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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