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.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 222
Beginning Future Empathy
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.
Alone on the Dance Floor 02
For people that dance to a different tune.
00:00:00 Futuregrapher – Hrúðurkarl
00:10:57 Conrad Schnitzler – 5:50
00:15:12 Ossa – Polyend44
00:19:24 Juan Moreno – Samsaya
00:23:34 Ekoplekz – Staja84a
00:26:33 Oh Mr James – The Acid Riddle
00:28:49 Coda Nautica – Neon Dub
00:35:37 Clemens Acidus – Summer Sunrise (Ricardo Miguel Fernadez remix)
00:41:02 ENUIT – Floor in the Glades
00:46:29 Fu Kaisha – 1080t2020
00:49:19 Pye Corner Audio – Resist
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 163
4 January 2026
Virtual 90 minute mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 30 artists, two 45 minute sets. A spoken intro followed by music only show. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
“Hello, Trevor here, and this is episode one‑six‑three of the Virtual Cassette Library. Today’s theme is Vent Making Diverts—which, as usual, is both the track you’re hearing underneath and a location you can find on a map, if you’re the sort who enjoys chasing coordinates on What3Words.
We’ve got ninety minutes ahead—two sides, fifteen tracks each. Some names you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s half the fun. On the A side there’s an unreleased track by myself which can only be heard here—so if you’re collecting the oddities and outliers, this one’s for you.
On the B side, we’ve got an exclusive from Mist Signals—Someday Soon—taken from the upcoming Whitelabrecs compilation Sleeplaboratory6.0, which drops on the 17th of January to celebrate the label’s tenth anniversary. A decade of quiet experiments, soft-focus soundscapes, and late-night headphone magic.
Now then, starting back on episode 156, there’s a little cipher game running through the series. Each episode, during the intermission, you’ll hear a number. Scribble it down. After ten episodes, you’ll have the full sequence. Put the pieces together, crack the cipher, and you’ll unlock a code that knocks ninety‑five percent off anything on my Bandcamp page. Which means you can scoop up the whole discography for about two quid. It’s not meant to be difficult—just enough to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ll get it right.
The rest of the show drifts through funk, Idm, ambient drift, modular murmurs, rare views, puddles, mythology, and the occasional monkey. The sort of thing you might stumble across late at night on a shortwave dial, wondering if you imagined it.
So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
Intro – 00:00
Sau Poler – 4.44 – 02:36
L’éclair – Castor MacDavid – 05:49
zerosummer – Aube – 09:00
Ghost Funk Orchestra – A Rare View – 11:53
Rhucle – あの場所 – 14:15
Metamatics – Skunk Me – 16:16
2muchachos – Lost In The Mist – 21:01
Philippe Neau – entre terre et sons – 25:37
*Trevlad– Nothing Them Myth – 26:19
dogs versus shadows – Lissajous Curve – 28:42
Pandacetamol – Muddy Puddles – 29:21
BVSMV – Let Go – 33:25
ff8282 – runaways coming undone – 36:50
Gamardah Fungus – Viburnum – 38:14
Paper Relics – Phases – 43:00
B Side – 47:33
anthéne – sometime someway – 48:05
Bartosz Kruczyński – Dream I – 51:19
*Mist Signals – Someday Soon – 53:52
Rhucle & morimoto naoki – Boundaries – 56:45
Koen Holtkamp – Atmos One – 59:45
Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, Dylan Day – When I Can Read My Titles Clear – 1:02:16
Oberu – Mahogany – 1:05:16
Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman – Birds of Paradise – 1:08:31
Garda – Geomagnetic Storm – 1:10:46
Kilometre Club – Toque and Parka (Absence Rework) – 1:14:44
Dark Half – The Insect House – 1:17:30
Louie Zong – Howler Monkey – 1:20:30
Rick Sanders – Solace in Fragments – 1:22:45
Paul Beaudoin – february 16 – 1:26:31
little forest – midnight – 1:29:44
Outro – 1:33:00
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 016
09.04.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Everyday Dust – Colourless Hills – 01:29
Black Sun High Desert – The Golden Arrow Pierces – 07:18
2xirtam – Vliitx – 10:42
Jonny Fallout – Isn’t Love Important – 16:33
David Cordero & Rhucle – So Close – 20:02
Pye Corner Audio – As a Glacier – 22:32
x.y.r. – black river drift – 25:42
Mad Squabbles – Aziza – 30:55
Polypores – Look at Orchid Swarming With Wasps – 34:11
B Side – 41:52
ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi – Remain, Behind The Shadow Of Time – 42:22
Ozbolt – Yielbongura – 52:15
Off Land & Specta Ciera – Passageway – 55:45
Conflux Coldwell – The Linesway – 1:06:44
Off Land – The Verdant System – 1:17:50
Trevs Outro – 1:25:30
Serpents Words
21.03.2025
Trevors’ Intro – 00:00
Scholars of the Peak – The Geomancer’s Groove – 03:35
Hello Mr. Klaus – Il viaggio delle balene cosmiche (per Manuel, seconda parte) – 06:56
Fluffy Inside – Thunder Row – 15:54
Conflux Coldwell – Bower’s Bimble – 21:06
Caught In Joy – In our perfect world… – 25:49
Noordic – A Condor in the sky – 31:19
Side B – 45:45
Ogle – Climbing – 48:46
Simon Heartfield – Last Words On Earth – 54:21
Velocidad Crucero – Florus – 58:48
Forrest Fang – The Serpent’s Tail – 01:07:08
Pye Corner Audio – Continental Drift – 01:14:24
Dividenthal & Aumgn – Buchla – 01:18:44
Field Lines Cartographer – Excitation – 01:27:51
Warrington Runcorn – The People Of The Town – 01:32:34
Trevors’ Outro – 01:37:29
Infinity Summit
19.03.2025
Trevors’ Intro – 00:00
EugeneKha – Flocks Of Wild Clouds – 03:50
Cognition Delay – Underwater Summit – 13:38
MATTHEW SHAW – Tower 7 extract – 19:46
Field Lines Cartographer – Ionic Wind – 22:12
Mirai No hagaki – crying asteroid – 30:21
David Cordero – Serena – 33:01
Conflux Coldwell – Bucyrus Erie – 35:32
Sai³ – [凡塵] Twilight Machine – 39:48
Side B – 44:52
Fynn Ruis – Violent Violet – 47:17
Polypores – Zones Unknown – 53:26
Erik Wøllo – Where The River Widens – 01:06:37
Pye Corner Audio – Simulation Cult – 01:09:32
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Sleepers – 01:13:05
HDRF – Vessels of Infinity – 01:18:58
JICS – Rainfall In Limerick City: I Was Here When The Walls Came Down – 01:22:16
NUUK – LAKE – 01:25:47
Trevors’ Outro – 01:30:11
Kosmische Tower
17.03.2025
Trevors’ Intro – 00:00
Polypores – Open World – 03:41
Veryan – LF27 / The Dark Tower – 11:36
Dividenthal & Aumgn – Kosmische Ice Cream – 27:44
Pye Corner Audio – Phase B – 31:55
Substak – Voyage Beyond – 36:26
sevensy – one2one – 38:09
Side B – 48:14
Synthetic Villains – Chandrat Param – 50:08
Sai³ – [幽冥] The Last Flower – 53:29
JICS – Rainfall In Limerick City: A Day Beyond (pt. 2) – 55:09
mRn – To feel your pain – 57:32
Alexis Delozanne – Dimanche Pluvieux – 01:00:35
Tyresta & Simon McCorry – Meridian – 01:03:12
Velocidad Crucero – Animal – 01:10:07
Exit Chamber – Around One Constant, They Revolve – 01:18:39
Ogle – Moss – 01:24:02
Data Deficient – Becoming Seaglass – 01:25:56
Trevors’ Outro – 01:28:27
Reverent Valleys
11.03.2025
Trevors’ Intro, Side A – 00:00
iNFO – Valleys & Peaks – 02:01
Inkipak – Collision – 10:13
Pye Corner Audio – Phase B – 15:21
David Cordero – El Viento Que No Sopla – 19:18
JSDavani – Falling asleep (respiratory depression) – 28:16
Noordic – Night at NOA – 29:56
Amplidyne Effect – Electric Phase – 31:39
IMMR – L’objet Sonore – 37:58
Anubis Rude – Tape Cleaner – 40:31
Side B – 43:15
bios+a+ic – Chimney Rock Is Gone 1 – 44:02
Caught In Joy – I met the T-800 – 50:31
MATTHEW SHAW – Tower 1 – 55:32
Velocidad Crucero – Florus – 57:53
Warrington Runcorn – All You Need In Five Minutes Brisk Walk – 01:06:14
Aloes – (ceast 120) Remastered – 01:09:49
Coda Nautica – Vessels – 01:11:02
Trevors’ Outro – 1:18.58
