Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 180
263 February 2026
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Welcome to Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 180—your flickering beacon in the haze, where forgotten reels spin secrets and new ghosts whisper through the virtual cassette heads.
We pause the fast-forward and let time stretch thin: imagine a single worn cassette shell cracked open on a sun-bleached dashboard at dusk, magnetic tape spilling like ribbon across cracked leather seats. Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, for the sonically adventurous, wherever it finds you.
You’ve hit play so, let the tape hiss, and drift with us through these captured breaths.
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We open with the song Sunshine Grove by SubDan. Golden afternoon light spilling through leaves onto a quiet wooden porch swing, where acid-tinged synths ripple like warm breezes and gentle breakbeat grooves sway in lazy contentment, capturing pure, unhurried joy suspended forever in a glowing breath.
This is Sunshine Grove by SubDan from the album Moments of Joy out on Nottingham, UK’s Remnants label.
Now, The track time, running away from you by HUNGER A lone figure standing motionless on an empty midnight highway as the taillights of a departing car stretch into vanishing red threads, while slow, decaying synth drones and fractured rhythmic pulses chase each other in futile pursuit, freezing the ache of irreversible loss in a single, elongating breath of experimental electronic melancholy.
This is HUNGER with the track time, running away from you from the album declined out on Leipzig, Germany’s Adventurous Music
Next, The track Tripping Soldiers 2 by Dark Fidelity Hi Fi (from Bricolage’s underground Glasgow electronic label) A squad of spectral soldiers marching in slow, hallucinatory lockstep through a fog-choked, neon-lit alley at 3 a.m., their boots echoing into warped, stuttering breaks and gritty, acid-flecked synth stabs that bend reality like melting film reels, freezing the surreal vertigo of a chemically unraveling night patrol in a single, looping breath of shadowy, tripped-out dubbed melancholy.
This is Tripping Soldiers 2 by Dark Fidelity Hi Fi from a couple of places one of them being Bricolage’s Paradigm (10 Year Label Sampler)
Now Akira Film Script, Graham Seaman, Mosaicist, Percolator and Justin Amphlett – This Burnished Land
The collaborative expanse of This Burnished Land A vast, sun-scorched prairie at golden hour where ancient mosaic fragments embedded in cracked earth glow like buried memories, while layered drones and subtle field-recorded winds weave a slow, collective breath of timeless, burnished serenity suspended in amber light.
This Burnished Land by Akira Film Script, Graham Seaman, Mosaicist, Percolator and Justin Amphlett from the, must have, compilation album This Burnished Land out on whitelabrecs
Next aug16 by ff8282 A deserted summer rooftop at dusk in late August, empty cassette tapes scattered like fallen leaves as faint, lo-fi synth pulses and fragmented tape warbles drift upward into a fading orange sky, capturing the quiet, nostalgic drift of a single fleeting day dissolving into static eternity.
From the stable of 4000 Records label ff8282 and the track aug16 from the album No Statue.
“A Wound Kisser by Dunya A dimly lit apartment at midnight, where soft ambient tendrils curl like gentle fingers tracing an old scar on pale skin, the slow-healing ache blooming into hushed, shimmering layers of forgiveness frozen in an intimate exhale of wounded light.
From Vilnius, Lithuania’s Amulet of Tears label I give you Dunya with A Wound Kisser from the album **Pay It Forward
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**Take Me There – Totte (a reflection on childhood) originally from the album *Nine Reflections: Music For Cats*
“Totte (a reflection on childhood)” A sun-dappled backyard sandbox long abandoned, where a child’s forgotten toy cat sits amid drifting dandelion seeds and gentle, nostalgic drones that lap like warm summer memories against the porch steps, freezing the soft pang of innocence receding into quiet feline contemplation.
This is Totte (a reflection on childhood) by Take Me There from a fantastic, and recommended, compilation The Passed Year 2025 out on Passed Recordings.
Land of the Endless by joe nora An unbroken horizon of rolling golden dunes under a perpetual twilight, where sparse, piano motifs and subtle string horizons stretch outward forever, locking the serene vertigo of boundless solitude in an unresolving breath of eternal drift.
This is Land of the Endless by Joe Nora from the album Puzzle Face available through Los Angeles, California’s Friends Of Friends label.
uami step by raays A bioluminescent jungle clearing at cosmic dawn, where shimmering synth pads and off-kilter jazz-inflected beats pulse like fireflies in slow-motion syncopation, freezing the euphoric fusion of earthly roots and weightless space jungle levitation in glowing stride.
This is raays with uami step from the EP Plaays out on LEAVING RECORDS.
desert ambient by applecore A lone saguaro silhouette against a blood-orange sunset over endless sand, where minimal, heat-warped drones and distant wind howls ripple like mirages across cracked earth, capturing the austere, meditative vastness of isolation distilled into scorching breath.
applecore with desert ambient from the album contact at the deep bottom out on Bulgaria’s Mahorka label.
We end the first half and first side of this virtual cassette with Monolit K by Gelbart A colossal black obelisk rising from cracked concrete in an abandoned Eastern European industrial yard at dawn, its surface humming with deep, resonant modular synth throbs and metallic echoes that reverberate into infinity, freezing the enigmatic weight of forgotten futures in an unyielding pulse.
Gelbart with Monolit K from the album Gelbart-TK-745 out on Berlin, Germany’s Kitchen Leg records. Catch you on the flip side.
Starting us off this half
“Transmission 18 by Wojciech Golczewski A derelict satellite dish pointed skyward in a snowy midnight field, receiving faint, crackling cosmic signals through swelling retro-synth waves and distant static bursts, suspending the lonely vigil of interstellar longing in a glacial sweep.
Wojciech Golczewski with Transmission 18 from the album End Of Transmission 3 available through Marseille, France’s Data Airlines label.
Väntan by Gustav Davidsson Frost-covered birch trees standing silent along a frozen Swedish lake at first light, where sparse, glacial ambient tones and soft harmonic swells drift like breath on glass, freezing the quiet anticipation of spring’s distant promise in a crystalline pause.
This is Gustav Davidsson with Väntan from another great whitelbrecs compilation celebrating their 10-year anniversary Shades.
Pollinator Project Pt. 4 – Entomophily by Loopatronica. A sunlit wildflower meadow alive with bees in ecstatic slow-motion orbit, their wings blurring into intricate looping rhythms and organic electronic pulses that hum in symbiotic harmony, locking the vibrant dance of pollination into a nectar-drenched view.
This is Loopatronica with Pollinator Project Pt. 4 – Entomophily from the album Pollinator Project out on Moolakii Club Audio Interface.
Let Me by Djrum Rain streaked city windows at 4 a.m., reflecting blurred neon as intricate breakbeats and soulful piano fragments plead through dense, atmospheric layers, capturing the intimate ache of unspoken desire suspended in rain-lashed heartbeats.
This is Djrum with Let Me from the albumUnder Tangled Silence out on London, UK’s Houndstooth label.
Movement Implies Convergence by Substak + LR Friberg Converging railway tracks vanishing into a misty horizon at twilight, where pulsing modular sequences and converging field drones pull forward in relentless gravity, freezing the philosophical inevitability of paths uniting in a forward-leaning flow.
Substak + LR Friberg with Movement Implies Convergence from the album The White Between Words another great release from the Mahorka label.
Blanket Song by Kikagaku Moyo A threadbare wool blanket spread under stars on a summer hillside, where psych-folk guitars wrap around soft, wandering melodies like shared warmth, capturing the simple comfort of stargazing companionship in an enveloping sigh.
Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 with Blanket Song from the album Masana Temples out on Fukuoka, Japan’s Guruguru Brain label.
Office Olympics by Dolphins of Venice Fluorescent-lit cubicles transformed into a surreal arena at after-hours, where quirky synth bounces and playful beats turn staplers into javelins and printers into hurdles, freezing the gleeful rebellion of corporate daydreams in a single, mischievous leap.
This is Dolphins of Venice with Office Olympics from the album Captains of Industry another great Mahorka label release.
The penultimate track of the show now. Sub-Aura (2025 Remaster) by Ian Boddy & Chris Carter Underwater aurora lights shimmering through deep ocean currents at midnight, where vintage analog modular synth waves undulate in slow, hypnotic layers, locking the submerged glow of hidden electromagnetic realms in a breath of cosmic tranquility.
Ian Boddy & Chris Carter with Sub-Aura (2025 Remaster) from the album Caged (25th Anniversary Edition) out on Ian Boddy curated label DiN.
So just one track to go and, before you do go, I need you to send me your stories for the Chord Confessions series. I need a song or piece of music that has meant something special to you for some reason. I’ll play the music and say nice things about you and tell your tale on the airwaves.
Spontaneous Reduction by Hverheij A falling snowflake caught mid-descent in a vast white void, where sparse, reductive tones and micro-shifts in texture gradually simplify into near-silence, capturing the elegant inevitability of everything distilling to essence in a vanishing exhale.
Hverheij with Spontaneous Reduction
Intro – 00:00
SubDan – Sunshine Grove – 01:22
HUNGER – time, running away from you – 06:02
Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – Tripping Soldiers – 11:52
Akira Film Script, Graham Seaman, Mosaicist, Noctilusense, Percolator and Justin Amphlett – This Burnished Land – 15:33
ff8282 – aug16 – 21:11
Dunya – A Wound Kisser – 24:13
Take Me There – Totte (a reflection on childhood) (from Nine Reflections: Music For Cats) – 29:47
Joe Nora – Land of the Endless – 33:55
raays – uami step – 36:46
applecore – desert ambient – 40:20
Gelbart – Monolit K – 46:56
B Side – 51:45
Wojciech Golczewski – Transmission 18 – 52:00
Gustav Davidsson – Väntan – 55:04
Loopatronica – Pollinator Project Pt. 4 – Entomophily – 58:56
Djrum – Let Me – 1:03:53
Substak + LR Friberg – Movement Implies Convergence – 1:11:37
Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Blanket Song – 1:17:29
Dolphins of Venice – Office Olympics – 1:20:55
Ian Boddy & Chris Carter – Sub-Aura (2025 Remaster) – 1:24:56
Hverheij – Spontaneous Reduction – 1:33:54
Outro – 1:37:45
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 159
26 December 2025
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, I’m Trevor, and this is episode one‑five‑nine of the Virtual Cassette Library. Today’s theme is Twist Fondest Waffle—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. We begin with Arbee & Norvik drifting through a Montréal alleyway, Bary Center disappearing into the trees, and Pocket Lint reminding us that we grow through our friends. There’s a rise‑in‑love from micca, diamond‑cracking teeth from pjpriiincess, and a new sun courtesy of GODTET. 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. Later on, we’ll hear winter choruses from Unruly Disturbance, a 2025 remaster from Ian Boddy & Chris Carter, and a snowy Christmas‑Eve vignette from On Idyl. Leisure Prison gives us another living space, Tim Story offers a dust bale hole, and Clearways pings us exactly once before Michael D. Tidwell closes the A side. On the flip side, Tapemoth brings entropy, Marie dissolves into a Bahrambient remix, and IKSRE gives us granite from Imaginary North. There’s cartography from Droning Cats with NRV, Italian library breaks from Modern Sound Quartet, and a fading coordinate from Grant Beasley. Roedelius appears, as he often does, like a quiet blessing. I’ve slipped in one of my own—Another Oddly Screamed—before Floating Points and Raphah carry us gently to the end. It’s ambient, kosmische, wintery, slightly haunted, and occasionally festive in a sideways sort of way. 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. First track up: Arbee & Norvik, Dans une ruelle, suite…”
Intro – 00:00
Arbee & Norvik – Dans une ruelle, suite – 03:21
Bary Center – Disappears (Into The Trees) – 05:21
Pocket Lint – we grow through our friends – 08:25
micca – Rise in love – 11:47
pjpriiincess – teeth – 15:42
GODTET – New Sun – 18:17
Spooqs – Laruna, Memory of the Tide – 21:24
Unruly Disturbance – Winter Chorus – 24:14
Ian Boddy & Chris Carter – Slab (2025 Remaster) – 27:26
Young Tribe – Tomorrow – 31:00
On Idyl – Sipping whiskey on Christmas Eve, out in the snow, under a full moon – 32:37
Leisure Prison – Living Space Three – 36:00
Tim Story – Dust Bale Hole – 38:54
Clearways – OnePingOnly – 43:00
Michael D. Tidwell – Cetrion – 46:39
B Side – 48:31
Tapemoth – Entropy – 49:05
Marie – Remaining (Bahrambient Rework) – 51:15
IKSRE – Granite – 53:45
Droning Cats with NRV – When Two Longitudes Overlap – 56:18
Solar Phasing – Welcome To The Core – Intro – 1:01:21
Allmanna Town – Sample 13 – 1:05:42
Modern Sound Quartet – Campanule – 1:06:57
Grant Beasley – Fading Coordinate – 1:09:17
Richard Davies – the spiritual embrace of the ether – 1:12:21
The Balloonist – A Modern Shopping Experience – 1:15:52
Roedelius – Veilchenwurzeln – 1:19:19
Trevlad – Another Oddly Screamed – 1:23:23
Ryan Hooper – This Will Pass – 1:26:00
Floating Points – Elaenia – 1:26:59
Raphah – Early Rise – 1:30:16
Outro – 1:34:00
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library Listeners Choice 01
The listener who answered the call for this special episode is Steve Browne. Who suggested John Haughey who this entire mix is based upon. Steve and I both discovered John through the now, sadly defunct, Werra Foxma label, curated by the wonderfully charming Frazer Brown and his better half I believe. John Haughey hails from Craigavon, Northern Ireland and has also released works with one of my favourite labels Waxing Crescent Records. Check them out on Band Camp they are Name Your Price gems.
Sponsoring labels: Mahorka, Projekt Records, and, ARCHIVES.
Sponsoring artists: Marius Leicht, The Metamorph, and, Krakenkraft.
The rest of the show is filled with recent finds and releases.
Shoutouts to passengers: Otis and aeon music..
Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix.
Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com
Trevs Intro – 00:00
Andreas Davids – Echos aus der Ferne – 02:13
Vince Clarke – Scarper – 07:39
Marius Leicht – O – 10:45
TheAdelaidean & Steve Roach – Finding Focus – 12:43
John Haughey – Polar – 20:03
The Metamorph – Above the Cloud Forest – 23:31
Warmth – Into the Ashes – 25:28
Aisha Vaughan – Day Dreams – 28:45
Johnny Woods – Terraforms – 33:38
KMRU – cine – 41:27
B Side – 46:11
Bryan Rohmer – Fresh Air/Closet of Ties (Prelude) – 47:01
Far away Nebraska – Bliss – 49:12
HEAVY AXE – FLUTE & DRONE – 54:51
Krakenkraft – Aquarium – 55:45
deepspace – High=Rise=Vistas (Blood in the Concrete) – 58:10
Bagaski – Azalea – 1:01:59
Milieu – Floral Piano – 1:07:06
Fumerolles – Un charme – 1:15:06
TOKEE – Спать – 1:17:21
Belial Pelegrim – 215 – 1:21:12
Jack Prest – Dream I – 1:25:41
Deuter – Deep Sea – 1:28:07
Trevs Outro – 1:31:15
Trevlad Sounds 