Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 297
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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.
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A coastal, living-system ambient journey through sea-stares, underwater spheres, and second natures.
Side A watches the sea from Sausage Studios, then drifts across unnamed water, residual cellar vectors, tape-warm circles, dancing offertorio light, and one-take Maenporth fall. Side B opens a hidden kantele harmony, mixes smoke and sound in real time, breathes under Yiddish trees, sits with an oracle, walks Sanibel’s helix, and comes back to the world.
Overall mood: Gentle, organic, and quietly luminous — full of water, weather, and small living systems. Perfect for morning listening, nature walks, or sitting still while things fall out of the sky.
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.
00:00:00 Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Staring at The Sea – V1 Demo
Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Staring at The Sea – V1 Demo. Mrs Moore still climbs the desks as Space-bat-Angel-Dragon. Microkorg, Maschine, Odyssey and Minilogue voice the outsider at Sausage Studios.
00:05:28 Mensa Group International – Pokoponesia
Mensa Group International – Pokoponesia. Ailanthus colours drift across unnamed water.
00:07:16 Altus – Residual Vector Drift
Altus – Residual Vector Drift. Mike Carss works eight tracks in the Green Cellar through January and February.
00:13:53 Foam and Sand – Circle 66 feat. Priscilla Ahn
Foam and Sand – Circle 66 feat. Priscilla Ahn. Analog synths, live vibraphone, chimes and bells pass through tape warmth. Robot Koch keeps the invitation quiet.
00:17:57 Salamanda – Offertorio
Salamanda – Offertorio. Bubbles, refracting light and dancing underwater spheres. Profits from physical Sphere copies travel to the Korean Women’s Hotline.
00:20:47 Fran Carlyon – Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky) remaster
Fran Carlyon – Sometimes (they just fall out of the sky) remaster. Guitar recorded overlooking Maenporth waves. Kosmische keys overdubbed later in Hockley, one take.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:22:14 Shakali – Toinen Luonto
Shakali – Toinen Luonto. Thirty-six-string kantele, bowls, bells, reeds, wind and water. Julian Overall’s soprano, Timo’s udu, Roy Werner’s sequencers and Les Halles’ flute simmer in hidden harmony.
00:29:02 Perrache – Schall und Rauch
Perrache – Schall und Rauch. Two Fostex four-tracks mix in real time. Doubled layers nod toward Spector and open a spaghetti-western theme. Names prove transitory.
00:32:22 Beymer – Otemen (Breathe)
Beymer – Otemen (Breathe). Daniel Field’s Yiddish trees. Calming recordings and simple synths gather beneath the canopy.
00:34:14 Lillies For Ever – Oracle III
Lillies For Ever – Oracle III. Captivation arrives as peace.
00:43:55 Green-House – Sanibel
Green-House – Sanibel. Named for a Florida island of first nature-walks. Melody and harmonics helix. Kaleidoscopic guitar and bubbling synths mimic a larger living system.
00:45:55 Hunter Complex – Back to the World
Hunter Complex – Back to the World. Flute, trumpet, acoustic guitar and harmonica join lush piano. Inner peace uses weather and water as metaphor.
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 297.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 036
03.05.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
ILUITEQ + Eraldo Bernocchi – Fade, In The Dusk – 02:45
*OdNu – Escape Inside – 08:26
IMMR – Abstract Deductions – 08:26
*David Cordero – Otros tiempos – 20:22
*Aarktica – Elena – 22:13
Rhucle & Hatsü – Longing – 26:00
*David Cordero – Barrio lejano – 27:27
Danielle Nia – lost light – 28:44
The Birds Companion – The Memory Machine – 31:20
Tony Gerber – Inner Sanctum – 33:29
NOSNAR – Yesterday Is Tomorrow’s Past – 38:30
B Side – 47:35
*Toxic Chicken – Never Alone – 48:19
Odin Kaban – Cuerdas – 50:21
Binaural Space – Memories of Them – 53:55
Dr. Quandary – Branches & Bells – 58:22
Bistro Boy – Chapter 11 – 1:00:17
Lillies For Ever – Oracle III – 1:03:13
Jogging House – Wurzel – 1:13:56
Loris S Sarid – five – 1:24:50
Dag Rosenqvist – Allt vi måste hinna med – 1:27:02
The All Golden – Glass – 1:28:55
Fflwcs – Nathusius (part two) – 1:29:40
Trevs Outro – 1:32:06
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 034
01.05.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
David Slowing – Forest – 03:51
millicow – spring sunrise – 08:46
Willebrant – tea tree – 11:57
Squarb – Ebb & Flow – 13:41
Black Sun High Desert – The Golden Arrow Pierces – 16:31
Everyday Dust – Colourless Hills – 18:23
*Spectrical – Threading glacial depths – 23:00
Bowing – Sway Of The Rushes – 25:23
Marc Aubele – 31 – 28:08
Fallen – Amber Drops – 29:18
Local Sound Developer – Further Than Expected – 33:56
Binaural Space – V – 40:03
Dag Rosenqvist – Allt vi redan glömt – 41:47
*Thought Bubble – It’s Best Not To Look At The Sun – 43:59
B Side – 48:27
Lillies For Ever – Oracle II – 51:06
*kent watari – SHAKKEI – 59:58
Overtin – Lifetimes – 1:01:33
*OdNu – Remember The Sun – 1:05:44
Bistro Boy – Chapter 05 – 1:11:41
*The All Golden – Step into the Light – 1:14:05
The Heartwood Institute – Malkin Tower – 1:20:03
Emanuele Liguori – Not Our Secret Anymore – 1:23:48
Trevs Outro – 1:28:21
*tracks are 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.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 014
06.04.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
A Side –
Bomis Prendin – THE DRONES OF ORION – 02:25
Clariloops – Hold – 08:01
Sylvain Carel – The Reckless Lovers – 11:36
Alexis Delozanne – Illusion dOptique – 17:37
MadMenDuo – Sewage River – 21:59
Conflux Coldwell – Flood of 88 – 27:16
Hervé Perez and John Garner – hear the earth speak – 34:24
Slobject. – Jon Bon Jella – 42:01
B Side – 44:55
Flying Tulpa – No Expectations – 45:21
Ghost In The Loop – Drifting Between Memory And Oblivion – ■ ■︎🙵🙵■ ■︎🙵■︎ (Featuring Shipwreck Detective) – 52:13
*Tomo-Nakaguchi – Moon Gazing – 54:15
Ai Yamamoto – Solitude – 58:15
David Cordero & Rhucle – Social Distance – 1:00:30
Ulises Labaronnie – IN (SIDES) Part I – 1:02:07
NUUK – HILL – 1:09:41
Lillies For Ever – Oracle I – 1:12:39
*Ozbolt – Mysteries Of The Fynbos – 1:22:11
*Lullatone – Morning Watering – 1:24:37
Trevs Outro – 1:25:50
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 007
29.03.2025
Trevs Intro – 00:00
- A Side –
Dirk Serries – Weathering The Gale – 01:45
Oberu – Music That Sounds Like Living – 20:05
THE GAYE DEVICE – Nebula – 34:16
Sons Of Faust – In the Forest of Farewells – 38:40 - B Side – 45:55
*The Eyes and the Mistoids – Gigantic Otherwordly Light – 46:27
Ancient Astronaut – Cosmic Dance – 52:43
Patrick R. Pärk – Stars Once Slept – 58:00
Jogging House – Astronaut – 59:39
Odin Kaban – Rebotes – 1:13:05
Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate – My Window View – 1:17:51
Lillies For Ever – Descent – 1:22:10
Trevs Outro – 1:29:24
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode release.
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