Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 342
Another reel of the Virtual Cassette Library begins. Twelve tracks, two sides. A virtual cassette that turns itself at the halfway mark, the oxide catching just long enough to mark the seam before the second side continues.
These are not playlists. Each episode is structured as a pair of continuous sets: six tracks on each side, mixed and stitched so the joins sit almost inside the grain. The sequence is the form.
If you make music, run a label, or hold a private archive of material that has not yet found a place, send links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. Every submission is heard.
The episodes remain free for the first week. After that they move into the Mixcloud subscriber archive. Subscribers also receive Veil Frequencies, the ongoing series of three-hour transmissions—extended traversals rather than selections, moving through a curtain of sound that occasionally seems to register the listener in return.
Mind the flip.
Ratios that refuse to sit still, then a star named Denebula that may or may not exist.
Side A measures the ratios from slightly different angles and finds the whole thing rather flattering, lets the chicken wear the badge while the noise blushes, sets vibrant matter dancing so the gooseberry can nod along, cracks the cosmic egg into a sequel already writing its memoirs, keeps just moving with the diagrams packing a small suitcase, and lets the neon lights hum a little tune while the virtual woman is quite pleased about it. Side B seats the melancholia in a chair that already understands, lets the shades of light choose their favourites, sends the vector already in flight so the trick can land, lodges the rainmodulator while the dogs and the shadows negotiate a truce, keeps the northern furniture with Autobaba in the other room, and surveys a star named Denebula with the spear already pointing somewhere kind.
Overall mood: Playful, and quietly flattered — full of nodding gooseberries, comfortable chairs, and stars that may or may not exist. Perfect for dusk listening, soft sofas, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: ratios that refuse to sit still, a chicken with a fondness for noise, matter that vibrates like a gooseberry in a good mood, an egg that cracked the cosmos and is now doing a sequel, something just moving because it can, neon lights that have opinions.
00:00:00 Altus – Parallax Ratios
https://altusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/parallax-ratios
Album: Echo Bloom. Label: Altus Music
The ratios already measuring each other from slightly different angles and finding the whole thing rather flattering.
00:08:17 Toxic Chicken – I Heart Noise
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/toxic-chicken-i-heart-noise-2
Album: IHN019 // Gone in 60 Seconds – Vol. 5. Label: I Heart Noise
The chicken already wearing the badge. The noise already blushing.
00:09:04 Soda Lite – Vibrant Matter
https://soda-lite.bandcamp.com/track/vibrant-matter
Album: 011: Soda Lite (Cape Gooseberry). Label: Music To Watch Seeds Grow By
The matter already doing a little dance. The gooseberry already nodding along.
00:11:47 Michael Brückner – The Egg of Ecquirlo – Part 2
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/the-egg-of-ecquirlo-part-2
Album: The Egg in the Cosmic Crack [CYD 0165]. Label: Cyclical Dreams
The crack already larger. The egg already writing its memoirs.
00:21:38 maps and diagrams – just moving
https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/track/just-moving
Album: returning light. Label: Home Normal
The moving already under way. The diagrams already packing a small suitcase.
00:26:06 Virtual Woman – Neon Lights
https://soundsforthesoul.bandcamp.com/track/virtual-woman-neon-lights
Album: Cyberpunk. Label: Sounds for the Soul Records
The lights already humming a little tune. The woman already virtual, and quite pleased about it.
Side B
Mood mist: a melancholia that has found a comfortable chair, shades of light arranging themselves, a vector that knows where it’s going, a rainmodulator that has become stuck and is now taking up a hobby, furniture from the north, a star named Denebula that may or may not exist.
00:27:54 Restive Plaggona – Melancholia
https://dvntt.bandcamp.com/track/melancholia
Album: Leftina / Osha. Label: DVNTTMassachusetts
The melancholia already seated. The chair already understanding.
00:31:06 Erik Wøllo – Shades of Light
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shades-of-light
Album: Label: Projekt Records
The shades already drawn. The light already choosing its favourite ones.
00:34:35 Vorpalgaze – Vector
https://ab-vorpalgaze.bandcamp.com/track/vector
Album: Trickjumps. Label: Audiobulb
The arrow already in flight. The trick already landed.
00:38:12 dogs versus shadows – Rainmodulator Stuck
https://blackpylon.bandcamp.com/track/rainmodulator-stuck
Album: wx. Label: Black Pylon
The modulator already lodged. The dogs and the shadows already negotiating a truce.
00:40:55 Västlänken – Moebel
https://hoganordrekords.bandcamp.com/track/moebel
Album: HNR024: Moebel / Autobaba. Label: Höga Nord Rekords
The sofa already northern. The Autobaba already in the other room.
00:47:18 SURVEY CHANNEL – Denebula
https://triplicaterecords.bandcamp.com/track/denebula
Album: Along the Wind Spear. Label: Triplicate Records
The star already surveyed. The spear already pointing somewhere kind.
That was another episode of the Virtual Cassette Library. If the sequence stayed with you, share it, favourite the show, and follow the channel so the next reel finds you. Tips keep the reels turning. Better still, subscribe: the Mixcloud archive now holds more than eleven hundred past episodes, waiting whenever the next listening session calls. Travel safely between the frequencies. Cheerio.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 338
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.
The shows stay free for the first week. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers. 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.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A moon and her sisters in the retort, then a hop that is already well.
Side A keeps the moons already in the flask while the gold forms, holds home at a gentle distance with something greater already walking beside you, lets everything shine from within with the glow still in the grain, sighs a heart across the galaxy while despair and hope share the EP, leaves the plea soft after the kilometre is walked, and warms an egg in the suburbs with the hedge already quiet. Side B takes one small step with the boot already on the surface, opens the code in the swirl so it can read itself, populates a soft suburb with eleven marble dogs, lets the river know the way so you may follow, leaves a lost city still waiting in the hidden kingdoms, and lands the hop already well with the mezze on the table.
Overall mood: Luminous, and quietly kind — full of warm shells, open ciphers, and tables already set. Perfect for dusk listening, soft suburbs, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a moon and her sisters in the retort, a home kept at a gentle distance, everything shining from within, a heart sighing across the galaxy, a plea left soft, an egg in the suburbs.
00:02:18 Brapscallion – Callisto And Her Sisters
https://waxingcrescentrecords.bandcamp.com/track/callisto-and-her-sisters
Album: Alchemy. Label: Waxing Crescent Records
oons already in the flask. The gold already forming.
00:05:07 Walls of Ashes – Home Is Way Too Far to Be Reached Again
https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/track/home-is-way-too-far-to-be-reached-again
Album: Something Greater Than Ourselves. Label: Ambient Cat
The distance already kind. The greater thing already walking beside you.
00:10:57 Trem 77 – Everything Always Shine (Bioluminescence Mix)
https://trem77.bandcamp.com/track/everything-always-shine-bioluminescence-mix
Album: Aepochs.
The light coming from the thing itself. Henrik’s glow still in the grain.
00:13:25 Moonlit Workhouse/Persephonic Sprawl – Across the Galaxy is Where My Heart Sighs
https://prozapine.bandcamp.com/track/across-the-galaxy-is-where-my-heart-sighs
Album: Despair/Hope EP.
Despair and hope sharing the EP. Prozapine. The sigh already travelling. The galaxy already listening.
00:21:28 Arbee & Kilometre Club – Don’t be too hard on me
https://kilometreclub.bandcamp.com/track/dont-be-too-hard-on-me
Album: Once is not a habit.
The request already soft. The kilometre already walked.
00:23:38 Calm Pieces – Egg
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/egg
Album: Suburbia, Still. Label: whitelabrecs
The shell already warm. The hedge already quiet.
Side B
Mood mist: a step small enough for the moon, a code in the swirl, eleven marble dogs in a soft suburb, a river crossing the land, a city still waiting to be found, a hop that is already well.
00:29:35 The Hamiltones – One Small Step
https://bigneckrecords1.bandcamp.com/track/one-small-step
Album: IN SPACE. Label: Swimming Faith Records
The boot already on the surface. The flag already waving in the vacuum’s imagination.
00:32:48 Flora Hibberd – Code
https://flora-hibberd.bandcamp.com/track/code-3
Album: Swirl (Deluxe). Label: 22TWENTY
The cipher already open. The swirl already reading it.
00:35:40 Kenny Ueda – Eleven Marble Poodles
https://kenjiueda.bandcamp.com/track/eleven-marble-poodles
Album: Soft Suburbia. Label: Mystery Circles
The garden already populated. The stone already soft.
00:38:53 Andrew Heath and Mi Cosa de Resistance – The River
https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/track/the-river
Album: Land. Label: Driftworks
Title of the hour. The water already knowing the way. You may follow.
00:42:58 Asha Patera – Lost City
(Exclusive track)
Album: Label: Trevlad
https://trevlad.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-kingdoms
Entries still welcome — artist, track, a link to other work — trevlad@gmail.com, before the 29th of December.
00:47:23 Sababa 5 – Hop
https://sababa5.bandcamp.com/track/hop
Album: Ça va Ça va. Label: Batov Records
All is well. The hop already landed. The mezze already on the table.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 338.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 337
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.
The shows stay free for the first week. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers. 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.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
An adventure for the one who must be obeyed, then a sky watched in company.
Side A keeps Haggard’s flame warm in the sequence, reaches the pole with the radio still crackling from the ice, folds the shroud so the outline remains kind, pours a small aperitif before the meal, finds the empire still in the foundations under the roads, and leaves temptation numbered among sixty-four fluxes on the table for you to look. Side B keeps the past still sitting in the chair, grazes elk on a coastal flat with the window open, shares a long look from the mezze table, projects a holographic father already solid and familiar, lets the hearts decide on forever with the pulse steady, and watches the weight of the night sky together while the desert holds both of you.
Overall mood: Mythic, and quietly shared — full of open windows, warm maps, and skies that prefer company. Perfect for dusk listening, coastal flats, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: an adventure for the one who must be obeyed, an admiral at the pole, a shroud folded in an elegy, an aperitif for the young, an empire still in the foundations, a temptation numbered among sixty-four fluxes.
00:00:00 Tim Stebbing – She Who Must Be Obeyed
https://tim-stebbing.bandcamp.com/track/she-who-must-be-obeyed
Album: SHE: An Adventure Story.
Haggard’s flame still warm in the sequence. The title already knows who is in charge.
00:05:33 MubisMusic – Admiral Byrd
https://camembertelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/mubismusic-admiral-byrd
Album: [VA #46] – SOURCE UNKNOWN. Label: Camembert Électrique
The pole already reached. The radio still crackling from the ice.
00:15:00 The Earl Of Dean – The Shroud Of Turin
https://cruelnaturerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/the-shroud-of-turin
Album: An Elegy To Where We Are. Label: Cruel Nature Records
The cloth still holding the outline. The elegy still kind.
00:23:41 Petridisch – L’Infantile
https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/track/linfantile-2
Album: Aperitifs. Label: fourth world, Wormhole World
The small glass before the meal. The wormhole already open.
00:25:15 Future Children – The Roman Empire Never Went Away
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/future-children-the-roman-empire-never-went-away
Album: Label: I Heart Noise
The roads still under the roads. The aqueduct still in the plumbing.
00:26:00 Mantris – Temptation
https://mantris.bandcamp.com/track/44-temptation
Album: 64 Flux. Label: Hi Scores
Title of the hour. The one that prefers to stay on the table. You may look.
Side B
Mood mist: a past still in the room, elk on a coastal flat, an eye from the mezze table, a holographic father, hearts that prefer the long duration, a sky watched in company.
00:29:10 ian hawgood – no less present for being in the past
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/no-less-present-for-being-in-the-past
Album: Label: whitelabrecs
The map still warm. The past still sitting in the chair.
00:36:12 Neglect – Elk Flats
https://neglectsound.bandcamp.com/track/elk-flats-2
Album: Neahkahnie Window. Label: Neglectsound
The coastal meadow, the animals already grazing. The window already open.
00:46:02 Eje Eje – Yemen Eye
https://ejeeje.bandcamp.com/track/yemen-eye
Album: Mezze. Label: Batov Records
The small plates, the long look. The table already shared.
00:48:33 Akira Film Script – Jimdaddy
https://etherealprojector.bandcamp.com/track/jimdaddy
Album: Label: Ethereal Projector, Ambient Cat
The projection already solid. The name already familiar.
00:51:34 Sandman Project – Hearts Forever
https://sandmanproject.bandcamp.com/track/hearts-forever
Album: Hearts Forever. Label: Batov Records
The duration already decided. The pulse still steady.
00:56:37 Black Sun High Desert – We Watched The Sky Together
https://blacksunhighdesert.bandcamp.com/track/we-watched-the-sky-together
Album: The Weight Of The Night Sky.
The weight of the night sky, shared. The desert holding both of you.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 337.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 336
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.
The shows stay free for the first week. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers. 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.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
Crystals from an inner world, then business that prefers the porch.
Side A lets the visitor already inside sing through the facets, keeps a Norfolk village on the shingle with the sea still close enough to hear, sits a denizen at the last stop of the line, pots anise and gamma in a grass-roots zen, lets the houseplant keep its own water on the windowsill, and clears a shelf for a zen small enough to fit. Side B softens the second dawn from the nights, rules a summer by herbs with the king still on the sill, drifts slowly for the people who keep the planes flying, holds an angle sharp in the sprawl, files only days and memories with the dialect still in the grain, and keeps the appointment on a porch where the piano is already in the wood.
Overall mood: Domestic, and quietly luminous — full of windowsills, last stops, and porches that have already sat down. Perfect for dusk listening, village stations, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: crystals from an inner world, a Norfolk village on the shingle, a denizen at the end of the line, anise and gamma in a grass-roots zen, a houseplant doing its quiet work, a zen small enough to fit on a shelf.
00:02:18 Ancient Astronaut – Shimmering Crystals
https://ancientastronaut.bandcamp.com/track/shimmering-crystals
Album: Inner Worlds.
The visitor already inside, the facets already singing.
00:07:03 Richard Sage – Weybourne
https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/track/weybourne
Album: Norfolk. Label: Driftworks
The shingle, the old station, the sea still close enough to hear. The village keeping its own time.
00:10:36 Ryu Oshi – Denizen 4 — Terminus
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/denizen-4-terminus
Album: Cityfield: Ten Duets for Electric Piano and Synthesizer. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
The last stop, the passenger still sitting.
00:12:11 I’m Dr. Buoyant – Anise Gamma Zen
https://meansmag.bandcamp.com/track/anise-gamma-zen
Album: Label: MEANS
The seed, the ray, the quiet. All three in the same pot.
00:16:01 Dionisaf – Aloe Vera
https://chitrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/aloe-vera
Album: Label: Chitra Records, Ambient Cat
The succulent keeping its own water. The windowsill already content.
00:18:08 blochemy – zen
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/zen
Album: elyth. Label: whitelabrecs
The small quiet. The shelf already clear.
Side B
Mood mist: a second dawn from the nights, a summer ruled by herbs, a slow drift for the people who keep the planes flying, an angle in the sprawl, days and memories only, business that prefers the porch.
00:24:11 Jupi/ter – dawn_day2
https://jupitersound.bandcamp.com/track/dawn-day2
Album: Nights.
The second morning already softer. The planet still turning.
00:28:45 Solipsism – Sun King Summer
https://mightyforce.bandcamp.com/track/sun-king-summer-2
Album: Herbalism. Label: Mighty Force
The solstice in a jar. The king still on the windowsill.
00:35:05 Keith Hanlon – Slow Drift
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/slow-drift
Album: Music for Airport Workers [CYD 0167]. Label: Cyclical Dreams
The tarmac still warm. The workers already hearing it.
00:39:36 boycalledcrow – angle
https://boycalledcrow.bandcamp.com/track/angle-3
Album: the sprawl.
The corner still sharp. The bird already on it.
00:40:07 gribbles – Only Days and Memories
(Exclusive track)
Album: The Synthesis Co-Op Volume Two. Label: The Synthesis Co-Op
https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/
The Synthesis Co-Op, volume two. Title of the hour. The Lincolnshire dialect still in the grain. The days already filed.
00:43:32 Jogging House – Business
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/business
Album: Really.
The porch again. Salt’s piano still in the wood. The appointment already kept.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 336.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 335
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.
The shows stay free for the first week. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers. 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.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A monster, a music box and a toy Dalek sharing a loch, then a scream addressed to you.
Side A makes tea for three guests at the same water, finds houses for the long-haired with the roof already on, leaves a face deciding to arrive at the free fire, thinks on a Swedish summer afternoon while the pond remembers Atlantis, rings a modern call during migration, and lets the waterfall do the drapery for the live figure. Side B distils essences numbered one-point-one with the exploration still open, scans the stacks with the card catalogue still listening, faces the chorale toward the warmer wall, invites you across the threshold with the kettle already on, holds the room in a thrice-holy hymn, and keeps a place for the scream that already knows your name.
Overall mood: Eccentric, and quietly welcoming — full of open doors, free fires, and co-ops that keep a place for the loud one. Perfect for dusk listening, garden ponds, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a monster, a music box and a toy Dalek sharing a loch, houses for the long-haired, a face left at the door, thoughts on a Swedish summer afternoon, a modern call during migration, a figure by falling water, live and unclothed.
00:02:18 M-Corp – Loch Ness, Hungarian Music Box & Toy Dalek
(Exclusive track)
Album: The Synthesis Co-Op Volume Two. Label: The Synthesis Co-Op
https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/
The Synthesis Co-Op, volume two. Three guests at the same water. The monster already making tea.
00:07:17 Slate Trio – Hippies Need Houses
https://pigrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hippies-need-houses
Album: Label: Pig Records
Title of the hour. The commune has found the keys. The roof is already on.
00:16:03 Slobject. – I Have No Face
(Exclusive track)
Album: Bonfire Pro Bono. Label: Waxing Crescent Records
https://waxingcrescentrecords.bandcamp.com/
The fire lit for free, the features still deciding to arrive.
00:19:10 Snufmumriko – Tankar en sommareftermiddag
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/track/tankar-en-sommareftermiddag
Album: Talisman. Label: Le Mont Analogue, DRONARIVM
Thoughts on a summer afternoon. Talisman, Le Mont Analogue. The garden pond still remembering Atlantis.
00:22:18 Heron & Crane – Modern Calling
https://heronandcranemusic.bandcamp.com/track/modern-calling-2
Album: Migrations.
The birds already on the wire, the telephone already ringing in a newer key.
00:25:13 Jez Thelwell – Nude Woman By Waterfall
https://jezthelwell.bandcamp.com/track/nude-woman-by-waterfall-live-fact-8th-sept-2026
Single: Nude Woman By Waterfall – Live FACT 8th Sept 2026. Label: Moolakii Club Audio Interface
Moolakii Club. The water doing the drapery. The room already quiet.
Side B
Mood mist: essences numbered one-point-one, a librarian scanning the stacks, a chorale facing south, an invitation across the threshold, a thrice-holy hymn, a scream addressed to you.
00:37:26 Radio Free London – Essences of Explorations I.I
https://radiofreelondon.bandcamp.com/track/essences-of-explorations-i-i
Album: Essences of Explorations I.
https://radiofreelondon.bandcamp.com/album/essences-of-explorations-i
The broadcast already in the air. The essence distilled, the exploration still open.
00:40:34 Scanner – Phontrd
https://scanner.bandcamp.com/track/phontrd
Album: Scanner Librarian EP 1.
Robin Rimbaud filing the frequencies. The card catalogue still listening.
00:43:57 Mark Donlon – Chorale
https://sermakmusic.bandcamp.com/track/chorale
Album: Southern Shift. Label: SERMAK MUSIC
The voices already facing the warmer wall. The hymn still rising.
00:48:59 this occasional society – Come Away In
https://meansmag.bandcamp.com/track/come-away-in
Album: MEANS 7: Grass Roots. Label: MEANS
Grass roots, MEANS. The door already open. The kettle already on.
00:50:21 CZiGO – Trysagion
https://machinerecords.bandcamp.com/track/trysagion
Album:Eight Contemplations of Sorrowful Things. Label: Machine Records
Thrice holy. Eight contemplations of sorrowful things, Machine Records. The chant still holding the room.
00:56:08 orchidbunny – Scream4u
(Exclusive track)
Album: The Synthesis Co-Op Volume Two. Label: The Synthesis Co-Op
https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/
The Synthesis Co-Op, volume two again. The co-op keeping a place for the loud one. The scream already personal.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 335.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 333
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. 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.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A system number left on a faded sign, then a horizon the colour of the title.
Side A leaves the lettering still readable if you stand at the right angle, remixes ladders through a Sussex exchange with the rungs already warm, keeps the amniotic membrane grateful for the quiet, lets dust remember the sea just close enough for a little silt, edits a nomad for a decade of Batov still open in the stacks, and lets the dub smoulder so the ember does the work of the flame. Side B reconnects a piano and a vibraphone after thirty years with the conversation still open, holds the tunnel’s echo of the last train and the next that may yet come, lets the ornamental letter arrive with its loops intact, teaches seagulls the steps while the shoreline keeps time, keeps a Toronto live tape warm from the floor with the imperfections as the point, and stays where the sky decides to stay.
Overall mood: Slightly archival, and quietly warm — full of faded signs, open conversations, and horizons that know their own colour. Perfect for dusk listening, abandoned locations still holding sound, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a system number left on a faded sign, ladders remixed by a Sussex exchange, a membrane of amniotic calm, dust that still remembers the sea, a nomad edited for a decade of Batov, a dub that prefers to smoulder.
00:02:18 fluXus – SYS826
(Exclusive track)
Album: Ghost Signs. Label: Castles In Space
https://fluxus-cis.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-signs
The lettering still readable if you stand at the right angle. The system still answering.
00:09:08 Hattie Cooke – Ladders (Sussex Telecom remix)
https://rupertlally.bandcamp.com/track/hattie-cooke-ladders-sussex-telecom-remix
Album: Happy New Year / Ladders.
Happy New Year on the other side of the single. Rupert Lally running the exchange, the rungs already warm.
00:11:45 Kinoscape – Amnion
https://inthemood2.bandcamp.com/track/amnion
Album: Ambient Factory I. Label: In The Mood
The membrane that keeps the quiet in, and the quiet grateful.
00:17:25 Ghostloop – Into Dust
https://norayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/into-dust
Album: The Distant Sea. Label: Noray Records
The water far enough to hear, close enough to leave a little silt on the sleeve.
00:19:39 Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel – Nomadic (Batov Edit)
https://batovrecords.bandcamp.com/track/nomadic-batov-edit
Album: Around The Sun – Batov Records – 10 Years. Label: Batov Records
The caravan still moving, Kobayashi’s selection still open somewhere in the stacks.
00:21:56 [moosdohmen] x Press any Key – Slow Burn Dub
https://camembertelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/slow-burn-dub-2
Album: BURNED DUBS. Label: Camembert Électrique
The ember doing the work of the flame, and taking its time.
Side B
Mood mist: a piano and a vibraphone catching up after thirty years, a tunnel still holding its echo, a correspondence in ornamental script, seagulls learning the steps, a Toronto live tape still warm from the floor, a horizon the colour of the title.
00:29:24 Robert Mitchell & Corey Mwamba – In The Blood
(Exclusive Track)
Album: In The Blood. Label: DISCUS MUSIC
http://www.discusmusic.bandcamp.com
Piano and vibraphone, Steinway Studios near Grantham, a few hours that felt like a long reconnection. Discus. Full release the 13th of November. Listen through if you can. The conversation is still open.
00:33:05 Dave Clarkson – Thurgoland Tunnel
https://cavendishhouse.bandcamp.com/track/thurgoland-tunnel
Album: A Pocket Guide to Abandoned Locations of the British Isles. Label: cavendish house
The brick still keeping the sound of the last train, and the next one that may yet come.
00:36:46 Lamasz – Correspondance
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/track/correspondance
Album: Fioritures. Label: DRONARIVM
The flourishes. DRONARIVM letting the letter arrive with its loops intact.
00:41:27 x.y.r. – seagulls dance
https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/track/seagulls-dance
Single: seagulls dance. Label: Not Not Fun Records
The birds already in step, the shoreline keeping time.
00:49:59 Astrolope – Disinformation
(Exclusive track)
Album: Bass Node Tapes, volume one. Label: Imaginary North
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/
Live off the floor, modular and drummer’s hands, Kilometre Club, Measure, cellsync in the room. Imaginary North. Out the 30th of October. The imperfections are the point, and they are lovely.
00:54:56 The Gaye Device – Blue Azure Horizon
https://machinaadnoctem.bandcamp.com/track/blue-azure-horizon
Album: Evolution – An Anthology 2012-2023 Volume One. Label: Machina ad Noctem
Title of the hour. The line where the sky decides to stay.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 333.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 322
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 stone cut in a century that has already left, then a MicroKorg noticing the room has changed.
Side A polishes a gemstone that arrived already old, keeps the distant sea far enough that you can hear it and stay dry, leaves an extra chair for two girls and the half that stayed, counts masts the harbour fog is still deciding to show, gathers every last drop, and opens a portal onto a room you have already been in. Side B lets the moon wobble a little more than it meant to show, hums rare earths through a circuit board in a language older than the plug, listens as a Connecticut house stretches fridge and rain into a room you can stand in, counts ninety minutes of air still in the lungs, files a ghost that already knew the address, and lets a stolen memory agree the room has changed.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly haunted, and quietly domestic — full of polite distances, home-shelf murmurs, and water that remains generous with the air. Perfect for dusk listening, houses that pay attention, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a stone cut in a century that has already left, a sea kept at a polite distance, two girls and the half that stayed, masts drawn in fog, a drop counted to the end, a portal that remembers you first.
00:02:18 Sophos – From another time
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/sophos-from-another-time
Album: Gemstones VII [CYD 0166]. Label: Cyclical Dreams
Gemstones VII, the facet that arrived already old. Cyclical Dreams polishing it anyway. Title of the hour.
00:05:15 Ghostloop – The Distant Sea
https://norayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-distant-sea
Album: The Distant Sea. Label: Noray Records
(Exclusive track) Noray keeping the water far enough that you can hear it and still stay dry.
00:09:52 Restive Plaggona – Two Girls (And A Half)
https://dvntt.bandcamp.com/track/two-girls-and-a-half
Album: Leftina / Osha. Label: DVNTT
Leftina, Osha, and the fraction that walked between them. DVNTT leaving the extra chair.
00:12:44 The Earl of Dean – Masts In The Harbour Fog
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/masts-in-the-harbour-fog
Album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings
Passed Oceans counting the spars you can see and the ones the mist is still deciding to show.
00:19:41 Laura Burton – Every Last Drop
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/every-last-drop
Album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings
The ocean asked to be thorough, and she was. Passed Recordings keeping the glass upright.
00:22:01 Portal of Reflections – Memories
https://etherealprojector.bandcamp.com/track/memories
Album: Portal. Label: Ethereal Projector, Ambient Cat
A portal that opens onto a room you have already been in. Ethereal Projector holding the curtain.
Mood mist: a moon wobbling in its library, rare earths singing through a circuit board, a Connecticut house paying attention, ninety minutes of air still in the lungs, a haunt filed under the home label, a MicroKorg noticing the room has changed.
00:24:48 NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Libration
https://nouvelleslecturescosmopolites.bandcamp.com/track/libration
Album: Conjonction Astrale.
The small wobble that lets you see a little more of the moon than it meant to show. Conjonction Astrale keeping the book open.
00:30:05 Bit Cloudy – Motherboard Rare Earths Excerpt 1
https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/track/motherboard-rare-earths-part-1
Album: Motherboard Rare Earths (For Krankenhaus 2026).
Minerals that learned to compute, scored for Krankenhaus. The board humming in a language older than the plug.
00:33:52 Ümlaut – The House Listens
https://audiobulb.bandcamp.com/
(Exclusive) The house listens. Fridge, sink, kettle, furnace, rain on the glass, the click of a metronome. Audiobulb letting the ordinary stretch until it becomes a room you can stand in.
00:38:13 exquisitecorpse – ninetyminutesfromdrowning
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/ninetyminutesfromdrowning
Album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings
Ninety minutes from drowning. Passed Oceans still counting, still generous with the air.
00:40:29 odd person – absolutely haunted
https://trevlad.bandcamp.com/track/odd-person-absolutely-haunted
Album:Murmurs in the Mist. Label: Trevlad
Murmurs in the mist, on the home shelf. Trevlad filing a ghost that already knew the address.
00:42:39 Sunshine Playroom / Prozapine – Something Odd (is Happening)
https://prozapine.bandcamp.com/track/something-odd-is-happening
Album: Melancholy Melodies & Stolen Memories.
Stolen memories, a MicroKorg, a television from a decade that still thinks it is on. The room agrees.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 318.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 311
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
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.
Right then, my glittering cassette moths…
It’s time I had a quiet word with the universe about this Virtual Cassette Library lark of mine. Lately it’s been drifting off like a helium balloon made of old mixtape innards, floating away from the original bonfire of my intentions. I need to yank it back by its magnetic tape tail before it disappears into a cloud of forgotten B-sides.
I’ve just been bathing in the first episode of The Signal by Wall of Ambient — Harry Towell and James Osland swimming through the ambient oceans like two elegant seahorses in velvet capes. Go and drink it in on Substack. And while you’re there, follow me like a loyal moth to my flickering neon sign.
Anyway, Harry said something that pinged my third eye: concept is the beating heart of an album. And I suddenly realised that even though I pluck these tracks from their original conceptual wombs, my shows are actually stitched together with their own secret concepts. Lately I’ve been chattering between tracks like a magpie on a telephone wire and the concept has been leaking out like cheese from a toasted sandwich.
So what’s the concept, you ask, while adjusting your imaginary pipe?
Well, I’ve spent my entire working life lurking on and around stages like a quiet caretaker with glitter under his nails. I see each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. The audience only ever glimpses a sliver of it at a time. Every artist is allotted the exact time it takes them to perform their piece. Then they rotate out of view like a peacock into fog, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands — slow and syrupy or frantic and glittering.
I still want to whisper the names of the artists, the albums and the labels, so I’ll do that before each set — or “side,” as we cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per side, plus a general mist of what mood to expect.
Now… shall we let the stage begin to turn?
So episode 311 is a weathered, slightly spectral ambient journey through closing dive bars, overlapping canopies, and monuments that have already begun to kneel.
Overall mood: Contemplative, analog, and quietly dilapidated — full of forgotten light, phase transitions, and sockets still whispering in the dark. Perfect for late listening, empty stages, or sitting with the ivy while it finishes the sentence.
Side A lets shadows clock off at the edge of the universe, waves from a missed railway cutting, shares a stereo canopy, opens a December jar six months late, weathers the ivy through human architecture, and climbs dilapidated monuments only to accept itself.
00:05:30 Kh3rtis – As Shadows Fall Away
https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/track/as-shadows-fall-away
A dive bar at the edge of the universe closing its curtains. Shadows clocking off. You are left holding the light they forgot to take.
00:10:28 Sunshine Playroom / Prozapine – The Ultimate
A MicroKorg dressed as 1974 television, waving from a railway cutting that only exists when you miss it.
00:12:06 Chihei Hatakeyama & Jupi/ter – Canopy
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/track/canopy
Two canopies overlapping until the stereo field forgets which tree belongs to which country. Peace wearing someone else’s coat.
00:19:04 Matt Lowery – 12-13-24
https://mattlowery.bandcamp.com/track/12-13-24
The thirteenth of December kept in a jar and opened six months later. Modular dust that still remembers the day it was captured.
00:20:20 The Microgram – Weathered
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/weathered
Human architecture kneeling so the ivy can finish the sentence. A facility learning how to weather.
00:24:05 Blank Embrace – Dilapidated Monuments
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/dilapidated-monuments
Dilapidated monuments on a tundra that ends in a mountain you climb only to accept yourself. The stage turns very slowly here.
Side B argues in black and white until a drop becomes a drum, leaves the singers behind in Midas plumbing, hands in exam music before the piece ends, leaks a green chorus through melted glass, takes on new Beagle waters, and coils after midnight on a Yamaha four-track.
00:33:21 Amotken – Gota
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/gota
Black and white arguing inside a twenty-year-old Mexican machine. A drop of water deciding it is also a drum.
00:37:39 El Michels Affair – Anticipate (Instrumental)
https://elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com/track/anticipate-instrumental
The singers have left the building. What remains is the Midas plumbing — brass, choir-shaped air, a saxophone ghost clocking in for overtime.
00:40:31 The Sound Catelouge – Phase Transitions
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/phase-transitions
Exam music found inside a textbook sleeve. Phase transitions for students who must hand in their papers before the piece ends.
00:42:50 Phil Geraldi – Chorus in Green
https://chakrawhip.bandcamp.com/track/chorus-in-green
Alien country radio leaking through melted glass. A chorus in green that never quite reaches the hook.
00:45:35 Tim Stebbing – New Waters
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/new-waters
HMS Beagle still taking on new water in 2026. Sequencers collecting specimens the Atlantic has not finished naming.
00:52:28 DOMOTIC – Serpenting
https://domotic.bandcamp.com/track/serpenting
*A Yamaha four-track recorded after midnight, coiling like fur that learned to hiss. Vintage sockets whispering to each other in the dark.
*
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 311.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 307
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
A late-summer, slightly haunted ambient journey through holiday kickoff, last dances, and worlds still demon-haunted.
Side A opens with Sally’s dream-pop song, then sits suburban and cooked, wishes it was fishing, takes the last summer dance, lands on the rocks, and drifts beatless through rare-earth motherboards. Side B learns 1980s Japanese technopop, walks an empty park of guitar and sarod, mixes 90s creators for the co-op, keeps things simple in Portuguese ambient, lights Sagan’s candles, and ends in submerged industry.
Overall mood: Warm, watery, and quietly uncanny — full of Passed Oceans, festival stems, and analog jewels after the flip. Perfect for autumn evenings, Krankenhaus afterglow, or sitting with the last dance while the next spool still waits.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
00:01:50 Suzanne Perry – Sally’s Song (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sallys-song-from-the-nightmare-before-christmas
From the EP “There’ll Be No More Promises” out on Projekt Records.
Dream-pop voice with Cris Miller of Silver Screen. Elfman melody as holiday kickoff. Pacific Northwest live dates this autumn.
00:04:07 Time Rival – Kamato
https://conditionhuman.bandcamp.com/track/kamato
From the album “Cooked (Visitation No. 3)” out on CONDITION HUMAN.
Suburban Illinois. Tongue drums, flute, ukulele, kalimba, Aalto and Microfreak. Be nice.
00:09:14 Mathew Gracie – Wishin’ I Was Fishin’
https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/wishin-i-was-fishin
From the compilation “Passed Oceans” out on Passed Recordings.
Passed Oceans. Water in every language. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
00:16:13 odd person – last summer dance
https://oddperson.bandcamp.com/track/last-summer-dance
From the album “a vile sickness dwells in tacoma” Self released.
Part two of four seasons. Summer, fire, spirit, south. Solstice 2026.
00:18:38 Paul Griffin x Socool – On the Rocks
https://socool.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-rocks
From the album “Dreams & Riddles”. Self released.
Jamuary sketches grown into collaboration. Emily Sobool. Terence Tso masters.
00:21:20 Bit Cloudy – Motherboard Rare Earths – Excerpt 3
https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/album/motherboard-rare-earths-for-krankenhaus-2026
Final track before the tape flip. From the release “Motherboard Rare Earths (For Krankenhaus 2026)”
Octophonic commission for Krankenhaus 2026. Laser and sound installation for Sea Power’s festival. Cheap laptop, Ableton, beatless drift. Eight stems available.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:50 Kuni-Ron – Learning
https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kuni-ron-learning
From the compilation album “Art Form 5”. Out on FORM@ RECORDS.
Japanese artist. Latter-half pop developments evoke 1980s technopop. Eisei Yorimitsu selects.
00:30:53 Takeshi Nishimoto and Hiroshi Watanabe – Empty Park
https://lorecordings.bandcamp.com/track/empty-park
From the album “Curving Time” out on Lo Recordings.
Guitar, sarod and synthesizer as equal voices. Non-Format sleeve. Playground photograph. 6 November.
00:34:14 Erotomechanics – Creators (The Nine 90s Mix)
https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/track/creators-the-nine-90s-mix
From the must have compilation “The Synthesis Co-Op Volume One” out on The Synthesis Co-Op.
Artist-run, not-for-profit. Profits toward future releases and charities.
00:40:38 Augen – Tanjun Na Koto Sa
https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/augen-tanjun-na-koto-sa
From the compiltion “SLIT ART 2”. out on FORM@ RECORDS.
Gabriel Mendes of Portugal. Ambient producer and long-time DJ.
00:47:48 Spirituals – Demon-Haunted World
https://spirituals.bandcamp.com/track/demon-haunted-world
From the album “Candles In The Dark”. Self released.
Tyler Tadlock. Pedal steel, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, voice memos. Sagan’s metaphor leaves the page. Andrew Weathers masters.
00:52:12 Rodrigo Passannanti – Submerged Industry
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/rodrigo-passannanti-submerged-industry
From the compilation album “Gemstones VII” out on Cyclical Dreams.
Vintage synth explorations and personal sonic meditations. Berlin School jewel.
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 307.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 304
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
A liquid, slightly haunted ambient journey through West Riding flocks, kudzu moonlight, and cities that refuse to end.
Side A watches the pinder keep the flock, then drifts under a kudzu moon, through solemn dreams beneath hushed currents, a Bethlehem journey, night-time puzzle sequences, and the slow pressure of mane nobiscum. Side B opens eternal cities, stirs a storm in a water-glass, presses a dystopian button, walks Verona’s water, swells with tide, and ends in soft cyber-space pulses.
Overall mood: Contemplative, damp, and quietly expansive — full of exclusive compilations, recorded liquids, and urban pull that keeps looping after the flip. Perfect for dusk listening, cassette-repeat evenings, or sitting with the water while the figures still gather.
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 Warmfield – The Pinder Watches the Flock
An exclusive track from my own upcoming compilation album Quiet Figures which premiers on the 26 of September. So there’s still time to goet an entry in. At the moment this is the opening track. Just because it’s that good.
Paul Broome’s parageography of the West Riding. Electronics and words. Entries still welcome until the 24th.
00:05:59 Heron & Crane – Kudzu Moon
Yet another exclusive track and the opener from the upcoming self released album “Migrations”
Celtic harp meets 80s new-age synth. Dave Gibson and Travis Kokas. Charlottesville and Columbus. Hibernator Gigs, 2 October. Antony Ryan of Pawpaw masters.
00:08:28 On Idyl – Solemn dreams diffracting beneath hushed currents
The fantstic global collective of artists known as Passed Recordings have just dropped a whopping 47 track water themed compilation. I’ll probably play most of them on the channel as I’m a sucker for recorded liquids.
Solemn dreams diffract beneath hushed currents. John Overturf of Bellingham. Passed Oceans water compilation. Forty-seven tracks. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders.
00:11:10 EBlo – The Journey
Yet another exclusive from yet another great 13 track compilation. This time Imaginary Norths Transmission 012.
releases September 18, 2026.
EBlo is from Malmö, Sweden.
00:13:53 Jupi/ter – +puzzle
From the self released album “Nights”. Cheers Alex for sending this in.
Alex Glynn. Field recordings, effected guitars, analogue synths and evolving sequences. Chihei Hatakeyama masters.
00:17:07 Heavens Spin Gray – Mane Nobiscum
The last track of Side A and new artist for me. From the self released album “Imminence”. Cheers to the artist Shawn Garvey for sending me a code for this yesterday. Sustained tones and slow pressure of arrival.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:27:23 BUNKR – Eternal Cities
Another exclusive by a good friend of the show and a contributer to my upcoming Quiet Figures compilation. From the EP “signs”. Dropping on VLSI Records on September 18. Hypnotic loops and urban pull.
00:35:16 Christian Schwöbel – Sturm im Wasserglas
Here’s another damp entry from that Passed Recordings compilation Passed Oceans.
Experimental ambient drone producer from Berlin, Germany.
00:39:20 Moonlit Workhouse/Persephonic Sprawl – The Button
From a little retro dystopian gem of a self release titled Despair/Hope EP. Which sees light of day on September 18. The artist Greg Wye sent me a physical cassette of this a couple of weeks ago and it’s been on repeat pretty much since then. Ghost voices, desolate dub, then ambient space meditation. 18 September. Persephonic Audio.
00:43:15 Celestial Echoes – Verona
More water you say? Of course. Here’s another Passed Oceans entry.
CelestialEchoes an ambient project by Morteza Jahangiri from Bielefeld, Germany
00:45:55 Jason Chaffee – Tidal Swell
The fifth exclusive of the episode and another one from that Imaginary North Transmission 012 release. Atmospheric rock toward The Weight of the Sky.
00:48:44 John Louis Kluck – Cyber Space
The final piece of episode 304 of Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Released on the Ambient Cat Label.
Soft pulses and distant echoes. Dionisaf designs the cover.
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 304.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 301
Listen to the show via this link.
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-301/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
Today, Wednesday the 9th of September 2026 I’m in Dublin Ireland for my parents 65th wedding anniversary celebrations.
A twilight, slightly modular ambient journey through forgotten breath, moon gardens, and new constellations.
Side A opens in Zürich intimate forgetting and Berlin blue hour, then dips through Kansas-Welsh dream remix, coastal winter voices, Portland octophobic pulse, and Ostrava time-observation. Side B lifts into Amsterdam glowing trails, Bristol granular blue, a Home Normal moon garden, Melbourne tribute to Carme, a February ambient waltz, and a Preston snowflake preview.
Overall mood: Melancholic, textural, and quietly luminous — full of exclusive transmissions, tape-like processing, and small rooms opening onto larger weather. Perfect for blue hour, deep listening, or sitting still while the winter mix keeps breathing for you.
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.
00:01:16 Ryefield Society – I keep on forgetting to breathe
Exclusive from Imaginary North Transmission 012. Zürich intimate ambient. Melancholic melody, abstract texture, downtempo pulse. Chad Skinner masters. Mitch Burke paints the cover.
00:06:32 Hellbach – Blaue Stunde
Second exclusive from the same Transmission. Berlin atmospheric electronics settle into twilight colour.
00:15:25 millicow – Dream Within A Dream (bleepeater remix)
Kansas City modular spirit meets Welsh harmonic wizardry. Rap, synthwave, metal and poetry translate into psychedelic trance.
00:16:55 Noodle Therapy – The Dip
Brighton’s Dan Porter with Dennis White. Coastal, rural and woodland recordings meet modular discovery. Winter mix. Voices appear and vanish.
00:19:43 CONDITION HUMAN – Octophobic
Charles Terhune’s Portland hard electronica. Rave, acid and techno tendencies. Four lengthy pieces. Michael Southard masters.
00:27:07 blochemy – aure
Third exclusive of the episode. Ostrava synthesizer, guitar, environmental recordings and tape-like processing. Observation of time. Whitelabrecs, 19 September.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:32:12 Frank Pels – New Constellation
Amsterdam Sweelinck graduate. Glowing synth trails and weightless harmony. Infinite Seconds as first ambient release. Dionisaf designs the cover.
00:35:24 Trem 77 – Blue Shines Through (Granular Matter Mix Strings Mix)
Bristol sandpainting audio. Henrik Meierkord’s treated strings. Powdery modulated dust. Travellers between stations.
00:37:38 midorinozu – moon garden
Mike Cottone and Tim Diagram. Blurred electronics and organic texture. Home Normal, Ian Hawgood mastering, 25 September.
00:41:13 Arcane Trickster – Carme
Melbourne psytrance roots into ambient and downtempo. Damiano Verna, Christopher Innes, John Crombie. Immersive Love tribute to 2000s netlabels.
00:48:15 SigEnt – FebAmbWaltz
UK artist with Intellitronic Bubble and Neo Ouija credits. FORM@ first appearance. Eisei Yorimitsu selects.
00:51:44 Pyramid Eyes – Snowflake
Joel Stanier’s Lowness EP. Preston rooms. Stephen James Buckley masters. Preview of the 2 October album.
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 301.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 286
https://www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-286/
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 286. 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 wondrous ambient journey through closed-eye geometries, night markets, living systems, and working-class fanfares.
Side A rearranges itself behind the eyelids, then drifts through Toronto lanterns, cello architecture, space-IDM bloom, pre-language fingertips, and a well of the world. Side B opens with Ramsgate vocal collage and gentle signs, holds the line, raises a fanfare for the working man, conjures pagan stones among the Weaver Hills, and ends with a star-song demo from the cliff top.
Overall mood: Warm, curious, and quietly celebratory — mixing intimate care, city-night haze, and nostalgic industrial glow. Perfect for late evenings, headphones, or sitting still while things change behind closed eyes.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,117 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.
00:03:39 Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change
Eyelids close and the air rearranges itself. Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change. Colours fold inward, surfaces soften, and new geometries rise in the dark behind the lids.
00:07:48 Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market
Night market stalls glow under Toronto streetlamps. Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market. Ambient currents drift between lanterns and late-hour voices, each tone shaped by the city’s quiet corners.
00:10:41 arc rae – I See You
Cello and voice fragments reassemble into living architecture. arc rae – I See You. Improvised performances become collaged motifs, generative textures and tactile beats discovering their own shape in real time.
00:12:47 Andy Wiseman – Thrust
Thrust carries seventeen space-IDM voices into one amorphous bloom of earcandy. Andy Wiseman – Thrust. Composition after composition opens in phantasmic sequence, each reason to listen arriving already luminous.
00:19:45 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips
Fingertips brush the first possible encounter with sound. Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips. Tenderness and experiment meet as lullaby, ambient composition and care, music made to accompany a listener before language.
00:22:50 Green-House – Well of the World
A well of the world opens in joyous layered synthesis. Green-House – Well of the World. Melody and harmonics helix together. Kaleidoscopic guitar, bubbling synths and orchestral radiance mimic larger living systems, droplets magnifying Yosemite and Inyo into auditory microcosms of wonder.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:29:59 Lone Bison – Vocal Collage
Voices sampled and sung form a collage beside the Ramsgate sea. Lone Bison – Vocal Collage. Hydrasynth textures pack into concise songs, wonky piano loops and groove-based jams rising from park recordings and garage-rock guitar.
00:33:53 Mea Poulpa – Signs
Gentle rhythms and textured samples settle into signs. Mea Poulpa – Signs. Slow tempos, subtle electronics and acoustic guitar create relaxing soundscapes for concentration and meditation.
00:36:02 luxury elite – thank you for holding
Hold music stretches into open waiting space. luxury elite – thank you for holding. Soft tones remain on the line, glowing in patient presence.
00:37:16 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man
A fanfare rises for the working man among late-seventies chimneys. Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man. Prophet synths and reverb celebrate coal, chemicals and cars. Industry glows in nostalgic electronica looking forty years forward.
00:38:05 Geology Disco – Distant Point
Distant points appear among Weaver Hills and dark woods. Geology Disco – Distant Point. Harmonium, accordion, woodwinds, guitar and percussion mix with electronics and field recordings. Monolithic stones and ancient caves conjure pagan memory in Wootton under Wever.
00:45:12 Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo)
The Iron Man reaches the cliff top while stars begin their song. Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo). Microkorg, Maschine, Odyssey and Minilogue voices soundtrack the outsider who saves the world, Mrs Moore’s desk-climbing dragon still vivid in the telling.
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 286.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 273
www.mixcloud.com/dashboard/my-shows/published/
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 273. 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 soft, slightly quirky ambient journey through floating persistence, growth, residual hope, and quiet promises.
Side A drifts from stuffed repetition and first cultivations into remixes of light, machine minimalism, low flames, and mysterious beings. Side B moves through glitchy indexes, bubbling collaboration, woodland ghosts, emptiness, suspended paths, and ends on a gentle promise.
Overall mood: Contemplative, warm, and gently playful — full of soft textures and quiet emotional space. Perfect for deep listening, late mornings, or peaceful immersion.
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 1,098 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 young Italian composer and producer Luciano Masala, better known as hershel, with the floating piece “Stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy” from his debut album silent steps for a better way, available on CD from Whitelabrecs.
Then Estonia-based Paul Beaudoin invites us into adaptive drift with “1st Cultivation” from his brand-new release spores.dat, out on Sheffield’s Audiobulb.
Next, Wahn appears via a remix: Dissolved’s reworking of “Not All Is Lost”, taken from the album Re: Echo Mist Light, in which 18 artists remix Wahn’s classic Echo Mist Light. The release celebrates Bulgarian label Mahorka’s 500th release.
We’re back with Whitelabrecs for French composer Anthony Elfort (as Toàn) and the track “DEL 1”, created entirely on a single machine — the Deluge — from the album Solitarium.
Staying with Harry Towell’s wonderfully prolific Whitelabrecs, we hear a guitar-based gem from Michael Cottone’s long-running project The Green Kingdom: “By Low Flame”, taken from the soothing album Vespera.
Closing Side A is an exclusive from my upcoming compilation Quiet Figures: Brighton-based BUNKR with the vibrating “The Beings of Borde Hill”. The album currently features 11 artists including Anhnch, Cries from the LTN, Keith Seatman, BUNKR, The Gaye Device, HDRF, Simon Heartfield, The Earl of Dean, Graham Thorpe, Visionary Lines and Substak. There’s still time to submit — the window closes 24 September.
But first, to set the vibe: hershel with “Stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy”.
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 UK-based Bibio together with Vienna’s Dorian Concept on their bubbling collaboration single “Shame”, out on Warp Records.
Then we revisit older Triplicate Records material with Nottingham’s George Evans (Suncastle) and the good-mood creation “Ghost in Trees” from the 2020 album Platformer.
Next we head to one of my favourite labels — the one-of-a-kind Cyclical Dreams from Buenos Aires — for a minimal track titled “Into Emptiness” by Trittau, Germany’s Christian Fiesel, taken from his recent release On A Second Thought.
Near the end we travel to Alfortville, France, for Japanese artist Hiroaki Yamamoto and the opening track “Paths” from his album Suspended in the Wind, the latest release on Driftworks.
And finally, from the excellent cassette compilation Connection: sculpting silence on French label Hylé Tapes, I leave you with Ekin Fil and Dominic Coppola’s wonderfully soothing “Promise To Never Be Like Them”.
But first, we return to 2020 and Santa Fe, New Mexico’s Richard Alfaro with the glitchy “Index”, taken from the Trip FM compilation Red Shift. Being six years old, it’s Name Your Price on Bandcamp — thank you to Triplicate Records for helping keep this channel sustainable.
Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 hershel – Stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy stuffy
Playfully repetitive, floating ambient with soft, stuffed-up textures and quiet persistence. Curious and hypnotic.
00:09:54 Paul Beaudoin – 1st Cultivation
Patient, adaptive ambient exploring first growth and subtle digital spores. Organic and thoughtful.
00:13:46 Wahn – Not All Is Lost (Dissolved Remix)
Hopeful, remixed ambient with residual light and a sense of recovery. Atmospheric and reassuring
00:18:10 Toàn – DEL 1
Minimal, single-machine ambient created on the Deluge, with clean deletion and precise restraint. Focused and pure.
00:22:22 The Green Kingdom – By Low Flame
Gentle, guitar-led ambient with low flickering warmth and soft, evening glow. Soothing and intimate.
00:24:35 BUNKR – The Beings of Borde Hill
Vibrating, exclusive ambient with quiet presence and mysterious garden-like inhabitants. Intriguing and textured.
Side B
00:29:20 Richard Alfaro – Index
Glitchy, indexical ambient with fragmented references and soft electronic scatter. Quirky and detailed.
00:31:30 Bibio & Dorian Concept – Shame
Bubbling, collaborative electronic with playful rhythms and warm, slightly bashful charm. Groovy and engaging.
00:35:47 Suncastle – Ghost in Trees
Good-mood ambient with spectral woodland presence and light, platformer energy. Bright and atmospheric.
00:40:31 Christian Fiesel – Into Emptiness
Minimal, void-seeking ambient with patient descent into open space. Stark and contemplative.
00:43:31 Hiroaki Yamamoto – Paths
Suspended, path-finding ambient with soft wind and quiet direction. Serene and exploratory.
00:47:06 Ekin Fil & Dominic Coppola – Promise To Never Be Like Them
Soothing, collaborative ambient with gentle resolve and soft emotional clarity. Tender and restorative.
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 264
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-264/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 264. 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 contemplative, atmospheric ambient journey through gravity, trapped moments, and fiery elements.
Side A drifts from weightless lapses and arcane nights into sinister awakenings, amber preservation, and circular comfort. Side B shifts through nostalgic postcards, patterned cosiness, collaborative warmth, and ends on flame and dated reflection.
Overall mood: Introspective, melancholic, and quietly wondrous with a blend of darkness and gentle warmth. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or peaceful immersion.
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 264 episodes as well as the 820 plus 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 from the 24 buildings in the veil. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by the trio of John Crombie, Christopher Innes, and Damiano Verna who together call themselves Arcane Trickster. I’ve chosen their latest single titled “Dead Of Night” which has just been released on Greek label Cosmicleaf Records.
This is followed by the track “Sinister Awakening” by Mantris from an album to get lost in titled “Echoes Of The Silver Screen” out on Bulgaria’s finest Mahorka label.
After that Edinburgh based modular artist Exit Chamber with the soothing piece “Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment” from the release “I Have Lied To You The Best I Can” which features remix work by some other channel friends including Asha Patera, Ed Herbers and Everyday Dust. Grab a digital copy on the Passed Recordings label.
The penultimate track of the first side of this virtual cassette is by French artist Anthony Elfort aka Toàn and the enchanting track “DEL 3” from the album titled “Solitarium” out on the fantastic whitelabrecs label.
Finishing off the first half is a track from the album Quieter by Robot Koch under his moniker Foam and Sand with a mix of analog synthesizers, live vibraphone, chimes, and bells in “Circle 62”. Get it at Jogging House curated label Seil Records.
But first, to set the vibe is Athens-based artist Kostas Staikos, better known as Substak with a deep and dark almost 15 minute piece titled “Gravity Lapse” which was made for Drone Day 2026 on grey clay radio.
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 an artist I know nothing about except they are on the fantastic Passed Recordings 31 track compilation album 130.81. Here is Poloma with minimalist piece “Calico”.
Also an exclusive track in the collaboration of ambient giants David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi with the piano piece “Arzino” from their upcoming album “Night’s End” which will be available through the wonderful Home Normal label from the 24th of July.
After that a master of sunset music, Mark Barrott, with the track “Variation (I)” from the album “The Exit Diaries” and that’s out on the Anjunachill label.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of the shortest piece of the show clocking in at just 1:31 seconds but showing the amazing sound of Hannah Peel in the track “All They Had Was Fire” from the film soundtrack album Underland, and that’s out on the Rivertones label.
Finishing us off is Hylé Tapes curator Richard Francés with some minimalistic drone bliss in the track “11 Février 2024” from the album Afterwork III (Février 2024).
But first hailing from Koblenz, Germany, Oberlin with his Fender Telecaster and field-recordings on the track “Postcard #7” from the album Ambient Postcards, Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Substak – Gravity Lapse
Weightless, falling ambient with gravitational pull and delicate, lapsed motion. Hypnotic and ethereal.
00:18:35 Arcane Trickster – Dead Of Night
Mysterious, nocturnal ambient with arcane shadows and quiet, trickster tension. Haunting and atmospheric.
00:22:14 Mantris – Sinister Awakening
Dark, awakening ambient with sinister undertones and gradual, ominous emergence. Tense and immersive.
00:23:56 Exit Chamber – Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment
Frozen, amber-preserved ambient with stillness and poignant captured beauty.
00:27:12 Toàn – DEL 3
Minimal ambient with clean lines and quiet restraint. Precise and reflective.
00:30:31 Foam and Sand – Circle 62
Lush, circular ambient with granular warmth and endless, comforting loops. Radiant and meditative.
Side B
00:35:40 Oberlin – Postcard #7
Nostalgic, postcard ambient with distant, scenic warmth and gentle, mailed intimacy.
00:37:45 Poloma – Calico
Soft, patterned ambient with calico-like textures and warm, fabric-woven calm. Cosy and detailed.
00:41:28 David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi – Arzino
Delicate, place-specific ambient with Italian-inspired warmth and subtle, collaborative beauty.
00:43:52 Mark Barrott – Variation (I)
Subtle, Balearic-tinged ambient with warm variation and gentle, land-inspired elegance.
00:46:52 Hannah Peel – All They Had Was Fire
Fiery, elemental ambient with passionate intensity and a sense of sole reliance on flame. Dramatic and luminous.
00:47:58 Richard Francés – 11 Février 2024
Date-specific ambient capturing a personal February moment with reflective, diary-like intimacy.
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 262
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-262/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 262. 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, quirky, and emotionally varied ambient journey through alchemy, jungles, societal decay, and warrior cries.
Side A moves from occult geometry and evening bonsoirs into fragile qualia, jungle scans, and solipsistic isolation. Side B shifts through tungsten pillows, multiple ways, lonely days, crying warriors, and fried naptime whimsy.
Overall mood: Atmospheric, contemplative, and eccentric with a mix of dark mystery, gentle warmth, and playful chaos. Perfect for late-night immersion, reflective listening, or adventurous evenings.
I’ll do all the talking now, in the intro, as I’ve put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through to give the “virtual cassette” title a meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 262 episodes plus the 826 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for 3 quid. It used to be a coffee.
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 from the 24 buildings in the veil. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
This episode of The Virtual Cassette Library is inspired by the track “Naptime” by an artist with the fantastic name “Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota” from the album “Music for Babies” which is out on the channel sponsoring Mystery Circles label.
Also on this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Paris, France based modular artist Aurel Val in the rather housey track “Bonsoir” from the latest release on Hylé Tapes titled Mods-1.
Then I’ve dived into the crates a bit with a 2020 track by Glasgow based Fragile X and the track “Qualia” from a fantastic Trip FM compilation called “Red Shift”. It also appears on the Fragile X album Hive.
After that another Hylé Tapes release this time from the 2024 album Biodiverse by Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster. I’ve chosen the rather fun 9 minute track “Jungle Scan”.
Ending the A side with some braindance techno is Craig Murphy aka Solipsism and the track “Sierra Oscar Kilo” from the latest release on the Mighty Force label.
Starting off Side B is Buffalo, New York based Matt Donatelli aka SURVEY CHANNEL with an older track originally from 2020 the lovely wonky “Tungsten Pillow” from the 2025 Remastered album Along the Wind Spear.
After that Limoges, France based Mea Poulpa and the chilled bass lines and beats of the track “Ways” from the album Beyond Glass which is out on Camembert Électrique
Then some Eastern block Jungle from Plovdiv based Jawhinge and the track “post_soc” from the album WeirdWired out on Bulgarian label Mahorka.
This leads into some trip hop stylings from a Protuberance remix of the Discknocked feat. Montse track “Lonely day” taken from the 2014 album Recollections also out on Mahorka.
We continue with another piece from this great album, the super chilled beat driven Protuberance track “Crying Warrior”.
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of the episode inspired piece “Naptime” by Seattle, Washington based duo Julia Shapiro and Samur Khouja who call themselves Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota.
Finishing us off is the rather funky “Permafried” by another duo in the form of Hz & Fisty Kendal who are Nicholas Langley and Stephen Cousins. this is from the album Now What? which is out on Langley curated label Third Kind Records.
But first, to set the vibe is a friend of the show from Bristol, UK, James McKeown aka Hawksmoor with a Teenage Engineering medieval folksy new creation from the album “Yclept Thorn” this is the track “Trismosin”.
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.
Side A
00:00:00 Hawksmoor – Trismosin
Mystical, alchemical ambient with Trismosin-inspired esoteric resonance and dark, occult elegance. Haunting and immersive.
00:08:56 Aurel Val – Bonsoir
Gentle, evening ambient with French “good evening” warmth and soft, twilight textures. Peaceful and intimate.
00:14:06 Fragile X – Qualia
Delicate, subjective-experience ambient with qualia-like textures and emotional vulnerability. Introspective and tender.
00:17:08 Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Jungle Scan
Dense, biodiverse ambient with scanning jungle rhythms and vibrant, layered life. Lush and exploratory.
00:25:56 Solipsism – Sierra Oscar Kilo
Solipsistic, military-coded ambient with isolated, phonetic intensity and stark, personal focus.
Side B
00:33:33 SURVEY CHANNEL – Tungsten Pillow
Metallic, pillow-soft ambient with tungsten strength and dreamlike, resting contrast. Quirky and atmospheric.
00:38:14 Mea Poulpa – Ways
Organic, path-exploring ambient with gentle, “poulpa” (octopus-like) fluidity and multiple ways. Curious and flowing.
00:40:25 Jawhinge – post_soc
Post-societal ambient with hinge-like transitions and mechanical, societal decay textures. Stark and reflective.
00:42:34 Discknocked feat. Montse – Lonely day (Protuberance Hawk spirit chill mix)
Chill, lonely-day ambient with hawk-spirit chill and emotional, knocked-out resonance. Melancholic and soothing.
00:47:55 Protuberance – Crying Warrior
Emotional, warrior-like ambient with crying intensity and powerful, protruding strength. Dramatic and cathartic.
00:52:18 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Naptime
Cosy, nap-time ambient with playful, bartender whimsy and gentle, relaxing vibes. Light-hearted and comforting.
00:55:31 Hz & Fisty Kendal – Permafried
Permanently fried, glitchy ambient with permanent, hazy distortion and quirky, fried energy. Eccentric and chaotic.
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 260
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-260/
For some reason I can no longer embed the shows here
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 260. 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 groovy, cinematic, and eclectic journey blending indie folk introspection, global psychedelic funk, French electronic cool, post-rock elegance, and atmospheric psychedelia.
Side A cruises through cosmic weight, mechanical playfulness, and sun-drenched grooves. Side B percolates with jazzy structures, vaporous textures, and sleek professionalism before ending on a pointed, trippy note.
Overall mood: Stylish, nostalgic, and transportive with a strong retro-cinematic flair—warm, hypnotic, and playfully sophisticated. Perfect for golden-hour drives, late-night listening, or stylish background grooves.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast style episodes but I’ll do all the talking now in the intro as I’ve put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through the episode to give the “virtual cassette” title a meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few subscribers who get to enjoy the 260 episodes plus the 822 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for 3 quid. It used to be a coffee.
This episode is inspired by the key of G minor and based on the amazing retro synth runs of “A Study In Vapors” by “Bluetech” from a release that’s in my top 5 of the year so far “Petite Constellations”.
Every tenth episode I do a best of show. So all these tracks have probably been featured by me over the years and have a special place, for me, in some way. On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Berlin based legends To Rococo Rot with a track simply called “cars”. Originally released on the 1999 album “The Amateur View” which should be in everyone’s collection.
Naples based group Psyché grab our hips with “Cumbia Mahàre” from their debut Four Flies Records, self titled, 2023 release.
Then a trio that have infected me over the past few years, Khruangbin, here joined by the vocal stylings of Leon Bridges in the track “Chocolate Hills” from their 2022 EP Texas Moon.
After that Vincent Taeger aka Tiger Tigre together with, well, himself, in the track “Sport Mécanique” which takes me back to my childhood. My parents watch all sports on tv and this just puts me in that world of 80s sports jingles. It’s taken from the compilation album “ERR REC Library Vol.4 Physical Activity” from 2023.
Ending the A side is the Los Angeles, California based roots reggae infected Pachy García aka Pachyman and the track “Sunset Sound” from the album “The Return of…” released in 2021.
Starting off Side B with Vienna, Austria based synth maestro Dorian Concept and the track “Eigendynamik (Elevator Version)” from the 2020 album “The Jitters”.
Followed by my favourite Stockholm based artist of recent years Joel Danell better known as Sven Wunder. Here with the piece “Pop-Jazz Structures”. Every one of Joels tracks puts me in a happy space. This is from his 2023 album “Late Again”.
Then anyone who has followed the channel knows that I love odd time signatures and the track “Percolator” is in 5/8 and is by the one of a kind originals Stereolab. Taken from the 2025 album “Emperor Tomato Ketchup”.
This leads into the featured Seattle, Washington based, Evan Bartholomew, better known as, Bluetech track “A Study In Vapors”.
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of one of my all time go to artists Air with the track “Les Professionnels” from their debut 1997 EP Premiers Symptômes.
Finishing us off is Salvia Plath aka RUN DMT with nostalgic samples over a hypnotic acoustic guitar line in the track “Money” from the 2009 album BONG VOYAGE.
But first, to set the vibe is New Zealand based folk tinged artist whose voice just grips me Aldous Harding with the song “Weight of the Planets” from her fantastic third album “Designer” from 2019.
Labels to be mentioned are 4AD UK, City Slang, Four Flies Records, Dead Oceans, ERR REC, ATO, Brainfeeder, Piano Piano Records, Warp Records, Behind The Sky Music, DiN and Virgin Records.
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.
Side A
00:00:00 Aldous Harding – Weight of the Planets
Introspective indie folk with Aldous Harding’s elastic, shape-shifting voice, enigmatic lyrics, and a sense of cosmic weight and emotional depth. Haunting and beautifully unclassifiable.
Artist Bio: Aldous Harding (born Hannah Sian Topp in 1990 in Lyttelton, New Zealand) is an indie folk singer-songwriter known for her elastic voice, eccentric performances, and off-kilter indie pop/folk that blends chamber pop, art song, and subtle drama. She has released acclaimed albums on 4AD, including Party (2017) and Designer (2019).
00:09:17 To Rococo Rot – cars
Instrumental post-rock with electronic and analog elements—unmistakably digital yet 100% human. Hypnotic grooves, minimal structures, and a sense of mechanical elegance.
Artist Bio: To Rococo Rot were a Berlin-based trio (1995–2014) blending electronic and analog sounds into instrumental post-rock/IDM. Core members: Stefan Schneider (bass), brothers Robert Lippok (electronics/guitar) and Ronald Lippok (drums/effects). Their name is a palindrome.
00:11:43 Psyché – Cumbia Mahàre
Psychedelic groove with Mediterranean roots, sinuous rhythms, and improvisational flair. Evokes a mythical past with cosmic funk and desert-blues energy.
Artist Bio: Psyché is a band/project known for a unique mix of psychedelia, groove, and improvisation. Their music draws on Mediterranean roots and evokes visions of a mythical past; released on Four Flies Records.
00:15:23 Khruangbin – Chocolate Hills
Smooth, bass-heavy psychedelic funk with Thai funk influences, surf-rock cool, and global grooves. Laid-back yet hypnotic, with that signature Khruangbin warmth.
Artist Bio: Khruangbin is a Houston, Texas trio (Laura Lee on bass/vocals, Mark Speer on guitar/vocals, Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums) blending Thai funk, Iranian pop, dub, soul, and psychedelia. Their name means “airplane” in Thai.
00:18:26 Tiger Tigre & Taurelle – Sport Mécanique
Playful electronic track with mechanical rhythms and sporty, energetic flair—quirky and danceable.
Artist Bio: Tiger Tigre & Taurelle is Vincent Taeger delivering groovy, mechanical, and playful tracks.
00:22:38 Pachyman – Sunset Sound
Breezy dub reggae with Puerto Rican roots, vintage gear warmth, and smooth, freedom-seeking grooves. Sunny and rootsy.
Artist Bio: Pachyman (Pachy Garcia) is a Puerto Rico-born, Los Angeles-based dub reggae musician and producer. A dedicated craftsman in the lineage of King Tubby and The Scientist, blending dub with personal, forward-thinking takes on roots reggae.
Side B
00:26:40 Dorian Concept – Eigendynamik (Elevator Version)
Eclectic electronic with modal/free jazz, funk, hip-hop, and ambient elements. Self-dynamic and elevator-lifted—playful yet sophisticated.
Artist Bio: Dorian Concept (Oliver Thomas Johnson, born 1984 in Vienna, Austria) is a composer, producer, and keyboardist blending modal/free jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronic, ambient, and soundscape music. His stage name references the Dorian scale.
00:29:35 Sven Wunder – Pop-Jazz Structures
Lush pop-jazz with cinematic structures, warm grooves, and elegant orchestration. Sophisticated and transportive.
Artist Bio: Sven Wunder is a Swedish composer and musician known for cinematic pop-jazz and instrumental works that blend retro elegance with modern warmth.
00:32:36 Stereolab – Percolator
Hypnotic indie/electronic pop with singsong vocals, krautrock influences, and percolating rhythms. Mesmerizing and groovy.
Artist Bio: Stereolab (formed 1990) were a highly influential band led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier. Known for hypnotic rhythms, mesmerizing vocals, and blending 60s pop, krautrock, jazz, hip-hop, and lounge into a distinctive art-rock sound.
00:35:58 Bluetech – A Study In Vapors
Intricate psybient with organic textures, dissolving vapors, and luminous detail. Ethereal and hypnotic.
Artist Bio: Bluetech (Evan Bartholomew) is a veteran psybient/electronic artist known for intricate, organic, and mind-expanding soundscapes.
00:39:35 Air – Les Professionnels
Sleek French electronic with cinematic cool, smooth synths, and sophisticated lounge atmosphere. Effortlessly stylish.
Artist Bio: Air is a French duo from Versailles (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) known for downtempo/electronic music with influences from bossa nova, lounge, film scores, and 70s pop. Their debut Moon Safari (1998) was a global success.
00:43:16 RUN DMT – Money
Psychedelic/electronic track with trippy vibes and a playful yet pointed take on materialism. Groovy and irreverent.
Artist Bio: RUN DMT is an electronic/psychedelic project (associated with Salvia Plath) known for trippy, groovy, and irreverent electronic tracks.
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 251
Based on the track “Cyme” by “Jonathan Poliart” from the release “Melomed” and “Margin” by “CIRC” from the release “Rite”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A luminous, exploratory, and deeply personal ambient journey through light, myth, and memory.
Side A drifts from setting sun pearls and circular radiance into majestic airships and mythical horizons. Side B expands into floral delicacy, eternal journeys, dream scaffolds, and ends on warm childhood nostalgia.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and wondrous with a strong sense of vastness and intimate reflection. Perfect for deep listening, golden-hour vibes, or peaceful 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.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 R&D – Pearls of Setting Sun
Warm, glowing analogue ambient capturing the last pearls of sunlight with rich, fading beauty. Serene and nostalgic. Artist Bio: R&D is the electronic project of a synth enthusiast creating deep, textural analogue soundscapes.
00:09:49 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Circular Square
Luminous, geometric ambient with circular motion and emotional depth. Hopeful and radiant. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection.
00:13:06 Andrew Heath – A Fleet of Airships
Majestic, floating ambient evoking a fleet of airships with vast, drifting elegance. Cinematic and wondrous. Artist Bio: Andrew Heath is a UK ambient composer known for spacious, cinematic works inspired by nature and history.
00:23:12 Zhe Pechorin & F.A. – Yellow Sun
Bright, solar ambient with warm yellow tones and gentle, life-giving radiance. Optimistic and glowing. Artist Bio: Zhe Pechorin & F.A. collaborate on warm, solar, and emotionally radiant ambient music.
00:26:36 philippe neau – ‘
Minimal, apostrophe-like ambient with precise, subtle punctuation and quiet introspection. Clean and poetic. Artist Bio: philippe neau is a French ambient artist creating minimal, precise, and poetic electronic works.
00:31:17 The Earl of Dean – Beyond The Pillars Of Hercules
Mythical, exploratory ambient venturing past ancient boundaries with deep, legendary resonance. Artist Bio: The Earl of Dean is a Scottish ambient artist crafting misty, landscape-inspired sound worlds with Nordic and mythical influences.
Side B
00:38:19 Jonathan Poliart – Cyme
Delicate, cyme-inspired ambient with clustered floral textures and soft, natural elegance. Artist Bio: Jonathan Poliart is an ambient artist creating delicate, nature-inspired works with floral and organic themes.
00:44:34 Yzymyr – Meditation
Pure, meditative ambient with focused stillness and profound inner calm. Minimal and transcendent. Artist Bio: Yzymyr is an ambient artist focused on pure, minimal, and absolute sonic explorations.
00:51:05 Thaneco – Neverending Journey
Vast, eternal ambient capturing endless exploration with cosmic drones and timeless flow. Artist Bio: Thaneco is a Greek ambient artist creating space-themed, narrative-driven electronic works.
00:58:22 Helyg Weidenbach – Dream Scaffold I
Dreamy, scaffold-like ambient building ethereal structures with soft, supportive layers. Artist Bio: Helyg Weidenbach is an ambient artist crafting dream-like, structural soundscapes.
01:04:21 CIRC – Margin
Precise, edge-dwelling ambient exploring boundaries with clean, marginal textures. Artist Bio: CIRC is an ambient artist focused on precise, boundary-exploring minimal electronics.
01:08:41 Akira Film Script – N4-81
Nostalgic, tape-warmed ambient captured in a childhood home with field recordings, cassette hiss, and quiet domestic peace. Deeply personal and comforting. Artist Bio: Akira Film Script is Ryan Watts, a veteran electronic musician creating nostalgic, field-recording-heavy ambient works inspired by childhood homes and personal reflection.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 247
Based on the track “Timmi Flew to the Stars (Anholt Beach)” by “Hello Mr. Klaus” from the release “Baltic Odyssey”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A varied ambient journey blending brutalist starkness, cosmic wonder, natural serenity, and dark turbulence.
Side A moves from concrete weight and celestial beauty into poetic minimalism and deep space orbits. Side B flows through woodland streams, chaotic tsunamis, residual traces, whimsical stars, and grounded everyday life.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and emotionally diverse — from stark and dark to warm and hopeful. Perfect for focused listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Et Voilà – Brutalism 01
Raw, concrete-heavy ambient with brutalist textures and stark architectural weight. Bold and immersive. Artist Bio: Et Voilà is an ambient artist known for stark, architectural soundscapes inspired by brutalism and urban decay.
00:03:59 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Cassiopeia (2015)
Celestial, star-constellation ambient with shimmering synths and cosmic wonder. Luminous and dreamy. Artist Bio: Mark Ellery Griffiths is a UK ambient composer creating cosmic and textural works often inspired by space and nature.
00:10:07 Feon – Darkness Within Darkness
Deep, layered dark ambient exploring inner voids with rich, enveloping shadows. Mysterious and profound. Artist Bio: Feon is an ambient artist focused on dark, introspective explorations of inner darkness and emotional depth.
00:12:30 Substak – Looming Light(naviarhaiku642)
Subtle, haiku-inspired ambient with looming light and delicate, poetic textures. Minimal and evocative. Artist Bio: Substak is a Greek ambient artist creating minimal drone works.
00:16:16 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Managed Decline
Brutalist hauntology with decaying urban synths and themes of managed decline. Stark and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan is a hauntological project exploring British new towns, brutalism, and social history through synth music.
00:19:38 Aether Audio – Deep Space Orbit
Vast, orbital ambient with deep space silence and gentle gravitational drift. Expansive and serene. Artist Bio: Aether Audio is an ambient artist creating vast, space-inspired soundscapes focused on orbital and cosmic themes.
Side B
00:29:51 Nick May – Stream In Woods
Gentle, flowing ambient capturing woodland streams with natural warmth and quiet movement. Peaceful and organic. Artist Bio: Nick May is an ambient artist known for gentle, nature-inspired works with warm, organic textures.
00:34:48 Belial Pelegrim – Tsunami of Bad Ideas
Dark, turbulent ambient with overwhelming waves of chaotic thought and brooding intensity. Artist Bio: Belial Pelegrim is an ambient artist creating dark, narrative-driven works with mysterious and turbulent atmospheres.
00:38:43 Rodrigo Passannanti – Residual Existence
Minimal, lingering ambient exploring what remains after dissolution with fragile beauty. Artist Bio: Rodrigo Passannanti is a London-based Italian electronic composer known for immersive, time-focused ambient works and vintage synth explorations.
00:42:14 Hello Mr. Klaus – Timmi Flew to the Stars (Anholt Beach)
Star-bound ambient with beachy warmth and cosmic adventure. Charming. Artist Bio: Hello Mr. Klaus is an ambient artist blending, location-inspired, and cosmic elements.
00:52:13 Mark Barrott – Land (III)
Earthy, Balearic-tinged ambient with grounded textures and gentle, land-inspired calm. Artist Bio: Mark Barrott is a Balearic and ambient producer known for warm, earthy, and sun-drenched soundscapes.
00:56:31 Jogging House – Stenography
*Intimate, everyday ambient capturing hidden rhythms and quiet domestic notation. Warm and personal.
Artist Bio: Jogging House is a German ambient artist known for warm, everyday, and melodic soundscapes as well as curating the Seil Records label. *
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 245
Based on the track “Leonora Christine” by “Thaneco” from the release “Tau Zero”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A deep, cosmic, and introspective ambient journey through time, memory, loss, and renewal.
Side A descends into subterranean darkness and temporal stillness before rising with guiding light and misty mystery. Side B reflects on ageing, interstellar voyages, dissolution, and inner neuroses.
Overall mood: Contemplative, melancholic, and expansive with moments of hope and cosmic wonder. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or immersive solitude.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 R&D – SubQtanium
Deep, subterranean analogue electronics with heavy low-end pressure and immersive darkness. Dense and hypnotic. Artist Bio: R&D is the electronic project of a synth enthusiast creating deep, textural analogue soundscapes.
00:11:32 Rodrigo Passannanti – Time Watches Itself
Minimal, self-observing ambient with patient drones and a profound sense of temporal stillness. Meditative and vast. Artist Bio: Rodrigo Passannanti is a London-based Italian electronic composer known for immersive, time-focused ambient works and vintage synth explorations.
00:17:31 Exit Chamber – The Disinherited
Haunting, dispossessed ambient with emotional weight and a sense of loss and exile. Stark and poignant. Artist Bio: Exit Chamber is a Scottish ambient/drone artist creating dark, introspective soundscapes often exploring isolation and inner thoughts.
00:21:38 Grant Beasley – Omega Point
Cosmic, finality-focused ambient exploring the end of all things with dramatic scale and luminous textures. Artist Bio: Grant Beasley is a Sunderland-based ambient musician creating space-inspired, expansive soundscapes with analogue warmth.
00:26:53 Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Angel On My Shoulder
Warm, guiding ambient with glowing electronics and a comforting, protective presence. Hopeful and luminous. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection.
00:28:17 The Earl of Dean – Bólstraský
Misty, Nordic-tinged ambient with cold, bog-like atmospheres and quiet mystery. Artist Bio: The Earl of Dean is an ambient artist crafting misty, landscape-inspired sound worlds with field recorded influences.
Side B
00:36:09 Olio Flux – Growing Old
Reflective, ageing ambient with soft, evolving textures and gentle acceptance. Warm and melancholic. Artist Bio: Olio Flux is an ambient project exploring themes of time, change, and emotional growth through textured electronics.
00:43:31 Thaneco – Leonora Christine
Sci-fi inspired ambient evoking interstellar travel with vast, exploratory drones and cosmic wonder. Artist Bio: Thaneco is an ambient artist creating space-themed, narrative-driven electronic works.
00:51:19 Solar Phasing – The Reflection of Time
Luminous, time-reflecting ambient with soft phasing layers and philosophical calm. Serene and radiant. Artist Bio: Solar Phasing is an ambient artist focused on luminous, time-based soundscapes and cosmic reflection.
01:00:20 Bluetech – On the Cusp of Dissolution
Delicate, dissolving psybient with intricate details and a sense of beautiful impermanence. Ethereal and intricate. Artist Bio: Bluetech (Evan Bartholomew) is a veteran psybient artist known for intricate, organic electronic soundscapes.
01:03:39 DTime – Eclipse Of Origins
Dark, primordial ambient capturing the shadow of beginnings with deep, eclipsing resonance. Artist Bio: DTime is an ambient artist exploring dark, primordial, and cosmic themes through textural sound design.
01:10:02 The British Stereo Collective – Neuroses
Retro-futurist analogue exploration of inner turmoil with warm, institutional textures and subtle unease. Artist Bio: The British Stereo Collective is Stoke on Trents finest, Phil Heeks creating retro-futurist electronic works inspired by British institutions, retro sci-fi and inner states.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 227
Motionless Zenith Relic
Based on the track “Motionless (In Reality)” from the album “Farside Of The Sun” by “Sick Robot”.
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 varied electronic journey blending fragile nostalgia and quirky experimentation with sleek techno, healing warmth, and brooding intensity.
Side A shifts from delicate decay through playful acid and driving retro-futurism into mechanical unease. Side B moves from dramatic weight into restorative grooves, luminous peaks, and ends on warm, human analogue comfort.
Overall mood: Atmospheric, slightly uncanny, and emotionally contrasting — moving between tension, healing, and cosy nostalgia. Perfect for late-night drives, focused listening, or immersive background vibes.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Backwards Cavern – Paper Relic
Fragile, dusty ambient with decaying textures and nostalgic relic-like warmth. Intimate and ephemeral.
00:06:11 Oh Mr James – The Acid Riddle
Playful, riddle-like acid electronics with quirky grooves and mysterious charm. Fun and offbeat.
00:09:29 TV-99-AD – Technology Release (Darren Nye Remix)
Sleek, futuristic techno with crisp percussion and retro-futurist drive. Clean and propulsive.
00:15:23 Revok – The Chauffeur
Smooth, cruising electronic with darkwave edges and elegant forward motion. Stylish and hypnotic.
00:19:27 Sick Robot – Motionless (In Reality)
Glitchy, robotic ambient/techno with frozen tension and mechanical unease. Stark and intriguing.
Side B
00:25:19 Virtually J – Tribunal
Severe, judicial electronic with heavy atmosphere and dramatic weight. Intense and cinematic.
00:32:13 Auscultation – Mend
Healing, warm deep house/ambient with gentle rhythms and soothing textures. Tender and restorative.
00:37:20 Eden Grey – Zenith
Peak, luminous ambient with glowing heights and celestial serenity. Radiant and expansive.
00:41:32 NDORFIK – Tervu
Mysterious, textured electronic with Nordic-tinged atmosphere and subtle ritualism. Atmospheric and grounded.
00:44:58 Sussex Telecom – Incident At Idle Lake
Eerie, narrative hauntology with quiet tension and lakeside mystery. Subtle and storytelling.
00:48:38 BUNKR – Rtaur
Raw, experimental electronics with heavy, industrial-edged grooves. Uncompromising and visceral.
00:53:10 Rupert Lally – Warm Computers
Cosy, analogue warmth with gentle synths and comforting digital humanism. Nostalgic and inviting.
EXPANSIVE WAVES 27
Good evening… or morning… or whatever smeared fragment of clock time you’ve drifted into today. This is EXPANSIVE WAVES 27. I’m Trevor — your host, your unreliable cartographer of the long haul, your occasional sonic conspirator.
This one’s not built for the impatient. Eight pieces. Each one stretching beyond twelve minutes. Together they uncoil for over whatever time that takes. If you came looking for hooks, drops, or anything that resembles forward motion, best to paddle elsewhere. Or just dim the lights, let the room breathe, and allow the ceiling to become a slow-moving planetarium. That works too.
We begin somewhere near the edge of pull with friend of the channel Greek super drone artist Substak and his track Gravity Lapse
Imagine You’re suspended ten feet above your childhood bedroom floor. Everything that once had weight is gently forgetting its job. Books hover. A glass of water tilts but never spills. Your pulse slows until it matches the rhythm of dust motes doing lazy cartwheels in a moonbeam.
The room exhales. Gravity gives up mid-sentence. Substak lets the low end sag like warm taffy while metallic shimmers orbit your head. Stay here. Let your bones remember they’re mostly water.
…and when the floor finally decides to forgive you…
Cells Interlinked with Drift (Summer memories about spring) from the album Cold Spring Notes released on the ever present Cyclical Dreams.
Bare feet on wet grass that hasn’t decided if it’s still spring or already drowning in summer. A bicycle with playing cards in the spokes lies on its side. Someone is laughing three houses away but you can’t tell if it’s 1997 or yesterday. Cherry blossoms fall upward into a sky the colour of melted peach ice cream.
You thought you were driving home but the road turned into a river of pollen and half-remembered songs. Cells Interlinked keeps time with your nostalgia instead of a metronome. Close your eyes. The light behind them is the exact shade of June.
Next… we step through something older than language.
The Taps Of The Holy Trinity with The Passage
(Exclusive track from the upcoming album “Customs & Rituals of…” releasing on the Fenny Compton label on the 20th of June 2026)
Think Candlelight on stone walls older than your grandparents’ grandparents. Bare feet on cold stone. A single drop of water falls every few seconds. Each drip rearranges the molecules of your thoughts. Shadows have their own shadows here.
Listen. These aren’t notes. These are permissions. The Taps Of The Holy Trinity open a door that was never meant to stay closed. Walk through slowly. Something in the dark knows the real you.
From ritual… to sealed silence.
No episode of mine, it seems, is complete without a couple of artists from the Bulgarian label Mahorka. Whom which I’ve done a four part guest show on their wonder Planck Tone series. Ivo Petrov seems to have a knack of bringing fantastic artists together the first of this episode being Toni Dimitrov + Blanket Swimming with the title track from their release Hermetic
So you’re inside a sealed glass sphere floating in deep space. No panic, just warm recognition. Your breath fogs the inside of the glass and spells out forgotten Sigils. A single bulb burns perfectly still in zero gravity. Outside, stars move like slow schools of silver fish.
Hermetic. Sealed. Complete. Two minds braided so tightly the sound has no edges anymore. Just one continuous skin of tone. You are the vessel. You are also what’s inside the vessel.
And then the paths appear… whether you asked for them or not.
Andreas Rönnquist + rsn the second piece from the Mahorka label with the track invisible paths from their album within remoteness
Midnight in an endless bamboo forest. Moonlight cuts through the stalks in perfect geometric slices. Every few steps the ground becomes a mirror. You see versions of yourself walking parallel paths you never chose.
These paths are the anywhere. Andreas and rsn hand you a lantern made of negative space. Follow it. Or don’t. The forest doesn’t mind either way.
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere, someone is still adjusting the dials…
R&D and the track Adjust the Mixture from the album, Periscope Depth, performed at The Adventurers Guild.
Think an abandoned chemical laboratory at 3:33 a.m. Beakers bubble with liquid starlight. A scientist in a lab coat keeps turning knobs that control the weather inside your ribcage. The air tastes of copper and déjà vu.
R&D mixing states of being. One part memory, two parts future, a dash of never-was. Breathe it in. Your blood is learning new colours.
And just when you think the canvas is finished…
Friend of the channel Alex Ringess with Tableau #4 from his fantastic release Analog Abstractions.
Now, you’re standing inside a fresh painting. The oils are still alive. Mountains breathe. A river of mercury reflects a sky that contains every sunset you’ve ever ignored. The frame is optional.
Alex Ringess paints the silence between sounds. Step inside Tableau #4. The perspective is wrong in the best possible way.
Final orbit…
From Sydney, Australia, Bill Astro Music and the track Fragile Orbit from the album Trinary Solitude.
A small, imperfect satellite made childhood wishes tumbling end over end around a lonely planet. One more revolution and it might kiss the atmosphere and burn beautifully. For now, it sings.
We’re all in fragile orbit. Bill Astro reminds us how lovely that is. How temporary. How perfect.
Until the next fragment of drifting time pulls us back into the same warm current… this is Trevor, signing off from EXPANSIVE WAVES 27.
Cheerio…
Substak – Gravity Lapse
Cells Interlinked – Drift (Summer memories about spring)
The Taps Of The Holy Trinity – The Passage
Exclusive track from the upcoming album “Customs & Rituals of…” releasing on the Fenny Compton label on the 20th of June 2026
Toni Dimitrov + Blanket Swimming – Hermetic
Andreas Rönnquist + rsn – invisible paths
R&D – Adjust the Mixture
Alex Ringess – Tableau #4
Bill Astro Music – Fragile Orbit
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 218
Leaving Cemetery Timelines
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 contemplative and atmospheric journey blending experimental soundscapes with emotional ambient electronics.
Side A offers textural, slightly quirky collage-like pieces with piano abstractions and playful electronica. Side B deepens into introspective, melancholic, and cosmic territory — featuring tender vocal ambient, dreamy downtempo, haunting stillness, and delicate piano-led beauty.
Overall mood: Intimate, wistful, and subtly psychedelic with a strong sense of melancholy and quiet wonder. Perfect for focused late-night listening, reflection, or rainy-day immersion. The mix flows gracefully from curious experimentation into deep emotional resonance.
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 Electric Supply Station – Ear Traffic
Busy, textured electronic collage with layered field recordings and urban signal flow. Dynamic and immersive.
00:10:31 tanner menard – timelines and regressions: inventions and fugues
Delicate, intricate piano and electronic study with classical-inspired structures. Thoughtful and gently abstract.
00:18:25 Bone Music – Mallard Duck
Quirky, playful electronic with organic rhythms and whimsical found-sound charm. Light and characterful.
Side B
00:30:55 Lord Of The Isles, Ellen Renton – Don’t You Ache
Emotional, heartfelt ambient house with poetic spoken vocals and warm, yearning grooves. Tender and moving.
00:34:22 Felix Laband – Dreaming In Johannesburg
Downtempo South African electronic with dusty, jazzy textures and dreamy melancholy. Atmospheric and unique.
00:38:22 Austin Potter – Cemetery
Haunting, sparse ambient with ghostly tones and quiet graveyard stillness. Eerie and reflective.
00:40:00 Chocolate Hills, The Orb – Leaving Plymouth
Dubby, oceanic ambient drift with The Orb’s signature cosmic weirdness. Deep, hazy, and immersive.
00:43:47 Stereo Minus One – Eat Drugs
Trippy, acid-tinged electronic soundtrack with raw, psychedelic edge. Surreal and energetic.
00:45:40 Fabien Guiraud – Errant aux alentours
Gentle, wandering French ambient with soft textures and peaceful meandering flow. Intimate and serene.
00:48:08 Ryuichi Sakamoto – LIFE, LIFE
Poignant, minimalist piano and strings with Sakamoto’s signature emotional depth and fragile beauty.
00:52:11 autumna – mesh
Intricate, woven ambient electronics with delicate layers and subtle rhythmic mesh. Refined and hypnotic.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 215
Little Sisters Curls
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 warm, gentle, and introspective journey through pastoral folk, ambient guitar, and soft electronic textures with a strong sense of nature and nostalgia.
Side A blends intimate folk storytelling, dreamy coastal drifts, and lush emotional songwriting into earthy, organic soundscapes. Side B flows into shimmering downtempo, soulful introspection, neoclassical elegance, and playful folktronica before ending on a smooth, continuous ambient note.
Overall mood: Sunny yet melancholic, tender, and deeply comforting. It feels like a peaceful spring or early summer day — wandering through fields, sitting by the coast, or watching golden light fade in the evening. Warm, hopeful, and emotionally rich with a beautiful balance of folk heart and ambient serenity. Perfect for relaxed listening, quiet reflection, or gentle background accompaniment.
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 The Modern Folk – Two Sisters
Gentle, haunting folk with intimate storytelling and delicate melancholy. Warm and wistful
00:03:37 The Order Of The 12 – Eye Of A Lens
Hypnotic, swirling psychedelic electronica with rich analogue layers and cosmic focus. Mesmerizing.
00:07:50 Old Amica – To the Coastline
Dreamy, windswept ambient folk with soft textures and coastal longing. Peaceful and evocative.
00:11:37 Bon Iver – Second Nature
Warm, introspective indie-folk with lush production and emotional vulnerability. Beautifully tender.
00:15:28 Austin Potter – Springtime
Bright, hopeful ambient-folk with fresh spring-like clarity and gentle optimism.
00:17:52 Danny Paul Grody – Hidden Valley
Pastoral, fingerstyle guitar ambient with serene beauty and hidden valley tranquility. Gorgeous.
00:22:13 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Artemesia & Moringa
Organic, earthy improvisation with herbal textures and natural, wandering calm.
Side B
00:30:08 Tycho – Spectre (Bibio Remix)
Warm, shimmering downtempo with Bibio’s signature soft-focus charm and dreamy grooves.
00:34:26 Moses Sumney – Plastic
Soulful, artful indie-R&B with expressive vocals and clever, fluid arrangements.
00:36:46 North Americans – Classic Water
Sparse, glowing ambient guitar with wide-open spaces and quiet emotional depth.
00:40:39 North Sea Radio Orchestra – Arcade
Elegant, chamber-like neoclassical with warm orchestration and nostalgic charm.
00:43:37 Bibio – Curls
Playful, sun-dappled folktronica with intricate guitar work and joyful bounce.
00:46:42 Golden Brown – Little Rider
Whimsical, intimate electronic folk with gentle melodies and childlike wonder.
00:48:58 Julien Hauspie – Coda
Delicate, minimalist ambient closer with soft emotional resonance and graceful fade.
00:52:08 10.32 – Cornelius Drive
Atmospheric, driving electronic with subtle propulsion and nocturnal coolness.
00:56:12 tadoma – Continuum
Smooth, flowing ambient with seamless transitions and comforting continuity. Perfect ending.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 208
Equal parts cosmic wonder, gentle unease, and deep relaxation. Ideal for late-night listening, focused immersion, or psychedelic headspace sessions.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 208 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 “Night owl dub” by Dubberrookie from the upcoming compilation album “The Mystery of the Night” curated by yours truly. Shout out to all the artists so far to contribute to what’s looking to be a fantastic collection. Also a massive thank you to Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project, Discus Music, Subexotic Records, Dubberrookie for sponsoring the channel with material.
An adventurous, psychedelic, and atmospheric journey through experimental electronics, cosmic jazz, hauntology, and deep dub.
Side A moves from playful lo-fi quirkiness and cerebral intensity into vast cosmic expanses, ancient drones, acid-tinged mysticism, and faded derelict nostalgia. Side B drifts into dreamy Japanese psych, precise minimalism, warm organic calm, and closes with smoky late-night dub.
Overall mood: Mysterious, expansive, and slightly mind-altering. It has a nocturnal, otherworldly feel — equal parts cosmic wonder, gentle unease, and deep relaxation. Ideal for late-night listening, focused immersion, or psychedelic headspace sessions.
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 Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – What Happens On The Mesericord, Stays On The Mesericord
Lo-fi, eccentric ambient with quirky field recordings and warm analogue charm. Playful and intimate.
00:04:53 EKT – CCRU
Dark, cerebral electronic with intense cybernetic energy and accelerationist edge. Sharp and hypnotic.
00:08:07 Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere – Under The Azure
Expansive cosmic jazz/ambient with soaring horns and vast open skies. Majestic and exploratory.
00:17:46 WEALDHAM – Time
Haunting, ancient-tinged ambient with deep drones and timeless melancholy. Atmospheric and solemn.
00:20:50 Audio Obscura – Babyloniacid
Psychedelic, acid-tinged ambient with swirling layers and mysterious ancient-future vibes. Trippy and immersive.
00:24:58 The British Stereo Collective – Dereliction
Eerie, abandoned hauntological soundscapes with faded analogue warmth and quiet decay. Nostalgic and ghostly.
Side B
00:29:20 maya ongaku – Maybe Psychic
Dreamy, psychedelic Japanese ambient with loose grooves and hypnotic, mind-expanding haze. Blissful and otherworldly.
00:34:04 Barker – Positive Disintegration
Minimal techno/ambient with crisp percussion and subtle emotional tension. Precise and cerebral.
00:38:42 Tegu – V
Warm, organic ambient with gentle textures and flowing, meditative calm. Soft and nurturing.
00:42:21 Dubberrookie – Night owl dub
Deep, smoky dub-ambient with late-night echoes and heavy, relaxed bass weight. Atmospheric and immersive closer.
Youtube short version: https://youtu.be/5Pxv9FjDQrk
