Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 311
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve pressed play on another Virtual Cassette Library. 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.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have over eleven hundred other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies.
Right then, my glittering cassette moths…
It’s time I had a quiet word with the universe about this Virtual Cassette Library lark of mine. Lately it’s been drifting off like a helium balloon made of old mixtape innards, floating away from the original bonfire of my intentions. I need to yank it back by its magnetic tape tail before it disappears into a cloud of forgotten B-sides.
I’ve just been bathing in the first episode of The Signal by Wall of Ambient — Harry Towell and James Osland swimming through the ambient oceans like two elegant seahorses in velvet capes. Go and drink it in on Substack. And while you’re there, follow me like a loyal moth to my flickering neon sign.
Anyway, Harry said something that pinged my third eye: concept is the beating heart of an album. And I suddenly realised that even though I pluck these tracks from their original conceptual wombs, my shows are actually stitched together with their own secret concepts. Lately I’ve been chattering between tracks like a magpie on a telephone wire and the concept has been leaking out like cheese from a toasted sandwich.
So what’s the concept, you ask, while adjusting your imaginary pipe?
Well, I’ve spent my entire working life lurking on and around stages like a quiet caretaker with glitter under his nails. I see each episode as a colossal rotating stage — a great mechanical blooming lotus. The audience only ever glimpses a sliver of it at a time. Every artist is allotted the exact time it takes them to perform their piece. Then they rotate out of view like a peacock into fog, and the next act glides in. The stage spins at whatever speed the track demands — slow and syrupy or frantic and glittering.
I still want to whisper the names of the artists, the albums and the labels, so I’ll do that before each set — or “side,” as we cassette alchemists call them. Six little incantations per side, plus a general mist of what mood to expect.
Now… shall we let the stage begin to turn?
So episode 311 is a weathered, slightly spectral ambient journey through closing dive bars, overlapping canopies, and monuments that have already begun to kneel.
Overall mood: Contemplative, analog, and quietly dilapidated — full of forgotten light, phase transitions, and sockets still whispering in the dark. Perfect for late listening, empty stages, or sitting with the ivy while it finishes the sentence.
Side A lets shadows clock off at the edge of the universe, waves from a missed railway cutting, shares a stereo canopy, opens a December jar six months late, weathers the ivy through human architecture, and climbs dilapidated monuments only to accept itself.
00:05:30 Kh3rtis – As Shadows Fall Away
https://kh3rtis.bandcamp.com/track/as-shadows-fall-away
A dive bar at the edge of the universe closing its curtains. Shadows clocking off. You are left holding the light they forgot to take.
00:10:28 Sunshine Playroom / Prozapine – The Ultimate
A MicroKorg dressed as 1974 television, waving from a railway cutting that only exists when you miss it.
00:12:06 Chihei Hatakeyama & Jupi/ter – Canopy
https://ambientologist.bandcamp.com/track/canopy
Two canopies overlapping until the stereo field forgets which tree belongs to which country. Peace wearing someone else’s coat.
00:19:04 Matt Lowery – 12-13-24
https://mattlowery.bandcamp.com/track/12-13-24
The thirteenth of December kept in a jar and opened six months later. Modular dust that still remembers the day it was captured.
00:20:20 The Microgram – Weathered
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/weathered
Human architecture kneeling so the ivy can finish the sentence. A facility learning how to weather.
00:24:05 Blank Embrace – Dilapidated Monuments
https://kaisekidigital.bandcamp.com/track/dilapidated-monuments
Dilapidated monuments on a tundra that ends in a mountain you climb only to accept yourself. The stage turns very slowly here.
Side B argues in black and white until a drop becomes a drum, leaves the singers behind in Midas plumbing, hands in exam music before the piece ends, leaks a green chorus through melted glass, takes on new Beagle waters, and coils after midnight on a Yamaha four-track.
00:33:21 Amotken – Gota
https://mahorka.bandcamp.com/track/gota
Black and white arguing inside a twenty-year-old Mexican machine. A drop of water deciding it is also a drum.
00:37:39 El Michels Affair – Anticipate (Instrumental)
https://elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com/track/anticipate-instrumental
The singers have left the building. What remains is the Midas plumbing — brass, choir-shaped air, a saxophone ghost clocking in for overtime.
00:40:31 The Sound Catelouge – Phase Transitions
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/phase-transitions
Exam music found inside a textbook sleeve. Phase transitions for students who must hand in their papers before the piece ends.
00:42:50 Phil Geraldi – Chorus in Green
https://chakrawhip.bandcamp.com/track/chorus-in-green
Alien country radio leaking through melted glass. A chorus in green that never quite reaches the hook.
00:45:35 Tim Stebbing – New Waters
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/new-waters
HMS Beagle still taking on new water in 2026. Sequencers collecting specimens the Atlantic has not finished naming.
00:52:28 DOMOTIC – Serpenting
https://domotic.bandcamp.com/track/serpenting
*A Yamaha four-track recorded after midnight, coiling like fur that learned to hiss. Vintage sockets whispering to each other in the dark.
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This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 311.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
EXPANSIVE WAVES 04
Welcome to the fourth 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 Trevor and I’ll be guiding you through these landscapes. An immersive journey into expansive soundscapes if you will.
The Observatory Opens Welcome, wanderers. Now we gather in a hushed celestial chamber where frequencies bloom like night flowers and time slips quietly sideways. Each track is not merely heard—it’s stepped into, like a half-remembered dream or a threshold carved in sound. Come closer… The door is already open.
Saapato – Spring at Home – 00:00
Nils Frahm – Right Right Right (Paris) – 49:15
Jacek Doroszenko – Resin Arpeggio – Movement I – 1:04:10
Thomas Park – Are There Dragons In Spain – 1:23:39
Ear to Ear – Live Recordings B – 1:38:26
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Reverie III – 1:55:52
Substak + Signalstoerung – L8 – 2:10:25
Polaroid Notes – Cosmic Thing – 2:32:34
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 077
Dream Cabinet.
🌌 Welcome, sonic travellers—Trevor here, transmitting from Torrevieja, Spain. This is your gateway to another immersive expedition through sound—Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 077. 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: Audiobulb, Cyclical Dreams, oscarson, Mahorka, whitelabrecs, and, Downstream Records.
And of course, the sonic architects: Sankt Otten, Anita Tatlow, and, Hiram.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes—always fueling the episodes with Bandcamp gems. 🙏
This episode includes 4 exclusive tracks that you’ll probably only hear here before they are officially released. On the A side we have Jacek Doroszenko & Autistici – Your Modal Realism – Familiarity Folded. A three-part sonic exploration by Autistici, featuring collaborations with Jacek Doroszenko, Russ Young, and Corey Gordon. This release unpacks the intimacy of remix culture—where melodies stretch, fold, and reshape into immersive, ambient architecture. Join the Listening Party 🗓 July 23, 2025 ⏰ 8:00 PM GMT+2 💻 Hosted by Autistici & Audiobulb. Experience the exclusive track “After Water Formed A Shape” now, and prepare for a release that transforms musical boundaries into emotional topographies. Remember this episode will only be available for non subscribers for 7 days.
On the B Side we have the remain 3 exclusives. First the shortest track I’ve ever had on the show clocking in at 9 seconds. Johnny Johnston – HTV Waterfall Ident- Sky : original HTV soundtrack. by Eric Wetherell Issued by Buried Treasure, this atmospheric release presents the eerie and evocative soundtrack to HTV’s 1975 cult sci-fi television series Sky, created by Doctor Who veterans Bob Baker and Dave Martin.
The Vinyl Release: Coming as a transparent ice blue 10″ LP, each copy includes a TV Times postcard and a stunning A3 poster of Sky’s original Look-In magazine cover, illustrated by Arnaldo Putzu.
The exclusive release date for this anticipated work is 1 August. The global release coming on the 5 of August.
Also on the B Side there is another exclusive from the wonderful Audiobulb label, Marc Neys – Behind Door Nr. 5 – Sanctuary. Step inside the silence… Marc Neys invites you into Sanctuary, a meditative sound journey woven from drones, piano fragments, and echoes of the natural world. 🎧 Join the Listening Party – July 4 @ 8PM GMT+2.
The last exclusive is from Matthew Hiram, simply known as Hiram. with the track ‘Seedlight’ is a bonus track on the Solarium Song! It’s available as the B side to the limited “Surfacing” lathe cut release, and it is included with the digital download of the full album with purchase through Bandcamp.
I’ve just, yesterday, released my second album of 17 pieces from my latest 17 shows, the backgrounds from my voiceovers without all this babbling nonsense. If subscribing to support this channel is not your thing then maybe purchasing the album on Bandcamp suits you more. Or do both I’ve provided Bandcamp codes in a subscriber post titled “some-free-bandcamp-codes” on the Mixcloud channel.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy.
The tracks played are marked with links where you can purchase them at the start of each episode. or on the home page trevor.se🔹 Artists and labels—send your sonic offerings to: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
🌀 Side A – 00:00
Trevlad – Cosmic River – 05:21
*Jacek Doroszenko & Autistici – Your Modal Realism – 09:08
John Scott Shepherd & Jamie Zarfas – Crystal Space Caverns – 13:24
anthéne – respire – 18:29
Optionica – Disappointed [ENV(itre) Hope RMX] – 22:11
Caught In Joy – The Wind Always Blows Us Forward – 25:45
Chorchill – Tea Bags – 28:47
Substak – Stera – 30:35
Jeff Gburek – Crystal Cabinet – 33:34
The Gaye Device – The Celestial Spectrum – 38:30
rikardfvs – the emptiness inside Salyut 1 – 43:25
🌀 Side B – 49:25
Sankt Otten – Geweint Wird Nur Zum Schluss – 50:08
Savta – desyne (solis) – 59:18
Alexis Delozanne – pm – 1:02:30
*Johnny Johnston – HTV Waterfall Ident – 1:05:38
Bowing – Quiet Ceremony – 1:05:45
Ironic Hill – DOWNER – 1:09:47
Adi Goldstein & Anita Tatlow – νερό – 1:12:27
Henrik Meierkord, Marco Lucchi & Pawel Kobak – Tyngdloshet – 1:14:59
Le Morte d’Abby – Pigmentatious Stratification (chibi mix) – 1:23:27
*Marc Neys – Behind Door Nr. 5 – 1:25:06
The New Emphatic – Running Out of Time – 1:30:06
*Hiram – Seedlight – 1:32:08
Outro – 1:35:06
*tracks are yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 076
Spectrum Fingerprints
🌌 Welcome. Trevor here, your host on this sonic voyage, broadcasting from Torrevieja, Spain. You’ve tapped your way to a Net radio show—a series of 90-minute expeditions, punctuated by a transition halfway. Perfect for a walk, reflecting, and knowing just when to turn homeward.
🔮 Today’s journey is partially sponsored by visionary labels: DiN, DRONARIVM, Projekt Records, whitelabrecs, Cyclical Dreams, Waxing Crescent Records, Astra Solaria Recordings, and, A Strangely Isolated Place. 🚀
Our sponsoring artist bringing transmissions to life: The Metamorph, NYORAI, Fragile X, mRn, and, Vic Mars.
Special thanks to Free Album Codes for providing Bandcamp codes to material played in probably every episode.
🌞 Shoutouts to the listeners shaping today’s odyssey Sons of Faust, Otis, Hverheij, Joules, Iso Brown, aeon, Alex, fflwks, who I played in the last episode 🌿 cheers for those likes and comments. Welcome to the latest passengers, Regina a Breu, and DJ Andres Malagon. You all are legends in my eyes.🌿
Today’s episode features an exclusive track on the B side from Sergio Mariani, also known as, mRn. You’ll only find it here for now.
I won’t be commenting between the tracks. You can do that on the time line. Don’t be shy.
The tracks played are marked with links where you can purchase them at the start of each episode. or on the home page trevor.se🔹 Artists and labels—send your sonic offerings to: trevlad@gmail.com. 🔹
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure your headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Trevs Intro – 00:00
ARC – Slipstream – 02:23
Trevlad – Encrypted Patterns – 06:44
Ai Yamamoto – Buddha on the Moon – 09:54
Felbm – winter iv – 14:43
Erik Wøllo – Land of Myths – 17:14
First Snow of The Year – Plants – 21:21
Belial Pelegrim – 218 – 22:35
The Metamorph – Mr. Newton – 25:05
Tony Gerber – Photosynthesis – 27:41
Benge – The View From Vega (Part II) – 34:49
Kilometre Club and Center Of Attention – Low Tide Harmonies – 37:48
NYORAI – 狐狼 “Korô” – 39:36
B Side – 45:08
Fragile X – Cantor Dust – 45:53
Joel Tammik – Tulevik – 51:36
Rupert Lally – 322 – 58:36
Ogle – Fog – 1:02:10
LANGUAGE FIELD – Modus Vivendi – Arboria’s Full Moon Mix – 1:04:44
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – I just woke within a dream – 1:07:24
*mRn – Day And Night Divided – 1:12:09
Coda Nautica – Narwhal – 1:16:08
Vic Mars – Machen – 1:21:59
Christian Kleine – Errance – 1:24:12
C418 – Twilight Breeze – 1:29:33
Trevs Outro – 1:31:30
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
Sonic Picnic: Summer Library Sessions
No time for the usual, so I cooked up a spontaneous summer blend: global grooves, hazy soundtracks, library gems, and sun-drenched psychedelia. Perfect for BBQs, beach days, or just zoning out under open skies.
The Sorcerers – Oromo Moon – 00:00
The Qualitons – Óceán – 02:52
Voyage Futur – Topographic Change – 08:29
Elías González – Covid Cono Sur – 13:35
Kolumbo – Tropicana – 15:12
Paddy Steer – Salty Fringe Taser – 19:28
Giuliano Sorgini – Viaggio nel Deserto – 22:11
Andres Lopez Azpiri – Altura – 25:20
Mark Ellery Griffiths – Land of the Rising Fun (Roland) – 26:16
Rémy Lozano – Niño Millón – 28:55
The Hologram People – Bongo Express – 30:23
La Chooma – Huachuma – 33:04
