Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 198
Library Music
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the new Virtual Cassette Library – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that sets the tone for the set. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. If and when I get a couple more subscribers then I’ll go back to doing 90 minute versions, complete with commentary.
This episode is based on the track “They Are Coming Back! (Possibly Maybe)” by friend of the channel Uncle Fido. Available through his alter ego Binaural Space. Dropped May 1.
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.
And if you’re enjoying the channel, please consider subscribing — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
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.
Side A
00:00:00 Graham Reznick – Mulwray Drive
Atmospheric, filmic ambient with noir-ish tension and subtle cinematic movement. Moody and immersive.
00:04:29 Uncle Fido – They Are Coming Back! (Possibly Maybe)
Playful, slightly paranoid electronic whimsy with quirky synths and light-hearted unease. Fun and offbeat.
00:06:27 Binaural Space – Contentment
Warm, spacious ambient drift focused on calm and gentle resonance. Soothing and centred.
00:07:20 Furio Di Castri, Paolo Fresu – Brooklyn
Intimate, smoky jazz ballad with lyrical trumpet and warm bass. Reflective and beautifully understated.
00:09:08 Marc Codsi – The Wait
Sparse, emotionally charged ambient with patient tension and minimalist beauty. Haunting and poignant.
00:12:04 Omni Gardens – Grassland
Gentle, sun-dappled ambient with soft synths and organic, pastoral calm. Lush and serene.
00:14:13 TALsounds – Slides
Dreamy, fluid vocal-electronic layers with shifting, slippery textures. Hypnotic and otherworldly.
00:20:34 4T Thieves – The Empty Quarter
Vast, desolate ambient desert soundscapes with warm drones and subtle wind-like motion. Expansive and isolating.
00:24:39 Sven Wunder – Deep Sea
Lush, cinematic exotica/jazz with rich percussion and underwater mystique. Groovy and immersive.
00:27:17 Syrinx – Hollywood Dream Trip
Psychedelic 70s library-inspired trip with swirling analogue warmth and dreamy haze. Nostalgic and hypnotic.
00:32:05 Elijah Fox – Never Let Me Go
Tender, melancholic piano-led piece with intimate emotion and soft jazz warmth. Heartfelt and delicate.
Side B
00:34:41 Paul Ellis – Internal External
Expansive, flowing ambient with rich harmonic layers and profound spatial depth. Meditative and majestic.
00:39:30 Oscar Rocchi, Franco Godi – Pseudomistica
Mysterious Italian library music with occult-tinged melodies and vintage charm. Enigmatic and atmospheric.
00:41:17 Moon Mullins – The Slip
Loose, slippery ambient jazz with gentle grooves and hazy, nocturnal feel. Relaxed and smoky.
00:42:49 Alexis Delozanne – trig
Precise, minimalist electronic study with clean lines and subtle rhythmic intrigue. Elegant and focused.
00:45:46 The New Honey Shade – Taaffeite
Crystalline, gem-like ambient with shimmering textures and quiet luminosity. Delicate and precious.
00:46:12 Green-House – Lichen Maps
Organic, botanical ambient with soft synths and earthy, growing warmth. Nurturing and detailed.
00:49:22 Mark Ellery Griffiths – The Meadow
Peaceful, sunlit pastoral ambient with gentle field-like openness. Calm and verdant.
00:53:49 Gilroy Mere – The Downs
Evocative English landscape ambient with nostalgic, rolling countryside warmth. Pastoral and wistful.
00:57:14 Michael J. York – And They Shall Have Stars
Celestial, ritualistic ambient with cosmic drones and transcendent beauty. Majestic and starlit.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 197
Waiting For You
Downtempo IDM
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the new Virtual Cassette Library – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that sets the tone for the set. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. If and when I get a couple more subscribers then I’ll go back to doing 90 minute versions, complete with commentary.
This episode titled Waiting For You is based on the track “I’m Waiting For You” by friend of the channel Damiano Verno, better known as Arcane Trickster . Available through the Greek label Cosmicleaf Records.
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.
And if you’re enjoying the channel, please consider subscribing — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
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.
Side A
00:00:00 THE GAYE DEVICE – Found Spaces
Warm, exploratory ambient with found-sound textures and gentle electronic drift. Intimate and architectural.
00:05:27 P. G. Warren – Noctilumen
Glowing nocturnal ambient with soft luminous drones and subtle bioluminescent sparkle. Dreamlike and serene.
00:08:32 The Jaffa Kid – Entitled II
Playful, slightly mischievous IDM/electronic with crisp rhythms and quirky melodies. Light-footed and charming.
00:13:47 Arcane Trickster – I’m Waiting For You
Mysterious, cinematic ambient with occult-tinged atmosphere and patient tension. Spellbinding and shadowy.
00:16:19 In Vitro – Celestes
Celestial deep techno/ambient with airy pads and subtle propulsion. Floating and heavenly.
00:17:36 Me Lost Me – Science and Art
Whimsical, poetic electronic pop with clever spoken-word elements and warm grooves. Playful and human.
00:22:05 Jetfire Prime – Sunrise Over Skyline (Rare Minidisc only Release)
Radiant, retro-futurist ambient with warm analogue glow and optimistic dawn energy. Hopeful and expansive.
00:24:55 The Heartwood Institute – The Tod
Haunting, folkloric dark ambient with rural British mystery and eerie stillness. Atmospheric and folk-horror tinged.
Side B
00:27:57 deepspace – Rainy メガシティ 七 Precinct
Cyber-noir ambient drenched in rain-soaked melancholy and dystopian neon. Deep, immersive, and cinematic.
00:32:56 CIALYN – In From the Cold II
Cosy, wintry ambient with warm recovery tones and gentle melodic thaw. Intimate and comforting.
00:38:41 Sensorama – Echtzeit
Crisp, real-time electronic minimalism with precise rhythms and clear German techno influence. Clean and hypnotic.
00:44:51 Home – Nosebleed
Dreamy, slightly chaotic bedroom electronic with nostalgic warmth and hazy emotion. Introspective and charmingly raw.
00:47:48 Near Stoic – 94
Minimal, stoic ambient/electronic with restrained beauty and quiet emotional weight. Patient and refined.
00:51:42 Vivid Stars Forgotten – Teleport 3
Weightless cosmic ambient with low grounding bass and gentle, dissolving melodic fragments. Serene, slow-burning, and transportive.
Ectoplasmically Woven Times
Based on the track “Ectoplasmically Yours” by a great friend of the channel, a super chap and one of my few subscribers Gareth Evans also known as “HDRF”. This is a live set from Stafford EMOM on May 8.
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.
And if you’re enjoying the channel, please consider subscribing — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
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 HDRF – Ectoplasmically Yours
Ghostly, swirling ambient techno with ethereal textures and subtle rhythmic undertow. Haunting and hypnotic.
00:16:30 Lo Five – Depths You Will Never Fathom
Dark, submerged ambient with heavy low-end drones and oceanic mystery. Deep, claustrophobic, and immersive.
00:22:05 Dollkraut – La Banda Dello Scorpione SEQ. 2
Pulsing, retro-futurist synthwave with Italian horror soundtrack vibes. Sleazy, driving, and cinematic.
00:23:41 Urulu – 9045XY
Minimal deep house with crisp percussion and warm, rolling basslines. Smooth, late-night groover.
00:28:54 Arovane – Woven
Delicate, intricate IDM/ambient with fragile melodies and organic electronic weave. Beautifully detailed.
00:30:35 Darren Nye – A View From The 4Th Dimension (Version 2)
Floating, multi-dimensional ambient with spacious synths and gentle movement. Expansive and weightless.
00:36:33 John Louis Kluck – Rising Orb
Warm, glowing ambient electronics with slow-building cosmic light. Radiant and meditative.
00:41:06 Koresma – Clouds
Downtempo chill with soft beats, dreamy pads, and airy atmosphere. Floating and serene.
00:44:17 Moray Newlands – A Love Of Books
Intimate, literary ambient with warm analogue tones and quiet nostalgia. Cozy and reflective.
00:47:30 Pabellón Sintético – Metamorfosis
Evolving synthetic soundscapes with organic transformation and rich textures. Hypnotic and alive.
00:50:47 Payta – Passing Time
Gentle, time-dissolving ambient with soft pulses and melancholic warmth. Patient and comforting.
00:52:41 Salvatore Mercatante – Le Corne
Mysterious, ritualistic electronics with dark, horn-like resonances. Atmospheric and slightly ominous.
00:53:07 SiP – Hard Times
Laid-back global grooves with soulful, resilient melodies. Warm and quietly uplifting.
00:58:45 Kilometre Club – Lowered
Slow, tape-saturated ambient drift with warm, lowered horizons. Hazy and deeply relaxing.
00:59:16 The Future Sound Of London – Cascade
Classic FSOL liquid ambience with flowing textures and futuristic melancholy. Immersive and timeless.
01:05:02 Ernest Hood – At The Store
Lo-fi environmental jazz with zither, field recordings, and gentle small-town nostalgia. Warmly intimate.
01:10:59 Christian Wittman – Stellar Winds
Cosmic ambient with sweeping stellar drones and celestial movement. Vast and windswept.
01:14:13 Jeremiah Chiu – Nineteen
Delicate, minimalist ambient with subtle piano-like tones and tender emotion. Quietly luminous.
01:15:33 IDTiL – Fractal Anomaly
Glitchy, fractal IDM/ambient with twisting patterns and digital unease. Intricate and mind-bending.
01:21:13 Cub-cub – Salvia Time Distortion
Psychedelic, time-warping ambient with salvia-inspired surrealism. Trippy and disorienting.
01:21:57 Duke Hugh – Your Number
Laid-back, jazzy electronic soul with warm chords and mellow grooves. Smooth and heartfelt.
01:26:50 Sababa 5 – Dreams of Love – (Instrumental)
Dreamy Middle Eastern psych-funk with hypnotic melodies and gentle propulsion. Blissful and transportive.
Obsidian Mountain Quest
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 Obsidian Mountain Quest is based on the track “dreamt i was born on a mountain” by “anthéne”, from the album “Air Signs” , which comes out on May 22 via channel supporting label DRONARIVM. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
If you’d like to be featured send file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com
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 Ali Wade – Xenophyophore
Deep, organic ambient exploring the mysterious world of xenophyophores—giant single-celled deep-sea organisms. Subtle, textural layers and slow geological movement create an alien yet immersive underwater atmosphere.
00:05:03 Tom Eaton – Before Obsidian(from Elements-Fire)
Warm, glowing ambient with rich, fiery undertones. Slow-burning pads and subtle melodic embers evoke the transformative power of fire and the moments just before intense change.
00:14:05 Martin Allin – Learning Is Remembering
Reflective, philosophical ambient built on gentle, evolving textures. A contemplative piece that feels like rediscovering forgotten knowledge through soft, unfolding soundscapes.
00:20:01 OGRE Sound – Insects That Haunted As Well As Fed
Atmospheric, narrative-driven ambient with a slightly dark, cinematic edge. Evokes the dual nature of nature—beauty and unease—through intricate, haunting textures.
00:23:33 jarguna – Soul of Ganga (with Lorenzo Squillari)
Spiritual, flowing ambient inspired by the sacred Ganges River. Deep drones, watery textures, and meditative atmospheres capture both serenity and ancient power.
00:32:40 arovane – youd
Delicate, intricate IDM-tinged ambient from Uwe Zahn. Microscopic details, glitchy fragments, and warm melodic threads create a beautifully fragile, polymer-like sound world.
00:37:07 Christophe Bailleau – Katpur (with Paradise Now)
Mysterious, moonlit ambient with subtle rhythmic undercurrents. Ethereal and slightly ritualistic, it drifts through nocturnal, vertical phases of sound.
00:39:05 Roderick Shoolbraid – Nonagon
Geometric, hypnotic ambient built around nine-sided symmetry. Clean, precise layers and evolving patterns create a sense of sacred geometry in sound.
00:43:01 Desprecio Nauseabundo – Desperate Loss of Material Things & its Obsessive Consequences
Dark, experimental ambient exploring obsession and loss. Dense, unsettling textures and collapsing structures form a psychological, noise-tinged descent.
00:52:07 Coco Francavilla – The Stars Dance in Circles
Celestial, dreamy ambient with graceful, orbiting movements. Shimmering synths and cosmic elegance evoke stars in eternal, circular motion.
00:54:48 Everyday Dust – Oblivione X
Vast, foghorn-laden landscape ambient. Immersive and cinematic, it paints forgotten valleys and distant, echoing oblivion.
01:03:32 Sebby Kowal – Shinjuku
Urban, nocturnal ambient capturing the electric pulse of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. Neon reflections and bustling stillness blend into a moody, atmospheric portrait.
01:07:52 anthéne – dreamt i was born on a mountain
Light, airy guitar-based ambient from the Air Signs album. Gentle loops, swells, and natural textures evoke mountain-born freedom and wide-open skies.
01:13:48 Letters From Mouse – Quest Affric
Analogue-driven Scottish ambient with bubbling synths and exploratory spirit. A quest-like journey through misty, engrammatic landscapes.
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.
If you’d like to be featured send file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com
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.
Evening Embers Rise
Slowly building layers create a sense of quiet ascension and hopeful emergence.
Good day to you listeners, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome once again to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set itself. This episode titled Evening Embers Rise is based on the track Rise by The Peace Race, from the album Shelter, which comes out on July 1 via the fantastic Mortality Tables label. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
Right then… here we go.
00:00:00 haruka nakamura – 彼方
A tender, shimmering piano-led piece from the Twilight era. Delicate melodies drift like distant memories across a soft, glowing haze—intimate, melancholic, and quietly luminous Japanese ambient at its most poetic.
00:03:00 NOT WAVING – Emotion 1.7 Cleanse
Cool, immersive electronic ambient from the Futuro project. Clean, spacious synth layers and subtle rhythmic undercurrents create a detached, cleansing atmosphere—minimal yet emotionally resonant.
00:08:52 Hollie Kenniff – Embers
Warm, glowing ambient with soft, flickering textures and gentle melodic fragments. Like the last light of a dying fire, it feels comforting, introspective, and healing—perfectly suited to its compilation’s mental health theme.
00:11:18 Rhucle & morimoto naoki – Kubomi
Subtle, layered ambient with intimate field recordings and warm tonal washes. “Kubomi” (hollow/depression) evokes quiet introspection and nostalgic reminiscence through delicate, overlapping soundscapes.
00:13:35 Tom Leclerc – Ker Diary #3
Gentle, diary-like ambient improvisation. Soft synths and organic textures unfold with a personal, reflective quality—peaceful and slightly wistful.
00:15:41 Slow Dancing Society – Do You Remember Me Like I Remember You
Nostalgic, emotionally charged ambient/post-rock drift. Swelling drones and distant melodic echoes explore memory, longing, and the bittersweet ache of recollection.
00:20:53 theAdelaidean – Deep Dreams at the End of the Earth
Vast, cinematic ambient that feels isolated and dreamlike. Deep, resonant tones and airy textures paint a picture of remote, otherworldly solitude.
00:45:14 JICS – monsoon evening
Humid, atmospheric ambient capturing the quiet tension and relief of a monsoon night. Warm drones, subtle rain-like textures, and gentle nostalgia blend into a reflective mood.
00:46:28 Oora – Un Giorno
Flowing, windswept ambient from Vento (“Wind”). Light, breathy textures and organic movement evoke a single day carried on gentle breezes—ethereal and meditative.
00:51:15 Omni Gardens & Zen Monk Jogen – Lifestyle Slow Motion
Laid-back, meditative ambient with slow-evolving tones and a peaceful, almost playful serenity. Perfect “meditation tonality” that invites deep relaxation.
01:10:26 The Peace Race – Rise
Uplifting yet restrained ambient/drone work. Slowly building layers create a sense of quiet ascension and hopeful emergence.
01:13:17 Stray Wool – Skins
Textural, intimate ambient focused on organic layers and subtle shifts. Feels raw and vulnerable, like shedding old layers in sound form.
01:15:46 Volker Rapp – Out of my Mind
Synth-driven, cinematic ambient with a futuristic, slightly dystopian edge (from a Blade Runner 2099 tribute). Immersive and atmospheric.
01:16:25 Richard Norris – Grains Of Light
Delicate, shimmering ambient from the Deep Listening series. Tiny grains of glowing sound accumulate into a beautiful, meditative whole—precise and luminous.
01:18:36 Émérance – Dans une telle immobilité
Still, contemplative ambient exploring deep immobility. Sparse, resonant tones create a profound sense of presence and quiet suspension.
01:26:59 Loopatronica – Helen Of Four Gates part 1
Long-form, evolving drone/ambient with hypnotic, looping structures. Mythic and immersive, it slowly unfolds like an ancient, unfolding ritual.
01:56:25 Luke Sanger – Snow In Spring
https://lukesanger.bandcamp.com/track/snow-in-spring
Delicate, wintry ambient with soft melodic touches. Evokes the surprise and beauty of unexpected snow during warmer days—gentle and bittersweet.
01:59:38 Minimal_drone grl – At the Edge
Sparse, edge-of-perception drone work. Minimal textures hover at the boundary of sound and silence, creating tension and deep focus.
Lost Dance Mantra
Good day to you listeners, wherever you are. This is Trevor.
Welcome once again to one of these spontaneous episodes – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that appears somewhere inside the set itself. This episode titled Lost Dance Mantra is based on the track Sum Dance by Steve Zydek aka Wavefiler, from the split EP Area Flood, which comes out on May 15 via a label very dear to me Mystery Circles. All the other tracks happened to just fit the vibe.
So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. If you can subscribe, even if it’s just for the month it would be a great help.
Right then… here we go.
00:00:00 The Eyes and the Mistoids – The Neolithic Period
Atmospheric electronic piece evoking ancient, misty landscapes. It blends subtle experimental textures with a haunting, prehistoric feel, fitting the artist’s weirdly beautiful electronic style on Waxing Crescent Records.
00:06:26 Spooqs – Prosopon (Demo)
Dreamy electronic impressionism from Asheville-based artist Spooqs. Moody, instrumental soundscapes designed for imaginary spaces, with fluid, introspective vibes from a 2026 mixtape.
00:07:51 Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop / Wavefiler – Wavefiler – Sum Dance
Synth-driven track from the Area Flood split, inspired by Milwaukee’s historic flooding. It captures nature’s power through rhythmic, communal electronic grooves and atmospheric synth work.
00:10:14 The New Human – Proximity Mantra
Hypnotic, mantra-like electronic composition with intimate, repetitive motifs. It explores closeness and sonic meditation on Glasgow’s Bricolage label.
00:12:47 Payta – Soul Connection
Also on Bricolage, warm, flowing electronic track from the Samsara album. It emphasizes spiritual or emotional linkage through textured, underground beats and melodic layers.
00:15:04 Urban Meditation – Pale Blue Dot
Ambient/trance-infused piece reflecting on Carl Sagan’s famous view of Earth. It blends IDM, neo-classical, and spacey atmospheres for a contemplative, cosmic journey.
00:23:03 Andrea Castiglioni – Somewhere on Earth Stories from Far Away Places
Cinematic, documentary-style ambient/electronic track. It paints evocative, worldly sound narratives with gentle melodies and distant, storytelling textures.
00:25:51 Biogen – Lost
Melancholic IDM/electronic cut from an Icelandic ambient techno compilation. It features drifting, emotional layers that capture a sense of disorientation and introspection.
00:29:51 Fallen – A Scented Signal of Decadence
Darkly atmospheric ambient/electronica with IDM and chillout elements. It conjures luxurious decay through textured, immersive sound design from Italian artist The Child of A Creek/Fallen.
00:31:53 Orghanon – Tame
Restrained yet dynamic electronic work from the Future in Motion album. It balances controlled rhythms with evolving, organic textures in a thoughtful ambient/IDM style.
00:36:01 Wilks – Break The Cycle
Driving track with focused beats and atmospheric depth. It delivers a sense of urgency and renewal from the Left Hand Drive EP.
00:40:11 Ellis Clasper – Auriel
Gentle, atmospheric electronic opener from the Periapsis album. It features delicate textures and introspective melodies, showcasing the UK artist’s subtle, emotionally resonant style on Waxing Crescent Records
00:42:16 CIALYN – Tolbiac Garden Floor
Dreamy, short-wave-inspired electronica from the 2016 album A Night Of A Short Wave Listener. It evokes mysterious, nocturnal garden atmospheres with soft, nostalgic synth layers and a hazy, lo-fi feel from the French artist.
00:45:56 Sick Robot – Journey to Mars
Retro-futuristic synth track from the A Field In Yorkshire album. It blends warm analog tones with a sense of cosmic exploration and electronic propulsion, characteristic of the Sunderland-based producer’s playful, IDM-tinged style.
00:49:55 Time Rival – Wax Delights
Short, shimmering electronic piece from Reaction Vol. 3. It delivers crisp, cross-genre textures with ambient and electroacoustic elements, reflecting the Chicago-area artist’s experimental yet accessible approach.
Leaving Dream Origin
Atmospheric, quirky, evocative, fluid, majestic, filmic, delicate, pure, comforting, deep, nurturing, structured and meditative.
00:00:00 Field Lines Cartographer – The Shadow Pool
Deep, immersive ambient with shadowy textures and subtle time-bending drones. Atmospheric and introspective.
00:08:35 Dubberrookie – Spaced Around
Wobbly, experimental piano electronics with spacious, playful drift. Quirky and hypnotic.
00:12:44 Cousin Silas – Dream Cargos (Dream Cargos)
Dreamy, cinematic ambient with rich layers and gentle cargo-like movement. Evocative and transportive.
00:25:19 Letters from Mouse – Cosm
Bubbling analogue synthscapes with warm, cosmic Scottish charm. Fluid and mesmerizing.
00:31:03 Mark Ellery Griffiths – K2
Expansive, mountainous ambient with towering drones and icy textures. Majestic and isolating.
00:36:26 PILOTPRIEST – Bonus Track – Dream Drone Five
Dark, cinematic dream-drone with brooding intensity. Atmospheric and filmic.
00:37:25 Paul Beaudoin + Ümlaut – Me Before You
Thoughtful experimental ambient exploring presence and absence. Delicate and introspective.
00:40:58 Steve Roach – The Perfection of Solitude
Masterful deep ambient with infinite space and profound stillness. Pure, immersive solitude.
00:55:50 *Sons of Faust – Echo Without Origin
Exclusive track which I based the whole mix on. Transportive and profound.
01:03:56 anthéne, Simon McCorry – No Sign Of Leaving
Gentle, drifting ambient with warm cello tones and soft electronics. Comforting and lingering.
01:06:37 log(m) & Laraaji – Deeping Beatless
Beatless ambient collaboration with Laraaji’s signature luminous joy. Deep, blissful, and transcendent.
01:11:44 Pabellón Sintético – Mother 03
Synthetic, organic ambient with maternal warmth and evolving textures. Nurturing and hypnotic.
01:13:56 Peltiform – Numerik II
Precise, numeric ambient electronics with clean, mathematical flow. Structured yet ethereal.
01:17:27 O Yuki Conjugate – Retrograde
Dark, ritualistic ambient with brooding depth and subtle percussion. Atmospheric and mysterious.
01:19:43 Adonai Atrophia – Silence Is Our Way Back Home
Minimal, introspective drones guiding toward silence. Meditative and spiritually resonant.
*exclusive track at the time of recording.
Crossing Through Thought
Groovy, warm, vibrant, cinematic, raw, mysterious, breezy, trippy, ethereal, smooth, intricate, intimate, transportive, vintage-inspired, haunting, relaxed, expansive, evocative, hypnotic, abstract, infectious, meditative, elegant, sparkling, immersive, enchanting, soulful, and spacious.
00:00:00 Nu Guinea, Tony Allen – Howls
Funky Afrobeat reworking of Tony Allen’s rhythms with electronic jazz-psych energy. Groovy, percussive, and full of life.
00:04:25 Wax Machine – Face Of All
Psychedelic folk-rock with dreamy, wandering grooves and hazy textures. Warm, exploratory, and gently hypnotic.
00:06:09 Okay Temiz – Denizalti Rüzgarlan
Vibrant Turkish percussion and cosmic jazz fusion. Energetic, rhythmic, and joyfully eclectic.
00:09:14 Misha Panfilov – Eureka
Warm analog psych-jazz with soulful grooves and hypnotic repetition. Cinematic, funky, and deeply immersive.
00:17:58 Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart – No Change Is Sexy
Dub-infused post-punk with heavy bass and world rhythms. Raw, hypnotic, and politically charged.
00:21:38 Mong Tong – Jou-Tau
Sample-based Taiwanese psychedelic trip with swirling textures and ritualistic energy. Mysterious and propulsive.
00:25:58 SiP – Malabar
Laid-back global grooves with sunny, melodic charm. Breezy and effortlessly digable.
00:33:31 Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Entrance
Psychedelic rock with Eastern-tinged hypnosis and fuzzy warmth. Trippy, immersive, and beautifully meandering.
00:35:25 Skyjelly – I Know (Brainquake remix)
Dreamy, warped electronic remix with floating textures and subtle glitch. Ethereal and mind-bending.
00:39:48 Bobby Oroza, El Michels Affair – Losing It
Soulful retro vibes with tight horns, lush production, and heartfelt vocals. Smooth and heartfelt.
00:42:40 Amin Payne x Hari Sivanesan – Intraditional
Fusion of traditional Indian elements with modern beats and global grooves. Intricate, respectful, and vibrant.
00:44:55 La Chooma – Lonely
Atmospheric, melancholic electronic with subtle tropical undertones. Intimate and reflective.
00:48:41 Sababa 5 – Descent
Middle Eastern psych-funk grooves with driving rhythms and hypnotic melodies. Funky and transportive.
00:49:12 El Michels Affair, Bobby Oroza – Stack The Deck
Tight, cinematic soul with swaggering horns and cool vocals. Vintage-inspired and instantly catchy.
00:52:22 MARINERO – Through the Fog
Misty, atmospheric Latin-tinged folk with dreamy production. Haunting and poetic.
00:55:33 CV Vision – Tropical (Drop Out)
Lo-fi tropical psych with hazy, sun-soaked grooves. Relaxed and blissfully detached.
00:56:46 Ivan Von Engelberger’s Asteroid – Thought Forms
Spacey, improvisational jazz-rock with cosmic exploration. Trippy and expansive.
01:00:44 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Crossing Drifting Sands
Ambient desert soundscapes with drifting textures and subtle tension. Evocative and cinematic.
01:04:21 Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Lobbo
Saharan blues meets lush psych grooves. Warm, hypnotic, and beautifully collaborative.
01:08:02 Dr. Quandary – Linear A
Mysterious, sample-heavy beats with ancient script vibes. Abstract, head-nodding, and intriguing.
01:10:14 Elite Beat – Budget Dancehall
Playful, lo-fi dancehall with raw energy and cheeky charm. Fun, bouncy, and infectious.
01:13:48 Arp – Folding Water
Ambient electronic minimalism with fluid, rippling textures. Meditative and serene.
01:18:33 Gábor Szabó, The California Dreamers – White Rabbit
Psychedelic jazz guitar take on the classic—elegant, groovy, and enchantingly trippy.
01:20:39 Monsters At Work – Magic Morning
Uplifting, whimsical electronic folk with bright melodies. Feel-good and sparkling.
01:22:34 Chocolate Hills, The Orb – Cracking Kraken
Dubby, oceanic ambient with The Orb’s signature weirdness. Deep, immersive, and playful.
01:24:41 Psyché – Angizia
Dreamy psych-pop with lush layers and emotional depth. Enchanting and cinematic.
01:28:02 Siti Muharam – Pakistan
Powerful taarab-inspired vocals with rich East African grooves. Soulful and culturally resonant.
01:34:00 Tapes – Silence Please
Minimal ambient tape loops and gentle textures. Quiet, spacious, and perfectly calming.
Cleaning Warm Fruits
Gentle, intimate, reflective, precise, immersive, ethereal, delicate, organic, mystical, moody, restrained, melancholic and nostalgic.
00:01:00 CLAIR, Jude Rogers – Love
Spoken-word house piece with Jude Rogers reciting intimate lines over warm, inviting grooves. Gentle, danceable, and thoughtfully human.
00:06:30 idiiom – Real Sad
Experimental vocal electronics blending processed voice, technology, and emotion. Intimate, textural, and quietly haunting.
00:10:38 Hverheij – The Pain Inside
Atmospheric, introspective soundscaping with emotional depth. Reflective and cinematic, evoking inner landscapes.
00:14:15 Neuro… No Neuro – Cleaning is Key
Abstract electronic minimalism with glitchy, hypnotic patterns. Precise, arid, and subtly unsettling.
00:15:20 Future Children – A glimpse of the sea
Dreamy, disorganized ambient drift with watery textures and loose, exploratory feel. Immersive and slightly unmoored.
00:17:20 Hildegard von Bingen, Micah Frank, Chet Doxas – O Vis Eternitatis – Kodomo Remix
Modern ambient reinterpretation of medieval chant. Ethereal, spacious, and reverent with subtle electronic warmth.
00:21:15 Ümlaut – Because you are alive
Contemplative experimental composition focused on presence and silence. Delicate, thoughtful, and quietly uplifting.
00:35:55 Martin Archer & Claire McAllister – Fruits In All Directions
Free-jazz/electronic hybrid with playful, colourful improvisation. Organic, inventive, and joyfully directionless.
00:38:25 Moray Newlands – (Put me in) the red red earth
Earthy, ritualistic ambient folk with rich, grounded textures. Mystical and deeply rooted.
00:45:23 Lying Cat – Hanbreya
Weirdly beautiful electronic with occult-tinged atmosphere. Moody, textured, and intriguingly off-kilter.
00:50:10 Elinch – grau03
Minimal, grey-hued synthesizer study. Restrained, atmospheric, and patiently hypnotic.
00:51:45 Joseph Shabason – Parks & Demos
Warm, jazzy ambient with saxophone-led introspection. Melancholic, nostalgic, and beautifully blurred.
00:55:25 Miguel Otero & Raquel Pavón – Too warm for the yellow butterflies
Gentle, summery acoustic/electronic piece. Intimate, hazy, and delicately evocative.
Sultry Nostalgia Reflection
00:00:00 Future Children – Do Whatcha Want
00:04:49 BRITISH STEREO – Your Reflection
00:08:09 Dissociative Identity Quartet – We’ve fallen apart
00:12:48 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Something wicked this way comes
00:17:56 Drune – Beyond
00:27:39 Vic Mars – Railway Today
00:30:26 Paddy Steer – Horse Dance
00:31:37 Micado – Artificial LandScapeS
00:36:16 Sauveur Mallia – Spacial Escapade
00:38:27 Virgo – Nostalgia
00:41:48 DOLLY DOLLY – The Future Leaks Out
00:42:17 Will Gregory Moog Ensemble – The Sand Reckoner (feat. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales)
00:45:23 Caught In Joy – Skywired
00:48:58 *Hendekagon – Der Zeitwiderstand
00:51:05 James Adrian Brown – UVB-76
00:53:26 Runningonair – Sleeping
00:56:11 The Whimsy Angels – Sultry Sadist Samba
*Track exclusive
Clear Beach Sanctuary
00:00:00 James Osland – From A Tiny Speck Life Begins
00:06:17 The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued
00:08:40 Scholars of the Peak – Seashaken Sanctuary
00:12:01 Willebrant – Change
00:15:55 Boxed Dancer – Lost at C
00:19:25 Bahrambient, Retland, Kilometre Club – Moontides
00:21:43 CommsBreakdown – Kiama Skies
00:27:18 MICADO – The Crystal lake
00:33:56 Masefield Labs – Sonobuoy
00:40:06 Warm Aquarelle – Varna
00:46:47 *Lazy Summer Dogs and Dorraa – Clear Path
00:58:25 Tim Stebbing – Farewell Plymouth
01:05:05 rikardfvs – un morceau de débris marins
01:10:43 Alan Elettronico – Sirens
01:13:28 Deep Earth Network – Land 2
01:35:21 TOMC – You Are Balearic
01:37:46 micca – Rise in love
*Track is exclusive at time of release.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 195
22 April 2026
Ångkvarns Bryggeriet Uppsala
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey. Welcome.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-five.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous.
But really it’s just me and the frequencies in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets we exist.
Stream it free for seven days on Mixcloud.
The background track is available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11 on Bandcamp.
The episodes are sonic journeys with metaphysical flips at the halfway mark—perfect for long walks, mental wanders, or quiet moments alone with the universe.
No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
This episode is broadcasting from Brewery Ångkvarns Bryggeriet Uppsala.
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
That was
Kliment – Lake of Rememberance (Mahorka)
A slow, haunting drift that feels like memory itself dissolving into mist over dark water. Released 2020, Mahorka.
Side A – Group 1
Alan Elettronico – Home of the Brave (Projekt Records)
Bold electronic pulses wrapped in a strangely comforting melancholy. Released 8 May 2026, Projekt Records.
Dr. Niccolò Trentini – Koch Curve (The Dream Journal Institute)
Fractal mathematics turned into something oddly emotional and hypnotic. Released 14 October 2024, on The Dream Journal Institute.
Check out the link on their Bandcamp page for a treasure trove.
Exit Chamber – Between Two Worlds (Dustopian Frequencies)
A shimmering limbo where realities gently overlap and refuse to choose sides. Released 2 April 2026, Dustopian Frequencies.
Side A – Group 2
David Cordero – Nebel (Noray Records)
Thick fog rolling in with beautiful, blurred edges. Released 3 April 2026, Noray Records.
*Auscultation – Pinned (100% Silk)
Intimate and quietly intense, like being held in place by invisible threads. Released 5 June 2026, on 100% Silk records.
The Metamorph – The Thought Process (Trevlad)
A gentle unfolding of ideas that somehow feels both mechanical and deeply human. Released 2026, on my own Bandcamp.
Side A – Group 3
*Kronstad 23 – Menigheten (Batov Records)
Gospel-tinged soul that slowly stretches out into something blissfully loose and spacious. Released 29 May 2026, on Batov Records.
*Mere of Light – Blue Moon Ice Cream (Lighten Up Sounds)
Sweet, melting psychedelia that tastes like childhood summers remembered in a dream. Released 24 April 2026, Lighten Up Sounds.
C-Shape – Ep-26 Pt.III (self-released / Bandcamp)
Tape loops and subtle electronics that quietly rearrange the furniture in your head. Released 2 April 2026, C-Shape.
(Brief pause / metaphysical flip / background swell)
Side B – Opening Track
Beaufort – Hotel (Kaiseki Digital)
A lonely, elegant lobby where time checks out but never quite leaves. Released 2018, Kaiseki Digital.
Side B – Group 1
Atabasca – Reprise (Killer Groove Records)
A beautiful return that feels like closing a circle you didn’t know was open. Released 27 March 2026, Killer Groove Records.
Scyye – Postbuzz Interpulse (Dustopian Frequencies)
Buzzing, pulsing energy that somehow still feels underwater and weightless. Released 17 April 2026, Dustopian Frequencies.
*The Earl Of Dean – The Nightcrawler (Trevlad)
Creeping nocturnal grooves that make the shadows dance in perfect time. Released 26 June 2026, Trevlad. Get your entries for this compilation to me be the 24th of June.
Side B – Group 2
Infragreen – Alien Soul (Mahorka)
A soul that feels both ancient and freshly arrived from somewhere far beyond the stars. Released 2013, Mahorka.
Peter Davidson – Ghost (Mahorka)
Delicate traces that linger long after the presence has quietly slipped away. Released 2016, Mahorka.
Asha Patera – Grand Prismatic Spring (Passed Recordings)
Vivid, colourful heat rising in slow, mineral-rich waves of sound. Released 27 March 2026, on Passed Recordings.
Side B – Group 3
Kanz – Restless (Original) (Mahorka)
Restless in the best way, like energy that refuses to settle even when it tries. Released 2017, Mahorka.
Keshavara – Mondlava (Papercup Records)
Lush, lava-flowing dream-pop that glows with its own gentle internal light. Released 8 April 2026, on Papercup Records.
Ninfe – Fondale (The Dream Journal Institute)
Deep, submerged beauty that pulls you down into the quietest, clearest layers. Released 1 April 2026, The Dream Journal Institute.
Outro
*Outro – ///siesta.clutter.sweetly (yet to be released)
You’ve been listening to… well, everything.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline like little glowing breadcrumbs.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
Please save this channel by subscribing. It’s my birthday tomorrow the 23rd of April and even if you just subscribe for one month for less than the price of a coffee you will secure the future of these efforts to promote independent artists.
Send files, codes, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Kliment – Lake of Rememberance – 01:30
Alan Elettronico – Home of the Brave – 08:30
Dr. Niccolò Trentini – Koch Curve – 11:20
Exit Chamber – Between Two Worlds – 16:00
David Cordero – Nebel – 20:15
*Auscultation – Pinned – 23:50
The Metamorph – The Thought Process – 27:10
Kronstad 23 – Menigheten – 32:00
Mere of Light – Blue Moon Ice Cream – 37:50
C-Shape – Ep-26 Pt.III – 41:10
B Side – 46:15
Beaufort – Hotel – 46:45
Atabasca – Reprise – 51:00
Scyye – Postbuzz Interpulse – 55:25
*The Earl Of Dean – The Nightcrawler – 57:20
Infragreen – Alien Soul – 1:03:00
Peter Davidson – Ghost – 1:06:35
Asha Patera – Grand Prismatic Spring – 1:09:05
Kanz – Restless (Original) – 1:14:00
Keshavara – Mondlava – 1:19:20
Ninfe – Fondale – 1:21:30
Outro – ///siesta.clutter.sweetly – 1:29:10
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Windbees Loyalty Tech
Sometimes you just need to go on an IDM trip.
00:00:00 Photay – Sea Urchin
00:04:41 Metamatics – Windbees
00:09:39 Hyperlink Dream Sync – Loyalty to Tech
00:11:59 survey channel – Tour & Shadow Days
00:14:49 Jonny Fallout – Cybernaut (Album Version)
00:16:57 Frank Murder – Acid Cat
00:23:23 Faex Optim – Rodan
00:27:00 Nacht Plank & Futuregrapher – Music For Kettle-SubDan’s Afternoon Coffee Mix
00:32:45 Aphex Twin – Produk 29
00:36:14 PBS’73 – B is for Broadcast
00:39:41 Gravité – Chilled
EXPANSIVE WAVES 26
Good evening… or morning… or whatever smeared fragment of clock time you’ve drifted into tonight. This is EXPANSIVE WAVES 26. I’m Trevor — your host, your unreliable cartographer of the long haul, your occasional sonic conspirator.
This one’s not built for the impatient. Eight pieces. Each one stretching beyond twelve minutes. Together they uncoil for over three hours. If you came looking for hooks, drops, or anything that resembles forward motion, best to paddle elsewhere. Or just dim the lights, let the room breathe, and allow the ceiling to become a slow-moving planetarium. That works too.
Big thanks to Ivo Petrov at the Mahorka label for nudging me into a Plank Tone. I got gloriously lost and ended up delivering four. The first surfaced on April 8th. Tonight you’ll hear more of those strange, unhurried faces — independent corners, leftfield wanderers, music that refuses to be hurried.
We open with a twenty-four-minute soup. For anyone who’s ever been in a band, this is that glorious end-of-session moment when everyone’s a little fried and the music starts melting at the edges.
Merlin’s Spell — Merlin’s Spell [Full Demo]
A warm, hazy collective trance where sounds blur into one another like ink dropped in still water. Recorded back in 1978, gently refurbished for 2026. Out on The Dream Journal Institute — every penny heading to local libraries and quiet good causes.
That was Merlin’s Spell with Merlin’s Spell. Settle in now. Let the kettle do its slow work. Let the cat claim your chest like a small, purring dictator. Let the outside world keep spinning without you for a while.
Next, a dear friend of the show: Drew Huddart, recording as Scholars of the Peak. Fresh from a live set at Dubrek in Derby — the whole concert, audience whoops and all, because Drew decided not to chop it into polite pieces. Glorious nostalgic synths that feel like warm Sunday light through old lace curtains in the Peak District.
Scholars of the Peak — Live @ Dubrek Studios, Friday 10th April 2026
Bleeps and warm analogue sighs drifting through a room full of gentle human noise — the kind of set that makes you nostalgic for the future.
Now we arrive at the longest single piece I’ve ever slipped into this programme — a full hour, trimmed by a few cheeky seconds just so the software would swallow it. This is serious business.
OdNu + Ümlaut — Metamorphoses
An ever-shifting ambient landscape that never settles, never repeats, never lets you look away. Not lazy drift — this is meticulous, constantly breathing evolution. Out on Audiobulb, arriving June 6th. Prepare to be quietly astonished.
An old favourite now — the Russian master x.y.r. who can drop you straight into deep jungle with nothing more than a few well-placed field recordings and patient tones.
x.y.r. — altered zone (longform edition)
Birdsong threading through endless green layers, turning any room into a porch overlooking humid canopy at dusk. Tip for fellow travellers: when in doubt, add birds. They open windows that weren’t there before.
Back into the Mahorka family, 2019 vintage.
Thomas Park — Failsafe
Blade Runner rain on a corrugated tin roof, random synth trumpet stabs cutting through toxic haze. Neon signs flickering in puddles that never quite dry.
Still in the Mahorka stable, this time 2014.
Ab uno — Remorae (b side)
Deep drone waters where subtle synth lines move like slow silver fish just beneath the surface — barely visible, yet impossible to ignore once you notice them.
Penultimate unfolding, from The Jewel Garden label’s compilation.
Floating House Ensemble — Seven
Sax and strings delicately sprinkled over choral swells, like light catching on the edge of a slow-moving tide. As the Bandcamp page quietly reminds us: “I stood there, the whole day wrapped around me. I stood there, crying, smelling vine.”
And so the waves begin their gentle retreat for another evening. Eight long forms. Eight patient unfoldings. If any of them settled into the quieter corners of your night, you’ll find the links and love on the episode page at trevor.se and in the Mixcloud comments.
Feel free to leave something on the timeline — a half-thought, a soft sigh, or even a single emoji that somehow contains the entire universe.
We close episode twenty-six with Michael Plaster, recording as yttriphie.
yttriphie — Paddock of Skies
Twinkling space music from the album Solipsis on Projekt Records — delicate starlight that slowly swells until the whole sky feels like it’s breathing with you.
Until the next fragment of drifting time pulls us back into the same warm current… this is Trevor, signing off from EXPANSIVE WAVES 26.
Cheerio…
(Tracklist with links remains exactly as provided — because even in the longform fog, some things should stay perfectly clear.)
Merlin’s Spell – Merlin’s Spell [Full Demo] – 00:00
Scholars of the Peak – Live @ Dubrek Studios Friday 10th April 2026 – 25:30
OdNu + Ümlaut – Metamorphoses – 59:45
x.y.r. – altered zone (longform edition) – 2:00:10
Thomas Park – Failsafe – 2:30:20
Ab uno – Remorae (b side) – 2:48:00
Floating House Ensemble – Seven – 3:01:30
yttriphie – Paddock of Skies – 3:15:30
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Trev’s Virtual Café
Hey everyone… Trevor here, welcome.
I’ve always wanted to be a café DJ — you know, the kind who reads the room, feels the energy, and lets the music flow with whatever vibe the people bring in that day.
Life took me down so many beautiful roads, but this particular dream… well, it’s still waiting to come true.
So today, I’m bringing a little piece of that dream right here for you.
This is my series of café and lounge-flavoured sounds — smooth, soulful grooves made for chilling, for unwinding, for good conversations and even better silences.
Whether you’re sipping coffee, working on your laptop, curled up on the couch, or just needing a moment to breathe…
Let these tracks wrap around you like warm sunlight through the café window.
You’re listening to Trev’s Virtual Café.
Pull up a seat… and let’s chill.
Day one
00:00:00 Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Tongo Barra
00:06:39 Foxwarren – Serious
00:08:02 Les Imprimés – Thousand Clouds
00:11:11 Bobby Oroza – Passing Thing
00:14:58 Eddie Chacon – Comes and Goes (feat. Logan Hone)
00:18:53 Syl Johnson – Soul Heaven
00:21:01 Maston with L’éclair – The Doors Are Opening
00:23:45 Arboria – Moonbathing
00:27:12 Forever Pavot – Générique fin
00:29:28 Saya Gray – CATS CRADLE!
00:30:22 Zombi – Deja Vu
00:35:06 Mario Luciano, Lauren Santi – A Piece for Reflection
00:36:31 Common Saints – Piece of War
00:39:45 Dougie Stu – Henny – Resavoir Remix
00:42:55 Prefaces – Jaro
00:45:57 Bravo Tounky – La Cabane à Oiseaux de Nicole
00:51:43 Sven Wunder – Windward
00:52:54 Finn Rees & SHOLTO – Love In Memory
00:55:32 Hayden Pedigo – When It’s Clear
00:59:30 The Breathing Effect – Week 10
01:02:01 ATA Records – Redford In Sheepskin
01:04:16 Fabiano do Nascimento, Sam Gendel – Poeira
01:07:50 Kaidi Tatham – Feels Like I’m On My Own
01:11:15 Bolbec – Le Prof de Gong
01:13:07 Brian Jackson – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Instrumental)
01:16:39 Poolside – Can’t Stop Your Lovin’ – Sandy’s Remix
01:20:23 Captain Planet, Taj Bethel – Mirage
01:23:19 Maston – Jet Lag
01:25:19 Allman Brothers Band – Little Martha
01:27:17 Atabasca – Porpora
01:31:21 Sababa 5 & Canay Doğan – Gaip
01:34:56 MARINERO – Outerlands
01:37:55 Sessa – Panic in Detroit
01:41:09 Prairiewolf – Technicolor Dream Hearse
01:45:27 Under Allt – Purpur
01:48:53 Tycho – To Everywhere Pt. 2
Day two
00:00:00 Elbow – Switching Off
00:06:08 Hayden Pedigo – The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
00:10:17 Lemon Jelly – Ramblin’ Man
00:17:12 Phish – Faht
00:19:05 Bobby Oroza – Real Connection
00:22:30 Musette – 24 maj
00:25:20 James Brown – King Heroin
00:29:00 El Michels Affair – Indifference (Instrumental)
00:32:01 Mario Luciano, Lauren Santi – The Yellow Field
00:33:14 Burrito Eats – Vanilla Slideshow
00:35:19 Sababa 5 – 2025
00:38:50 Les Imprimés – Still Here
00:41:16 Brainstory – Listen (Instrumental)
00:43:47 Psyché – Cumana Dub
00:48:59 E. Lundquist – Set It Off
00:51:14 Aldous Harding – The Barrel
00:55:47 Arovane – Ambelio
01:01:16 Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes – If You Don’t Know Me By Now
01:04:22 Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
01:09:24 Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Tamalla
01:15:04 Ages – Fog (Nosaj Thing cover)
01:17:56 Fleet Foxes – Blue Ridge Mountains
01:22:07 Young Gun Silver Fox – Sierra Nights
01:25:12 Eddie Chacon – Hurt – Seahawks Remix
01:31:27 Tycho – Forge
01:34:46 Vulfpeck – Simple Step
01:37:24 Melodiesinfonie – Frage ueber Frage
01:39:54 Ella Fitzgerald – Misty
01:42:17 Igor B – Deep Breath – Original Mix
01:44:57 Pachyman – Destroy The Empire
01:48:01 Nick Drake – Things Behind the Sun
01:51:50 Air – Moon Fever
01:55:25 Bon Iver – Flume
Day three
00:00:00 Whatitdo Archive Group – Exotique
00:02:49 Hiro Ama – Autumn Colours
00:06:15 UKDD, Slug – Overboard
00:07:58 José González – In Our Nature
00:10:27 Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – Midnight
00:15:01 Bill Withers – I Can’t Write Left Handed
00:20:45 Sven Wunder – Komorebi
00:23:53 Lorde – Liability
00:26:19 Chilly Gonzales – Othello
00:29:01 Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Diarabi
00:33:49 Plaid & Benet Walsh – Ralome
00:36:45 Chet Baker – But Not for Me
00:39:03 Boozoo Bajou – Second To None
00:41:21 Moriah Plaza – Dizendo
00:44:19 Karen O and the Kids – Hideaway
00:48:59 Mac DeMarco – Gualala
00:51:19 Les Imprimés – You (Instrumental)
00:53:46 Sun Kil Moon – Space Travel Is Boring
00:56:59 The Tallest Man On Earth – Like the Wheel
01:00:15 Soul Food Horns, Cocabona – Oak
01:03:01 Vulfpeck – All That’s Left Of Me Is You
01:05:44 Aldorande – Fenêtres sur le temps
01:11:02 Maston – Fling
01:12:48 Jamie Lidell – Rope of Sand
01:16:10 Carole King – Way Over Yonder
01:20:45 Sababa 5, Canay Doğan – Bigâne
01:24:20 Ginger Root – Over the Hill
01:26:23 Nat King Cole – The Party’s Over
01:28:49 Yvonne Archer – Ain’t Nobody (Original 12¨ Mix)
01:35:46 El Michels Affair – Oakley’s Car Wash feat. Dave Guy (Instrumental)
01:37:20 Chicano Batman – Color My life
01:40:24 Hayden Pedigo – Elsewhere
01:45:07 Tyrone Evans – Rise Up (Disco Mix)
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 191
09 April 2026
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey.
Welcome back… or maybe you just crawled in through a crack in the wall.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-one.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous.
But really it’s just me and the frequencies arguing in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets I exist.
Stream free for seven days on Mixcloud.
Background track tonight is available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11. The episode is a sonic 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 that definitely isn’t watching you back.
Massive shout out to Ivo Petrov of Mahorka for pulling me into the Planck Tone series. Big love to my latest followers Andy InPhase. Check his mix Beautiful Nonsense. Cedric Wattergniaux (Kilmarth) who I played back on episode 173, Julian Kalchev ( Virtually J ) who I played on the latest Alone on the Dance Floor episode and Claudio Gasparini who has a massive following with less than ten mixes. You’re doing something right.
Anyway.
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
We’re bunching it tonight—three transmissions at a time. Like weird little dreams stitched into the set. No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
Tonight’s episode is broadcasting from… molars.blunt.notices.
Which is the location of Miyakodori—a Japanese-style gastro bar here in Stockholm where the food probably whispers secrets when the lights go out.
Let’s go.
First cluster incoming.
The episodes longest piece at 11:24. Just making the 12 minute limit. Vel Raine drifts in like bioluminescent waves from some distant galactic tide—Galactic Ocean Waves Flickering. Anything over 12 minutes ends up on another series of mine EXPANSIVE WAVES.
Then Fm Outt with that beautiful, futuristic sadness—Incomplete Kisses. Out on the Secuencias Temporales label.
And closing the trio, yours truly with something off the old virtual shelf—Caravan Grew Vaccines.
These three are about to melt into each other. Don’t fight it.
Still with me? Good. The walls are thinning.
Next transmission packet.
Heading back to 2007 and Sevensy opens a glowing doorway with Moon Arch. Out on the Mahorka label. Who I’ve done a series of Planck Tone specials for. The first is available now.
Stewart Keller follows with the, graceful exhale—Swan Song.
Then another long one at 10:27. Lee Evans slides in sideways with Bow Tel Banti—because why not. Out on The Jewel Garden which is described as being part label, pure vanity
Three more stitches in the dream.
Third and final cluster of the night.
French artist, Near Stoic paints movement in light—Kinematic Lights. Out on Third Kind Records.
Foxwarren gets not serious in Serious.
And Time Rival affirms existence with Also Yes.
Lean in. This one’s slippery.
One last track before the flip from Paul Beaudoin who goes plucky on Mercury’s Whisper. Out on Chitra Records sub label Ambient Cat.
You know the drill. The frequencies don’t stop just because the clock does.
Side B
The lights are lower. The sounds are looser.
Same rules: three transmissions stitched together like half-remembered dreams.
First B Side packet.
Going live now. GODTET brings in Cantus—big, orchestral, locked-in groove with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra riding shotgun. Out on La Sape Records
TOMC follows with the 8 minute journey—18, Chasing the Sun (Part 1, 2 & 3).
And Portland Vows closes it with Stone Children—haunting little shadows from the north. Out on Third Kind Records.
Let these three pull you under.
Next cluster. Snow is falling sideways tonight.
Erik Wøllo opens with Snow Tides—vast, Norwegian winter textures stretching out like frozen fjords. Out on Projekt records
El Michels Affair slides in cool and cinematic with the Indifference (Instrumental). Out on Big Crown Records. I’m loving this release. Library music just fills a hole in me.
Then mytrip whispers annie—a Mahorka ghost from the archive, quiet and close.
Headphones tighter. This one’s cold and intimate.
Last trio of the night.
Scott Orr with the simple, devastating Scott. Which I discovered from the recent Late-Night Tales release curated by Barry Can’t Swim
Jackson Mico Milas takes us Sea, Interior. Also on That Late-Night Tales release.
And Grammy-nominated Tim Story ends the main transmissions with Decelarate or Fasten—because sometimes you need both at once.
One more cluster before we fade.
You just heard Tim Story’s Decelarate or Fasten, Jackson Mico Milas’ Sea, Interior, and Scott Orr’s Scott.
One final transmission still to come…
The great Anubis Rude closes the show with Transmutation. Out on artist curated label Ingrown Records.
That’s the whole set.
You’ve been listening to… well, everything. But the last transmission you heard was Anubis Rude’s Transmutation pulling us through the veil.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline like little glowing breadcrumbs.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust and frequencies.
Send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
Send stories for Chord Confessions. I’ll read them in my sleep-voice.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Vel Raine – Galactic Ocean Waves Flickering – 03:10
Fm Outt – Incomplete Kisses – 13:40
Trevlad – Caravan Grew Vaccines – 15:54
Sevensy – Moon Arch – 20:00
Stewart Keller – Swan Song – 25:30
Lee Evans – Bow Tel Banti – 27:30
Near Stoic – Kinematic Lights – 37:30
Foxwarren – Serious – 39:50
Time Rival – Also Yes – 41:55
Paul Beaudoin – Mercury’s Whisper – 44:45
B Side – 50:10
GODTET – Cantus – 51:00
TOMC – 18, Chasing the Sun (Part 1, 2 & 3) – 58:20
Portland Vows – Stone Children – 1:04:45
Erik Wøllo – Snow Tides – 1:11:00
El Michels Affair – Indifference (Instrumental) – 1:17:05
mytrip – annie – 1:19:40
Scott Orr – Scott – 1:22:40
Jackson Mico Milas – Sea, Interior – 1:24:45
Tim Story – Decelarate or Fasten – 1:26:20
Anubis Rude – Transmutation – 1:31:35
Outro – 1:36:16
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 190
04 April 2026
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey.
Welcome back… or maybe you just crawled in through a crack in the wall.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-zero.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous.
But really it’s just me and the frequencies arguing in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets I exist.
Stream free for seven days on Mixcloud.
Background track tonight available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11. A sonic 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.
Massive shout out to Iso Brown for spotlighting the channel — gave me about three hundred new followers and maybe one new listener. Also big love to my latest follower Alan Ranta, who’s recently done an astonishing 11 and half hour retro library mix.
Anyway
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
We’re bunching it tonight — four transmissions at a time. Like weird little dreams stitched into the set. No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
Tonight’s episode is broadcasting from… healers.dominate.slices.
Eric Ericsonhallen — Event centre in Stockholm. Now it’s just a coordinate for whatever this episode is.
Let’s go.
FIRST CLUSTER
First — Apta with “Falter”. Manchester, UK,Dream-pop haze wrapped in post-punk bones.
Then Passepartout Duo — “From Belgrade”. Verona, Italy, Live-wire travelogue piece from their Pieces from Places series. Synth lines that feel like walking through the city.
Third — Pulselovers and “Timbral Awake”. Deep electronic drift from Doncaster, UK, textures that shift like light through old film stock. Via Woodford Halse.
And closing this one out: Maggie Nicols, Robert Mitchell & Alya Al Sultani — “Inner Sanctum”. Intimate, improvised vocal and piano ritual. Three voices weaving a small cathedral out of breath and keys. via Discus Music.
Here we go.
SECOND CLUSTER
Next bundle of four, fresh from the margins:
Italian artist Lorenzo Bracaloni aka Fallen — “This World is quickly Fading”. Fragile, dissolving sound that feels like the last light of an ending day. Via Bulgarias Mahorka label who I am guesting soon on their Planck Tones channel.
Then my own little transmission: Trevlad with “Retrial Twinge Memo”. Taken from the TVCL 10 vaults. A twinge of memory on retrial and a spot on the platform of my local train station.
Followed by Lorna Dune — “Void Coefficient”. Milwaukee, Wisconsin based, Sharp, precise electronic study from her Mosfet EP. Power flows and empty spaces.
And rounding it off: Hong Kong based Anita Tatlow & Runaway Horses with “lunar phase”. Gentle ambient vocal drift, like moonlight leaking through blinds. Via Echoes Blue Music.
Drift with me.
THIRD CLUSTER (pre-B Side)
Third cluster already. The night is getting loose.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — “Doom City”. Melbourne, Australia, Microtonal chaos from Flying Microtonal Banana. The pollution gods are laughing. Via the p(doom) label.
Then Mark Ellery Griffiths with “Synthi Sequence A”. Pure UK synth archaeology. Sequences breathing through old EMS circuitry like ghosts in the machine.
FOURTH CLUSTER (B Side)
Alright. Four more transmissions bleeding through.
Adrian Lane — “Reach For The Horizon”. Warm, horizon-staring ambient. Via whitelabrecs.
Benge — “Four Forty Two”. Precise, machine-soul electronics.
Asheville, North Carolina based Spooqs — “Hygge (Demo)”. Cozy but slightly unhinged.
And Djrum — “Three Foxes Chasing Each Other”. Breakbeat mysticism in full flight. Via Houndstooth.
Side B is now live.
FIFTH CLUSTER
Fifth cluster. We’re deep in it now.
CIALYN — “Sun Childs”. Bright, glowing electronic lullaby from Lille, France
Aucuba Replica — “Noni”. Strange fruit, stranger frequencies. Via Secuencias Temporales.
Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed — “Shangri La”. Mystical, searching jazz-tinged wander. Via Batov Records.
And Psyché — “Sabir”. Hypnotic, ancient-future pulse. Via Four Flies Records.
Still with me?
FINAL CLUSTER
Last cluster. Final transmission before the static wins. A long and a short piece.
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany based Jogging House — “Parker”. Slow-burn ambient reflection. Via artist curated Seil Records.
And finally Los Angeles, California based Elijah Fox — “Glass House / Clear Pool”. Crystalline, watery piano and electronics.
That’s the whole set.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust and frequencies.
Send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
Send stories for Chord Confessions. I’ll read them in my sleep-voice.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Apta – Falter – 01:35
Passepartout Duo – From Belgrade – 09:05
Pulselovers – Timbral Awake – 11:35
Maggie Nicols, Robert Mitchell, Alya Al Sultani – Inner Sanctum – 16:40
Fallen – This World is quickly Fading – 20:05
Trevlad – Retrial Twinge Memo – 25:45
Lorna Dune – Void Coefficient – 27:00
Anita Tatlow & Runaway Horses – lunar phase – 29:50
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Doom City – 33:30
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Synthi Sequence A – 37:17
B Side – 40:10
Adrian Lane – Reach For The Horizon – 40:45
Benge – Four Forty Two – 45:25
Spooqs – Hygge (Demo) – 49:15
Djrum – Three Foxes Chasing Each Other – 51:55
CIALYN – Sun Childs – 59:35
Aucuba Replica – Noni – 1:03:15
Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed – Shangri La – 1:09:05
Psyché – Sabir – 1:11:47
Jogging House – Parker – 1:15:30
Elijah Fox – Glass House/ Clear Pool – 1:21:12
Outro – 1:21:39
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 187
23 March 2026
(Loch Ness pub in Stockholm where the beer tastes like regret and possibility in equal measure)
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
…hey.
welcome back, or maybe welcome for the first time, to the slowest-growing show on the internet. or off it. whatever.
this is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-eight-seven.
we’re still calling it a virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous, but let’s be honest—it’s just me in a room full of blinking lights and dying batteries, trying to convince the void that independent music still matters.
twenty artists. no schedule. drops when the mood hits, which is usually when normal people are asleep.
the three-word subtitles? they’re What3Words locations that mean something to me. personal little coordinates. this one’s grinning.cheek.traffic. Stockholm pub. good beer, better stories you forget by morning.
If you want in—send weird files, codes, confessions, whatever—to trevlad@gmail.com.
labels getting the slow nod tonight: Moolakii Club Audio Interface, Castles In Space, Adventurous Music, Bricolage, Audiobulb, Ingrown Records, i u we records, Noray Records… the usual suspects haunting the margins.
styles? liminal ambient, hauntronica, post-disco, whatever falls between the cracks. places on the map: Québec, Prague, Pereira. the world’s getting smaller, but the weird corners are still there.
Send stories for Chord Confessions. that song that ruined or saved you. record it yourself or I’ll read it in my sleep-voice and play the track. win-win-win.
also doing Trev Tales now—stories woven into the sets. like this is one long dream you’re not sure you want to wake up from.
One new follower since last time. Paso stranger. cheers, mate. you’re in the club now. the one with no meetings and no rules.…
A soft hiss opens the curtain. dust motes spin in pale light. first pulse arrives like a hangover you didn’t earn.
First out f5point6 – The Second Day (Remastered).
https://f5point6.bandcamp.com/track/the-second-day-remastered
Grey dawn leaking through blinds that gave up years ago. yesterday’s coffee is a cold accusation in the mug. synths breathe slow, like fog rolling over abandoned motorways.
headphones on. let time dissolve. frequencies claim you. no refunds.…
That was ‘The Second Day (Remastered)’ – by f5point6 from the album ‘In Retrospect’ out on the See Blue Audio label.
The next artist is Ver – Combine.
https://secuenciastemporales.bandcamp.com/track/ver-combine-2
Metallic clanks fold into wet footsteps, voices smear across rusted combine blades turning in slow motion under an endless flat sky.
Yes ‘Combine’ by Ver from that ‘Commemorative Compilation’ I’ve been playing lately out on the Secuencias Temporales label.
And now Dåggěr (Szórëgg) – Telekinetic Coercion.
https://secuenciastemporales.bandcamp.com/track/d-gg-r-sz-r-gg-telekinetic-coercion
Invisible fingers press the temples, thoughts lift like iron filings toward a humming magnet, chair legs scrape backward without feet.
Crunchy, haunted vibes there with ‘Telekinetic Coercion’ by Dåggěr (Szórëgg) also from the ‘Commemorative Compilation’ release.
Dub time now, Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – Planning A Bootleg LP?
https://ruraldistrictlofirecordingproject.bandcamp.com/track/planning-a-bootleg-lp
Cassette deck whirs in a damp shed, pencil scratches setlists on yellowing paper, distant lawnmower drone leaks through the window like memory bleed.
Gotta love that ‘Planning A Bootleg LP?’ by Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project from the self released album ‘Jolly Johnny and his Oompahing Oomlahs’.
Time to pull some shapes on the dance floor with Baxter Dury – Schadenfreude Ft. JGrrey
https://baxterdury.bandcamp.com/track/schadenfreude-ft-jgrrey
Cigarette cherry glows in the dark cab, someone else’s misfortune tastes sharp and sweet on the tongue, laughter curls like smoke rings.
That was ‘Schadenfreude Ft. JGrrey’ by Baxter Dury from the album ‘Allbarone’ out on Heavenly Recordings
We retire to the lounge with 36 – Echo Diffusion.
https://pitp.bandcamp.com/track/echo-diffusion
Synth notes dissolve into mist, each chord sends ripples across black water, distant towers repeat the lament softer, softer, gone.
You’ve been listening to ‘Echo Diffusion’ by 36 from the album ‘Reality Engine’ out on the Past Inside the Present label.
Now the wonderful Ann Annie – home. This is a short 2 minute outing.
https://annannie.bandcamp.com/track/home-3
Bare feet on sun-warmed floorboards, lace curtains breathe in and out, a kettle clicks off somewhere deeper in the house that still smells of yesterday’s bread.
Blissful acoustic guitar there in ‘home’ by Ann Annie from the album ‘El Prado’ available through the ’Nettwerk’ label.
Which brings us nicely to Empty House – Sea Birds
https://mcpm.bandcamp.com/track/sea-birds
Gulls wheel above peeling paint, empty rooms fill with salt wind, curtains flap like trapped wings against salt-crusted glass.
Hope you’re still with us on the planet after ’Sea Birds’ by Empty House from the album ‘MCPM018 compilation album’ out on the amazing Moolakii Club Audio Interface label.
Time to head back to the club now with Pablo Diarra – Humour noir.
https://songe-anima-records.bandcamp.com/track/humour-noir
Cigarette burns slow in ashtray, punchline lands like wet gravel, laughter echoes in an empty corridor lit only by neon bleeding through blinds.
Yes ‘Humour noir’ there by Pablo Diarra aka Saïph from the album ‘Griffe Sonam’ out on Songe Anima Records
Next up an artist I feature quite regularly James Adrian Brown – ‘Poster Child’ from the album ‘Forever Neon Lights’ out on channel champion label Castles In Space
https://jamesadrianbrown.bandcamp.com/track/poster-child
Faded gig poster curls at the edges, spotlight glare trapped in yellowing tape, young face staring back with too much certainty.
Catch you on the flip side.
B Side
Needle drops into silence, groove dust crackles, the hidden track breathes like someone left the tape running after everyone went home.
This is the legendary Deerhoof – Apple Bomb.
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/track/apple-bomb
Teeth sink into skin, juice sprays, frantic drums explode outward, tart sweetness turns chaotic sugar-rush panic.
Classic Deerhoof there with ‘Apple Bomb’ from the album ‘Apple O’’ available through Joyful Noise Recordings
Next we get some haunted chills via Catharæ, Trem 77 – Dreams of the Mediterranéant (Fade at Brighton Beach Mix)
https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/track/dreams-of-the-mediterran-ant-fade-at-brighton-beach-mix
Waves lap shingle under sodium lamps, bougainvillea scent mixes with diesel and chips, sun-bleached dream fades into Brighton March grey.
Cheers to Trem 77 for sending me ‘Dreams of the Mediterranéant (Fade at Brighton Beach Mix)’ from the album ‘Dreams of the Méditerranéant’ out on the Adventurous Music label.
We stay in the same world now Minimal Drone GRL and Belial Pelegrim – A Remembered Land Long Forgotten
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/track/a-remembered-land-long-forgotten
Low hum rises from cracked earth, ancient stone walls breathe dust, wind carries fragments of half-remembered songs across barren fields.
‘A Remembered Land Long Forgotten’ there by Minimal Drone GRL and Belial Pelegrim from the album ‘Movements of a Cloud’ out on the Bricolage label.
Time to get weird Keith Seatman – Another Strange Thing
https://keithseatman-cis.bandcamp.com/track/another-strange-thing
Ornate music box unwinds in attic gloom, figurine spins jerkily, something moves just beyond the torch beam.
Great work there in ‘Another Strange Thing’ by Keith Seatman from the album ‘Counting To Ten Then Back Again’ out on Castles In Space.
Next up a piece of my own as Trevlad – Furnish Rests Goggle
https://trevlad.bandcamp.com/track/furnish-rests-goggle
Old sofa sags under fairy lights, goggles fog with breath, synth arpeggios drift like cigarette smoke through thrift-shop clutter.
That was ‘Furnish Rests Goggle’ which is the What3Words geo location of a hotel I spent a few days in back in January. It’s from the album TVCL 10.
Next we go minimal and dark with Autistici – 2.25 Degrees of Internalisation
https://autistici.bandcamp.com/track/225-degrees-of-internalisation
Faint heartbeat clicks inside the skull, temperature drops 2.25°, thoughts fold inward like origami swans sinking in black ink.
You’ve been witness to ‘2.25 Degrees of Internalisation’ by Autistici from the album ‘Familiarity Unfolded’ out on the Audiobulb label.
Now to brighten things up a notch Heaven Topology – Adventure Compass
https://ingrown.bandcamp.com/track/adventure-compass
Needle quivers between impossible directions, star charts peel from damp walls, footsteps echo toward a horizon that bends upward.
Excellent ‘Adventure Compass’ by Heaven Topology from the album ‘Describer’ out on the king of listening parties Ingrown Records
I always like to add a pinch of Jazz to the episodes so here’s Robohands – Achilles
https://robohands.bandcamp.com/track/achilles
Tendon strings pluck taut, bronze dust settles on mechanical joints, slow-motion stride across cracked marble, heel exposed.
Great drumming there in ‘Achilles’ by Robohands from the album ‘Oranj’ out on Bastard Jazz Recordings
Now the longest track of this episode at just under 10 minutes. This is Never Sol – Dark Mountains, Red Dust
https://iuwerecords.bandcamp.com/track/never-sol-dark-mountains-red-dust
Boots crunch red powder, peaks swallow the sky, wind carries iron taste and distant thunder that never arrives.
What a trip in ‘Dark Mountains, Red Dust’ by Never Sol from one of the best compilations released so far this year ‘connected #3’ out on i u we records
Before we go our separate ways and the virtual tape clicks out. I just want to thank you all for taking the time to listen and I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links to the material are in the comments on Mixcloud, on trevor.se and on the channel substack.
To send us off Rhucle & Arbee – Plain from the album of the same name. Available on Noray Records
https://norayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/plain
Endless beige grass bends under pale sun, single power line hums, footsteps leave no trace on the flat, quiet expanse.
Intro – 00:00
f5point6 – The Second Day (Remastered) – 02:37
Ver – Combine – 08:33
Dåggěr (Szórëgg) – Telekinetic Coercion – 15:30
Rural District Lo-Fi Recording Project – Planning A Bootleg LP? – 20:37
Baxter Dury – Schadenfreude Ft. JGrrey. – 23:47
36 – Echo Diffusion – 26:49
Ann Annie – home – 29:45
Empty House – Sea Birds – 31:24
Pablo Diarra – Humour noir – 36:05
James Adrian Brown – Poster Child – 41:04
B Side – 44:15
Deerhoof – Apple Bomb – 44:33
Catharæ, Trem 77 – Dreams of the Mediterranéant (Fade at Brighton Beach Mix) – 48:44
Minimal Drone GRL and Belial Pelegrim – A Remembered Land Long Forgotten – 53:12
Keith Seatman – Another Strange Thing – 57:11
Trevlad – Furnish Rests Goggle – 1:00:48
Autistici – 2.25 Degrees of Internalisation – 1:03:33
Heaven Topology – Adventure Compass – 1:06:53
Robohands – Achilles – 1:10:10
Never Sol – Dark Mountains, Red Dust – 1:12:13
Rhucle & Arbee – Plain – 1:21:28
Outro – 1:24:39
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 186
21 March 2026
(Fasching Stockholm)
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 186, your virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. As per usual we’ll dive into 20 artists. All the shows have three word subtitles for places that have some meaning for me personally. These are also used as names for the background music in show intros and outros. This episodes’ subtitle is Worker Buffoon Exact which is the entrance to Stockholms legendary jazz club Fasching.
If you’d like to be featured on the slowest growing show on the internet then send files or codes to trevlad@gmail.com
This episode has a couple of exclusive tracks at the time of recording from Salamanda and Haiku Salut together with Meg Morley.
Some of the labels that need an honourable mention are whitelabrecs, Mystery Circles, Mahorka, Cyclical Dreams and Lo Recordings to name a few.
Styles featured include electronica, ambient, minimal, space music and more.
Places worth mentioning are Bütgenbach, Belgium, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Seoul, South Korea, and Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Please do send in your stories for the Chord Confessions series about a piece of music that has been pivotal in your life. You can record it yourself or I can tell it for you while promoting you and playing the most important music on the planet. A win, win, win concept. I’ve also started Trev Tales a new idea of mixing story telling with DJ sets where I do a story based on the tracks in the set.
A shout out to my one new follower this week ‘TXH’. Great stuff…
We start with a preview track from an upcoming album by Tacoma Park – Untied Motorik kraut vibes with steel guitar. A pretty great opener I think…
So headphones on, let time dissolve and let the frequencies claim you.
Tacoma Park – ‘Untied’ from the album Baltimore which will be released on April 24th via the Centripetal Force label.
Next up a NYP release (for now) via Triplicate Records by Bütgenbach, Belgium based duo RIKAAR – Chill Serum X
Wonky synths in space.
RIKAAR – ‘Chill Serum X’ from the album Malin 1.
Now the shortest piece of the episode ‘London Nights’ by Luder. Retro synth beat manifesto.
Luder – London Nights from the compilation album This is not the end: Music For Iklectik. where all proceeds went to helping Isa and Eduard who ran the sadly lost venue in London.
Next going long for almost 7 minutes but keeping it retro is Wizardmaster – Those With Legs.
Wizardmaster – Those With Legs from the album ‘A Dwelling of the Mind Protruding Through the Head’
The tracks of which are described as being solid without a void.
Now with some deep kalimba and chimes the legendary Richard Norris – The Corn Is Coming.
Richard Norris – The Corn Is Coming. A NYP single on the Republic of Music label and one of the few tracks by Richard that isn’t 20 minutes long.
Next drones and looping arppegio time with me as Trevlad – Applied Crawled Wires.
Trevlad – ‘Applied Crawled Wires’, which, if you pop the name into What3words will give you the geolocation of a spot in a forest where I made the visuals for the piece. It’s from the album TVCL 9.
Now Dmitry Kiselev with some chilled Idm as DEE-KEY – Intermission.
DEE-KEY – ‘Intermission’ from the album Wild Flowers out on Saint Petersburg label Local Gods who are pumping out some fantastic electronic releases.
Next it’s jazz time with Raquel Bell aka Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio – Neon Mermaid.
Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio – Neon Mermaid from the album Wattzotica. Available from one of my all time favourite labels the fearless, Mystery Circles.
Now a recent piece by MiDi BiTCH – Premabhai Hall [Ahmedabad].
MiDi BiTCH – Premabhai Hall [Ahmedabad] from the conceptual album Habitat inspired by iconic Brutalist architecture around the world. Available on the incredible Cyclical Dreams label.
Next some deep space ambient S.V.R.A – Melt Things Into a Blur.
S.V.R.A – Melt Things Into a Blur from the massive 50 track NYP compilation ‘Commemorative Compilation’ which is the 100th release of Mexico City based label, Secuencias Temporales
Now the first, or second exclusive of the episode, depending on how you look at it. And the final track of this virtual A side. sliding guitar notes and drones with Seoul-based left of centre ambient duo Salamanda – Basil’s dream.
Salamanda – Basil’s dream from the album ‘Music To Watch Seeds Grow By 008: Salamanda (Basil)’ Check out the whole series of Music To Watch Seeds Grow By on Bandcamp. A great cassette label concept.
Kicking off Side B. The longest track of this episode @ 7:42. Ambient flute with Andrew Heath – Building Mountains.
Andrew Heath – Building Mountains from the self released album ‘Quiet Noise’ and also available on the whitelabrecs stunning compilation ‘An Ambient Decade’.
Next up Staying in whitelsbrecs country. Guitar noodling with Blochemy – Calythe.
Blochemy – Calythe from the must have compilation album Shades out on whitelabrecs.
Now some heart wrenching americana vocals with Humbird – Blood Moon
Humbird with the single ‘Blood Moon’ available through the Nettwerk label.
Next we head back to ambient land with the French duo Sobria Ebrietas and Iliaque collectivly known as Dormance – Dormance 10
Dormance – Dormance 10 from the album ’II’ out on Bulgarian label Mahorka.
Now some spiritual jazz tones featuring Joseph Shabason. Toronto-based, Japanese-born Masahiro Takahashi – Dreamies.
Masahiro Takahashi – Dreamies from the album ‘In Another’ out on telephone explosion records.
Next instrumental trio Haiku Salut together with pianist Meg Morley give us the exclusive track Meine Beste Freundin.
*Haiku Salut & Meg Morley – Meine Beste Freundin from the album ‘The Lost Score’ dropping on Lo Recordings on March 27th.
Now a musical journey inspired by Jacobo Grinberg’s Sintergic Theory, where sound becomes a tool for the exploration of consciousness. Herne von Bòrmanvs – Etruscan Wave Odyssey.
Herne von Bòrmanvs – Etruscan Wave Odyssey from the album ‘Synthergic’ out on LA based label Pénte.
Next the penultimate piece and another longer track at 7:15 from ambient greats Chilian artistbahía mansa & Spanish artist David Cordero – Espacios Imperfectos.
bahía mansa & David Cordero and the single Espacios Imperfectos (Imperfect Spaces) available on David Cordero curated label Noray Records.
We’ve reached yet another virtual tape ending. Thank you all for listening, don’t forget to support all these wonderful artists and labels, as well as each other. Subscribe to the channel to listen to the 956 releases whenever you like. Do send in your favourite music stories for Chord Confessions and your own music for future Virtual Cassette Library shows.
We finish off with the unmistakable sound of KILN – Crayola Skybox & Sandwasp.
KILN with the NYP single Crayola Skybox & Sandwasp which is a two tracks in one file. which is cheating but I like it.
cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Tacoma Park – Untied – 02:10
RIKAAR – Chill Serum X – 07:00
Luder – London Nights – 11:20
Wizardmaster – Those With Legs – 12:30
Richard Norris – The Corn Is Coming – 18:55
Trevlad – Applied Crawled Wires – 22:45
DEE-KEY – Intermission – 26:05
Galecstasy & Mike Watt Trio – Neon Mermaid – 29:10
MiDi BiTCH – Premabhai Hall [Ahmedabad] – 35:20
S.V.R.A – Melt Things Into a Blur – 41:03
Salamanda – Basil’s dream – 46:30
B Side – 49:17
Andrew Heath – Building Mountains – 49:35
Blochemy – Calythe – 56:55
Humbird – Blood Moon – 1:02:25
Dormance – Dormance 10 – 1:05:54
Masahiro Takahashi – Dreamies – 1:11:15
Haiku Salut & Meg Morley – Meine Beste Freundin – 1:15:39
Herne von Bòrmanvs – Etruscan Wave Odyssey – 1:19:25
bahía mansa & David Cordero – Espacios Imperfectos – 1:23:20
KILN – Crayola Skybox & Sandwasp – 1:30:03
Outro – 1:35:46
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Ode to the fem 2
00:00:00 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – Thoughts On The Future
https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/track/thoughts-on-the-future
(from the album *Thoughts On The Future*) Nettwerk label.
A vast, twilight desert stretches under a sky streaked with electric violet auroras. Floating modular synth orbs pulse softly like distant lanterns, while faint geometric patterns ripple across sand dunes that shift in slow, liquid waves.
00:07:01 Gollden – destiny #10
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/track/destiny-10
(from the album *Destiny*) Imaginary North label.
A neon-lit corridor in an abandoned cyber-city at midnight. Holographic cherry blossoms drift through cracked concrete, their petals glitching into fractal code as distant data streams cascade down mirrored walls in electric blue.
00:09:00 frostlake – Sundowner
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/sundowner
(from the album *Shattered Stone*) Discus Music label.
Golden-orange sunlight spills across a calm coastal harbor at dusk. Wooden boats rock gently on mirrored water streaked with neon reflections, while seabirds circle above crumbling stone quays where long shadows stretch like forgotten promises.
00:12:34 Christina Chatfield – Sutro
(from the album *Sutro*) Mysteries of the Deep label.
Fog rolls thick over ruined Victorian bathhouse ruins perched on jagged cliffs above the Pacific. Pale moonlight filters through rusted iron frameworks, illuminating scattered pearl-like droplets suspended in the mist and tangled reeds swaying in an unseen current.
00:19:12 Rosie Tee – Wishbone
(from the album *Night Creature*) Kikimora Records label.
A dimly lit attic room filled with antique mirrors and velvet drapes at midnight. A delicate bone-white wishbone hovers mid-air, cracking open to release swirling threads of crimson light that weave into spectral figures dancing on the walls.
00:22:47 Hannah Peel – Emergence In Nature
(from the album *Fir Wave*) KMP Music Ltd.
Emerald forest canopy at dawn, where sunlight pierces through leaves in sharp, crystalline beams. Tiny bioluminescent particles rise like fireflies in reverse, forming organic patterns that pulse and expand across moss-covered branches in rhythmic waves.
00:26:42 Garden Gate – A Dream Within a Dream
(appears on the album *Edgar Allan Poe*) Library Of The Occult label.
Endless nested corridors of antique bookshelves under flickering candlelight. Pages flutter open on their own, revealing layered dreamscapes: oceans within oceans, skies folding into more skies, each frame dissolving into the next like ink in water.
00:29:13 ena b. – Birds Dance
(from the album *Night Walk*) Secuencias Temporales label
A twilight meadow encircled by ancient willows. Hundreds of shadowy birds lift in unison, their wings tracing glowing arabesques against a bruised purple sky, spiraling upward in harmonious loops that mirror invisible currents of wind.
00:34:05 ANNABEL [lee] – Cat’s Eye
(from the album*DECAPODA*) Buried Treasure label
A velvet-black room illuminated only by a single luminous green cat’s eye gemstone floating at eye level. Refractions scatter emerald light across floating dust motes and half-seen feline silhouettes prowling along the edges of perception.
00:37:06 Daniella Tourgeman, Tomer Baruch – Mistor
(from the album *שפת עולם*) Kame’a Music label
Ancient stone alleyways in a fog-shrouded Mediterranean city at predawn. Soft amber lanterns cast trembling pools of light on dew-wet cobblestones, where whispers of mist curl around arched doorways hiding secrets in shadow.
00:41:34 Castle If – Missing 404
(from the album *darknet*)
A glitchy, pixelated library floating in digital void. Empty bookshelves flicker erratically, pages dissolving into error-code rain that falls upward, while a lone cursor blinks insistently in the center of an unreachable, cracked screen.
00:44:15 Sachi Kobayashi – Nostalgia
(from the album *More Than Just A Dream*) Stereoscenic Records.
A faded childhood bedroom bathed in warm afternoon sun through lace curtains. Old photographs on the wall slowly develop reverse—colors draining away—while a music box melody unwinds in slow motion, dust motes suspended like frozen memories.
00:49:26 Me Lost Me – Real World
(from the album RPG) Upset The Rhythm label.
A bustling urban street viewed through rain-streaked window glass at night. Neon signs blur into watercolor streaks of pink and cyan, pedestrians dissolve into abstract shapes, while reflections in puddles show an alternate, quieter reality beneath.
00:52:23 Little Dragon, April + VISTA – Layers
(from the album *Slipping Into Color*) Ninja Tune label.
Translucent geological strata glowing in deep earth tones underground. Each layer pulses with different hues—indigo, amber, rose—shifting and overlapping like sedimentary memories, with faint bioluminescent veins threading through the rock.
00:55:46 The Mistys – Nervous Mirror
(from the album *Situations | Useless Mouths*) Castles In Space label.
A cracked vanity mirror in a deserted ballroom under chandelier light. Reflections multiply infinitely, each version showing subtle distortions: trembling hands, shifting expressions, fractured eyes staring back with quiet unease.
00:59:42 marine eyes, IKSRE – Forgiveness
(from the album *Nurture*) Past Inside the Present (PITP)
Soft ocean waves lapping at a moonlit shore lined with sea glass. Gentle tides carry away shards of colored light, smoothing rough edges over time, while a pale horizon glows with quiet, healing luminescence.
01:04:36 Sababa 5 & Canay Doğan – Gaip
(from the singel *Gaip / Seher*) Batov Records
A bustling Istanbul bazaar at golden hour, viewed through haze of incense smoke. Spices spill in vibrant pyramids, lanterns sway overhead casting warm patterns on tiled floors, while distant calls blend into a hypnotic, wandering rhythm.
Ode to the fem
00:00:00 Patricia Wolf – The Grotto
(from the album See-Through)
Balmat records.
Soft emerald light filters through a hidden cave entrance, illuminating dripping stalactites that gleam like wet crystals. Shadows shift gently across moss-covered stone walls as faint ripples spread across a shallow turquoise pool. Pale vines curl downward, touching the water’s surface, while distant echoes suggest unseen chambers opening further in.
00:02:54 marine eyes – suddenly green
(from the album to belong)
Past Inside the Present.
Early morning fog lifts from rolling hills, revealing fresh blades of grass sparkling with dew under a pale sky. Sunlight breaks through in soft patches, turning the landscape a vivid, almost luminous shade of spring green. Distant wildflowers sway lightly, and the air feels newly alive with quiet renewal.
00:05:50 IKSRE – Granite
(from the album Solar Return: Golden Hour Mix)
Imaginary North.
Ancient rock faces rise stark against a vast, open sky at dusk, their rough surfaces etched with veins of quartz that catch fading golden light. Wind moves across the stone, carrying subtle grains of dust, while the horizon blurs into warm amber tones, evoking timeless solidity and quiet endurance.
00:09:01 Panic Girl – Feathers Of Hope
(from the album Memories)
i u we records.
Delicate white feathers drift slowly downward through golden afternoon light, catching gentle currents in an open meadow. They settle softly on tall grass stems, some twirling upward again before landing, surrounded by distant wild blooms and a sense of uplifting lightness.
00:11:26 Volker Rapp – Out of my Mind
(from the album Blade Runner 2099)
Cyclical Dreams.
Neon reflections shimmer across rain-slicked streets in a futuristic cityscape at night, with towering holographic billboards flickering in electric blues and pinks. Distant flying vehicles streak overhead, their lights trailing like comets, while the scene pulses with synthetic glow and detached introspection.
00:11:58 Andrea Cichecki – Different Step
(from the album Drawn Into The Edge Effect)
Castles In Space.
Footsteps trace an irregular path along a narrow coastal ledge at twilight, where waves crash below against dark rocks. Mist rises from the sea, blending with soft purple hues in the sky, and small stones shift underfoot, marking a deliberate yet wandering rhythm.
00:15:24 glo – kenóō
(from the album associated with experimental/ambient contexts, often standalone or mix-featured)
Empty temple halls stretch into dim distance, lit only by faint lanterns casting long shadows on wooden floors. Incense smoke curls lazily upward, dissolving into stillness, while subtle echoes of distant chimes linger in vast, open space.
00:21:22 Sachi Kobayashi – Healing
(from the album Weathervane)
Stereoscenic Records.
Gentle sunlight filters through a canopy of leaves in a quiet forest clearing, dappling the ground with moving patterns of gold. A soft wind stirs wild grasses and small white flowers, carrying a sense of calm restoration that spreads outward like slow-spreading warmth.
00:24:31 Amorphous Androgynous – Meadows
(from the album associated with their ambient/electronic works, often A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble series context)
Wide open fields stretch under a vast blue sky, dotted with clusters of wildflowers swaying in a warm breeze. Butterflies drift lazily between blooms, and distant tree lines shimmer in heat haze, evoking endless peaceful expanse.
00:27:42 the black Albumen – provokovieff
(from the album associated with Buried Treasure releases)
Buried Treasure.
Abstract geometric shapes float in deep black void, slowly rotating and intersecting with faint glowing edges in crimson and violet. Forms distort and reform like liquid metal, creating tension through precise yet unpredictable motion.
00:30:09 Pogo – Alice (Extended)
(from the album Broken Beats & Magic Snacks or extended rework context)
Vibrant cartoon woodlands come alive with swirling colors: oversized mushrooms glow in neon pinks and blues, teacups float mid-air, and checkerboard paths twist into impossible loops. Madcap elements whirl together in playful, accelerating chaos.
00:33:13 Emily A. Sprague – Horizon
(from the album Mount Vision)
RVNG Intl.
A flat, endless ocean meets a pale sky at dawn, with thin layers of pastel clouds drifting low. Subtle waves lap forward, reflecting soft rose and lavender tones that gradually brighten, holding a meditative line of infinite calm.
00:39:13 Scott Gilmore – Subtle Vertigo
(from the album Subtle Vertigo)
Spiraling staircases ascend into misty heights within an old tower, their steps worn smooth and bathed in diffused light from narrow windows. Shadows curve along curved walls, inducing a gentle, disorienting pull upward.
00:43:35 Cate Brooks – Curig
(from the album Horizons or related Ghost Box-inspired works)
Rolling Welsh hills under overcast skies, with ancient stone walls dividing emerald fields. Sheep graze quietly, and faint mist clings to distant ridges, evoking rural solitude and timeless pastoral quiet.
00:48:38 Tim Shiel – Between Ends (feat. Lonelyspeck)
(from the album Glowing Pains: Music From The Gardens Between)
Spirit Level
Twilight bridges connect shadowy urban fragments, suspended over dark water where city lights reflect in fractured lines. Echoing vocal fragments drift across the scene, marking a liminal space of transition and unresolved emotion.
00:50:09 Dean Honer, Supreme Vagabond Craftsman – I Saw The Frogman
(from the album Frogman)
A surreal pond at midnight, illuminated by moonlight: a humanoid figure with frog-like features emerges halfway from the water, wearing an old coat, staring curiously. Reeds sway around lily pads, blending whimsy with eerie folklore.
00:53:11 Hong Kong In The 60s – Disintegration, The Advisory Circle Reshape
(from the album Disintegration or reshape series)
Old film reels flicker with decaying 1960s Hong Kong street scenes: neon signs buzz and blur, crowds dissolve into grainy static, and colors bleed outward in slow analog decay, reshaped into haunting nostalgia.
00:56:08 Anita Tatlow – in hallowed spaces
(from the album the farthest star)
slow echo.
Sunlight streams through tall arched windows in an empty cathedral, illuminating dust motes dancing in golden beams. Stone pillars rise into shadow, and faint reverb carries the sense of sacred, resonant emptiness.
00:59:34 Lisa Bella Donna – Big Briar Cove
(from the album *Moogmentum (Presented by the Bob Moog Foundation)
*)
Thick briar thickets encircle a hidden cove along a rugged coastline, where tangled vines climb over weathered rocks. Waves roll in gently below, and wildflowers peek through thorns, creating a secluded, overgrown sanctuary.
Trev’s Instrumental, Experimental, Kraut Time Pt. 2
00:00:00 Cavern of Anti-Matter – Blowing My Nose Under Close Observation
00:04:09 Keith Seatman – A Posh Hat and Timepiece
00:07:45 Sordid Sound System – Dia De Muertos
00:12:05 Gaudi Kosmisches Trio – Vom Mond Zum Roten Planeten
00:18:37 Misha Panfilov – Beep Beep
00:26:52 Kosmischer Läufer – Nordlicht
00:31:29 Hena – Nuan
00:39:03 Prairiewolf – Sage Thrasher
00:40:45 Heldon – Northernland Lady
00:47:17 Mark Ellery Griffiths – Near extinction event (Yamaha FM)
00:49:29 Kreidler – Beginn / Drücken
00:54:29 Einseinseins – Gasetagenheizung
00:59:04 L’Eclair – Sisi La Fami
01:02:25 GLOK – Kolokol
01:08:37 Faust – Es ist wieder da
EXPANSIVE WAVES 24
07 March 2026
EXPANSIVE WAVES — EPISODE 24
Good evening, or morning, or whatever fragment of time you’ve found yourself in. This is Expansive Waves, episode twenty-four. I’m Trevor—your host, your guide, your occasional sonic conspirator.
This programme is not for the hurried. Eight pieces, each longer than 12 minutes—most stretching far beyond that—each more patient than the last. If you’re expecting choruses, drops, or anything resembling urgency, you may want to try another channel.
So, settle in. Let the kettle boil. Let the cat sleep. Let the world spin without you for a while.
We begin with…
Work Money Death and “Pain Becomes Prayer And Prayer Becomes A Song,” from the album A Portal To Here, released by ATA Records on the 13th of Feb. 2026.
Picture yourself in a dimly lit room at dusk, harp strings catching the last amber light, a low horn murmuring like wind through an ancient chapel, tamborine arriving soft and deliberate as distant rain on stone — grief transforming, layer by layer, into something luminous and unnameable.
A profound meditation where sorrow unfolds into reverence, the ensemble channeling spiritual jazz lineages with tender, unhurried grace.
That was Work Money Death — “Pain Becomes Prayer And Prayer Becomes A Song.”
Next, we drift into Dubberrookie with “Real Axing,” drawn from the album Pieces for Piano A NYP self release from the 22nd of Feb. 2026
Imagine bare wooden floors under moonlight, a single piano in the center of an empty warehouse, keys struck with such restraint that each note lingers like fog rolling across water, electronic undertows pulling gently at the edges of perception.
A delicate, wobbly exploration that turns piano resonance into something quietly electronic and deeply introspective.
That was Dubberrookie — “Real Axing.”
Now, Fabio Keiner & Jack Hertz present “Mindless,” the title track from their album Mindless on Aural Films. A NYP release let loose on the 14th of Feb. 2026
Vast open sky at twilight, no horizon line, only infinite gradients of indigo and violet; beneath it, subtle field recordings of wind across empty plains merge with slow, formless tones that seem to erase the boundary between listener and sound.
A generous, healing expanse of drone crafted in tribute to World Sound Healing Day — pure, extended immersion without anchor or agenda.
That was Fabio Keiner & Jack Hertz — “Mindless.”
We continue with Gustavo Denouard and “Chimes in the Mist,” from the album Echoes of the Cosmos on Projekt Records. Dropped January 30th 2026.
Crystalline structures floating in deep space, faint luminous fog parting to reveal shimmering synth chimes that ripple outward like light through water, everything weightless, radiant, eternal.
Enchanting, luminous ambient electronics that evoke distant nebulae and quiet cosmic wonder.
That was Gustavo Denouard — “Chimes in the Mist.”
Shifting now to Yakuza Jacuzzi with “Wabi-Sabi,” from the album Wabi-Sabi on Cyclical Dreams which dropped on the 27th of February 2026.
An ancient garden after rain — cracked stone lantern, imperfect moss-covered branches, bass tones humming low like earth settling, harmonic shimmers appearing and dissolving like fleeting cherry blossoms in wind.
An immersive embrace of imperfection and transience, where cosmic drones and subtle instrumentation find beauty in the incomplete.
That was Yakuza Jacuzzi — “Wabi-Sabi.”
Next comes Mark Ellery Griffiths and “Colledig,” from the album Annwfn 2025, NYP self-released on March 1st 2026.
Shadowed Welsh valleys at twilight, mist clinging to ancient stones, deep drones rising from the earth like voices from the underworld, slow layers evoking loss and mythic depth.
Dark, resonant ambient that draws listeners into the mythic underworld with brooding, mythological weight.
That was Mark Ellery Griffiths — “Colledig.”
We move toward the close with Lingua Lustra and “Collosphaera,” from the album Sphaera 2005-2025, self-released on 24th of January 2026.
Spherical forms drifting through twenty years of sonic memory — glowing orbs of reworked and lost experiments, vast spherical atmospheres expanding and contracting like living celestial bodies.
This release is a sweeping retrospective journey through two decades of refined, expansive soundworlds — timeless and enveloping.
That was Lingua Lustra — “Collosphaera.”
And to carry us out… Rupert Lally with “Nord D” — Self released work titles Norden which dropped on the 6th of March 2026.
Stark Nordic landscape under pale winter light, modular synth lines tracing generative paths across frozen lakes, minimal pulses echoing like footsteps in snow, vast and unadorned.
Crisp, generative minimalism born from single-take modular explorations — quiet, precise, and profoundly spacious.
That was Rupert Lally — “Nord D.”
And so the waves recede for another evening. Eight long forms, eight patient unfoldings. If any of these pieces resonated in the quiet corners, you’ll find links to the artists and albums on the episode page at trevor.se and in the Mixcloud comments.
Trevlad on Bandcamp remains my small sonic home — trevlad.bandcamp.com.
Feel free to leave a thought on the Mixcloud timeline. Until the next fragment of time pulls us back together… this is Trevor, signing off from Expansive Waves, episode twenty-four. Cheerio…
Work Money Death – Pain Becomes Prayer And Prayer Becomes A Song – 00:00
Dubberrookie – Real Axing – 14:24
Fabio Keiner & Jack Hertz – Mindless – 28:35
Gustavo Denouard – Chimes in the Mist – 50:23
Yakuza Jacuzzi – Wabi-Sabi – 1:08:48
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Colledig – 1:21:23
Lingua Lustra – Collosphaera – 1:35:59
Rupert Lally – Nord D – 1:50:04
