focus.
A warm, nostalgic, and gently psychedelic ambient journey blending sun-drenched summer haze, intimate minimalism, and wistful hauntology.
Side A drifts from breezy cycling melodies and hazy environmental sounds into playful psychedelic explorations and tender, emotional minimalism. Side B shifts between theatrical quirkiness, magical nocturnal spells, live organic warmth, and ends with lonely cosmic melancholy and quiet railway nostalgia.
Overall mood: Sunny yet melancholic, intimate, and emotionally rich. It feels like a golden late-summer afternoon slowly fading into a dreamy, reflective evening — perfect for relaxed listening, daydreaming, or quiet contemplation. Strong analogue warmth with a touch of magic and gentle sadness.
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.
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 tadoma – Red Raleigh
Warm, nostalgic ambient with gentle cycling melodies and sun-faded charm. Breezy and reflective.
00:04:28 Hverheij – Unbegun
Delicate, minimal ambient with soft unfolding textures and quiet emotional space. Intimate and contemplative.
00:07:10 Ernest Hood – August Haze
Classic lo-fi environmental sounds with hazy summer warmth, zither and field recordings. Dreamy and nostalgic.
00:13:33 Amorphous Androgynous – Go Tell It To The Trees Egghead
Psychedelic, whimsical electronic odyssey with lush layers and playful surrealism. Trippy and expansive.
00:17:09 Kacey Johansing – Whales of Agate
Gentle, flowing folk-ambient with dreamy vocals and crystalline beauty. Ethereal and soothing.
00:21:02 La French – For Casey
Tender, minimalist piano-led piece with intimate warmth and quiet emotion. Touching and personal.
00:22:58 Dalton Alexander – At Some Point it Stopped
Sparse, drifting ambient with subtle tension and graceful resignation. Still and poignant.
Side B
00:27:50 The Foot & Leg Clinic – Intro – Showtime
Playful, theatrical intro with quirky charm and vintage broadcast feel. Fun and characterful.
00:29:07 Fallen – This Night is a Magic Spell
Enchanting, nocturnal ambient with soft glowing textures and magical atmosphere. Hypnotic and spellbinding.
00:33:27 Willebrant – musings (live at the Brunswick Green) – Live
Warm, immersive live ambient with rich resonance and gentle emotional flow. Organic and heartfelt.
00:38:59 The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Life Around The Sailing Club
Sunny, melodic electronic with breezy seaside nostalgia and gentle grooves. Warm and carefree.
00:45:05 Andrea Castiglioni – For Annabelle
Delicate, romantic ambient with soft classical elegance and tender melancholy. Beautiful and intimate.
00:48:37 Aural Design – The Dead Astronaut
Spacious, cinematic ambient with lonely cosmic drift and subtle sci-fi melancholy. Haunting and vast.
00:49:44 Vic Mars – End Of The Branch Line
Wistful, hauntological farewell with warm analogue tones and gentle railway nostalgia. Poignant closer.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 200
Melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the 200th episode 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 “People Say I’m a Dreamer” by friend of the channel Neil Stringfellow, also known as Audio Obscura. Available on the upcoming album “Dream States”. Dropping June 12. Neil also just entered a track for my upcoming compilation “The Mystery of the Night” Applications are still open. Get your piece in by June 24. All info on the album page on Bandcamp.
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 Phexioenesystems – Poringland Extract
Subtle, textural field-recording ambient drawn from the Norfolk countryside. Gentle rustles, distant horizons, and organic drones create a beautifully restrained, place-specific immersion.
00:05:35 The Metamorph – The Unlimited Dream Company
Expansive, psychedelic-tinged ambient inspired by J.G. Ballard. Dreamy, shape-shifting layers and cosmic warmth evoke boundless imagination and surreal inner worlds.
00:07:35 Rival Consoles – If Not Now
Driving, emotionally charged electronic ambient from Ryan Lee West. Pulsing rhythms and luminous synths build a sense of urgency and beautiful tension—now or never.
00:10:17 Mikael Lind, Johanna Sjunnesson – Remnants Unveiled
Delicate, haunting ambient that slowly reveals hidden layers. Fragile textures and soft resonances feel like uncovering forgotten memories in dust and light.
00:15:45 Felipe Ayres – Turmoil
Turbulent yet controlled ambient exploring inner unrest. Swirling drones and restless movement capture emotional chaos while maintaining an elegant undercurrent.
00:20:44 Wil Bolton – Quiet Sunlight
Gentle, luminous ambient bathed in soft, filtered light. Warm tones and peaceful stillness evoke a perfect moment of tranquil, golden-hour calm.
00:28:09 Paulina Fae – The Space Inbetween (Instrumental)
Ethereal, floating ambient focused on the liminal. Airy pads and crystalline details create a weightless sense of existing in the beautiful gap between moments.
Side B
00:32:14 Christian Wittman – The Light Before the Dark (Edit. From the album “The Light Before the Dark”
Poignant, cinematic ambient exploring the fragile transition of dusk. Rich, melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric.
00:37:34 Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera
Graceful, flowing piano-led neoclassical piece. Delicate melodies and gentle swells capture the fresh energy and blossoming beauty of spring with quiet emotional depth.
00:44:08 The British Stereo Collective – Silicon Street (From the Yesterday Children)
Retro-futuristic synth ambient with a hazy 80s cinematic feel. Warm analogue tones and nostalgic melancholy paint a portrait of memory-drenched digital streets.
00:46:59 Audio Obscura – People Say I’m a Dreamer
Drifting, introspective ambient with a soft, wistful character. Cloud-like textures and piano voices create a beautiful, slightly detached dream-state.
00:49:42 Dr Atmo – Hunted Rain
Moody, atmospheric ambient capturing rain as both pursuer and refuge. Wet, pulsing textures and dark elegance evoke being chased through a storm.
00:55:38 Cate Brooks – The Frame
Meticulous, minimal ambient centered on structure and restraint. Clean lines and thoughtful silence create a contemplative, almost architectural listening experience.
00:58:29 Luke Howard Trio – Self Preservation
Intimate, heartfelt modern classical/jazz-tinged ambient. Thoughtful piano, subtle brushes, and warm resonance explore protection, vulnerability, and inner strength.
Obsidian Mountain Quest
Good day to you listeners, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set. This episode titled Obsidian Mountain Quest is based on the track “dreamt i was born on a mountain” by “anthéne”, from the album “Air Signs” , which comes out on May 22 via channel supporting label DRONARIVM. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
If you’d like to be featured send file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com
If you can, subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.
00:00:00 Ali Wade – Xenophyophore
Deep, organic ambient exploring the mysterious world of xenophyophores—giant single-celled deep-sea organisms. Subtle, textural layers and slow geological movement create an alien yet immersive underwater atmosphere.
00:05:03 Tom Eaton – Before Obsidian(from Elements-Fire)
Warm, glowing ambient with rich, fiery undertones. Slow-burning pads and subtle melodic embers evoke the transformative power of fire and the moments just before intense change.
00:14:05 Martin Allin – Learning Is Remembering
Reflective, philosophical ambient built on gentle, evolving textures. A contemplative piece that feels like rediscovering forgotten knowledge through soft, unfolding soundscapes.
00:20:01 OGRE Sound – Insects That Haunted As Well As Fed
Atmospheric, narrative-driven ambient with a slightly dark, cinematic edge. Evokes the dual nature of nature—beauty and unease—through intricate, haunting textures.
00:23:33 jarguna – Soul of Ganga (with Lorenzo Squillari)
Spiritual, flowing ambient inspired by the sacred Ganges River. Deep drones, watery textures, and meditative atmospheres capture both serenity and ancient power.
00:32:40 arovane – youd
Delicate, intricate IDM-tinged ambient from Uwe Zahn. Microscopic details, glitchy fragments, and warm melodic threads create a beautifully fragile, polymer-like sound world.
00:37:07 Christophe Bailleau – Katpur (with Paradise Now)
Mysterious, moonlit ambient with subtle rhythmic undercurrents. Ethereal and slightly ritualistic, it drifts through nocturnal, vertical phases of sound.
00:39:05 Roderick Shoolbraid – Nonagon
Geometric, hypnotic ambient built around nine-sided symmetry. Clean, precise layers and evolving patterns create a sense of sacred geometry in sound.
00:43:01 Desprecio Nauseabundo – Desperate Loss of Material Things & its Obsessive Consequences
Dark, experimental ambient exploring obsession and loss. Dense, unsettling textures and collapsing structures form a psychological, noise-tinged descent.
00:52:07 Coco Francavilla – The Stars Dance in Circles
Celestial, dreamy ambient with graceful, orbiting movements. Shimmering synths and cosmic elegance evoke stars in eternal, circular motion.
00:54:48 Everyday Dust – Oblivione X
Vast, foghorn-laden landscape ambient. Immersive and cinematic, it paints forgotten valleys and distant, echoing oblivion.
01:03:32 Sebby Kowal – Shinjuku
Urban, nocturnal ambient capturing the electric pulse of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. Neon reflections and bustling stillness blend into a moody, atmospheric portrait.
01:07:52 anthéne – dreamt i was born on a mountain
Light, airy guitar-based ambient from the Air Signs album. Gentle loops, swells, and natural textures evoke mountain-born freedom and wide-open skies.
01:13:48 Letters From Mouse – Quest Affric
Analogue-driven Scottish ambient with bubbling synths and exploratory spirit. A quest-like journey through misty, engrammatic landscapes.
Oracular Blank Dawn
This episode titled Oracular Blank Dawn is based on the track Midnight Dawn by DTime, from the album Nightwoven , which comes out today May 8 via channel supporting label Cyclical Dreams. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
If you’d like to be featured send file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com
If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.
00:00:00 Metamatics – Evening Star
A lush, starlit ambient track with warm, drifting synths and gentle melodic currents. Classic Metamatics (Lee Norris) style—immersive, slightly cosmic, and quietly emotional, like gazing at the first bright star of twilight.
00:04:29 Finlay Wright – Astex
Minimal, crystalline ambient with sparse, precise textures and subtle movement. Cool, introspective, and beautifully restrained—evoking quiet focus and hidden depth.
00:09:04 Polypores – Blank Holiday
Hypnotic modular synth work from Stephen James Buckley. Swirling, psychedelic layers create a disorienting yet captivating “blank” holiday atmosphere—playful weirdness meets deep immersion.
00:14:57 John Scott Shepherd – The Dreamer
Dreamy, expansive ambient with soft, flowing pads and a sense of gentle wonder. Warm and cinematic, perfect for drifting through inner landscapes.
00:17:07 Ekin Fil – beni yok saysan da
Delicate, haunting drone/ambient from the Turkish artist. Ethereal vocals and fragile textures weave a melancholic, intimate spell—poetic and deeply atmospheric.
00:21:27 Loneward – Oracular
Cinematic, prophetic ambient with rich, silken layers and a sense of mystery. Graceful and majestic, like receiving quiet visions from beyond.
00:28:52 Mick Chillage – A Signal Of Virtues
Warm, breathing ambient electronics with subtle melodic touches. Thoughtful and restorative, carrying a gentle, virtuous glow.
00:35:03 Taylor Deupree – Minism
Microscopic, ultra-delicate sound design from the 12k master. Tiny gestures and quiet spaces create an intimate, minimalist meditation on smallness and presence.
00:37:23 Moss Garden – No Prayers For The Mosquito (The Green Kingdom Remix)
Organic, shimmering ambient remix with lush textures and a touch of melancholy. Gentle rhythms and glowing tones evoke summer evenings and fragile life.
00:42:41 DTime – Midnight Dawn
Transitional ambient capturing the liminal moment between night and day. Deep, resonant tones with a hopeful, slowly brightening atmosphere.
00:47:31 Satoshi & Makoto – Updraft
Warm, breezy Casio CZ-5000 ambient with gentle, uplifting melodies. Airy and nostalgic, like rising thermals carrying memories upward.
00:49:14 Arin Aksberg – Virtuality
Smooth, flowing electronic ambient exploring digital dreamscapes. Elegant and immersive, with a subtle sense of floating between realities.
00:53:37 Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren – Decompressed System (One Million Eyes Version)
Expansive, rhythmic ambient with piano elements and wide-open spaces. Relaxing yet dynamic, designed for movement and deep listening alike.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 175
01 February 2026
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 washed up in. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode one hundred and seventy-five. I’m Trevor, here again, turning over another worn cassette in the dim glow, letting the oxide whisper its secrets.
These tapes arrive unmarked most times, or with labels half-peeled, but they carry traces—field recordings folded into drone, synths that drift like low cloud over northern latitudes, breaks that nod to libraries long since catalogued and forgotten, post-rock edges softened by reverb tails, psych undercurrents that never quite surface, ambient excursions that refuse to resolve. Scotland lingers in a few of these grooves, Cologne breathes through one, Italy scatters light across another, while others seem to come from no fixed place at all, just coordinates lost between sleep and map.
No rush tonight. Twenty pieces, two sides, a flip when the spool runs thin. If the kettle needs boiling, let it. If the room grows cold, pull something closer. The world can wait outside the door.
It’s a special Saturday here in Sweden and marks the start of the Melody Festival. Which, however you feel about it makes the long winter up here bearable. How ever you feel about the music represented.
Now back to this outing.
First, something that moves like light through leaves in late winter. Camouflage by Kraft, from the Bureau B 2025 release on Bureau B. A gentle, sensual, unfurling, synths breathing slow. Headphones on, let time dissolve and let the frequencies claim you.
Camouflage – Kraft.
Now Lo Five with STORY, pulled from Superdank on Lunar Module. A definite nod to the ORB, A pumping beat over child spoken narrative and House stabs.
STORY – Lo Five.
Now taking us way down. E J R M offers Pitter Patter, part of Solar Return – Gollden Hour Mix on Imaginary North. Glistening drones that patter like rain on tin, layered with distant chords.
Pitter Patter – E J R M.
Now staying in Droneville. Wil Bolton and David Cordero together for Starlight Breeze, from How to Make Sense of Downtime on the Home Normal label. Notes drift against soft drones, a breeze indeed.
Starlight Breeze – Wil Bolton & David Cordero.
Now a shot one, 1:25 to be exact. Tim Story and Cafe Kaputt, taken from Buzzle on Curious Music. Melancholic Mellotron keys and a Hugh Hopper style bass, in a room that’s emptying slowly.
Cafe Kaputt – Tim Story.
The longest piece for the episode at 8 minutes. Droning Cats with NRV bring Dreams with Claws, from Cartography of Sleep on Barcelona based See Blue Audio. Claws sheathed in haze, dreams that scratch gently. Bobbling bass which sounds like it’s being played by the tide. and sparse porch friendly guitar lines.
Dreams with Claws – Droning Cats with NRV.
Caer Sgàil, from Scotland, with It’s The People We Choose (Exit Chamber’s Choose Wisely Remix), off It’s The Remixes We Choose EP on Caer Sgàil’s Bandcamp. Deep, shadowed rework, piano buried in mist.
It’s The People We Choose (Exit Chamber’s Choose Wisely Remix) – Caer Sgàil.
And now for something completely different. Modern Sound Quartet and Bucaneve, from Italian Library Breaks on Four Flies Records. Breaks with a Mediterranean lightness, snow in name only. Italian library jazz fusion from the 70s.
Bucaneve – Modern Sound Quartet.
Another longer track at 7:39. Andrea Cichecki offers When We Close Our Eyes, shared with track that follows by Tangent Universes on Connected 3 via I u we Records. Eyes closed, the world turns inward, synths cradle the shift.
When We Close Our Eyes – Andrea Cichecki.
And right beside it, Tangent Universes with A Suit Of Leaves, also from Connected 3 on I u we Records. Leaves rustling in some parallel season.
A Suit Of Leaves – Tangent Universes.
Time to turn the tape. Listen for the clunk, the hiss, the moment the mechanism catches.
We open Side B. Ekin Fil with bump, from Bora Boreas on Dutch label Dronarivm. Delicate, almost fragile, yet it lingers.
bump – Ekin Fil.
Now the perfect track for the moment as I’m recording this on Saturday morning. Wooden Tape and Saturday Morning, lifted from the MCPM018 Compilation Album on Moolakii Club Audio Interface label. Sun through curtains, coffee cooling, a cassette morning.
Saturday Morning – Wooden Tape.
Another Mellotron now. Osees deliver The Ceiling, released as a single. Garage-psych softened at the edges. Like early Floyd crossed with Cardiacs.
The Ceiling – Osees.
Next some original indie thinking. Foxwarren with Strange, off 2 on Anti- Records. Folk that tilts strange, sampled classic movie strings and bubbling bass.
Strange – Foxwarren.
Next Andrew Wasylyk featuring Gruff Rhys on The Cold Collar, from Irreparable Parables on the immaculate Clay Pipe Music label. Wonderful story telling.
The Cold Collar (Feat. Gruff Rhys) – Andrew Wasylyk.
Eafhm presents Luzne (Part l), from Eafhm – Luzne on Secuencias Temporales. Percussive world techno. Part one unfolds slow, light on water perhaps.
Luzne (Part l) – Eafhm.
Now the shortest tack of the episode at 58 seconds Herne von Bòrmanvs with Will O^ Water, from Synthergic on recent label friend Pente. Water that glows, will o’ the wisp in circuit form.
Will O^ Water – Herne von Bòrmanvs.
another short and sweet track at 1:42. Grocer Cat and closing up shop. the day is done, off A Day at Market on Hecate. Shutters down, keys in pocket, quiet settles.
closing up shop. the day is done – Grocer Cat.
Now some raw grit. Geese arrive with Bow Down, from Getting Killed on their Bandcamp. Post-punk angles, heads bowed in rhythm.
Bow Down – Geese.
And now, as the reels slow and the tape flaps loose at the end, a few words before the silence claims us again. Thanks for staying with it. These shows aren’t built for quick glances or playlists on shuffle. They’re for the long sit, the slow listen. If anything here stayed with you, find the artists, buy the records, send them a signal through the ether. It matters. This one streams free for seven days on Mixcloud—link below, or at trevor.se, where the credits live too. Comments welcome, or none at all. Silence has its own frequency.
Until the next tape finds its way onto the deck—stay resonant, stay expansive, let the waves carry what they will.
Finally, Jens Pauly with Naab, from his work on the great Whitelabrecs. Field lines drawn in Cologne air, quiet testimony.
This is Trevor, signing off. Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Camouflage – Kraft – 01:40
Lo Five – STORY – 05:45
E J R M – Pitter Patter – 10:42
*Wil Bolton & David Cordero – Starlight Breeze – 12:32
Tim Story – Cafe Kaputt – 17:27
Droning Cats with NRV – Dreams with Claws – 18:50
Caer Sgàil – It’s The People We Choose (Exit Chamber’s Choose Wisely Remix) – 26:20
Modern Sound Quartet – Bucaneve – 32:29
Andrea Cichecki – When We Close Our Eyes – 34:50
Tangent Universes – A Suit Of Leaves – 42:05
B Side – 46:14
Ekin Fil – bump – 46:31
Wooden Tape – Saturday Morning – 49:34
Osees – The Ceiling – 52:21
Foxwarren – Strange – 54:24
Andrew Wasylyk (Feat. Gruff Rhys) – The Cold Collar (Feat. Gruff Rhys) – 57:32
Eafhm – Luzne (Part l) – 1:01:21
Herne von Bòrmanvs – Will O^ Water – 1:06:17
Grocer Cat – closing up shop. the day is done – 1:07:31
Geese – Bow Down – 1:09:08
Jens Pauly – Naab – 1:13:29
Outro – 1:17:52
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 169
17 January 2026
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
This is Trevor here, on the 17th of January 2026. Bringing you Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, cassette number 169.
Two sides, as ever. A flip in the middle. Twenty names scratched onto the insert in biro that’s starting to fade.
We begin Side A, with Lisbon Portugal based JB Kyron and Tony Watts who together call themselves Hidden Horse — Trespass Into The Maze from their forthcoming release Renewer and also on the
upcoming vinyl compilation Extracellular — from Buried Treasure. Which, at the moment can only be heard on CD when you purchase a Gig Ticket Promo. A gig featuring some great acts highlighting avant-garde abstraction & hip-swinging electronica which takes place at the Rising Sun Arts Centre, in Reading, on the 28th of February. Tickets are only 6 pounds. A no brainer if you’re in that neck of the woods.
Trespass Into The Maze is a slow unfurling of field recordings and distant bells, like walking through fog that remembers your footsteps.
So headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you.
Next up is Scottish artist.
Veryan — and the remix version of Needles At The Bottom Of The Sea, by Jules Straw aka, Pinklogik. Taken from the three track, name your price, self released, Broken Mirrors EP.
Deep sub-aquatic drift, pulses that rise and fall like breath under pressure.
Dolphins of Venice — Guldschmitt
From Captains of Industry — Mahorka.
Golden drones meet faint mechanical clatter, somewhere between Venice canals and abandoned factories.
Coming up the channels best friend in the form of Gareth Evans also known as Horrowdwarf or HDRF — here with one of the many great tracks from my own curated 45 track compilation Resonances From The Depths. Gareth is one of those people you’re happy to have on the planet, and deserves at least a plaque for being himself.
Layered aquatic melancholy, synths that bubble and subside without ever quite surfacing. HDRF, But Drowning.
Now some damp drones from Mosaicist — Unseen For The Day
From The Fog Is Lifting — released back in November on Whitelabrecs.
Quiet guitar figures dissolve into haze, the sound of light slowly leaving a room.
Now another track from that Buried treasure Extracellular compilation from
Domotic — Ossature. Originally released on the self released Fourrure Sounds Vol. 2 —
Bone-dry textures and soft fur-like pads, intimate and strangely tactile with bonkers bubbling percussive sequences.
Next up LA based Steve Pacheco takes us out into the clouds with — Aspen Grove
From Islas Calm Cloud — Whitelabrecs.
Gentle wind through high branches, sparse piano notes caught in the aspens.
Now from Antwerp, Belgium Gregory Geerts also known as, Strangebird~Sounds brings us some Eurorack modular magic with the track — FLUORITE
From Minerals Form The Crust
Crystalline resonances, mineral shimmer that feels both ancient and newly formed. Released on Audiobulb Records yesterday.
Another exclusive track also from Audiobulb records now from idiiom wonderful improvised vocalisations in the title track Neural Network dropping on the 7th of February.
Glitching, half-remembered machine dreams, edges that blur between code and consciousness.
Finishing off the A side is an artists I played yesterday on the EXPANSIVE WAVES episode. This is applecore — fmbient
From Contact At The Deep Bottom — a name your price release that dropped on the 11th of January via the Mahorka label.
Warm, lo-fi ambient hum, like a distant server farm breathing in the night.
Side B
Starting of the second half of the show is a release from yesterday from Argentinian synthesist Ulises Labaronnie — Evening thoughts
From Cycles De Mémoire — Cyclical Dreams.
Reflective, almost elegiac pads that drift through twilight memory.
And now Bernard Grancher — with, excuse my French, Sous les flots incertains et la fange du matin, which translates as Under the uncertain floods and the mire of the morning
From Astra Lumen Solaria which dropped January 6th on artist curated label Astra Solaria Recordings.
Blissful retro synth currents, morning mud, slow and deliberate.
Gareth Jones — erSprach
From Mortality Tables single — released January 12th on Mortality Tables.
Odd sampled fragments, suspended in vast reverb, half incantation.
And now the brothers Clive and Mark Ives also known as Woo — Abstract Objects
From the album M=C — Self released on the 21st of December.
Floating, free-form abstraction, gentle percussion that never quite commits to rhythm.
Some deep drone now from the legends The Black Dog — Sleep Deprivation 44: Frayed Edges Consciousness
From The Black Dog Presents Sleep Deprivation Greatest Hits Vol. 3.
Exhausted, fraying electronics, the sound of a mind at 4 a.m. still refusing to shut down.
Now a name we’ve all grown up with in Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk fame here with the track Another Reality
From the compilation Bureau B 2025
Kosmische pulse, clean and measured, a doorway left ajar to somewhere parallel.
We head back to Whitelabrecs and a release that dropped today in the form of the must have compilation Sleeplaboratory6.0 here is French artist Eric Allietta better known as Ancient Astronaut — Lightened.
Weightless drift, light slowly returning after long dark.
Rutger Zuydervelt — House of Strength
From House of Strength — released last November on the amazing Dutch label, Dronarivm.
Architectural drones, solid yet permeable, like walking through rooms made of sound.
The penultimate piece from the episode is also an exclusive track from Third Kind Records 5 quid subscription service which entitles subscribers to exclusive stuff as well as 50% off merch.
Rupert Lally & Nicholas Langley — Acid Pavilions
Acid-touched modular wanderings, pavilions erected and dismantled in the same breath.
Before the reels slow, a few words.
Thanks for staying with it. These tapes aren’t made for playlists or algorithms.
They’re made for the hours when the rest of the world has gone quiet.
If anything here stayed with you, find the artists, buy the music, keep the small labels breathing.
Stream this one on Mixcloud while it lasts, links and credits at trevor.se and in the comments.
Say something if the mood takes you. Or say nothing. Both are fine.
I was recently back in Dublin for a few days and met with a couple of my closest friends from the past. At the honorary pub session there was excitement about this final act. Who are new to me oddly. Thanks to Garret and Graham for the heads up. This is
Thee Oh Sees — Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster
From Floating Coffin — Self released
Garage-psych motorik churn, the only moment tonight where things get properly physical.
Until the next cassette finds its way into the deck—stay resonant.
Trevor, signing off.
Intro – 00:00
*Hidden Horse – Trespass Into The Maze – 00:20
Veryan – Needles At The Bottom Of The Sea (Pinklogik Remix) – 05:01
Dolphins of Venice – Guldschmitt – 09:30
HDRF – But Drowning – 13:15
Mosaicist – Unseen For The Day – 15:46
Domotic – Ossature / Fourrure Sounds – 21:16
Steve Pacheco – Aspen Grove – 23:55
Strangebird~Sounds – FLUORITE – 33:49
idiiom – Neural Network – 36:39
applecore – fmbient – 40:53
B Side – 43:52
Ulises Labaronnie – Evening thoughts – 44:20
Bernard Grancher – Sous les flots incertains et la fange du matin – 47:09
Gareth Jones – erSprach – 50:32
Woo – Abstract Objects – 53:24
The Black Dog – Sleep Deprivation 44: Frayed Edges Consciousness – 54:26
Karl Bartos – Another Reality – 58:15
Ancient Astronaut – Lightened – 1:01:12
Rutger Zuydervelt – House of Strength – 1:04:57
*Rupert Lally & Nicholas Langley – Acid Pavilions – 1:12:54
Thee Oh Sees – Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster – 1:18:05
Outro – 1:22:24
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 166
12 January 2026
Virtual mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists, two sets. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Intro – 00:00
Drew Mulholland – Serpents – 01:39
Animal Visions – sassafras – 02:40
EKT – Burn Bag – 06:29
LuC. – BODY (The After World) – 11:44
Nonima + Abdicant – AMBERSEQ – 20:15
Le Morte d’Abby – Escape Velocity – 25:57
Stephen Lopkin – Pigment (Part 1) – 31:24
Agnes Martian – Elsewhere – 36:23
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – Different Rooms (feat. Josh Johnson) – 42:38
B Side – 49:55
Dunya – Gravity Elastic Feelings – 50:17
S. Costa – Truth Home – 54:47
Constant Little Ghost – sandcastles – 1:00:05
Talkdemonic – Awake in the Dark – 1:05:26
Christian Wittman – Blue Snowball Nebula – 1:09:32
o[rlawren] – poiesis – 1:14:52
Thme – Moving, So Slowly – 1:19:56
Eucalyptus – Up Express – 1:25:16
Trevlad – Awoken Fancied Powers – 1:33:20
*Maggie Nicols, Robert Mitchell, Alya Al Sultani – Let The Light In – 1:37:12
madebyitself – f33lings – 1:45:11
Outro – 1:49:58
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 164
7 January 2026
Virtual 90 minute mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 30 artists, two 45 minute sets. A spoken intro followed by music only show. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
“Hello, Trevor here, and this is episode one‑six‑four of the Virtual Cassette Library. Today’s theme is Retain Happier Obeyed—which, as usual, is both the track you’re hearing underneath and a location you can find on a map, if you’re the sort who enjoys chasing coordinates on What3Words.
We’ve got ninety minutes ahead—two sides, fifteen tracks each. Some names you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s half the fun.
On the A side there’s an exclusive by Foster Neville titled, Mow Cop, from the album, Through Lands Of Ghosts. Dropping on the 16th of January via Subexotic Records.
On the B side there’s a sort of exclusive by Hendekagon. Who’ve done a magical soundtrack to accompany the book Die Verschiebung der Zeit (The shift in time) by Corina Retzlaff out on Adventurous Music.
Also the track, Magical Interval, by John Haughey & Tarotplane is from their up coming Woodford Halse release called, WF 98 – Errata.
Now then, starting back on episode 156, there’s a little cipher game running through the series. Each episode, during the intermission, you’ll hear a number. Scribble it down. After ten episodes, you’ll have the full sequence. Put the pieces together, crack the cipher, and you’ll unlock a code that knocks ninety‑five percent off anything on my Bandcamp page. Which means you can scoop up the whole discography for about two quid. It’s not meant to be difficult—just enough to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ll get it right.
The sort of thing you might stumble across late at night on a shortwave dial, wondering if you imagined it.
So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
Intro – 00:00
Tatsuro Murakami – 1-11-5 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo – 02:10
Enofa – Obscure Diagram – 05:20
Stewart Keller – Toad Spits Poison – 09:07
Bono / Burattini – Ora sono un lago – 11:10
Foster Neville– Mow Cop – 13:16
Odin Kaban – Cuerpo físico – 17:06
Eric Wetherell – Sky (alternative HTV theme) – 20:44
Steve Roach & Erik Wollo – Night Strands – 21:42
Socool – Lumina – 24:58
Theadelaidean – Dawn Fades – 27:57
Dead Voices On Air, KK Null – 5 (Seven Works of Mercy) – 31:32
The Volume Settings Folder – Afired With Stars – 32:47
Erik Wøllo – Celsius – 35:46
Julio Tornero – point chad – 38:46
Mirai No Hagaki – Orbit of Dread (But Please, Pretend Its Fine) – 42:16
B Side – 47:04
The Metamorph – Second-Hand Regret – 47:34
Paddy Steer – Chester Frequency Infector – 52:31
Klaus Morlock – Ghost Ship – 53:11
Dalton Alexander – Sad October Music – 55:04
Clevelode – Grimston’s Oak – 57:05
David Douglas, Applescal – Trial of Truth – 59:34
A’Bear – Chakra Check Up – 1:02:59
Hendekagon – Die Zeitreise – 1:07:07
Trevlad – Lands Lonely Uniform – 1:10:06
Wodwo – Night Windows – 1:12:47
Salvatore Mercatante – Cylinder – 1:15:40
*John Haughey & Tarotplane – Magical Interval – 1:18:46
amble – where i vanished for a while – 1:22:27
WHI Recordings – Syntax-Lost – 1:26:27
Broadcast – Still Feels Like Tears [Demo] – 1:29:45
Outro – 1:32:42
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 160
28 December 2025
Virtual 90 minute mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 30 artists, two 45 minute sets. A spoken intro followed by music only show. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hello, I’m Trevor, and this is episode one‑sixty of the Virtual Cassette Library. Today’s theme is Applied Crawled Wires—which, as usual, is both the track you’re hearing underneath and a location you can find on a map, if you’re the sort who enjoys chasing coordinates on What3Words.
We’ve got ninety minutes ahead—two sides, fifteen tracks each. Some names you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s half the fun. A couple of treats in this one too: the Andy Maurer and Clariloops pieces are exclusives from the upcoming Whitelabrecs release Sleep Laboratory 6.0, and The Home Current track is taken from the forthcoming Subexotic Records album A Point Blank Dream. Always nice to have something you can’t hear anywhere else—yet.
Now then, starting back on episode 156, there’s a little cipher game running through the series. Each episode, during the intermission, you’ll hear a number. Scribble it down. After ten episodes, you’ll have the full sequence. Put the pieces together, crack the cipher, and you’ll unlock a code that knocks ninety‑five percent off anything on my Bandcamp page. Which means you can scoop up the whole discography for about two quid. It’s not meant to be difficult—just enough to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ll get it right.
The rest of the show drifts through ambient corners, modular murmurs, soft‑focus electronics, and the occasional unexpected detour. The sort of thing you might stumble across late at night on a shortwave dial, wondering if you imagined it.
So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
Intro – 00:00
Grocer Cat – i sit on the porch and savor fresh coffee – 02:16
Song for a Gorgeous Blonde – Den bortglömda väskan – 04:14
Substak + LR Friberg – Between The Last Edge Of Sleep And The First Edge Of Forgetting – 07:20
Field Lines Cartographer – Dying Embers – 11:18
SourceCodeX – Daily Dose Of Deepness – 14:15
Arcane Trickster – Mint Tea (Ambient Tea Party At The Foot Of The Garden Mix) – 17:34
Puppy Bordiga w. Various – The Three Little Cousins (with Cousin Silas) – 20:45
ena b. – Birds Dance (Steve Menta Interpretation) – 24:11
Andy Maurer– Sometimes it Gets Late Early – 27:39
rikardfvs – Eli – 30:54
Lo Five – USELESS – 33:27
LR Friberg + Deborah Fialkiewicz + Stefan Strasser – Field Repairs – 35:34
Ekin Fil – bir hafta içinde – 38:43
Federica Deiana – From Now On – 41:31
Dubberrookie – Down in the Depths – 44:01
B Side – 47:18
Aiko Takahashi & David Cordero – Void – 47:49
Caught In Joy – Colorfield – 49:37
Chris DeBry – One Big Movement – 52:46
Good Sunset – Resonance Pt. A – 56:37
Hverheij – Rise of the Submariner – 58:34
Patrick R. Pärk – Tinted Lush Nostalgia – 1:02:25
Marek Kwiatkowski – Ładnie pan siadł! – 1:05:49
Bit Cloudy – Origin Valley – 1:08:52
Trevlad – Evoked Slide Clear – 1:11:58
The Home Current – For Whom The Bells Toll – 1:16:26
Adrian Lane – To This Place Awakened – 1:18:49
*Clariloops – Stellar Drift – 1:21:55
Time Rival– Culvert – 1:24:49
Loneward – Shrouded Sighs – 1:27:43
Belial Pelegrim – YHVH – 1:30:41
Outro – 1:34:00
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 150
4 December 2025
“Evening all. Episode one-five-zero of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Nothing Them Myth. That’s the track you can 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. Ninety minutes, two sides, fifteen tracks each. Tonight you’ll hear Enofa, Mint Deluxe, and my own piece Isolated Elastic Ripples. Andrew Spackman, Akira Film Script on whitelabrecs, and Talkdemonic are in the mix. Later on, Harald Grosskopf, Polypores, and Please Close Your Eyes bring their worlds of ambient, kosmische, and experimental electronics. Labels orbiting here include Third Kind Records, Kahvi Collective, Ingrown, Imaginary North, and Projekt.
On the B side: amble, Toxic Chicken, Rob Dobson, Sun Rain, and Moray Newlands. Genres drift from drone and ambient to leftfield folk textures and cosmic synth explorations.
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
Enofa – Reappearance Of The Disappearing Nail Part 2 – 01:50
Mint Deluxe – Pakora (shorter) – 04:52
Trevlad – Isolated Elastic Ripples – 07:52
*Andrew Spackman – ½ cup unsalted butter – 10:52
EKT – Thiel Bux – 14:45
Akira Film Script – V – 16:51
LuC. – The germ of destruction – 19:58
Talkdemonic – Sister – 23:19
Peter Phippen, Ivar Lunde, Jr., Paulina Fae – Other Worldly Presence – 25:54
Harald Grosskopf – Oceanheart – 29:00
wheel – A quiet exit – 31:55
Polypores – Void High – 34:54
Please Close Your Eyes – Autumnal Funghi – 37:56
Papi Thereso – Buoyancy – 41:49
Stewart Keller – Dense Cedar Brush – 43:50
B Side – 46:51
JICS – What’s Before You – 47:25
amble – the heart scatters – 50:10
Dan Bean – Chum – 54:06
enkaytee – Too Late – 59:57
UMBRAFONO – Film 299 Livengood – 1:01:51
Toxic Chicken – Some Peace – 1:04:16
Rob Dobson – Vestigial Sanitarium – 1:06:36
Hendekagon – Die Zeiteinteilung – 1:08:45
Sun Rain – Modus Operandi – 1:10:46
o[rlawren] – the penumbra and the gradients – 1:15:32
Eric Wetherell – Doctor Saul Is Operating – 1:18:13
rhubiqs – C/1995 O1 – 1:19:24
Absence – As Eyes First Open – 1:21:57
aeon – brumes – 1:24:06
Moray Newlands – An incident has occurred – 1:29:35
Outro – 1:32:30
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 149
1 December 2025
Evening all. Episode one-four-nine of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Window Invented Drain. That’s the track you can 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. Ninety minutes here, two virtual sides, forty-five minutes each. Fifteen tracks per set. No chatter, no interruptions. The music rolls on like a festival stage that turns—one act fading, another coming into view.
Tonight you’ll hear an exclusive from Paul Beaudoin with Ümlaut. Also music from Bruno Bavota, Wil Bolton, and a track that has disappeared from a release by The Form Group. Later on, another exclusive from Foster Neville. Rival Consoles, Erik Wøllo, and dogs versus shadows are in the mix. Plus a track by zerosummer which I can’t seem to locate—drop a comment if you know. Labels like whitelabrecs, Mahorka, and Third Kind Records are part of the current orbit, each one feeding into this library of sound.
If you’d like to be part of these missions, send your work to trevlad@gmail.com. Track links are at trevor.se, and marked in the Mixcloud timeline. The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre-order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. The second compilation, Resonances from the Depths, is under construction—get involved, send in your damp entries.
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
Paul Beaudoin + Ümlaut– Amaranthine – 02:20
The Lifted Index – Lost to Follow – 05:27
Kilometre Club & Rhucle – Soil – 08:23
JARR – Open Afternoons – 11:32
Bruno Bavota – night city lights – 15:10
Wil Bolton – Under an Azure Sky – 17:20
Dalton Alexander – Fell in a Hole, Rolled Out of Morning – 20:47
Cluster & Eno – Ho Renomo – 23:26
Kinderapple – Rub a Dub – 26:31
Dissolved – Bind Scatter – 29:35
Steve Roach & Erik Wollo – Travel by Moonlight – 31:45
TOKEE – Путешествие (NYORAI Remix) – 35:18
The Form Group – I Learned To Swim Under Water (Tiago De Almeida remx) – 38:10
The Volume Settings Folder – Cottage Industry – 41:15
Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman – Rodrigo’s River – 44:19
B Side – 47:16
Jamie Lidell – The Night I Went Crazy – 47:47
HNNY – There Are Spaces – 49:23
Rival Consoles – Nocturne – 50:22
Yorihisa Taura – Ito – 54:15
KILN – Solarsystem Breathing – 59:28
kingfaery – Arung – 1:01:50
Jo Johnson – Variance Remnant 2 – 1:05:31
Trevlad – Mute Joke Renting – 1:09:22
Warmfield – Standing on the Head of an Angel – 1:12:22
dogs versus shadows – Delay Lines – 1:14:25
Erik Wøllo – Sinuous Path – 1:16:55
Mirai No Hagaki – transitions – 1:21:22
*Foster Neville – Torches Returning – 1:24:29
*zerosummer – Behold – 1:27:31
Michele Andreotti – Luce e Ombra – 1:29:53
Outro – 1:33:00
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 138
2 November 2025
///glare.belonged.reaction.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at Episode 138 of The Virtual Cassette Library.
Glare Belonged Reaction 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 asmr to techno, from Ambient to world jazz. The musical keys in focus are E major and C sharp minor, D flat minor.
This episode contains some household names like Martin Stürtzer, The Black Dog and Neutral Milk Hotel. Some friends of the channel like The Green Kingdom, Ogle and Time Rival as well as some supporting labels like Fonodroom, Altus Music, Mahorka, Projekt Records, Woodford Halse, whitelabres, Cyclical Dreams and Triplicate Records. You are all 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 33 tracks so far will drop on the 8th of November, pre-orders are available. Subscribe and unlock 868 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.
Intro – 00:00
o[rlawren] – biocentric equality – 02:39
Ben Holton – Your Guitar – 05:40
Teleplasmiste – Victims of Higher Space – 07:52
Martin Stürtzer – Exo Habitat – 11:43
Altus – Shadow Days – 14:43
autumna – memory transgression – 17:41
Carya Amara – L’Ours Musicien – 22:40
Brendan Pollard – Voids of Intuition – 24:03
The Green Kingdom – Sea Pines – 26:10
L A N D S R A A D – Tuono Village//A Royal Procession – 28:34
Mark Isham – Musings — in Two Parts – 33:20
Frunk29 – Savan – 36:15
The Black Dog – Motif Lasdun (Hello Refit) – 38:29
awakened souls – little glimmers – 42:33
Farmacia – Flor – 44:56
B Side – 47:38
Akira Film Script – R – 48:09
KeepSleep – go back to sleep – 49:30
Guy Blakeslee – Celestial Radiance – 52:47
marine eyes – to belong (reprise) – 55:01
Resonating With Life – Events in Life – 57:37
Neutral Milk Hotel – My Dream Girl Don’t Exist – Live, 1992 – 1:02:30
Ogle – Nightmare 3 – 1:05:35
*Trevlad – Cloud Divider Nipped – 1:07:40
Mountain Hawk – Crane’s Dream – 1:11:22
João Victor Barroso – Mais Pesado é o Céu – 1:14:22
Mike Casey – Dusty Wheel (WPAA TV Session) – 1:17:26
Jordane Prestrot – Le Secret bien gardé des anciens mages tibétains – 1:20:49
Time Rival – Keystone Landing – 1:23:41
Lucasle – AKG Kali – 1:26:20
Ekoplekz – Dirtbokz – 1:29:20
Outro – 1:38:00
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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