Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 268
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Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 268. 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 reflective, slightly dark ambient journey through memory, menace, quantum subtlety, and quiet acceptance.
Side A moves from flaming intensity and small-room nostalgia into protective shielding, occult precision, and wave-function deviations. Side B drifts through mossy mind-fog, returning places, hauntological guidance, Moog meadows, and ends on accepted suffering and powerlessness.
Overall mood: Contemplative, melancholic, and atmospheric — blending intimate warmth with subtle darkness and philosophical calm. Ideal for deep listening, late-night reflection, or quiet immersion.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 1 093 other shows whenever they like.
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 of the 24 buildings in the veil. You can read about it on my Substack page. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this TVCL episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by James Bernard with the title track from his album “In A Small Room, Decades Ago” a love letter to the magical 90s. Grab a CD copy from the Past Inside the Present label.
This is followed by the shortest piece of the episode by Glass Roots and the 44 second gem “Merchant of Menace” from the 2020 nyp album “The Idiot” out on Triplicate Records.
Then a super exclusive from fellow Irishman Peter Fitzpatrick aka Circuit3 and the beautiful retro synth piece “Shielding From The Past” from the album “Metanoia: Music From Therapy” which can be pre ordered from the artists Bandcamp page and will also be released on the Mortality Tables label on the 14th of August.
The penultimate track of the first side of the virtual cassette is by the amazing James McKeown aka Hawksmoor with another track from his latest medieval inspired outing “Yclept Thorn” this time with the chilled piece “Ockham”. Out on the Library Of The Occult label.
Finishing off the first half, Fraser Rowan aka Ty Lumnus and his mind altering modular track “Deviations in the Wave Function” from his latest release titled “Resonances in the Hidden Field” which you can get a cassette version of through the Astral Discs label.
But first, to set the vibe is Ramsgates finest, Nick Bonell aka Lone Bison with not only the opening tune from episode but the opener from his latest album “Longshore Drifting” out on channel champion label Castles in Space. This is “Down in Flames”.
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 sonic travellers to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear a gem from the 1978 album “Adonia” by Hervé Picart aka Ose and the synth dreamy track “Retour sur Adonia”. Get your CD or vinyl copy from the Bureau B label.
This is followed by another Belbury Poly track who I played in the previous episode. Here with “Your Way Today” from the wonderful album “The Owl’s Map.” Now available on Belbury Polys Bandcamp page.
After that Shropshire based Tom Kennedy aka Swansither and the pulsing “Moog Meadows” from another compilation you should have “Undulating Waters 10” the final release by the legendary Woodford Halse label.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of recent friend of the channel and Hylé Tapes curator Richard Francés, here together with visual artists Faustine De Bock and Simon Girard aka Konpyuta here with the arp infused track “Accept Suffering” from the 2024 album “Music for Healing” which you can get on a pretty pink tape via the Planisphère label.
Finishing us off is the pumping beats of Ali O’May and Frazer Brown aka Dohnavùr and their banger “Powerless” from their recently released “We Owe Each Other Everything” album out on, yes, Castles In Space.
But first, friend of the show, Everyday Dust with some wonderful polyrhythmic noodlings in the track “(To Cut A Long Story Short) I Mossed My Mind” from his latest collection of archive finds titled “The Relic Room” which you can get on the Dustopian Frequencies label. Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Lone Bison – Down in Flames
Dramatic, fiery ambient with descending intensity and bold, blazing textures. Powerful and cinematic.
00:06:25 James Bernard – In A Small Room, Decades Ago
Intimate, nostalgic ambient recalling a quiet room from years past. Warm, reflective, and softly melancholic.
00:09:20 Glass Roots – Merchant of Menace
Dark, menacing ambient with glass-like fragility and a sense of quiet threat. Atmospheric and unsettling.
00:09:49 Circuit3 – Shielding From The Past
Protective, therapeutic ambient with layered electronics designed to buffer memory and emotion. Healing and focused.
00:16:02 Hawksmoor – Ockham
Occult, Occam’s-razor ambient with sparse, precise textures and mystical British resonance. Stark and intriguing.
00:18:27 Ty Lumnus – Deviations in the Wave Function
Quantum-inspired ambient exploring subtle deviations and wave-function uncertainty. Delicate and cerebral.
Side B
00:26:49 Everyday Dust – (To Cut A Long Story Short) I Mossed My Mind
Mossy, mind-fog ambient with organic overgrowth and a long-story sense of quiet overgrowth. Earthy and immersive.
00:35:02 Ose – Retour sur Adonia
Returning, Adonia-inspired ambient with French-titled nostalgia and soft, place-based reflection. Poignant and serene.
00:38:06 Belbury Poly – Your Way Today
Hauntological library charm with gentle guidance and everyday British whimsy. Warm and comforting.
00:39:19 Swansither – Moog Meadows
Pastoral Moog-driven ambient with meadow-like openness and analogue rural beauty. Expansive and peaceful.
00:44:06 Richard Francés, Konpyuta – Accept Suffering
Meditative ambient confronting acceptance and suffering with quiet, collaborative depth. Contemplative and honest.
00:47:52 Dohnavùr – Powerless
Stark, driving Idm from Scottish duo
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 244
Based on the track “Eyes Closed” by “James Bernard” from the release “In A Small Room, Decades Ago”.
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 tender, atmospheric, and deeply personal ambient journey through memory, nature, and quiet emotion.
Side A drifts from intimate remembrance and humid atmospheres into seasonal transitions and dawn-lit hope. Side B expands into majestic grandeur, childhood nostalgia, woodland paths, and gentle blue rain.
Overall mood: Introspective, melancholic, and warmly comforting with a strong sense of place and emotional intimacy. Perfect for deep relaxation, morning reflection, or peaceful unwinding.
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 Clariloops – Drifting, Fleeting
Gentle, looping ambient with soft, ephemeral textures and a sense of quiet transience. Delicate and meditative. Artist Bio: Clariloops is a UK ambient artist known for delicate, looping soundscapes that explore memory and impermanence.
00:04:54 James Bernard – Eyes Closed
Intimate, eyes-closed ambient with warm pads and deep personal reflection. Calm and immersive. Artist Bio: James Bernard is an ambient composer creating introspective, emotionally rich works often focused on mindfulness and inner states.
00:08:15 Camp of Wolves – Old Paws
Rustic, weathered ambient with earthy tones and a sense of aged wilderness. Warm and nostalgic. Artist Bio: Camp of Wolves is an ambient project blending organic textures and soundscapes.
00:09:05 Anubis Rude – Planetary Arcade
Anubis Rude – Planetary Arcade Playful, retro-futurist electronic with arcade-like energy and cosmic oddity. Quirky and vibrant. Artist Bio: Anubis Rude is an electronic artist crafting playful, cosmic, and retro-inspired sound worlds. Also curator of Ingrown Records.
00:10:39 Bahrambient, Retland, Kilometre Club – Rays of Light (Applefish Rework)
Luminous, reworked ambient with glowing rays and soft, hopeful textures. Radiant and uplifting. Artist Bio: Collaborative ambient project blending light, hope, and gentle electronic warmth; Applefish is known for uplifting reworkings.
00:15:28 The Volume Settings Folder – Burning Waters Pt 2
Intense, fiery aquatic ambient with dramatic, burning waves and emotional depth. Powerful and evocative. Artist Bio: The Volume Settings Folder is an ambient artist exploring elemental forces and emotional intensity through textured soundscapes.
Side B
00:21:04 Lorna Dune – Persistence of Memory
Dreamlike, memory-infused ambient with soft, surreal textures and emotional persistence. Haunting and tender. Artist Bio: Lorna Dune creates dreamy, memory-focused ambient works with a strong emotional and surreal edge.
00:23:22 SanelliX & SpoonBeats – Dreams in Ruin
Melancholic, ruined dream ambient with fragmented beauty and quiet sorrow. Atmospheric and poignant. Artist Bio: SanelliX & SpoonBeats collaborate on dark, emotional ambient exploring ruined dreams and melancholy.
00:25:06 Brass Clouds, Fog Net, & Volcanic Pinnacles – Collapsing Realm
Dramatic, collapsing ambient with volcanic tension and brass-like resonance. Epic and unsettling. Artist Bio: Collaborative project blending brass, fog, and volcanic imagery into dramatic, collapsing sound worlds.
00:28:17 Felix Machtelinckx – Ossa
Minimal, bone-like ambient with stark, skeletal textures and quiet intensity. Raw and contemplative. Artist Bio: Felix Machtelinckx is a Belgian ambient artist creating stark, minimal works with organic and skeletal themes.
00:30:57 Jogging House – Canary
Gentle, canary-inspired ambient with light, melodic warmth and everyday serenity. Charming and peaceful. Artist Bio: Jogging House is a German ambient artist known for warm, everyday, and melodic soundscapes.
00:34:12 Sævar Jóhannsson – Kalkvistur
Icelandic ambient with crisp, calcified textures and northern, stony calm. Cool and grounded. Artist Bio: Sævar Jóhannsson is an Icelandic ambient composer creating cool, textural works inspired by landscapes and geology.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 052
🌌 Welcome, seekers of hidden frequencies—your vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake.
🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: Past Inside the Present, Mahorka, Clay Pipe Music, Mystery Circles, Woodford Halse, Ingrown Records, Passed Recordings, and, Lo Recordings.
🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: Weldham, mRn, Ed Herbers.
And distributor, Fonodroom, ensuring the echoes resonate far beyond the known horizon.
Also the benevolent force that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes
Today’s transmission features two exclusive tracks from Colin Ledwith, aka, Weldham, which is not really an exclusive but from a version of his Echelons album which has three extra tracks the one featured here, Median., being one of them. Also another track from Cate Francesca Brooks, who has a way of connecting with me with every release. Here with In the Blue Hour from her latest album Lofoten out on Clay Pipe music. Official release date 27 june . Pre orders available now.
Welcome to a soundscape that defies language—a passage through the unseen. We are mere surfers atop an infinite wave.
Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix.
🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Trevs Intro – 00:00
Forrest Fang – Harmonic Drift – 02:16
*Wealdham – Median. – 05:41
JICS – Rainfall In Limerick City: Forgotten Child (pt. 1) – 08:44
Louis Cole, Metropole Orkest, Jules Buckley – High Five – 12:28
Tyresta & Simon McCorry – Beneath The Waves – 14:05
Yaryu – Up the Creek – 23:36
Tomosla – mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/rivermouth – 24:54
The Green Kingdom – Silent Stars Above – 33:14
*Cate Francesca Brooks – In the Blue Hour – 37:46
mRn – Sempre – 40:11
B Side – 43:13
Guy Blakeslee – From A Melted Place – 43:59
Omni Gardens – Paperback Book – 50:01
James Bernard – Finding Each Other – 52:08
Lullatone – Lazy Weekend – 57:22
Jogging House – Initials – 59:40
Pulsliebhaber – Cortinarius Rubellus – 1:05:38
marine eyes – call and answer – 1:11:02
tttc – pool party – 1:13:35
Ed Herbers – Forest Floor – 1:16:52
The Birds Companion – A Dream Half Remembered – 1:22:02
Francis Morning – Dreambody – 1:26:01
Trevs Outro – 1:27:34
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 050
🌌 Welcome, seekers of hidden frequencies—your vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake.
🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: whitelabrecs, Mystery Circles, and, Castles In Space.
🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: Philippe Deschamps, and, Time Rival.
And distributor, Fonodroom, ensuring the echoes resonate far beyond the known horizon.
Also the benevolent force that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes
Today’s transmission leans deep into Seil Records with four artists from their enigmatic stable, plus two selections from label curator Jogging House
Welcome to a soundscape that defies language—an auditory passage through the unseen. We are mere surfers atop an infinite wave.
🌞 Shoutouts to passengers: 🌿Fonodroom, Adventurous Music, hervé perez, and socool for your support.
Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix.
🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Trevs Intro – 00:00
HERE – Moments Of Shared Silence – 01:44
Philippe Deschamps – Behind the Curtain of Dreams Pt. 2 – 04:07
weareforests – barton springs (11.42) – 07:01
Time Rival – Music for Light Rain – 09:47
Lightower – Dawn – 13:33
Rhucle & morimoto naoki – Floating – 16:07
Lamasz & Thme – Les foudres – 18:38
Lullatone – Knocks – 23:44
James Bernard – Blooms – 25:16
Shane Mendonsa – Rubber Peperomia – 29:45
Slow Reels – Handwritten – 35:52
Dan Deacon – Hypnagogic – 38:09
Wound – Plasticene I – 39:23
Alaskan Tapes – Intersect – 42:53
B Side – 46:19
Solitaire – Evening Mist at Loch Lomond – 47:08
Roedelius – 221 37 – 51:43
Hiro Ama – Things We Talked About – 52:33
Common Saints – Utopia – 55:27
Meemo Comma – Spectral Alignment – 56:21
Polypores – Virtual Forest Worlds – 59:24
The Gateless Gate – The Flickering Light of Dusk – 1:03:05
Jogging House – State – 1:13:39
KMRU – mago – 1:19:34
Jogging House & The Lifted Index – Of Seasons – 1:22:11
Trevs Outro – 1:27:24
For the Birds 031
Field Gates open Friday 12 December 12:00 CET.
Intro 00:00
Obfusc – Freshwater Tropics 01:20
Oceanographer – Sunrise 06:41
MuchaMuchaM – Pulau 11:22
Joanna John – everything is everything else 12:41
marine eyes – to belong 25:04
Gollden – missing hawaii 28:40
James Bernard – Act of Gratitude 32:02
Willebrant – Water n’ Stone (late night PJ session) 38:36
Go Outside – you are known 42:51
Beaunoise – Yoyogi dose 45:05
Kilometre Club – Geography Major (Metric System 1981 Rework) 50:02
Stephen Winfield – Indian Summer 51:59
Be the 8th soul to save the Spotify playlist of For the Birds (221 bird songs related tracks and counting)
For the Birds 020
Intro 00:00
Gallery Six–The Garden Store on the Mountain 01:20
Ian Hawgood–Fractural 06:07
X.Y.R–wildflowers 17:05
Rhucle & morimoto naoki–Kisui 20:39
Cat Tyson Hughes–Crossing Water 24:15
Mind over MIDI–sart 29:02
Matthewdavid–Liquidity 31:01
Memex–Swing Strings 35:35
Glåsbird–Fanpalm Vista 41:40
The All Golden–The Wild Future 44:16
James Bernard–Mountain Air 46:18
Deli Kuvveti–In bl❤❤m 49:12
David Cordero–Laguna salada 52:15
Whatitdo Archive Group–Enter The Palace 59:18
Sachi Kobayashi–Scent of Roses (alt mix) 1:00:05
Outro 1:03:39
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