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 279. 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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporating their work into an incantation of sorts. The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,108 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.
Side A
Volcanic snow dogs race across a mountain ridge under shifting digital skies. Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid – Volcan Snow Dogs. Ship-to-shore light pours over butterfly towers and shaman shoes. Moshi moves through deep-breathing valleys where digital synth motifs drift in soft waves. Wood-workshop percussion rises with new-age swells and bit-crushed vocal haunts, carrying the entire 12th Isle landscape forward in continuous playful motion.
Dawn breaks across layered South Indian folk tones and electronic drums. Sunken Cages – Darantee (with Kuza). Dark synths and industrial textures open into wide deconstructed fields. Kuza’s voice rises as a ghostly aria through the glowing circuitry, the whole surface expanding in resynthesized global club light.
Distant piano figures stretch across a cinematic horizon of dense electronics and layered guitar. Simon Heartfield – Ultimate Creature. Fractured voices drift through insistent percussion and powerful rhythms. The landscape unfolds in patient continuous transformation, every layer of time gathering into one vast evolving field.
Broken synths and scratched CDs release soft electrical pulses across a tired piano from Cornwall. Dave Clarkson – The Age of Static. Warped tapes and power surges open into unexpected luminous forms. The entire space fills with the quiet magic of imperfect signals moving in steady chance patterns.
Growth expands outward from within a single luminous centre. f5point6 – Endogenesis. Jazz roots, Detroit techno currents and ambient electronica rise together in visual colour. Plugins generate intricate patterns that drift like sand across an endless desert or calm water along a deep lake shore, the whole sequence suspended in continuous immersive motion.
Small fires glow in warm intimate circles across a Polish winter landscape. Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Enter the Spiral. Organic tones unfold in unhurried flow. The session opens as a continuous spiral of soft ambiance, each sound tending the fire in quiet shared light.
The cassette reaches its midpoint and turns.
Side B
Deep water at the bottom of Lake Mead holds a long continuous recording. Nosferatupac – Capitalism Only Works If It Completely Strips You Of Any Sense Of Dignity Or Self Worth. The lake floor opens into dense submerged textures that keep expanding in slow underwater currents.
Minimal circuits pulse across a wide open field of four instruments. Alex Ringess – State Of Emergency. Corrupted signals, escape trajectories and crystal-clear frequencies rise in continuous sequence. Heat waves and collective cognitive fields stretch outward in steady luminous patterns.
A soft voice holds the line in endless floating space. luxury elite – please stay on the line. The tone remains open and continuous, the entire channel glowing in quiet sustained presence.
Waves move through a cosmic ocean of harmonium, space sounds, guitar, gong, singing bowls, ocean drum, chimes, bass, cello, drums and percussion. Monks Pond – Waves in the Cosmic Ocean. Every instrument expands into the same vast watery light, the whole surface rolling forward in continuous cosmic motion.
Surface tension holds quirky emotive harmonies across twenty years of detailed glitch. Planet Boelex – Surface tension. Small luminous details rise and settle in steady mildly glitched waves, the entire field recommended for headphones in continuous close listening.
Aerospace corridors open across late-seventies industrial horizons of Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn. Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Bonus: Aerospace. Prophet synths and gallons of reverb carry the landscape in continuous nostalgic electronica. Workers and industry glow in soft infinite decay, the whole new-town field expanding in quiet forward light.
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 Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, episode 279. Travel safely between the tracks. I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Side A 00:00:00 Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid – Volcan Snow Dogs Volcanic snow dogs race across a mountain ridge under shifting digital skies. Innis Chonnel & Loris S. Sarid – Volcan Snow Dogs. Ship-to-shore light pours over butterfly towers and shaman shoes. Moshi moves through deep-breathing valleys where digital synth motifs drift in soft waves. Wood-workshop percussion rises with new-age swells and bit-crushed vocal haunts, carrying the entire 12th Isle landscape forward in continuous playful motion. 00:09:13 Sunken Cages – Darantee (with Kuza) Dawn breaks across layered South Indian folk tones and electronic drums. Sunken Cages – Darantee (with Kuza). Dark synths and industrial textures open into wide deconstructed fields. Kuza’s voice rises as a ghostly aria through the glowing circuitry, the whole surface expanding in resynthesized global club light. 00:12:18 Simon Heartfield – Ultimate Creature Distant piano figures stretch across a cinematic horizon of dense electronics and layered guitar. Simon Heartfield – Ultimate Creature. Fractured voices drift through insistent percussion and powerful rhythms. The landscape unfolds in patient continuous transformation, every layer of time gathering into one vast evolving field. 00:16:46 Dave Clarkson – The Age of Static Broken synths and scratched CDs release soft electrical pulses across a tired piano from Cornwall. Dave Clarkson – The Age of Static. Warped tapes and power surges open into unexpected luminous forms. The entire space fills with the quiet magic of imperfect signals moving in steady chance patterns. 00:23:15 f5point6 – Endogenesis Growth expands outward from within a single luminous centre. f5point6 – Endogenesis. Jazz roots, Detroit techno currents and ambient electronica rise together in visual colour. Plugins generate intricate patterns that drift like sand across an endless desert or calm water along a deep lake shore, the whole sequence suspended in continuous immersive motion. 00:26:51 Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Enter the Spiral Small fires glow in warm intimate circles across a Polish winter landscape. Jeff Gburek + Eryk Nowacki – Enter the Spiral. Organic tones unfold in unhurried flow. The session opens as a continuous spiral of soft ambiance, each sound tending the fire in quiet shared light. Side B 00:33:35 Nosferatupac – Capitalism Only Works If It Completely Strips You Of Any Sense Of Dignity Or Self Worth Deep water at the bottom of Lake Mead holds a long continuous recording. Nosferatupac – Capitalism Only Works If It Completely Strips You Of Any Sense Of Dignity Or Self Worth. The lake floor opens into dense submerged textures that keep expanding in slow underwater currents. 00:35:19 Alex Ringess – State Of Emergency Minimal circuits pulse across a wide open field of four instruments. Alex Ringess – State Of Emergency. Corrupted signals, escape trajectories and crystal-clear frequencies rise in continuous sequence. Heat waves and collective cognitive fields stretch outward in steady luminous patterns. 00:40:07 luxury elite – please stay on the line A soft voice holds the line in endless floating space. luxury elite – please stay on the line. The tone remains open and continuous, the entire channel glowing in quiet sustained presence. 00:40:37 Monks Pond – Waves in the Cosmic Ocean Waves move through a cosmic ocean of harmonium, space sounds, guitar, gong, singing bowls, ocean drum, chimes, bass, cello, drums and percussion. Monks Pond – Waves in the Cosmic Ocean. Every instrument expands into the same vast watery light, the whole surface rolling forward in continuous cosmic motion. 00:45:22 Planet Boelex – Surface tension Surface tension holds quirky emotive harmonies across twenty years of detailed glitch. Planet Boelex – Surface tension. Small luminous details rise and settle in steady mildly glitched waves, the entire field recommended for headphones in continuous close listening. 00:49:09 Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Bonus: Aerospace Aerospace corridors open across late-seventies industrial horizons of Warrington, Widnes and Runcorn. Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan – Bonus: Aerospace. Prophet synths and gallons of reverb carry the landscape in continuous nostalgic electronica. Workers and industry glow in soft infinite decay, the whole new-town field expanding in quiet forward light.
Virtual mixtapes for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists, two sets. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
“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.”
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. 🎶 Pre-order the 7th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Subscribe and unlock 856 archived shows. 🧙♂️ 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.
Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve tuned into Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 122—Ropes Shipped Along. A name, a signal, and a location. Drop it into What3Words and you’ll find the coordinates of this episode’s visual transmission. The name is also the title of the track you hear in the background—available for pre-order on Bandcamp and ready to be absorbed on YouTube. It’s the anchor of this episode, the pulse beneath the mix. As always, we embark on a 90-minute journey through sound—crafted for walking meditations, mental meanderings, and communion with the cosmos. No commentary between tracks. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion. Side A opens with Loula Yorke’s Time is a Succession of Such Shapes, and flows through Ironic Hill, Benge, µ-Ziq, Jogging House, and more. You’ll hear Instant Respect Latter from myself, and an exclusive remix of The Long Dead King by The Form Group of the The Leaf Library fame. Side B flips the signal with Panic Girl’s Between the Shadows, Fallen’s Awareness, Resilience, and gribbles’ Poppi. We drift through Suncastle, Stone Anthem, and an exclusive haunting excerpt from Louis Gardner’s The Lake. The full 23 minute version can be heard on yesterday’s episode of EXPANSIVE WAVES. The journey closes with Jamie Lidell’s Unmasking—a final breath before silence. 💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s Mixcloud timeline. 🎶 Support the signal: Pre-order the 6th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Subscribe for just $3/month and unlock 849 archived shows—over 1,200 hours of sonic exploration. 🧙♂️ And don’t forget to leave a mark on the Mixcloud timeline. Shout out to Nanogod, who adds dimension to the mixes with his alchemical words. Every comment, every like, every vibration helps keep the channel alive. 🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.
Welcome to the fourteenth outing of Expansive Waves. A space and a place for long form music. Each episode contains 8 pieces that must be over the 12 minute mark. I’m your host, Trevor, and for the next two and a bit hours I’ll be guiding you through these 8 unhurried gems.
🎙️ Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 107: Evolving Atoms Traffic. This transmission is a collision of modular synth rituals, hauntological fragments, and cosmic folk hallucinations—woven into two uninterrupted 45-minute cassette sides, with a metaphysical flip halfway through. A lovingly warped mixtape tracing the traffic of evolving atoms through sound design, field recordings, and post-new age textures. 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. 🎶 Support the Signal Pre-order the TVCL 05 album on Bandcamp to help keep the channel alive. It drops once we hit 16 Mixcloud subscribers. If you subscribe, you’ll not only unlock an exclusive bonus track you’ll also gain access to all my albums for just $3/month or your local equivalent. 🎨 Want to be part of future transmissions? Send your art to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode. Now—secure your headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
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