Melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here. Welcome to the 200th episode of the 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 “People Say I’m a Dreamer” by friend of the channel Neil Stringfellow, also known as Audio Obscura. Available on the upcoming album “Dream States”. Dropping June 12. Neil also just entered a track for my upcoming compilation “The Mystery of the Night” Applications are still open. Get your piece in by June 24. All info on the album page on Bandcamp. 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. Please, if you can, subscribe — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference. So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it. No breaks, just the music.
Side A 00:00:00 Phexioenesystems – Poringland Extract Subtle, textural field-recording ambient drawn from the Norfolk countryside. Gentle rustles, distant horizons, and organic drones create a beautifully restrained, place-specific immersion. 00:05:35 The Metamorph – The Unlimited Dream Company Expansive, psychedelic-tinged ambient inspired by J.G. Ballard. Dreamy, shape-shifting layers and cosmic warmth evoke boundless imagination and surreal inner worlds. 00:07:35 Rival Consoles – If Not Now Driving, emotionally charged electronic ambient from Ryan Lee West. Pulsing rhythms and luminous synths build a sense of urgency and beautiful tension—now or never. 00:10:17 Mikael Lind, Johanna Sjunnesson – Remnants Unveiled Delicate, haunting ambient that slowly reveals hidden layers. Fragile textures and soft resonances feel like uncovering forgotten memories in dust and light. 00:15:45 Felipe Ayres – Turmoil Turbulent yet controlled ambient exploring inner unrest. Swirling drones and restless movement capture emotional chaos while maintaining an elegant undercurrent. 00:20:44 Wil Bolton – Quiet Sunlight Gentle, luminous ambient bathed in soft, filtered light. Warm tones and peaceful stillness evoke a perfect moment of tranquil, golden-hour calm. 00:28:09 Paulina Fae – The Space Inbetween (Instrumental) Ethereal, floating ambient focused on the liminal. Airy pads and crystalline details create a weightless sense of existing in the beautiful gap between moments. Side B 00:32:14 Christian Wittman – The Light Before the Dark (Edit. From the album “The Light Before the Dark” Poignant, cinematic ambient exploring the fragile transition of dusk. Rich, melancholic layers glow with hope and impending shadow—profoundly atmospheric. 00:37:34 Ludovico Einaudi – Primavera Graceful, flowing piano-led neoclassical piece. Delicate melodies and gentle swells capture the fresh energy and blossoming beauty of spring with quiet emotional depth. 00:44:08 The British Stereo Collective – Silicon Street (From the Yesterday Children) Retro-futuristic synth ambient with a hazy 80s cinematic feel. Warm analogue tones and nostalgic melancholy paint a portrait of memory-drenched digital streets. 00:46:59 Audio Obscura – People Say I’m a Dreamer Drifting, introspective ambient with a soft, wistful character. Cloud-like textures and piano voices create a beautiful, slightly detached dream-state. 00:49:42 Dr Atmo – Hunted Rain Moody, atmospheric ambient capturing rain as both pursuer and refuge. Wet, pulsing textures and dark elegance evoke being chased through a storm. 00:55:38 Cate Brooks – The Frame Meticulous, minimal ambient centered on structure and restraint. Clean lines and thoughtful silence create a contemplative, almost architectural listening experience. 00:58:29 Luke Howard Trio – Self Preservation Intimate, heartfelt modern classical/jazz-tinged ambient. Thoughtful piano, subtle brushes, and warm resonance explore protection, vulnerability, and inner strength.
“Evening all. Episode one-four-eight of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Cook Hobble Recruited. That’s the track you can hear underneath, and, oddly enough, it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—up on YouTube if you’re curious.” “I’m Trevor. Bringing you ninety minutes, two virtual sides, forty-five minutes each. Fifteen tracks per set. No chatter, no interruptions. Just the music, rolling on like a festival stage that turns—one act fading, another coming into view.” This episode has an exclusive track Karesansui by Wellington, New Zealand based artist CZiGO. Karesansui means “dry landscape” or “dry mountain water” and refers to a minimalist style of Japanese garden that uses rocks, gravel, and sand to represent natural landscapes like mountains, islands, and rivers without any water. These gardens, often found in Zen Buddhist temples, are designed for contemplation and meditation, symbolizing natural elements through careful arrangement and raked gravel patterns that mimic water. Karesansui is from the upcoming album Techno Feudal which drops December 12 on Machine Records. ” New friends joining us this episode like, Übung, Elastic colors, WarpCensor and Dissociative Identity Quartet. Also familiar names including, Future Children, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Robert Rich, and, Oceanographer. Labels like Cyclical Dreams, Mahorka, I Low You Records, Astra Solaria Recordings, Buried Treasure, Adventurous Music, Imaginary North, Castles in Space and more keeping the whole thing alive. They’re the soul of the show, really.” “If you’d like to be part of these missions, send your work to trevlad@gmail.com. Track links are at trevor.se, and marked in the Mixcloud timeline. The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre-order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. And the second compilation, Resonances from the Depths, is under construction, get involved send in your damp entries.” “Every comment, every like, every subscription keeps the frequencies flowing. So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. 💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your vibrations to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked at the top of each show.
🌌 Welcome, sonic travellers—Trevor here, transmitting from Malmö, Sweden. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 081. A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is sponsored by the labels that keep our circuits humming: Ingrown Records, Noray Records, whitelabrecs, Projekt Records, Lunar Module, Castles In Space, Triplicate Records, okla records, Subexotic Records, Waxing Crescent Records, Imaginary North, Downstream Records, and, Fluttery Records.
And the sonic architects: Masefield Labs, and, Sergio Mariani also known as mRn.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
This episode includes 1 exclusive tracks that you’ll probably only hear here before they are officially released. The show ends with mRn – Rider’s Up which is a track you will only find here as the artist Sergio Mariani has not published it for release anywhere else as far as I know. A wonder drifting lap top steel ambient artist you should definitely check out on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy. The tracks played are marked with links where you can purchase them at the start of each episode. or on the home page trevor.se🔹 Artists and labels—send your sonic offerings to: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
🔮 Today’s journey is partially sponsored by visionary labels: okla records, Audiobulb, Mahorka, Cyclical Dreams, Discus Music, Downstream Records, Buried Treasure, and, Preston Capes (Woodford Halse). 🚀 Our sponsoring artist bringing transmissions to life: Mirai No Hagaki and free album codes.
Today’s show features 3 exclusives. The A side includes Autistici, and the track, Fluctuating State, from the album, Familiarity Folded. The first in a three-part series by Autistici, highlighting online collaboration with experimental musicians. The album consists of four tracks, featuring contributions from Jacek Doroszenko, Russ Young, and Corey Gordon, and explores remixing and layered sound composition. A listening party for “Familiarity Unfolded” is set for July 23, 2025, with the full release of “Familiarity Folded” on July 25, 2025. Pre-orders grant access to one track before the official launch. Autistici’s work blends organic and synthetic sounds. The B side includes. Flux Of Sensations, and the track, Hidden Entrance, from the album, “Hidden Secrets” An ambient electronic album inspired by the experience of moving house and a novel about discovering mysterious artifacts linked to past crimes. The album, releasing on June 18, 2025, features nine tracks, including “Secret Door” and “Locked In An Attic,” reflecting themes of dusty rooms, forgotten spaces, and eerie discoveries through atmospheric soundscapes. Pre-orders grant access to three tracks before the full release, available for streaming and download in various formats. Released under Downstream Records. Also on the B side, the track, Clothes, from, The Sky original soundtrack by Eric Wetherell, released as a limited promo download, features music from the 1970s HTV children’s sci-fi drama Sky, created by Doctor Who writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin. The series blends ecological themes with science fiction, following an alien seeking an ancient portal to correct his misplaced arrival in time. The soundtrack, transferred from Wetherell’s masters, is presented on a 10-inch transparent ice blue vinyl LP, including 26 cues with unused and alternative takes. The music, featuring harpsichord, glockenspiel, timpani, cello, and electronics, is tense and atonal, enhancing the show’s eerie atmosphere. The album will be available for pre-order on Bandcamp from August 1st, on Buried Treasure records, with store releases in early September. It includes a TV Times postcard and an A3 poster of the Sky magazine cover illustrated by Arnaldo Putzu.
🌞 Shoutouts to the listeners shaping today’s odyssey Farmacia, and Otis🌿. for the likes and comments. And welcome new explorer: Farmacia who I featured on episode 70. You all are legends in my eyes.🌿 The tracks played are marked in the timeline—dive in, comment your favorites and leave your imprint on the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
🌌 Welcome, seekers of hidden frequencies—your vessel has arrived at the edge of the cosmic fold. Step beyond perception and surrender to the spiral of auditory prophecies, bending time and space in their wake. 🔮 The sponsoring labels guiding today’s episode are: whitelabrecs, Mystery Circles, and, Castles In Space. 🚀 The sponsoring artists of today’s transmission: Philippe Deschamps, and, Time Rival. And distributor, Fonodroom, ensuring the echoes resonate far beyond the known horizon. Also the benevolent force that ensures chosen frequencies find their way home: ✨ Free Album Codes Today’s transmission leans deep into Seil Records with four artists from their enigmatic stable, plus two selections from label curator Jogging House Welcome to a soundscape that defies language—an auditory passage through the unseen. We are mere surfers atop an infinite wave. 🌞 Shoutouts to passengers: 🌿Fonodroom, Adventurous Music, hervé perez, and socool for your support. Links to all the material played are in the timeline where everyone is invited to leave a mark—comment your favorites, etch your presence into the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹 🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨