Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 333
Hello there, listeners. It’s me. Trevor.
You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. Twelve tracks. Two sides. A little plastic ghost that flips itself at the halfway mark, like a polite pancake.
If you make music, or you run a label, or you simply own a shed full of strange noises and would like them filed somewhere warm, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise. I read them with both eyes and, on special occasions, a third one.
The shows stay free for the first week, wandering about with their shoelaces undone. After that they slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers also receive the expanding series of three-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, which is less a mixtape and more a long walk through a curtain that may be sentient.
Now. Each of these episodes is a two-part outing, just like the classic cassette. Unlike mixtapes or playlists, these two sides are curated as proper DJ sets, six tracks segued into one continuous mix, stitched together so carefully you can barely see the thread.
I hope you enjoy the adventure. Mind the flip.
A system number left on a faded sign, then a horizon the colour of the title.
Side A leaves the lettering still readable if you stand at the right angle, remixes ladders through a Sussex exchange with the rungs already warm, keeps the amniotic membrane grateful for the quiet, lets dust remember the sea just close enough for a little silt, edits a nomad for a decade of Batov still open in the stacks, and lets the dub smoulder so the ember does the work of the flame. Side B reconnects a piano and a vibraphone after thirty years with the conversation still open, holds the tunnel’s echo of the last train and the next that may yet come, lets the ornamental letter arrive with its loops intact, teaches seagulls the steps while the shoreline keeps time, keeps a Toronto live tape warm from the floor with the imperfections as the point, and stays where the sky decides to stay.
Overall mood: Slightly archival, and quietly warm — full of faded signs, open conversations, and horizons that know their own colour. Perfect for dusk listening, abandoned locations still holding sound, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a system number left on a faded sign, ladders remixed by a Sussex exchange, a membrane of amniotic calm, dust that still remembers the sea, a nomad edited for a decade of Batov, a dub that prefers to smoulder.
00:02:18 fluXus – SYS826
(Exclusive track)
Album: Ghost Signs. Label: Castles In Space
https://fluxus-cis.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-signs
The lettering still readable if you stand at the right angle. The system still answering.
00:09:08 Hattie Cooke – Ladders (Sussex Telecom remix)
https://rupertlally.bandcamp.com/track/hattie-cooke-ladders-sussex-telecom-remix
Album: Happy New Year / Ladders.
Happy New Year on the other side of the single. Rupert Lally running the exchange, the rungs already warm.
00:11:45 Kinoscape – Amnion
https://inthemood2.bandcamp.com/track/amnion
Album: Ambient Factory I. Label: In The Mood
The membrane that keeps the quiet in, and the quiet grateful.
00:17:25 Ghostloop – Into Dust
https://norayrecords.bandcamp.com/track/into-dust
Album: The Distant Sea. Label: Noray Records
The water far enough to hear, close enough to leave a little silt on the sleeve.
00:19:39 Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel – Nomadic (Batov Edit)
https://batovrecords.bandcamp.com/track/nomadic-batov-edit
Album: Around The Sun – Batov Records – 10 Years. Label: Batov Records
The caravan still moving, Kobayashi’s selection still open somewhere in the stacks.
00:21:56 [moosdohmen] x Press any Key – Slow Burn Dub
https://camembertelectrique.bandcamp.com/track/slow-burn-dub-2
Album: BURNED DUBS. Label: Camembert Électrique
The ember doing the work of the flame, and taking its time.
Side B
Mood mist: a piano and a vibraphone catching up after thirty years, a tunnel still holding its echo, a correspondence in ornamental script, seagulls learning the steps, a Toronto live tape still warm from the floor, a horizon the colour of the title.
00:29:24 Robert Mitchell & Corey Mwamba – In The Blood
(Exclusive Track)
Album: In The Blood. Label: DISCUS MUSIC
http://www.discusmusic.bandcamp.com
Piano and vibraphone, Steinway Studios near Grantham, a few hours that felt like a long reconnection. Discus. Full release the 13th of November. Listen through if you can. The conversation is still open.
00:33:05 Dave Clarkson – Thurgoland Tunnel
https://cavendishhouse.bandcamp.com/track/thurgoland-tunnel
Album: A Pocket Guide to Abandoned Locations of the British Isles. Label: cavendish house
The brick still keeping the sound of the last train, and the next one that may yet come.
00:36:46 Lamasz – Correspondance
https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/track/correspondance
Album: Fioritures. Label: DRONARIVM
The flourishes. DRONARIVM letting the letter arrive with its loops intact.
00:41:27 x.y.r. – seagulls dance
https://xyrmusic.bandcamp.com/track/seagulls-dance
Single: seagulls dance. Label: Not Not Fun Records
The birds already in step, the shoreline keeping time.
00:49:59 Astrolope – Disinformation
(Exclusive track)
Album: Bass Node Tapes, volume one. Label: Imaginary North
https://imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/
Live off the floor, modular and drummer’s hands, Kilometre Club, Measure, cellsync in the room. Imaginary North. Out the 30th of October. The imperfections are the point, and they are lovely.
00:54:56 The Gaye Device – Blue Azure Horizon
https://machinaadnoctem.bandcamp.com/track/blue-azure-horizon
Album: Evolution – An Anthology 2012-2023 Volume One. Label: Machina ad Noctem
Title of the hour. The line where the sky decides to stay.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 333.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178
15 February 2026
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Good evening, or morning, or whatever fragment of time you’ve found yourself in. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178. I’m Trevor—your host, your guide, your occasional sonic conspirator.
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.
So, settle in. Let the kettle boil. Let the cat sleep. Let the world spin without you for a while.
We float tonight through drifts of ambient electronic, modular wanderings, dubwise echoes, some art rock angles, leftfield pop inflections, drone undertows, and the odd burst of experimental pop. Places flicker by: Wormhole World gatherings, Republic of Music corners, Castles in Space haunts, Invisible Inc. pathways, Four Flies shadows, and points scattered from Lancashire to Vilnius, Munich to Mexico City.
The longest stretch in the selection comes from Caught in Joy – Elsewhere, a patient unravelling that lingers in the mind. The shortest snaps past in a flash with Allmanna Town – Sample 24, not even reaching the minute mark.
We begin with Dubberrookie and Winter Weather, a seasonal drift from A Wormhole Xmas 2025 on Wormhole World. Chilled dub pulses meet wintry synth haze, gentle echoes folding into themselves like snow settling on rooftops.
Headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you.
Dubberrookie – Winter Weather. Dubberrookie will appear on my upcoming compilation “Puzzles of the Psyche”. There’s still time. Send in your entries by March 25.
Now Floating Points with Precursor, the bonus unreleased cut from the Elaenia 10 Year Anniversary on the Republic of Music label. Sparse piano gestures meet subtle electronic undercurrents, a quiet prelude that breathes slow and deliberate.
Floating Points – Precursor.
Next up Bahia Brazil based artist – Navin Kala offers Vijf from Spinoza on a favourite label of the show Mystery Circles. Minimalist piano lines trace thoughtful paths, space around each note allowing contemplation to gather.
Navin Kala – Vijf. A reminder now if you have a piece of music that has meant a lot to you for some reason tell me about it. I’m putting together a new show called “Chord Confessions” and I need some tales behind the most important music ever released. PM me on the socials or email me trevlad@gmail.com Now back to the show.
Now amping up the drone. Stewart Keller brings Disheveled Zen from the whopping 100 track 2020-2025 Archives. Loosened field recordings and soft electronics tangle in a relaxed, almost accidental calm.
Stewart Keller – Disheveled Zen.
Here’s me Trevlad with Curving Archive Scales from the Trick or Treat 4 compilation on Sounds for the Soul. Archive dust and curving scales weave a long, meditative thread, time marked in subtle modular shifts.
Trevlad – Curving Archive Scales. Just a quick shout out to the latest followers Bernt Haas, who I believe is part of the Cries from the LTN outfit. Also Liquid Shape and The Tall Librarian. Thanks for the follow.
Now Mexico City based artists Eafhm and Mwamwa collaborate on Luzne (Mwamwa Part) from the split release on Secuencias Temporales. Dubby bass hums beneath fragmented vocal traces, a hazy half-step wander.
Eafhm, Mwamwa – Luzne (Mwamwa Part).
And now for something completely different. Deerhoof deliver L’Amour Stories from Apple O’ on Joyful Noise Recordings. Quick, angular art rock bursts with playful yelps and tight rhythmic jabs.
Deerhoof – L’Amour Stories.
Garda slips in Substratum from S-Lyga on the Neotantra label. Deep drone layers build slow atmospheric weight, substratum textures rumbling low.
Garda – Substratum.
Now time to punk it up. Tinned Meats present Caught in the Wild from Kilter on I Heart Noise. Raw edges meet noisy propulsion, caught somewhere between garage grit and wilder impulses. Mad stuff…
Tinned Meats – Caught in the Wild.
And now Keith Seatman with Tonight’s Guests Are? from the forthcoming Counting to Ten Then Back Again on Castles in Space. Radiophonic quirks and psych-folk fragments evoke childhood games and firework packaging memories, playful yet oddly disorienting.
Keith Seatman – Tonight’s Guests Are?
The Polish legend of Coconut Creek, Caught in Joy closes Side A with Elsewhere.
Karol is the most prolific Berlin school artist on the planet. He produces so much quality music on a weekly basis. Which he records live and can be witnessed on his Youtube channel. Analogue drooling adventures. The track Elsewhere is from the release Colorfield. Self released back in mid December. Karol has released 4 albums since then just for some perspective. This is Analogue coloured space drifts to close out the first side of the show.
Side B
We turn the cassette. If you have something you want featured on the shows lease don’t be shy. I’m not on a schedule which means I get to do shows several times a week, which means you won’t have to wait long to hear your music here. Here’s a label that does just that from the fantastic Italian label Four Flies Records. Chiaré opens with Ago e Filo from the album Sei. Italian library echoes meet modern restraint, strings and subtle grooves threading through.
Chiaré – Ago e Filo.
Now LOULA YORKE shares The Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without) from Live Compendium 2 on Truxalis. Live-captured modular meditations unfold with quiet intensity, water-like ripples expanding.
LOULA YORKE – The Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without).
Next another artist who has contributed in the past to my compilations the fantastic The Music Liberation Front Sweden who arrive with A Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing from their collection on Third Kind Records. Warped pop edges bend familiar shapes into something skewed and resilient.
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – A Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing.
And Now Higamos Hogamos rework Re-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager) from Voyager Dubs on Glasgows Invisible, Inc. Deep dub transformations stretch the original into cavernous space.
Higamos Hogamos – Re-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager).
Francesca Guccione offers Mechanical Promenade from Connected 3 on IUWE Records. Mechanical rhythms promenade alongside delicate electric piano, a poised mechanical dance. A wonderful must have compilation celebrating 9 of the best female experimental electronic out there. In fact the entire label focuses on the beauty of female diversity in electronic music. Enjoy.
Francesca Guccione – Mechanical Promenade.
Komodo Kolektif follow with Disciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub) also from that Voyager Dubs compilation on Invisible, Inc. Drone devotion meets dub disciple rites, heavy and hypnotic. Invisible, Inc. is a label I wish I could play more of on the channel, and just can’t for financial reasons. They are great so if you can grab some of their beautiful physical releases.
Komodo Kolektif – Disciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub).
Now friend of the show Russian artist Ndorfik contributes Tahvi from Solos on People Can Listen. 5/8 Idm explorations carve sparse, introspective paths. Ndorfik has enlightened me on the fact that Mixcloud is not available without streaming through VPNs in his neck of the woods. So I send him the files of past shows so he can spread the good word.
Ndorfik – Tahvi.
Now the penultimate track and two masters of the ambient scene. Rhucle & Arbee bring Mournful Sky from Plain on David Cordero curated label Noray Records. Mournful ambient skies drift with gentle melancholy, field-like textures breathing slow.
Rhucle & Arbee – Mournful Sky.
Material for future shows is always welcome. Send your vibrations to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths glow at trevor.se and in each show’s timeline.
Until the next cassette turns.
Trevor, signing off from Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 178.
I leave you with the very short track Sample 24 by Allmanna Town Allmanna Town is Phil Dodds who runs the amazing Waxing Crescent Records and my fellow Stockholm dweller Jonas Geiger Ohlin of The New Emphatic fame. this track is from Rodents out on their own Bandcamp imprint. Sampled fragments glitch and reform in rodent-quick bursts.
And that fades us out. Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Dubberrookie – Winter Weather – 01:35
Floating Points – Precursor – 08:18
Navin Kala – Vijf – 14:06
Stewart Keller – Disheveled Zen – 19:21
Trevlad – Curving Archive Scales – 20:45
Eafhm, Mwamwa – Luzne (Mwamwa Part) – 23:52
Deerhoof – L’Amour Stories – 29:14
Garda – Substratum – 31:21
Tinned Meats – Caught in the Wild – 34:30
*Keith Seatman – Tonight’s Guests Are? – 36:56
Caught In Joy – Elsewhere – 39:36
B Side – 47:04
Chiaré – Ago e Filo – 47:43
LOULA YORKE – The Hidden Messages in Water (Live at the Mount Without) – 51:08
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – A Lot Of Things Ain’t Changing – 56:50
Higamos Hogamos – Re-Exit (GK Machine Dub Voyager) – 1:02:56
Francesca Guccione – Mechanical Promenade – 1:08:49
Komodo Kolektif – Disciple Of The Drone (GK Machine Disciple Of The Dub) – 1:13:31
Ndorfik – Tahvi – 1:18:51
Rhucle & Arbee – Mournful Sky – 1:23:32
Allmanna Town – Sample 24 – 1:25:32
Outro – 1:27:09
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 108
///project.admire.spreads
🎙️ Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 108 Titled: Project Admire Spreads.
This transmission is a radiant sprawl of imagination, randomness, and reverence. —woven into two uninterrupted 45-minute cassette sides, with a metaphysical flip halfway through. A lovingly warped journey through ambient techno, psychedelic soul, acousmatic textures, and field recordings that whisper of distant cities and forgotten rituals.
These shows are crafted for walking meditations, mental wanderings, or quiet communion with the universe. No commentary between tracks—just pure sonic immersion. You’re invited to follow along with Nanogods’ poetic visualizations on the timeline. Don’t be shy.
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Now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Intro – 00:00
Savta – desyne (solis) – 02:06
Warmfield – The Non-Descript – 05:35
Duncan Chapman – Walking Reeds – 09:47
Patricia Wolf – Hrafnaþing – 17:00
Federico Mosconi feat. Barbara De Dominicis – Frammenti II. 15000 Minuti – 19:07
Phoebe Massey – CHASE – 24:41
mōshonsensu – Lamented – 27:36
Trevlad – Phantom Currents – 31:57
Dungen – Snurra På Hjulet – 34:00
Common Saints – Blackbird – 36:37
TOKEE – Смотри! – 41:57
Trevlad – Plunge – 44:17
Side B – 46:41
Dr. Quandary – Don Returns – 47:27
Danielle Nia – pulse of light – 49:37
Tony Allen – Ikeja Roads – 53:39
BVSMV – Morning Window – 55:48
Wave Resistance – Delocalized – 59:06
Dan Ar Braz – Naissance De La Ville – 1:07:35
Correlations – Duophonic I – 1:11:15
DBC:Unit – Invisible Hands – 1:19:32
Outro – 1:25:39
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Mystery Apples 9
08.03.2025
Intro – 00:00
Cosmic Analog Ensemble – Catamaran Cameraman – 00:34
RETEP FOLO & DOROTHY MOSKOWITZ – The Beast – 02:41
Sex Convention – Toi qui rêve de baisers – 05:34
Anna Butterss – Lubbock – 07:57
Mater Suspiria Vision – Geisterinsel im Weltall – 11:35
Red Snapper – Sirocco – 19:11
Jenks Miller, Rose Cross, NC – Part 1 – 23:19
BEAK> – Hungry Are We – 28:58
Kavus Torabi – A Body of Work – 33:32
Wand – Growing Up Boys – 35:51
Fabiano do Nascimento, Matthewdavid – Ohayou – 39:24
OdNu + Ümlaut – Storm Cooking – 49:45
Goat – All is One – 57:51
Common Dream – Dags – 59:21
Sean Ono Lennon, Devon Hoff, Yuka Honda, Michael Leonhart, João Nogueira, Mauro Refosco, Ches Smith, Johnny Mathar – Acidalia – 01:04:51
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Ways to Start a People – 01:10:56
Minami Deutsch – New Pastoral Life – 01:13:16
Gong – O, Arcturus – 01:19:14
Moon Duo – Planet Caravan – 01:22:46
Golden Brown – Wide Ranging Rider I – 01:31:12
El Hombre Al Agua – Replicant Ice Fortress – 01:36:45
Fridge Flammers – Pure As Water [ft. Neeta Sarl] – 01:40:55
Mystery Apples 3
10.02.2025
Psyché – Amma – 00:00
Pure Land Stars – Mountains Are Mountains – 04:43
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño – Exploration (Sincerely) – 06:34
Sababa 5 – Aeolus – 17:19
Kavus Torabi – Silent the Rotor – 24:14
Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Diarabi – 27:57
Morgan Delt – Some Sunsick Day – 32:34
Polypores – Aquarian – 36:51
Matthewdavid – Perpetuity – 41:09
Stennes – Down The Rabbit Hole – 45:46
Polypores – Lattice – 46:05
Kenny Ueda – Miro – 48:03
CV Vision – Gleiten – 49:15
Prairiewolf – Labwerk – 01:03:32
Secret Circuit – Corrupted Dusk – 01:06:53
Gong – Asleep Do We Lay – 01:09:41
Bruno Pernadas – Lachrymose – 01:13:41
Primary Mystical Experience – Stream of Life – 01:16:05
Bibio – The Ephemeral Bluebell – 01:22:26
Kosmischer Läufer – Sonnenfleck II – 01:26:59
Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Carlos Niño – Hearing (with Keshava at Zuma) – 01:27:33
Spotify playlist of all the Mystery Apples episodes so far (not all music is on Spotify):
