Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 258
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Apologies for the sound quality today. I’m on holidays and find it hard to hard to get a spot quiet enough to record. Anyway…
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 258. 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 quirky, colourful, and atmospheric ambient journey through vintage whimsy, seasonal introspection, and urban environments.
Side A moves from posh timepieces and color seas into winter frost, fluid transference, cloud gazing, and returning light. Side B shifts through modular habitats, Trieste streets, secure institutions, and cinematic projections.
Overall mood: Playful yet contemplative, warm, and slightly uncanny with a mix of nostalgia and modern reflection. Perfect for adventurous listening or relaxed evenings.
I’ve gone back to doing more podcast like episodes but I’ll do all the talking now in the intro as I put a lot of love into making seamless segued mixes. There is just one break halfway through to give the “virtual cassette” meaning. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my too few subscribers who get to enjoy the 258 episodes plus the 820 other shows whenever they like all for the price of… I actually don’t know what you can buy for €3 anymore. It used to be a coffee.
Episode 258 is based on the track “Habitat 67” by my friends “The Twelve Hour Foundation” from the release “Expanded & Repurposed” coming out on their Bandcamp on July 27th.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by Queens, New York based Chris Moore aka Light Vortex with the sound art track “Awash In A Sea Of Color” from the album “Aurora In Georgian Bay” out on Mortality Tables.
My friend of the channel Matthew Davies aka Vic Mars with the Chilled piece we all need right now “Winter II” from his collection of must have tracks “From Different Landscapes”.
A beat driven piece by Paris, France based Stephane Laporte aka Domotic from his amazing 36 track album which I’ve been playing a lot recently “Fourrure Sounds Vol. 3 to 6” out on Virtual Cassette supporting label Astra Solaria Recordings.
Then Canadian artist Grant Gard, who records as landtitles with the clarinet infused track “staring at the clouds” from the album “geographic beings, phosphorus mountains” out on whitelabrecs.
After that Tucson, Arizona based Kirk Markarian aka Neuro… No Neuro with the ambient swelling track “You Wasted Your Time” from the album “MemLoss” out on the Sheffield based Audiobulb label.
Then from the latest Cyclical Dreams label release comes the wonderfully stereo panned piece “The Light That Returns” by Adam Filip from the album “The Returning Circle”.
Ending the A side is Michael Plaster aka yttriphie with the Boards of Canada tinged “A Narrow Field of View” from the album “Solipsis” out on Projekt Records.
Starting off Side B is the inspiration for this episode and one of those bands that are instantly recognisable and just a good mood pill in general. They are of course Polly Hulse and Jez Butler collectively known as The Twelve Hour Foundation. With a track from their latest release “Expanded & Repurposed” with the track “Habitat 67” featuring the brilliant Alan Gubby of Buried Treasure / Revbjelde fame adding vibraphone to this classic.
This flows into Brutalist architecture inspired “Rozzol Melara [Triest]” by Fredy Engel aka MiDi BiTCH from another Cyclical Dreams release titled “Habitat”.
Then the penultimate piece for today comes in the form of another favourite artist from the past few years Cate Francesca Brooks and the hypnotic piece “Secure Environments Ltd” from the album “For Your Security”.
And finishing us off is the 18 minute 25 second piece “Untitled 1 [a,b,c,d,e]” by The Projectionist from the rather special label The Dream Journal Institute whose artists don’t seem to actually exist yet they are not AI. This track would have ended up on an episode of Expansive Waves but I’m not doing them any more as they just aren’t worth it. Too much time equals too few listeners.
But setting the vibe for all of this is Portsmouth based legend Keith Seatman with his track “A Posh Hat and Timepiece” from the album “Counting To Ten Then Back Again” out on Castles In Space.
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 Keith Seatman – A Posh Hat and Timepiece
Quirky, vintage hauntological ambient with dapper, timepiece charm and eccentric British whimsy. Playful and nostalgic. Artist Bio: Keith Seatman is a British hauntological artist known for quirky, vintage-inspired electronic works with eccentric charm.
00:10:20 Light Vortex – Awash In A Sea Of Color
Vibrant, colour-flooded ambient with swirling, immersive hues and luminous beauty. Joyful and psychedelic.
00:13:35 Vic Mars – Winter II
Cold, wintry ambient with frosty textures and quiet, seasonal introspection. Crisp and melancholic.
00:15:52 DOMOTIC – Transvaser
Flowing, transference ambient with smooth, vessel-like motion and elegant electronic transfer. Hypnotic and fluid. Artist Bio: DOMOTIC is a French electronic/ambient artist known for precise, tonal, and minimalist compositions.
00:22:44 landtitles – staring at the clouds
Dreamy, cloud-gazing ambient with soft, drifting forms and peaceful, open skies. Serene and contemplative.
00:23:57 Neuro… No Neuro – You Wasted Your Time
Glitchy, self-reflective ambient with fragmented rhythms and a sense of wry acceptance. Sharp and introspective.
00:26:08 Adam Filip – The Light That Returns
Hopeful, returning light ambient with warm, cyclical glow and gentle renewal. Uplifting and radiant.
00:32:44 yttriphie – A Narrow Field of View
Constrained, focused ambient with limited perspective and intimate, narrow beauty. Precise and thoughtful.
Side B
00:40:31 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Habitat 67
Brutalist, modular ambient evoking the iconic Habitat 67 with retro-futurist warmth and architectural charm. Artist Bio: The Twelve Hour Foundation is a British library-inspired electronic group creating retro-futurist and architectural works.
00:43:41 MiDi BiTCH – Rozzol Melara [Triest]
Urban, Trieste-inspired ambient with gritty, residential textures and local atmosphere. Grounded and evocative.
00:48:26 Cate Francesca Brooks – Secure Environments Ltd
Clinical, secure ambient with institutional cool and subtle, controlled tension. Stark and atmospheric.
00:51:44 The Projectionist – Untitled 1 [a,b,c,d,e]
Cinematic, projection-based ambient with shifting, untitled scenes and mysterious, filmic quality.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 235
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.
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