Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 286
https://www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-286/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 286. Twelve-track virtual cassettes that flips themselves at the halfway mark.
If you make music, or run a label, and fancy a place in the library, send your links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I read every one. Promise.
Tips and subscriptions keep the reels turning. Every little helps the library stay open after dark.
A tender, slightly wondrous ambient journey through closed-eye geometries, night markets, living systems, and working-class fanfares.
Side A rearranges itself behind the eyelids, then drifts through Toronto lanterns, cello architecture, space-IDM bloom, pre-language fingertips, and a well of the world. Side B opens with Ramsgate vocal collage and gentle signs, holds the line, raises a fanfare for the working man, conjures pagan stones among the Weaver Hills, and ends with a star-song demo from the cliff top.
Overall mood: Warm, curious, and quietly celebratory — mixing intimate care, city-night haze, and nostalgic industrial glow. Perfect for late evenings, headphones, or sitting still while things change behind closed eyes.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,117 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
00:03:39 Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change
Eyelids close and the air rearranges itself. Soundshift – When I Close My Eyes Things Change. Colours fold inward, surfaces soften, and new geometries rise in the dark behind the lids.
00:07:48 Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market
Night market stalls glow under Toronto streetlamps. Drones Over Dufferin – Night Market. Ambient currents drift between lanterns and late-hour voices, each tone shaped by the city’s quiet corners.
00:10:41 arc rae – I See You
Cello and voice fragments reassemble into living architecture. arc rae – I See You. Improvised performances become collaged motifs, generative textures and tactile beats discovering their own shape in real time.
00:12:47 Andy Wiseman – Thrust
Thrust carries seventeen space-IDM voices into one amorphous bloom of earcandy. Andy Wiseman – Thrust. Composition after composition opens in phantasmic sequence, each reason to listen arriving already luminous.
00:19:45 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips
Fingertips brush the first possible encounter with sound. Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Fingertips. Tenderness and experiment meet as lullaby, ambient composition and care, music made to accompany a listener before language.
00:22:50 Green-House – Well of the World
A well of the world opens in joyous layered synthesis. Green-House – Well of the World. Melody and harmonics helix together. Kaleidoscopic guitar, bubbling synths and orchestral radiance mimic larger living systems, droplets magnifying Yosemite and Inyo into auditory microcosms of wonder.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
00:29:59 Lone Bison – Vocal Collage
Voices sampled and sung form a collage beside the Ramsgate sea. Lone Bison – Vocal Collage. Hydrasynth textures pack into concise songs, wonky piano loops and groove-based jams rising from park recordings and garage-rock guitar.
00:33:53 Mea Poulpa – Signs
Gentle rhythms and textured samples settle into signs. Mea Poulpa – Signs. Slow tempos, subtle electronics and acoustic guitar create relaxing soundscapes for concentration and meditation.
00:36:02 luxury elite – thank you for holding
Hold music stretches into open waiting space. luxury elite – thank you for holding. Soft tones remain on the line, glowing in patient presence.
00:37:16 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man
A fanfare rises for the working man among late-seventies chimneys. Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Fanfare for the Working Man. Prophet synths and reverb celebrate coal, chemicals and cars. Industry glows in nostalgic electronica looking forty years forward.
00:38:05 Geology Disco – Distant Point
Distant points appear among Weaver Hills and dark woods. Geology Disco – Distant Point. Harmonium, accordion, woodwinds, guitar and percussion mix with electronics and field recordings. Monolithic stones and ancient caves conjure pagan memory in Wootton under Wever.
00:45:12 Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo)
The Iron Man reaches the cliff top while stars begin their song. Mike Dickinson – Bonus Track – Song of The Stars (Demo). Microkorg, Maschine, Odyssey and Minilogue voices soundtrack the outsider who saves the world, Mrs Moore’s desk-climbing dragon still vivid in the telling.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 26 September.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that stir anything?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work.
Deadline: 24 September.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 286.
Travel safely between the tracks.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 196
25 April 2026
Skivcentrum in Uppsala where I bought Bitches Brew.
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-six.
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 a record store in Uppsala where I bought Bitches Brew.
Headphones on. Let time dissolve. And let the frequencies claim you.
A Side
Survey Channel – Jaa’abaní (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
A bat-radar pulse that maps the night sky in flickering code – Peel would’ve played this twice.
Justice – Repercussus (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
Echoes rebound like guilt in an empty church; dark, devotional techno.
Hamandra – Nocturnal Conundrum (Secuencias Temporales, various compilations circa 2020–2026)
A puzzle wrapped in velvet dusk – hypnotic and slightly dangerous.
Tomoroh Hidari – Black Star Elevator (Mahorka, Music For Elevators Vol.4, December 2012)
Rides the shaft between floors of reality; creaking, beautiful, eternal.
Recidivist – Characteristic Techniques (Mahorka, Eastern Depths IV, September 2020)
Bulgarian underground grit that smells of solder and rain on concrete.
The Black Dog – Static Between Us (Dust Science / The Black Dog Bandcamp, Loud Ambient 2, April 2026)
Sheffield static that feels like two old friends not quite touching.
Darkhalf – The Cave (Dustopian Frequencies – recent compilation appearance)
Dripping limestone beats from somewhere far below the daylight world.
The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued (Folk Police Recordings, Plague Dogs, April 2026)
Haunting coastal elegy rescued from the tides of memory.
The Science – Farewells and hellos (Mahorka, Eastern Depths IV, September 2020)
A two-minute postcard from the edge of goodbye and beginning.
*Photophobik – Coldchain (Woodford Halse – yet to be released)
Frozen signal from a label that never misses; ice-cold future ambient.
B Side
Hexham Wolf – The Night Singer (Dustopian Frequencies, Celebrating The Bat Chapter 2: Into The Night, April 2026)
A lone howl that turns the dark into velvet theatre.
Dogs Versus Shadows & Nicholas Langley – Substation Doll Gets Its Own Back (Strategic Tape Reserve, 16mm, April 2026)
Cassette ghosts reclaiming the power grid – playful, eerie, perfect.
Phil Geraldi – Taos Hum (ChakraWhip / Not Not Fun, Rural Deceased Undiscovered, May 2026)
That low eternal buzz you can’t unhear once the desert gets inside you.
*Farmacia – Cinco Cuartos (Woodford Halse – yet to be released)
Warm, flickering quarters of analogue light from the Doncaster vaults.
RIKAAR – Raining Space Mellow X (Rikaar Bandcamp – recent)
Space rain that tastes like melancholy and neon.
MiDi BiTCH – Genex Turm [Belgrad] (Cyclical Dreams – recent)
Belgrade tower transmission beamed straight into the nervous system.
Tim Stebbing – Homeward (Cyclical Dreams – recent)
Gentle propulsion toward whatever home means tonight.
E.U.E.R.P.I. – Left-Right (Mahorka – recent)
Stereo panning that feels like walking through two parallel memories.
Salamanda – allez, pousse! (Salamanda Bandcamp – recent)
French-tinged push into brighter, stranger territory.
OID – i-ph jz master (LO Recordings – recent)
Glitchy phone-jazz from the wires between worlds.
[Outro]
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.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust, frequencies and me.
Send files, codes, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Survey Channel – Jaa’abaní – 01:00
Justice – Repercussus – 05:00
Hamandra – Nocturnal Conundrum – 08:15
Tomoroh Hidari – Black Star Elevator – 12:00
Recidivist – Characteristic Techniques – 17:45
The Black Dog – Static Between Us – 24:00
Darkhalf – The Cave – 26:05
The Heartwood Institute – The Beach At Drigg – Rescued – 31:00
The Science – Farewells and hellos – 34:25
*Photophobik – Coldchain – 36:25
B Side – 39:26
Hexham Wolf – The Night Singer – 39:58
Dogs Versus Shadows & Nicholas Langley – Substation Doll Gets Its Own Back – 43:00
Phil Geraldi – Taos Hum – 47:45
*Farmacia – Cinco Cuartos – 52:20
RIKAAR – Raining Space Mellow X – 55:30
MiDi BiTCH – Genex Turm [Belgrad] – 1:00:35
Tim Stebbing – Homeward – 1:05:00
E.U.E.R.P.I. – Left-Right – 1:12:00
Salamanda – allez, pousse! – 1:16:15
OID – i-ph jz master – 1:18:45
Outro – ///outer.yarn.enhances – 1:31:33
***track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 166
12 January 2026
Virtual mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists, two sets. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Intro – 00:00
Drew Mulholland – Serpents – 01:39
Animal Visions – sassafras – 02:40
EKT – Burn Bag – 06:29
LuC. – BODY (The After World) – 11:44
Nonima + Abdicant – AMBERSEQ – 20:15
Le Morte d’Abby – Escape Velocity – 25:57
Stephen Lopkin – Pigment (Part 1) – 31:24
Agnes Martian – Elsewhere – 36:23
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – Different Rooms (feat. Josh Johnson) – 42:38
B Side – 49:55
Dunya – Gravity Elastic Feelings – 50:17
S. Costa – Truth Home – 54:47
Constant Little Ghost – sandcastles – 1:00:05
Talkdemonic – Awake in the Dark – 1:05:26
Christian Wittman – Blue Snowball Nebula – 1:09:32
o[rlawren] – poiesis – 1:14:52
Thme – Moving, So Slowly – 1:19:56
Eucalyptus – Up Express – 1:25:16
Trevlad – Awoken Fancied Powers – 1:33:20
*Maggie Nicols, Robert Mitchell, Alya Al Sultani – Let The Light In – 1:37:12
madebyitself – f33lings – 1:45:11
Outro – 1:49:58
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 144
21 November 2025
“Evening all. Episode one-four-four of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Decades Copying Observer. 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. Ninety minutes here, two 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.”
“Keys in focus this time: D sharp, E flat, and C minor. New friends joining us, Solar Phasing, Bary Center, and Futurum. familiar names returning, Floating Points, The Future Sound of London, The Twelve Hour Foundation, Ian Boddy and more. labels like Cyclical Dreams, Mahorka, Mortality Tables, Buried Treasure, Projekt Records, and Ingrown Records keeping the whole thing alive. They’re the soul of the show, really. There’s even an exclusive track from WHI Recordings from the album General Purpose Electronic Sound Vol.4 dropping December 5th.”
“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 first compilation, Murmurs in the Mist, is out now, with forty-five artists involved.”
“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
Marek Manowski – Lake I – 02:15
Solar Phasing – Gaia Pulse – 05:11
Pandacetamol – Cold Horizon – 08:09
Fu Kaisha – Hjalli – 11:15
Floating Points – For Marmish – 14:15
THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Optogram – 17:21
The Twelve Hour Foundation – 3-D Shadows – 20:20
Ian Boddy – LCM360 – 23:15
Exotic Gardens – Manifest XTC – 26:09
Wayne DeFehr – Wistful Sunset – 29:14
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Even Though It Was The Blink Of An Eye, I’m Sorry For What We Have Become – 32:14
Clearways – Delver – 35:17
Tim Hill – Whirl Me Round – 38:16
Rüdiger Lorenz – Southland (bureau b edit) – 41:13
Animal Visions – any kind of center – 44:05
B Side – 47:16
rikardfvs – The Hat Man – 47:48
Bary Center – Bound In The Beyond – 50:51
Don Slepian – March Of The Spirits – 55:02
Grant Beasley – Infinite Corridor – 56:52
Spooqs – Aelric, The Bathysphere – 59:46
autodealer – Shoreline Lost – 1:02:22
Harp & Arp – Draumur – 1:05:28
Dionisaf – Ice Kingdom – 1:08:51
*WHI Recordings – Breath – 1:11:51
Coque Yturriaga – Todo va bien – 1:14:52
dark blue moon – taken – 1:17:50
Futurum – Prado – 1:20:51
Collin Russell – Play – 1:23:52
E Ruscha V – The Sinking Summit – 1:26:50
Vivek – Chords of Forgiveness – 1:30:59
Outro – 1:32:51
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 128
11 October 2025
///cloud.divider.nipped.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at the coordinates ///cloud.divider.nipped—Episode 128 of The Virtual Cassette Library. A title, a signal, a portal.
Also it’s the track you’re hearing in the background. Available for pre-order on Bandcamp, already whispering through YouTube, it sets the tone for what’s to come.
These mixes are 90-minute genre bending drifts through curated frequencies—designed for walking meditations, mental meanderings, and quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion.
Styles include electronica, ambient, idm, new age, berlin school, hauntology, space music and more.
The A side contains friends of the show Eden Grey, DARK FIDELITY HIFI, and The Gaye Device along with two exclusive tracks. The first from the legendary Drew Mulholland with his soundcraftian magic on the realm of classic cinematic horror. His upcoming release is titled A PORTMANTEAU OF HORRORS and sees the light of day, or the darkness of night on the 31st of October on show supporting Subexotic label.
The other exclusive is from the Uk arts, jazz, noise, improv guru and band leader Tim Hill. who will be releasing the album Leviathan Whispers on the 14th of November with pre-orders starting on the 31st of October on another show supporting label Buried Treasure.
The B side contains another track from the amazing final patch compilation album Tone science by Nigel Mullaney as well as an oldie from 1993 by the one and only Aphex Twin from the album Surfing On Sine Waves which just got an Expanded Edition re-release on Warp records.
This episode ends with an exclusive by David Salisbury also known as Camp of Wolves who explores stories within the psychogeography of untamed wilderness, towns and remote outposts with his upcoming release Bear Creek which will be released on the Castles in Space CD imprint label Lunar module on the 26th of September.
You’ve maybe noticed that I’m also releasing my first compilation for digital release. Which will be dropped on the 6th of November. Check out the socials if you want to get involved. It’s already got a bunch of fine artists lined up including The British Stereo Collective, HDRF, autumna and many more.
💌 Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline.
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🧙♂️ Shout out to Nanogod, whose alchemical words add dimension to the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every follow, subscription, album purchase keeps the frequencies flowing.
🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.
Intro – 00:00
THE GAYE DEVICE – Chrome And Clover – 04:08
Akasha System – Haunted Planet – 07:14
Trevlad – Probing Softest Update – 13:30
DARK FIDELITY HIFI – broken neon – 16:33
Eden Grey – Leaf Circles – 18:54
Mick Chillage – Astronomy For Beginners – 21:29
*Drew Mulholland – Serpents – 30:27
Animal Visions – sassafras – 31:22
*Tim Hill – The Ghost Horn – 33:54
Bluff Creek – Yeren – 36:11
Axophobe – Vermine Orange (Signalstoerung Remix) – 41:09
John Louis Kluck – As Day Breaks – 43:49
Side B – 49:08
Nigel Mullaney – Stalked – 49:51
Trevlad – Awoken Fancied Powers – 54:38
DTime – Event Horizon Artefacts – 57:32
Eucalyptus – Up Express – 1:03:19
Allmanna Town – Sample 28 – 1:09:15
Stefan Gubatz – Royal Rumble – 1:09:57
Anubis Rude – Scattershot – 1:17:55
Aphex Twin – Bike Pump Meets Bucket – 1:21:22
*Camp of Wolves – Built On Bogs – 1:26:45
Outro – 1:31:36
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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