Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 340
Another reel of the Virtual Cassette Library begins. Twelve tracks, two sides. A virtual cassette that turns itself at the halfway mark, the oxide catching just long enough to mark the seam before the second side continues.
These are not playlists. Each episode is structured as a pair of continuous DJ sets: six tracks on each side, mixed and stitched so the joins sit almost inside the grain. The sequence is the form.
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Mind the flip.
A thought that turns out to be you, then a fever on the moon.
Side A smiles the vocoder so the thought is already correct, circles a May date in the grain of Häpna’s cousin, remixes the sweet for a village already soft and home, leaves the unomia still naming itself in kind light, melts the broken date so it keeps glowing, and lets the black gold of the sun sing while the sun listens. Side B makes the life already under way with the colour decided, softens the industry of children and grants the right, covers in fog that lifts in its own time, numbers the product twenty-nine so the room is already full of it, lets the tired aunt rest while the rhythm still walks, and runs the lunar fever with the voyage already under way.
Overall mood: Warm, slightly nostalgic, and quietly decided — full of smiling vocoders, soft factories, and voyages already under way. Perfect for dusk listening, open calendars, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a thought that turns out to be you, a May date filed under datum, a sweet remixed for a quiet village, a unomia still naming itself, a broken date in galactic melt, black gold of the sun.
00:00:00 Herbie Hancock – I Thought It Was You
https://12inchrecord.bandcamp.com/track/i-thought-it-was-you
Album: Twelve Inch Seventies∶ Boogie Wonderland. Label: 12 Inch Record
The vocoder already smiling. The thought already correct.
00:08:57 Musette – 24 maj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkpZxS7hd4
Album: Datum. Label: Häpna
The date already circled. Häpna’s cousin still in the grain.
00:11:57 Pacifika – Sweet (quiet village remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVxbojQ2ym4
Album: Sweet Remixes EP. Label: Six Degrees Records
The village already soft. The remix already home.
00:18:45 Helios – Velius
https://heliosmusic.bandcamp.com/track/velius-2
Album: Unomia. Label: Keith Kenniff + Hollie Kenniff
The name still open. The light still kind.
00:23:38 Com Truise – Brokendate
https://comtruise.bandcamp.com/track/brokendate
Album: Galactic Melt.
The calendar already melted. The date still glowing.
00:28:26 Rotary Connection, Minnie Riperton – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8nloCCFuW4
Album: Hey, Love. Label: The Verve Music Group
The gold already singing. The sun already listening.
Side B
Mood mist: a life already made, an industry of children, a fog cover, a product numbered twenty-nine, a tired aunt, a fever on the moon.
00:34:57 Talk Talk – Life’s What You Make It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3VqAsMXE7o
Album: The Colour of Spring.
The making already under way. The colour already decided.
00:39:17 Boards of Canada – Kaini Industries
https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/track/kaini-industries
Album: Music Has The Right To Children. Label: Warp Records
The factory already soft. The right already granted.
00:40:06 Ages – Fog (Nosaj Thing cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZA5jI6dckY
The cover already kind. The fog already lifting in its own time.
00:43:43 Aphex Twin – Produk 29
https://aphextwin.bandcamp.com/track/produk-29-101
Album: Syro. Label: Warp Records
The product already numbered. The room already full of it.
00:48:21 Vaudou Game – Tata fatiguée
https://hotcasarecords.bandcamp.com/track/tata-fatigu-e
Album: Tata fatiguée. Label: Hot Casa Records
The aunt already resting. The rhythm still walking.
00:51:54 Air – Moon Fever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66GiBeZZ7fA
Album: Le Voyage dans la Lune. Label: Warner Music
The fever already lunar. The voyage already under way.
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