Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 290
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-290/
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 290. 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 290 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 1,122 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 Albin, Coldplay, Telefon Tel Aviv, Kettel, KILN and Air
On the flip side you’ll hear Sababa 5, Pacific!, beaunoise, Felix Laband, Jordan Rakei and Six Organs Of Admittance
This will be Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 290.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Enjoy…
00:00:00 Albin – Motljus
Figures stand against a source of gold, edges dissolving into flare and halo.
00:07:05 Coldplay – Coloratura
Vocal ornament climbs through star-maps and slow orbital colour.
00:17:02 Telefon Tel Aviv – john thomas on the inside is nothing but foam
Soft cellular bubbles rise and collapse in luminous interior weather.
00:21:49 Kettel – My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition)
Warm IDM patterns bloom again in familiar, renewed light.
00:25:41 KILN – Brutalist Desk Object
Angles and grain hold quiet weight, texture stacked like poured stone.
00:28:56 Air – Cherry Blossom Girl (Hope Sandoval Version)
Petals hang in still air while the melody walks beneath pink canopies.
00:31:51 Sababa 5 – Wembley
Percussion and melody lock into a wide stadium of rhythm.
00:36:15 Pacific! – Sunrise
Early colour spreads across water and waking air.
00:38:31 beaunoise – Gymnopédie No. 1 (Buchla 200e)
Satie’s slow dance becomes modular light, each step hanging in voltage.
00:41:11 Felix Laband – Falling Off A Horse
Dust and motion spiral outward in unhurried descent.
00:45:56 Jordan Rakei – Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (Exclusive Cover Version)
Jeff Buckley’s song opens again in new breath and evening warmth.
00:48:36 Six Organs Of Admittance – Wolves’ Pup
Acoustic drift and drone gather around small wild presence.
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.
The Best Songs I’ve Never Played
SUBSCRIPTION ONLY
A summer mix for my subscribers. Just some classics that I don’t believe I’ve ever played on the channel.
Tycho – Time To Run – 00:00
Kettel – My Dogan (15th Anniversary Edition) – 04:08
The Police – Spirits In The Material World – 08:50
Capitol 1212 ft. Earl 16 – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub) (Exclusive remix) – Originally recorded by Joy Division – 11:36
Albin – I dessa tider – 15:04
To Rococo Rot – cars – 18:28
Sababa 5 – Popcorn – 20:53
Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor – Gnome Worthy – 24:15
Gelbart – WWI Hamster Diorama – 28:08
Mint Julep – It’s My Life – 30:23
Donny Benét – Le Piano – 34:04
Psyché – Cumbia Mahàre – 39:01
Jack J – If You Don’t Know Why – 42:26
Bibio – Even More Excuses – 48:09
Maston with L’éclair – Do You Feel It Working? – 52:05
Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’ – 55:55
SALES – Can’t Be Yours Forever – 58:18
The Books – It Never Changes To Stop – 1:00:34
Prince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin – Black Rabbit – Originally recorded by Jefferson Airplane – 1:04:08
Les Imprimés – You – 1:07:30
Shabason, Krgovich & Harris – Sometimes I think that I know – 1:10:22
Edgar Froese – Stuntman – 2012 Remaster – 1:14:28
Low Motion Disco – Things are going to get easier – 1:18:24
Sven Wunder – Asterism Waltz (Celesta Version) – 1:24:01
Carole King – Bitter with the Sweet – 1:26:23
Surprise Chef – Spring’s Theme – 1:28:37
The Smile – The Smoke – 1:32:21
Marvin Gaye – Where Are We Going? – Alternative Mix 2 – 1:35:56
Mave & Dave – You Are Delicious – 1:39:34
Ozric Tentacles – Sploosh! – 1:43:58
Me and My Friends – You Came Into My Life – 1:49:39
DāM-FunK – Night Kruise – 1:53:09
Jordan Rakei – Lover, You Should’ve Come Over (Exclusive Cover Version) – 1:57:26
The Doors – Riders On The Storm (Sunset Sound Demo) – 1:59:53
Khruangbin – B-Side – 2:04:14
The Velvet Underground – Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ – 2015 Remaster – 2:08:24
Dorian Concept – Eigendynamik (Elevator Version) – 2:15:35
Gil Trythall – Wichita Lineman – 2:18:17
Tomer Baruch, Animals And Synthesizers – Starfish – 2:20:59
Dina Ögon – Mormor – 2:23:39
Malouma – Nebine – 2:27:27
Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules – Mad World (Donnie Darko) – 2:31:55
Jonny Greenwood – Don’t Read What Hasn’t Been Baptized by Time – 2:34:51
Billy Cobham, Novecento, Bob Mintzer – Stratus – 2:36:29
Pocket Pavilions – Decagons – 2:42:44
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