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.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 306
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.
A light, watery ambient journey through easy emergence, melting streams, and roads along the Downs.
Side A opens kepeä — light, easy — then moves through a Russian Standard retrospective, a stream that melts sideways, a Brainforest sanctuary dedicated to Violet, Lola skipping stones, and West Yorkshire crypt-light luminaire. Side B returns 2018 intrigue among workers and superiors, lets petals land softly on water, surges through a third ocean current, begins the Marienbad story again, and travels the Downs in Ravilious colour.
Overall mood: Contemplative, fluid, and quietly elegant — full of Passed Oceans, acoustic closeness, and elliptical cinema. Perfect for dusk listening, train windows, or sitting still while the stones keep hopping the surface.
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. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
00:01:39 Aki Yli-Salomäki & Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä – Kepeä
From the album “Viriää” which is Finnish and means emergence, awakening. Opening the episode is Finnish composer and sound artist Aki Yli-Salomäki. Aki Yli-Salomäki and Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä open with “Kepeä” which means light, easy. — Vantaa composition meeting Helsinki violin and viola, acoustic closeness with subtle synthesizer undercurrents. Out on Whitelabrecs.
00:04:41 SERMAK MUSIC – Russian Standard
From the 2026 CZiGO Compilation Taster Album. Mark Donlon’s retrospective, lockdown years to now, eight tracks gathered on his Sermak label.
00:08:43 Obsydian Fox – The Stream Melts Sideways
The first of thee tracks from the amazing new compilation “Passed Oceans”. Passed Recordings is a global collective of artists with a focus on making atmospheric music.
Water in every language. Half of the sales go to Doctors Without Borders.
00:14:24 Polypores – The Sanctuary
From the album “Wildlife”. Stephen James Buckley leaves his modular case in another room and looses himeself in another with tenor recorder, guitars, piano, drums, kalimba and homemade percussion. Dedicated to Violet, artwork by João Emmanuel.
00:17:33 Poloma – Lola the Stoneskipper
The second of three tracks from the Passed Oceans release. Stones hop the surface and keep going.
00:20:38 The Gaye Device – Luminaire
Ending side A and a champion of the channel mr. Andrew Howden, better known as The Gaye Device. I wanted to say this was an exclusive for my upcoming compilation Quiet Figures but research shows Andrew released it back in 2023 on his wonderful album “The Fallen Leaf” together with Ellen Southern. West Yorkshire reflective electronics. Jenny Lyon photography. Site singing and crypt acoustics sit inside the mix.
After that the cassette reaches its midpoint and flips.
00:24:20 Dadanaut – Morphinist
Opening side B. from the album Kabale. Dadanaut with “Morphinist”. Metropolis and Kästner’s School of the Dictators. A struggle for freedom and relief. 2018 intrigue returns.
00:36:26 Castle Waters – Petals Landing Softly On Water
From the album Ethereal Elegance. Castle Waters with “Petals Landing Softly On Water”. Wooded walkways and ancient bridges. ETERNITEA time waits at 1:37pm in the floating gazebo. Digital proceeds travel to local libraries.
00:40:04 Leafblighter – Surge
And here’s that third track from the “Passed Oceans” release. Fluidity in motion.
00:47:42 Simon Heartfield – Since This Story Began
From the album “Last Year At Marienbad”. Simon Heartfield with “Since This Story Began”. Nine elliptical pieces of piano, strings, woodwind, organ and electronics, after Alain Resnais, 1961.
00:50:19 Gilroy Mere – On the Road
From the album “Furlongs”. On the road along the Downs. Oliver Cherer and Riz Maslen. Forty-mile train journeys. Ravilious colours become texture and tempo. Clarinet, flute, trumpet. All clear after treatment. Recorded at The Laundry, St Leonard’s.
00:54:02 Brannan Lane – Folding Space
The final track is the title track from Brannans latest release. Recorded at Peaceful Paradise Studio. Synthesizers and environmental recordings. Faster-than-light soundscapes for relaxation, focus and travel.
The visions complete their circle.
The oxide continues its quiet journey until the end of the spool.
Also in the works: the next compilation, Quiet Figures, release date 26 September.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that stir anything?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name, and a link to other work.
Deadline: 24 September.
This has been The Virtual Cassette Library, episode 306.
Travel safely between the frequencies.
I’ll meet you on the other side of the next spool.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 277
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-277/
Good day, listeners… or should I say, travellers of the tape.
Trevor here. You’ve just pressed play on another fragile spool of the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 277. A twelve-track virtual cassette that flips itself at the halfway mark, whether you’re ready or not.
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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporation their work into an incatation of sorts.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,104 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3 hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
A dreamlike, luminous ambient journey through nameless cities, rising rain, forgotten trails, and golden light.
Side A drifts from violet fog and modular labyrinths into voltage nests, Apalachee trails, hauntological villages, deep indigo night, and lost map coordinates. Side B lifts with rain falling upward, vast interlocking machines, Bach-coloured bird calls, sideways golden rays, wide unknowable valleys, and a single golden earring turning in zero gravity.
Overall mood: Contemplative, otherworldly, and quietly radiant — full of soft wonder, spectral warmth, and gentle expansion. Perfect for deep listening, late-night immersion, or drifting through imagined landscapes.
Side A
00:00:00 Almost Random – Night at the Nameless city
A city without name rises from violet fog. Docks of Celephais stretch into endless water the colour of old mercury. Towers lean at angles that fold inward. Almost Random – Night at the Nameless City. Modular currents braid through the streets. A single lead voice climbs like a pale recorder note, threading the labyrinth where colours bloom outside the spectrum and a lecturer’s silhouette watches from every window at once.
00:05:07 LOULA YORKE – Broody
The roof opens. A nest of voltage and feathers pulses with heat. LOULA YORKE – Broody. Shared-system circuits glow amber and emerald. Nestlings open their beaks in perfect rhythm with the rising sequences. The air fills with starling-shaped waveforms that scatter across the studio ceiling and reform as constellations.
00:07:57 Dionisaf – Forgotten Trails of the Apalachee (ft. Liesbet Leroy)
Cotton fields unroll under a sky of molten copper. An ageing horse moves through tall grass that whispers in kalimba tones. Dionisaf – Forgotten Trails of the Apalachee. Liesbet’s flute drifts above the restored guitar like river mist carrying the scent of magnolias and dry October leaves. Forest trails glow with soft bioluminescence. Seven years of Mississippi light gather into a single warm horizon that keeps expanding.
00:10:03 Belbury Poly – The People
A village appears between the hedges, built entirely of library jingles and children’s television ghosts. Belbury Poly – The People. Minimoog laughter curls through the lanes. Melodica and psaltery ring from open windows. Vines part to reveal Pan’s Garden where the InterCity 125 glides past in slow silver arcs and every face in the square turns toward the listener with the same knowing smile.
00:13:34 Euan Alexander Millar & Henrik Meierkord – Shades Of Night
Night gathers in layers of deep indigo and charcoal. Euan Alexander Millar & Henrik Meierkord – Shades Of Night. Cello tones stretch into long translucent ribbons. Spoken words rise from within the drones and dissolve back into them. The entire field breathes at the pace of a single sustained note.
00:17:19 maps and diagrams – Echo.atlas-B2 [lost.wav]
A map unfolds made of missing coordinates. maps and diagrams – Echo.atlas-B2 [lost.wav]. Waves of pure signal drift across blank paper, leaving faint luminous traces that rearrange themselves into new continents every few seconds.
Side B
00:23:01 Spirituals – Rain Falling Up
Rain lifts from the ground in slow silver columns and continues upward into a sky the colour of candle flame. Spirituals – Rain Falling Up. Pedal steel and vibraphone form soft glowing orbs that float beside the rising water. Field recordings and voice memos drift through the air as tiny points of warm light, each one a living candle carried through the open dark.
00:27:18 Dadanaut – Interferenzen
Gears the size of towers interlock across a black-and-gold cityscape. Dadanaut – Interferenzen. Workers and superiors move inside the same vast machine. Sparks of freedom leap between the teeth of the wheels. The entire structure hums with the low frequency of relief seeking its shape.
00:32:09 Pointe du Lac – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV617)
An empty living room fills with the calls of exotic birds that exist only as samples. Pointe du Lac – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf (BWV617). Simple arpeggios cross and shift like interlocking stained-glass windows. Bach harmonies rise through Sun Ra colours. The ceiling opens into a progressive lake of pure harmonic light.
00:35:04 Timo Kuusi – Crepuscular Rays
Crepuscular rays pour sideways across the room in thick golden beams. Timo Kuusi – Crepuscular Rays. Each ray carries its own instructional geometry. The beams expand until the whole space becomes a single radiant exercise in pure illumination.
00:42:39 The Green Kingdom – Vale of the Unknowable
Evening settles in airy layers of soft violet and pearl. The Green Kingdom – Vale of the Unknowable. Piano motifs drift through reverb-soaked guitar lines. The landscape opens into a wide still valley where every sound has room to unfold at its own unhurried pace.
00:44:52 Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Golden Earring
A golden earring turns slowly in zero gravity, catching and releasing light in perfect circles. Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota – Golden Earring. The sound arrives as the first sensation of hearing itself: tender, experimental, shaped for the earliest possible listener. Everything remains open, unguarded, and newly born.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 277
Script – Trevor
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 277. 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.
I’m trying something new by not introducing the artists, but instead incorporating their work into a vision of sorts.
The shows remain free for the first week, then slip quietly into the hands of my Mixcloud subscribers, who currently have 1,105 other episodes waiting for them whenever the mood strikes. Subscribers receive the expanding series of 3-hour adventures titled Veil Frequencies. They also get the ever-growing advance version of the forthcoming compilation Quiet Figures.
The tape unspools its visions.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 269
www.mixcloud.com/djsofabed/tvcl-269/
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to the Virtual Cassette Library. Episode 269. A 12 track virtual tape with a metaphysical flip at the half way mark.
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.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
A quiet, transitional ambient journey through seasonal shifts, emerging light, and peaceful valleys.
Side A drifts between seasons, vast multitudes, falling chimes, and tape endings. Side B settles into valleys of peace, soft flocks, watchful ravens, precise night hours, fleeting warmth, and ends on a lonely dirt road.
Overall mood: Contemplative, gentle, and slightly melancholic — full of soft transitions and quiet spaces. Perfect for deep listening, meditation, or peaceful solitude.
I’ll introduce Side A now and Side B in the intermission. The shows are free for the first week and then go to my very few Mixcloud subscribers who get to enjoy the 1 094 other shows whenever they like.
As a subscriber you also get access to my new series Veil Frequencies based on a fictional world I’ve created called The Resonant Veil Enclave. Each episode is around three hours and recorded from one of the floors of the 24 buildings in the veil. You can read about it on my Substack page. Mixcloud subscribers also get the ever expanding version of the upcoming compilation titled Quiet Figures.
On this TVCL episode you’ll be aurally pleasured by French composer Thomas Méreur under the name Heÿkla and the soothing drones of the track titled “There Might Be Millions Of Them” from the album “Echoes of Loneliness” out on the Driftworks label.
This is followed by a show exclusive cosmic floating track from maps and diagrams titled “tonal fall-Chime 2.0 [fragmnt]” from the upcoming release “beneath still stars“ dropping August 7 on the handstitched* label.
Then, Bristol’s finest, Jon Worsley, aka, Jilk and the textured atmospherics of the track “End Of Tape” from the album “Tetsuo II” out on Champion of Glasgow label Bricolage.
The penultimate track of the first side of the virtual cassette is by Manchester based artist Barry Smethurst aka Apta and a live take of his track “Emerge” from the 2025 release “Live @ Aviva Studios Manchester. 04/12/25” This track contains the only vocals on this episode, nice one Barry.
Finishing off the first half, friend of the airwaves, Cadis, Spain based, David Cordero and suspended atmospheres in the track titled “Segunda Linea” (Second Line) from the 2025 album “Numen” which means Divine Power in Latin.
But first, to set the vibe is the artist who got himself on this episode a few times by being super prolific, sending me material, and also by doing a collaboration with UK based artist Ian Hawgood, who mastered the previous played track and album. This is the blissful waves of Ian Hawgood & David Cordero in the piece “Between Seasons” from the album “Shifting Times” which is out on Davids’ own label Noray Records.
Now 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.
Welcome sonic travellers to the B side. Six tracks down and six to go.
You’ll hear the unmistakble sound of Jogging House in his track “Flock” from the 2025 album “Kiosk” out on artist currated super label Seil Records.
This is followed by Michael Cottone better known as The Green Kingdom and the guitar based ambient piece Raven from his stunning new release titled “Vespera” which means Evening in Esperanto. Thats out on a label that’s heavily on rotation here at the enclave. Whitelabrecs.
After that another live take this time by synth wizard Martin Stürtzer in the longest track of the episode clocking in at 21 minutes the space adventure piece “22:27” from the album “Dyson Sphere Beta“. A three hour live improvisation for Martins Birthday stream from 2025.
Then the penultimate track for today comes in the form of another Noray Records release from the compilation album “Aunque llegue la mañana · Refracted” (Even If Morning Comes) where 11 artists reinterprete the album by Raúl Cantizano & David Cordero this is the piece “Fugaz” (Fleeting) by Agustín Mena aka Warmth.
Finishing us off is San Diego, California based Phil Geraldi and the multilinear track “Lifeless Down a Dirt Road” from his vinyl debut album “Rural Deceased Undiscovered” out on Not Not Fun Records.
But first, a track from 2018 by Bali, Indonesia based artist Blank Embrace and the vaporscape tones of the track “Valley of Peace” from the album “Ascension” out on the Kaiseki Digital label.
Enjoy…
Side A
00:00:00 Ian Hawgood & David Cordero – Between Seasons
Liminal, transitional ambient capturing the quiet space between seasons with soft, shifting textures. Poetic and reflective.
00:08:14 Heÿkla – There Might Be Millions Of Them
Expansive, multitude-evoking ambient with a sense of vast numbers and quiet awe. Spacious and contemplative.
00:11:29 maps and diagrams – tonal fall-Chime 2.0 [fragmnt]
Fragmented, chime-driven ambient with tonal falling and delicate, broken-star beauty. Minimal and evocative.
00:15:47 Jilk – End Of Tape
Nostalgic, tape-end ambient with warm analogue hiss and a sense of final, fading moments. Intimate and melancholic.
00:17:22 Apta – Emerge
Gentle, emerging ambient with soft rising layers and a sense of quiet becoming. Hopeful and fluid.
00:24:26 David Cordero – Segunda Linea
Second-line ambient with subtle depth and restrained, emotional undercurrents. Elegant and understated.
Side B
00:29:58 Blank Embrace – Valley of Peace
Serene, valley-deep ambient offering quiet refuge and soft, embracing calm. Peaceful and restorative.
00:37:59 Jogging House – Flock
Warm, flock-like ambient with gentle communal movement and soft, everyday beauty. Comforting and light.
00:40:58 The Green Kingdom – Raven
Dark, avian ambient with raven-black tones and quiet, watchful presence. Atmospheric and grounded.
00:42:50 Martin Stürtzer – 22:27
Time-stamped ambient capturing a precise late-evening hour with deep, nocturnal stillness. Focused and immersive.
01:03:30 Warmth – Fugaz
Fleeting, Spanish-titled ambient with warm, transient glow and soft emotional resonance. Tender and ephemeral.
01:04:50 Phil Geraldi – Lifeless Down a Dirt Road
Stark, rural ambient following a lifeless dirt road with dusty emptiness and quiet desolation. Haunting and sparse.
Also in the works, the latest compilation titled Quiet Figures which will be released September 26.
Uncover the narratives whispered by the silent, ever-present figures that shadow us, through compositions that unravel their hidden mysteries.
Does that trigger a creative thought?
Send entries to trevlad@gmail.com
Include artist name, track name and link to other work.
Tracks due by September 24.
All the best,
Trevor
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 232
Homeworld Deepwater Moment
Based on the track “Minilogue 2” by “Nick May” from the album “Sketches: Ambient Works”.
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 deeply personal and introspective ambient journey centered on nostalgia, home, memory, and inner reflection.
Side A opens with warm, tape-saturated domestic quietude before drifting into airy lightness, submerged depths, and gentle sorrow. Side B moves inward with meditative loops, nocturnal mystery, and ghostly Aphex Twin beauty, ending on serene harbour echoes and minimal elegance.
Overall mood: Nostalgic, melancholic, and intimately comforting with subtle darkness and quiet wonder. It feels like sitting alone in an empty childhood home on a warm afternoon, lost in thought. Perfect for deep listening, meditation, reflection, or unwinding in solitude.
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.
Please leave a tip and subscribe to the Mixcloud channel every little helps.
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 Akira Film Script – N3-71
Intimate, nostalgic ambient captured in a childhood home using field recordings, cassette tape, and warm analogue hiss. Quiet reflections filled with distant prop planes, birds, clock chimes, and soft domestic silence — deeply personal and comforting.
00:07:59 Intact Veils – Imago of Air
Light, airy ambient portrait of wind and atmosphere with delicate, flowing textures. Ethereal and weightless.
00:12:26 phorme – drowning myself in poison
Dark, immersive ambient with heavy, intoxicating drones and a sense of sinking surrender. Brooding and hypnotic.
00:13:27 applecore – deepwater
Submerged, liquid ambient with muffled depths and gentle underwater movement. Calm and enveloping.
00:20:02 Arcane Trickster – Homeworld (Ambient Mix)
Warm, expansive homecoming ambient with soft glowing layers and comforting familiarity. Peaceful and welcoming.
00:24:02 Blank Embrace – Sorrow
Melancholic, minimalist ambient wrapped in gentle sorrow and emotional restraint. Poignant and tender.
Side B
00:29:53 Ghostloop – Inside
Introspective, looping ambient exploring inner spaces with soft, repetitive warmth. Meditative and cocooning.
00:35:53 Belial Pelegrim – 214
Sparse, nocturnal ambient with subtle tension and cinematic distance. Cool and mysterious.
00:38:23 Aphex Twin – #7
Classic Aphex Twin weirdness — delicate, shifting ambient with ghostly melodies and subtle unease. Beautifully unsettling.
00:44:41 Solace Road – Echoes of Moment
Gentle, echoing ambient capturing fleeting moments with warm resonance and quiet reflection.
00:49:32 David Cordero – El Rincón Del Puerto
Atmospheric, harbour-side ambient with nautical melancholy and soft coastal textures. Evocative and serene.
00:55:00 Nick May – Minilogue 2
Minimal, refined ambient with subtle melodic touches and patient, flowing elegance. Graceful closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 205
Open-hearted, wistful, and emotionally rich with a strong cinematic feel.
Good day listeners, wherever you are. Trevor here.
Welcome to episode 205 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 “mabel” by Linear North from the album “We Thought It Was Normal”. Shout out to Linear North for sending me the album. Also shoutouts to Mystery Circles, Mahorka, Cyclical Dreams, Imaginary North and Rupert Lally for sponsoring the channel with material.
Also thanks to CommsBreakdown for being the latest artists to appear on the upcoming compilation The Mystery of the Night. There’s still time to get yours in. June 24th is the deadline.
This is a flowing mix of expansive ambient, emotional introspection, and gentle cinematic storytelling.
Side A opens with wide-open airy landscapes and healing warmth before moving through melancholic waltzes, intricate rhythms, and reflective urban tones. Side B brings playful quirkiness, hazy nostalgia, romantic filmic moments, and closes with darker, ritualistic depth.
Overall mood: Open-hearted, wistful, and emotionally rich with a strong cinematic feel. It shifts from bright, spacious hopefulness into warmer nostalgia and subtle darkness — ideal for thoughtful listening, road trips, or evening reflection. Intimate yet expansive with lovely emotional range.
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.
No breaks, just the music.
Side A
00:00:00 Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop / Wavefiler – Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop – Wide Open Spaces
Expansive, breezy ambient with wide cinematic pads and airy openness. Light, hopeful, and spacious.
00:05:16 Tom Bragl – Exposed to be healed
Gentle, healing ambient with warm evolving textures and soft emotional release. Tender and restorative.
00:10:41 Fallen – Our Neverending Waltz
Melancholic, looping ambient waltz with graceful sadness and infinite repetition. Poignant and hypnotic.
00:15:03 Time Rival – Four in Hand
Intricate, rhythmic electronic minimalism with subtle drive and clean layering. Precise and engaging.
00:18:14 Linear North – mabel
Warm, melodic ambient with gentle northern light and nostalgic softness. Intimate and comforting.
00:18:59 MiDi BiTCH – Barbican Centre [London]
Atmospheric, urban-inspired ambient with concrete resonance and subtle architectural depth. Cool and reflective.
Side B
00:24:31 SUUB – Straight In No Kissin’
Playful, quirky electronic groove with cheeky energy and offbeat charm. Fun and characterful.
00:28:16 CRSY – Reminiscence
Nostalgic, hazy ambient with warm reminiscing tones and soft emotional glow. Dreamy and heartfelt.
00:33:07 Zerfranzt – Edward
Darkly elegant electronic with mysterious undertones and subtle cinematic tension. Atmospheric and refined.
00:38:21 Kilometre Club – Open Roads (with Raphah) [Splinter Forceps Remix]
Road-trip ambient with expansive horizons, warm textures, and gentle forward motion. Open and liberating.
00:46:05 Rupert Lally – If This Was A Movie (We’d Be Together)
Romantic, filmic ambient with wistful beauty and emotional storytelling quality. Tender and cinematic.
00:49:28 Stewart Keller – Blood Stained Cauldron
Dark, ritualistic ambient with occult warmth and simmering intensity. Mysterious and immersive closer.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 195
22 April 2026
Ångkvarns Bryggeriet Uppsala
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey. Welcome.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-five.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous.
But really it’s just me and the frequencies in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets we exist.
Stream it free for seven days on Mixcloud.
The background track is available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11 on Bandcamp.
The episodes are sonic journeys with metaphysical flips at the halfway mark—perfect for long walks, mental wanders, or quiet moments alone with the universe.
No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
This episode is broadcasting from Brewery Ångkvarns Bryggeriet Uppsala.
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
That was
Kliment – Lake of Rememberance (Mahorka)
A slow, haunting drift that feels like memory itself dissolving into mist over dark water. Released 2020, Mahorka.
Side A – Group 1
Alan Elettronico – Home of the Brave (Projekt Records)
Bold electronic pulses wrapped in a strangely comforting melancholy. Released 8 May 2026, Projekt Records.
Dr. Niccolò Trentini – Koch Curve (The Dream Journal Institute)
Fractal mathematics turned into something oddly emotional and hypnotic. Released 14 October 2024, on The Dream Journal Institute.
Check out the link on their Bandcamp page for a treasure trove.
Exit Chamber – Between Two Worlds (Dustopian Frequencies)
A shimmering limbo where realities gently overlap and refuse to choose sides. Released 2 April 2026, Dustopian Frequencies.
Side A – Group 2
David Cordero – Nebel (Noray Records)
Thick fog rolling in with beautiful, blurred edges. Released 3 April 2026, Noray Records.
*Auscultation – Pinned (100% Silk)
Intimate and quietly intense, like being held in place by invisible threads. Released 5 June 2026, on 100% Silk records.
The Metamorph – The Thought Process (Trevlad)
A gentle unfolding of ideas that somehow feels both mechanical and deeply human. Released 2026, on my own Bandcamp.
Side A – Group 3
*Kronstad 23 – Menigheten (Batov Records)
Gospel-tinged soul that slowly stretches out into something blissfully loose and spacious. Released 29 May 2026, on Batov Records.
*Mere of Light – Blue Moon Ice Cream (Lighten Up Sounds)
Sweet, melting psychedelia that tastes like childhood summers remembered in a dream. Released 24 April 2026, Lighten Up Sounds.
C-Shape – Ep-26 Pt.III (self-released / Bandcamp)
Tape loops and subtle electronics that quietly rearrange the furniture in your head. Released 2 April 2026, C-Shape.
(Brief pause / metaphysical flip / background swell)
Side B – Opening Track
Beaufort – Hotel (Kaiseki Digital)
A lonely, elegant lobby where time checks out but never quite leaves. Released 2018, Kaiseki Digital.
Side B – Group 1
Atabasca – Reprise (Killer Groove Records)
A beautiful return that feels like closing a circle you didn’t know was open. Released 27 March 2026, Killer Groove Records.
Scyye – Postbuzz Interpulse (Dustopian Frequencies)
Buzzing, pulsing energy that somehow still feels underwater and weightless. Released 17 April 2026, Dustopian Frequencies.
*The Earl Of Dean – The Nightcrawler (Trevlad)
Creeping nocturnal grooves that make the shadows dance in perfect time. Released 26 June 2026, Trevlad. Get your entries for this compilation to me be the 24th of June.
Side B – Group 2
Infragreen – Alien Soul (Mahorka)
A soul that feels both ancient and freshly arrived from somewhere far beyond the stars. Released 2013, Mahorka.
Peter Davidson – Ghost (Mahorka)
Delicate traces that linger long after the presence has quietly slipped away. Released 2016, Mahorka.
Asha Patera – Grand Prismatic Spring (Passed Recordings)
Vivid, colourful heat rising in slow, mineral-rich waves of sound. Released 27 March 2026, on Passed Recordings.
Side B – Group 3
Kanz – Restless (Original) (Mahorka)
Restless in the best way, like energy that refuses to settle even when it tries. Released 2017, Mahorka.
Keshavara – Mondlava (Papercup Records)
Lush, lava-flowing dream-pop that glows with its own gentle internal light. Released 8 April 2026, on Papercup Records.
Ninfe – Fondale (The Dream Journal Institute)
Deep, submerged beauty that pulls you down into the quietest, clearest layers. Released 1 April 2026, The Dream Journal Institute.
Outro
*Outro – ///siesta.clutter.sweetly (yet to be released)
You’ve been listening to… well, everything.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline like little glowing breadcrumbs.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
Please save this channel by subscribing. It’s my birthday tomorrow the 23rd of April and even if you just subscribe for one month for less than the price of a coffee you will secure the future of these efforts to promote independent artists.
Send files, codes, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Kliment – Lake of Rememberance – 01:30
Alan Elettronico – Home of the Brave – 08:30
Dr. Niccolò Trentini – Koch Curve – 11:20
Exit Chamber – Between Two Worlds – 16:00
David Cordero – Nebel – 20:15
*Auscultation – Pinned – 23:50
The Metamorph – The Thought Process – 27:10
Kronstad 23 – Menigheten – 32:00
Mere of Light – Blue Moon Ice Cream – 37:50
C-Shape – Ep-26 Pt.III – 41:10
B Side – 46:15
Beaufort – Hotel – 46:45
Atabasca – Reprise – 51:00
Scyye – Postbuzz Interpulse – 55:25
*The Earl Of Dean – The Nightcrawler – 57:20
Infragreen – Alien Soul – 1:03:00
Peter Davidson – Ghost – 1:06:35
Asha Patera – Grand Prismatic Spring – 1:09:05
Kanz – Restless (Original) – 1:14:00
Keshavara – Mondlava – 1:19:20
Ninfe – Fondale – 1:21:30
Outro – ///siesta.clutter.sweetly – 1:29:10
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 192
11 April 2026
https://what3words.com/reaction.agenda.member///reaction.agenda.member
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Hey.
Welcome.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-nine-two.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous.
But really it’s just me and the frequencies in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets we exist.
Stream us free for seven days on Mixcloud.
The background track you’re hearing is available on Trevlad’s TVCL 11 on Bandcamp. These episodes are sonic journeys with metaphysical flips at the halfway mark—perfect for long walks, mental wanders, or quiet moments alone with the universe.
Shout out to jungleangelo, my latest follower. If you dig glitchy IDM, you should really check out his Trainsporting series here on Mixcloud.
We’re bunching it tonight—three transmissions at a time. Like weird little dreams stitched into the set. No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
This episode is broadcasting from Reaction Agenda Member.
Up first, three transmissions to ease us in.
We start with Solar 76 and the track Drought, via Castles in Space imprint Lunar Module.
Next, Fragile X with The Cocktail Party Effect, self-released on their own Bandcamp.
And closing this opening trio: Tycho and Forge, released March 4th, 2026 on Ninja Tune.
So…
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
Staying in the zone, here’s the next cluster of three.
First up: Subphotic – Nothing Changes (A Begging I Will Go) (Morocco), from the Cities and Memory label.
Then Moray Newlands with The Rope Will Bind The Seven Books At Once, released February 13th, 2026 on his own Newlands Music imprint.
And rounding it out: THE GAYE DEVICE – Neon Hymn To The Infinite, self-released on his Bandcamp.
That was THE GAYE DEVICE – Neon Hymn To The Infinite… before that Moray Newlands – The rope will bind the seven books at once… and earlier Subphotic with Nothing Changes.
Moving deeper now.
We have BUNKR – Circling the Monolith, from my own catalogue on Bandcamp.
Then the collaborative piece Brass Clouds, Fog Net, & Volcanic Pinnacles – Decompression (Nocturne) on Bathysphere Records.
And closing the trio: Sven Laux – Carlsen, released on Whitelab Records.
Here’s the final track of side A.
Teatre – Sapiegų Park (feat. Eglė Pundzevičiūtė) from the album All Constellations Weaving Into One on Amulet of Tears label. Note: this album will be released on May 8th.
— B Side —
We start off the Side B with Mindmeld – Dream Sphere on Cyclical Dreams.
Followed by Zyggurat – Ram Ba’s Shep Hut – out on the Old Technology label.
Continuing the transmission.
Jon Salem – Stolen Moments on Kaiseki Digital.
Jake Soffer & Brent Carmer – Room With A View on Projekt Records.
And Krzysztof Kurkowski – Logica Frigida, also on Cyclical Dreams.
We’re heading into the field recordings and outer edges now.
Louis Sarno – Geedal in the forest with male voices (Republic of Congo), an archival recording available via the Cities and Memory label.
Then Ogle & Mugwood – Sudden Rain on Subexotic Records.
And Trevlad – Product Venue Enable, self-released on my own Bandcamp.
Last cluster to close the journey.
ireless – GLASSED UP, released on FRBH Recordings.
And we fade out on Oberlin – Nightime Planetary on Oscarson.
Outro
That’s the whole set.
You’ve been listening to… well, everything.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se, on Trevor Lewis on Substack, and marked in the timeline like little glowing breadcrumbs.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust, frequencies and me.
Send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
Send stories for Chord Confessions. I’ll read them in my sleep-voice.
See you in the next crack in the wall.
Cheerio…
Intro – 00:00
Solar 76 – Drought – 01:51
Fragile X – The Cocktail Party Effect – 10:30
Tycho – Forge – 19:35
Subphotic – Nothing changes (a begging I will go) (Morocco) – 23:20
Moray Newlands – The rope will bind the seven books at once – 27:40
THE GAYE DEVICE – Neon Hymn To The Infinite – 29:10
BUNKR – Circling the Monolith – 33:15
Brass Clouds, Fog Net, & Volcanic Pinnacles – Decompression (Nocturne) – 36:55
Sven Laux – Carlsen – 40:45
*Teatre – Sapiegų Park (feat. Eglė Pundzevičiūtė) – 49:00
B Side – 54:30
Mindmeld – Dream sphere – 55:00
Zyggurat – Ram Ba’s Shep Hut – 58:05
Jon Salem – Stolen Moments – 1:06:55
Jake Soffer & Brent Carmer – Room With A View – 1:12:15
Krzysztof Kurkowski – Logica Frigida – 1:19:30
Louis Sarno – Geedal in the forest with male voices (Republic of Congo) – 1:23:45
Ogle & Mugwood – Sudden rain – 1:29:30
Trevlad – Product Venue Enable – 1:32:20
ireless – GLASSED UP – 1:34:10
Oberlin – Nightime Planetary – 1:35:35
Outro – 1:38:24
*track is yet to be released at the date of episode recording.
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 189
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
03 April 2026
votes.riddle.tuck.
Brams burgers – great burger joint. Now it’s just a coordinate for whatever this episode is.
Hey.
Welcome back… or maybe you just crawled in through a crack in the drywall.
This is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. Episode one-eight-nine.
We’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous, but really it’s just me and the frequencies arguing in an empty apartment while the world outside forgets I exist.
Headphones on.
Let time dissolve.
And let the frequencies claim you.
We’re bunching it tonight – four transmissions at a time, like weird little dreams stitched into the set. No schedule. Just the mood and the margins.
FIRST CLUSTER
Four signals crawling out of the high passes and the liberation fronts.
Sonic-Soma – Kinnaur Calling – Cities and Memory, Nepal field recordings turned into sonic soma.
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Astra Shambotica – Submarine Broadcasting, astral jazz revolution.
Grosso Gadgetto – Quadrata Dodus Act 2 – Bulgarian label Mahorka, who might be the reason for me not doing these episodes for a few days. Keep an eye and ear out for future Planck Tone episodes I may be guesting.
Willebrant – Dell – atmospheric drone from down under. Birds in the rain. A must.
You just survived the first transmission: Sonic-Soma, The Music Liberation Front Sweden, Grosso Gadgetto, and Willebrant.
The space between us is definitely thinner now.
SECOND CLUSTER Brain shells cracking open, hits amended, voids flattered, dust explained. Zerfranzt – Hirnschale – which means skull or, the nicer translation of, Brain case from Kaiseki Digital, who I’ve been playing lately as Free Album Codes has provided me with codes for some early releases from 2018. German synaptic spill. Trevlad – Hits Enjoyable Amended – self-released soundscape from the episode of the same name. A repeat name from the spot where I try and sleep most nights. This one’s from the album TVCL 10 and has nothing to do with the track of the same name from TVCL 09. Puscha – Sycophanatic – NEN, Melbourne cinematic hypnosis. Provided by Fonodroom. Everyday Dust – Without Explanation – Dustopian Frequencies, Scottish drone stories that evaporate.
You just floated through Zerfranzt, Trevlad, Puscha, and Everyday Dust. Halfway mark is creeping up. I’m starting to feel that metaphysical flip? The universe just winked at you and kept walking.
THIRD CLUSTER (pre-B Side)
Edges blurring, bodies floating.
phorme – blur – Kaiseki Digital, Australian meditative haze from NSW. Also from 2018.
Takashi Kusano – Floating – Sounds for the Soul, Japanese levitation.
And then comes the B Side…
phorme and Takashi Kusano just lifted you clean out of gravity.
Now the bench is empty and the cats are from hell.
FOURTH CLUSTER (B Side)
Empty benches, hellcat beats, half-human wires, clinical worms.
Substak – Empty Bench – Daydreamers, Greek meditative park-bench snippet.
Le Morte d’Abby – Nyanko No Jigoku Beat – dark electro from the neon underworld.
Jilk – Half-Human – Bricolage, Glasgow idm hybrid soul.
The Foot & Leg Clinic – Worms 2 – alternative rock diagnosis under fluorescent lights.
You just sat on Substak’s Empty Bench, got bitten by Le Morte d’Abby’s hellcats, glitched with Jilk, and received a full worm examination from The Foot & Leg Clinic.
Your body is now 40% frequency.
FIFTH CLUSTER
Appetizers of life, grace with nothing, tidal animation tags, Nordic sea breath.
The Appetizers – The Life – Italian roots reggae funk from Rome.
Rejoicer – Grace Was Happy (I Found Nothing) – LA epiphany of joyful emptiness. Sounds as if Weather Report did music for film.
Record Of Tides – Yoshimoto Animation Tag – Mahorka hauntological Japanese cels on the tide. Glitchy 8-bit crackles.
Albin – Havet – Paltunes, Swedish sea inhaling your thoughts. Everything Albin Johansson touches glows with a nostalgic warmth I can never get enough of.
You just tasted The Appetizers, let Rejoicer’s Grace smile at nothing, rode Record Of Tides’ animation waves, and sank into Albin’s Havet.
The apartment is underwater now.
FINAL CLUSTER
Rain shelter geometry and half-a-day London melt.
Kikagaku Moyo – Amayadori – Guruguru Brain, psychedelic Tokyo forest clearing.
ff8282 – london / half the day – 4000 Records, fractured electronic daydreams.
You just sheltered with Kikagaku Moyo and melted through half a London day with ff8282.
That’s the whole set.
Thanks for floating here with me.
I hope the journey sends you in the direction of these artists. All the links, and purchase paths are illuminated at trevor.se and marked in the timeline.
If you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
No meetings. No rules. Just dust and frequencies.
Send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
Send stories for Chord Confessions. I’ll read them in my sleep-voice.
See you in the next crack in the drywall.
Cheerio…
END OF BROADCAST Stream free for 7 days on Mixcloud. Background track: Trevlad’s TVCL 11. A sonic 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
Intro – 00:00
Sonic-Soma – Kinnaur calling (Nepal) – 02:09
The Music Liberation Front Sweden – Astra Shambotica – 10:15
Grosso Gadgetto – Quadrata Dodus Act 2 – 14:00
Willebrant – Dell – 22:00
Zerfranzt – Hirnschale – 25:30
Trevlad – Hits Enjoyable Amended – 28:20
Puscha – Sycophanatic – 30:29
Everyday Dust – Without Explanation – 36:15
phorme – blur – 41:00
Takashi Kusano – Floating – 44:54
B Side – 50:45
Substak – Empty Bench – 51:30
Le Morte d’Abby – Nyanko No Jigoku Beat – 53:19
Jilk – Half-Human – 58:10
The Foot & Leg Clinic – Worms 2 – 1:03:29
The Appetizers – The Life – 1:05:55
Rejoicer – Grace Was Happy (I Found Nothing) – 1:09:50
Record Of Tides – Yoshimoto Animation Tag – 1:12:43
Albin – Havet – 1:15:03
Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様 – Amayadori – 1:19:45
ff8282 – london / half the day – 1:21:40
Outro – 1:27:39
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Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 188
28 March 2026
hey.
welcome back… or maybe you just crawled in through a crack in the drywall.
this is Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library. episode one-eight-eight.
we’re still pretending it’s a radio show for the sonically adventurous, but really it’s just me and the frequencies arguing in an empty apartment while the city outside forgets we exist.
bags.colder.inched.
a great Thai restaurant, apparently. now it’s a coordinate for whatever this episode is.
twenty artists. no schedule. drops when the mood hits.
labels haunting the margins: Passed Recordings, whitelabrecs, Ingrown, Audiobulb… you know the ones.
braindance, idm, alternative, whatever slips between the cracks like water through broken concrete.
Honolulu to Amsterdam to Prague to Saint Petersburg. the world’s shrinking but the weird pockets are still warm.
send files, confessions, whatever, to trevlad@gmail.com.
send stories for Chord Confessions. that track that ruined you or saved you. i’ll read it in my sleep-voice or you record it yourself. win-win-win.
I’m also doing Trev Tales now—little dreams stitched into the sets. long lucid naps you’re not sure you want to wake up from.
headphones on.
let time dissolve.
and let the frequencies claim you.
First out from the amazing Passed Recordings label stable Cavern Cult – Of Hope (from the album Approach)
This is followed by Russian idm champ NDORFIK – Joensuu from the album NORTHERN CACHE out on Clean Error Records after that some Loneward. but first Of Hope by Offenbach based Cavern Cult.
That was Mike Carss aka Loneward – The Unknowable Realm of Wisdom from the album Paradox of Silken Stars out on Altus Music.
Next up we head back to 2018 The Microgram – No Service from the album Savage Architecture which I received courtesy of Free Album Codes, cheers mate. Out on the Lansing, Michigan based Kaiseki Digital label.
This is followed by another great Passed Recordings release by David Aimone – Curiosità Ajmone and the track TimeDown
After that The Bird’s Companion and Neil McRoberts but first No Service by The Microgram.
You’ve just been listening to The Bird’s Companion and Neil McRoberts – Another Day from a few places, one of them being the compilation This Burnished Land a wonderful NYP release on whitelabrecs.
Coming up some quality indie pop in the form of Saya Gray – LIE DOWN.. from the album SAYA out on Dirty Hit records.
Followed by California beach vibes with Poolside – Looking Backwards out on Counter Records. and then some Black Country, New Road but first LIE DOWN.. by Saya Gray
That was the post-rock stylings of Black Country, New Road – Intro from the album Ants From Up There out on Ninja Tune.
Next up the episodes newest release by Jics. Out on whitelabrecs today March 28th.
Followed by Man as Island – Automaton from the album AN that’s out on Russian label Local Gods and was sent in by NDORFIK who I played earlier. After that the virtual B side flip but first Jics – What Brings You Here from the album New South Wales.
B SIDE
That was Prague based artist Kh3rtis – Still, for a Time from the album In the Wake of Light out on Audionautic Records.
Next up Leslie Lowder aka idiiom – Solitude from the album Neural Network out on the Audiobulb label.
after that Blank Embrace – The Caves from the 2018 release Ascension out on the Kaiseki Digital label.
Then some odd person
You’ve just witnessed odd person – earthquake anxiety – my dismal arcadia available on the outstanding Ingrown Records label. Who is homeless at the moment so any purchases from them could be life saving.
Coming up me, Trevlad – Pipe Fluid Fame which is a location from a Hotel in Dublin where I recorded the visual for the video that goes with this piece. All my track names are geolocations of places that mean something to me personally. I use them for the backgrounds in the intros and outros of the episodes Pipe Fluid Fame is from episode 165 back in January. After that Simon Holmes – Broken (South Sudan) from the compilation A Century of Sounds out on the legendary Cities and Memory label. This is followed by Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov but first myself as Trevlad with Pipe Fluid Fame.
That was Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov – Mostra – Eternal Almost out on the label Future Days Radio run by Tomo himself.
Now the penultimate piece of episode 188 of Trev’s Virtual cassette library is by Wunderfish – Through Painted Figures (Prologue) – the third piece in the show from the Kaiseki Digital label courtesy of the amazing Free album Codes. This one’s from the compilation Bento Box, Vol. 1
We end this adventure with a stunning 8 minute outing by Ben McElroy – Surely There Are Worse Things – from the album Bird-Stone which you could purchase via whitelabrecs.
that’s it for episode 188.
thanks for floating here with me.
if you’re still listening… you’re in the club.
no meetings. no rules. just dust and frequencies.
See you in the next crack in the drywall.
Cheerio…
Virtual mixtape radio for the sonically adventurous. 20 artists. Drops about three times a week. No schedule, just a passion for independent music.
Intro – 00:00
Cavern Cult – Of Hope – 02:15
NDORFIK – Joensuu – 03:40
Loneward – The Unknowable Realm of Wisdom – 07:35
The Microgram – No Service – 14:10
David Aimone – TimeDown – 17:30
The Bird’s Companion and Neil McRoberts – Another Day – 22:45
Saya Gray – LIE DOWN.. – 26:40
Poolside – Looking Backwards – 32:10
Black Country, New Road – Intro – 36:02
Jics – What Brings You Here – 37:00
Man as island – Automaton – 39:15
B Side – 42:10
Kh3rtis – Still, for a Time – 42:40
idiiom – Solitude – 45:50
Blank Embrace – The Caves – 49:40
odd person – earthquake anxiety – 53:47
Trevlad – Pipe Fluid Fame – 56:10
Simon Holmes – Broken (South Sudan) – 59:30
Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov – Mostra – 1:03:47
Wunderfish – Through Painted Figures (Prologue) – 1:07:30
Ben McElroy – Surely There Are Worse Things – 1:12:45
Outro – 1:20:30
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 114
///chase.surface.install.
Welcome, wanderers of sound and seekers of stillness. You’ve just tuned into Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library, Episode 114—titled Chase Surface Install. A name, a location, a vibration. ///chase.surface.install is more than a What3Words tag—it’s your portal to a 90-minute sonic pilgrimage.
This mix is designed for walking meditations, mental meanderings, or quiet communion with the cosmos. No commentary. No interruptions. Just pure, uninterrupted transmission. At the halfway mark, the metaphysical flip occurs—so stay with it. Let the frequencies guide you.
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Now—secure those headphones. Let time dissolve. Let the frequencies claim you.
🚀✨
Intro – 00:00
Farmacia – Julee – 01:46
Karl Schoenberg – Sound Sculpture 12 – 05:37
L A N D S R A A D – Siona//A Test of Water – 07:31
Philippe Deschamps, Relief – The Night Timbre – 11:51
Stereolab – Mystical Plosives – 14:58
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 07 – 15:39
Time Rival – Avian Takeover – 19:06
Eliot Krimsky – Feel I’m Getting Closer – 19:58
Brendan Pollard – Scanner Rate – 24:57
awakened souls – faraway days – 30:40
NCRTYP – YLW – 33:24
Trevlad – EXPANSIVE WAVES 2 – 34:50
David Boulter – The Aurora Borealis (the fox and the owl) – 40:31
Side B – 45:57
Cleeve Morris – Hollow (Alternative) – 46:42
Lightboxer – Nite Flight – 49:55
Cognition Delay – Power Vacuum – 54:04
Jon Salem – The Clarity in A Circle of Light – 58:45
Tom Smith – Limen – 1:01:12
Xu – Misty Reveries – 1:04:52
Socool – Silver Falls – 1:10:54
The Tin Box – Moving Time (Movement I) – 1:13:15
Binaural Space – A – 1:16:44
Hari Maia – Universalis I Pt. I – 1:18:55
Gollden – destiny #7 – 1:21:55
Outro – 1:25:49
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Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 090
Letters to the Dunes.
Trevor here, transmitting from a hidden enclave in Sollentuna, Sweden. Welcome aboard Trevor’s Virtual Cassette Library 090—your audio gateway to an immersive sonic pilgrimage. 🌠 Ninety minutes of deepwave discovery, with a metaphysical flip awaiting you halfway through the trip. Whether you’re drifting across galaxies on foot, spiraling inward in silent contemplation, or simply syncing your pulse to the rhythms of the cosmos—this journey is yours to discover.
🎛️ Brought to life by the luminous labels that power our circuitry: Error Prone Records, Altus Music, DiN Records, Clay Pipe Music, Cyclical Dreams, whitelabrecs, and Mahorka. Blessings to our signal boosters—marine eyes, Marius Leicht, MICADO, and Oceanographer—who’ve sent their sonic offerings to the Library’s core. ✨ Additional ripple-makers: Hverheij, Otis, Gareth Evans, Substak, and Aeon—thank you for your echoes and affirmations.
💎 Extra gratitude flows to Free Album Codes—the infinite loop of generosity keeping these sonic gems orbiting our path.
As we decode the audio blueprint ahead, expect transmissions from: Sam Prekop • Voidscan • Loneward • Trevlad • ARC • Francis Morning • David Boulter, MiDi BiTCH • PROTO DROIDS • Lay Llamas • Akira Film Script • Jason Singh, Shahin Souri with Oberlin, Lightower and finally Jon Salem
🔇 No interruptions between tracks—this signal is for your timeline commentary. 🧠🪞 Want to resonate with future broadcasts? Send your vibrations to: trevlad@gmail.com Purchase paths shimmer at trevor.se always noted at the top of each show.
Now, Prepare for immersion. Secure those headphones. Let time dissolve, and let the frequencies claim you. 🚀✨
Intro – 00:00
Sam Prekop – Light Shadow – 02:57
Voidscan – Anomaly – 08:53
marine eyes – a letter from home – 11:16
Marius Leicht – Nimmermehr – 13:17
Loneward – Temporal Dunes – 22:10
Brendan Pollard – Deflection Mode – 28:32
Trevlad – Soft Resistance – 33:54
ARC – Idyll – 39:09
MICADO – The Other Place – 40:10
Side B – 47:55
Francis Morning – Projection – 48:40
Oceanographer – Magnetic Union – 51:44
David Boulter – The Cinder Track – 56:24
MiDi BiTCH – Loxo – 1:01:07
PROTO DROIDS – RUSH HOUR – 1:06:37
Lay Llamas – Suddenly A Ghost Jungle – 1:07:45
Akira Film Script – N – 1:10:59
Jason Singh – Banana Tree – 1:15:38
Shahin Souri + Oberlin – Untitled yet – 1:21:37
Lightower – Tomorrow – 1:24:36
Jon Salem – Consciousness Evoke Phenomena – 1:28:27
Outro – 1:33:41
Expanding Joy Frontier
05.02.2025
The Voice of Saturn – slimetimecrime – 00:00
Jon Salem – Expanding the Mind – 04:46
Veelargo – Brand Empath – 13:49
NYORAI – 花瓶 “Kabin” – 18:11
Beefus B – Jump for Joy – 21:50
Time Rival – Double Hangman – 26:42
propulse – sheath – 29:22
Sulk Rooms – Warm Cotton Sheets – 33:36
Hydro Fyter – Replete – 37:41
ThorF – Frontier Pt2 – 40:38
odd person – portland song – 47:48
