Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 290
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-290/
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 290. 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.
As this is episode 290 that makes it a best of show. Where I’ve chosen 12 favourites from over the years.
The best of shows remain free but everything else slips quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers after 7 days. Subscribers currently have 1,122 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. They also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, and get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
On Side A you’ll hear Albin, Coldplay, Telefon Tel Aviv, Kettel, KILN and Air
On the flip side you’ll hear Sababa 5, Pacific!, beaunoise, Felix Laband, Jordan Rakei and Six Organs Of Admittance
This will be Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 290.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Enjoy…
00:00:00 Albin – Motljus
Figures stand against a source of gold, edges dissolving into flare and halo.
00:07:05 Coldplay – Coloratura
Vocal ornament climbs through star-maps and slow orbital colour.
00:17:02 Telefon Tel Aviv – john thomas on the inside is nothing but foam
Soft cellular bubbles rise and collapse in luminous interior weather.
00:21:49 Kettel – My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition)
Warm IDM patterns bloom again in familiar, renewed light.
00:25:41 KILN – Brutalist Desk Object
Angles and grain hold quiet weight, texture stacked like poured stone.
00:28:56 Air – Cherry Blossom Girl (Hope Sandoval Version)
Petals hang in still air while the melody walks beneath pink canopies.
00:31:51 Sababa 5 – Wembley
Percussion and melody lock into a wide stadium of rhythm.
00:36:15 Pacific! – Sunrise
Early colour spreads across water and waking air.
00:38:31 beaunoise – Gymnopédie No. 1 (Buchla 200e)
Satie’s slow dance becomes modular light, each step hanging in voltage.
00:41:11 Felix Laband – Falling Off A Horse
Dust and motion spiral outward in unhurried descent.
00:45:56 Jordan Rakei – Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (Exclusive Cover Version)
Jeff Buckley’s song opens again in new breath and evening warmth.
00:48:36 Six Organs Of Admittance – Wolves’ Pup
Acoustic drift and drone gather around small wild presence.
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.
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.
For the Birds 037 (The final episode)
24.01.2025
SHIVARASA – They Feel, They Know – 00:00
Wave Temples – Prelude to the Night Huntress – 09:57
Lovelock – Rhythm 77 – 11:03
Wave Temples – Procession of the Star People – 15:01
DR. ATMO – Dua – 15:43
Lee Hannah – valley bird – 21:33
Florigenix – Vector Shrine of Gentle Breath – 22:13
Giuliano Sorgini – Miraggio – 23:17
David Cordero – Las Albinas – 25:44
Giuliano Sorgini – Oasi Nella Giungla – 29:38
Gilroy Mere – Torver and Coppermines – 30:05
Chocolate Hills, The Orb – Ace – 33:35
Jonny Trunk – Nest We Forgot – 37:39
Ümlaut – Pour Un Moment – 39:33
Crystal Quartez – Growth – 44:02
Felix Laband – Prelude – 53:23
Tomer Baruch – Into the Pond – 57:39
Be the 8th soul to save the Spotify playlist based on For the Birds. At the final show it reached 283 songs, 24 hr 8 min.
For the Birds 034
P.SUS – Forever Forest – 00:00
Bill Laswell – Waiting In Vain – 02:52
No Translation – Remembering Fresh Air – 06:57
Rhucle – Rigid Hornwort – 09:21
Jon Hopkins – Vessel (Four Tet Remix) – 14:24
Imogen Heap – Between Sheets – 21:16
Tornado Wallace – Kingdom Animalia – 23:52
Stubbleman – 6am Chorus – 27:45
Felix Laband – Down The Garden Path – 32:21
glo – never ending – 44:08
Nouvelle Vague – I Melt With You – 48:00
Be the 8th soul to save the Spotify version of For the Birds 22hr 11min of bird song in songs.
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