Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 222
Beginning Future Empathy
Based on the track “Somewhere Right Now In The Future” from the album “Inferno” by “Boards of Canada”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A gentle, introspective, and emotionally nuanced ambient journey with touches of melancholy and warmth.
Side A moves from delicate, fragile beauty and shimmering guitar textures into dreamy Balearic atmospheres, dark cyclical tension, and quiet personal reflection. Side B shifts between urban solitude, sparse haunting moments, and organic warmth before landing on pastoral serenity and nostalgic analogue haze.
Overall mood: Melancholic yet comforting, dreamy, and subtly nostalgic. It feels intimate and emotionally honest — like late-afternoon light turning into twilight. Perfect for reflective listening, quiet evenings, or focused deep immersion.
If you make music, or are a label, and would like to be featured, send your file links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
So settle in, turn it up a bit, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
One side flip, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Wavefiler – Brief Saga
Short, sweeping ambient with gentle melodic arcs and emotional warmth. Poignant and beautifully concise.
00:03:26 The Durutti Column – Beginning
Delicate, shimmering guitar-led ambient with Vini Reilly’s signature fragile beauty. Intimate and graceful.
00:04:40 Philippe Brown – Podenca Dreamscape
Dreamy, sun-soaked Balearic ambient with light percussion and hazy Mediterranean glow. Blissful and relaxed.
00:07:47 Luke Requena – Metallic Plastic
Glossy, synthetic electronic textures with a cool, modern edge. Sleek and slightly surreal.
00:13:38 worriedaboutsatan – Zyklus
Dark, cyclical post-rock/ambient with brooding intensity and slow-building tension. Atmospheric and powerful.
00:16:09 Glenn Fallows, Mark Treffel – Remember Empathy
Warm, melodic ambient with gentle grooves and heartfelt emotion. Nostalgic and comforting.
00:17:59 Lord Of The Isles – Solo
Minimal, introspective house-ambient with soft pads and quiet emotional resonance. Tender and spacious.
Side B
00:23:58 Heaton Norris Light Vessel Automatic – Berlin
Cold, atmospheric electronic evoking urban isolation and European melancholy. Moody and cinematic.
00:33:53 Surkid – When There Is No One Left to Follow
Sparse, haunting ambient with a sense of solitude and quiet desolation. Deeply introspective.
00:38:04 Binaural Space – Where’s My Guitar
Playful, slightly eccentric electronic with warm analogue charm and light-hearted quirkiness.
00:38:43 Fabiano do Nascimento – Das Nuvens
Gentle Brazilian acoustic ambience with soft guitar and floating, cloud-like serenity. Warm and organic.
00:41:42 The Zenmenn – The Invisible Landscape
Lush, pastoral ambient with beautiful melodic layers and dreamlike tranquility. Timeless and soothing.
00:50:33 Adrian Lane – Repent At Leisure
Reflective, melancholic ambient with subtle emotional weight and elegant minimalism.
00:53:16 Felbm – Phi
Smooth, jazzy downtempo with warm percussion and breezy, golden-hour vibes. Relaxed and groovy.
00:54:47 Boards of Canada – Somewhere Right Now In The Future
Classic BoC warped nostalgia with eerie melodies and analogue haze. Mysterious and hypnotic.
Trev’s Virtual Café 04
00:00:00 Télépopmusik – Breathe – Mounika.Remix
00:03:55 Vulfpeck – In Heaven
00:07:16 Calum Scott – Dancing on My Own
00:11:12 Emilíana Torrini – Sea People
00:12:08 Mario Luciano, Lauren Santi – Blue Miles
00:13:51 Gordon Rees, David Gold – Paradise Island
00:16:46 Felbm – Beaufort
00:20:08 Sababa 5 – Timor
00:23:53 Les Imprimés – If I
00:26:36 Larry Nozero, Dennis Tini – Chronicle Of The Murdered House Part 1
00:29:47 Michael Moore – Holland
00:32:58 Daft Punk – Too Long (Gonzales Version)
00:36:01 Little Dragon, April + VISTA – Nowhere Else To Go
00:38:50 Sun Kil Moon – Ocean Breathes Salty
00:43:06 Morgan Delt – Some Sunsick Day
00:48:02 Slow Club – Trick Question
00:50:00 The Smile – Free In The Knowledge
00:53:13 Air – Space Maker
00:56:25 El Michels Affair – Say Goodbye (Instrumental)
00:58:47 Groove Armada – Suntoucher
01:04:20 Skalpel – Sculpture
01:08:15 Bibio – All Of The Above
01:10:54 Tim Love Lee – Big Love Hunter
01:16:04 Philippe Sarde – Mariage 72
01:19:01 MICHAEL ANDREWS ft GARY JULES – Mad World (Donnie Darko)
01:21:41 The Zenmenn – The Magic Eye
01:27:31 Flora Hibberd – Fern
01:30:41 Dave Guy – Footwork
01:32:27 Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Blanket Song
01:35:13 Jack Lever – Today Is Your Lucky Day
01:37:55 Sven Wunder – Asterism Waltz (Celesta Version)
01:40:03 The Shins – Red Rabbits
01:44:21 Psyché – Yagé
01:48:00 The Pattern Forms – The Scenic Route
EXPANSIVE WAVES 13
Welcome to the thirteenth 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.
Intro – 00:00
Caught In Joy – Disconnected – 00:25
*HDRF – Diaspora – 18:28
Ramirez – Folklore – 31:34
Felbm – cycli infini – 46:11
DBC:Unit – Side Shadows – 1:24:56
Henrik Meierkord – Drone meditation III – 1:41:12
Dubberrookie – Ambient Oscilliation – 1:56:59
Martin Solos – Heart of a Dying Star – 2:10:12
*track is unreleased at the the time of the episode’s publication.
Bonus video for the background track for the episode:
Mystery Apples 2
Amorphous Androgynous – Charvarvah – 00:00
Grand Veymont – Valse Tango – 03:36
Pacific! – From Lips Divine – 13:42
Higamos Hogamos – Mini Pops – 16:07
Glass Beams – Horizon – 21:34
Matthewdavid’s Mindflight, Matthewdavid – Tract of Hidden Animalia – 22:00
Keith Seatman – hickelty pickelty – 27:43
Matthewdavid – Liquidity – 30:00
Anna Butterss – Ella – 35:00
Kavus Torabi – My Cold Rebirth – 36:20
Meridian Brothers – Salsa Caliente (Version Aumentada) – 40:55
Eddie Kendricks – My People… Hold On – 45:04
Brightblack Morning Light – A Rainbow Aims – 50:11
Goldfrapp – Clowns – 59:31
Edgar Allan Poe, Thurston Moore, Eva Moore, Kramer – To My Mother – 01:03:15
Kanot – La Danse Des Corneilles – 01:07:02
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Early 70s Gymnastics – 01:11:39
VED – Omikron – 01:14:57
BALTHVS – Light It Up – 01:19:33
Higamos Hogamos – Sorcery – 01:22:14
Glass Beams – Mahal – 01:29:40
Polypores – Turtles All The Way Down – 01:32:35
The Zenmenn – Stairway To Heaven – 01:38:12
Stennes – K.A.B. Antonio Bay – 01:42:58
Spotify playlist of all the Mystery Apples episodes so far (not all music is on Spotify):
For the Birds 033
27.12.2024
Wave Temples – Splendid Macaw and the Rotan Initiate – 00:00
marine eyes, IKSRE – San Francisquito Moonrise – 02:07
Gia Margaret – April to April – 05:08
Graintable – 610 – 06:30
Luke Sanger – Lost Keys – 14:47
Solar Fields – Home – 18:32
Masahiro Takahashi – Trees Sleep At Night – 22:26
Felbm – Beaufort – 24:50
David Cordero – Aguas tranquilas – 28:05
Architect of Echoes – Forest – 30:54
Sam Gendel – Two-Tone – 44:42
Ümlaut – Until We Became Nothing – 46:55
Human Is Alive – Midnight Forest – 51:15
Be the 8th soul to save the Spotify version of the series. Updated weekly. currently at 246 songs, 21hr 20 min.
