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.
An afterlife lobby after seven days in the fast lane, then an invocation over silent water. Side A opens the lobby with the fast lane already behind them and the afterlife offering tea, manages a moonless night quite well on its own, surprises the spaghetti western with its Italian dust, lights a psychedelic dungeon that is kind to the walls, grants a silver ending with moss already comfortable in the eyes, and asks about towns that answer or not as they prefer. Side B turns a life’s cycle in an ambient factory, lets the green man dance mid-step in mud lane that is pleased to be a dance floor, stripes the zebras in a savannah already wild and slightly organised, keeps the mission bedridden with the bed already part of the plan, knows the future of flowers by candlelight, and speaks the invocation over water that is already silent and listening. Overall mood: Amused, and quietly kind — full of open lobbies, comfortable moss, and water that prefers to listen. Perfect for dusk listening, soft dungeons, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A Mood mist: an afterlife lobby after seven days in the fast lane, a night that has misplaced its moon, a spaghetti western from Batov, a dungeon that is psychedelic, a silver ending for eyes full of moss, a question about towns.
Side B Mood mist: a life’s cycle from the ambient factory, a green man dancing in mud lane, zebras in a savage savannah, a bedridden mission, the future of flowers by candlelight, an invocation over silent water.
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.
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 whistle mapped into silence, then a spring that prefers to vanish quietly. Side A draws the map so the silence can answer, lets the music of the spheres burn bright and kind, rests the tongue in cold shadows under a solar scream, warms a tiny stone in a brief perfect drift, holds quiet music from Toronto in the lake, and draws a crystal so the page already shines. Side B cooks a beacon for a kind visitation, lengthens an afternoon in warm fur, grows an organic vibe in the factory that is already alive, shares a symbiosis in a lost city already found, opens a Shangri-La reverie for the valley, and lets the spring arrive so the vanishing can stay soft. Overall mood: Luminous, and quietly kind — full of answering silences, shared rooms, and springs that know how to leave. Perfect for dusk listening, soft cities, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A Mood mist: a whistle mapped into silence, a bright burn from the music of the spheres, a tongue resting in cold shadows under a solar scream, a tiny stone drifting, quiet music from Toronto, a crystal drawn rather than cut.
Side B Mood mist: a beacon cooked for a visitation, an afternoon in fur, an organic vibe from the factory, a symbiosis in a lost city, a reverie named Shangri-La, a spring that prefers to vanish quietly.
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.