Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 204
Fragile, emotive ambient with lingering tones and a sense of hopeful suspension. Touching and vulnerable.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 204 of the Virtual Cassette Library – music from all over the world, sparked by a single track that sets the tone for the set. This is a 60 minute virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark. If and when I get a couple more subscribers then I’ll go back to doing 90 minute versions, complete with commentary.
This episode is based on the track “Please Hold On” by Exit chamber out on the amazing Passed Recordings who are also featured with an Ed Herbers entry. Also shout outs to whitelab recs, Lo Recordings and 4000 records as well as free album codes for being awesome.
A deeply meditative and emotionally resonant ambient journey focused on introspection, space, and gentle melancholy.
Side A flows from soft, hazy summer drifts and weightless cosmic reductions into sun-baked road imagery and warm organic minimalism. Side B expands into vast harmonic depths, shadowy intimacy, fragile emotion, and powerful cosmic gravity.
Calm, spacious, contemplative, and quietly moving. Perfect for deep listening, late-night reflection, or moments of solitude. Intimate yet expansive, with a beautiful balance of warmth and ethereal distance.
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.
No breaks, just the music.
Side A
00:02:10 zerosummer – Perchance
Soft, drifting ambient with delicate textures and gentle summer haze. Intimate and wistful.
00:07:25 Suseti/Willebrant – electro buoy (space walk reduction)
Weightless ambient reduction with floating pads and subtle cosmic motion. Serene and spacious.
00:10:02 Francis Morning – Inner
Warm, introspective ambient with tender melodies and quiet emotional glow. Deeply personal.
00:11:31 Moray Newlands – The wide road shimmered in the hot sun
Dreamy, sun-baked ambient with shimmering heat-haze drones and road-trip melancholy. Evocative and cinematic.
00:13:17 encym, Wodwo – Mello
Mellow, organic electronic collaboration with soft layers and gentle psychedelic warmth. Laid-back and immersive.
00:19:46 Akira Film Script – D
Minimal, filmic ambient with sparse textures and subtle narrative tension. Elegant and restrained.
Side B
00:29:02 36 – Principle Dilution
Deep, expansive ambient with rich harmonic layers and slow-dissolving atmosphere. Majestic and meditative.
00:33:22 Dunya – I Noticed You in the Dark
Intimate, shadowy ambient with emotional warmth and quiet nocturnal beauty. Haunting and tender.
00:37:29 ff8282 – absence of violence
Clean, minimalist electronic ambient with peaceful clarity and soft digital serenity. Calm and reflective.
00:41:10 Exit Chamber – Please Hold On
Fragile, emotive ambient with lingering tones and a sense of hopeful suspension. Touching and vulnerable.
00:47:17 Ed Herbers – Gravity Well
Cosmic, gravity-pulling drones with deep spatial pull and celestial weight. Immersive and powerful closer.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 068
Doctrine Sanctum.
🌌 Welcome. I’m Trevor, your host on this sonic voyage, broadcasting from All Tunes On Studios in Sollentuna, Sweden. You’ve arrived at the Virtual Cassette Library—a series of 90-minute expeditions with two sides, punctuated by a transition at the midpoint. Perfect for wandering, reflecting, and knowing just when to turn homeward.
🔮 Today’s journey is partially sponsored by visionary labels: Mystery Circles, Noray Records, Driftworks, Clay Pipe Music, Mahorka, Woodford Halse, Blackford Hill, Waxing Crescent Records, and, Ingrown Records. 🚀 Our sponsoring artist bringing transmissions to life: Hello Meteor, and, anthéne.
Today’s show features a whopping 6 exclusive tracks from upcoming or unreleased material. On the A Side, South Korean artist, Donghoon Han, aka, Mohani, and the track, Oxygen Mask, from the album, Seoul Static, using instruments we’d all like to have in our collection, Ciat-Lonbarde, Monome Norns, and OP-1. The album is available for pre order via Las Vegas based super label, Mystery Circles who I’ve realised over the years has a special affection for asian artists. David you are an absolute legend and the electronic community is forever grateful for your passion.
The second exclusive is from, German artist Andreas, aka, Polaroid Notes, and the track, In The Daylight Of Today, from the album, Inner Harmonies. Dropping on Stroud, UK based label, Driftworks on June 14th.
The third exclusive is another upcoming Mystery Circles release, from, Silence & The Unwinking Minds, and the track, Asterisk, from the album, Dawn Continuous. Dropping July 8. Pre order now. Link in the show notes.
The B Side also contains three exclusives. The legendary electronic duo Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond, aka, Ultramarine are back with some previously unreleased tracks from back in the day, Here’s the first single – Sunrise, from the album, Routine, dropping on Edinburgh, UKs, Blackford Hill July 18th. Pre order now.
Then, Waxing Crescent Records curator, Phil Dodds together with Jonas Geiger Ohlin call themselves, Allmanna Town, here with the track, Sample 30, reimagined by Stuart Smythe, aka The Eyes and the Mistoids. The ep drops on Waxing Crescent Records today June 13th.
The final exclusive from today’s episode is by Jilk who seem to be a sort of collective of artists put together by Jon Worsley. The track is unreleased and was featured in Jilks recent newsletter and goes by the name, Crystal Plumage Also Melting (premaster).
Special thanks to the force ensuring chosen frequencies find their way here—✨ Free Album Codes.
🌞 Shoutouts to the listeners shaping today’s odyssey Fonodroom, Aeon Music and Otis🌿. for the likes and comments. And welcome new explorer: Rick Murphy. You all are legends in my eyes.🌿
The tracks played are marked in the timeline—dive in, comment your favorites and leave your imprint on the mix. 🔹 Artists, experimenters, visionaries—send forth your sonic offerings: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
Don’t forget that my 17-track album featuring the latest sounds behind my voice overs, available now on my Trevlad Bandcamp page. If subscribing to support the channel isn’t for you, perhaps you’d consider buying the album—every purchase helps me keep creating and justifies keeping the channel alive. Your support means everything.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Trevs Intro – 00:00
WDX – Discrete – 05:04
Hello Meteor – Recycling Via Elaborate Process – 09:03
*Mohani – Oxygen Mask – 12:13
Suseti/Willebrant – electro buoy – 15:01
David Cordero – El resplandor que no deja ver – 17:45
Claude Lavender – Easy Street – 22:33
*Polaroid Notes – In The Daylight Of Today – 24:29
anthéne – descendre – 34:59
*Silence & The Unwinking Minds – Asterisk – 38:32
Bus Kid – Cicada Om – 40:56
Bistro Boy – Chapter 06 – 42:33
The Baker Fields – I can see for Miles and Miles…. – 44:07
Moki Mcfly – Deviate – 47:50
B Side – 49:04
Polypores – Clockworms – 49:48
*Ultramarine – Sunrise – 51:37
*Allmanna Town – Sample 30 [The Eyes and the Mistoids Version] – 54:25
weareforests – the ponds (3.52) – 57:28
crystal corridors – Untitled II – 1:01:24
*Jilk – Crystal Plumage Also Melting (premaster) – 1:02:50
Plank & Ishq – Emog Agog – 1:06:30
lurp sheets – childhood skiing – 1:19:45
Trevs Outro – 1:30:37
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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