Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 296
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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.
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A cosmic, slightly archival ambient journey through uncharted quadrants, greenhouse arks, and nine worlds below.
Side A drifts from exclusive galactic isolation and catalystic dreaming into a lumbering poem-machine, last-forest arks, Portuguese hardware colour, and hymns that give everything they have. Side B opens in guitar-and-harmony tranquility, then moves through Kosmische hover, shadow-planet rework, Niflhel depths, a vacation-light response, and ends in a slanted average where nothing needs proving.
Overall mood: Expansive, contemplative, and quietly generous — full of star-aimed memory, analogue drive, and safe mediocrity. Perfect for deep listening, late hours, or sitting still while the tape finds its own orbit.
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 (EXCLUSIVE) deepspace – Atlas Minor – POLY=VISTAS
An exclusive track. unknown release date. on Projekt Records.
deepspace – Atlas Minor – POLY=VISTAS. Mirko Ruckels drifts through uncharted galactic quadrants. Brisbane rooms send German-born space-ambient into exclusive cosmic isolation.
00:07:55 Ancient Astronaut – Catalystic Mind
Ancient Astronaut – Catalystic Mind. Atmospheric electronic soundscapes open for relaxation and dreaming. Half the proceeds travel to Ekukhanyeni’s early-childhood work in South Africa.
00:11:17 Le Morte d’Abby – A Poem
Le Morte d’Abby – A Poem. Acid-based skitter and dueling melodies move at one hundred and thirty bpm. Forlorn pads give way to a lumbering Miyazaki machine of metal-on-wood.
00:18:29 vOLKER rAPP – The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave
vOLKER rAPP – The arks Berkshire, Valley Forge, Sequoia and Mojave. ARP 2600 and SEM colours from a 1974 television memory. Greenhouse domes hold Earth’s last forests among Trumbull stars.
00:24:17 Cool Science – Tenshin
Cool Science – Tenshin. Portuguese Polysix, Minilogue XD, Digitone, Digitakt and Syntakt join SLIT ART.
00:30:04 rec – giving you all i got
rec – giving you all i got. Hymns for a fading world gather handprints on dust. Shared memory aims at the stars.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:34:52 (EXCLUSIVE) James McKeown – Tranquility
James McKeown – Tranquility. After eight years as Hawksmoor, acoustic and electric guitars meet layered synths. Cloud of Unknowing carries intimate vocal harmony toward 25 September.
00:37:38 Conrad Schnitzler – 2:08
Conrad Schnitzler – 2:08. Melodies hover. Layers move with Kosmische drive. Flip-Flap and Fonodroom send CON’s focused energy outward.
00:39:33 Brandon Locher – Rahu Ketu (Salvatore Mercatante Rework)
Brandon Locher – Rahu Ketu (Salvatore Mercatante Rework). A 264-day planetary cycle. Shadow planets drawn in ink and coloured pencil. Taylor Deupree mastering.
00:44:42 Lee Anthony Norris & Árni Grétar – Into All Of The Nine Worlds Below Niflhel
Into All Of The Nine Worlds Below Niflhel. A fifty-minute piece yields this excerpt. Futuregrapher’s Icelandic ambient and techno presence remains in the mix.
00:52:03 Gareth Jones – 53_StOlaves : Response
Gareth Jones – 53_StOlaves : Response. Impermanence understood as transformation. A spontaneous reply to Catharsis, vacation light on the photograph.
01:01:27 (EXCLUSIVE) Mike Hans STEFFL – slanted average
An exclusive track. Release date September 2nd, 2026 on the AURAL FILMS label.
Mike Hans STEFFL – slanted average. Berlin School and ambient tones explore mediocrity as a safe space. Sounds envelop. You need prove nothing here.
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 296.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Oracular Blank Dawn
This episode titled Oracular Blank Dawn is based on the track Midnight Dawn by DTime, from the album Nightwoven , which comes out today May 8 via channel supporting label Cyclical Dreams. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
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If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.
00:00:00 Metamatics – Evening Star
A lush, starlit ambient track with warm, drifting synths and gentle melodic currents. Classic Metamatics (Lee Norris) style—immersive, slightly cosmic, and quietly emotional, like gazing at the first bright star of twilight.
00:04:29 Finlay Wright – Astex
Minimal, crystalline ambient with sparse, precise textures and subtle movement. Cool, introspective, and beautifully restrained—evoking quiet focus and hidden depth.
00:09:04 Polypores – Blank Holiday
Hypnotic modular synth work from Stephen James Buckley. Swirling, psychedelic layers create a disorienting yet captivating “blank” holiday atmosphere—playful weirdness meets deep immersion.
00:14:57 John Scott Shepherd – The Dreamer
Dreamy, expansive ambient with soft, flowing pads and a sense of gentle wonder. Warm and cinematic, perfect for drifting through inner landscapes.
00:17:07 Ekin Fil – beni yok saysan da
Delicate, haunting drone/ambient from the Turkish artist. Ethereal vocals and fragile textures weave a melancholic, intimate spell—poetic and deeply atmospheric.
00:21:27 Loneward – Oracular
Cinematic, prophetic ambient with rich, silken layers and a sense of mystery. Graceful and majestic, like receiving quiet visions from beyond.
00:28:52 Mick Chillage – A Signal Of Virtues
Warm, breathing ambient electronics with subtle melodic touches. Thoughtful and restorative, carrying a gentle, virtuous glow.
00:35:03 Taylor Deupree – Minism
Microscopic, ultra-delicate sound design from the 12k master. Tiny gestures and quiet spaces create an intimate, minimalist meditation on smallness and presence.
00:37:23 Moss Garden – No Prayers For The Mosquito (The Green Kingdom Remix)
Organic, shimmering ambient remix with lush textures and a touch of melancholy. Gentle rhythms and glowing tones evoke summer evenings and fragile life.
00:42:41 DTime – Midnight Dawn
Transitional ambient capturing the liminal moment between night and day. Deep, resonant tones with a hopeful, slowly brightening atmosphere.
00:47:31 Satoshi & Makoto – Updraft
Warm, breezy Casio CZ-5000 ambient with gentle, uplifting melodies. Airy and nostalgic, like rising thermals carrying memories upward.
00:49:14 Arin Aksberg – Virtuality
Smooth, flowing electronic ambient exploring digital dreamscapes. Elegant and immersive, with a subtle sense of floating between realities.
00:53:37 Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren – Decompressed System (One Million Eyes Version)
Expansive, rhythmic ambient with piano elements and wide-open spaces. Relaxing yet dynamic, designed for movement and deep listening alike.
Morning Vissi Sonores
Solid late-night cruise.
00:00:00 Ekkohaus – Chasing Brown
Warm, bouncy organic house with playful percussion and sun-drenched textures. Groovy, understated, and perfect for easing into the set.
00:05:38 Leon Vynehall – Wahness
Sultry deep house with rubbery grooves, Hi-hat madness, and hazy vocal snippets. Loose, confident, and full of late-night character.
00:11:24 Mu Vonz – Prpl Morning
Mellow downtempo beats and purple synths creating a hazy, immersive afterglow vibe. Chilled and head-nodding.
00:13:27 Richie Hawtin – Concept 1 96:10 19:00
Sparse, hypnotic minimal techno with clinical precision and subtle tension. Pure heads music.
00:20:20 Kirill Sawazki – Radio Frequency Band
Atmospheric experimental synths and processed textures evoking drifting radio signals. Moody and cinematic.
00:23:26 Rex The Dog – Crasher
Energetic electro-house banger with crunching synths and party-starting drive. Cheeky and fun.
00:30:10 Telpor Nexus – Uncanfordz
Intricate IDM-tinged rhythms with quirky, futuristic textures. Brainy and detailed.
00:35:03 Floating Points – Nuits Sonores
Lush, winding journey from haunting synths to euphoric dancefloor release. Rich and dynamic standout.
00:45:19 Futuregrapher – Skerplugata
Atmospheric Icelandic electronic with warm synths and rolling grooves. Distinctive and cinematic. We miss you man.
00:49:35 Max Graef – Vino Rosetto
Funky, dusty house/jazz hybrid with elastic rhythms and smoky soul. Warm and alive.
00:54:16 oilpanic – Vissi
Clean, minimal homey grooves with intimate hypnotic flow. Solid late-night cruiser.
00:57:51 Metamatics – Escher Escalator
Clever IDM loops and brain-twisting patterns. Abstract yet groovy.
01:01:37 André Bratten – Tunnel
Deep, cosmic techno with rich textures and elegant forward motion. Immersive closer.
Alone on the Dance Floor 04
For people that dance to a different tune.
00:00:00 Gaussian Blur – Low Electrical Worker
00:04:56 Duke Slammer – Closer Than We Think!
00:08:24 Vulfmon, Zachary Barker – Disco Snails
00:11:08 Maxime Dangles – Révolte
00:18:20 DTACK – Polyhedra
00:23:14 Deeb – 003.1
00:26:41 G-303 – curiosity
00:31:58 Lloyd Stellar – Just Keep Breathing
00:36:08 Serge Geyzel – It’s Cancelled
00:42:00 Metamatics – A Second Chance Is Rare
00:50:08 µ-Ziq – Imperial Crescent
00:53:28 Tornado Wallace – Asahi Ga Yondeiru ft Courtney Bailey
01:00:12 Sleep Underwriter – Fat Days
Alone on the Dance Floor 03
For people that dance to a different tune.
00:00:00 Dokun – Seedling
00:05:53 Dave Clarkson – Hive Mind
00:11:08 Spray – Hammered in an Airport
00:14:31 Lifting Gear Engineer – Scan
00:18:07 Floating Points – Birth4000
00:22:20 Hidden People – 303s & Hard Breaks
00:26:47 Fragile X – Kismet
00:33:11 Konerytmi – Rautatieasema
00:37:49 Odin Kaban – El baile de la pita
00:42:06 Julio Tornero – blazing starre
00:46:06 Minerva – Oligarch
00:49:28 Leise im Kran – Crackdown
00:53:51 Mordant Music – Ravesend
00:55:47 Nacht Plank & Futuregrapher – Sky High 8.43
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 117
///pencils.lure.being.
Welcome, wanderers of waveform and seekers of sonic sanctuary. You’ve tuned into Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 117—titled Pencils Lure Being, a phrase etched in the coordinates of the cosmos and mapped via What3Words to the visual portal on YouTube. It’s also the soundscape you hear in the background and is available for pre-order on Bandcamp. —The album drops once it reaches 17 tracks.
Now on to the show which is not a playlist. It’s a 90-minute metaphysical drift, designed for long walks, lucid dreams, and quiet communion with the universe. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure transmission.
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Subscribe for just 3 quid, you gain access to the full archive. That’s over 840 episodes of curated journeys through sound.
Now
🎧 Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve. and, Let the frequencies claim you.
Intro – 00:00
Whatitdo Archive Group – Exotique – 01:32
Ekoplekz – Fractured Smile – 04:00
Trevlad – Jotting Hero Mystery – 07:12
Tom Penaguin – Arrival of the Great Hedgehog – 12:06
LuC. – Trumpet Blood – 20:55
Frequency Control Centre – Somewhere Again – 27:05
Loneward – Cedar’s Grace – 29:39
Autumn Of Communion – Disentastra – 32:30
Side B – 43:13
Jo Johnson – Unpicking Remnant 1 – 43:59
*Hendekagon – Das Zeitgeschenk – 52:15
a mild wizard – weeping in the garden – 53:36
Michele Andreotti – La Pira si era spenta – 1:02:27
wndfrm – WVLT 021 – 1:05:16
Trevlad – Collision Spell – 1:10:32
Jah Wobble – Western Reverie – 1:14:30
Ert – Gloom – 1:15:39
kingfaery – Transmisi – 1:18:27
Pyramids of Phobos – Tombs of Phobos – 1:21:29
Outro – 1:29:57
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 062
🌌 Welcome. I’m Trevor, your host on this sonic voyage, broadcasting from All Tunes On Studios in Sollentuna, Sweden. You’ve arrived at my Virtual Cassette Library—a 90-minute expedition with two sides, punctuated by a virtual transition at the midpoint. Perfect for wandering, reflecting, and knowing just when to turn homeward.
🔮 Today’s journey is partially sponsored by visionary labels: Woodford Halse, Noray Records, Subexotic Records, Waxing Crescent Records, Mahorka, Cyclical Dreams, Clay Pipe Music, DRONARIVM, and, Discus Music.🚀 Our sponsoring artists bringing transmissions to life: mRn who you can find on Soundcloud.
Special thanks to the force ensuring chosen frequencies find their way here—✨ Free Album Codes.
Welcome to a soundscape, a passage through the unseen. We are mere surfers atop an infinite wave.
Today’s show features 2 exclusive tracks. On the A Side Bristol, UK based, Jon Worsley, aka, Jilk, with the track, I like to trust you, which happened to be in a folder for a free track from Jilk which was received in his latest news letter. On the B Side we have Martin Archer and Hervé Perez together as Inclusion Principle, and the track, fire dance, from the EP, Quantised Entanglement. This is the third in a series of EPs Inclusion Principle is publishing to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Releasing on Discus Music on June 9.
🌞 Shoutouts to the passengers shaping today’s odyssey Oceanographer, Otis, zyklen, Aeon Music, Simon Heartfield and Max Taylor🌿. for the likes and comments. And welcome new explorers: Vonn11, malphster, Hugh Mongous, Frans Kedes, and Buddha Machine. 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. 🔹
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
A Side
B Side
Trevs Intro – 00:00
Plank & Ishq – Spam Good – 02:58
lurp sheets – more smiles – 10:09
Personal Bandana – Pressure Waves – 11:04
*Jilk – I like to trust you – 15:29
David Cordero – El olor del verano – 17:38
Swansither – Glattering Gat – 20:36
Bistro Boy – Chapter 02 – 25:07
The Jaffa Kid – The Resident – 30:17
WDX – Secondary – 35:12
Polypores – Whorl – 38:52
Philippe Neau – HORS sols – 42:42
First Dog – Saudade – 44:57
B Side – 47:52
Anantakara – Close To The Golden Rise – 48:37
The Baker Fields – Nice day for it – 54:40
Mike Lazarev – Faded Glimpse of Drifting Sundays – 57:19
mRn – Under The Sun – 1:02:19
*Inclusion Principle – fire dance – 1:05:47
Claude Lavender – Hands Off My Pepperoni – 1:09:27
The Soviet Space Dog Project – Time Period 02 (Remaster) – 1:11:48
Christophe Bailleau O’Farrell – Sergent Bouvreuil (bec) – 1:24:49
Trevs Outro – 1:27:13
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 033
30.04.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Steve Roach – Fantastic Elastic – 2005 – 02:27
Tau Sagittarii – Denali – 08:00
Toxic Chicken – Cocktails in the sun – 16:13
Anubis Rude – Free – 19:42
Nobuka – balkon – 24:13
Polypores – Void Reveal! – 26:17
Mad Squabbles – Wanga – 34:28
Goat Lightning – Truth-Trance – 36:50
Dividenthal & Aumgn – Asio100cz – 39:06
B Side – 46:42
yttriphie – yrsta-fiirn – 48:34
*Dave Clarkson – Bournville – 55:08
Dr. Quandary & Elder Orange – Otherones – 58:21
Herne – Air On The Hill Tower – 1:00:07
Kevin Paczesny – Angelic Waves – 1:04:07
Red Setter – The Great Indoors – 1:08:04
Jacek Doroszenko – R_sin _io – 1:11:07
C418 – Eucalyptus Part 3 – 1:16:56
ireless – CLEANLINESS – 1:18:20
Autumna – World Inside Of You – 1:20:17
Trevs Outro – 1:24:10
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 027
21.04.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Bohdan Stupak – Lypen – 02:49
*theAdelaidean – Priests of the Forest – 05:24
*Trem 77 – Over These Dark Ages – 07:45
come le onde – Dove finiscono le cose invisibili – 11:33
*Lullatone – Cellular Chemistry – 34:11
Lillies For Ever – Wakeup – 35:55
B Side – 38:37
Autumn Of Communion & Árni Grétar – Volume 3.37-2 – 40:14
Ed Herbers – Serenity – 55:10
Hiroshi Ebina – He Took Good Care of Her – 1:10:40
Kilometre Club – carvings – 1:13:36
Tomo-Nakaguchi – Tidal Breaking – 1:17:15
Dirk Serries – Treasure Of Stars – 1:19:09
Trevs Outro – 1:33:17
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
For the Birds 024
Release date: 25/10 12pm CEST
Intro 00:00
Erik Wøllo–Disc 2: Forever River 01:19
David Cordero–El mismo día 08:31
Keigo Tatsumi–ma 12:12
[‘ramp]–seven swans 13:04
Heiko Maile, Julian DeMarre–Serengeti Ostinato 23:54
Hélène Vogelsinger–Entreaty 28:36
Moss Garden–Floating In Memories 39:33
x.y.r.–side B 44:14
Outro 1:05:59
Be the 5th soul to save the Spotify playlist. Added to weekly with all the found tracks from the episodes.
Invisible Waves 032
Intro 00:00
Polaroid Notes–Frigid Stars 00:11
Kraut Sounds
Büro für Erdrotation
Drone Works International
licht-ung
whitelabrecs
Chapter 1 02:26
Rhucle–避暑 08:13
Kiritchenko–Acceptance 10:17
Korg Wavestate
Access Virus TI
Elektron Octatrack
Chapter 2 13:57
little forest–sit 17:55
Go Outside
Brian Duffy–Remember That Glorious Day 20:26
Roland System 100
Broadcast
Telefunken reel to reel
Glensound
Combe Gibbet
Chapter 3 24:55
Lee Anthony Norris & Porya Hatami–Rune Stoned(Fluffy Inside) 29:19
Scholars of the Peak–The Downfall 36:34
Kinder Downfall
Chapter 4 41:12
Elinch–grau 8 46:52
Mutable Instruments Plaits
Buchla LEM 218 Keyboard
T-Rex Replicator Tape Delay
Cosmos looper from Soma
