Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL)
@rapideyeelectro.bsky.social
REEL formed when three refugees from The Psychedelic Duelling Wars congealed in the psychic wreckage of a Somerset studio to record Wild Garlick electronica on adapted bits of farm machinery, petrol cans & sine wave generators
https://psych-duelling.uk
https://psych-duelling.uk
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“The road from the West Country to London is the A303. You think that’s an accident?” #acid #psychedelicduelling #wyrdwildwest
Currently reading / listening - both deranged in different ways. Dostoyesky & Kate Folk.
September 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Currently reading / listening - both deranged in different ways. Dostoyesky & Kate Folk.
Raging against the dying of the LPs by finding time to play Swans albums right the way through (on CD). Today it has been Birthing, played loud & soundtracking chores, sitting, dancing, more chores, cooking, cleaning and finally just listening with my eyes closed.
September 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Raging against the dying of the LPs by finding time to play Swans albums right the way through (on CD). Today it has been Birthing, played loud & soundtracking chores, sitting, dancing, more chores, cooking, cleaning and finally just listening with my eyes closed.
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I am not joking when I say this. Soylent Green is now very, very good and these soulless dorks need to (literally) get into it.
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
September 30, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I am not joking when I say this. Soylent Green is now very, very good and these soulless dorks need to (literally) get into it.
Well, wouldn’t say it was life changing because me & most of my mates loved Orbital & had seen them before but it certainly changed Glastonbury Festival for everyone…
September 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Well, wouldn’t say it was life changing because me & most of my mates loved Orbital & had seen them before but it certainly changed Glastonbury Festival for everyone…
Yesterday was a photographing shipping containers through a rainy windscreen kind of day.
September 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Yesterday was a photographing shipping containers through a rainy windscreen kind of day.
Random moments in TV Shows that have made me inexplicably tear up like a sentimental old drunk.
September 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Random moments in TV Shows that have made me inexplicably tear up like a sentimental old drunk.
Actually we’re now self hosting so expect some special downloadable tracks / mixes etc soon.
We finally have a REEL website… it’d be cool if you could click on it with various devices to see if it works musicforpsychedelicduelling.netlify.app
Music for Psychedelic Duelling
Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd (REEL)
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September 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Actually we’re now self hosting so expect some special downloadable tracks / mixes etc soon.
A few days ago a mate couldn’t remember a song and said simply “I think Andrew Weatherall did a remix of it” - Mm, not as helpful as you might think…
September 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A few days ago a mate couldn’t remember a song and said simply “I think Andrew Weatherall did a remix of it” - Mm, not as helpful as you might think…
Well, it turned out that Home Taping WASN’T the thing killing music…
September 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Well, it turned out that Home Taping WASN’T the thing killing music…
Saw someone write that The Fall was their favourite band but they weren’t entirely sure they liked their music - I don’t (quite) agree but it’s definitely adjacent to the reason I miss them being around.
September 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Saw someone write that The Fall was their favourite band but they weren’t entirely sure they liked their music - I don’t (quite) agree but it’s definitely adjacent to the reason I miss them being around.
Spent a great deal of the day listening to Swans while doing household tasks, writing and cooking. They sure make even the most menial & quotidian tasks shimmer with intensity.
August 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Spent a great deal of the day listening to Swans while doing household tasks, writing and cooking. They sure make even the most menial & quotidian tasks shimmer with intensity.
Rewatching Our Friends In The North on iPlayer & enjoying almost as much as when it first cake out, even if I’d forgotten / repressed the influence on my young self of the unbelievably hot Gina McKee, especially when she gets into politics…
August 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Rewatching Our Friends In The North on iPlayer & enjoying almost as much as when it first cake out, even if I’d forgotten / repressed the influence on my young self of the unbelievably hot Gina McKee, especially when she gets into politics…
Horse Rotorvator
Cop
Songs about Fucking
White Light / White Heat
Metal Box
Fun House
It Takes A Nation of Millions…
Stations of the Crass
Tago Mago
Deluxe
Cop
Songs about Fucking
White Light / White Heat
Metal Box
Fun House
It Takes A Nation of Millions…
Stations of the Crass
Tago Mago
Deluxe
What are some GOATED second albums in your mind?
August 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Horse Rotorvator
Cop
Songs about Fucking
White Light / White Heat
Metal Box
Fun House
It Takes A Nation of Millions…
Stations of the Crass
Tago Mago
Deluxe
Cop
Songs about Fucking
White Light / White Heat
Metal Box
Fun House
It Takes A Nation of Millions…
Stations of the Crass
Tago Mago
Deluxe
Bought this book years ago & then got drunk and left it in the pub after only reading Chapter 1 but now have it on audiobook & it’s a great deal of mordant fun, almost ridiculously relatable, and read beautifully by @jahduran.bsky.social himself. www.strangeattractor.co.uk/catalogue/jo...
Jolly Lad — Strange Attractor
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August 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Bought this book years ago & then got drunk and left it in the pub after only reading Chapter 1 but now have it on audiobook & it’s a great deal of mordant fun, almost ridiculously relatable, and read beautifully by @jahduran.bsky.social himself. www.strangeattractor.co.uk/catalogue/jo...
Performative reading update: more people talk to you if reading books with colourful covers than books with dark ones. Small sample but seems significant. Tried some performative reading in Hay on Wye but competition there was hard. Stag Dance probably not best option.
I read books a lot in public. Subways, bus stops, parks, waiting in queues, sitting in pubs waiting for friends who are always late etc, but I’m hearing a lot about ‘performative reading’ & I’d like to get into that. Any tips for a beginner that could elevate my reading in this way? #BookSky 💙📚
August 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Performative reading update: more people talk to you if reading books with colourful covers than books with dark ones. Small sample but seems significant. Tried some performative reading in Hay on Wye but competition there was hard. Stag Dance probably not best option.
We finally have a REEL website… it’d be cool if you could click on it with various devices to see if it works musicforpsychedelicduelling.netlify.app
Music for Psychedelic Duelling
Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd (REEL)
musicforpsychedelicduelling.netlify.app
August 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
We finally have a REEL website… it’d be cool if you could click on it with various devices to see if it works musicforpsychedelicduelling.netlify.app
Okay, I’m sure “times were different” or whatever, but whenever *I* don’t come home on time because I’m hanging out & taking drugs & having sex with a beautiful nymph on a remote island *my* wife gets well annoyed…
August 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Okay, I’m sure “times were different” or whatever, but whenever *I* don’t come home on time because I’m hanging out & taking drugs & having sex with a beautiful nymph on a remote island *my* wife gets well annoyed…
Bought a lot of books this Summer on my travels. Not sure which one I should read next. Narrowed it down to these. Might leave the massive Meades one for the winter since it hardly fits in my bag…
August 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Bought a lot of books this Summer on my travels. Not sure which one I should read next. Narrowed it down to these. Might leave the massive Meades one for the winter since it hardly fits in my bag…
Bring back the age of Huysmans.
July 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Bring back the age of Huysmans.
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A controversial pairing
July 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A controversial pairing
Brion Gysin: Tuning into the Multimedia Age is such a beautiful book
July 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Brion Gysin: Tuning into the Multimedia Age is such a beautiful book
I only really liked Debt’s early stuff, when it was in chickens & conch shells & shit like that.
We admire great works of art, architecture and engineering. Why not debt?
Debt Is More Beautiful Than You Think
From sovereign bonds to modern banking, debt is one of humanity’s most elegant and misunderstood creations.
bloom.bg
July 25, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I only really liked Debt’s early stuff, when it was in chickens & conch shells & shit like that.
I’d have given him a lift but we disagreed about The Stone Roses, Doves, The Courteeners & The La’s and he wasn’t budging. I guess sticking to your guns can be a good thing but I thought it was a bit much, tbh. I said I had Fool’s Gold ffs.
Andy Burnham is going to be flying between London and Manchester ffs
July 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I’d have given him a lift but we disagreed about The Stone Roses, Doves, The Courteeners & The La’s and he wasn’t budging. I guess sticking to your guns can be a good thing but I thought it was a bit much, tbh. I said I had Fool’s Gold ffs.
Doesn’t happen very often but it’s one of those evenings when all I can be bothered to watch is The Chart Show’s Indie Singles run down. Interesting that they used the Icelandic version of Birthday. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rru...
The Chart Show - Indie Chart (9th October 1987)
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July 24, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Doesn’t happen very often but it’s one of those evenings when all I can be bothered to watch is The Chart Show’s Indie Singles run down. Interesting that they used the Icelandic version of Birthday. m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rru...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3aP... Went to see The Band of Holy Joy play at The Water Rats in London (with Glaxo Babies) and had maybe too much fun…
Band Of Holy Joy, Drugvirgin, The Water Rats, London, 17/07/26
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July 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM
m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3aP... Went to see The Band of Holy Joy play at The Water Rats in London (with Glaxo Babies) and had maybe too much fun…