Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 219
Pinwheel Platina Devices
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 cerebral and atmospheric ambient journey exploring mathematics, time, memory, and retro-futurism.
Side A focuses on intricate, conceptual electronics — fractal patterns, phantom signals, and philosophical reflection with a subtle undercurrent of melancholy. Side B expands into hauntological textures, time-warping analogue synths, nostalgic library sounds, and ends with dramatic tension.
Overall mood: Mysterious, introspective, and slightly uncanny. It blends intellectual minimalism with warm analogue nostalgia and a touch of unease. Ideal for deep listening, late-night drives, or focused background immersion. The mix has a strong sense of quiet wonder mixed with temporal drift.
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 Dr. Niccolò Trentini – Sierpiński Gasket
Intricate, fractal-inspired ambient with mathematical precision and evolving geometric patterns. Clean and hypnotic.
00:08:07 Mindmeld – Phantom Patterns
Ghostly, shifting electronic textures with subtle rhythmic undercurrents. Mysterious and dreamlike.
00:13:07 Mindheal – I Think, Therefore I Feel
Reflective, philosophical ambient with warm analogue tones and emotional depth. Thoughtful and immersive.
00:16:19 Pabellón Sintético & Lucas Tripaldi – Chivilcoy 1414
Atmospheric South American, Berlin-tinged electronics with rich textures and urban melancholy. Detailed and cinematic.
00:22:41 The Night Monitor – No Trace of T.R.A.C.E
Retro-futurist synth mystery with surveillance-like tension and analogue warmth. Eerie and atmospheric.
Side B
00:26:02 concretism – For Concrete and Country
Brutalist hauntology with concrete rhythms and pastoral electronic contrast. Nostalgic and grounded.
00:31:54 The Metamorph – Time-Shifting Devices
Temporal, warping analogue electronics with fluid time-bending layers. Hypnotic and disorienting.
00:34:54 Suzanne Ciani, Jonathan Fitoussi – Pinwheel
Playful, kinetic modular synth work with spinning, mechanical charm. Joyful and precise.
00:38:17 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Time’s Patina
Warm, nostalgic library-inspired electronica with gentle ageing textures. Melancholic and charming.
00:41:56 Liam Boyle – Arrival
Expansive, hopeful ambient with soft glowing pads and sense of destination. Serene and uplifting.
00:48:03 HDRF – Crash Landing
Dramatic, turbulent ambient electronica with descending energy and metallic debris textures. Intense and cinematic.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 201
Mysterious and seductive.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 201 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 “The Poison Garden” by Electric Pentacle. Available on the amazing upcoming compilation album “The Silent Harvest Volume One”. Dropping June 25 on the amazing FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS. Which features amongst others HDRF, Field Lines Cartographer, Twilight Sequence, Hawksmoor, Pulselovers and many more legends of the scene.
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.
Please, if you can, subscribe — even if it’s just for a month, it makes a real difference.
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
00:00:00 Rural Tapes – Lucid Dreaming
Gentle, hazy ambient with soft-focus electronics and dream-state fluidity. Warm, immersive, and quietly hypnotic.
00:06:31 Young Marco – Kalapa Garden
Balearic-tinged electronic with lush tropical vegetation and sun-dappled grooves. Breezy, organic, and blissfully relaxed.
00:11:44 Chris Paladin – Epsilon Zone
Sparse, zoned-out electronic minimalism with clean lines and subtle cosmic drift. Focused and atmospheric.
00:18:14 Bernard Grancher – Risible Mention
Playful, slightly absurdist electronic with quirky rhythms and light-hearted experimentation. Witty and charming.
00:21:12 Belbury Poly – Star Jelly
Haunting Ghost Box-style hauntology with nostalgic analogue synths and eerie pastoral mystery. Dreamlike and nostalgic.
00:25:40 Electric Pentacle – The Poison Garden
Dark, occult-tinged folk-electronic with poisonous beauty and shadowy atmosphere. Mysterious and seductive.
Side B
00:29:10 Christian Kleine – Serene Salt Mines
Crystalline, minimalist ambient with shimmering textures and deep calm. Cool, spacious, and meditative.
00:33:11 Salvatore Mercatante – How Many Hands
Intricate, tactile electronic with mysterious layers and subtle rhythmic undertow. Detailed and enigmatic.
00:38:45 Vanilla – Moonlight
Smooth, jazzy downtempo beats with warm nocturnal glow and mellow grooves. Silky and atmospheric.
00:42:18 Simon Mills – Cathaleen Power (2021)
Deep, rolling Balearic house with oceanic warmth and gentle propulsion. Sunny and hypnotic.
00:44:02 Al Lover – Stockhausen Soundsystem
Psychedelic, experimental electronics with krautrock influence and cosmic weirdness. Trippy and energetic.
00:47:18 Will Gregory Moog Ensemble – Buoyancy Theory (feat. BBC National Orchestra Of Wales)
Majestic Moog-orchestral hybrid with rich analogue warmth and elegant lift. Grand yet intimate.
00:50:05 Frequency Control Centre – National Sound Division
Retro-futurist electronic with broadcast-like textures and vintage institutional charm. Nostalgic and precise.
00:56:21 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Stepping Stones
Quirky, melodic library-inspired electronica with playful charm and gentle stepping rhythms. Warm and whimsical.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 144
21 November 2025
“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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Switched On – Whitby 2024
Audio Obscura–Through Nuclear Skies-00:00
Me Lost Me–Real World Me Lost Me-03:17
Bonfire Hill–The Colour of Pomegranates-06:32
Burd Ellen–The Hermit-12:03
The Twelve Hour Foundation–Cascade-18:58
The British Stereo Collective–The Meyer-Bergman Experiment-21:21
Faex Optim–Rodan-24:13
Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd REEL–Droad Eastville Vending-29:05
Spray–Hammered in an Airport-32:54
Vieon–Inter-City-36:42
TSR2–Boat-43:00
Loopatronica–Point Attractor Intro-49:49
concretism–39 Furnival Street-52:15
Pulselovers–Aethelbald and the Golden Dragon-57:45
Scanner–Rhyme and Rebus-1:01:51
Pefkin–Smoke Drift-1:05:48
spaceship–Mercie Field-1:09:54
Gagarin–Wonderdusk 1-1:18:57
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