Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 282
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-282/
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 282. 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.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,111 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.
A reflective, slightly melancholic ambient journey through vanishing places, last forests, and hovering resonances.
Side A opens in dense brainforests and soft sanctuaries, then blooms through disk errors, chosen confusion, Tokyo pavilions, and tired roads halfway from nowhere. Side B drifts into possible villages, orbital last forests, electric roads of trials, chalk coastal paths, invisible hovering worlds, and ends in the hazed industrial interzone of Motor City.
Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and quietly expansive — full of soft disappearances, preserved light, and gentle forward motion. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or drifting through imagined landscapes.
The tape unspools its visions.
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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 282.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A
00:03:52 Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again
Woodwind and spidery guitars open a dense forest of homemade percussion. Polypores – Seeing Absolutely Everything, Then Never Seeing It Again. Tenor recorder, piano, drums and kalimba rise into insectile textures and weaving repetitive melodies. The Brainforest expands in childlike layered motion, every surface alive with loose and slack exploration.
00:12:27 Halftribe – Sanctuary
Sanctuary forms in swirling so-longs and dreamy murmured goodbyes. Halftribe – Sanctuary. Immersive tones drift through quiet open space, the field settling into soft reflective presence.
00:14:20 maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]
A disk error blooms into luminous data patterns. maps and diagrams – bloom.Solr- X a.41 [disk.err]. Signal fragments rearrange across open digital ground, each one expanding into new radiant forms.
00:19:36 Suncastle – Confusion
Confusion gathers around a chosen image. Suncastle – Confusion. Sonic colours rise to meet the visual surface, opening into shared imaginative light.
00:21:15 Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion
A pavilion stands inside the sleeping Cityfield of Tokyo. Ryu Oshi – Denizen 3 — Pavilion. Offerings of orange light drift from a moving train window. Kami presence expands through electric piano and synthesizer duets, the urban subconscious glowing in mutual respect.
00:25:34 Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…
Tired tires roll across an unknown road of blurred memories. Far away Nebraska – And so it begins…. Ringing fills the open air while a storm moves through the mind. Halfway from nowhere the landscape stretches forward in steady motion.
Side B
00:33:16 Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day
A village appears in quiet mirror light where realities fade into new truths. Nahal Kavand – The village where I might have lived one day. Field recordings from Tehran rise through heavy processing into thin layered soundscapes. Disappearances and vanishings open across the surface, time echoing deep within existence.
00:37:33 vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth
The last forests of Earth drift through silent orbital chambers. vOLKER rAPP – The last forests of Earth. ARP 2600 and SEM tones expand across vast greenhouse domes. The landscape holds the soft glow of preserved green light moving through space.
00:39:39 Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix)
A road of trials opens in electric layered motion. Whettman Chelmets – Road of Trials (Electric Mix). Shoegaze ambient textures rise into wide reflective fields, the path expanding in luminous presence.
00:40:31 Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head
Beachy Head rises along the foot of the Downs under muted Ravilious colours. Gilroy Mere – Beachy Head. Train windows carry undulating textures, tempos and modulations. Clarinet, trumpet, flute and voice drift through chalk paths and coastal light, crystallizing into open sonic form.
00:45:07 Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance
Hovering resonance maps an invisible world drawn in wind and granular synthesis. Philippe Deschamps, The Goodnight Project – The Hovering Resonance. Organic drones and drifting textures expand across distant melodies, opening the boundaries of the ephemeral.
00:47:21 Sand Circles – Entering Motor City
Motor City opens in dusty drum machinery and heavy echo. Sand Circles – Entering Motor City. Analog synths and derelict metropolis atmospheres rise through white sand, downtown haze and distant lights. The interzone expands in hazed industrial reverie.
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.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 198
Library Music
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 is based on the track “They Are Coming Back! (Possibly Maybe)” by friend of the channel Uncle Fido. Available through his alter ego Binaural Space. Dropped May 1.
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 Graham Reznick – Mulwray Drive
Atmospheric, filmic ambient with noir-ish tension and subtle cinematic movement. Moody and immersive.
00:04:29 Uncle Fido – They Are Coming Back! (Possibly Maybe)
Playful, slightly paranoid electronic whimsy with quirky synths and light-hearted unease. Fun and offbeat.
00:06:27 Binaural Space – Contentment
Warm, spacious ambient drift focused on calm and gentle resonance. Soothing and centred.
00:07:20 Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu – Brooklyn
Intimate, smoky jazz ballad with lyrical trumpet and warm bass. Reflective and beautifully understated.
00:09:08 Marc Codsi – The Wait
Sparse, emotionally charged ambient with patient tension and minimalist beauty. Haunting and poignant.
00:12:04 Omni Gardens – Grassland
Gentle, sun-dappled ambient with soft synths and organic, pastoral calm. Lush and serene.
00:14:13 TALsounds – Slides
Dreamy, fluid vocal-electronic layers with shifting, slippery textures. Hypnotic and otherworldly.
00:20:34 4T Thieves – The Empty Quarter
Vast, desolate ambient desert soundscapes with warm drones and subtle wind-like motion. Expansive and isolating.
00:24:39 Sven Wunder – Deep Sea
Lush, cinematic exotica/jazz with rich percussion and underwater mystique. Groovy and immersive.
00:27:17 Syrinx – Hollywood Dream Trip
Psychedelic 70s library-inspired trip with swirling analogue warmth and dreamy haze. Nostalgic and hypnotic.
00:32:05 Elijah Fox – Never Let Me Go
Tender, melancholic piano-led piece with intimate emotion and soft jazz warmth. Heartfelt and delicate.
Side B
00:34:41 Paul Ellis – Internal External
Expansive, flowing ambient with rich harmonic layers and profound spatial depth. Meditative and majestic.
00:39:30 Oscar Rocchi, Franco Godi – Pseudomistica
Mysterious Italian library music with occult-tinged melodies and vintage charm. Enigmatic and atmospheric.
00:41:17 Moon Mullins – The Slip
Loose, slippery ambient jazz with gentle grooves and hazy, nocturnal feel. Relaxed and smoky.
00:42:49 Alexis Delozanne – trig
Precise, minimalist electronic study with clean lines and subtle rhythmic intrigue. Elegant and focused.
00:45:46 The New Honey Shade – Taaffeite
Crystalline, gem-like ambient with shimmering textures and quiet luminosity. Delicate and precious.
00:46:12 Green-House – Lichen Maps
Organic, botanical ambient with soft synths and earthy, growing warmth. Nurturing and detailed.
00:49:22 Mark Ellery Griffiths – The Meadow
Peaceful, sunlit pastoral ambient with gentle field-like openness. Calm and verdant.
00:53:49 Gilroy Mere – The Downs
Evocative English landscape ambient with nostalgic, rolling countryside warmth. Pastoral and wistful.
00:57:14 Michael J. York – And They Shall Have Stars
Celestial, ritualistic ambient with cosmic drones and transcendent beauty. Majestic and starlit.
Raining Fêtes Urge
Good evening… or good morning, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome once again to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set itself. This episode titled Raining Fêtes Urge is based on the track Villages, Hamlets And Fêtes (version) by one of my all time favorite artists Matthew Davies better known as Vic Mars. It’s from the album From Different Landscapes, which came out yesterday Friday the 1st of May 2026. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
Right then… here we go.
00:00:00 Jacob Mann – Pier Walk
A breezy, melodic jazz-funk piece with warm keys and gentle grooves — perfect laid-back opener with sunny West Coast vibes.
00:04:17 Natureboy Flako – Roundelay
Atmospheric electronic beat with intricate sambaesque percussion and dreamy, wandering melodies — intimate and hypnotic.
00:05:27 Vic Mars – Villages, Hamlets And Fêtes (version)
Pastoral, nostalgic folktronica evoking English countryside scenes with soft synths and gentle rhythms.
00:07:56 Steve Cobby – Raining Pine Straw
Downtempo electronic with lush textures and a mellow, rainy-day introspection — beautifully atmospheric.
00:10:07 Animat – Liquid Fuel (Riccicomoto Lost in Jazz session)
Jazzy, liquid electronic grooves with deep bass and smooth, improvisational flair.
00:17:08 Cavern Cult – Of Hope (from Approach)
Post-rock/ambient build with emotional depth, shimmering guitars, and a sense of quiet optimism.
00:18:10 Wakan Tanka – Pinnacle
Ethereal ambient/drone with vast, spiritual landscapes — serene and elevating.
00:20:48 x.y.r. – bon voyage
Warm, tropical-tinged ambient with soft synths and a dreamy, exploratory feel.
00:24:18 Uncle Fido – They Love the Snickerdoodles
Playful, whimsical electronic/ambient with quirky charm and light-hearted textures.
00:25:10 Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Soft Landing
Smooth, jazzy downtempo with tender melodies and a comforting, weightless groove.
00:26:48 ENTHEO – °⸰•. c r u s h .•⸰°
Glitchy, emotional electronic with heartfelt melodies and a crushing, intimate energy.
00:27:36 meeting by chance – She Is My Evening
Melancholic, cinematic electronic — intimate and reflective, like a quiet evening reverie.
00:30:32 Belial Pelegrim & GrevusAnjl – Inexplicible Urge
Dark, moody electronic with hypnotic rhythms and shadowy, driving tension.
00:37:18 Christopher Willits, Eduardo Castillo – Spiraling – Eduardo Castillo Remix
Ambient/experimental with swirling, immersive layers and graceful, spiraling motion.
00:41:36 Gilroy Mere – Christ’s Hospital
Nostalgic, evocative folktronica painting scenes of British history and landscape.
00:43:44 gribbles – Existence
Laid-back, quirky electronica with groovy, existential chill.
00:47:53 L’Eclair – Coke Mountain
Funky, psychedelic groove with live-band energy and hypnotic repetition.
00:55:26 Edward Givens – Ambrosia Generator
Mystical, neo-classical/ambient with lush, life-affirming textures.
00:58:50 Giants of Discovery – Nightfall Across the Assembly Fields
Cosmic, atmospheric electronic with modular depth and ancient, mythical vibes.
01:02:30 MYPD – Cathexis(Aftermath)
Deep, textural ambient/drone with emotional resonance and spacious aftermath calm.
01:07:25 D. Rothon – Lonesome Depot
Pedal steel-infused ambient/folk with warm, lonesome introspection.
01:09:18 Man as island – Automaton
Rhythmic, dramatic electronic with mechanical yet human pulse.
01:11:17 Sunhaus – Pleng
Textural, minimal ambient with colourful, spiralling fragments.
01:12:57 Aphex Twin – Untitled [Saw2 CD1 Track1] (Fourtet Remix)
Classic Aphex melancholy beautifully reworked by Four Tet into a lush, emotional journey.
01:19:11 Daniel Aged – 12.21
Smooth, contemporary jazz/electronic fusion with warm, introspective tones.
01:23:06 Tülpa – Want U
Intimate, yearning electronic with emotional pull and dreamy atmosphere.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 018
11.04.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Monochrome Echo – I Can See the Stars – 1:27
Veins Full Of Static – Like a Lullaby, or a Quagmire – 06:49
HAWKSMOOR – Avebury Boulevard – 09:39
Gustavo Jobim – Dusk in the forest – 11:37
Camp of Wolves – Darling Dearest – 14:26
Concretism – A Moment – 17:59
Roedelius – Gerne – 20:15
The British Stereo Collective – On Solar Winds – 22:29
There Is Another System – Affres de la Mort (Live) – 27:49
Calignosia – The Road Where the Silent Ones Walk – 31:51
Alexander R. Cargill Esq. – The Old Cemetary – 36:23
Mirco Moon – Desire Lines – 37:50
D. Rothon – The Bus That Never Came, The Train That Never Left – 41:37
B Side – 45:16
The Central Office of Information – The Wood Wide Web (Kites And Pylons Field Trip) – 46:06
Gilroy Mere – Heat Haze – 52:38
The Hardy Tree – Face at the Window, Seafourth Crescent – 53:24
Personal Bandana – How To Become A Magus – 58:47
Folclore Impressionista – Fox Likes the Sun – 1:03:52
Vic Mars – Biomes II – 1:04:13
Harmonische-23 – Falling From a Height – 1:08:10
Tim Lea Young – Bridge – 1:11:30
Folclore Impressionista – The Problem Of Symmetry – 1:15:08
Blak Saagan – Se Ci Fosse La Luce Sarebbe Bellissimo – 1:18:20
Trevs Outro – 1:25:45
Mystery Apples 4
14.02.2025
Matthewdavid – Zithertronix – 00:00
Mirai No Hagaki – Cantata of the Lost Future – 05:20
Michel Magne, Boris Bergman – Prophets – 06:43
Richard Norris – To All Wizards in Lockdown – 09:25
Mong Tong – Intro – 12:06
Gilroy Mere – Sea Breeze – 13:45
Marigold Sun – Reverie, Pt. 2 – 14:55
J Foerster, N KRAMER – Levitation Room – 17:12
Secret Circuit – Interface < – 20:46
Polypores – Enchantments – 24:02
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño – Subtle Movements – 25:23
Rosa Beach Mason & Sean Conrad – Ardor – 35:50
Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, Golden Rules – Rocket Ship – 38:16
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño – We are Moving now – 40:49
Matt Berry – Alone – 44:45
SOMA – Mahamrityunjaya Mantra – 48:10
Red Snapper – Ban-Di-To – 52:39
Forever Pavot – Au diable – 56:47
The Galaxy Electric & Droog Mulholland – The Stranger – 01:00:33
Brasa brasil – I Got to Bahia – 01:01:08
Amorphous Androgynous – The Lovers – 01:04:20
Jean-Pierre Massiera – Onomatapaeia – 01:09:17
Stennes – Moon Child – 01:10:44
Skyjelly – Damaskiss – 01:14:44
Fatma – Cirklar – 01:16:28
Anna Butterss, Jeff Parker – Dance Steve – 01:19:31
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Folks with Magik Toes – 01:23:33
Spotify playlist of all the Mystery Apples episodes so far (not all music is on Spotify):
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.
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