Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 306
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. 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 light, watery ambient journey through easy emergence, melting streams, and roads along the Downs.
Side A opens kepeä — light, easy — then moves through a Russian Standard retrospective, a stream that melts sideways, a Brainforest sanctuary dedicated to Violet, Lola skipping stones, and West Yorkshire crypt-light luminaire. Side B returns 2018 intrigue among workers and superiors, lets petals land softly on water, surges through a third ocean current, begins the Marienbad story again, and travels the Downs in Ravilious colour.
Overall mood: Contemplative, fluid, and quietly elegant — full of Passed Oceans, acoustic closeness, and elliptical cinema. Perfect for dusk listening, train windows, or sitting still while the stones keep hopping the surface.
The shows remain free for the first week, then 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 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.
00:01:39 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Kepeä
From the album “Viriää” which is Finnish and means emergence, awakening. Opening the episode is Finnish composer and sound artist Aki Yli-Salomäki. Aki Yli-Salomäki and Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä open with “Kepeä” which means light, easy. — Vantaa composition meeting Helsinki violin and viola, acoustic closeness with subtle synthesizer undercurrents. Out on Whitelabrecs.
00:04:41 SERMAK MUSIC – Russian Standard
From the 2026 CZiGO Compilation Taster Album. Mark Donlon’s retrospective, lockdown years to now, eight tracks gathered on his Sermak label.
00:08:43 Obsydian Fox – The Stream Melts Sideways
The first of thee tracks from the amazing new compilation “Passed Oceans”. Passed Recordings is a global collective of artists with a focus on making atmospheric music.
Water in every language. Half of the sales go to Doctors Without Borders.
00:14:24 Polypores – The Sanctuary
From the album “Wildlife”. Stephen James Buckley leaves his modular case in another room and looses himeself in another with tenor recorder, guitars, piano, drums, kalimba and homemade percussion. Dedicated to Violet, artwork by João Emmanuel.
00:17:33 Poloma – Lola the Stoneskipper
The second of three tracks from the Passed Oceans release. Stones hop the surface and keep going.
00:20:38 The Gaye Device – Luminaire
Ending side A and a champion of the channel mr. Andrew Howden, better known as The Gaye Device. I wanted to say this was an exclusive for my upcoming compilation Quiet Figures but research shows Andrew released it back in 2023 on his wonderful album “The Fallen Leaf” together with Ellen Southern. West Yorkshire reflective electronics. Jenny Lyon photography. Site singing and crypt acoustics sit inside the mix.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:20 Dadanaut – Morphinist
Opening side B. from the album Kabale. Dadanaut with “Morphinist”. Metropolis and Kästner’s School of the Dictators. A struggle for freedom and relief. 2018 intrigue returns.
00:36:26 Castle Waters – Petals Landing Softly On Water
From the album Ethereal Elegance. Castle Waters with “Petals Landing Softly On Water”. Wooded walkways and ancient bridges. ETERNITEA time waits at 1:37pm in the floating gazebo. Digital proceeds travel to local libraries.
00:40:04 Leafblighter – Surge
And here’s that third track from the “Passed Oceans” release. Fluidity in motion.
00:47:42 Simon Heartfield – Since This Story Began
From the album “Last Year At Marienbad”. Simon Heartfield with “Since This Story Began”. Nine elliptical pieces of piano, strings, woodwind, organ and electronics, after Alain Resnais, 1961.
00:50:19 Gilroy Mere – On the Road
From the album “Furlongs”. On the road along the Downs. Oliver Cherer and Riz Maslen. Forty-mile train journeys. Ravilious colours become texture and tempo. Clarinet, flute, trumpet. All clear after treatment. Recorded at The Laundry, St Leonard’s.
00:54:02 Brannan Lane – Folding Space
The final track is the title track from Brannans latest release. Recorded at Peaceful Paradise Studio. Synthesizers and environmental recordings. Faster-than-light soundscapes for relaxation, focus and travel.
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 306.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 161
30 December 2025
Virtual 90 minute mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 30 artists, two 45 minute sets. A spoken intro followed by music only show. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
“Hello, I’m Trevor, and this is episode one‑six‑one of the Virtual Cassette Library—which also happens to be my 900th mix show. I’m not entirely sure how that happened, but here we are. Today’s theme is Obey Beams Starting—which, as usual, is both the track you’re hearing underneath and a location you can find on a map, if you’re the sort who enjoys chasing coordinates on What3Words.
We’ve got ninety minutes ahead—two sides, fifteen tracks each. Some names you’ll know, some you won’t, and that’s half the fun. Early on you’ll hear Night Birds by The Inventors of Aircraft—an exclusive from the upcoming Whitelabrecs compilation sleeplaboratory6.0. Always a pleasure to be able to share something before it officially takes flight.
Now then, starting back on episode 156, there’s a little cipher game running through the series. Each episode, during the intermission, you’ll hear a number. Scribble it down. After ten episodes, you’ll have the full sequence. Put the pieces together, crack the cipher, and you’ll unlock a code that knocks ninety‑five percent off anything on my Bandcamp page. Which means you can scoop up the whole discography for about two quid. It’s not meant to be difficult—just enough to keep you awake at night wondering if you’ll get it right.
The rest of the show wanders through winter light, spectral electronics, Casio memories, kosmische detours, festive oddities, and the occasional unexpected left‑turn. The sort of thing you might stumble across late at night on a shortwave dial, wondering if you imagined it.
So—headphones on, let time dissolve, and let the music claim you.”
Intro – 00:00
Ed Herbers – Full Moon’s Light on Fallen Snow – 02:32
Audio Obscura – (Airtraffic Control Supplementry Protocol Training) [Xqui Remix] – 04:04
*The Inventors of Aircraft – Night Birds – 07:28
Saloop – A Mist Of Sleep – 10:54
Drune – Nymphae – 15:35
Wax Machine – Tears From The Skies – 17:02
Zazie Productions – Vlad The Impaler – 20:14
Mark Ellery Griffiths – VL Memories (Casio VL Tone) – 21:14
Kreidler – Kannibal – 24:00
Syd Howells – Frequency Surfer – 27:52
The Earl of Dean – Excavate – 30:11
Legacy Systems – Germinids – 33:19
NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES – Bonami – 36:27
Oceanographer – Remedy Signal – 39:38
Binaural Space – Intro – 43:21
B Side – 45:41
DBC:Unit – Channeling Song from the Sky – 46:12
Mas&Delayer – On the Road with Cormac – 49:12
Moriah Plaza – Dom Dom – 52:32
GROSSO GADGETTO – “All I do now is hope” – 54:41
Pulselovers – Seeing Double (Revbjelde Mix) – 58:02
Oscar Rocchi – Mais – 1:01:20
Le Code – Lazy Day – 1:03:55
tapes and topographies – a picture from the set – 1:06:47
Trevlad – Cook Hobble Recruited – 1:10:04
Stefan Gubatz – Miami White – 1:13:44
ATA Records – Sutherland – 1:16:47
Andy Fosberry – Here Is Your Eye – 1:18:49
Synthotherapy – Get A Grip – 1:21:47
Voidscan – Beneath The Weight of Dreams – 1:24:49
Francis Morning – Secretpaths – 1:27:45
Outro – 1:31:28
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 145
22 November 2025
“Evening all. Episode one-four-five of the Virtual Cassette Library. Subtitled Voucher Bags Marriage. 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.”
“Keys in focus this time: A sharp, B flat, and G minor. New friends joining us, Shay Hazan, John Garner and SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS. familiar names including, Asha Patera, Ed Herbers, Binaural Space, DARK FIDELITY HIFI, Audio Obscura and more. labels like Mahorka, Ingrown Records, Buried Treasure, and Subexotic Records keeping the whole thing alive. They’re the soul of the show, really. There’s even an exclusive track by Leisure Prison from the album Living Space dropping on Downstream Records on the 24th of November.”
“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 you’re damp entries.”
“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
Cate Le Bon – Running Away – 02:16
Nonima + Abdicant – AMR PLATE – 04:21
Autechre – Tankraken – 07:09
Eucalyptus – Orb Palace – 10:11
Anton Witter – A Walk Down 33rd St. – 13:20
Stereolab – Flashes From Everywhere – 16:14
Belial Pelegrim – 236 – 19:12
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Faceclocks (DK Synergy) – 23:36
Saloop – The Well Of Souls – 25:16
ff8282 – poisson – 28:40
Audio Obscura – The Pale Light – 31:07
DARK FIDELITY HIFI – fractured pursuits – 34:10
*Leisure Prison – Living Space Twelve – 37:10
Binaural Space – R – 40:09
Stefan Gubatz – Eigenbrot – 43:10
B Side – 46:16
SUCCULENT SUCCUBUS – Les deux orphelines vampires – 46:50
ATA Records – A Dilemma For Holbrook – 47:20
Marek Kwiatkowski – Przygotowanie Eurydyki – 49:28
Joe Higham – 3567 – 53:58
John Garner – The Hermit – 58:35
Shay Hazan – Embrace – 1:01:09
Della Sol Quintet – Red Hot Chilli – 1:03:30
Asmus Tietchens – Räuschlinge – 1:06:50
Ed Herbers – Lies – 1:10:10
Bernard Grancher – Interlude – 1:12:53
Felix Machtelinckx – Febbre – 1:13:49
Anantakara – Waves that Embrace – 1:15:52
Nathan Moody – Sonnenaufgang – 1:20:00
Trevlad – Pulled Indoors Passage – 1:22:57
Asha Patera – Nox Terrorem – 1:26:00
Outro – 1:31:35
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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EXPANSIVE WAVES 17
10 October 2025
///student.love.brains.
Intro – 00:00
*Desprecio Nauseabundo – Self-programming the Mind to Avoid Suffering & Anxiety – 00:55
synkrotron – performance one – 15:54
*Xqui – one enchanted evening – 40:09
Rob Dobson – Europa – 1:26:25
Marek Manowski – Lake III – 1:42:15
Rick Sanders – Ascending – 2:09:35
Saloop – Soft Wool Teased From The Fleece – 2:24:14
S.E.T.I. – Galena – 2:37:42
*tracks are unreleased at the the time of the episode’s publication.
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 114
///chase.surface.install.
Welcome, wanderers of sound and seekers of stillness. You’ve just tuned into Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 114—titled Chase Surface Install. A name, a location, a vibration. ///chase.surface.install is more than a What3Words tag—it’s your portal to a 90-minute sonic pilgrimage.
This mix is designed for walking meditations, mental meanderings, or quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure, uninterrupted transmission. At the halfway mark, the metaphysical flip occurs—so stay with it. Let the frequencies guide you.
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Now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.
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Intro – 00:00
Farmacia – Julee – 01:46
Karl Schoenberg – Sound Sculpture 12 – 05:37
L A N D S R A A D – Siona//A Test of Water – 07:31
Philippe Deschamps, Relief – The Night Timbre – 11:51
Stereolab – Mystical Plosives – 14:58
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 07 – 15:39
Time Rival – Avian Takeover – 19:06
Eliot Krimsky – Feel I’m Getting Closer – 19:58
Brendan Pollard – Scanner Rate – 24:57
awakened souls – faraway days – 30:40
NCRTYP – YLW – 33:24
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 2 – 34:50
David Boulter – The Aurora Borealis (the fox and the owl) – 40:31
Side B – 45:57
Cleeve Morris – Hollow (Alternative) – 46:42
Lightboxer – Nite Flight – 49:55
Cognition Delay – Power Vacuum – 54:04
Jon Salem – The Clarity in A Circle of Light – 58:45
Tom Smith – Limen – 1:01:12
Xu – Misty Reveries – 1:04:52
Socool – Silver Falls – 1:10:54
The Tin Box – Moving Time (Movement I) – 1:13:15
Binaural Space – A – 1:16:44
Hari Maia – Universalis I Pt. I – 1:18:55
Gollden – destiny #7 – 1:21:55
Outro – 1:25:49
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For the Birds 026
08.11.2024. 12pm CET field gates will open.
Intro 00:00
autumna–3 of dawn 01:15
Human Is Alive–Woodland 07:20
jarguna–Ring of Life — Excerpt 11:01
Dave Clarkson–Rendlesham (Live) 25:17
Autumn Of Communion & Árni Grétar–Volume 3.33-2 31:34
The Central Office of Information–TransPennine Express 40:54
How to Levitate–Arrival 46:30
Philippe Neau–entre terre et sons 53:49
Saloop–Tƿēġen 54:37
David Cordero–Empty Little Garden 1:00:23
Outro 1:02:45
Be the 7th soul the save the Spotify playlist for the series. 17 hours of bird cameos.
Invisible Waves 018
Released 05.05.2024. Episode 018 of Invisible Waves follows a sine wave in energy. It starts and ends in the ambient and goes into the more electronica, idm in the middle.
There are some afterthoughts at the end taken from the Vayse podcast episode 026 featuring Douglas Batchelor.
Intro 00:00
Time Rival-Pumice 00:05
Chapter 1 05:35
Sedibus-Seti – Pt. 3 07:07
CIALYN-Magpies Hopscotch 12:38
Chapter 2 16:11
Forsling&Hauch, Mika Forsling-Markings 20:03
boycalledcrow-Tuktuk 23:50
Chapter 3 27:18
Correlations-Expanding Orange 29:46
Sergio Nunca-Décalage 34:02
Chapter 4 37:03
Andrew CS-dead leaves / morgan brown 41:03
Afterthoughts 45:28
