Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 354
Hi folks and welcome to We Can Watch. Episode 354 of my Virtual cassette library. It’s Thursday and I hope your week is rounding up nicely. I met Robin Rimbaud last night who was in Stockholm performing with Klang Systematiek at Fylkingen, an artist-run, non-profit association and venue for experimental music and intermedia art. Founded in 1933 making it is one of the oldest forums of its kind in the world. I also bumped into the legendary Håkan Lidbo who I know through my wife who sings in his electro trash pop outfit PayTV. I also got chatting with a dude living in Gothenburg, sorry I forgot your name, who introduced me to live coding music and algorave which was new to me. A fascinating world of the practice of writing and modifying computer code in real time to generate sound, rhythms, and compositions.
Also last night while this event was happening were a few other parties of the listening kind. Field Lines Cartographers new one Phases II: Further Moons dropping tomorrow on Castles In Space sounds amazing and, of course, The Synthesis Co-Op Volume Two of which I have a piece. I read through the chat on my way home and got teary-eyed. What an amazing collective of super supporters and artists they are. If you can’t afford therapy I’d suggest dropping into listening parties on Bandcamp. Thanks every one for the wonderful comments and for supporting each other.
Anyway…
I make these shows on a daily bases which is not the best of ideas but I like listening to new music every day and just happen to like sharing my finds with you.
Shout out to MoiCflo for favoriting previous episodes.
Side A will include Jo Johnson and her soothing track We Can Watch, the track with the cuckoo and the child at the end saying we can watch, ambient synth and field recording where the watching is already happening and the donation goes to the Hope Not Hate and Kent Wildlife Trust. This melts into Oliver Cherer aka Gilroy Mere and the track Furlongs 2 from the album Furlongs out on Clay Pipe Music. Four minutes of pastoral electronics along the Downs where the chalk path is the same one Ravilious walked and the train is still going past the Long Man. Then Bill Bawden aka The Prairie Lines and the track This Is Where We Kneel from the album eyes down slowdown out on channel supporting whitelabrecs. The opening of the slowdown, four minutes of processed piano and static where the wide open space is the holy chamber and the kneeling is already the invitation. Then Brian Phillips aka Glass Hive with Snow In Summer from the self titled EP out on Unknown Tone Records. The track that looks like the plant, ambient calm from the Florida side project where the snow is already the summer and the mind is already in the woods of sleep.
An finally to end the set the extremely prolific The Merricks with the piece bds2 from their release Bounds which seems to have mysteriously dissapeared from the face of the earth so I’m calling this an exclusive track. Geneva dark minimal electro, where the sonic bath is already the edge and the edge is already the next one. After that side B will flip itself like a polite pancake while you notice a detail in your surroundings.
First off is the shortest tack of the episode from Austin Potter and Rainbow Trout from the album III. Out on the Wormhole World label. Austin if you’re listening I want you to make me a guided sleep meditation.
Enjoy…
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.
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Mind the flip.
The rainbow already in the water, then a sonic bath that is already the edge.
Side A lets the trout know the colour so the water is already the poem, watches with the cuckoo and the child so the watching is already happening, walks the second furlongs along the chalk path the Long Man still watches while the train goes past, kneels in the wide open space that is already the holy chamber, keeps the snow in summer so the mind is already in the woods of sleep, and bounds the dark minimal electro where the bath is already the edge and the edge is already the next one.
Overall mood: Pastoral, and quietly edged — full of water that is already the poem, open chambers, and summers that prefer to keep their snow. Perfect for dusk listening, soft Downs, or sitting still while the next spool still waits.
Side A
Mood mist: a rainbow trout already in the water, a track with the cuckoo and the child saying we can watch, pastoral electronics along the Downs, a place where we kneel, snow that is already summer, a second bound of Geneva dark minimal electro.
00:05:54 Austin Potter – Rainbow Trout
https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-trout
Album: III. Label: Wormhole World
the fish that knows the color, one minute of gentle country-tinged dream where the rainbow is already in the water and the water is already the poem.
00:06:48 Jo Johnson – We Can Watch
https://jojohnson.bandcamp.com/track/we-can-watch
Single: We Can Watch.
the track with the cuckoo and the child at the end saying we can watch, ambient synth and field recording where the watching is already happening and the donation goes to the Hope Not Hate and Kent Wildlife Trust.
00:13:51 Gilroy Mere – Furlongs 2
https://claypipemusic.bandcamp.com/track/furlongs-2-2
Album: Furlongs. Label: Clay Pipe Music
the second version of the cottage, four minutes of pastoral electronics along the Downs where the chalk path is the same one Ravilious walked and the train is still going past the Long Man.
00:17:35 The Prairie Lines – This Is Where We Kneel
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-where-we-kneel
Album: eyes down slowdown. Label: whitelabrecs
the opening of the slowdown, four minutes of processed piano and static where the wide open space is the holy chamber and the kneeling is already the invitation.
00:21:14 Glass Hive – Snow In Summer
https://unknowntonerecords.bandcamp.com/track/snow-in-summer
Album: Glass Hive EP. Label: Unknown Tone Records
the track that looks like the plant, ambient calm from the Florida side project where the snow is already the summer and the mind is already in the woods of sleep.
00:28:48 The Merricks – bds2
Album: Bounds
the second bound of the Geneva dark minimal electro, where the sonic bath is already the edge and the edge is already the next one.
Welcome to the intermission aka the flip side. You just heard the track “bds2” by The Merricks. Remember If you make music, run a label, or hold a private stash of sounds that have not yet found more ears, send links or Bandcamp codes to trevlad@gmail.com. Every submission is considered. Today’s album of the day: Cell Theory by Groningen, Netherlands based ambient organism “zensor” modular synths and circuit-bent electronics where the cell is already the machine and the machine is already dividing.
https://zensor.bandcamp.com/album/cell-theory
The next set will feature Matt Lowery and the track 2-11-24 from the album Vessel out on a favourite label and channel supporter Mystery Circles. The February miniature, two minutes of modular synth and tape loop where the date is the title and the vessel is already holding the next one. Then Seil Records curator Jogging House with Shelves from the album Really. Four minutes of manipulated piano and tape where the shelves are already holding the thoughts and the thoughts are already floating. After that Julien Hauspie and the track Walkabout from the album A Distant Familiar the second track of the episode from whitelablecs. Three minutes of dialed-back guitar and field recording where the distant familiar is already the path and the path is already the walk. The penultimate piece of today’s episode is from an artist who reached out to me. Jason Dzamba produces solo improvised piano works on Youtube. Unedited improvised piano where the waiting is already the touch and the touch is already the next note that didn’t get edited out. I’ve chosen the piece Waiting Touch. Ending episode 354 is Mythologen with the track Gold from the self titled album which came out back in 2017 but seems to be missing from the Höga Nords Rekords label catalogue. One minute fourty five seconds of dreamy synth where the gold is already the muffled melody and the melody is already the recovery.
But first Zyggurat and the track “A Door Opens” from the album Sphere to Sphere out on the Old Technology label. The short closing of the sphere, two minutes of modular synth from the woodland chapel where the door is already open and the next sphere is already the one you were in.
Enjoy…
Side B
Mood mist: a door that opens, a February miniature, shelves that hold the thoughts, a walkabout that is already the path, a waiting touch on piano, gold that is already the muffled melody.
00:36:12 Zyggurat – A Door Opens
https://old-technology.bandcamp.com/track/a-door-opens
Album: Sphere to Sphere. Label: Old Technology
the short closing of the sphere, two minutes of modular synth from the woodland chapel where the door is already open and the next sphere is already the one you were in.
00:38:27 Matt Lowery – 2-11-24
https://mattlowery.bandcamp.com/track/2-11-24
Album: Vessel. Label: Mystery Circles
the February miniature, two minutes of modular synth and tape loop where the date is the title and the vessel is already holding the next one.
00:40:03Jogging House – Shelves
https://jogginghouse.bandcamp.com/track/shelves
Album: Really.
the four minutes of manipulated piano and tape where the shelves are already holding the thoughts and the thoughts are already floating.
00:43:56 Julien Hauspie – Walkabout
https://whitelabrecs.bandcamp.com/track/walkabout
Album: A Distant Familiar. Label: whitelabrecs
the three minutes of dialed-back guitar and field recording where the distant familiar is already the path and the path is already the walk.
00:46:58 Jason Dzamba – Waiting Touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsI7B60X40
Album: The Piano Journal.
the unedited improvised piano where the waiting is already the touch and the touch is already the next note that didn’t get edited out.
00:51:25 Mythologen – Gold
(Exclusive track)
Album: Mythologen. Label: Höga Nord Rekords
https://www.toolboxrecords.com/en/product/27750/experimental/hoga-nord-lp-09/
the one minute fourty five seconds of dreamy synth where the gold is already the muffled melody and the melody is already the recovery.
That was another episode of the Virtual Cassette Library. If the sequence stayed with you, share it, favourite the show, and follow the channel so the next reel finds you. Tips keep the reels turning. Better still, subscribe: the Mixcloud archive now holds more than eleven hundred past episodes, waiting whenever the next listening session calls. Travel safely between the frequencies. Cheerio.
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 192
11 April 2026
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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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EXPANSIVE WAVES 25
26 March 2026
Good evening… or morning… or whatever fragment of time you’ve found yourself floating in. This is Expansive Waves, episode twenty-five. I’m Trevor—your host, your guide, your occasional sonic conspirator.
This programme is not for the hurried. Eight pieces. Each longer than twelve minutes. Most stretching far beyond that. Each more patient than the last. If you’re expecting choruses, drops, or anything resembling urgency… you may want to try another channel. Or just turn the volume down and stare at the ceiling. That works too.
Massive shout out to Iso Brown on Mixcloud, who spotlighted the show and sent a fresh wave of new followers crashing in. Welcome, newcomers. I usually mention new followers but out of the 200 new followers I’m guessing that maybe one or two will like or comment, but if you do I will mention you and your channel in the next episode. I hope you enjoy the many strange faces of these outings—independent artists, leftfield corners, music that refuses to be in a rush.
We begin with what has been described as the album of the year so far.
Deep Earth Network – Land 2
https://richardnorris.bandcamp.com/track/land-2
Ancient soil breathing through cracked speakers while forgotten BBC voices whisper about ley lines and the first gods who were mostly moss.
So settle in. Let the kettle boil. Let the cat sleep on your chest like a small, warm dictator. Let the world spin without you for a while.
That was Land 2 by Deep Earth Network from the EP Land out on the Republic of Music label.
JSF – Time And Space, Compressed
https://theastralrealms.bandcamp.com/track/time-and-space-compressed
Your childhood bedroom at 3 a.m. stretched until the walls become nebulae and the glow-in-the-dark stars remember they were once real suns.
That was Time And Space, Compressed by JSF from the album Astral Airways out on The Dream Journal Institute
Gareth Evans aka HDRF – Flowergate Coda – a glimpse into HDRFs live set at Switched On 2025 in Whitby last November.
https://hdrf.bandcamp.com/track/flowergate-coda
A single flower made of stained glass slowly melting back into rain on the roof of an abandoned Victorian greenhouse.
That was Flowergate Coda by HDRF from the self released album H25L. Do grab this release yours truly feature on the first couple of tracks.
*Zyggurat is Pete Grimshaw’s experimental jazz project – Out of Darkness into Light
https://old-technology.bandcamp.com/
Release date 10th of April
Climbing the last step of a black marble staircase that ends in blinding white dawn, barefoot, with no memory of how many centuries you just walked.
That was Out of Darkness into Light by Zyggurat from the album Sphere to Sphere dropping April 10th on the Old Technology label.
Correlations – 3300 WELLSPRING TAPE PHASER REF
https://correlations1.bandcamp.com/track/3300-wellspring-tape-phaser-ref
Every cassette you ever owned playing at once inside a warm metal well, tape hiss turning into soft spring water that tastes faintly of solder and nostalgia.
That was 3300 WELLSPRING TAPE PHASER REF by Correlations a self released track.
Michael Brückner – A Sequence of Colours – Parts 8
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/a-sequence-of-colours-parts-8-10
Walking through a cathedral built entirely from slowly shifting stained-glass emotions—indigo guilt becoming emerald forgiveness becoming gold that has no name.
That was A Sequence of Colours – Parts 8 by Michael Brückner from the album A Sequence of Colours out on Cyclical Dreams
Projet -> Renard) Ost) – Avulsing Prometheus
https://maxencedubroca.bandcamp.com/track/avulsing-prometheus
The titan chained to the mountain suddenly realizing the eagle is just a very committed performance artist and the liver is optional.
That was Avulsing Prometheus by Projet -> Renard) Ost) who are Maxence Dubroca, Anita Franz & Simon Gris. This was from the album Jump Badger Jump.
And so the waves recede for another evening. Eight long forms. Eight patient unfoldings. If any of these pieces resonated in the quiet corners, you’ll find links to the artists and albums on the episode page at trevor.se and in the Mixcloud comments.
Feel free to leave a thought on the Mixcloud timeline. A sentence. A sigh. A single emoji that somehow says everything.
Until the next fragment of time pulls us back together… this is Trevor, signing off from Expansive Waves, episode twenty-five.
We end with 46 minutes from
DaFou – Time passing by, from the album Berlin Transit also out on Cyclical Dreams
https://cyclicaldreams.bandcamp.com/track/time-passing-by
Standing on a moving Berlin sidewalk at 4 a.m. while every second of your life files past like friendly ghosts waving from trams that never quite stop.
Cheerio…
Deep Earth Network – Land 2 – 01:40
JSF – Time And Space, Compressed – 23:30
HDRF – Flowergate Coda – 39:50
*Zyggurat – Out of Darkness into Light – 50:50
Correlations – 3300 WELLSPRING TAPE PHASER REF – 1:06:25
Michael Brückner – A Sequence of Colours – Parts 8 – 1:17:50
Projet -> Renard) Ost) – Avulsing Prometheus – 1:32:05
DaFou – Time passing by – 1:46:15
***track is unreleased at the the time of the episode’s publication.
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