hey. welcome back… or maybe you just crawled in through a crack in the drywall. this is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. episode one-eight-eight. we’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous, but really it’s just me and the frequencies arguing in an empty apartment while the city outside forgets we exist.
bags.colder.inched. a great Thai restaurant, apparently. now it’s a coordinate for whatever this episode is.
twenty artists. no schedule. drops when the mood hits. labels haunting the margins: Passed Recordings, whitelabrecs, Ingrown, Audiobulb… you know the ones. braindance, idm, alternative, whatever slips between the cracks like water through broken concrete. Honolulu to Amsterdam to Prague to Saint Petersburg. the world’s shrinking but the weird pockets are still warm.
send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com. send stories for Chord Confessions. that track that ruined you or saved you. i’ll read it in my sleep-voice or you record it yourself. win-win-win. I’m also doing Trev Tales now—little dreams stitched into the sets. long lucid naps you’re not sure you want to wake up from.
headphones on. let time dissolve. and let the frequencies claim you.
First out from the amazing Passed Recordings label stable Cavern Cult – Of Hope (from the album Approach) This is followed by Russian idm champ NDORFIK – Joensuu from the album NORTHERN CACHE out on Clean Error Records after that some Loneward. but first Of Hope by Offenbach based Cavern Cult.
That was Mike Carss aka Loneward – The Unknowable Realm of Wisdom from the album Paradox of Silken Stars out on Altus Music. Next up we head back to 2018 The Microgram – No Service from the album Savage Architecture which I received courtesy of Free Album Codes, cheers mate. Out on the Lansing, Michigan based Kaiseki Digital label. This is followed by another great Passed Recordings release by David Aimone – Curiosità Ajmone and the track TimeDown After that The Bird’s Companion and Neil McRoberts but first No Service by The Microgram.
You’ve just been listening to The Bird’s Companion and Neil McRoberts – Another Day from a few places, one of them being the compilation This Burnished Land a wonderful NYP release on whitelabrecs. Coming up some quality indie pop in the form of Saya Gray – LIE DOWN.. from the album SAYA out on Dirty Hit records. Followed by California beach vibes with Poolside – Looking Backwards out on Counter Records. and then some Black Country, New Road but first LIE DOWN.. by Saya Gray
That was the post-rock stylings of Black Country, New Road – Intro from the album Ants From Up There out on Ninja Tune. Next up the episodes newest release by Jics. Out on whitelabrecs today March 28th. Followed by Man as Island – Automaton from the album AN that’s out on Russian label Local Gods and was sent in by NDORFIK who I played earlier. After that the virtual B side flip but first Jics – What Brings You Here from the album New South Wales.
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That was Prague based artist Kh3rtis – Still, for a Time from the album In the Wake of Light out on Audionautic Records. Next up Leslie Lowder aka idiiom – Solitude from the album Neural Network out on the Audiobulb label. after that Blank Embrace – The Caves from the 2018 release Ascension out on the Kaiseki Digital label. Then some odd person
You’ve just witnessed odd person – earthquake anxiety – my dismal arcadia available on the outstanding Ingrown Records label. Who is homeless at the moment so any purchases from them could be life saving. Coming up me, Trevlad – Pipe Fluid Fame which is a location from a Hotel in Dublin where I recorded the visual for the video that goes with this piece. All my track names are geolocations of places that mean something to me personally. I use them for the backgrounds in the intros and outros of the episodes Pipe Fluid Fame is from episode 165 back in January. After that Simon Holmes – Broken (South Sudan) from the compilation A Century of Sounds out on the legendary Cities and Memory label. This is followed by Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov but first myself as Trevlad with Pipe Fluid Fame.
That was Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov – Mostra – Eternal Almost out on the label Future Days Radio run by Tomo himself. Now the penultimate piece of episode 188 of Trev’s Virtual cassette library is by Wunderfish – Through Painted Figures (Prologue) – the third piece in the show from the Kaiseki Digital label courtesy of the amazing Free album Codes. This one’s from the compilation Bento Box, Vol. 1 We end this adventure with a stunning 8 minute outing by Ben McElroy – Surely There Are Worse Things – from the album Bird-Stone which you could purchase via whitelabrecs. that’s it for episode 188. thanks for floating here with me. if you’re still listening… you’re in the club. no meetings. no rules. just dust and frequencies. See you in the next crack in the drywall. Cheerio…
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
“Evening all. Episode one-five-zero of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Nothing Them Myth. That’s the track you can hear underneath, and it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—it’s up on YouTube if you’re curious. I’m Trevor. Ninety minutes, two sides, fifteen tracks each. Tonight you’ll hear Enofa, Mint Deluxe, and my own piece Isolated Elastic Ripples. Andrew Spackman, Akira Film Script on whitelabrecs, and Talkdemonic are in the mix. Later on, Harald Grosskopf, Polypores, and Please Close Your Eyes bring their worlds of ambient, kosmische, and experimental electronics. Labels orbiting here include Third Kind Records, Kahvi Collective, Ingrown, Imaginary North, and Projekt. On the B side: amble, Toxic Chicken, Rob Dobson, Sun Rain, and Moray Newlands. Genres drift from drone and ambient to leftfield folk textures and cosmic synth explorations. The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre‑order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. Every comment, every like, every subscription keeps the frequencies flowing. So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
Virtual Cassette Library—a series of 90-minute expeditions, punctuated by a transition at the midpoint. Perfect for wandering, reflecting, and knowing just when to turn homeward. 🔮 Today’s journey is partially sponsored by visionary labels: whitelabrecs, Mahorka, Imaginary North, Bricolage, Mystery Circles, Downstream Records, Ingrown Records, and, Bathysphere Records . 🚀 Our sponsoring artist bringing transmissions to life: Augen, The Metamorph, and, mRn.
Today’s show features 2 exclusive tracks. The first you’ll only hear here as it was sort of made for the show by Sergio Mariani, also known as, mRn and is called Sempre which is the Spanish word for always. So thank you always Sergio. The other exclusive is from Fragile X who of course is John Gorecki artist and label curator of the amazing Glasgow based Bricolage label. You can pre order the limited edition cassette now on Bricolage. You’ll have to wait til June 27 to catch the rest of the album.
Special thanks to the force ensuring chosen frequencies find their way here—✨ Free Album Codes.
🌞 Shoutouts to the listeners shaping today’s odyssey aeon music, Iso Brown, and as always Otis🌿. for the likes and comments. You all are legends in my eyes.🌿 The tracks played are marked in the timeline—dive in, comment your favorites and leave your imprint on the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
🌌 Welcome, seekers of hidden frequencies—your vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake.
🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: Imaginary North, Cyclical Dreams, Woodford Halse, Subexotic Records, Binaural Space, Lo Recordings, and, Waxing Crescent Records. 🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: Mike Dickinson, ThorF, and, Hiram. Also the benevolent force that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes Today’s transmission features 1 exclusive piece from, Tim Didymus & Foster Neville, titled, Hidden, from the album, Ulla, which comes out on the great Subexotic Records label on June 13. The rest of the show is filled with recent finds and releases.
Welcome to a soundscape that defies language—a passage through the unseen. We, mere surfers atop an infinite wave. 🌞 Shoutouts to passengers: Otis and aeon music. Your relentless listening to the channel makes me worry for your health. Perhaps you have transcended. Perhaps you have become one with the signal itself.🌿.
Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
🌌 Welcome, seekers of hidden frequencies—your vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake. 🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: Past Inside the Present, Mahorka, Clay Pipe Music, Mystery Circles, Woodford Halse, Ingrown Records, Passed Recordings, and, Lo Recordings. 🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: Weldham, mRn, Ed Herbers. And distributor, Fonodroom, ensuring the echoes resonate far beyond the known horizon. Also the benevolent force that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes Today’s transmission features two exclusive tracks from Colin Ledwith, aka, Weldham, which is not really an exclusive but from a version of his Echelons album which has three extra tracks the one featured here, Median., being one of them. Also another track from Cate Francesca Brooks, who has a way of connecting with me with every release. Here with In the Blue Hour from her latest album Lofoten out on Clay Pipe music. Official release date 27 june . Pre orders available now. Welcome to a soundscape that defies language—a passage through the unseen. We are mere surfers atop an infinite wave. Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹 🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
🚀 Greetings, sonic voyagers! Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 040 is here! 90 mins. Two sides. Not a playlist. Pure immersion. Free for a week—then lost to the cosmos! 🎶✨ Artists, labels, sound experimenters—let’s dissolve time together! 🌀