Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 345
Another reel of the Virtual Cassette Library begins. Twelve tracks, two sides. A virtual cassette that turns itself at the halfway mark, the oxide catching just long enough to mark the seam before the second side continues.
These are not playlists. Each episode is structured as a pair of continuous sets: six tracks on each side, mixed and stitched so the joins sit almost inside the grain. The sequence is the form.
If you make music, run a label, or hold a private archive of material that has not yet found a place, send links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. Every submission is heard.
The episodes remain free for the first week. After that they move into the Mixcloud subscriber archive. Subscribers also receive Veil Frequencies, the ongoing series of three-hour transmissions—extended traversals rather than selections, moving through a curtain of sound that occasionally seems to register the listener in return.
Mind the flip.
Blue skies over golden acres, then landscapes that prefer to stay unfinished.
Side A keeps the acres already golden and the skies rather pleased about it, softens an ambient Ibiza so the trickster is slightly surprised, lets the water belong to the sky and walk itself home, remixes a shadow planet by Sam Prekop so the shadows grow longer, celebrates the dark with bats already in formation and bringing a small gift, and keeps the brook underwater and quite content while the library reads from the bottom shelf. Side B places a solaris in ethereal space that is already making room, reflects eyes that are mirrors signalling back, waters the plants with magnetic fields that are quite domestic about the dishes, turns decay into light that is still arriving, mid-turns an emu while the silence is amused, and leaves the landscapes unfinished and happier for the postponement.
Overall mood: Amused, and quietly luminous — full of pleased skies, domestic fields, and landscapes that prefer to stay open. Perfect for dusk listening, soft islands, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: blue skies over golden acres, an ambient Ibiza, water that belongs to the sky, a shadow planet remixed by Sam Prekop, bats celebrating the dark, a brook that is underwater and quite content.
00:01:27 Adel Music Club – Blue Skies
https://adelmusicclub.bandcamp.com/track/blue-skies
Album: Golden Acres. Label: FRBH Recordings
The acres already golden. The skies already blue and rather pleased about it.
00:04:37 Masefield Labs & Arcane Trickster – Eivissa (Ambient Mix)
https://tempestrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/eivissa-ambient-mix
Album: Eivissa. Label: Tempest Recordings
The island already soft. The trickster already ambient, and slightly surprised by this development.
00:12:44 Philippe Deschamps – Water of the Sky
https://philippedeschampsfilms.bandcamp.com/track/water-of-the-sky
Album: Wind Paths. Label: Silent Sonic Records
The water already falling from somewhere higher. The paths already walking it home.
00:14:59 Brandon Locher – I (Sam Prekop Remix)
https://brandonlocher.bandcamp.com/track/i-sam-prekop-remix
Album: The Shadow Planets. Label: SHARED MATERIALS
The I already remixed. The planets already casting longer shadows.
00:19:18 MikeKSmith – Chiroptera
https://dustopianfrequencies.bandcamp.com/track/mikeksmith-chiroptera
Album: Celebrating The Bat Chapter 1: Darkness Falls. Label: Dustopian Frequencies
The bats already in formation. The darkness already arriving with a small gift.
00:23:04 The Visionary Library – [ Brook ]
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/brook
Album: Label: The Dream Journal Institute
The brook already flowing beneath the surface. The library already reading from the bottom shelf.
Side B
Mood mist: a solaris in ethereal space, eyes that are mirrors, magnetic fields for watering the plants, a decay that becomes light, an emu that is turning, landscapes that prefer to stay unfinished.
00:32:03 John Louis Kluck – Solaris
https://ambientcat.bandcamp.com/track/solaris
Album: Ethereal Space. Label: Ambient Cat
The sun already elsewhere. The space already ethereal and making room.
00:35:34 BUNKR – Eyes Like Mirrors
https://bunkr-music.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-like-mirrors
Album: Signals. Label: VLSI Records
The eyes already reflecting. The mirrors already signalling back.
00:38:21 Hior Chronik – Magnetic fields
(Exclusive track)
Album: Watering The Plants. Label: Whitelabrecs
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/
Title of the hour. Music for the everyday: lying in bed, unwinding, or, as George puts it, while they wash their dishes. The plants already watered. The dishes already cleaner. The fields already magnetic and quite domestic about it.
00:41:17 sevensy – decaying into light
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/decaying-into-light-2
Album: Finally Infinite. Label: Mahorka
The decay already luminous. The infinite already arrived, and still arriving.
00:50:03 Rhucle – Emu
https://rhucle.bandcamp.com/track/emu-2
Album: Turning. Label: Silent Songs
The emu already mid-turn. The silence already amused.
00:52:35 asher tuil – unfinished landscapes iv
https://ashertuil.bandcamp.com/track/unfinished-landscapes-iv
Album: unfinished landscapes.
The landscapes already open. The finishing already postponed, and happier for it.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 217
Spectacular Springlet Limit
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 lush, organic, and gently uplifting ambient journey centered on nature, renewal, and introspection.
Side A flows from fresh spring-like sparkle and majestic cinematic layers into warm emotional currents, leafy living textures, and mysterious archival nostalgia. Side B deepens with quirky charm, hypnotic Japanese psychedelia, ritualistic mysticism, and ends on an intimate, heartfelt note.
Overall mood: Warm, verdant, and contemplative with a strong sense of growth and quiet wonder. It feels like a peaceful spring day slowly transitioning into a mystical golden-hour evening — soothing, slightly psychedelic, and emotionally tender. Perfect for deep relaxation, nature connection, focused work, or gentle evening listening.
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 Wac-Lounge – Springlet
Bright, bubbling ambient with fresh spring-like energy and light, playful textures. Refreshing and optimistic.
00:03:45 Lorenzo Montanà – Arunay
Expansive, majestic ambient with rich cinematic layers and spiritual depth. Grand and immersive.
00:09:04 E J R M – Such Things
Warm, introspective ambient with gentle emotional currents and subtle beauty. Tender and reflective.
00:12:50 Andrea Cortez – Monstera Speaks
Organic, leafy ambient with lush plant-like textures and quiet, living presence. Green and nurturing.
00:15:33 Hannah Peel – Limit Of Heat
Delicate, shimmering ambient with soft intensity and emotional warmth. Elegant and sun-kissed.
00:19:35 The Visionary Library – Side 1b
Mysterious, archival-style ambient with faded, dreamlike nostalgia. Atmospheric and enigmatic.
Side B
00:30:49 Portland Vows – Spectacular Items
Quirky, cinematic ambient with playful charm and subtle narrative flair. Whimsical and colourful.
00:35:24 maya ongaku – Meiso Ongaku 1
Hypnotic, psychedelic Japanese ambient with loose, meditative drift and blissful haze.
00:39:09 Off Land – Talisman: Gatherings
Ritualistic, textured ambient with mystical undertones and ceremonial warmth. Deep and enchanting.
00:46:31 S. Costa – Daughter
Intimate, heartfelt ambient with soft familial emotion and gentle melancholy. Touching and personal.
