Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 324
Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes, which in my experience is usually Tuesdays, or during eclipses, or when the kettle boils. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread. Unless you look.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A water lily at a threshold, then a seven that has already shifted south.
Side A opens the door on a nymphaea before the official date, shares fear, rage and love in under a minute, walks the warm marble of a city still standing in the name, lets the wind keep both hands in its pockets and still carry you, files roots under a clause, and blushes a 1970 library record with the flute still warm. Side B marries a rope to itself, lets undesignated buildings prefer to meet, studies a field still learning the season, treats the tuning as the piece, lets the night accept the fire, and turns seven toward the warmer wall.
Overall mood: Contemplative, slightly tender, and quietly architectural — full of thresholds, pencil blueprints, and gardens that leave the gate open. Perfect for dusk listening, fields still learning the season, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Mood mist: a water lily at a threshold, three feelings in under a minute, a city of marble still standing in the name, a wind that kept us, roots under a clause, a library record blushing in 1970.
00:02:18 (Exclusive) Corrado Saija and Elia Piana – Nymphaea II
https://driftworks.bandcamp.com/
Album: Limen. Label: Driftworks Full release – Friday 16th October
Limen — the threshold. Piano talking to algorithms, stone porous, water fluent. Driftworks opening the door on the 16th. You may step through now.
00:08:15 Concretism – Fear, Rage, and Love
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/concretism-fear-rage-and-love
Album: IHN019 // Gone in 60 Seconds – Vol. 5. Label: I Heart Noise
Gone in sixty seconds, which is plenty for three weathers of the heart. I Heart Noise letting them share the minute.
00:09:01 Still & JRNDM – EFESO
https://pablosanguinetti.bandcamp.com/track/efeso
Ephesus, the marble still warm in the name. A library of columns, and the groove walking between them.
00:11:56 Scholars of the Peak & Warmfield – The Way the Wind Held Us
https://warmfield.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-the-wind-held-us
Single: The Way the Wind Held Us.
Title of the hour. A single that keeps both hands in its pockets and still manages to carry you.
00:15:05 Subordinate Clause – Cafraster
https://meansmag.bandcamp.com/track/cafraster
Album: MEANS 7: Grass Roots. Label: MEANS
Grass roots, the clause under the sentence. MEANS filing the soil with the syntax.
00:19:07 Larry Manteca – EROTICA
https://fourfliesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/erotica
Album: Erotica 70. Label: Four Flies Records
Seventy, restored. Four Flies lifting the velvet and finding the flute still warm.
Mood mist: a rope married to itself, buildings that prefer to meet, a field still learning the season, a tuning that is the piece, a night glad of the flame, a seven that has already shifted south.
00:23:10 Nickolas Mohanna – Eye Splice
https://nickolasmohanna.bandcamp.com/track/eye-splice
Album: Whistler.
The knot that lets a rope become its own companion. Whistler, the note you hear when the air is pleased.
00:29:58 The Architect – Formations and Collisions
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/formations-and-collisions
Album: Undesignated. Label: The Dream Journal Institute
Undesignated, which is a fine category for a dream. The Journal keeping the blueprint in pencil.
00:37:10 Kiu Siu – In Spring
https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/track/in-spring
Album: Field Studies, Volume 5. Label: The Jewel Garden
Field studies, volume five, the season arriving with its pockets full of green. The Jewel Garden leaving the gate open.
00:48:46 Ótal – Tuning Study
https://thejewelgarden.bandcamp.com/track/tuning-study
Album: Field Studies, Volume 5. Label: The Jewel Garden
The same garden, a few beds along. The piece is the tuning. The Jewel Garden letting the string find itself.
00:57:43 Black Sun High Desert – The Night Accepts The Fire
https://blacksunhighdesert.bandcamp.com/track/the-night-accepts-the-fire
Album: The Weight Of The Night Sky.
The weight of the night sky, glad of the company. A desert holding both.
00:59:44 Mark Donlon – Seven
https://sermakmusic.bandcamp.com/track/seven
Album: Label: SERMAK MUSIC
Southern shift, the number already facing the warmer wall. Sermak keeping the count.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 323.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 254
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 254. 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.
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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.
Episode 254 is a short, cosy, quirky, and atmospheric ambient journey through frost, awakenings, domestic warmth, and mysterious valleys.
Side A moves from chilly pockets and tonal precision into planetary awakening and bedroom authority. Side B drifts through affectionate playfulness, Lovecraftian bicycle rides, plastic rain, and misty rotations.
Overall mood: Warm, contemplative, and slightly eccentric with a blend of cosiness, mystery, and gentle wonder. Perfect for relaxed listening, morning reflection, or peaceful evenings.
It’s based on the track ”Bedroom Authority” by “Hz & Fisty Kendal” from the release “Now What?” which is available through Third Kind Records.
Also on the show is French artist Domotic with a release on Astra Solaria Recordings.
A Castles in Space release from Danalogue.
Time Rival with a track from a Triplicate Records release.
Linear North with a self release which also appears on the community-led magazine MEANS.
Protuberance from the Mahorka stable.
The B Side blesses us with Glasgow artists Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid from a 12th Isle release.
Fellow Swede dweller rikardfvs with a self release that also appears on a Sounds for the Soul Records compilation.
Light Vortex with a track from their Mortality Tables release.
Finlands Planet Boelex with a track that appears on the Kahvi Collective.
And ending the show with an exclusive track from a Mystery Circles release due out on the 24th of July. By Tyler Pursel.
First off we have Scottish duo Ali O’May and Frazer Brown also know as Dohnavùr with their piece Frost Pockets from their latest outing “We Owe Each Other Everything” and that’s of course out on Biggleswades shining label Castles in Space. Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Dohnavùr – Frost Pockets
Chilly, pocketed ambient with frosty textures and quiet, wintry isolation. Crisp and atmospheric. Artist Bio: Dohnavùr is an ambient duo Ali O’May and Frazer Brown creating cold, landscape-inspired works with Nordic and wintry themes.
00:05:29 DOMOTIC – The Four Tones
Precise, tone-focused ambient with four distinct layers and elegant, harmonic balance. Clean and hypnotic. Artist Bio: DOMOTIC is a French electronic/ambient artist known for precise, tonal, and minimalist compositions.
00:06:12 Danalogue – Awakening On The Planet
Cosmic, awakening ambient with planetary wonder and gentle, morning-like emergence. Expansive and hopeful. Artist Bio: Danalogue is a cosmic jazz/ambient artist known for exploratory, awakening-themed electronic works.
00:07:37 Time Rival – Cottage Pie
Cosy, domestic ambient evoking hearty cottage meals with warm, comforting textures. Nostalgic and inviting. Artist Bio: Time Rival is Richmond, Illinois based Michael Southard, ambient artist incorporating field recordings and natural sounds into peaceful, location-based compositions.
00:09:40 Linear North – the sacred pattern
Sacred, geometric ambient with northern precision and profound, patterned stillness. Meditative and structured. Artist Bio: Linear North is an ambient artist exploring open, wild, and northern landscapes through sound.
00:12:22 Protuberance – Dark grey morning
Overcast, grey-toned ambient capturing a somber, early-morning mood with subtle tension. Moody and realistic. Artist Bio: Protuberance is an ambient artist from the Mahorka label stable creating moody, atmospheric works inspired by everyday natural phenomena.
00:15:55 Hz & Fisty Kendal – Bedroom Authority
Intimate, authoritative ambient with bedroom warmth and playful, personal dominance. Quirky and close. Artist Bio: Hz & Fisty Kendal collaborate here with quirky, intimate, and playful ambient electronic works.
Side B
00:20:07 Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid – Moshi Likes It
Playful, cat-approved ambient with gentle, affectionate textures and light-hearted charm. Artist Bio: Glaswegian artists Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid collaborate here with playful, nature- and animal-inspired ambient pieces.
00:22:53 rikardfvs – Bicycling in the Miskatonic Valley
Adventurous, Lovecraftian-tinged ambient with bicycle motion and mysterious valley atmosphere. Quirky and evocative. Artist Bio: rikardfvs is a Swedish ambient artist creating quirky, location-inspired works with literary and adventurous themes.
00:27:17 Light Vortex – Plastic Rain
Synthetic, plastic rain ambient with artificial droplets and shimmering, unnatural beauty. Artist Bio: Light Vortex is an ambient artist here exploring synthetic and unnatural weather phenomena.
00:30:46 Planet Boelex – Double standards
Psychedelic, dual-layered ambient exploring contradictions with swirling, boelex-like patterns. Artist Bio: Finlands Planet Boelex is an ambient artist creating psychedelic, dual-natured, and pattern-based soundscapes.
00:35:03 Tyler Pursel – Mist Rotations
Rotating, misty ambient with soft, cyclical fog and gentle, turning motion. Dreamlike and serene. Artist Bio: Philadelphia-based experimental musician and visual artist Tyler Pursel is an ambient artist known for favoring slow pressure over spectacle.
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
Lost Karst Dreamers
Good day to you listeners, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set. This episode titled Lost Karst Dreamers is based on the track “Karst” by “Tewksbury”, from the album “rust/wave”, which comes out on May 22 via channel supporting label Imaginary North. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
If you make music 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.
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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 Pageant – Too Far
A drifting, melancholic ambient piece with soft, distant swells and a sense of emotional distance. Gentle textures unfold like regretful memories viewed from afar—intimate yet unreachable.
00:04:41 Rhucle – B2. Rew
Warm, tape-saturated ambient from Rhucle’s signature hazy style. Lo-fi loops and gentle field recordings create a nostalgic, rewound atmosphere full of quiet introspection and faded light.
00:07:40 Tewksbury – Karst
Geological ambient inspired by limestone landscapes. Crystalline tones, subtle cracks, and slow-dissolving textures evoke underground caves, dripping water, and hidden hollow spaces.
00:10:10 dropTable – Wanna ditch class and go to the mall
Playful, nostalgic lo-fi ambient with a carefree 90s/early 2000s teenage daydream vibe. Soft synths and muffled mall echoes paint a picture of skipping responsibilities for fluorescent-lit freedom.
00:18:23 Antonio Visual Project – Lost in space
Vast, weightless ambient journey through cosmic emptiness. Deep pads and floating melodies create a sense of peaceful disorientation among distant stars and endless void.
00:24:34 Joerg Dankert – What Is That
Curious, questioning ambient with shifting, uncertain textures. Subtle unease and wonder blend as unidentified sounds emerge from the shadows—mysterious and slightly surreal.
00:29:21 Pietro Zollo – Upward
Ascending, hopeful ambient with rising drones and luminous layers. It feels like gentle elevation—moving from grounded stillness toward light and open sky.
00:36:20 SYMBOL – Street Machines
Retro-futuristic synth ambient with mechanical pulse and nocturnal city energy. Neon-lit grooves and sleek textures capture cruising through empty streets at night.
00:38:18 Sacred Seeds – Rustic Memory
Earthy, organic ambient rooted in pastoral nostalgia. Warm acoustic elements and crackling textures evoke old wooden barns, soil, and half-remembered rural summers.
00:45:45 Glinca – We Shall Be Like Dreamers
Lush, surreal ambient that drifts between reality and reverie. Soft, cloud-like layers and gentle swells create a beautiful, immersive dream-state full of wonder.
00:54:05 Sad Graffiti – L’idiota
Poignant, introspective ambient with a touch of melancholy. Sparse and emotionally raw, it feels like the quiet reflection of Dostoevsky’s fool—vulnerable and strangely wise.
01:04:33 Ulises Labaronnie – Part III
Deep, evolving drone/ambient from the Argentine composer. Rich harmonic layers slowly unfold with a meditative, almost architectural sense of space and time.
01:11:55 Sulk Rooms – Details Are Important
Meticulous, micro-focused ambient highlighting tiny sonic details. Intimate and slightly obsessive, it rewards close listening with hidden textures and quiet emotional depth.
01:16:29 Elise Plans – Cantoo (Everything Lasts Forever…)
Bittersweet, expansive ambient exploring permanence and impermanence. Swelling drones and fragile melodies carry a philosophical weight—beautiful, haunting, and ultimately hopeful.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 097
Microbia Caravan.
A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.
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Intro – 00:00
Belial Pelegrim – Larvae – 02:25
Hugh Hopper & Alan Gowen – Waltz for Nobby – 06:44
Teeth Of The Sea – Æther – 15:09
4T Thieves + Weldroid – Microbia – 19:10
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 08 – 21:10
*alka – an attempt to conjure quiet – 26:17
Vivid Stars Forgotten – Seven Light Rays – 35:02
Shane Beck & Michael Brückner – Through The Eyes Of A Bird – 37:37
Side B – 46:17
Trevlad – Dream Physics – 47:03
Pulseliebhaber – Typewriter – 52:54
Exit Chamber – Around One Constant, They Revolve – 56:50
Isien – In This Desert – 1:02:05
Gollden – destiny #1 – 1:04:59
The Tin Box – Moving Design (Movement IV) – 1:08:08
Lars Haur – Flash Cartoon Breaks – 1:12:18
Dirk Mont Campbell – Mansa Musa’s Caravan – 1:14:44
Silo Arcane – Moment – 1:20:37
Outro – 1:27:19
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 095
Charm Tales.
Trevor here, transmitting from home base Sollentuna, Sweden. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 095 A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is sponsored by the labels that keep our circuits humming: Hisstology sister label of Ruptured Records, Preston Capes sister label of Woodford Halse, Cyclical Dreams, Projekt Records, Buried Treasure, Machine Records, Batov Records, Lunar Module sister label of Castles In Space,
Artist on the show who has sent me material: Moray Newlands.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
Also shout outs to, copor, Planck Tone, Otis and Aeon music for the follows, likes and comments.
Side A exclusives
Drew Huddart’s Scholars of the Peak – Hermit Station No. 7 (The Lost Bird) – PCT 27 – Transmissions from Mother Hill. An album that charts a sonic topography shaped by memory, myth and movement — a suite of transmissions echoing from the ancient ridgelines and cavernous depths of Mam Tor, the legendary “Mother Hill” of the Peak District. Each piece draws from the landscape’s natural upheavals and human imprints: from ancient burial paths to a wartime wreckage, from collapsed earth to long-forgotten mines.
Due for release on September 1 on the amazing Preston Capes cassette label.
Moray Newlands – Closing (exit) – The Red Red Earth. Moray’s been ruminating on the inevitability of death and how it will come to us all at some point. The red red earth is the culmination of these thoughts and feelings. The meaning of the red red earth, he’s not entirely sure, however it does relate to the soil found along the east coast of Scotland, close to where he lives now and where, you know, one day, perhaps…. The album should ideally be listened to as a single continuous mix which I’ll be featuring on an upcoming episode of Expansive Waves.
The Red Red Earth releases August 15, 2025 on Wormhole World.
Side B exclusive
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 09 – TVCL 04. Which, of course, stands for Trevors Virtual Cassette Library. Every 17 episodes I release the music from behind my voice overs. The latest track from the latest episode is always available to listen to on Bandcamp. When I get to 17 tracks I release the album.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy.
💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your vibrations to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked at the top of each show.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Intro – 00:00
Mint Deluxe – Abroga – 04:26
Prefaces – Marmoura – 09:26
Farmacia – Pupe – 12:46
*Scholars of the Peak – Hermit Station No. 7 (The Lost Bird) – 15:07
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke – Tall Tales – 19:13
Hverheij – In The Garden – 23:13
Trevlad – Sound Fossils – 25:34
*Moray Newlands – Closing (exit) – 30:13
Hello Mr. Klaus – Sussurri di un pianoforte, (per Manuel) – 33:29
yttriphie – absrpt/nline – 41:52
Side B – 47:27
Mindheal – I Miss Analog People – 48:12
the black Albumen – provokovieff – 51:04
Simon Heartfield – There Is No Division – 53:37
Sababa 5 – Into Orbit – 59:04
Shugorei – The Charm – 1:02:18
Scanner – Inner Ocean – 1:05:54
Bartholomew – Memorials – 1:14:42
*Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 09 – 1:17:42
Christian Wittman – Starry Night – 1:20:15
Tom Penaguin – Aborted Long Piece No2 – 1:25:35
Outro – 1:29:11
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 093
Astral Kitchen
Trevor here, transmitting from home base Sollentuna, Sweden. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 093 A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is sponsored by the labels that keep our circuits humming: Moniker Eggplant, Mystery Circles, whitelabrecs, Moolakii Club Audio Interface, Imaginary North, Subexotic Records, Moon Glyph, Castles In Space.
Artists on the show who have sent me material: Gelbart, .
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
Also shout outs to, Zander Rume, Otis, Rick Scott Flynn, MoiCFlo, and, Aeon, for the follows, likes and comments.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy.
💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your vibrations to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked at the top of each show.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Intro – 00:00
Whatitdo Archive Group – Exotique – 01:45
Trevlad – Energy Sculpting – 04:15
Vio – Into The Microcosmic Infinity – 07:20
Roedelius – 430 15 – 08:04
Pulselovers – Pomegranate – 13:22
RZWD – Outskirt Dub – 17:27
Xu – Echoes from the Ether – 22:41
Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Unquiet – 25:22
Bayun the Cat / JD Roberts – Bodoryanka (Sunset Mix) – 28:01
JARR – Resindot – 32:28
Fan Club Orchestra – Very Long Stay – 37:26
Time Rival – Coyote Loop – 43:45
Side B – 46:13
Guerrilla Biscuits – Kitchen Cupboards – 46:57
IKSRE – vermillion (Kilometre Club Remix) – 53:27
M-Corp – Music For Four & Half Minutes – 56:13
Gelbart – Deffir (Ascension) – 1:00:05
Asha Patera – I Never Felt That In You – 1:03:26
david a jaycock – Armada Way (Pt.1 Freedom from Fields) – 1:07:53
Trevlad – Sonic Cartography – 1:10:24
*Eliot Krimsky – Astral – 1:14:20
figurehead – Danza – 1:15:17
Listening Center – Cold Panorama – 1:18:08
Ekoplekz – Fractured Smile – 1:21:12
Outro – 1:24:59
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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