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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 310

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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 310. 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 humid, analog journey through Chicago weather, dub earth, and a looking-glass that still grows.
Side A drifts through Bitchin Bajas organ-tape zones, Album Leaf story frames, Laswell’s lowered Marley devotion, Young Gun silver-fox chrome, Eels in a small room of memory, and Quiet Village pool-light haze. Side B drops into Coki’s ruff lovin’ pressure, FSOL mango-tree humidity, Röyksopp’s Late Night bounce, Tellier’s tender river, a brief Kendall Miles afterglow, and ends at Jefferson Airplane’s white rabbit.
Overall mood: Warm, cinematic, and slightly psychedelic — full of analog silk, sub-bass weather, and neon that refuses to cool. Perfect for late drives, pool-side dusk, or sitting with the credits while the mushroom keeps growing.
This is episode 310 which makes it a best of show. Where I’ve chosen 12 favourites from over the years.
The best of shows remain free but everything else slips quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers after 7 days. Subscribers currently have 1,135 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. They also receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies, and get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.


00:00:00 Bitchin Bajas – Zone 4
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/track/zone-4-2
Organ, tape and analog drift. Chicago psychedelia as weather.
00:04:56 The Album Leaf – Story Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GcS8kyabKA
Jimmy LaValle’s guitar and electronics paint frames in sequence.
00:09:05 Bill Laswell – Is This Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJyjCidPTiY
Marley melody lowered into dub earth. Low-end devotion.
00:13:07 Young Gun Silver Fox – Better
https://younggunsilverfox.bandcamp.com/track/better-2
West-coast silk. Harmony and chrome sunset.
00:16:54 Eels – Manchild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCsiIn-VNDs
Mark Oliver Everett’s voice in a small room of memory.
00:20:46 Quiet Village – Victoria’s Secret
https://quietvillageofc.bandcamp.com/track/victorias-secret
Balearic library haze. Perfume and pool light.


00:24:19 Coki – Ruff Lovin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2u91BJc5vM
South London pressure. Sub-bass as body weather.
00:27:47 The Future Sound Of London – Mango Tree (Original)
https://readdork.com/music-videos/the-future-sound-of-london-mango-tree-dvuecpx0
Humid electronics. Fruit hanging in machine air.
00:32:34 Röyksopp – Daddy’s Groove
https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/track/daddys-groove-exclusive-new-track
Late Night Tales exclusive. Scandinavian bounce and soft neon.
00:35:16 Sébastien Tellier – Le Long De La Rivière Tendre
https://sebastientellier.bandcamp.com/track/le-long-de-la-rivi-re-tendre
A tender river. French hush and analog shimmer.
00:37:46 Kendall Miles – Life (bonus outro)
https://kendallmiles.bandcamp.com/track/life-bonus-outro
Brief afterglow. Credits rolling.
00:38:25 Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM_jC7j_4
Grace Slick at the looking-glass. One pill, one bottle, the mushroom growing.


Ectoplasmically Woven Times

Based on the track “Ectoplasmically Yours” by a great friend of the channel, a super chap and one of my few subscribers Gareth Evans also known as “HDRF”. This is a live set from Stafford EMOM on May 8.
If you make music 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.
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So settle in, turn it up a bit if you can, and let’s see where it takes us. I hope you enjoy it.
No breaks, just the music.

00:00:00 HDRF – Ectoplasmically Yours
Ghostly, swirling ambient techno with ethereal textures and subtle rhythmic undertow. Haunting and hypnotic.
00:16:30 Lo Five – Depths You Will Never Fathom
Dark, submerged ambient with heavy low-end drones and oceanic mystery. Deep, claustrophobic, and immersive.
00:22:05 Dollkraut – La Banda Dello Scorpione SEQ. 2
Pulsing, retro-futurist synthwave with Italian horror soundtrack vibes. Sleazy, driving, and cinematic.
00:23:41 Urulu – 9045XY
Minimal deep house with crisp percussion and warm, rolling basslines. Smooth, late-night groover.
00:28:54 Arovane – Woven
Delicate, intricate IDM/ambient with fragile melodies and organic electronic weave. Beautifully detailed.
00:30:35 Darren Nye – A View From The 4Th Dimension (Version 2)
Floating, multi-dimensional ambient with spacious synths and gentle movement. Expansive and weightless.
00:36:33 John Louis Kluck – Rising Orb
Warm, glowing ambient electronics with slow-building cosmic light. Radiant and meditative.
00:41:06 Koresma – Clouds
Downtempo chill with soft beats, dreamy pads, and airy atmosphere. Floating and serene.
00:44:17 Moray Newlands – A Love Of Books
Intimate, literary ambient with warm analogue tones and quiet nostalgia. Cozy and reflective.
00:47:30 Pabellón Sintético – Metamorfosis
Evolving synthetic soundscapes with organic transformation and rich textures. Hypnotic and alive.
00:50:47 Payta – Passing Time
Gentle, time-dissolving ambient with soft pulses and melancholic warmth. Patient and comforting.
00:52:41 Salvatore Mercatante – Le Corne
Mysterious, ritualistic electronics with dark, horn-like resonances. Atmospheric and slightly ominous.
00:53:07 SiP – Hard Times
Laid-back global grooves with soulful, resilient melodies. Warm and quietly uplifting.
00:58:45 Kilometre Club – Lowered
Slow, tape-saturated ambient drift with warm, lowered horizons. Hazy and deeply relaxing.
00:59:16 The Future Sound Of London – Cascade
Classic FSOL liquid ambience with flowing textures and futuristic melancholy. Immersive and timeless.
01:05:02 Ernest Hood – At The Store
Lo-fi environmental jazz with zither, field recordings, and gentle small-town nostalgia. Warmly intimate.
01:10:59 Christian Wittman – Stellar Winds
Cosmic ambient with sweeping stellar drones and celestial movement. Vast and windswept.
01:14:13 Jeremiah Chiu – Nineteen
Delicate, minimalist ambient with subtle piano-like tones and tender emotion. Quietly luminous.
01:15:33 IDTiL – Fractal Anomaly
Glitchy, fractal IDM/ambient with twisting patterns and digital unease. Intricate and mind-bending.
01:21:13 Cub-cub – Salvia Time Distortion
Psychedelic, time-warping ambient with salvia-inspired surrealism. Trippy and disorienting.
01:21:57 Duke Hugh – Your Number
Laid-back, jazzy electronic soul with warm chords and mellow grooves. Smooth and heartfelt.
01:26:50 Sababa 5 – Dreams of Love – (Instrumental)
Dreamy Middle Eastern psych-funk with hypnotic melodies and gentle propulsion. Blissful and transportive.


Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 144

21 November 2025

///decades.copying.observer

“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 126

7 October 2025

///knee.imposes.bedroom.

Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve arrived at the coordinates ///knee.imposes.bedroom—Episode 126 of The Virtual Cassette Library. A title, a signal, a portal.
The track you’re hearing is 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 electronic, ambient, drone, modular synthesis, new age, jazz, space music and more.
Today’s episodes A side contains three choices from Migoi, Kenroku Park and John Green on the wonderful compilation release by the equally wonderful Peak label from their Sasquatch inspired Timber Management Volume 2.
Also in the A side is an exclusive from the upcoming Future Sound Of London album which drops on the 19th of September.
The B side contains a couple of my favourite peeps Manchesters finest, Apta as well as Polish wizard Binaural Space under his super charming alter ego Uncle Fido. Also a couple of Cyclical Dreams label releases from Max Corbacho and SONICrider.
You’ve maybe noticed that I’m also releasing my first compilation digital release. Which will be released on the 6th of November. Check out my socials if you want to get involved.
💌 Want to be part of the signal? 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 6th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 16 tracks. Subscribe and unlock 853 archived shows.
🧙‍♂️ Shout out to Nanogod, whose alchemical words add dimension to the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every vibration helps keep the channel alive.
🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.

Intro – 00:00
The Earl of Dean – Between The Bells – 02:52
Sam Prekop – Font – 08:35
Migoi – Pocket Universe – 12:48
Kenroku Park – On The Confines Of Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal – 16:59
John Green – In the Footsteps Of Momo – 22:34
*THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Dopesheet 7 – 28:40
Tatsuro Murakami – From the oblivion, the self wishing for that person… – 33:38
YAMAOKA & GROK – Column – 36:09
Side B – 42:18
theiz – Unconditinal – 43:03
Jason Singh – Greyhound Cabbage – 52:13
Finn Rees & SHOLTO – Love In Memory – 55:46
Apta – Shivers – 58:22
Max Corbacho – Twilight Icon – 1:01:53
Hanut Munson – Side B – Guitar Camphead – 1:08:09
SONICrider – Peaceful Memory – 1:11:38
Uncle Fido – They Love Fairy-tale Worlds – 1:18:35
Outro – 1:20:52

*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 120

23 September 2025

///pulled.indoors.passage.



Welcome, sonic wanderers. You’ve tuned into Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 120—Pulled Indoors Passage. A name, a signal, and a location: Pulled Indoors Passage. Drop it into What3Words and you’ll find the coordinates of this episode’s visual transmission.
Today, we embark on a 90-minute journey through sound—crafted for walking meditations, mental meanderings, and quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary between tracks. No interruptions. Just pure sonic immersion.

💌 Want to be part of the transmission? Send your art, your sound, your signal to trevlad@gmail.com. Purchase paths are always illuminated at trevor.se and marked in each episode’s timeline.
🎶 Support the signal: Pre-order the 6th TVCL album on Bandcamp. It drops when we hit 17 tracks. Subscribe for just $3/month and unlock 846 archived shows—over 1,200 hours of sonic exploration.
🧙‍♂️ And don’t forget to join Nanogod, the wizard of words, on the Mixcloud timeline. Every comment, every like, every vibration helps keep the channel alive.
🚀 So now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.

Intro – 00:00
Metric System 1981 – The Sky Never Speaks – Nature Version – 03:09
Turbulent Space – Feeling something or lapsing – 05:09
Future Children – Discotheque manzarine – 08:30
Visible Light – Purple Prairie – 11:50
To Rococo Rot – Cars – 18:55
xlmxkhfi – In the Arms of the Oak – 21:24
dogs versus shadows – SOMETHING SHARP IN POCKET – 25:36
Nathan Moody – Spent – 26:51
Andrea Cichecki – When Water Feels Like Rain – 31:56
Local Sound Developer – Chill Wind Blowing – 38:15
Side B – 43:15
Trevlad – Immaculate Constellations – 44:02
David Strother – Ghost Voices – 49:15
x.y.r. – black river drift – 51:07
Fragile X – Infinite Symmetry – 56:18
Morgan Szymanksi and Tommy Perman – La Rosa de los Cuatro Vientos – 59:55
Steffi Baron-Neuhuber – Building Strength – 1:02:32
Christoph Spendel Group – Forever – 1:04:02
Parallel Worlds – Morning Walk – 1:07:39
CIALYN – Opal Coast (rmx) – 1:12:10
*Matsu – Arrebato – 1:15:01
Lightwave – Ganymede – 1:17:22
Adrian Lane – Your Eyes Lift – 1:22:40
Hello Meteor – Somewhere The Day Kept Going – 1:25:51
Outro – 1:29:24

*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 096

Instant Chaos.

Welcome to Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library episode 096 A 90-minute journey with a metaphysical flip at the halfway mark—perfect for a long walk, a mental wander, or a quiet moment alone with the universe. Today’s flight is sponsored by the labels that keep our circuits humming: Waxing Crescent Records, Buried Treasure, Downstream Records, Passed Recordings, whitelabrecs, Audionautic Records, Audion, DRONARIVM, and, Cyclical Dreams.

Artists on the show who have sent me material: Audio Obscura.

Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏

This episode features an exclusive half way into side A by Manchester based Rick jones, aka, Dark Fidelity Hi Fi, and the title track from his upcoming ep FRACTURED PURSUITS. Available on Bandcamp and streaming platforms from September 5th.

I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy.

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Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨

Intro – 00:00
Exosoma – Vesicles Exit Signal – 01:47
Turbulent Space – Feeling something or lapsing – 07:09
xlmxkhfi – In the Arms of the Oak – 10:09
Eric Wetherell – Sky – Main Theme – 14:32
Audio Obscura – As long as gravity persists on holding me to this earth – 15:08
dogs versus shadows – SOMETHING SHARP IN POCKET – 19:35
*Dark Fidelity Hi Fi – FRACTURED PURSUITS – 21:00
Kenroku Park – Cosmic Radiation – 24:22
Local Sound Developer – Chill Wind Blowing – 34:01
Aaron J. Noth – Everlasting Nights – 38:07
Claude Lavender – Pure Lavender – 44:25
Side B – 46:49
Trevlad – Immaculate Constellations – 47:33
Erik Wøllo – Blue Tapestry – 52:58
Alexis Delozanne – param – 55:47
Plank & Ishq – Crows Un Wra – 57:56
Frequency Control Centre – Days Lose Resonance – 1:07:29
Trevlad – Plunge – 1:09:34
Lightwave – Ganymede – 1:11:15
Steffi Baron-Neuhuber – Building Strength – 1:16:28
Christoph Spendel Group – Forever – 1:18:05
David Cordero – Ézaro – 1:21:31
Hari Maia – Universalis II Pt. I – 1:23:18
Outro – 1:29:41

*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.

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