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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 264

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Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 264. 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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A contemplative, atmospheric ambient journey through gravity, trapped moments, and fiery elements.
Side A drifts from weightless lapses and arcane nights into sinister awakenings, amber preservation, and circular comfort. Side B shifts through nostalgic postcards, patterned cosiness, collaborative warmth, and ends on flame and dated reflection.
Overall mood: Introspective, melancholic, and quietly wondrous with a blend of darkness and gentle warmth. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or peaceful immersion.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 264 episodes as well as the 820 plus other shows whenever they like.
As a subscriber you also get access to my new series Veil Frequencies based on a fictional world I’ve created called The Resonant Veil Enclave. Each episode is around three hours and recorded from one of the floors from the 24 buildings in the veil. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by the trio of John Crombie, Christopher Innes, and Damiano Verna who together call themselves Arcane Trickster. I’ve chosen their latest single titled “Dead Of Night” which has just been released on Greek label Cosmicleaf Records.
This is followed by the track “Sinister Awakening” by Mantris from an album to get lost in titled “Echoes Of The Silver Screen” out on Bulgaria’s finest Mahorka label.
After that Edinburgh based modular artist Exit Chamber with the soothing piece “Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment” from the release “I Have Lied To You The Best I Can” which features remix work by some other channel friends including Asha Patera, Ed Herbers and Everyday Dust. Grab a digital copy on the Passed Recordings label.
The penultimate track of the first side of this virtual cassette is by French artist Anthony Elfort aka Toàn and the enchanting track “DEL 3” from the album titled “Solitarium” out on the fantastic whitelabrecs label.
Finishing off the first half is a track from the album Quieter by Robot Koch under his moniker Foam and Sand with a mix of analog synthesizers, live vibraphone, chimes, and bells in “Circle 62”. Get it at Jogging House curated label Seil Records.
But first, to set the vibe is Athens-based artist Kostas Staikos, better known as Substak with a deep and dark almost 15 minute piece titled “Gravity Lapse” which was made for Drone Day 2026 on grey clay radio.
Now 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.

Welcome to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear an artist I know nothing about except they are on the fantastic Passed Recordings 31 track compilation album 130.81. Here is Poloma with minimalist piece “Calico”.
Also an exclusive track in the collaboration of ambient giants David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi with the piano piece “Arzino” from their upcoming album “Night’s End” which will be available through the wonderful Home Normal label from the 24th of July.
After that a master of sunset music, Mark Barrott, with the track “Variation (I)” from the album “The Exit Diaries” and that’s out on the Anjunachill label.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of the shortest piece of the show clocking in at just 1:31 seconds but showing the amazing sound of Hannah Peel in the track “All They Had Was Fire” from the film soundtrack album Underland, and that’s out on the Rivertones label.
Finishing us off is Hylé Tapes curator Richard Francés with some minimalistic drone bliss in the track “11 Février 2024” from the album Afterwork III (Février 2024).
But first hailing from Koblenz, Germany, Oberlin with his Fender Telecaster and field-recordings on the track “Postcard #7” from the album Ambient Postcards, Enjoy…

Side A
00:00:00 Substak – Gravity Lapse
Weightless, falling ambient with gravitational pull and delicate, lapsed motion. Hypnotic and ethereal.
00:18:35 Arcane Trickster – Dead Of Night
Mysterious, nocturnal ambient with arcane shadows and quiet, trickster tension. Haunting and atmospheric.
00:22:14 Mantris – Sinister Awakening
Dark, awakening ambient with sinister undertones and gradual, ominous emergence. Tense and immersive.
00:23:56 Exit Chamber – Trapped In The Amber Of This Moment
Frozen, amber-preserved ambient with stillness and poignant captured beauty.
00:27:12 Toàn – DEL 3
Minimal ambient with clean lines and quiet restraint. Precise and reflective.
00:30:31 Foam and Sand – Circle 62
Lush, circular ambient with granular warmth and endless, comforting loops. Radiant and meditative.
Side B
00:35:40 Oberlin – Postcard #7
Nostalgic, postcard ambient with distant, scenic warmth and gentle, mailed intimacy.
00:37:45 Poloma – Calico
Soft, patterned ambient with calico-like textures and warm, fabric-woven calm. Cosy and detailed.
00:41:28 David Cordero & Aiko Takahashi – Arzino
Delicate, place-specific ambient with Italian-inspired warmth and subtle, collaborative beauty.
00:43:52 Mark Barrott – Variation (I)
Subtle, Balearic-tinged ambient with warm variation and gentle, land-inspired elegance.
00:46:52 Hannah Peel – All They Had Was Fire
Fiery, elemental ambient with passionate intensity and a sense of sole reliance on flame. Dramatic and luminous.
00:47:58 Richard Francés – 11 Février 2024
Date-specific ambient capturing a personal February moment with reflective, diary-like intimacy.

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

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 130

16 October 2025

///propose.salutes.serve.

Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at Episode 130 of The Virtual Cassette Library.
Propose Salutes Serve is the episodes subtitle, as well the track you’re hearing in the background and it’s geographical location which I’ve filmed and can be experienced on YouTube.
These mixes are 90-minute genre bending drifts through curated frequencies. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. 15 tracks per side with a side change in the middle.
Styles take us through electronica, idm, ambient, soundscapes, krautrock and more.
Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Links to all the tracks are illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline.
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Shout out to Nanogod, whose alchemical words add dimension to the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every follow, subscription, album purchase keeps the frequencies flowing.
So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.

Intro – 00:00
survey channel – Via Skyway – 01:43
Socool – Overworld – 03:39
The Animals at Night – Soft Spring – 06:59
Anton Witter – Take The High Line – 09:02
Lyonel Bauchet – A Quiet Sun – 10:58
Caer Sgàil – Someone I Once Knew – 16:05
Mantris – He Brought Me Spring – 18:09
Cleeve Morris – The Sound of The Universe (Vaporwave) – 21:21
Polypores – Untethered (Ascend Now) – 25:08
Xu – Luminous Dust Trails – 28:23
René Dahinden – Following Footprints – 31:05
tttc – pool party – 34:47
Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Half Smile – 38:15
Eliot Krimsky – I Made My House – 40:21
Eliot Krimsky – My Heart Sings Out To You – 43:51
Side B – 46:45
INYAN – Botanical A – 47:15
Socool – Deja Vu – 49:57
Andres Lopez Azpiri – Otra Época – 52:50
Lorenzo Masotto – Pulse – 53:31
tapes and topographies – holograms – 56:00
Bruno Bavota – I’m losing you – 1:00:23
Nonima + Abdicant – FLUID DYNAMICS – 1:01:57
Nonima + Abdicant – SCRATCHES – 1:04:34
Bruno Bavota – when we collide – 1:07:30
Radx – Total Naturalism (Digital Bonus) – 1:10:04
Pulselovers – Somersault (Doomlode Remix) – 1:17:42
Pulselovers – Night Drive (Fred und Luna Remix) – 1:20:50
*Rural Tapes – Dream within a Dream – 1:25:59
Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Nostalgia – 1:26:11
Outro – 1:31:42

*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 103

Green Creek Walkway.

Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 103 A 90-minute musical journey where the musical pieces are woven together into two, uninterrupted, 45 minute adventures. The styles for this episode include ambient, electronica, idm, and soundscapes. There is a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark. The shows are designed for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe.

I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can join nanogods poetic visualisations on the time line. Don’t be shy.

If you want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode.

Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨

Intro – 00:00 –
*Sulci – Hessa – 01:16
Hyldýpi – F Y R I R G E F N I N G – 04:45
Eden Grey – No Problem – 07:05
Trevlad – Letters to the Dunes – 09:44
willowlaun – dead fascists – 12:51
Voyage Futur – Exploring the Inner Cave – 13:58
*Beira – Trade Secrets – 16:38
Mirai No Hagaki – effigiei renuntio – 19:45
Le Morte d’Abby – Late Onset – 22:25
Rupert Lally – 304 – 27:15
One Thirty R – Plausible Herbal Landmine – 29:53
Bryan Rohmer – While the Green Giants Sway – 33:15
Side B – 44:31
Rodrigo Passannanti – Shadows Of Silence – 45:15
Hiro Ama – Billowing (ft. Keeley Forsyth) – 49:40
Jogging House & The Lifted Index – Moments To – 53:37
*Seth Thorn – necarney creek – 56:13
theAdelaidean – TOKORO Excerpt (Live at Knock Koenji, Tokyo, 2025) – 59:00
*HDRF – All Flesh is Glass – 1:03:32
Mantris – If You Ever, But You’ll Never – 1:09:04
Kayla Painter – For You I Won’t Forget – 1:13:19
Trevlad – Spells & Violations – 1:18:21
Yamaoka – Moving Walkway – 1:21:20
Outro – 1:27:01

*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 083

Forbidden Signal

🔮 Welcome, wanderers of the wavelength. This is Trevor, transmitting under twilight skies from the quiet edge of Malmö. You’ve tuned into Virtual Cassette Library 083—your portal into a liminal soundworld where frequencies blur the veil between seen and unseen. No maps, no commentary, just a raw stream of curated audio artifacts for your inner navigation.
Tonight’s broadcast is sponsored by arcane signal bearers: Cyclical Dreams, Clay Pipe Music, whitelabrecs, Adventurous Music, Driftworks, and Mahorka.
✒️ Special gratitude to the sonic conjurers whose compositions pull threads from forgotten dimensions—Fimnur, Anubis Rude, survey channel, Altus—and to Free Album Codes for unearthing whispers from the archives of Bandcamp.
Otis, Aeon, fonodroom—you remain constants in this drifting field.
🎧 Settle in. Let go of the linear. The halfway point bends space; Side B drips with surreal intention. The playlist is your guide. Track links can be found on trevor.se Comments go on the timeline—I speak only through curation.
📨 Artists, labels—send your sonic relics to trevlad@gmail.com.

Intro – 00:00
Fimnur – Forbidden Knowledge – 02:06
Caer Sgàil – Someone I Once Knew – 04:25
Propaganda – The Calling – 05:59
Nico Georis – Mind Gardens – 10:34
Karl Schoenberg – Sound Sculpture 9 – 15:02
Anubis Rude – Mariner’s Compass – 16:43
Carlos Ferreira – Percurso – 19:00
Masayoshi Fujita – Desonata – 24:52
Optionica – Strange Box [Optionica Remix] – 29:15
Carlos Ferreira, Rita Zart – Dissolving the Self – 32:17
Cate Francesca Brooks – In Wonder – 40:10
Julia Gjertsen & Gustav Davidsson – Mellomtiden – 41:58
Side B – 45:29
Augen – Love Balm – 46:17
Universos Terrenales – Viejos Solitarios – 53:18
Trevlad – Drone – 55:14
Tycho – DX Odyssey – 57:16
To Rococo Rot – I Am In The World With You – 59:42
survey channel – Denebula – 1:02:07
CIALYN – Radio Rhipidon – 1:04:35
Altus – Subterranean – 1:07:07
Hendekagon – Die Zeitdefinition – 1:13:04
Polaroid Notes – Spaces Inbetween – 1:14:42
str.ohm – Silhouettes Of A Hidden City – 1:20:14
Mantris – The Shattering – 1:24:48
Outro – 1:29:20

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Snow Deity Revelation

21.02.2025

Húsdreki – Ólæknandi – 00:00
Stereo Minus One – Another Me Is Probably Being Asked If He’s Okay – 07:10
Belial Pelegrim – Mirrors Made of Falling Snow – 09:28
Andrea Cichecki – A Lost Memory – 13:23
bios+a+ic – Three Days Of Rain – 17:13
Kilometre Club – lost in twilight’s tender glow – 21:46
Mantris – Your Arrival To The Deity – 25:12
Ed Herbers – Gossamer – 32:29
The Careful Servant – GPO – 39:12
The Gaye Device – Envy Of The Dead – 43:15
Per Barfot & Songs From Tin Pan Alley – Retroactive Revelation – 47:57
Mirai No Hagaki – snow-drifted planets – 49:50
Leit Motif – Roots and the Tree of Life – 53:06