Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 289
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-289/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
A warm, slightly hauntological ambient journey through memory pools, lost-and-found melodies, and parallel realities.
Side A gathers shared sonic connections, 1974 household radiophonics, midnight Frankfurt tones, recovered places, Lancashire ease, and ballad-inspired ambient forms. Side B drifts through emotional anchors, nostalgic Japanese colour, Quiet Figures still gathering, serpents in daylight, elemental wooded harmony, and ends walking the fictional lanes of Belbury.
Overall mood: Contemplative, nostalgic, and gently communal — full of recovered light, quiet personal colour, and soft village atmosphere. Perfect for deep listening, late evenings, or sitting with the ordinary as it quietly transforms.
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.
00:00:00 Soeik – Memory Pool
Soeik – Memory Pool. Diverse artists gather under the SLIT ART banner, each contribution expanding the label’s reach through shared sonic connection.
00:08:07 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Instamatic
The Twelve Hour Foundation – Instamatic. Household objects and treated recordings capture 1974 spirit. Radiophonic Workshop colours meet Tangerine Dream and early Kraftwerk nods in Bristol rooms.
00:12:04 HDRF – Frankfurt After Midnight
HDRF – Frankfurt After Midnight. Compilation tones settle across the sixth Sound for the Soul gathering of listeners and makers.
00:17:30 Dionisaf – Lost and Found
Dionisaf – Lost and Found. Melodies rise from previously misplaced places.
00:20:01 Brapscallion – Shadaloo
Brapscallion – Shadaloo. Lancashire rhythms move in easy layered motion.
00:23:03 Green Static – Three Corbies
Green Static – Three Corbies. Traditional ballad imagery from The Long Harvest inspires new ambient forms, profits flowing toward ClientEarth protection of earth systems.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:32:12 Samatha – Drift X
Samatha – Drift X. Spontaneous layering and looping search for anchors among shifting emotions.
00:33:01 Saitoh Tomohiro – nostalgic vibes
Saitoh Tomohiro – nostalgic vibes. Japanese tones previously heard through U-Cover connections expand in quiet personal colour.
00:37:04 Visionary Lines – Two Parallel Realities
Visionary Lines – Two Parallel Realities. Rich Johnson’s projects move through the Quiet Figures still gathering.
00:41:56 Christian Fiesel – Serpent In Broad Daylight
Christian Fiesel – Serpent In Broad Daylight. DeepMind12 and Memotron voices ride wild sketches and longer pieces inspired by The Illustrated Man.
00:57:43 Castle Waters – Elemental Harmony
Castle Waters – Elemental Harmony. Wooded walkways and ancient bridges inspire metaphysical relaxation. ETERNITEA awaits at 1:37 in the floating gazebo overlooking the lake.
01:01:16 Belbury Poly – Music, Movement & Meaning
Belbury Poly – Music, Movement & Meaning. Vintage analogue synths, hand percussion, melodica, psaltery and samples walk the fictional village. Disembodied laughter and Minimoog lead from Rattler’s Hey through Pan’s Garden.
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 289.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 281
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-281/
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 281. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
A quiet, luminous ambient journey through fog, silence, emergence, and dual light.
Side A drifts from museum fog and deep indigo silence into larval longing, early string tones, perpetual candle mornings, and distant postcard transmissions. Side B opens across bonnie banks and underwater echolocation into temple soundscapes, interplanetary stillness, dismal radiance, and mirrored dual forms.
Overall mood: Contemplative, tender, and gently expansive — full of soft emergence, reflective depth, and quiet shared presence. Perfect for deep listening, early mornings, or peaceful solitude.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,108 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.
Fog drifts in thick luminous layers across open museum halls. Simon Cacheux – Fog. Field recordings and synthesized tones rise with shakuhachi breath and cymbal resonance. The entire landscape holds the quiet presence of an event already unfolding, the air filled with contemplative motion.
Silence expands through deep indigo space. Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken & Henrik Meierkord – Silence In The Dark. Cello tones stretch into long translucent ribbons while spoken words dissolve into the surrounding drones. Texture and language move together in measured waves, the whole field opening into reflective presence.
Larval forms glow in soft emerging light. Florigenix – larval longing. Ambient and experimental tones sculpt the open spaces between notes into a melodic tapestry. Shared sonic connections rise in serene sequential layers, each one expanding the quiet field of reflection.
A single tone unfolds across violin and viola strings. Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Liian varhain. Subtle synthesizer textures rise around the layered strings in slow structures. Resonance and timbre move in quiet dialogue, the entire space holding acoustic closeness and gentle emergence.
Perpetual mornings open in soft candle-coloured light. Spirituals – Perpetual Mornings. Pedal steel and acoustic guitars drift with analog and virtual synths, vibraphone, cymbals, percussion, voice memos and field recordings. Each spontaneous composition rises as a glowing candle through the open air.
A postcard arrives carrying distant guitar tones and field-recorded air. Oberlin – Postcard #4. A Fernandes Telecaster voice moves through open landscape sounds recorded in May light, the whole surface expanding in quiet transmission.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
Bonnie banks stretch under soft folk-derived ambient skies. Arboresque – The Bonnie Banks. Traditional ballad imagery opens into new sonic forms. The entire field rises as a tribute landscape of shared creation flowing toward open environmental light.
Echolocation pulses move through dense underwater corridors. Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Echolocation. Sonic signals expand in mapping waves, each one revealing new luminous territories of shared presence.
A temple forms in dark sound. boycalledcrow – temple. Heavier beats and dub-inflected soundscapes rise around alien phenomena and personal memory. The entire space opens in immersive motion through grief-shaped and expansive fields.
Interplanetary time stretches across sparse electronic textures. TheAdelaidean – Interplanetary Time (featuring Lauren Jones). E-bow drones and heavily processed ambient recordings carry a passive traveller through prolonged motion. Voices whisper at the edge of consciousness while fractured melodies echo from distant harmonic turns, the whole journey unfolding in layered stillness.
Dismal radiance pours through liminal corridors of flowing memory. Philippe Blache – Through The Dismal Radiance. Meandering immersive textures and high emotional tones open into imaginary territories. The entire headspace expands in careful melancholic repetition and profound sonic depth.
Dual forms rise in mirrored light. Irène Blanc – Dual. Parallel tones move together across open space, each layer expanding the shared field in dual motion.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 26 September.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that stir anything?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work.
Deadline: 24 September.
This has been Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 281.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A
00:00:00 Simon Cacheux – Fog
Fog drifts in thick luminous layers across open museum halls. Simon Cacheux – Fog. Field recordings and synthesized tones rise with shakuhachi breath and cymbal resonance. The entire landscape holds the quiet presence of an event already unfolding, the air filled with contemplative motion.
00:08:39 Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken & Henrik Meierkord – Silence In The Dark
Silence expands through deep indigo space. Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken & Henrik Meierkord – Silence In The Dark. Cello tones stretch into long translucent ribbons while spoken words dissolve into the surrounding drones. Texture and language move together in steady measured waves, the whole field opening into reflective presence.
00:13:27 Florigenix – larval longing
Larval forms glow in soft emerging light. Florigenix – larval longing. Ambient and experimental tones sculpt the open spaces between notes into a melodic tapestry. Shared sonic connections rise in serene sequential layers, each one expanding the quiet field of reflection.
00:17:14 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Liian varhain
A single tone unfolds across violin and viola strings. Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Liian varhain. Subtle synthesizer textures rise around the layered strings in slow structures. Resonance and timbre move in quiet dialogue, the entire space holding acoustic closeness and gentle emergence.
00:19:26 Spirituals – Perpetual Mornings
Perpetual mornings open in soft candle-coloured light. Spirituals – Perpetual Mornings. Pedal steel and acoustic guitars drift with analog and virtual synths, vibraphone, cymbals, percussion, voice memos and field recordings. Each spontaneous composition rises as a glowing candle through the open air.
00:21:28 Oberlin – Postcard #4
A postcard arrives carrying distant guitar tones and field-recorded air. Oberlin – Postcard #4. A Fernandes Telecaster voice moves through open landscape sounds recorded in May light, the whole surface expanding in quiet transmission.
Side B
00:25:32 Arboresque – The Bonnie Banks
Bonnie banks stretch under soft folk-derived ambient skies. Arboresque – The Bonnie Banks. Traditional ballad imagery opens into new sonic forms. The entire field rises as a tribute landscape of quiet shared creation flowing toward open environmental light.
00:31:38 Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Echolocation
Echolocation pulses move through dense underwater corridors. Biodiverse, Anee Molly & Canblaster – Echolocation. Sonic signals expand in mapping waves, each one revealing new luminous territories of shared presence.
00:38:14 boycalledcrow – temple
A temple forms in dark continuous sound. boycalledcrow – temple. Heavier beats and dub-inflected soundscapes rise around alien phenomena and personal memory. The entire space opens in steady immersive motion through grief-shaped and expansive fields.
00:40:57 TheAdelaidean – Interplanetary Time (featuring Lauren Jones)
Interplanetary time stretches across sparse electronic textures. TheAdelaidean – Interplanetary Time (featuring Lauren Jones). E-bow drones and heavily processed ambient recordings carry a passive traveller through prolonged motion. Voices whisper at the edge of consciousness while fractured melodies echo from distant harmonic turns, the whole journey unfolding in continuous layered stillness.
00:46:20 Philippe Blache – Through The Dismal Radiance
Dismal radiance pours through liminal corridors of flowing memory. Philippe Blache – Through The Dismal Radiance. Meandering immersive textures and high emotional tones open into continuous imaginary territories. The entire headspace expands in careful melancholic repetition and profound sonic depth.
00:51:48 Irène Blanc – Dual
Dual forms rise in mirrored continuous light. Irène Blanc – Dual. Parallel tones move together across open space, each layer expanding the shared field in steady dual motion.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 26 September.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that stir anything?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work.
Deadline: 24 September.
This has been Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 279.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 263
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-263/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 263. 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 varied, atmospheric ambient journey blending mystical folklore, northern chill, and intimate warmth.
Side A moves from relaxing breaks and cliff-hanging tension into union commentary and mosaic beauty. Side B drifts through coastal calm, wizardly myths, hyperborean ice, sinister clouds, sunny winds, and communal glass.
Overall mood: Contemplative, mystical, and gently dynamic with a mix of dark mystery and hopeful warmth. Perfect for deep listening, nature connection, or late-night immersion.
As of now I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. as I’ve put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 263 episodes as well as the 820 plus other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for 3 quid anymore. 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.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by the collaboration of Analogue Path & channel friend Akira Film Script with the track “Lamkin” from volume two of the fantastic compilation series “The Silent Harvest” which you should really add to your collection if you haven’t already. They’re out on the Manchester based label FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS.
Then an artist that contacted me recently, fellow Irishman, Kilkenny based, Sean Grimes who goes bye the alias “NQUAUS” with the shortest track of the episode with the longest title “Rushe Cuts- NEW START- May 26- Vol. 1 – 15 – v.1.2 -Cliff Hanger” from the self released EP “Rushe Cuts vol.1 (Teaser)”.
After that Gordon Chapman-Fox an artist who is no stranger to the channel. A man with his noggin in the right place. “Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan” with the soaring track “Part of the Union” from the album “People & Industry Special Edition” with 4 bonus tracks from the 2021 original album, and you can grab that from the Castles In Space label.
This is followed by the Auckland, New Zealand artist Jim Marjoram and another piece from “The Silent Harvest Volume Two” FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS release the dark track is called “Lass of Lochroyan”.
Finishing off the first half is Berlin-based French musician arc rae and the stunning track “Mosaic” from the album “Bow and Arrow” and that’s out on long time channel supporter Las Vegas based Mystery Circles.
But first, to set the vibe is a collaboration I played on the last episode by Third Kind Records label curator Nicholas Langley together with university buddy Stephen Cousins. They are collectively known as Hz & Fisty Kendal here with the track “Relaxing Break” from the album “Now What?”
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.
Starting us off is Liverpool based artist Borchardt with the bubbling piece titled “Hanko” from the self titled, self released album and also on the outstanding periodical magazine from Wirrals finest Moolakii Club Audio Interface.
Then another artist I played on the previous episode, Bristol based HAWKSMOOR with a medieval inspired “Myrddin Wyltt” from the album “Yclept Thorn” which you can obtain via the Library Of The Occult label.
After that an album I’ve played a lot lately and one of my favourite of the year so far “Petite Constellations” by Seattle based Bluetech here with the superb track “Hyperborealis”. You can grab the album from Bluetechs Bandcamp page, also Evans own label Behind The Sky on vinyl and Ian Boddy curated DiN Records for your CD version.
Then I’ve gone back to 2017 and a track from channel friend Belial Pelegrim titled “Followed by a Sinister Cloud” from the compilation release “Do You” from the, now defunct, Mangled Music Co., who were an affiliate of Triplicate Records.
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of the 2014 track “Sun wind” by Protuberance from an album I’ve also played from in the previous episode “Recollections” go and grab a name your price version on the Bulgarian Mahorka label.
Finishing us off is UK duo Suncastle & Paris Texas known as Glass Roots with the soothing piece “Now Everybody” from their 2020 Triplicate Records release “The Idiot”.
But first Borchardt and Hanko. Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Hz & Fisty Kendal – Relaxing Break
Casual, break-time ambient with playful, relaxing vibes and intimate, bedroom warmth. Light-hearted and cosy.
00:08:29 Analogue Path & Akira Film Script – Lamkin
Nostalgic, folk-tinged ambient with tape-warmed textures and storytelling intimacy. Haunting and comforting.
00:14:53 NQUAUS – Rushe Cuts- NEW START- May 26- Vol. 1 – 15 – v.1.2 -Cliff Hanger
Dramatic, cliff-hanging electronic with urgent, new-start energy and raw, rushing tension. Intense and cinematic.
00:17:04 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Part of the Union
Brutalist, union-themed hauntology with retro-futurist synths and social commentary edge. Stark and evocative.
00:21:25 Jim Marjoram – Lass of Lochroyan
Traditional folk-ambient reimagining with misty, loch-side melancholy and gentle, ballad warmth.
00:25:07 arc rae – Mosaic
Fragmented, mosaic-like ambient with pieced-together beauty and delicate, colourful patterns.
Side B
00:29:01 Borchardt – Hanko
Finnish?-inspired ambient with cold, coastal Hanko textures and northern, minimalist calm.
00:32:10 Hawksmoor – Myrddin Wyltt
Mystical, Merlin-inspired ambient with occult British folklore resonance and ancient, wizardly depth.
00:35:27 Bluetech – Hyperborealis
Hyperborean, northern synth with icy, mythical beauty and vast, polar wonder.
00:38:09 Belial Pelegrim – Followed by a Sinister Cloud
Dark, cloud-followed ambient with sinister shadows and brooding, cinematic tension.
00:43:34 Protuberance – Sun wind
Warm, wind-blown ambient with solar energy and flowing, sunny movement. Radiant and dynamic.
00:49:53 Glass Roots – Now Everybody
Communal ambient with transparent, collective warmth and uplifting unity.
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 235
Based on the track “Oceanic” by “Fields of Few” from the compilation album “Music for Condensation”.
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 deep, introspective, and elemental ambient journey moving through water, inner worlds, decay, and vast landscapes.
Side A flows from oceanic vastness into personal fragility and emotional submersion. Side B shifts across desert expanses, tropical warmth, ghostly seas, and subterranean spaces before ending on gentle, cyclical calm.
Overall mood: Melancholic, immersive, and quietly contemplative with a strong sense of place and solitude. It feels like drifting slowly through different environments and emotional states — ideal for focused deep listening, meditation, or late-night reflection.
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 Fields of Few – Oceanic
Vast, rolling ambient with deep aquatic textures and gentle wave-like motion. Immersive and serene.
00:04:30 f5point6 – World Within Our World
Introspective, layered ambient exploring inner and outer realms with warm, detailed electronics. Thoughtful and expansive.
00:15:45 Veins Full Of Static – Ceaseless Collapse
Dark, crumbling ambient with heavy static and relentless structural decay. Tense and atmospheric.
00:21:07 Federica Deiana – Sinking
Gently submerging ambient with soft, dissolving textures and emotional weight. Delicate and melancholic.
00:23:18 Spirit Unwell – Inside
Intimate, inward-focused ambient with fragile vulnerability and quiet emotional resonance.
00:24:30 Nick May – Minilogue 1
Minimal, refined ambient with subtle melodic touches and patient, elegant flow.
Side B
00:28:15 David Strother – other desert cities
Sparse, sun-bleached desert violin ambient with wide-open spaces and dry, haunting beauty.
00:31:01 landtitles – tropics of the sun
Warm, geographic ambient evoking tropical landscapes with glowing pads and gentle heat haze.
00:32:59 Lines of Silence – The Ghost Ship
Eerie, drifting nautical ambient with ghostly presence and foggy maritime mystery.
00:36:56 Carlos Ferreira – inconsistency
Subtle, fluctuating ambient with fragile textures and quiet emotional uncertainty.
00:42:58 Stray wool – Under
Subterranean, muffled ambient with soft pressure and buried introspection.
00:46:11 mRn – Cosas Del Mundo
Gentle, worldly ambient steel guitar with organic warmth and reflective, everyday poetry.
00:48:49 life on marx – Gatava
Dreamy, flowing ambient with subtle rhythmic undertow and emotional lift.
00:50:21 Foam and Sand – Circle 63
Lush, cyclical ambient with soft granular textures and meditative repetition. Calming closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 226
Friends Manufacturing Space
Based on the track “Man and Manufacturing” from the album “People & Industry Special Edition” by “Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan”.
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 thoughtful and emotionally layered ambient journey moving between hope, nostalgia, and darkness.
Side A offers gentle optimism and delicate beauty, while Side B drifts into warped nostalgia, hauntological melancholy, and ends in deep, dramatic intensity.
Overall mood: Melancholic, reflective, and slightly eerie with moments of warmth and wonder. It has a strong sense of introspection and temporal retreat — perfect for late-night listening or quiet, focused 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 Hverheij – Un
Minimal, introspective ambient with sparse textures and quiet emotional restraint. Clean and contemplative.
00:06:29 Interstellar Messenger – Sunrise Solitude
Warm, glowing ambient capturing the peaceful solitude of dawn in deep space. Hopeful and radiant.
00:14:40 The Music Liberation Front Sweden – I Hope We Will Be Friends One Day Soon
Gentle, optimistic electronic with heartfelt warmth and subtle quirky charm. Tender and endearing.
00:18:01 Antonin De Bemels – ReCOMPTINE Une
Delicate, re-composed piano and electronic piece with fragile beauty and subtle movement. Poetic and graceful.
00:23:53 Kasia Gawlik – Echo 4
Haunting, reverberant ambient with soft echoing layers and emotional distance. Ethereal and melancholic.
Side B
00:28:42 Boards of Canada – You Retreat In Time And Space
Classic BoC warped nostalgia with eerie melodies and retreating analogue haze. Dreamlike and unsettling.
00:34:08 Hello Meteor – Species of Special Concern
Smooth, cinematic downtempo with ecological undertones and lush textures. Warm and reflective.
00:37:10 Electric Supply Station – The Lander (Reimagination)
Atmospheric, exploratory electronic with a sense of landing and discovery. Spacious and immersive.
00:41:02 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Man and Manufacturing
Brutalist hauntology with retro-futurist synths and industrial melancholy. Stark and atmospheric.
00:46:34 DOMOTIC – Irisé
Iridescent, shimmering electronic with fluid melodic layers and colourful warmth.
00:47:53 Audio Obscura – Is it true we only dream in Black and White?
Dreamy, questioning ambient with soft monochrome textures and subtle wonder.
00:53:25 worriedaboutsatan – And You in the Lowest Depths of Hell
Dark, powerful post-rock/ambient with heavy emotional weight and brooding intensity. Dramatic closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 216
Crystal Dream Exposure
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 serene, minimalist, and deeply atmospheric ambient journey focused on introspection, nature, and emotional subtlety.
Side A drifts from sparse elegance and remote wilderness sounds into ritualistic mystery, crystalline shimmer, dreamy states, and dramatic natural forces. Side B warms slightly with nostalgic memories, hopeful release, and gentle coastal waters.
Overall mood: Calm, contemplative, and quietly melancholic. It has a strong sense of stillness and inner space — like observing vast landscapes, fading memories, or personal reflection in solitude. Perfect for focused listening, meditation, reading, or late-night wind-down. Intimate and immersive with beautiful restraint.
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 philippe neau – N
Minimal, restrained ambient with delicate tones and quiet introspection. Sparse and elegant.
00:05:02 Drune – Tierra del Fuego Sessions II
Vast, windswept ambient capturing remote southern landscapes. Cold, earthy, and immersive.
00:07:40 Teatre – The Call
Haunting, ritualistic ambient with subtle urgency and emotional depth. Mysterious and compelling.
00:09:50 Rhucle – Keeper Of Time
Gentle, time-suspended ambient with soft evolving layers and patient beauty. Meditative and warm.
00:12:01 Vel Raine – Crystal Vibes
Shimmering, crystalline ambient with bright, high-frequency sparkle and luminous clarity.
00:18:04 Audio Obscura – Dream States #1
Soft, floating dreamscape ambient with blurred edges and subconscious drift. Hypnotic and serene.
00:22:37 Tim Stebbing – Osorno Eruption
Dramatic, rumbling ambient inspired by volcanic force with deep textures and tension.
Side B
00:27:59 Akira Film Script – N8-99
Cinematic, minimalist ambient with subtle narrative tension and filmic restraint.
00:37:11 SanelliX & SpoonBeats – memories together
Warm, nostalgic lo-fi ambient with intimate textures and sentimental glow.
00:38:09 Ed Herbers – A Way Out
Hopeful, spacious ambient with gentle forward movement and emotional release.
00:43:00 Jo Johnson – Deluded Them All
Subtle, slightly uneasy ambient with clever layering and quiet psychological edge.
00:48:58 C-Shape – Brittany Pt. II
Coastal, breezy ambient with soft regional character and peaceful fluidity.
00:53:21 Peter Davidson – Waiting Waters
Calm, flowing ambient with deep aquatic resonance and patient stillness. Beautiful closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 209
Minimal and focused, it unfolds with quiet intensity and subtle structural beauty.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 209 of the Virtual Cassette Library. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
This episode is based on the track “Lectures on Radio Telegraphy” by Andrew Heath from the upcoming album “Airships & Aeronauts” which drops on the 5th of June via the Driftworks label. Also a massive thank you to See Blue Audio, FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS, whitelabrecs, Mystery Circles, Imaginary North and Mahorka for sponsoring the episode with material.
This is a gentle, introspective journey through soft melancholy and quiet wonder. It feels like a slow, overcast spring day — hazy light, light rain on umbrellas, fading golden-hour glow, and the comforting solitude of hidden places. There’s a pervasive sense of transition and impermanence (spring haze, last light, aftermath, phantom presence), balanced by moments of serene beauty and meditative calm. The atmosphere is warm yet wistful, organic and slightly ghostly, inviting deep reflection without ever becoming dark or heavy.
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 NRV – Harugasumi (Spring Haze)
Warm, fuzzy Japanese ambient/drone with elegiac chords and soft, enveloping textures. Like a gentle spring mist that softens the landscape while hinting at renewal and quiet melancholy.
00:08:24 Pulselovers – Three Ravens
Atmospheric, folk-tinged ambient/electronic work with a mysterious, narrative edge. Evokes ancient folklore and brooding English countryside through subtle pulses and haunting layers.
00:11:17 IDRA – Arcadia
Idyllic, utopian ambient inspired by paradisiacal visions. Lush, flowing textures and serene tones create a sense of lost or imagined perfection—peaceful and glowing.
00:15:03 Spheruleus – Umbrella Days
Intimate, reflective piece from The Lost Catalogue. Soft, rainy-day collages of field recordings and warm drones capture sheltered, contemplative moments under grey skies.
00:16:53 Julien Hauspie – Last Light
Gentle, fading ambient with cinematic warmth. Delicate layers evoke the final golden rays of daylight—poignant, peaceful, and beautifully transient.
00:20:51 CRSY – Lattermath
Minimal, precise ambient with a sense of aftermath and resolution. Clean textures and thoughtful spacing create a calm, post-climax stillness.
00:22:10 Wavefiler – Between Whether
Modular synth ambient exploring uncertainty and transition. Fluid, wavering tones drift beautifully in the space between decision and doubt.
00:23:58 Chorchill – A Phantom Thing
Ethereal, ghostly ambient with elusive, haunting qualities. Subtle shifts and shadowy textures feel like encountering something half-remembered or barely there.
Side B
00:29:21 Lazy Summer Dogs and Dorraa – Secret Garden
Long-form, meditative ambient inviting deep relaxation. Lush, verdant textures and gentle evolution create an immersive, hidden sanctuary of calm and wonder.
00:42:37 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Ensnared, Bewildered
Organic, free-form improvisation blending acoustic instruments and experimental textures. Tangled, emotive layers evoke confusion, entanglement, and raw emotional immediacy.
00:46:20 The Merricks – bds3
Sparse, introspective ambient/electronic exploration. Minimal and focused, it unfolds with quiet intensity and subtle structural beauty.
00:51:21 Andrew Heath – Lectures on Radio Telegraphy
Thoughtful, lower-case ambient built around piano, electronics, and field recordings. Evokes early wireless communication through crackling signals, distance, and historical resonance.
Youtube short version: https://youtu.be/NsQW0sqZtpM
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 201
Mysterious and seductive.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 201 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 “The Poison Garden” by Electric Pentacle. Available on the amazing upcoming compilation album “The Silent Harvest Volume One”. Dropping June 25 on the amazing FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS. Which features amongst others HDRF, Field Lines Cartographer, Twilight Sequence, Hawksmoor, Pulselovers and many more legends of the scene.
If you make music and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Please, if you can, subscribe — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Rural Tapes – Lucid Dreaming
Gentle, hazy ambient with soft-focus electronics and dream-state fluidity. Warm, immersive, and quietly hypnotic.
00:06:31 Young Marco – Kalapa Garden
Balearic-tinged electronic with lush tropical vegetation and sun-dappled grooves. Breezy, organic, and blissfully relaxed.
00:11:44 Chris Paladin – Epsilon Zone
Sparse, zoned-out electronic minimalism with clean lines and subtle cosmic drift. Focused and atmospheric.
00:18:14 Bernard Grancher – Risible Mention
Playful, slightly absurdist electronic with quirky rhythms and light-hearted experimentation. Witty and charming.
00:21:12 Belbury Poly – Star Jelly
Haunting Ghost Box-style hauntology with nostalgic analogue synths and eerie pastoral mystery. Dreamlike and nostalgic.
00:25:40 Electric Pentacle – The Poison Garden
Dark, occult-tinged folk-electronic with poisonous beauty and shadowy atmosphere. Mysterious and seductive.
Side B
00:29:10 Christian Kleine – Serene Salt Mines
Crystalline, minimalist ambient with shimmering textures and deep calm. Cool, spacious, and meditative.
00:33:11 Salvatore Mercatante – How Many Hands
Intricate, tactile electronic with mysterious layers and subtle rhythmic undertow. Detailed and enigmatic.
00:38:45 Vanilla – Moonlight
Smooth, jazzy downtempo beats with warm nocturnal glow and mellow grooves. Silky and atmospheric.
00:42:18 Simon Mills – Cathaleen Power (2021)
Deep, rolling Balearic house with oceanic warmth and gentle propulsion. Sunny and hypnotic.
00:44:02 Al Lover – Stockhausen Soundsystem
Psychedelic, experimental electronics with krautrock influence and cosmic weirdness. Trippy and energetic.
00:47:18 Will Gregory Moog Ensemble – Buoyancy Theory (feat. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales)
Majestic Moog-orchestral hybrid with rich analogue warmth and elegant lift. Grand yet intimate.
00:50:05 Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division
Retro-futurist electronic with broadcast-like textures and vintage institutional charm. Nostalgic and precise.
00:56:21 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Stepping Stones
Quirky, melodic library-inspired electronica with playful charm and gentle stepping rhythms. Warm and whimsical.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 197
Waiting For You
Downtempo IDM
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the new 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 titled Waiting For You is based on the track “I’m Waiting For You” by friend of the channel Damiano Verno, better known as Arcane Trickster . Available through the Greek label Cosmicleaf Records.
If you make music and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
And if you’re enjoying the channel, please consider subscribing — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 THE GAYE DEVICE – Found Spaces
Warm, exploratory ambient with found-sound textures and gentle electronic drift. Intimate and architectural.
00:05:27 P. G. Warren – Noctilumen
Glowing nocturnal ambient with soft luminous drones and subtle bioluminescent sparkle. Dreamlike and serene.
00:08:32 The Jaffa Kid – Entitled II
Playful, slightly mischievous IDM/electronic with crisp rhythms and quirky melodies. Light-footed and charming.
00:13:47 Arcane Trickster – I’m Waiting For You
Mysterious, cinematic ambient with occult-tinged atmosphere and patient tension. Spellbinding and shadowy.
00:16:19 In Vitro – Celestes
Celestial deep techno/ambient with airy pads and subtle propulsion. Floating and heavenly.
00:17:36 Me Lost Me – Science and Art
Whimsical, poetic electronic pop with clever spoken-word elements and warm grooves. Playful and human.
00:22:05 Jetfire Prime – Sunrise Over Skyline (Rare Minidisc only Release)
Radiant, retro-futurist ambient with warm analogue glow and optimistic dawn energy. Hopeful and expansive.
00:24:55 The Heartwood Institute – The Tod
Haunting, folkloric dark ambient with rural British mystery and eerie stillness. Atmospheric and folk-horror tinged.
Side B
00:27:57 deepspace – Rainy メガシティ 七 Precinct
Cyber-noir ambient drenched in rain-soaked melancholy and dystopian neon. Deep, immersive, and cinematic.
00:32:56 CIALYN – In From the Cold II
Cosy, wintry ambient with warm recovery tones and gentle melodic thaw. Intimate and comforting.
00:38:41 Sensorama – Echtzeit
Crisp, real-time electronic minimalism with precise rhythms and clear German techno influence. Clean and hypnotic.
00:44:51 Home – Nosebleed
Dreamy, slightly chaotic bedroom electronic with nostalgic warmth and hazy emotion. Introspective and charmingly raw.
00:47:48 Near Stoic – 94
Minimal, stoic ambient/electronic with restrained beauty and quiet emotional weight. Patient and refined.
00:51:42 Vivid Stars Forgotten – Teleport 3
Weightless cosmic ambient with low grounding bass and gentle, dissolving melodic fragments. Serene, slow-burning, and transportive.
Clear Beach Sanctuary
00:00:00 James Osland – From A Tiny Speck Life Begins
00:06:17 The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued
00:08:40 Scholars of the Peak – Seashaken Sanctuary
00:12:01 Willebrant – Change
00:15:55 Boxed Dancer – Lost at C
00:19:25 Bahrambient, Retland, Kilometre Club – Moontides
00:21:43 CommsBreakdown – Kiama Skies
00:27:18 MICADO – The Crystal lake
00:33:56 Masefield Labs – Sonobuoy
00:40:06 Warm Aquarelle – Varna
00:46:47 *Lazy Summer Dogs and Dorraa – Clear Path
00:58:25 Tim Stebbing – Farewell Plymouth
01:05:05 rikardfvs – un morceau de débris marins
01:10:43 Alan Elettronico – Sirens
01:13:28 Deep Earth Network – Land 2
01:35:21 TOMC – You Are Balearic
01:37:46 micca – Rise in love
*Track is exclusive at time of release.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 196
25 April 2026
Skivcentrum in Uppsala where I bought Bitches Brew.
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey. Welcome. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-six.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous. But really it’s just me and the frequencies in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets we exist.
Stream it free for seven days on Mixcloud.
The background track is available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11 on Bandcamp. The episodes are sonic journeys with metaphysical flips at the halfway mark—perfect for long walks, mental wanders, or quiet moments alone with the universe.
No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
This episode is broadcasting from a record store in Uppsala where I bought Bitches Brew.
Headphones on. Let time dissolve. And let the frequencies claim you.
A Side
Survey Channel – Jaa’abaní (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
A bat-radar pulse that maps the night sky in flickering code – Peel would’ve played this twice.
Justice – Repercussus (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
Echoes rebound like guilt in an empty church; dark, devotional techno.
Hamandra – Nocturnal Conundrum (Secuencias Temporales, various compilations circa 2020–2026)
A puzzle wrapped in velvet dusk – hypnotic and slightly dangerous.
Tomoroh Hidari – Black Star Elevator (Mahorka, Music For Elevators Vol.4, December 2012)
Rides the shaft between floors of reality; creaking, beautiful, eternal.
Recidivist – Characteristic Techniques (Mahorka, Eastern Depths IV, September 2020)
Bulgarian underground grit that smells of solder and rain on concrete.
The Black Dog – Static Between Us (Dust Science / The Black Dog Bandcamp, Loud Ambient 2, April 2026)
Sheffield static that feels like two old friends not quite touching.
Darkhalf – The Cave (Dustopian Frequencies – recent compilation appearance)
Dripping limestone beats from somewhere far below the daylight world.
The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued (Folk Police Recordings, Plague Dogs, April 2026)
Haunting coastal elegy rescued from the tides of memory.
The Science – Farewells and hellos (Mahorka, Eastern Depths IV, September 2020)
A two-minute postcard from the edge of goodbye and beginning.
*Photophobik – Coldchain (Woodford Halse – yet to be released)
Frozen signal from a label that never misses; ice-cold future ambient.
B Side
Hexham Wolf – The Night Singer (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
A lone howl that turns the dark into velvet theatre.
Dogs Versus Shadows & Nicholas Langley – Substation Doll Gets Its Own Back (Strategic Tape Reserve, 16mm, April 2026)
Cassette ghosts reclaiming the power grid – playful, eerie, perfect.
Phil Geraldi – Taos Hum (ChakraWhip / Not Not Fun, Rural Deceased Undiscovered, May 2026)
That low eternal buzz you can’t unhear once the desert gets inside you.
*Farmacia – Cinco Cuartos (Woodford Halse – yet to be released)
Warm, flickering quarters of analogue light from the Doncaster vaults.
RIKAAR – Raining Space Mellow X (Rikaar Bandcamp – recent)
Space rain that tastes like melancholy and neon.
MiDi BiTCH – Genex Turm [Belgrad] (Cyclical Dreams – recent)
Belgrade tower transmission beamed straight into the nervous system.
Tim Stebbing – Homeward (Cyclical Dreams – recent)
Gentle propulsion toward whatever home means tonight.
E.U.E.R.P.I. – Left-Right (Mahorka – recent)
Stereo panning that feels like walking through two parallel memories.
Salamanda – allez, pousse! (Salamanda Bandcamp – recent)
French-tinged push into brighter, stranger territory.
OID – i-ph jz master (LO Recordings – recent)
Glitchy phone-jazz from the wires between worlds.
[Outro]
You’ve been listening to… well, everything.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline like little glowing breadcrumbs.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust, frequencies and me.
Send files, codes, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Survey Channel – Jaa’abaní – 01:00
Justice – Repercussus – 05:00
Hamandra – Nocturnal Conundrum – 08:15
Tomoroh Hidari – Black Star Elevator – 12:00
Recidivist – Characteristic Techniques – 17:45
The Black Dog – Static Between Us – 24:00
Darkhalf – The Cave – 26:05
The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued – 31:00
The Science – Farewells and hellos – 34:25
*Photophobik – Coldchain – 36:25
B Side – 39:26
Hexham Wolf – The Night Singer – 39:58
Dogs Versus Shadows & Nicholas Langley – Substation Doll Gets Its Own Back – 43:00
Phil Geraldi – Taos Hum – 47:45
*Farmacia – Cinco Cuartos – 52:20
RIKAAR – Raining Space Mellow X – 55:30
MiDi BiTCH – Genex Turm [Belgrad] – 1:00:35
Tim Stebbing – Homeward – 1:05:00
E.U.E.R.P.I. – Left-Right – 1:12:00
Salamanda – allez, pousse! – 1:16:15
OID – i-ph jz master – 1:18:45
Outro – ///outer.yarn.enhances – 1:31:33
***track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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