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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 250

A special “best of”” episode. Featuring tracks I dig.
Based on the track “Consensus Sequence” by “Bluetech” from the release “Petite Constellations”.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
A playful, dreamy, and emotionally rich journey through quirky electronica, nostalgic ambient, and cinematic melancholy.
Side A blends surreal dioramas, shimmering French cool, and classic dawn choruses with funky energy. Side B moves through joyful folktronica, towering dub, haunting introspection, and abstract grooves.
Overall mood: Whimsical, nostalgic, and groovy with a balance of light-hearted charm and deeper melancholy. Perfect for golden-hour listening, relaxed evenings, or thoughtful drives.
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.
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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 Gelbart – WWI Hamster Diorama
Quirky, miniature ambient with surreal war-diorama charm and playful, detailed textures. Eccentric and immersive.
00:03:13 Air – Radian
Smooth, shimmering French electronic with lush production and dreamy, radiant beauty. Cool and hypnotic.
00:10:37 Sébastien Tellier – Draw Your World
Whimsical, cinematic pop-ambient with gentle melodies and a sense of personal world-building. Charming and imaginative.
00:12:02 Boards of Canada – Dawn Chorus
Classic BoC dawn ambient with birdsong-like melodies, warped nostalgia, and gentle analogue haze. Serene and magical.
00:15:37 The Twelve Hour Foundation – Cascade
Flowing, nostalgic library-inspired ambient with cascading warmth and gentle charm. Playful and comforting.
00:17:42 Xploding Plastix – Donca Matic
Funky, explosive breakbeat-electronica with tight grooves and dynamic, plastic energy. Energetic and fun.
Side B
00:22:26 Bibio – All Of The Above
Warm, eclectic folk-electronica with rich textures and a joyful, all-encompassing vibe. Sunny and detailed.
00:25:09 The Orb – Towers of Dub
Epic, dub-heavy ambient with towering bass, spacey effects, and signature Orb weirdness. Immersive and hypnotic.
00:39:30 MICHAEL ANDREWS ft GARY JULES – Mad World (Donnie Darko)
Haunting, stripped-back cover with piano and fragile vocals capturing existential melancholy. Poignant and iconic.
00:41:51 Bluetech – Consensus Sequence
Intricate, organic psybient with evolving patterns and luminous, consensus-like harmony. Detailed and flowing.
00:45:00 The Zenmenn – The Magic Eye
Lush, pastoral ambient with magical, stereoscopic depth and gentle, hypnotic beauty. Dreamlike and timeless.
00:51:07 Beanfield – Abstractions
Smooth, abstract downtempo with jazzy grooves, warm bass, and floating, ethereal layers. Sophisticated and groovy.


EXPANSIVE WAVES 07

Welcome to the Seventh 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 today’s episode is deep and unhurried. Each track a portal into a different sonic dimension.

Moolakii Club Audio Interface – Ne Plus Ultra Part 1 – 00:00
Slow Dancing Society – Devastation Is the Path to Recreation – 40:58
*Joanna John – everything is everything else – 55:34
Theadelaidean – Gravitic Lens – 1:09:33
Autumn Of Communion & Árni Grétar – Volume 3.37-1 – 1:25:12
Microscope White Noise – The dream at the end of the tunnel – 1:39:41
Jonathan Fitoussi – Music For Chai – 1:55:19
HDRF – Pseudochrome – 2:13:54

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

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For the Birds 031

Field Gates open Friday 12 December 12:00 CET.

Intro 00:00
Obfusc – Freshwater Tropics 01:20
Oceanographer – Sunrise 06:41
MuchaMuchaM – Pulau 11:22
Joanna John – everything is everything else 12:41
marine eyes – to belong 25:04
Gollden – missing hawaii 28:40
James Bernard – Act of Gratitude 32:02
Willebrant – Water n’ Stone (late night PJ session) 38:36
Go Outside – you are known 42:51
Beaunoise – Yoyogi dose 45:05
Kilometre Club – Geography Major (Metric System 1981 Rework) 50:02
Stephen Winfield – Indian Summer 51:59

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For the Birds 030

Field gates open Friday 6 December 12pm CET (unless you’re a subscriber)

Autumn Of Communion & Árni Grétar–Volume 3.39-2 01:19
Mark Ellery Griffiths–Pan in Pangea (2014?) 07:58
Joanna John–I can’t remember how I got here 13:23
4T Thieves–Regard The Moon (Cognition Delay Remix) 17:23
Ümlaut–What Comes Floating To The Surface 23.30
KMRU–cine 28:10
Bålsam–By The Fire 32:15
Glåsbird–Passerine 38:13
Erik Wøllo–Natural Habitat 45:32
Arbee and Kilometre Club–Tangerine, suite 47:31
Early Fern–Welcome 50:03
Parker Tichko–Sporophytes in Spring 52:42
Keigo Tatsumi–conversation 54:36

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