Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 170
21 January 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 sliver of the clock you’ve managed to carve out for yourself. This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode one hundred and seventy. I’m Trevor, pulling another virtual tape from the imaginary shelf, blowing off the fantasy dust, and sliding it into the dreamed up deck.
Cassette tapes have two sides, of course. We’ll play through Side A, then flip it—virtually, mind you—and carry on with Side B. Twenty artists tonight, drawn from various corners, various decades in some cases, but all of them worth the time. No rush. The show runs as long as the tape does.
Styles drift across ambient swells from northern latitudes, submerged electronics that sound like sonar pings in forgotten wrecks, sparse house pulses, field-recorded quietudes, kinetic experiments, and a few moments of outright joyful confusion. Places echo through too: underwater depths around the MV Creteblock, Japanese winter clear skies in fuyubare which is Japanese and means just that, clear winter skies. We have snow-covered expanses in Stella Rossa territory, and various abstracted laboratories of sleep and decryption.
Side A kicks off with Berlin based, Metric System 1981 – Diffusion – Solar Return: Gollden Hour Mix – out on Toronto based ambient label – Imaginary North.
A slow unfurling of synthetic haze, layers peeling back like morning mist over still water. Patient, golden-hour glow without the need for resolution.
Don’t be fooled by this chilled opening Now we ramp up the party with Oh Mr James – The Acid Riddle – Extracellular Gig Ticket Promo CD I’ve been ranting about on the past couple of episodes – Buried Treasure.
Acid lines twist through a riddle of percussion and odd vocal fragments. Something peculiar and insistent lurks here, half-buried in the mix.
Taking us back down now, to a much darker place is Warmfield – Wreck of the MV Creteblock – Resonances from the Depths – Which is my own compilation album released on the Trevlad Bandcamp page. Pick it up for a buck. It’s got 24 Stellar artists. And a reminder to get your entries in for the next compilation dropping at the end of March.
Deep submersion piece, creaking hulls and distant bubbles. Feels like listening from inside a sunken freighter somewhere in cold northern seas. Warmfield with Wreck of the MV Creteblock
Now we’re entering Electro world with Revok – No Reflection – Mirror – A digital Bandcamp self release.
Mirrors without reflections: stark, echoing electronics that fold in on themselves. Minimal surfaces, maximum unease.
Over we drift to Lawrence – Spark – Spark EP – Ghostly International, which dropped way back in 2004.
A gentle house flicker, warm and understated. Spark as in ignition, but slow-burning, Detroit lineage felt in the restraint.
And now an absolute belter. This will have you on your feet in no time. In fact I featured it on my new series called Alone on the dance floor along with that Revok piece I played earlier. This is Baxter Dury – with the title track from the album Allbarone – Out on London based Heavenly Recordings.
Spoken-edged narratives over loose grooves. Pub philosophy meets off-kilter funk, delivered deadpan.
Shuffling up the genres again now. So how about some psych-surf rock? This is The Hamiltones – Suit Up – In Space – A name your price release on Buffalo, New York based Swimming Faith Records.
Cosmic soul strut, horns and tight rhythms lifting off into orbit. Feels like getting dressed for a mission beyond the atmosphere.
Now for some super fresh Electro stabs from SubDan – You – Moments of Joy – Out on Nottingham, UK based Remnants records.
Quiet joy in electronic form, soft pads and subtle shifts. A moment caught and held.
Now some gorgeous IDM from Djrum – Waxcap – Under Tangled Silence – Out on London label Houndstooth.
Mycelial rhythms, fungal growth in sound. Percussion that breathes, field recordings woven into the undergrowth.
The penultimate track of the A side brings the bliss with Luis Miehlich – 冬晴 (Fuyubare) – Verses – Out on the Dewtone label.
Winter clear sky translated to tones: crystalline, open space, Japanese seasonal precision in ambient form.
We end the A side in field recording teratory Lorebound – Tales of Decryption – AvRPG – Available on South Korean label Prekursor
Encrypted narratives unlocked layer by layer. RPG ambience with cryptic melodies emerging from static.
B Side
We open with some pretty wild jazz from Ljubljana, Slovenia based Etceteral – Minus – Kimatika – Out on Glitterbeat Records.
Subtraction as composition: negative space filled with sparse tones and distant pulses.
Next an old favorite of mine in the form of Benge – Five Fifty Eight – Orgoustic Plus 30.
Modular drift, clockwork precision meeting organic warmth. Time marked in subtle increments.
Now Tom Bragl – Tidal Force – Pielesh – Out on name your price Finnish label Kahvi Collective
Gravitational pull in electronic waves, tides rising slow and inevitable.
Next up Alexander Caminada aka Phonosonic – The Drifting Quiet – Sleeplaboratory60 – Whitelabrecs.
Quiet that drifts rather than settles. Field recordings and gentle drones in a sleep lab haze. I’ve played a lot from this compilation so go grab it on whitelabrecs.
While we’re on this record let’s take another dip with Tides – Light Veils –
Veils of light over water, translucent layers shimmering. Companion piece feel, same whitelabs stillness.
Now we head back to Buried treasure and that amazing Extracellular exclusive this time from Gong Girl – Kinetic Kinetic Kinetic – Extracellular Gig Ticket Promo CD.
Kinetic energy in perpetual motion, circling without landing.
So what’s missing from the episode? Ah, flutes and xylophones I hear you cry. Well I’ve got you covered. Not me personally but Dual Dialect – Conglomerate III – Meme-leak Mosaic – Conglomerate EP – out on Aussie label 4000 records.
Mosaic of leaking fragments, dialect collisions in glitch and rhythm. Chaotic assembly.
Lovely stuff there from Dual Dialect. Now to the penultimate track of episode 170 from mate of the channel. Simon Heartfield – Across The Snow – Stella Rossa – all live hardware stuff zero computers. Featuring a vocal samples by Isle of Wight artist Roberta Fidora.
Snowfield traversal: cold expanse, distant horizons in melodic ambient strokes.
To end this episode we bliss out with two artists I’ve played in previous outings but not together. Well here they are. Anita Tatlow & Runaway Horses – with the opening piece from their 5 track EP – The Shore from Above – The his is – confused and happy – out on Echoes Blue Music.
Shoreline vantage, happiness tangled with confusion. Voices and strings adrift on the edge.
Outro –
And then the tape will wind to the end. Thanks for staying with it. These selections aren’t chasing trends or filling slots—they’re simply pieces I wanted to hear in sequence. Support the artists where you can: Bandcamp pages, physical releases if they exist, or at least send a whisper of appreciation their way. It all travels further than you think.
This episode streams on Mixcloud for a short while, links and full credits at trevor.se, comments open if anything strikes you. Or stay quiet. Quiet has its own frequency.
Until the next tape calls—stay curious, stay listening. Here is Anita Tatlow & Runaway Horses with confused and happy.
Intro – 00:00
Metric System 1981 – Diffusion – 01:36
*Oh Mr James – The Acid Riddle – 04:41
Warmfield – Wreck of the MV Creteblock – 08:06
Revok – No Reflection – 12:36
Lawrence – Spark – 16:21
Baxter Dury – Allbarone – 22:29
The Hamiltones – Suit Up – 26:34
SubDan – You – 29:39
Djrum – Waxcap – 34:43
Luis Miehlich – 冬晴 (Fuyubare) – 39:28
Lorebound – Tales of Decryption – 42:39
B Side – 44:40
Etceteral – Minus – 44:58
Benge – Five Fifty Eight – 48:56
Tom Bragl – Tidal Force – 54:20
Alexander Caminada – The Drifting Quiet – 1:00:02
Tides – Light Veils – 1:03:54
Gong Girl – Kinetic Kinetic Kinetic – 1:08:20
Dual Dialect – Conglomerate III – Meme-leak Mosaic – 1:11:31
Simon Heartfield – Across The Snow – 1:15:29
Anita Tatlow & Runaway Horses – confused and happy – 1:19:54
Outro – 1:23:46
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 155
13 December 2025
“Greetings all. Episode one-five-five of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Ducks File Likewise. That’s the track you hear underneath, and it’s also a location you can find on a map. I filmed it—it’s up on YouTube if you’re curious.
I’m your host Trevor, presenting you with ninety minutes, two virtual sides, fifteen tracks each. You’ll hear Suncastle, Gelbart, Aythar, Prairiewolf, and deepspace. Loula Yorke, Barker, and Michael Brückner drift into kosmische and ambient zones, while Strangebird~Sounds, Orfin, and Multiplex carry us into the B side. Later, Rodrigo Passannanti, Ben Holton, and Shugorei appear alongside Stone Anthem and Exit Chamber. All woven into the resonance of the library.
This episode also marks one year since the passing of Arni Gretar also known as Futuregrapher. His track Bryndís is included here as a tribute, a reminder of his spirit and the Icelandic currents he brought into electronic music.
Labels orbiting here include Imaginary North, Projekt, Mahorka, Third Kind Records, and Cyclical Dreams. Styles range from ambient and drone to kosmische, experimental electronics, and hauntological textures. These transmissions stretch across places—Berlin, Toronto, Reykjavik, Brighton, and Buenos Aires.
Thanks to everyone who joined us on the Listening party last night for the Resonances from the Depths compilation. What an amazing bunch you are.
The eighth TVCL album is on Bandcamp for pre‑order—it drops when we hit sixteen tracks. Every comment, every like, every subscription keeps the frequencies flowing. So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.
Intro – 00:00
Suncastle – Horse Bounce – 02:27
Eulipion Corps – Lu (The Wanderer) – 04:42
Gelbart – The New Rain – 07:27
Aythar – Cosmic Resonance, Pt. 1 – 10:15
Dermott Reilly – Westerly – 15:02
Prairiewolf – The Cold Curve – 17:24
deepspace – BlueHeavenAbyss (Theme from Water Planets) – 21:22
OdNu, Mi Cosa de Resistance and mRn – Windy Flowers – 25:22
Near Stoic – Twenty Dogs – 27:31
Trem 77 – The Fifth Compass Point – 29:03
Loula Yorke – Gleam – 32:05
Barker – Fluid Mechanics – 35:21
Fred Thomas – Message Unclear – 38:37
Michael Brückner – Glowing like Gold – 40:57
Austin Williamson – Broken Radios and Scorched Sands – 43:56
B Side – 47:47
Strangebird~Sounds – CELESTINE – 48:20
Orfin – In an Instant, Grows Up – 50:32
Multiplex – AI novox – 54:00
Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor – More Clocks – 57:34
Misha Panfilov – Sunshine Came Roughly Through Ma Window Today – 59:26
Lorebound – Light Shard Ranger – 1:03:14
Swoop and Cross – Fenestra – 1:05:31
Sevensy + Roberto Vodanović Čopor – Step Back – 1:08:26
Seth Thorn – metaphysics – 1:11:30
Futuregrapher – Bryndís – 1:14:29
Rodrigo Passannanti – To Where We Are – 1:17:26
Ben Holton – The Longest Goodbye – 1:20:40
Stone Anthem – Ahimsa Sigh – 1:23:52
Shugorei – Michi – 1:27:00
Exit Chamber – Call of the Deathbird – 1:29:21
Outro – 1:33:49
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 084
Sound Fossils.
Trevor here, transmitting from Lund, Sweden. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 084. 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: Cyclical Dreams, Four Flies Records, Mahorka, i u we records, Bricolage, Blackford Hill, Adventurous Music, Mystery Circles
Sponsoring artists: The Metamorph, Matsu, NYORAI, and, Mirai No Hagaki.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
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. 🔹
Intro – 00:00
vOLKER rAPP – Opener – 05:55
Paolo Zavallone – Teulada – 07:01
Wave Resistance – Plunge – 09:06
Driftmachine – Albatros follows a killer whale – 15:38
Grosso Gadgetto + Brainquake – Smoke Angels (Nature’s Revenge) – 25:44
The Metamorph – Age of Science – 31:06
Danielle Nia – where does it all go – 32:25
Angelwail – Interlude (Of Air And Light) – 35:27
*Matsu – Tensión – 36:15
NYORAI – 狐狼 “Korô” – 39:53
Lee Hannah – Monabhar íseal – 44:53
Mirai No Hagaki – pensive atoms – 46:45
Side B – 50:02
Fragile X – Orbitdgm – 50:48
Roberto Vodanović Čopor – What happens when we become silent – 52:32
crystal corridors – Rain – 57:00
*Ultramarine – Coronet Street – 1:03:52
Trevlad – Atrium Echoes – 1:07:44
Caught In Joy – Secret Pathways Pt. 1 – 1:10:28
Krakenkraft – The Colony Circuit – 1:15:15
Wahn – Don’t Get Out – 1:18:33
Kryss Hypnowave – Il Cuore del Pianeta Terra – 1:22:33
Mohani – Sinking Feeling – 1:28:20
The Animals at Night – Climbing Pines – 1:30:21
Fridge Flammers – Bee Tears – 1:32:15
Outro – 1:36:07
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 078
Dream Physics
🌌 Welcome, sonic travellers—Trevor here, transmitting from Torrevieja, Spain. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 078. 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: Clay Pipe Music, Adventurous Music, Downstream Records, whitelabrecs, Bathysphere Records, Altus Music, Blackford Hill, rohs! records, and, Ingrown Records.
And the sonic architect: HDRF.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
This episode includes 3 exclusive tracks that you’ll probably only hear here before they are officially released. On the A side we have Hendekagon – Die Zeitzeit accompanies Die Verschiebung der Zeit, a German-language book of 22 humorous and philosophical essays by Corina Retzlaff exploring the concept of time. The volume is enriched with abstract artwork by Francis Théberge and an exclusive soundtrack by Hendekagon that echoes and expands the themes of the text.
Released by Adventurous Music, a non-profit label based in Leipzig, this 108-page book is printed on recycled paper with climate-neutral methods. The included soundtrack adds a surreal sonic dimension to the reflective, often playful explorations of temporality.
This is more than a book or an album—it’s a multimedia meditation on how we perceive and experience time, through words, images, and sound.
Also on the A side. Supporter, subscriber and true friend of the show Gareth Evans also known as HDRF or Horror Dwarf sent me the track Memories of Dust which will appear on a desert themed compilation, out next month on the Aural Films label. The label that makes soundtracks for movies that do not exist.
On the B Side there is an exclusive from Julia Gjertsen & Gustav Davidsson – Into The Rain – from the album – Wandering Mind, Drifting Weather, a meditative ambient collaboration between Norwegian pianist Julia Gjertsen and Swedish trombonist Gustav Davidsson. Created through a slow, cross-border exchange of musical sketches, the album blends expressive piano and atmospheric trombone into a series of compositions that evoke the passing moods of nature—shifting light, soft breezes, and drifting weather fronts.
Rooted in classical training but embracing improvisation, the duo sculpt an intimate soundworld where melody and spontaneity coexist. Minimal electronics, Wurlitzer tones, and quiet pads enhance the organic interplay, while each piece captures the fleeting beauty of a moment. The result is a tranquil yet emotionally resonant suite that explores time, mood, and natural transformation—where weather becomes metaphor and sound becomes sanctuary. Coming out on Whitelabrecs on the 19 July.
Just a heads up. I’ve released my second album of 17 pieces from my latest 17 shows, the backgrounds from my voiceovers without all this babbling nonsense. If subscribing to support this channel is not your thing then maybe purchasing the album on Bandcamp suits you more. Or do both I’ve provided Bandcamp codes in a subscriber post titled “some-free-bandcamp-codes” on the Mixcloud channel.
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. 🚀✨
Side A – 00:00
Cate Francesca Brooks – Apsect from the Window – 05:07
Trevlad – Spectral Shapes – 08:47
survey channel – Sciron – 11:18
*Hendekagon – Die Zeitzeit – 14:46
weareforests – lubbock (1.12.24.2) – 18:10
Cathode Ray Tube – Quantum Commuting – 22:02
To Rococo Rot – Pantone 1 – 24:11
*HDRF – Memories of Dust – 26:16
Flux Of Sensations – Locked In An Attic – 35:31
EIII – Refraction 6 – 40:20
CIALYN – Derelict Station (rmx) – 43:32
Angelwail – Anunnaki – 46:21
Side B – 49:02
*Julia Gjertsen & Gustav Davidsson – Into The Rain – 49:47
BVSMV – My Own Ocean – 52:33
Alan Graves – Leeward Vantage – 54:15
Bryan Rohmer – beginner’s innocence – 57:08
Loneward – Vanishing Point – 58:18
Mentat – Mars – 1:02:29
The Green Kingdom – Fossil Fern – 1:06:03
Oceanographer – Lava Garden – 1:09:20
Hyldýpi – K L A R A – 1:11:14
Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman – We All Rise with the Sun – 1:14:27
Cells Interlinked – Eternity – 1:18:25
Michele Di Martino – Oceanografia – 1:25:23
Anubis Rude – Energizer – 1:27:07
Outro – 1:35:32
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 041
Welcome, wanderers of unseen frequencies. This is not mere sound—it is a symphony of lost echoes from forgotten futures. You do not just listen; you surrender to the unfolding spiral of auditory prophecy.
🔮 The architects of the spectral weave on todays episode are—Four Flies Records, Ingrown Records, Cyclical Dreams, Downstream Records, Third Kind Records, Perceptual Tapes, and Imaginary North 🚀 The conjurers—Saloop, Philippe Deschamps, Sons Of Faust, and, Loris S Sarid—shaping resonance into portals, constructing corridors within the void. 🎭 The benevolent force—Free Album Codes—a beacon in the static, ensuring the lost frequencies find their way home.
A soundscape beyond language. Reality wavers, sound bends, and we—the cosmic conductors—are merely passengers in the infinite wave.
🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—cast your offerings into the ether. The portal stands open: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹 Leave your spectral imprint, your timestamp upon the celestial mixtape—mark your passage, trace your essence.
🔮 Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let’s dissolve time together. 🚀✨
Trevs Intro – 00:00
Azzurro 80 – Buongiorno il Caffè – 01:47
Time Rival – A New Type of Silence – 02:35
Feed the Multiverse – It Was Well – 06:53
odd person – earthquake anxiety – 11:23
Saloop – Lauds – 13:07
JIHEL – Mineral Spirit – 17:01
Tony Gerber – When Evening Falls – 22:57
Oariana – Pear Trees Falls – 27:34
Overtin – Look Who – 28:24
Philippe Deschamps – Clouds Stream – 32:36
Agnes Haus – Verveine – 35:40
H-M O – Twinklings – 38:45
WDX – Continuous – 40:33
B Side – 45:59
Pietro Zollo – Structural II – 46:40
Mudlarking – Raindrops – 48:48
Local Sound Developer – Triangle – 51:56
Patrick R. Pärk – Decompressed Finite Vibrations – 56:16
Sons of Faust – Miracles by Appointment – 1:03:40
Loris S Sarid – two – 1:10:44
Aarktica – The Ice (Feels Three Feet Thick Between Us) – 1:13:05
Spectrical – Frozen expanse – 1:17:42
*Kilometre Club – Overbooking – 1:24:10
Sai³ – Dreamy Shores – 1:26:50
Trevs Outro – 1:29:19
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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