You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A water lily at a threshold, then a seven that has already shifted south. Side A opens the door on a nymphaea before the official date, shares fear, rage and love in under a minute, walks the warm marble of a city still standing in the name, lets the wind keep both hands in its pockets and still carry you, files roots under a clause, and blushes a 1970 library record with the flute still warm. Side B marries a rope to itself, lets undesignated buildings prefer to meet, studies a field still learning the season, treats the tuning as the piece, lets the night accept the fire, and turns seven toward the warmer wall. Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly tender, and quietly architectural — full of thresholds, pencil blueprints, and gardens that leave the gate open. Perfect for dusk listening, fields still learning the season, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a water lily at a threshold, three feelings in under a minute, a city of marble still standing in the name, a wind that kept us, roots under a clause, a library record blushing in 1970.
00:02:18 (Exclusive) Corrado Saija and Elia Piana – Nymphaea II https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/ Album: Limen. Label: Driftworks Full release – Friday 16th October Limen — the threshold. Piano talking to algorithms, stone porous, water fluent. Driftworks opening the door on the 16th. You may step through now. 00:08:15 Concretism – Fear, Rage, and Love https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/concretism-fear-rage-and-love Album: IHN019 // Gone in 60 Seconds – Vol. 5. Label: I Heart Noise Gone in sixty seconds, which is plenty for three weathers of the heart. I Heart Noise letting them share the minute. 00:09:01 Still & JRNDM – EFESO https://pablosanguinetti.bandcamp.com/track/efeso Ephesus, the marble still warm in the name. A library of columns, and the groove walking between them. 00:11:56 Scholars of the Peak & Warmfield – The Way the Wind Held Us https://warmfield.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-the-wind-held-us Single: The Way the Wind Held Us. Title of the hour. A single that keeps both hands in its pockets and still manages to carry you. 00:15:05 Subordinate Clause – Cafraster https://meansmag.bandcamp.com/track/cafraster Album: MEANS 7: Grass Roots. Label: MEANS Grass roots, the clause under the sentence. MEANS filing the soil with the syntax. 00:19:07 Larry Manteca – EROTICA https://fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/erotica Album: Erotica 70. Label: Four Flies Records Seventy, restored. Four Flies lifting the velvet and finding the flute still warm.
Mood mist: a rope married to itself, buildings that prefer to meet, a field still learning the season, a tuning that is the piece, a night glad of the flame, a seven that has already shifted south.
00:23:10 Nickolas Mohanna – Eye Splice https://nickolasmohanna.bandcamp.com/track/eye-splice Album: Whistler. The knot that lets a rope become its own companion. Whistler, the note you hear when the air is pleased. 00:29:58 The Architect – Formations and Collisions https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/formations-and-collisions Album: Undesignated. Label: The Dream Journal Institute Undesignated, which is a fine category for a dream. The Journal keeping the blueprint in pencil. 00:37:10 Kiu Siu – In Spring https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/track/in-spring Album: Field Studies, Volume 5. Label: The Jewel Garden Field studies, volume five, the season arriving with its pockets full of green. The Jewel Garden leaving the gate open. 00:48:46 Ótal – Tuning Study https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/track/tuning-study Album: Field Studies, Volume 5. Label: The Jewel Garden The same garden, a few beds along. The piece is the tuning. The Jewel Garden letting the string find itself. 00:57:43 Black Sun High Desert – The Night Accepts The Fire https://blacksunhighdesert.bandcamp.com/track/the-night-accepts-the-fire Album: The Weight Of The Night Sky. The weight of the night sky, glad of the company. A desert holding both. 00:59:44 Mark Donlon – Seven https://sermakmusic.bandcamp.com/track/seven Album: Label: SERMAK MUSIC Southern shift, the number already facing the warmer wall. Sermak keeping the count.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 323. Travel safely between the frequencies. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape. Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another 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.
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 also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies.
Now imagine each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. You, the audience only ever glimpse a sliver of it at a time. Every artist is allotted the exact time it takes them to perform their piece. Then they rotate out of view, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands. The names of the artists and labels I’ll mention before each set — or “side,” as the cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per set, plus a general mist of what mood to expect. Now the stage begins to turn.
Roads that remember their own headlights, then loneliness painted in two colours that match the Earth.
Side A drives Mulholland in 1937 with the windows down, borrows names for unknown places the way lungs borrow air, lives in the comma of a virga that never lands, otherizes you into a pleasant hum, steps into a Toronto river that has already left for the lake, and works the grove after hours at the speed of sap.
Side B opens the other six petals: an altostratiform spirit message from Cloud School, Haku drawing a thin white line across Vespera, autumn filing unopened wishes so they can fall unnoticed, a serenade from a field that forgot its stars on purpose, a Brasstown Bridge baptism you did not schedule, and pale blue and white echoing until loneliness looks like a planet.
Overall mood: Contemplative, watery, and quietly migratory — full of Imaginary North hush, Passed Oceans dunkings, and weather that keeps the certificate. Perfect for dusk listening, dry shoes beside the river, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: roads that remember their own headlights, places without maps, rain that never quite reaches the ground, a buzz turned into a stranger, water that refuses to be the same twice, a grove that works the field after hours.
00:04:20 Elijah Fox – Mulholland Drive 1937 https://elijahfox1.bandcamp.com/track/mulholland-drive-1937 From the album: Ambient Works for the Highways of Los Angeles. Year: 2025 Mulholland before the billboards learned to talk. 1937 still driving with the windows down, the city below not yet sure it is a city. 00:04:53 Absence – Breathing and Vibrant https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/breathing-and-vibrant From the album: Names of Unknown Places Label: Imaginary North. Year: 2026 The episode title track of tonight’s weather. Unknown places borrowing names the way lungs borrow air. 00:11:50 Eluvium – Microfauna https://eluvium.bandcamp.com/track/microfauna From the album: Virga III. Label: Temporary Residence Ltd. Year: 2026 Microfauna under a virga that never lands. Whole kingdoms living in the comma between cloud and dust. 00:13:57 Tim Story – Otherize https://curiousmusicia.bandcamp.com/track/otherize From the album: Buzzle. Label: Curious Music. Year: 2025 Otherize. Buzzle sanding the edges off “you” until “you” becomes a pleasant hum in the next room. 00:16:45 Kilometre Club – This River I Step In Is Not The River I Stand In https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/kilometre-club-this-river-i-step-in-is-not-the-river-i-stand-in From the compilation album: Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto. Label: Imaginary North. Year: 2026 Heraclitus in Toronto. The river you stepped in has already left for the lake. Quiet music keeping its shoes dry. 00:18:37 Willebrant – Grove https://willebrant.bandcamp.com/track/grove-4 From the album: Fieldworks. Year: 2025 Grove. Fieldworks filed under trees that do not clock off. The stage turns at the speed of sap.
The lotus folds. The other six petals open. Mood mist: mid-level cloud sending post, dusk wearing a white mask, autumn keeping the unopened envelopes, a field that sings back, a bridge that dunks you anyway, loneliness painted in two colours that match the Earth.
00:24:14 Towering Vertical – Altostratiform Spirit Message https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/side-2b-altostratiform-spirit-message From the album: Cloud School. Label: Relics of the Eternal City, The Dream Journal Institute. Year: 2025 Cloud School leaving a note on the desk you cannot reach without becoming weather. 00:37:11 The Green Kingdom – Haku https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/haku From the album: Vespera. Label: whitelabrecs. Year: 2026 Haku. Vespera drawing a thin white line across the evening and calling it a kingdom. 00:39:32 Ed Herbers – Wishes That Never Came True https://herbers.bandcamp.com/track/wishes-that-never-came-true From the album: Season Cycle: Autumn. Label: Passed Recordings. Year: 2026 Wishes that never came true, filed under Autumn so they can fall without anyone noticing they were granted. 00:42:41 Vivid Stars Forgotten – Serenade https://vividstarsforgotten.bandcamp.com/track/serenade From the album: The Resonant Field. Label: EC Underground. Year: 2026 A serenade from a resonant field. The stars vivid, then forgot on purpose. 00:48:47 New Battalions – Baptism at the Brasstown Bridge https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/baptism-at-the-brasstown-bridge From the compilation album: Passed Oceans. Label: Passed Recordings. Year: 2026 Baptism at the Brasstown Bridge. Passed Oceans offering a dunking you did not schedule. The water keeps the certificate. 00:53:51 Heÿkla – Pale Blue And White https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/track/pale-blue-and-white From the album: Echoes of Loneliness. Label: Driftworks. Year: 2026 Loneliness echoing until it looks like a planet seen from too far away. Driftworks closing the spool before the color dries.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 314. Travel safely between the frequencies. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 310. 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 humid, analog journey through Chicago weather, dub earth, and a looking-glass that still grows. Side A drifts through Bitchin Bajas organ-tape zones, Album Leaf story frames, Laswell’s lowered Marley devotion, Young Gun silver-fox chrome, Eels in a small room of memory, and Quiet Village pool-light haze. Side B drops into Coki’s ruff lovin’ pressure, FSOL mango-tree humidity, Röyksopp’s Late Night bounce, Tellier’s tender river, a brief Kendall Miles afterglow, and ends at Jefferson Airplane’s white rabbit. Overall mood: Warm, cinematic, and slightly psychedelic — full of analog silk, sub-bass weather, and neon that refuses to cool. Perfect for late drives, pool-side dusk, or sitting with the credits while the mushroom keeps growing. This is episode 310 which makes it a best of show. Where I’ve chosen 12 favourites from over the years. The best of shows remain free but everything else slips quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers after 7 days. Subscribers currently have 1,135 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. They also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, and get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape. Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another 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 late-summer, slightly haunted ambient journey through holiday kickoff, last dances, and worlds still demon-haunted. Side A opens with Sally’s dream-pop song, then sits suburban and cooked, wishes it was fishing, takes the last summer dance, lands on the rocks, and drifts beatless through rare-earth motherboards. Side B learns 1980s Japanese technopop, walks an empty park of guitar and sarod, mixes 90s creators for the co-op, keeps things simple in Portuguese ambient, lights Sagan’s candles, and ends in submerged industry. Overall mood: Warm, watery, and quietly uncanny — full of Passed Oceans, festival stems, and analog jewels after the flip. Perfect for autumn evenings, Krankenhaus afterglow, or sitting with the last dance while the next spool still waits.
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.
00:01:50 Suzanne Perry – Sally’s Song (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/sallys-song-from-the-nightmare-before-christmas From the EP “There’ll Be No More Promises” out on Projekt Records. Dream-pop voice with Cris Miller of Silver Screen. Elfman melody as holiday kickoff. Pacific Northwest live dates this autumn. 00:04:07 Time Rival – Kamato https://conditionhuman.bandcamp.com/track/kamato From the album “Cooked (Visitation No. 3)” out on CONDITION HUMAN. Suburban Illinois. Tongue drums, flute, ukulele, kalimba, Aalto and Microfreak. Be nice. 00:09:14 Mathew Gracie – Wishin’ I Was Fishin’ https://passedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/wishin-i-was-fishin From the compilation “Passed Oceans” out on Passed Recordings. Passed Oceans. Water in every language. Half of sales to Doctors Without Borders. 00:16:13 odd person – last summer dance https://oddperson.bandcamp.com/track/last-summer-dance From the album “a vile sickness dwells in tacoma” Self released. Part two of four seasons. Summer, fire, spirit, south. Solstice 2026. 00:18:38 Paul Griffin x Socool – On the Rocks https://socool.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-rocks From the album “Dreams & Riddles”. Self released. Jamuary sketches grown into collaboration. Emily Sobool. Terence Tso masters. 00:21:20 Bit Cloudy – Motherboard Rare Earths – Excerpt 3 https://bitcloudy.bandcamp.com/album/motherboard-rare-earths-for-krankenhaus-2026 Final track before the tape flip. From the release “Motherboard Rare Earths (For Krankenhaus 2026)” Octophonic commission for Krankenhaus 2026. Laser and sound installation for Sea Power’s festival. Cheap laptop, Ableton, beatless drift. Eight stems available.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:50 Kuni-Ron – Learning https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kuni-ron-learning From the compilation album “Art Form 5”. Out on FORM@ RECORDS. Japanese artist. Latter-half pop developments evoke 1980s technopop. Eisei Yorimitsu selects. 00:30:53 Takeshi Nishimoto and Hiroshi Watanabe – Empty Park https://lorecordings.bandcamp.com/track/empty-park From the album “Curving Time” out on Lo Recordings. Guitar, sarod and synthesizer as equal voices. Non-Format sleeve. Playground photograph. 6 November. 00:34:14 Erotomechanics – Creators (The Nine 90s Mix) https://tscoop.bandcamp.com/track/creators-the-nine-90s-mix From the must have compilation “The Synthesis Co-Op Volume One” out on The Synthesis Co-Op. Artist-run, not-for-profit. Profits toward future releases and charities. 00:40:38 Augen – Tanjun Na Koto Sa https://formatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/augen-tanjun-na-koto-sa From the compiltion “SLIT ART 2”. out on FORM@ RECORDS. Gabriel Mendes of Portugal. Ambient producer and long-time DJ. 00:47:48 Spirituals – Demon-Haunted World https://spirituals.bandcamp.com/track/demon-haunted-world From the album “Candles In The Dark”. Self released. Tyler Tadlock. Pedal steel, acoustic guitar, vibraphone, voice memos. Sagan’s metaphor leaves the page. Andrew Weathers masters. 00:52:12 Rodrigo Passannanti – Submerged Industry https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/rodrigo-passannanti-submerged-industry From the compilation album “Gemstones VII” out on Cyclical Dreams. Vintage synth explorations and personal sonic meditations. Berlin School jewel.
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 307. Travel safely between the frequencies. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 textured, slightly restless ambient and experimental journey through protected light, subway chaos, and quiet figures still gathering. Side A opens in remixed German-Czech-Spanish frequencies and Bristol trio gravity, then moves through Chester grandmother light, Berlin bouncing patterns, whimsical DNA cheesecake, and limbs of sticks under Machen’s bridge. Side B settles into Salt LX thoughts carried by wind, absolute chaos circuits, dark-ambient lounge noise, simple guitar drones that wait for yes, submerged porcelain systems, and a Quiet Figures remix that percolates the filter open. Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly dark, and richly layered — full of analogue edges, exclusive whispers, and slow openings. Perfect for late listening, deep immersion, or sitting with what keeps moving while the figures remain.
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.
00:01:17 Möe – Incierta (Høll Remix) Möe – Incierta (Høll Remix). German, Czech and Spanish frequencies meet in protected digital light. Diego Castillo’s original gains new remix colour under Jorge Eafhm’s mastering. 00:08:06 Slate Trio – Hour of Zog Slate Trio – Hour of Zog. Neil Smith’s guitar, Matthew Jones’s drums and Alex Heane’s bass lock into Bristol air. James King records and mixes. Rick Dowding masters. 00:14:25 (EXCLUSIVE) boycalledcrow – orb boycalledcrow – orb. First exclusive of the episode. Carl M Knott’s sprawl approaches on 11 September. Heavier beats and dub-inflected soundscapes rise around Chester rooms and grandmother light. 00:16:51 Sebastian Arnold – Bits Keep Moving Sebastian Arnold – Bits Keep Moving. One-man band of drums, percussion, synthesizers and live electronics. Bouncing patterns and tricky acoustic beats fill Tricone Studios at Funkhaus Berlin. Bewegung, Klang, Energie. 00:21:41 Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Cheesecake Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Cheesecake. Imogen Hayley Baker’s whimsical alias carries DNA from Lucy, Evie, Christiane, Meghan, Heather and Shannon. Billie Bacon adds hammer. 00:23:10 Grey Malkin – Our Limbs Are Made Of Sticks Grey Malkin – Our Limbs Are Made Of Sticks. Arthur Machen’s bridge of light spans the gulf. Alison O’Donnell, Burnt Paw, Alan Davidson, David Colohan, Speculum Bunny, Amanda Votta and the Liminal Choir join woodwind and voice. Tides of time come in.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:27:50 Jogging House – Roofer Jogging House – Roofer. Salt LX phrases re-interpreted through Digitakt 2, Polyvera, modular and single takes to quarter-inch tape. Thoughts dwell. Winds carry. 00:32:42 Alex Ringess – Towards Absolute Chaos Alex Ringess – Towards Absolute Chaos. Three or four instruments hold the space. Project files from Analog Abstractions carry the same mix. Glasgow subway photography gains retro sci-fi processing. 00:37:44 rikardfvs – Look, Betty (Dark Ambient Remix) rikardfvs – Look, Betty (Dark Ambient Remix). Sixth Sound for the Soul compilation. Lounge noise, syphilitic exotica and raw ambient gather. 00:45:25 Aidan Baker – Everything Is Dark Until You Say Yes Aidan Baker – Everything Is Dark Until You Say Yes. Solo electric guitar at Broken Spine Studios, Berlin. Drifting drones and noisy textures return to simple form. Guillermo Pizarro masters for Owl Totem. 00:51:59 Aleatory Music Systems – Up Aleatory Music Systems – Up. Porcelain butter dish struck and submerged. Systems music meets chaotic edges. Time, change and movement open. Limited lathe-cut 7-inch exists on Short Cuts. 00:55:42 (EXCLUSIVE) Masefield Labs – On Her Own Quiet Figures remix Masefield Labs – On Her Own Quiet Figures remix. Second exclusive of the episode. Silent ever-present figures whisper. Quantum foam gratitude cascades to the artists. Percolating electronica opens the cut-off filter.
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 298. Travel safely between the frequencies. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 breathing, slightly cosmic ambient journey through mantra rooms, sunset light, and machine-soul plasma. Side A keeps a Brighton pulse, then moves through cadmium starling chambers, seaside sunsets, remixed inner-galaxy weather, a slowed descent, and a last-page fin. Side B opens with Glasgow fairy wonk and oxide walk-film, then finds a 2016 first track, Plantasia homage, Gadigal beach light, and new-age retro plasma leading into the bright. Overall mood: Warm, communal, and quietly expansive — full of shared rooms, analogue vignettes, and light that keeps arriving. Perfect for late mornings, deep listening, or sitting with the last page while the next reel still waits. 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.
00:01:18 Hill Collective – Keep Breathing Hill Collective – Keep Breathing. A devotional pulse settles. Vocals move from scat into mantra. Congas, double bass and piano hold Brighton’s Sea Breeze rooms while the horns stretch outward. 00:11:26 LOULA YORKE – Sister Fledge LOULA YORKE – Sister Fledge. A borrowed Make Noise Shared System lights obsidian chambers in cadmium and gold. Starling chicks and caregiver calls score eight June sessions. 00:15:25 NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Seaside Sunsets NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Seaside Sunsets. Julien Ash’s devices and Wolf City’s guitar colour twenty-five minutes of previously unreleased light. 00:18:28 Wahn – Phase Memory (Abdicant + Nonima Remix) Wahn – Phase Memory (Abdicant + Nonima Remix). Mahorka’s five-hundredth release gathers the inner galaxy. Dub-infused pulse and tactile sub-bass transpose Echo Mist Light into new signature weather. 00:23:42 Willebrant – Deep. Willebrant – Deep. Electric basses, synths, slowed and reverb. A mix holds the descent. 00:30:29 Subordinate Clause – Fin Subordinate Clause – Fin. Vocal samples from spouse and friends sit in the mix. Stonegate mastering seals the last page.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:36:08 The Foot & Leg Clinic – Music for Baby Fairy The Foot & Leg Clinic – Music for Baby Fairy. Wonk rock from Glasgow studios. Harp, saxophone, strings and Poppy the Cat share Crikey and Green Door air. In memory of Santiago. 00:39:23 Trevlad – Saves Lend Held Trevlad – Saves Lend Held. Episodes 157 to 171 plus Expansive Waves 22 return as walk-film and oxide. 00:41:09 Albin – Första banan Albin – Första banan. Four-track cassette from 2016 finds new life on Paltunes. Cover painting by Magnus Gustavsson. 00:44:39 Bluetech – Nebulous Cosmid Bluetech – Nebulous Cosmid. Homage to Mort Garson’s Plantasia. Analogue lines weave cosmic and microscopic vignettes. 00:47:58 Gavin Sherrington-Blane – Gadigal Beach Gavin Sherrington-Blane – Gadigal Beach. Planet Trip’s solo voice arrives on SLIT ART. 00:51:13 Suncastle – New Age Retro Plasma (feat. Simon Walklate) Suncastle – New Age Retro Plasma (feat. Simon Walklate). Arps lead into the light. EQ becomes another instrument on Platformer’s buoyant machine soul.
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 295. Travel safely between the tracks. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 dynamic, slightly nocturnal ambient and experimental journey through elephant rhythms, fractured breakbeats, quiet shade, and slowly fading stars. Side A moves from South Indian folk-electronic dance and spare war circuits into darkstep fractures, live trio gravity, breath stuck in buffer, and compact chip energy. Side B opens across inland oceans and modular comfort, then rises through live fire, soul-deep space, red-kite aerials, and ends as the stars go out one by one. Overall mood: Textured, restless, and quietly expansive — blending rhythmic intensity with reflective stillness and cosmic closure. Perfect for late-night listening, focused immersion, or following the slow turning of the tape.
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 Sunken Cages – Elephant Dance An elephant dance unfolds through South Indian folk colours and electronic drums. Sunken Cages – Elephant Dance. Dark synths, drones and industrial textures resynthesize into deconstructed club motion. Voices and remixes from across the globe rise as fire brought to the rhythm. 00:10:51 Alex Ringess – War Minimal circuits pulse under the title of war. Alex Ringess – War. Three or four instruments hold the space. Project files from Analog Abstractions carry the same mix forward in spare luminous lines. 00:17:50 Captive Portal – This minus five (Protuberance darkstep remix) Darkstep breakbeats fracture and reform. Captive Portal – This minus five (Protuberance darkstep remix). Lush pads from oldschool rave meet atmospheric drum and bass and experimental breaks, each layer covering another band of the spectrum. 00:23:46 Slate Trio – BS7 Guitar, drums and bass lock into BS7. Slate Trio – Neil Smith, Matthew Jones, Alex Heane. Three voices move together in live trio gravity. 00:33:15 Substak – Breath stuck in buffer Sunlight retreats while long shadows dance at the base of a tree. Substak – Breath stuck in buffer. Memories linger among colours that wait for morning. Quiet things sleep in the cradle of shade. 00:36:46 Danny Playamaqui – Chip Chip fragments scatter across broken beats and saboteur sweetness. Danny Playamaqui – Chip. Noise, basses, synths and hall atmospheres pack into compact X4 motion, Plaza del Sol energy glowing in the mix.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:43:46 Eric Angelo Bessel – Seagull A seagull rides above a hidden inland ocean. Eric Angelo Bessel – Seagull. Familiar roads, weathered shorelines and forgotten infrastructure reveal unexpected connections. Eighteen compositions invite wandering among landmarks that have always waited beyond recognition. 00:47:09 Ricardo M. Peixoto – comfort Comfort arrives through modular skin and tape loops. Ricardo M. Peixoto – comfort. Field recordings and generative chaos balance harmony with rhythm. Silence is sculpted into shared sonic connections. 00:54:57 Anam Gu Anam – Feu Fire opens in live improvised heat. Anam Gu Anam – Feu. Electronica, ambient and experimental palettes capture a unique moment. Each take remains a personal explorative soundscape. 01:01:51 John Louis Kluck – Soul Deep Soul deep space drifts through shifting forms. John Louis Kluck – Soul Deep. Soft pulses and distant echoes hover like quiet constellations, sculpting weightless horizons. 01:08:26 CRSY – red kite aerial A red kite hangs in aerial current. CRSY – red kite aerial. Wings cut slow circles through open sky. 01:10:52 Grey Malkin – One By One, The Stars Are Slowly Going Out Stars go out one by one as the tides of time come in. Grey Malkin – One By One, The Stars Are Slowly Going Out. A bridge of light leaps from earth to the unknown shore. Arthur Machen’s gulf yawns, then spans.
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 286. Travel safely between the tracks. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 283. 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 1,113 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 luminous, cyclical ambient journey through growth, presence, and quiet residual signals. Side A moves from synthesizer motivation and passionflower florescence into thunderous self-declaration, whimsical DNA colours, whispering forests, and noctilucent evening light. Side B drifts through reconstructed Vietnamese microcosms, Windham Hill shadows, rain-soaked baseline drift, honey-warm communal jazz, silent Wardenclyffe towers, and ends with a dark horse moving through open fields. Overall mood: Contemplative, organic, and gently radiant — full of cycles of growth, soft illumination, and quiet architectural presence. Perfect for deep listening, reflective evenings, or following the continuous unfolding of sound. The tape unspools its visions.
00:00:00 Marc Melià – Cycle of Motivation Synthesizer circuitry opens into quiet luminous beauty. Marc Melià – Cycle of Motivation. Ambient and experimental tones sculpt the open spaces between notes into a melodic tapestry. Shared sonic connections rise in serene sequential layers across the field of reflection. 00:04:36 KiF Productions – Florescence A passionflower climbs through stages of growth in soft plant light. KiF Productions – Florescence. Secret seeds wait in darkness before the first stir of movement. Vines reach toward open light, drinking and climbing until full bloom arrives in pollination dreams. Fruiting returns the cycle to earth in patient unfolding motion. 00:09:22 Le Morte d’Abby – That I Am Thunder and lightning gather around the declaration of presence. Le Morte d’Abby – That I Am. Lush chords whoosh into existence while arpeggios and percussive energy expand across the surface. The entire piece rises in spiritual comfort and unbridled radiant motion. 00:15:51 Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Milkshake A dream of new sound opens into whimsical smear-test colours. Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Milkshake. Sonic DNA from shared lives drifts through the air, the surface expanding in inventive playful light. 00:17:27 Enofa – The Whispering Forest A whispering forest surrounds a small modernist house in woodland setting. Enofa – The Whispering Forest. Acoustic and digital tones mesh across eighty minutes of personal vista. Ancient modernity rises through nature’s unstoppable force, the entire landscape holding claustrophobic and open power in steady motion. 00:20:57 The Green Kingdom – Noctilucent Noctilucent light drifts across evening skies of soft piano and reverb-soaked guitar. The Green Kingdom – Noctilucent. Sampled textures and occasional synthesizer layers settle into calm airy space. The sounds open in dusky reflective presence.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:24:10 Dexba – Hồ Bán Cạn Việt Nam A quirky melody reconstructs outdoor nature while classical piano gives structure. Dexba – Hồ Bán Cạn Việt Nam. The entire microcosm expands in self-contained luminous motion. 00:28:51 Akira Film Script – The Shadow of Windham Hill Shadows of Windham Hill open across bidirectional cycles of existence. Akira Film Script – The Shadow of Windham Hill. Life and death, memory and presence move together in exchange. The track looks backward and forward at once, finding beauty in endings and beginnings. 00:33:20 Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams – Baseline Drift Baseline drift carries the music of the spheres through rain-soaked cityscapes. Logic Moon & Piscean Daydreams – Baseline Drift. Vast drones and spectral textures rise with richly layered field recordings. Organic and synthetic boundaries blur across industrial ruins and desolate rural landscapes, the cosmos holding hidden resonance. 00:36:52 Hill Collective – A House Is A Home Like Honey A house opens like honey in warm communal light. Hill Collective – A House Is A Home Like Honey. Spiritual jazz tones breathe through collective improvisation. Saxophone, flute, piano, double bass and congas expand in earthy shared motion, the ensemble generating warmth and illumination together. 00:44:41 Paul Beaudoin – Wardenclyffe (Nothing returned) Wardenclyffe towers stand in quiet residual signal. Paul Beaudoin – Wardenclyffe (Nothing returned). Granular field recordings and low-voltage processes form disrupted circuits. Tone, breath and resonance hum at the threshold of presence, the architecture listening to what remains. 00:49:21 Asha Patera – A Dark Horse A dark horse moves through open sonic fields. Asha Patera – A Dark Horse. The landscape expands in steady luminous presence. 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 283. Travel safely between the tracks. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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 280. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
As this is episode 280 that makes it a best of show. Where I’ve chosen 12 favourites from over the years. The best of shows remain free but everything else slips quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers after 7 days. Subscribers currently have 1,109 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. They also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, and get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
On Side A you’ll hear Four Tet, Air, Little Dragon, Amorphous Androgynous, The Cinematic Orchestra and La bibliothèque de la bergerie. On the flip side you’ll hear Billy Cobham together with Novecento and Bob Mintzer, ALB, Khruangbin, Apifera, Stiletti-Ana and finally GELBART. This will be Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 280. Travel safely between the tracks. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool. Enjoy…
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape. Trevor here. You’ve just pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 274. A twelve-track virtual cassette that flips itself at the halfway mark, whether you’re ready or not. 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 textured, slightly nocturnal ambient journey through quiet intensity, natural shifts, and digital calm. Side A moves from prowling glass and sea changes into moonlight grass, barrel flowers, reduced beats, and deep geological time. Side B drifts through wormeries, rushing ascent, liquid amber circles, grid edges, digital meditation, and ends on an old road. Overall mood: Contemplative, atmospheric, and gently dynamic — blending organic warmth with subtle tension and quiet modern stillness. Perfect for late-evening listening, deep focus, or peaceful immersion. I’ll introduce Side A now. Side B will wait for the intermission, as is tradition. The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,101 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers also receive the expanding series Veil Frequencies, recorded floor-by-floor inside the 24 buildings of a place called the Resonant Veil Enclave. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures. Side A On this episode you’ll hear the sprawling and inventive side-project of Suncastle’s George Evans and Kristofer Thomas aka Paris Texas who together call themselves Glass Roots. Yes it’s an older release from 2020 but as it’s on Triplicate records it means that it’s Name Your Price on Bandcamp. Which suits my unimployed world. Anyway the track is a stomping Idm piece titled “Panther Loud” from the album “The Idiot”. Go grab it for as little as you can. Then a dose of slapped bass in a wonderful track titled “Sea Change” by friend of the shows Emily Sobool, aka Socool who has teamed up with Paul Griffin and released a collection of tunes under the name “Dreams & Riddles” Next, another team up with Elizabeth Joan Kelly aka Orca and David Rodriguez aka Attack! with a highly original piece titled “Grass In The Moonlight” which is a great name so I think I’ll title this episode after it. It’s from a release out on the Mortality Tables label called, yes “Grass In The Moonlight”. This will be followed by, would you believe it?, another duo in the form of Ali O’May and Frazer Brown as Dohnavùr and a captivating synth adventure titled “Flowers In The Barrel” from their latest release “We Owe Each Other Everything” which you can get on vinyl from that Castles In Space that’s in everyones library. After that, not a another duo, o no, a Leeds based act of unknown numbers. Active between 1993-1994 called Adel Music Club. You’ll be treated to some sweet drum breaks and bongos or highly tuned congas in the track titled “Break Beats Nothing” from the release called “Golden Acres” out on the channel supporting FRBH Recordings. Closing Side A is of course another duo. A name all of you know and are probably a bit tired of after this release. It is of course Boards of Canada with the wonderfully wobbly track “Deep Time” from their latest gem “Inferno”. That’s on vinyl in my collection and is available through Warp Records. But first, to set the vibe: Glass Roots and Panther Loud. Now settle in. Turn it up just a little. Let’s see where the tape takes us. One side flip. Just the music. Side B Welcome back, sonic travellers. Six tracks down. Six still waiting. You’ll hear a founder of Triplicate Records, Mr. Michael Southard aka Time Rival and an exclusive, I dare say, from his Bandcamp subscription library titled “Rush Up” from the album “stay safe out there“ which has an official release on the 2nd of October. Then, speaking of Triplicate Records and their amazing back catalogue I’m playing Belial Pelegrim and an enchanting track titled “Circle of Liquid Ambers”. from the 2020 album “Torus”. Next. No episode of TVCL would be complete without a dose of modular tweakings. We head to another channel supporting label Paris based Hylé Tapes and the artist Aurel Val with the track “Grid’s End” from the album “Mods-1”. Go grab one of the 7 remaining cassettes on Hylé Tapes. Near the end we travel to Genoa, Italy with a downtempo summer vibe piece by artist Brioskj titled “Digital Meditation” from the EP The Persuaders! And that’s another Name Your Price release from Finlands finest label: Kahvi Collective. And finally, a real exclusive track from a true friend of the show. A gentleman fond of words and espicially dialects. Mr. Graham Thorpe who of course is better know as gribbles at least for now. Keep an eye out for upcoming stuff in his own name. Anyway I’m playing a Lemon Jelly flavoured track titled “Owd Roa (Part)” from an upcoming release titled “Agatewards” dropping on boutique label Yellowbelly Records on the 4th of September. Keep an eye out for that. But first, another exclusive, that makes three for this episode! That deserves a subscription from someone out there does it not? Anyway, this is an amazing piece of audio art by Imogen Haley Baker who calls herself Enofa, and a rather haunted track titled “The Wormery” from an album called “Small Modernist House in Woodland Setting” which was sent to me by the wonderful Dan Seville, who runs the equally wonderful Subexotic Records. That will be released on double LP black vinyl from the 14th of August. According to the blurb for this release, Imogen made close to a hundred different pieces of music. A lot of htem, she says, will probably stay on her hard drive for decades. Well if you’re listening Imogen, yoou could enter one in for my quiet figures compilation. Anyway Enjoy…
Side A 00:00:00 Glass Roots – Panther Loud Bold, prowling ambient with glass-edged intensity and quiet predatory presence. Atmospheric and sleek. 00:08:06 Paul Griffin x Socool – Sea Change Transformative, oceanic ambient with shifting tides and collaborative depth. Fluid and reflective. 00:11:25 Orca, Attack! – Grass In The Moonlight Nocturnal, moonlit ambient with soft grass textures and quiet natural wonder. Serene and evocative. 00:14:18 Dohnavùr – Flowers in the Barrel Stark, bittersweet ambient placing fragile blooms against hard containers. Poignant and restrained. 00:19:27 Adel Music Club – Break Beats Nothing Playful, rhythmic ambient that reduces breaks to their quietest essence. Minimal and quirky. 00:21:09 Boards of Canada – Deep Time Classic BoC deep-time haze with warped nostalgia and geological patience. Hypnotic and timeless. Side B 00:28:01 Enofa – The Wormery Earthy, composting ambient with slow organic breakdown and quiet soil life. Grounded and curious. 00:32:17 Time Rival – Rush Up Urgent, ascending ambient with quickening motion and soft forward pull. Dynamic and hopeful. 00:35:00 Belial Pelegrim – Circle of Liquid Ambers Warm, circular ambient with molten amber flow and elegant, looping beauty. Rich and immersive. 00:38:58 Aurel Val – Grid’s End Precise, terminal ambient reaching the edge of structured space. Clean and contemplative. 00:41:04 Brioskj – Digital Meditation Quiet, screen-soft ambient designed for digital stillness and soft focus. Calm and modern. 00:45:25 gribbles – Owd Roa (Part) https://www.yellowbellyrecords.co.uk/ Regional, weathered ambient with old-road character and gentle English texture. Nostalgic and grounded.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, due 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. All the best, Trevor
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 267. 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 stylish, cinematic journey through hauntology, Italian library grooves, cosmic jazz, and dusty intrigue. Side A offers ceremonial nostalgia, Arabian adventure, 1970s modernism, and space-age elegance. Side B shifts into psychedelic funk, flowing calm, low-orbit jazz, conspiratorial dust, fiery intensity, and extraction drama. Overall mood: Retro-cinematic, groovy, and atmospheric — blending playful sophistication with subtle mystery. Perfect for golden-hour listening, stylish drives, or immersive evening sessions. 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 1 091 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. If I mention the labels Four Flies Records, ATA Records, Batov Records, Buried Treasure or Sonor Music Editions you’ll instantly get the vibe for this episode. A cinematic journey through hauntology, Italian library grooves, cosmic jazz, and dusty intrigue. On this TVCL episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by the hypnotic sequencing of Italian artist Giuliano Sorgini, in the track “Arabian Safari” from the 7” single titled “Savana Selvaggia” available through Four Flies Records. Followed by friends of the show and one of my all time favourite outfits “The Twelve Hour Foundation” and the super recognisable retro moog sounds of their track “Roissy 1977” which is taken from the final Undulating Waters compilation, and Woodford Halses 100th release. Get it. Then Sarnia, Ontario based “EKT” with a groovy synth outing in the piece “Pioneer Plaque” from a 32 track album called “Pura Vida” A fascinating release where almost all the tracks have super psychedelic videos. The album is also free to anyone who sends a screenshot or photo proof of them deleting Spotify and/or any social media app. The penultimate track of the first side of the virtual cassette is by Eric Wetherell and the theme from the 1975 HTV series “Sky”. The shortest track of the episode at just 47 seconds. Suggestive and eerie. From the well sold out Album “Sky” on the Buried Treasure label. Finishing off the first half, we go one year earlier with a track by Milan based Barigozzi Group and a bouncing library jazz track complete with cowbell from 1974 titled “Violet Lips” from the album Woman’s Colours where all the track names are a specific colour combined with a different part of the body. But first, to set the vibe is the outstanding Jim Jupp aka Belbury Poly and the psychedelic organ infused track “Scarlet Ceremony” from his album “The Owl’s Map” which was originally released back in 2006 on the Ghost Box label. 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 Lee Spreadbury better known as Gurulee and his wonderfully nostalgic prog-fusion jazz waltz infected track “Flo” from the EP “Into the Light” which is recorded at ATA Studios. Followed by a group of artists that have probably sneaked their way into this episode in a few ways. Here is Leeds based, Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble, with the downtempo, sexy, flute injected, library piece titled “Low Orbit” from the album “The Kármán Line” which is out on ATA Records. After that Nitzan Dana also known as Islands On Tape with a downtempo, hypnotic, cinematic and rimshot heavy piece “Dust Conspiracy” from the EP of the same name. Dropping October 16th on Batov Records. Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of the psychedelic jazz-funk grooves of Italys Atabasca and the track “Hell Dorado”. Grab one of the last vinyls of the self titled album on Killer Grooves Records. Finishing us off is the label that is also a band, Leeds based, “ATA Records” with a party lifter complete with handclaps and bongos in the track, “The Galata Extraction” from the must have album “The Library Archive Vol. 4” But first, Miles Newbold who, I believe is the entire ensemble of The Natural Yogurt Band, with the busy, neo-library, psychedelic track titled “On The Other Side”. Get a vinyl copy of the album “Parasol” from Sonor Music Editions. Enjoy…
Side A 00:00:00 Belbury Poly – Scarlet Ceremony Hauntological library-inspired ambient with ceremonial warmth and scarlet, nostalgic glow. Whimsical and atmospheric. 00:10:33 Giuliano Sorgini – Arabian Safari Exotic, cinematic Italian library music with desert adventure, swirling percussion, and 70s flair. Groovy and transportive. 00:12:34 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Roissy 1977 Retro-futurist ambient evoking 1970s airport modernism with sleek, institutional charm. Nostalgic and cool. 00:16:24 EKT – Pioneer Plaque Space-age synth inspired by the Voyager plaque, with cosmic messages and interstellar wonder. Thoughtful and expansive. 00:19:06 Eric Wetherell – Sky – Main Theme Classic library theme with soaring, open-sky melodies and bright, optimistic orchestration. Uplifting and cinematic. 00:19:51 Barigozzi Group – Violet Lips Smooth, sensual Italian library jazz with violet-hued elegance and sophisticated grooves. Stylish and alluring. Side B 00:25:05 The Natural Yogurt Band – On The Other Side Psychedelic, organic funk-jazz with warm, other-side curiosity and playful analogue textures. Groovy and adventurous. 00:28:31 Gurulee – Flo Flowing, fluid prog fusion with gentle movement and soft, continuous motion. Hypnotic and serene. 00:32:09 Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble – Low Orbit Cosmic jazz with low-orbit float, spacey improvisation, and interstellar cool. Expansive and swinging. 00:38:00 Islands On Tape – Dust Conspiracy Dusty, conspiratorial psychedelic groove with tape-worn textures and mysterious, island isolation. Atmospheric and intriguing. 00:40:32 Atabasca – Hell Dorado Dark, gold-rush cinema with hellish heat and dorado intensity. Dramatic and fiery. 00:45:37 ATA Records – The Galata Extraction Cinematic extraction-themed ambient with Galata intrigue and tense, narrative drive. Moody and evocative.
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?
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Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 260. 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 groovy, cinematic, and eclectic journey blending indie folk introspection, global psychedelic funk, French electronic cool, post-rock elegance, and atmospheric psychedelia. Side A cruises through cosmic weight, mechanical playfulness, and sun-drenched grooves. Side B percolates with jazzy structures, vaporous textures, and sleek professionalism before ending on a pointed, trippy note. Overall mood: Stylish, nostalgic, and transportive with a strong retro-cinematic flair—warm, hypnotic, and playfully sophisticated. Perfect for golden-hour drives, late-night listening, or stylish background grooves. I’ve gone back to doing more podcast style episodes but I’ll do all the talking now in the intro as I’ve put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through the episode to give the “virtual cassette” title a meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few subscribers who get to enjoy the 260 episodes plus the 822 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for 3 quid. It used to be a coffee. This episode is inspired by the key of G minor and based on the amazing retro synth runs of “A Study In Vapors” by “Bluetech” from a release that’s in my top 5 of the year so far “Petite Constellations”. Every tenth episode I do a best of show. So all these tracks have probably been featured by me over the years and have a special place, for me, in some way. On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Berlin based legends To Rococo Rot with a track simply called “cars”. Originally released on the 1999 album “The Amateur View” which should be in everyone’s collection. Naples based group Psyché grab our hips with “Cumbia Mahàre” from their debut Four Flies Records, self titled, 2023 release. Then a trio that have infected me over the past few years, Khruangbin, here joined by the vocal stylings of Leon Bridges in the track “Chocolate Hills” from their 2022 EP Texas Moon. After that Vincent Taeger aka Tiger Tigre together with, well, himself, in the track “Sport Mécanique” which takes me back to my childhood. My parents watch all sports on tv and this just puts me in that world of 80s sports jingles. It’s taken from the compilation album “ERR REC Library Vol.4 Physical Activity” from 2023. Ending the A side is the Los Angeles, California based roots reggae infected Pachy García aka Pachyman and the track “Sunset Sound” from the album “The Return of…” released in 2021. Starting off Side B with Vienna, Austria based synth maestro Dorian Concept and the track “Eigendynamik (Elevator Version)” from the 2020 album “The Jitters”. Followed by my favourite Stockholm based artist of recent years Joel Danell better known as Sven Wunder. Here with the piece “Pop-Jazz Structures”. Every one of Joels tracks puts me in a happy space. This is from his 2023 album “Late Again”. Then anyone who has followed the channel knows that I love odd time signatures and the track “Percolator” is in 5/8 and is by the one of a kind originals Stereolab. Taken from the 2025 album “Emperor Tomato Ketchup”. This leads into the featured Seattle, Washington based, Evan Bartholomew, better known as, Bluetech track “A Study In Vapors”. Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of one of my all time go to artists Air with the track “Les Professionnels” from their debut 1997 EP Premiers Symptômes. Finishing us off is Salvia Plath aka RUN DMT with nostalgic samples over a hypnotic acoustic guitar line in the track “Money” from the 2009 album BONG VOYAGE. But first, to set the vibe is New Zealand based folk tinged artist whose voice just grips me Aldous Harding with the song “Weight of the Planets” from her fantastic third album “Designer” from 2019. Labels to be mentioned are 4AD UK, City Slang, Four Flies Records, Dead Oceans, ERR REC, ATO, Brainfeeder, Piano Piano Records, Warp Records, Behind The Sky Music, DiN and Virgin Records. 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.
Side A 00:00:00 Aldous Harding – Weight of the Planets Introspective indie folk with Aldous Harding’s elastic, shape-shifting voice, enigmatic lyrics, and a sense of cosmic weight and emotional depth. Haunting and beautifully unclassifiable. Artist Bio: Aldous Harding (born Hannah Sian Topp in 1990 in Lyttelton, New Zealand) is an indie folk singer-songwriter known for her elastic voice, eccentric performances, and off-kilter indie pop/folk that blends chamber pop, art song, and subtle drama. She has released acclaimed albums on 4AD, including Party (2017) and Designer (2019). 00:09:17 To Rococo Rot – cars Instrumental post-rock with electronic and analog elements—unmistakably digital yet 100% human. Hypnotic grooves, minimal structures, and a sense of mechanical elegance. Artist Bio: To Rococo Rot were a Berlin-based trio (1995–2014) blending electronic and analog sounds into instrumental post-rock/IDM. Core members: Stefan Schneider (bass), brothers Robert Lippok (electronics/guitar) and Ronald Lippok (drums/effects). Their name is a palindrome. 00:11:43 Psyché – Cumbia Mahàre Psychedelic groove with Mediterranean roots, sinuous rhythms, and improvisational flair. Evokes a mythical past with cosmic funk and desert-blues energy. Artist Bio: Psyché is a band/project known for a unique mix of psychedelia, groove, and improvisation. Their music draws on Mediterranean roots and evokes visions of a mythical past; released on Four Flies Records. 00:15:23 Khruangbin – Chocolate Hills Smooth, bass-heavy psychedelic funk with Thai funk influences, surf-rock cool, and global grooves. Laid-back yet hypnotic, with that signature Khruangbin warmth. Artist Bio: Khruangbin is a Houston, Texas trio (Laura Lee on bass/vocals, Mark Speer on guitar/vocals, Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums) blending Thai funk, Iranian pop, dub, soul, and psychedelia. Their name means “airplane” in Thai. 00:18:26 Tiger Tigre & Taurelle – Sport Mécanique Playful electronic track with mechanical rhythms and sporty, energetic flair—quirky and danceable. Artist Bio: Tiger Tigre & Taurelle is Vincent Taeger delivering groovy, mechanical, and playful tracks. 00:22:38 Pachyman – Sunset Sound Breezy dub reggae with Puerto Rican roots, vintage gear warmth, and smooth, freedom-seeking grooves. Sunny and rootsy. Artist Bio: Pachyman (Pachy Garcia) is a Puerto Rico-born, Los Angeles-based dub reggae musician and producer. A dedicated craftsman in the lineage of King Tubby and The Scientist, blending dub with personal, forward-thinking takes on roots reggae. Side B 00:26:40 Dorian Concept – Eigendynamik (Elevator Version) Eclectic electronic with modal/free jazz, funk, hip-hop, and ambient elements. Self-dynamic and elevator-lifted—playful yet sophisticated. Artist Bio: Dorian Concept (Oliver Thomas Johnson, born 1984 in Vienna, Austria) is a composer, producer, and keyboardist blending modal/free jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronic, ambient, and soundscape music. His stage name references the Dorian scale. 00:29:35 Sven Wunder – Pop-Jazz Structures Lush pop-jazz with cinematic structures, warm grooves, and elegant orchestration. Sophisticated and transportive. Artist Bio: Sven Wunder is a Swedish composer and musician known for cinematic pop-jazz and instrumental works that blend retro elegance with modern warmth. 00:32:36 Stereolab – Percolator Hypnotic indie/electronic pop with singsong vocals, krautrock influences, and percolating rhythms. Mesmerizing and groovy. Artist Bio: Stereolab (formed 1990) were a highly influential band led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier. Known for hypnotic rhythms, mesmerizing vocals, and blending 60s pop, krautrock, jazz, hip-hop, and lounge into a distinctive art-rock sound. 00:35:58 Bluetech – A Study In Vapors Intricate psybient with organic textures, dissolving vapors, and luminous detail. Ethereal and hypnotic. Artist Bio: Bluetech (Evan Bartholomew) is a veteran psybient/electronic artist known for intricate, organic, and mind-expanding soundscapes. 00:39:35 Air – Les Professionnels Sleek French electronic with cinematic cool, smooth synths, and sophisticated lounge atmosphere. Effortlessly stylish. Artist Bio: Air is a French duo from Versailles (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel) known for downtempo/electronic music with influences from bossa nova, lounge, film scores, and 70s pop. Their debut Moon Safari (1998) was a global success. 00:43:16 RUN DMT – Money Psychedelic/electronic track with trippy vibes and a playful yet pointed take on materialism. Groovy and irreverent. Artist Bio: RUN DMT is an electronic/psychedelic project (associated with Salvia Plath) known for trippy, groovy, and irreverent electronic tracks.
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?
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 256. 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. An eclectic, atmospheric journey blending whimsical dawn grooves, northern flows, and ancient mystical energies. Side A moves from sardine sunrises and titanium explorations into nodal precision, soft focus, and prime matter. Side B shifts through metropolitan gothic, leaping sorcery, seasonal transformation, and ancient tumuli. Overall mood: Playful yet contemplative, warm, and mysterious with a mix of light whimsy and deeper resonance. Perfect for adventurous listening, golden-hour drives, or late-night immersion. Episode 256 is based, appropriately, on the bubbling track “Hylé” by “Denis Violet” from the release “Connection: sculpting silence” out on Paris based Hylé Tapes label. Shout out to Richard Francés who has sent me a load of releases from his label this week. Thanks also to Paul Beaudoin, and Substak for sending me your latest works I’ll be featuring you very soon. In this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by unmistakeably Polish artist Marek Kwiatkowski, An artists that has gone under the radar for years is the UK based Mark Ellery Griffiths. If you’re into vintage synths then dive into his vast name your price catalogue on Bandcamp. Mark gives us some brutalist electronica. Another regular of the episodes is Rick Jones aka DARK FIDELITY HIFI with Orb flavoured Idm out on his sight and sound label. Also London based Rodrigo Passannantis’ latest I can’t seem to get enough of those soaring synth lines lately. From the Cyclical Dreams label. Ivo Petrovs Mahorka label is almost always included. This time with quirky dub vibes from Mülheim, Germany based Record Of Tides. The B side opens with the 27 minute track showing us what the Nord Modular G1 can do by Switzerland based Rupert Lally. This track would have made it onto an Expansive Waves episode but I’ve decided to discontinue those due to lack of motivation. Clarinet based braindance from Berlin duo Meier & Erdmann. Then Leeds based Ethiopian Jazz flavours from The Source on ATA records. Then my friend Gavin Brick aka The Metamorph chills us out with live sci-fi injected ambient. Ending episode 256 is the great combo of Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate with a haunted finale via Subexotic Records. But setting the tape rolling today is an almost avant-garde Idm setting with Liryc303, here as, Cylander together with friend of the channel Fluffy Inside and their track Sardine Sunrise the Fluffy Inside’s Cloudy Dawn Mix. Available through the Neo Ouija label. 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 Cylander & Friends – Sardine Sunrise (Fluffy Inside’s Cloudy Dawn Mix) Playful, sardine-tinged ambient with cloudy dawn warmth and quirky, fluffy textures. Light and whimsical. Artist Bio: Cylander & Friends create here playful, collaborative ambient works with whimsical and dawn-inspired themes. 00:09:40 Marek Kwiatkowski – Łazikiem po Tytanie Polish-tinged ambient with urban exploration and titanium-like metallic sheen. Adventurous and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Marek Kwiatkowski is a Polish ambient artist exploring urban and material-inspired soundscapes. 00:15:04 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Node Precise, nodal ambient with interconnected points and subtle, linking resonance. Focused and geometric. Artist Bio: Mark Ellery Griffiths is a UK ambient composer creating cosmic and textural works often inspired by space and nature. 00:16:50 DARK FIDELITY HIFI – soft focus Warm, blurred ambient with soft-focus glow and gentle, emotional diffusion. Comforting and hazy. Artist Bio: Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (Rick Jones) is a Manchester producer blending electronic atmospheres with emotional depth and personal reflection. 00:21:34 Rodrigo Passannanti – End Motion Minimal, motion-ending ambient with final, decelerating textures and quiet closure. Reflective and still. Artist Bio: Rodrigo Passannanti is a London-based Italian electronic composer known for immersive, time-focused ambient works and vintage synth explorations. 00:26:04 Denis Violet – Hylé Prime matter ambient with raw, elemental hylé textures and philosophical depth. Primal and contemplative. Artist Bio: Denis Violet is an ambient artist exploring prime matter, elemental, and philosophical themes. 00:35:07 Record Of Tides – The Beach Crate Beach-found ambient with tidal memories and crate-like discovered warmth. Nostalgic and organic. Artist Bio: Record Of Tides is an ambient project focused on tidal, beach-found, and nostalgic sound discoveries. Side B 00:42:28 Rupert Lally – Nord E Northern, directional ambient with cold elegance and steady, eastward flow. Crisp and expansive. Artist Bio: Rupert Lally is a UK, Swiss based, ambient artist creating directional, northern, and elegant electronic works. 01:09:32 Meier & Erdmann – Nosferatu Metropolitain Gothic, metropolitan ambient evoking Nosferatu in a city with dark, dramatic tension. Artist Bio: Meier & Erdmann create cinematic, gothic, and urban-inspired ambient soundtracks. 01:13:25 The Sorcerers – He Who Kills with One Leap Mystical, leaping funk-jazz ambient with powerful, sorcerous energy and ritualistic drive. Artist Bio: The Sorcerers are a psychedelic jazz-funk group known for mystical, energetic, and ritualistic grooves. 01:17:36 The Metamorph – Spring into Summer Seasonal, transforming ambient capturing the shift from spring to summer with lush growth. Artist Bio: The Metamorph is an analogue electronics project exploring scifi synth and transformation. 01:21:11 Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate – Tumulus Ancient, burial-mound ambient with barrow-like resonance and mystical, earthen depth. Artist Bio: Drew Mulholland & Garden Gate collaborate on ancient, mystical, and folklore-inspired ambient works.
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?
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Based on the track “Rushe Cuts -Dark Volkswagen – (June 16- 2026” by “NQUAUS” from the release “Rushe Cuts vol.1 (Teaser)”. Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track 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 Apifera – Evergreen Meadows Lush, verdant ambient with rich, meadow-like layers and gentle, evergreen serenity. Organic and peaceful. Artist Bio: Apifera is psychedelic jazz supergroup known for organic, nature-inspired soundscapes with warm, living textures. 00:04:10 NQUAUS – Rushe Cuts -Dark Volkswagen – (June 16- 2026 Dark, driving electronic with gritty, nocturnal energy and retro vehicle-inspired edge. Atmospheric and intense. Artist Bio: Sean Grimes alias NQUAUS is an Irish alternative artist creating dark, experimental works with a focus on urban atmospheres. 00:08:33 ESH – Mindful Rain Gentle, mindful ambient with soft rainfall and calm, meditative textures. Soothing and introspective. Artist Bio: ESH is an ambient artist crafting mindful, nature-based works often centered on calm reflection. 00:13:31 Duolant – Dactylic Rhythmic, poetic ambient inspired by dactylic meter with flowing, metrical elegance. Hypnotic and structured. Artist Bio: Jeff Mettlewsky alias Duolant is an ambient artist exploring live voltage manipulating in minimal electronic forms. 00:14:31 yolabmi – Mother Warm, nurturing ambient with maternal tenderness and soft, embracing tones. Intimate and comforting. Artist Bio: Japanese sound artist yolabmi is an artist creating modular buzz tones and atmospheric works. 00:18:33 Spooqs – Selphira, The Ocean Sage Mystical, oceanic ambient evoking a wise sea sage with deep, flowing textures and mythical charm. Artist Bio: Spooqs is an ambient artist crafting mystical soundscapes. Side B 00:22:45 First Snow of The Year – Fall of Flags Quiet, wintry ambient capturing the solemn fall of flags with reflective melancholy. Artist Bio: First Snow of The Year is an ambient project focused on melancholic atmospheres. 00:26:50 Leaving – Journey Minimal, transitional ambient focused on the act of departure and gentle movement. Sparse and poignant. Artist Bio: Leaving is an ambient artist exploring themes of departure, transition, and minimal emotional journeys. 00:29:57 Hello Meteor – All The Fog That Came In The Night Hazy, nocturnal ambient enveloped in thick fog with dreamy, mysterious layers. Atmospheric and immersive. Artist Bio: Hello Meteor is an ambient artist known for dreamy, nostalgic, and atmospheric night-time retro soundscapes. 00:33:18 Tegu – 2×5 Precise, geometric ambient with clean structures and subtle rhythmic interplay. Minimal and focused. Artist Bio: Hunter Thompson’s tribalist dub alias Tegu is an ambient artist creating floating electronic works. 00:40:22 Causalidox – Probably too late Melancholic, regret-tinged ambient with soft resignation and lingering emotional weight. Artist Bio: Causalidox is an ambient, techno artist exploring themes of lateness, regret, and emotional aftermath. 00:45:09 The Taps Of The Holy Trinity – Buried Crowns Solemn, ritualistic ambient evoking buried royalty with deep, resonant gravitas. Haunting and majestic. Artist Bio: The Taps Of The Holy Trinity is an ambient project creating solemn, ritualistic, and historically-inspired folk soundscapes.
Based on the track “Strange Teeth” by “Polypores” from the release “WF 100 – Undulating Waters 10”. 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 warm, groovy, and eclectic journey blending deep techno, psychedelic jazz-funk, library music, and pastoral electronica. Side A flows from hypnotic grooves and lunar waltzes into spiritual jazz and dreamy psych-folk. Side B shifts toward nostalgic library sounds, intimate domestic textures, and funky modular experimentation. Overall mood: Nostalgic, sophisticated, and joyfully exploratory with a strong analogue warmth and cinematic flair. Perfect for golden-hour listening, relaxed drives, or late-night grooves. 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 Kirk Degiorgio – Shechem Deep, hypnotic techno with soulful Detroit-influenced warmth and subtle spiritual undertones. Elegant and driving. 00:02:38 Misha Panfilov Sound Combo – Moonscape Waltz Dreamy, analogue psych-jazz waltz with lunar charm, swirling organs, and gentle cosmic groove. Enchanting and whimsical. 00:05:57 Hear & Now – Hirundo Graceful, avian-inspired ambient/jazz with flowing melodies and light, soaring textures. Serene and uplifting. 00:11:33 Polypores – Strange Teeth Weird, organic electronic with quirky, teeth-like textures and psychedelic pastoral oddity. Playful and immersive. 00:17:50 Work Money Death – At Once Familiar Warm, spiritual jazz-funk with deep grooves, soulful horns, and comforting familiarity. Rich and heartfelt. 00:27:15 Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Nana Hypnotic, psychedelic folk-rock with Eastern-tinged melodies, fuzzy warmth, and gentle propulsion. Dreamy and transportive. Side B 00:30:38 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Land Of Green Ginger Quirky, nostalgic library-inspired electronica with playful charm and whimsical British eccentricity. 00:33:10 Oronzo De Filippi – Dinamica – II versione Vintage Italian library music with dynamic rhythms, cinematic flair, and groovy sophistication. 00:35:40 Folclore Impressionista – Domestic Life Intimate, impressionistic ambient/folk evoking everyday domestic scenes with warm, painterly textures. 00:39:23 Tobor Experiment – Venus Modularistic Riff Funky, modular synth experimentation with cosmic Venusian energy and groovy, retro-futurist drive. 00:43:00 Enzo Scoppa & Cicci Santucci – Eleven Elegant, swinging Italian jazz-funk with tight brass, smooth grooves, and sophisticated cool. 00:45:11 Let Spin – Blockade Dynamic, adventurous jazz with energetic rhythms and forward-thinking improvisation. Bold and exciting.
Based on the track “Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler)” by “Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed” from the album “Reverie”. 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 warm, groovy, and cinematic journey through jazz-funk, psychedelic grooves, French electronic cool, and sunrise optimism. Side A blends raw Afrobeat energy with sophisticated library jazz and spiritual fusion. Side B cruises with laid-back psych-funk, quirky electronica, and feel-good house before ending on radiant, dreamy highs. Overall mood: Stylish, sun-kissed, and soulful with a strong retro-cinematic flair. Perfect for golden-hour drives, warm evenings, or chilled dancing. Highly groovy and immersive. 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 Nu Guinea, Tony Allen – Howls Funky Afrobeat groove powered by Tony Allen’s legendary rhythms and warm electronic jazz-psych energy. Alive and infectious. 00:04:55 Air – How Does It Make You Feel? Smooth, seductive French electronic with breathy vocals, lush production, and late-night sensual charm. Cool and hypnotic. 00:09:17 Dos Palos – Lady Of The Westway [Andi Hanley Rework] Laid-back Northern Soul rework with deep grooves, warm bass, and breezy Westway sunshine. Groovy and nostalgic. 00:16:20 Mahavishnu Orchestra – Pastoral Epic jazz-fusion beauty with soaring guitar, intricate rhythms, and spiritual, pastoral majesty. Transcendent. 00:19:26 Brian Bennett – The Prowler Sleazy, cinematic library funk with tight breaks and shadowy, prowling menace. Cool and characterful. 00:20:56 Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed – Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler) Smoky, deeply grooving jazz with rich reeds, warm bass, and soulful Middle Eastern flavour. Immersive and swinging. Side B 00:24:23 Domenique Dumont – Quasi Quasi Playful, quirky French electronic pop with charming melodies and light, bouncy grooves. Delightful and whimsical. 00:28:11 Khruangbin – Mr. White Psychedelic, dub-tinged instrumental funk with deep bass, shimmering guitar, and laid-back swagger. Hypnotic. 00:32:19 Jimi Tenor – Moonfolks Cosmic, eccentric jazz-electronica with quirky synths and interstellar lounge vibes. Weird and wonderful. 00:37:00 Breakbot – Another Dawn (feat. Irfane) Slick French house/funk with smooth vocals, funky bass, and optimistic sunrise energy. Feel-good and danceable. 00:40:32 Albin – Vinterkassetten Chilled, wintry Swedish electronic with warm cassette tones and cozy, melancholic grooves. Atmospheric and intimate. 00:44:25 Tycho – Sunrise Projector Lush, shimmering electronic with dreamy guitars, pulsing beats, and golden sunrise glow. Beautiful and uplifting.
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.
Based on the track “Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler)” by “Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed” from the album “Reverie”. 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 stylish, sun-drenched cinematic journey through groovy library music, psychedelic jazz-funk, exotica, and global grooves. Side A cruises with vibrant Italian 70s energy, Mediterranean breeziness, and adventurous desert psych. Side B deepens into darker cinematic funk, liquid dreaminess, and occult-tinged grooves before ending on warm, swinging elegance. Overall mood: Warm, nostalgic, playful, and sophisticated with a strong retro-cinematic flair. Feels like a golden-hour drive along the coast or a smoky late-night lounge session. Highly groovy and immersive. 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 Piero Umiliani – Orgasmo Seq. 2 (jazz pour l’action) Vibrant Italian library jazz with energetic percussion, swinging horns, and groovy 70s flair. Playful and cinematic. 00:03:23 D.Rothon – In The Racket Too Warm, nostalgic library folk-jazz with gentle charm and subtle British whimsy. Cosy and characterful. 00:06:17 Matt Berry – Safe Passage Smooth, psychedelic-tinged cinematic piece with lush orchestration and adventurous spirit. Elegant and groovy. 00:07:46 Kolumbo – Riviera Sunny Mediterranean grooves with breezy rhythms and coastal cool. Laid-back and stylish. 00:11:24 Moonbrew, Paolo Apollo Negri – Opportunity’s last farewell Melancholic, cinematic jazz with emotional depth and a touching sense of closure. Sophisticated and heartfelt. 00:14:53 Elías González – San Juan Unido Warm Latin jazz/funk fusion with sunny rhythms and heartfelt melodies. Joyful and vibrant. 00:15:49 Falk & Klou – Area 47:1 (Strövelstorp) Driving, motorik-inspired electronic with retro racing energy and hypnotic propulsion. 00:18:24 Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed – Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler) Rich, smoky jazz with deep bass, expressive reeds, and warm Middle Eastern-tinged grooves. Soulful and immersive. 00:21:23 Sven Wunder – Scenic Byway Lush exotica/jazz with rolling percussion and picturesque, road-trip warmth. Cinematic and groovy. 00:25:08 Anadol – Hatıralar Psychedelic Turkish folk-electronica with dreamy, memory-laden textures. Hypnotic and nostalgic. 00:27:30 JJ Whitefield – Bedouin Bounce No. 2 Funky, desert-tinged Afrobeat/jazz with bouncy rhythms and adventurous spirit. Energetic and transportive. Side B 00:29:33 Ghost Funk Orchestra – Achluo Dark, cinematic funk-soul with brooding atmosphere and ghostly psychedelic edges. Atmospheric and powerful. 00:33:03 Thee Marloes – Nona (Instrumental) Smooth, laid-back soul/funk instrumental with warm grooves and gentle melancholy. Elegant and groovy. 00:37:10 Misha Panfilov – Raindrops On Water Dreamy, liquid psych-jazz with rippling textures and hypnotic analogue warmth. Beautiful and immersive. 00:41:39 Riz Ortolani – Why (strumentale N. 10) Classic Italian soundtrack elegance with lush strings, subtle drama, and emotional depth. 00:43:05 Bolbec – Machine Arrière Quirky, retro-futurist electronic with mechanical charm and playful French flair. 00:45:34 The Sorcerers – Kid Mahout Heavy, psychedelic Ethiopian-jazz funk with powerful rhythms and mystical intensity. Funky and transportive. 00:48:59 Kronstad 23 – Svartmagi Dark, occult-tinged Nordic psych/jazz with brooding atmosphere and ritualistic drive. 00:52:28 Time Is a Mountain – Wooden Keys Warm, organic jazz-folk with tactile percussion and gentle, wooden instrumentation. Earthy and meditative. 00:58:00 Gianni Safred – Bottom Up Swinging Italian library jazz with upbeat energy, tight grooves, and sophisticated cool. A lively closer.
Based on the track “Fratelli” from the album “Fourrure Sounds Vol. 3 to 6” by “DOMOTIC”. 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 warm, eclectic, and nature-infused ambient journey that blends cosmic exploration with earthly intimacy and gentle nostalgia. Side A flows from soulful analogue psych-jazz and wide-open horizons into playful textures, misty mountains, celestial arrivals, and deep mythological atmospheres. Side B shifts toward cosy, reflective minimalism — featuring modular whimsy, vintage warmth, cabin-bound peace, and tidal serenity. Overall mood: Hopeful, contemplative, and gently psychedelic with a strong organic warmth. It feels like a sunlit walk through forests and fields that slowly transitions into star-gazing at dusk. Perfect for relaxed deep listening, daytime dreaming, or evening 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 Misha Panfilov – Deep Breath Warm, soulful analogue psych-jazz with rich grooves and a deep, cleansing exhale. Hypnotic and immersive. 00:02:04 Scholars of the Peak – Eyes On The Horizon, Ears Tuned To The Deep Expansive, contemplative ambient with wide-open horizons and subtle oceanic undercurrents. Serene and attentive. 00:05:36 gribbles – bouce (beatless) Floating, rubbery ambient with gentle bounce and playful, weightless textures. Light and charming. 00:08:17 Vic Mars – Picws Du (long version) Misty, mountainous Welsh ambient with brooding beauty and long, atmospheric development. Dramatic and evocative. 00:14:24 Happy Hearts – Nature Playing With Birds Bright, joyful ambient celebrating birdsong and natural playfulness. Sunny and uplifting. 00:16:52 Caught In Joy – Surface Halo Glowing, radiant ambient with shimmering halos of light and celestial warmth. Beautiful and luminous. 00:17:51 Danalogue – Arrival at Rho Ophiochi Cosmic jazz-fusion journey with interstellar wonder and smooth propulsion. Adventurous and dreamy. 00:19:26 The Metamorph – Volatile Power Unstable, shape-shifting analogue electronics with raw energy and tension. Dynamic and unpredictable. 00:22:37 Camp of Wolves – Amongst Firs Dark, forested ambient with pine-scented mystery and earthy ritualistic tones. Atmospheric and wild. 00:23:39 deepspace – Arcadia=Geographica=Hydros Vast, mythological ambient merging land, water, and utopian dreams. Deep, flowing, and cinematic. Side B 00:29:07 Günter Schlienz – Trinkbrunnen Gentle, bubbling modular ambient inspired by a drinking fountain. Playful, refreshing, and minimal. 00:33:48 Barigozzi Group – White Neck Elegant, vintage Italian library jazz with sophisticated grooves and smooth sophistication. 00:36:11 4T Thieves – Unconventionality Quirky, off-kilter ambient with experimental charm and subtle rhythmic intrigue. 00:40:21 Omni Gardens – Sunday Robe Cosy, lazy Sunday ambient with soft synths and intimate, robe-wrapped comfort. Warm and relaxed. 00:42:37 Synthetic Villains – Burying the Time Capsule Nostalgic, slightly eerie ambient reflecting on time, memory, and buried futures. Reflective and poignant. 00:43:09 Visible Light – Cabin Song Intimate, cabin-bound ambient with warm wooden tones and peaceful isolation. Cosy and heartfelt. 00:46:30 DOMOTIC – Fratelli Melodic, brotherly electronic warmth with gentle grooves and emotional connection. 00:48:32 Andrea Castiglioni – Before Sailing – an Ecology of Mind Thoughtful, pre-departure ambient with ecological awareness and calm anticipation. Mature and serene. 00:53:13 Vandus – Tidepools Gentle, tidal ambient exploring small ecosystems with delicate movement and marine calm. Detailed and meditative.
Based on the track “Escape to Dream” from the album “Escape to Dream” by “Solace Road”. 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 ambient journey centered on introspection, escape, and emotional depth. Side A drifts through gentle dreamscapes, delicate melodies, and fragile, watery textures — evoking longing, memory, and quiet reflection. Side B expands into luminous, slowed, and alchemical territory before shifting toward vivid cosmic and dark energy realms. Overall mood: Dreamy, melancholic, and emotionally resonant with a strong sense of space and solitude. It feels intimate yet vast — like drifting between inner thoughts and the cosmos. Ideal for deep listening, late-night reflection, meditation, or 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. 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 Solace Road – Escape to Dream – Escape to Dream – 2026 Gentle, flowing ambient with soft pads and dreamy escapism. Warm, hopeful, and soothing. 00:08:30 Arbee & Kilometre Club – Once is not a habit – Once is not a habit – 2025 Minimal, tape-warmed ambient with delicate textures and quiet repetition. Intimate and reflective. 00:09:54 Garda – Likimas – Sąlyga – 2025 Atmospheric Lithuanian ambient with emotional depth and subtle cinematic tension. Melancholic and elegant. 00:14:57 Scyye – outside – 2018 Sparse, drifting electronic ambient with open space and gentle detachment. Calm and airy. 00:18:25 Woo – Celeste Light, whimsical ambient with charming melodies and signature Woo warmth. Playful and dreamy. 00:19:40 Spheruleus – Atlas Days – The Lost Catalogue – 2026 Subtle, weathered ambient with lost-catalogue nostalgia and soft decaying tones. Poignant and nostalgic. 00:23:43 Ekin Fil – bazille-water drop – Bora Boreas – 2025 Delicate, watery ambient with fragile beauty and emotional translucence. Ethereal and touching. Side B 00:26:43 Solar Phasing – Luminescence (432hz) – Electronic Patterns – 2025 Luminous, tuned ambient with soft glowing layers and healing calm. Radiant and meditative. 00:30:44 Willebrant – Emerge (slowed and reverb) – The Pilgrim – Slowed and Reverb – 2025 Deep, slowed ambient with heavy reverb and emotional emergence. Immersive and cinematic. 00:35:57 Paul Beaudoin – Prima Materia – Alchemies – 2025 Alchemical ambient exploring raw sonic matter with rich, evolving textures. Mystical and grounded. 00:40:28 SURVEY CHANNEL – Outside the Coding Region – Triplicate Tapes Vol. 2: Space Invaders – 2021 Glitchy, coded electronic ambient with sci-fi unease and digital drift. Abstract and intriguing. 00:45:03 Loneward – Crimson Canvas – Musings of a Painted Sky – 2025 Vivid, painterly ambient with warm glowing tones and emotional brushstrokes. Beautiful and expressive. 00:52:31 Substak – Dark Energy Singularity – Black Noise Constellation – 2025 Cosmic, low-frequency dark ambient with massive scale and gravitational pull. Deep and powerful.
Based on the track “Somewhere Right Now In The Future” from the album “Inferno” by “Boards of Canada”. 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 gentle, introspective, and emotionally nuanced ambient journey with touches of melancholy and warmth. Side A moves from delicate, fragile beauty and shimmering guitar textures into dreamy Balearic atmospheres, dark cyclical tension, and quiet personal reflection. Side B shifts between urban solitude, sparse haunting moments, and organic warmth before landing on pastoral serenity and nostalgic analogue haze. Overall mood: Melancholic yet comforting, dreamy, and subtly nostalgic. It feels intimate and emotionally honest — like late-afternoon light turning into twilight. Perfect for reflective listening, quiet evenings, or focused deep 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. 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 Wavefiler – Brief Saga Short, sweeping ambient with gentle melodic arcs and emotional warmth. Poignant and beautifully concise. 00:03:26 The Durutti Column – Beginning Delicate, shimmering guitar-led ambient with Vini Reilly’s signature fragile beauty. Intimate and graceful. 00:04:40 Philippe Brown – Podenca Dreamscape Dreamy, sun-soaked Balearic ambient with light percussion and hazy Mediterranean glow. Blissful and relaxed. 00:07:47 Luke Requena – Metallic Plastic Glossy, synthetic electronic textures with a cool, modern edge. Sleek and slightly surreal. 00:13:38 worriedaboutsatan – Zyklus Dark, cyclical post-rock/ambient with brooding intensity and slow-building tension. Atmospheric and powerful. 00:16:09 Glenn Fallows, Mark Treffel – Remember Empathy Warm, melodic ambient with gentle grooves and heartfelt emotion. Nostalgic and comforting. 00:17:59 Lord Of The Isles – Solo Minimal, introspective house-ambient with soft pads and quiet emotional resonance. Tender and spacious. Side B 00:23:58 Heaton Norris Light Vessel Automatic – Berlin Cold, atmospheric electronic evoking urban isolation and European melancholy. Moody and cinematic. 00:33:53 Surkid – When There Is No One Left to Follow Sparse, haunting ambient with a sense of solitude and quiet desolation. Deeply introspective. 00:38:04 Binaural Space – Where’s My Guitar Playful, slightly eccentric electronic with warm analogue charm and light-hearted quirkiness. 00:38:43 Fabiano do Nascimento – Das Nuvens Gentle Brazilian acoustic ambience with soft guitar and floating, cloud-like serenity. Warm and organic. 00:41:42 The Zenmenn – The Invisible Landscape Lush, pastoral ambient with beautiful melodic layers and dreamlike tranquility. Timeless and soothing. 00:50:33 Adrian Lane – Repent At Leisure Reflective, melancholic ambient with subtle emotional weight and elegant minimalism. 00:53:16 Felbm – Phi Smooth, jazzy downtempo with warm percussion and breezy, golden-hour vibes. Relaxed and groovy. 00:54:47 Boards of Canada – Somewhere Right Now In The Future Classic BoC warped nostalgia with eerie melodies and analogue haze. Mysterious and hypnotic.
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 warm, eclectic, and cinematic blend of jazz-infused grooves, Italian library exotica, dreamy ambient, and international sophistication. Side A flows from smooth Latin jazz guitar and immersive oceanic ambient into playful whimsy and breezy Mediterranean funk. Side B continues with glowing minimalism, mysterious library cues, elegant Japanese big band jazz, soulful intimacy, and ends on cosmic, hazy downtempo beauty. Overall mood: Sophisticated, sun-drenched, and gently adventurous with a strong retro-cinematic charm. It feels like a stylish summer evening — starting with golden-hour cocktails on the terrace and slowly drifting into starry, reflective night-time wanderings. Cool, groovy, and pleasantly dreamy. 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 Gábor Szabó, The California Dreamers – Guantannamera Smooth, groovy jazz guitar take on the classic with warm Latin rhythms and dreamy West Coast cool. Elegant and seductive. 00:03:50 Matt Chamberlain, Viktor Krauss, and Dan Phelps – Ocean Shelf Deep, immersive ambient jazz with rich textures and vast underwater serenity. Expansive and cinematic. 00:12:05 Play Time – Open The Door, Joey Whimsical, playful electronic pop with charming melodies and gentle quirkiness. Light-hearted and colourful. 00:17:42 Piero Umiliani – Orgasmo Seq. 1 (easy-living) Classic Italian library funk with breezy, seductive grooves and effortless cool. Sunny and sensual. 00:19:14 Shakali – Rihmastossa Misty, atmospheric Nordic ambient with soft organic layers and ethereal calm. Dreamy and immersive. Side B 00:27:57 Mason Bee – Lumito Gentle, glowing ambient with luminous textures and delicate beauty. Warm and sparkling. 00:31:16 Augusto Martelli – I Misteri di Pitcairn Mysterious, adventurous Italian library piece with exotic tension and cinematic flair. 00:32:34 Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union Orchestra – Ga = 雅 Elegant Japanese big band jazz with refined grace and sophisticated swing. Beautifully poised. 00:34:37 Mike Casey – Faith (WPAA TV Session) Soulful, heartfelt jazz with live warmth and emotional sincerity. Intimate and expressive. 00:36:51 Ryu Oshi – Denizen 4 — Terminus Dark, atmospheric electronic with terminal melancholy and subtle sci-fi edge. Haunting and immersive. 00:38:41 Euglossine – Eternal Mouse Surreal, playful electronic with whimsical textures and psychedelic charm. Curious and offbeat. 00:41:03 Oronzo De Filippi – Architettura industriale Industrial-tinged Italian library with mechanical grooves and retro futuristic feel. Bold and rhythmic. 00:43:08 Maston – Jet Lag Dreamy, hazy exotica with warm analogue glow and travel-weary nostalgia. Smooth and atmospheric. 00:45:18 Steve Cobby – It’s Raining Diamonds On Neptune Cosmic, sparkling downtempo with rich textures and otherworldly beauty. Enchanting closer.
Cool, sophisticated, and slightly mysterious with a strong retro cinematic flair.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to episode 210 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 “Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler)” by Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed from the stunning upcoming album “Reverie” which drops on the 12th of June via the Batov Records label. Also a massive thank you to Four Flies Records, The Dream Journal Institute, Batov Records and Mystery Circles for sponsoring the episode with material. A stylish, cinematic, and eclectic trip through 70s Italian library grooves, jazz-funk, psychedelic exotica, and warm ambient textures. Side A blends sleazy thriller funk and sunny Mediterranean rhythms with mystical desert drones and playful adventure themes. Side B shifts into nocturnal jazz-funk, delicate minimalism, soulful grooves, and ends with loose, exploratory jazz energy. Overall mood: Cool, sophisticated, and slightly mysterious with a strong retro cinematic flair. It feels like a warm Mediterranean evening that slowly turns into a smoky, late-night jazz club session — groovy, atmospheric, adventurous, and effortlessly stylish. Perfect for cruising, golden-hour listening, or relaxed evening vibes. 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 Berto Pisano, Elsio Mancuso – STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER Dark, sleazy 70s Italian library funk with tense rhythms and cinematic thriller vibes. Seductive and dangerous. 00:05:10 Atabasca – Khettara Mysterious desert ambient with North African influences, dusty textures, and hypnotic flow. Ancient and atmospheric. 00:09:16 The Sound Catelouge – Final Questions Sparse, questioning ambient with subtle tension and philosophical weight. Minimal and introspective. 00:11:47 Banda Maje – Costa Sud Sunny Italian Mediterranean groove with warm percussion and coastal dolce vita charm. Breezy and joyful. 00:15:21 FOREVER PAVOT & MELCHIOR – LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN (GENERIQUE) Playful, adventurous psych-pop reinterpretation of the classic Tintin theme. Fun, colourful, and nostalgic. 00:18:47 gribbles – Ancient Answer Mystical, earthy ambient with ancient resonances and subtle ritualistic warmth. Timeless and contemplative. 00:23:17 Kronstad 23 – Stratosfæren Floating, stratospheric ambient with cool Nordic synths and high-altitude serenity. Crisp and elevated. Side B 00:27:59 Albin – Flöjten Gentle, melodic flute-led piece with soft Scandinavian warmth and folk-like intimacy. Peaceful and lyrical. 00:31:04 Wojciech Golczewski – Transmission 14 Dark synthwave/ambient with retro horror vibes and pulsing tension. Cinematic and brooding. 00:34:21 ATA Records – Walter In Gabardine Cool, rainy-day library jazz-funk with sophisticated grooves and detective swagger. Stylish and mellow. 00:36:33 EKT – Postman Quirky, offbeat electronic with characterful rhythms and subtle humour. Playful and distinctive. 00:39:04 East Side Supply – Delicatessen Tasty, swinging jazz-funk with rich grooves and deli-counter cool. Groovy and appetising. 00:42:45 Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed – Amber (feat. Itamar Ziegler) Warm, glowing jazz fusion with rich tones and emotional depth. Smooth and luminous. 00:45:43 Agnes Martian – One Delicate, minimalist ambient with soft fragility and quiet emotional resonance. Intimate and tender. 00:47:43 Surprise Chef – Blyth Street Nocturne Soulful, nocturnal instrumental jazz with warm grooves and late-night atmosphere. 00:52:26 El Michels Affair – Shining (Instrumental) Tight, cinematic soul-funk with lush horns and moody swagger. Vintage-inspired and powerful. 00:55:31 Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio – Wander In Loose, exploratory jazz-rock with free-spirited energy and wandering spirit. Organic and adventurous closer.
Equal parts cosmic wonder, gentle unease, and deep relaxation. Ideal for late-night listening, focused immersion, or psychedelic headspace sessions.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to episode 208 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 “Night owl dub” by Dubberrookie from the upcoming compilation album “The Mystery of the Night” curated by yours truly. Shout out to all the artists so far to contribute to what’s looking to be a fantastic collection. Also a massive thank you to Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project, Discus Music, Subexotic Records, Dubberrookie for sponsoring the channel with material. An adventurous, psychedelic, and atmospheric journey through experimental electronics, cosmic jazz, hauntology, and deep dub. Side A moves from playful lo-fi quirkiness and cerebral intensity into vast cosmic expanses, ancient drones, acid-tinged mysticism, and faded derelict nostalgia. Side B drifts into dreamy Japanese psych, precise minimalism, warm organic calm, and closes with smoky late-night dub. Overall mood: Mysterious, expansive, and slightly mind-altering. It has a nocturnal, otherworldly feel — equal parts cosmic wonder, gentle unease, and deep relaxation. Ideal for late-night listening, focused immersion, or psychedelic headspace sessions. 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 Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – What Happens On The Mesericord, Stays On The Mesericord Lo-fi, eccentric ambient with quirky field recordings and warm analogue charm. Playful and intimate. 00:04:53 EKT – CCRU Dark, cerebral electronic with intense cybernetic energy and accelerationist edge. Sharp and hypnotic. 00:08:07 Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere – Under The Azure Expansive cosmic jazz/ambient with soaring horns and vast open skies. Majestic and exploratory. 00:17:46 WEALDHAM – Time Haunting, ancient-tinged ambient with deep drones and timeless melancholy. Atmospheric and solemn. 00:20:50 Audio Obscura – Babyloniacid Psychedelic, acid-tinged ambient with swirling layers and mysterious ancient-future vibes. Trippy and immersive. 00:24:58 The British Stereo Collective – Dereliction Eerie, abandoned hauntological soundscapes with faded analogue warmth and quiet decay. Nostalgic and ghostly. Side B 00:29:20 maya ongaku – Maybe Psychic Dreamy, psychedelic Japanese ambient with loose grooves and hypnotic, mind-expanding haze. Blissful and otherworldly. 00:34:04 Barker – Positive Disintegration Minimal techno/ambient with crisp percussion and subtle emotional tension. Precise and cerebral. 00:38:42 Tegu – V Warm, organic ambient with gentle textures and flowing, meditative calm. Soft and nurturing. 00:42:21 Dubberrookie – Night owl dub Deep, smoky dub-ambient with late-night echoes and heavy, relaxed bass weight. Atmospheric and immersive closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 298
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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 textured, slightly restless ambient and experimental journey through protected light, subway chaos, and quiet figures still gathering.
Side A opens in remixed German-Czech-Spanish frequencies and Bristol trio gravity, then moves through Chester grandmother light, Berlin bouncing patterns, whimsical DNA cheesecake, and limbs of sticks under Machen’s bridge. Side B settles into Salt LX thoughts carried by wind, absolute chaos circuits, dark-ambient lounge noise, simple guitar drones that wait for yes, submerged porcelain systems, and a Quiet Figures remix that percolates the filter open.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly dark, and richly layered — full of analogue edges, exclusive whispers, and slow openings. Perfect for late listening, deep immersion, or sitting with what keeps moving while the figures remain.
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.
00:01:17 Möe – Incierta (Høll Remix)
Möe – Incierta (Høll Remix). German, Czech and Spanish frequencies meet in protected digital light. Diego Castillo’s original gains new remix colour under Jorge Eafhm’s mastering.
00:08:06 Slate Trio – Hour of Zog
Slate Trio – Hour of Zog. Neil Smith’s guitar, Matthew Jones’s drums and Alex Heane’s bass lock into Bristol air. James King records and mixes. Rick Dowding masters.
00:14:25 (EXCLUSIVE) boycalledcrow – orb
boycalledcrow – orb. First exclusive of the episode. Carl M Knott’s sprawl approaches on 11 September. Heavier beats and dub-inflected soundscapes rise around Chester rooms and grandmother light.
00:16:51 Sebastian Arnold – Bits Keep Moving
Sebastian Arnold – Bits Keep Moving. One-man band of drums, percussion, synthesizers and live electronics. Bouncing patterns and tricky acoustic beats fill Tricone Studios at Funkhaus Berlin. Bewegung, Klang, Energie.
00:21:41 Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Cheesecake
Daily Mail Comments Section – Estradiol Cheesecake. Imogen Hayley Baker’s whimsical alias carries DNA from Lucy, Evie, Christiane, Meghan, Heather and Shannon. Billie Bacon adds hammer.
00:23:10 Grey Malkin – Our Limbs Are Made Of Sticks
Grey Malkin – Our Limbs Are Made Of Sticks. Arthur Machen’s bridge of light spans the gulf. Alison O’Donnell, Burnt Paw, Alan Davidson, David Colohan, Speculum Bunny, Amanda Votta and the Liminal Choir join woodwind and voice. Tides of time come in.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:27:50 Jogging House – Roofer
Jogging House – Roofer. Salt LX phrases re-interpreted through Digitakt 2, Polyvera, modular and single takes to quarter-inch tape. Thoughts dwell. Winds carry.
00:32:42 Alex Ringess – Towards Absolute Chaos
Alex Ringess – Towards Absolute Chaos. Three or four instruments hold the space. Project files from Analog Abstractions carry the same mix. Glasgow subway photography gains retro sci-fi processing.
00:37:44 rikardfvs – Look, Betty (Dark Ambient Remix)
rikardfvs – Look, Betty (Dark Ambient Remix). Sixth Sound for the Soul compilation. Lounge noise, syphilitic exotica and raw ambient gather.
00:45:25 Aidan Baker – Everything Is Dark Until You Say Yes
Aidan Baker – Everything Is Dark Until You Say Yes. Solo electric guitar at Broken Spine Studios, Berlin. Drifting drones and noisy textures return to simple form. Guillermo Pizarro masters for Owl Totem.
00:51:59 Aleatory Music Systems – Up
Aleatory Music Systems – Up. Porcelain butter dish struck and submerged. Systems music meets chaotic edges. Time, change and movement open. Limited lathe-cut 7-inch exists on Short Cuts.
00:55:42 (EXCLUSIVE) Masefield Labs – On Her Own Quiet Figures remix
Masefield Labs – On Her Own Quiet Figures remix. Second exclusive of the episode. Silent ever-present figures whisper. Quantum foam gratitude cascades to the artists. Percolating electronica opens the cut-off filter.
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 298.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
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