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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178

15 February 2026

///totally.ears.caring

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

Good evening, or morning, or whatever fragment of time you’ve found yourself in. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178. I’m Trevor—your host, your guide, your occasional sonic conspirator.
A sonic journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.
So, settle in. Let the kettle boil. Let the cat sleep. Let the world spin without you for a while.
We float tonight through drifts of ambient electronic, modular wanderings, dubwise echoes, some art rock angles, leftfield pop inflections, drone undertows, and the odd burst of experimental pop. Places flicker by: Wormhole World gatherings, Republic of Music corners, Castles in Space haunts, Invisible Inc. pathways, Four Flies shadows, and points scattered from Lancashire to Vilnius, Munich to Mexico City.
The longest stretch in the selection comes from Caught in Joy – Elsewhere, a patient unravelling that lingers in the mind. The shortest snaps past in a flash with Allmanna Town – Sample 24, not even reaching the minute mark.
We begin with Dubberrookie and Winter Weather, a seasonal drift from A Wormhole Xmas 2025 on Wormhole World. Chilled dub pulses meet wintry synth haze, gentle echoes folding into themselves like snow settling on rooftops.
Headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you.

Dubberrookie – Winter Weather. Dubberrookie will appear on my upcoming compilation “Puzzles of the Psyche”. There’s still time. Send in your entries by March 25.
Now Floating Points with Precursor, the bonus unreleased cut from the Elaenia 10 Year Anniversary on the Republic of Music label. Sparse piano gestures meet subtle electronic undercurrents, a quiet prelude that breathes slow and deliberate.

Floating Points – Precursor.
Next up Bahia Brazil based artist – Navin Kala offers Vijf from Spinoza on a favourite label of the show Mystery Circles. Minimalist piano lines trace thoughtful paths, space around each note allowing contemplation to gather.

Navin Kala – Vijf. A reminder now if you have a piece of music that has meant a lot to you for some reason tell me about it. I’m putting together a new show called “Chord Confessions” and I need some tales behind the most important music ever released. PM me on the socials or email me trevlad@gmail.com Now back to the show.
Now amping up the drone. Stewart Keller brings Disheveled Zen from the whopping 100 track 2020-2025 Archives. Loosened field recordings and soft electronics tangle in a relaxed, almost accidental calm.

Stewart Keller – Disheveled Zen.
Here’s me Trevlad with Curving Archive Scales from the Trick or Treat 4 compilation on Sounds for the Soul. Archive dust and curving scales weave a long, meditative thread, time marked in subtle modular shifts.

Trevlad – Curving Archive Scales. Just a quick shout out to the latest followers Bernt Haas, who I believe is part of the Cries from the LTN outfit. Also Liquid Shape and The Tall Librarian. Thanks for the follow.
Now Mexico City based artists Eafhm and Mwamwa collaborate on Luzne (Mwamwa Part) from the split release on Secuencias Temporales. Dubby bass hums beneath fragmented vocal traces, a hazy half-step wander.

Eafhm, Mwamwa – Luzne (Mwamwa Part).
And now for something completely different. Deerhoof deliver L’Amour Stories from Apple O’ on Joyful Noise Recordings. Quick, angular art rock bursts with playful yelps and tight rhythmic jabs.

Deerhoof – L’Amour Stories.
Garda slips in Substratum from S-Lyga on the Neotantra label. Deep drone layers build slow atmospheric weight, substratum textures rumbling low.

Garda – Substratum.
Now time to punk it up. Tinned Meats present Caught in the Wild from Kilter on I Heart Noise. Raw edges meet noisy propulsion, caught somewhere between garage grit and wilder impulses. Mad stuff…

Tinned Meats – Caught in the Wild.
And now Keith Seatman with Tonight’s Guests Are? from the forthcoming Counting to Ten Then Back Again on Castles in Space. Radiophonic quirks and psych-folk fragments evoke childhood games and firework packaging memories, playful yet oddly disorienting.
Keith Seatman – Tonight’s Guests Are?

The Polish legend of Coconut Creek, Caught in Joy closes Side A with Elsewhere.
Karol is the most prolific Berlin school artist on the planet. He produces so much quality music on a weekly basis. Which he records live and can be witnessed on his Youtube channel. Analogue drooling adventures. The track Elsewhere is from the release Colorfield. Self released back in mid December. Karol has released 4 albums since then just for some perspective. This is Analogue coloured space drifts to close out the first side of the show.

Side B
We turn the cassette. If you have something you want featured on the shows lease don’t be shy. I’m not on a schedule which means I get to do shows several times a week, which means you won’t have to wait long to hear your music here. Here’s a label that does just that from the fantastic Italian label Four Flies Records. Chiaré opens with Ago e Filo from the album Sei. Italian library echoes meet modern restraint, strings and subtle grooves threading through.

Chiaré – Ago e Filo.
Now LOULA YORKE shares The Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without) from Live Compendium 2 on Truxalis. Live-captured modular meditations unfold with quiet intensity, water-like ripples expanding.

LOULA YORKE – The Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without).
Next another artist who has contributed in the past to my compilations the fantastic The Music Liberation Front Sweden who arrive with A Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing from their collection on Third Kind Records. Warped pop edges bend familiar shapes into something skewed and resilient.

The Music Liberation Front Sweden – A Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing.
And Now Higamos Hogamos rework Re-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager) from Voyager Dubs on Glasgows Invisible, Inc. Deep dub transformations stretch the original into cavernous space.

Higamos Hogamos – Re-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager).
Francesca Guccione offers Mechanical Promenade from Connected 3 on IUWE Records. Mechanical rhythms promenade alongside delicate electric piano, a poised mechanical dance. A wonderful must have compilation celebrating 9 of the best female experimental electronic out there. In fact the entire label focuses on the beauty of female diversity in electronic music. Enjoy.

Francesca Guccione – Mechanical Promenade.
Komodo Kolektif follow with Disciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub) also from that Voyager Dubs compilation on Invisible, Inc. Drone devotion meets dub disciple rites, heavy and hypnotic. Invisible, Inc. is a label I wish I could play more of on the channel, and just can’t for financial reasons. They are great so if you can grab some of their beautiful physical releases.

Komodo Kolektif – Disciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub).
Now friend of the show Russian artist Ndorfik contributes Tahvi from Solos on People Can Listen. 5/8 Idm explorations carve sparse, introspective paths. Ndorfik has enlightened me on the fact that Mixcloud is not available without streaming through VPNs in his neck of the woods. So I send him the files of past shows so he can spread the good word.

Ndorfik – Tahvi.
Now the penultimate track and two masters of the ambient scene. Rhucle & Arbee bring Mournful Sky from Plain on David Cordero curated label Noray Records. Mournful ambient skies drift with gentle melancholy, field-like textures breathing slow.

Rhucle & Arbee – Mournful Sky.
Material for future shows is always welcome. Send your vibrations to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths glow at trevor.se and in each show’s timeline.
Until the next cassette turns.
Trevor, signing off from Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178.
I leave you with the very short track Sample 24 by Allmanna Town Allmanna Town is Phil Dodds who runs the amazing Waxing Crescent Records and my fellow Stockholm dweller Jonas Geiger Ohlin of The New Emphatic fame. this track is from Rodents out on their own Bandcamp imprint. Sampled fragments glitch and reform in rodent-quick bursts.
And that fades us out. Cheerio…

Intro – 00:00
DubberrookieWinter Weather – 01:35
Floating PointsPrecursor – 08:18
Navin KalaVijf – 14:06
Stewart KellerDisheveled Zen – 19:21
TrevladCurving Archive Scales – 20:45
Eafhm, MwamwaLuzne (Mwamwa Part) – 23:52
DeerhoofL’Amour Stories – 29:14
GardaSubstratum – 31:21
Tinned MeatsCaught in the Wild – 34:30
*Keith SeatmanTonight’s Guests Are? – 36:56
Caught In JoyElsewhere – 39:36
B Side – 47:04
ChiaréAgo e Filo – 47:43
LOULA YORKEThe Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without) – 51:08
The Music Liberation Front SwedenA Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing – 56:50
Higamos HogamosRe-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager) – 1:02:56
Francesca GuccioneMechanical Promenade – 1:08:49
Komodo KolektifDisciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub) – 1:13:31
NdorfikTahvi – 1:18:51
Rhucle & ArbeeMournful Sky – 1:23:32
Allmanna TownSample 24 – 1:25:32
Outro – 1:27:09

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

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 162

1 January 2026

///mugs.softest.owners

Virtual 90 minute mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 30 artists, two 45 minute sets. A spoken intro followed by music only show. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.

“Hello, I’m Trevor, and this is episode one‑six‑two of the Virtual Cassette Library. Today’s theme is Mugs Softest Owners—which, as usual, is both the track you’re hearing underneath and a location you can find on a map, if you’re the sort who enjoys chasing coordinates on What3Words.
Before we begin, a very warm Happy New Year to you. Whether you’re listening on a walk, in the quiet of the early hours, or hiding from the world with a pair of headphones, I hope 2026 brings you peace, curiosity, and a few unexpected sonic discoveries.
We’ve got ninety minutes ahead—two sides, fifteen tracks each. Some names you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s half the fun. And a quick note: the tracks by Simon McCorry and Gregory Paul Mineeff in this episode are exclusives from the upcoming Whitelabrecs compilation sleeplaboratory6.0. Apologies to Harry for playing so many pieces from this wonderful release, which drops tomorrow, the 2nd of January. When something’s good, it’s hard not to share it.
Now then, starting back on episode 156, there’s a little cipher game running through the series. Each episode, during the intermission, you’ll hear a number. Scribble it down. After ten episodes, you’ll have the full sequence. Put the pieces together, crack the cipher, and you’ll unlock a code that knocks ninety‑five percent off anything on my Bandcamp page. Which means you can scoop up the whole discography for about two quid. It’s not meant to be difficult—just enough to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ll get it right.
The rest of the show wanders through kosmische corners, microtonal detours, lullabies, croquettes, mythology, therapy, vortexes, and the occasional snow‑dusted memory. The sort of thing you might stumble across late at night on a shortwave dial, wondering if you imagined it.
So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”

Intro – 00:00
Radio Free LondonChoices – 02:35
PulsesElectric Snowflakes – 05:40
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardMelting – 09:09
Hugh Hopper & Alan GowenFishtank I – 12:35
MoebiusFalsche Ruhe – 15:54
KeepSleepsleepy (for my baby) – 17:32
DARK FIDELITY HIFIpushing ratios – 21:13
StereolabElectrified Teenybop! – 23:37
hundschopfStekerlapatte (Croquettes mix) – 26:56
Future ChildrenNew mythology part 2 – 30:14
Simon McCorryFredagsholmen – 32:35
Other LandsEnergy (Replenished) – 35:25
Ironic HillTHERAPY – 38:41
RadxCalm Vortex – 41:12
AptaWe Tire – 44:12
B Side – 47:35
Felix MachtelinckxSleeping Hills – 48:05
Twilight SleepThe Lights Turned Down Low – 51:36
Asha PateraThe Joy On Their Faces That Morning – 55:22
Gregory Paul MineeffImmersion Two – 59:04
The Music Liberation Front SwedenThe AirFix 80s – 1:02:36
Glacis & Polaroid NotesThe Hour That Doesn’t Exist – 1:04:45
NCRTYPHRD – 1:07:14
Blomfelt & NarbyAnd Sad Days Apart – 1:08:49
Tim HillThe Milk White Path – 1:12:20
TrevladWindow Invented Drain – 1:15:33
RetlandReverie – 1:18:50
Rural TapesFlower Lab – 1:21:44
TJ LewisWhisper To The Moon – 1:24:54
John McBainEcliptic Plane – 1:25:49
Lukas LoganFarewell – 1:28:56
Outro – 1:33:05

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

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 119

///falls.mailing.initial.



Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve tuned into Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 119—Falls Mailing Initial. A name, a signal, and a location: ///falls.mailing.initial. Drop it into What3Words and you’ll find the coordinates of this episode’s visual transmission.
Tonight, we embark on a 90-minute journey through sound—crafted for walking meditations, mental meanderings, and quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary between tracks. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion.
🌌 The path begins with Fu Kaisha’s Hjalli, gliding into Micado’s Landscapes with Gemstones, and Trevlad’s Expansive Waves 3. From Odin Kaban’s search to Sankt Otten’s shadowed brew, the frequencies ripple outward. Field Lines Cartographer, Sessa, and The Soulless Party guide us deeper into the fold.
🌀 At the metaphysical halfway mark, the signal flips. Side B opens with Dark Fidelity Hi Fi’s Sunlight Child, then stretches across the expanse with Fingerwolf, Cartas de Japón, and Larry Toadman. From Isien’s spooky entanglement to Teeth Of The Sea’s Artemis, the journey crescendos into Exit Chamber’s In the Darkness, Hope, and Christian Wittman’s Threshold of Silence.
💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your art, your sound, your signal to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s timeline.
🎶 Support the signal: Pre-order the 6th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 17 tracks. Subscribe for just $3/month and unlock 845 archived shows—over 1,200 hours of sonic exploration.
🧙‍♂️ And don’t forget to join Nanogod, the wizard of words, on the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every vibration helps keep the channel alive.
🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.

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Intro – 00:00
Fu KaishaHjalli – 02:40
MicadoLandscapes with Gemstones – 05:51
TrevladEXPANSIVE WAVES 3 – 11:00
Odin KabanThe search – 14:09
Sankt OttenFilterkaffee und Finsternis – 18:14
TrevladCharm Tales – 24:24
Field Lines CartographerOxygen Rich Waters – 28:43
SessaVale a Pena – 38:54
The Soulless PartyThe Yoked Man – 42:07
Side B – 46:23
Dark Fidelity Hi FiSUNLIGHT CHILD, THEME FOR JASON – 47:09
FingerwolfAcross The Expanse – 50:58
Cartas de JapónKütral – 56:11
Larry Toadman3 little birds – 1:02:16
John GarnerKing of Cups – 1:05:45
IsienSpooky Entanglement – 1:07:15
Teeth Of The SeaArtemis – 1:10:45
RadagastRekindled – 1:13:40
Caught In JoySecret Patchways Pt.1 (Earth) – 1:17:00
Exit ChamberIn the Darkness, Hope – 1:22:02
Christian WittmanThreshold of Silence – 1:24:50
Outro – 1:29:03


Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 116

///awoken.fancied.powers.

🎙️ Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 116 Titled: Awoken Fancied Powers. Which is also the What3Words geographical location for the episode video on YouTube.

These shows are crafted for walking meditations, mental wanderings, or quiet communion with the universe. No commentary between tracks—just pure sonic immersion. You’re invited join the channels wizard of words, Panagiotis on the Mixcloud timeline. Don’t be shy.
Shout out to our new subscriber Soundasleep. It not only helps support the upkeep of the channel which 95% of still comes out of my own pocket. But it means the next album release gets an extra track.
🎶 Support the Signal by Pre-ordering the 6th Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library album on Bandcamp to help keep the channel alive. It drops once we hit 17 tracks. Subscription gets you unlimited access to the previous 842 shows for just $3/month or your local equivalent.
🎨 Want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in the timeline of each episode.
Now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨

Intro – 00:00
Christian FieselA Joyful Morning – 01:52
Eric WetherellHealing Mrs Vennor – 08:31
*Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development PlanSunset Over Stanlow – 09:47
VirgoModernize – 12:37
Multiplexiaminhere – 17:05
Mark Ellery GriffithsDreaming of Quasars (Fairlight CMI) – 21:14
David Cordero & RhucleOrigen – 23:02
David EdrenPartikel – 25:40
TrevladEXPANSIVE WAVES 06 – 26:45
Silo ArcaneElysium – 29:24
ObfuscFreshwater Tropics – 33:34
Pabellón SintéticoRoof garden – 38:09
Side B – 44:40
Vioro VioElektroslavonija – 45:25
Toxic ChickenAt Ease – 52:07
WodwoDon’t – 56:11
Ale SinestroLos Sueños del Hornero – 1:00:59
SkytreeCosmic Prana – 1:02:55
BroadcastTears In The Typing Pool [Demo] – 1:05:35
Peter Phippen & Ivar Lunde, Jr.Mystical Passions – 1:07:14
KMRUDrawing Water – 1:16:44
The QualitonsThe Trail II – 1:19:07
Pin Park, Daniel SzlajndaBlaupunkt – Daniel Szlajnda Version – 1:20:29
Outro – 1:24:41

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

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 097

Microbia Caravan.

A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.
💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your vibrations to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked at the top of each show.

Intro – 00:00
Belial PelegrimLarvae – 02:25
Hugh Hopper & Alan GowenWaltz for Nobby – 06:44
Teeth Of The SeaÆther – 15:09
4T Thieves + WeldroidMicrobia – 19:10
TrevladEXPANSIVE WAVES 08 – 21:10
*alkaan attempt to conjure quiet – 26:17
Vivid Stars ForgottenSeven Light Rays – 35:02
Shane Beck & Michael BrücknerThrough The Eyes Of A Bird – 37:37
Side B – 46:17
TrevladDream Physics – 47:03
PulseliebhaberTypewriter – 52:54
Exit ChamberAround One Constant, They Revolve – 56:50
IsienIn This Desert – 1:02:05
Golldendestiny #1 – 1:04:59
The Tin BoxMoving Design (Movement IV) – 1:08:08
Lars HaurFlash Cartoon Breaks – 1:12:18
Dirk Mont CampbellMansa Musa’s Caravan – 1:14:44
Silo ArcaneMoment – 1:20:37
Outro – 1:27:19

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

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