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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL)

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REEL formed when three refugees from The Psychedelic Duelling Wars congealed in the psychic wreckage of a Somerset studio to record Wild Garlick electronics, eschatological ambience & brown acid techno on adapted bits of farm machinery & petrol cans

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · Dec 21

“The road from the West Country to London is the A303. You think that’s an accident?” #acid #psychedelicduelling #wyrdwildwest

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Freq @freqzine.bsky.social · 3h

The Utopia Strong and Andrew Liles live in #Glastonbury (The King Arthur; @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social ) "between Dionysian and line-dancing." and Bristol (@The Cube; @michaelrodhamheaps.bsky.social ) "shimmering optimism constantly unwrapping fresh perspectives." t.ly/ei2qG t.ly/LWj57 #livemusic

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

Yes absolutely. Boards of Canada were the more acceptable face of electronica I think - not as weird or angular as the early Ghost Box CDs & not requiring drugs to get into the music like some of the Aphex related stuff

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

Haha yes Mark Fisher was definitely in the circle - he was in the ‘but but… early Jungle!’ circle while we were in the ‘but but… Coil & Acid House!) one & we bitched jokingly at each other and then REALLY at Pitchfork 😂

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, that’s a good comparison - I think some people are just better at marketing that they’re a ‘maverick’ - Aphex is a musical genius but ALSO great at the grift: pretending to invent his instruments, not use samplers, dream music into being etc - all with a ‘I’m just from Cornwall’ vibe

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

I guess I’m talking mostly UK based blogs etc… which dominated the discourse for awhile in the absence of any good weeklies… and they were VERY protective of early WARP stuff being mined by *checks notes* indie guitar groups..

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

And I also remember quite a lot of people accusing Aphex Twin’s SAW 2 of basically ripping off 80s industrial ‘dark ambient’ bands & then pretending he wrote them all when he was 10 or something to make the timeline work.

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

I think a lot of the reviews (especially on the blogs) at the time really attempted to get Radiohead to stay in their lane

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

Mastodon enters the chat & criticises your Linux server for relying on Ubuntu.

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 11h

A lot of the songs Nick Cave covered in Kicking Against the Pricks feel like that - and Johnny Cash’s American Recordings really messed with your head by making them all sound ancient AND like his own.

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 12h

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water feels like Simon & Garfunkel stumbled on it in some dusty library archive & then realised they could do an arrangement that would soar.

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 23h

Oh wow, that’s a lovely thing to hear. Very kind. Glad it’s connecting with you.

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 1d

Well, Alfonso Cuarón was definitely the best Harry Potter director but still seems harsh 😂

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 1d

A few more thoughts about Betty Blue 1) the houses / apartments all look real and lived in, something I’m only realising now is often absent in modern film & 2) the sex looks real & lived in as well; sometimes passionate but also tired, emotional, stressed-out, loving etc - and NECESSARY

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 2d

A class action suit is surely possible!

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 2d

Although, thinking back on it, I think Beatrice Dalle in that film is indirectly responsible for me making several bad decisions throughout my life 😂

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 2d

Watching one of my emotional support movies, Betty Blue (1986) (perhaps not coincidentally also painted a Summerhouse this afternoon)

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 2d

He was excellent… I’d have taken more but one 20 sec clip is normally my limit because dancing etc

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew Liles was the support act and he was (brilliantly) all over the place; loved it

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 3d

The Utopia Strong at The King Arthur, Glastonbury.

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 4d

😂

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 4d

Made the mistake of messaging my teen child to put their food in the microwave for 6 or 7 minutes. If you know you know.

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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 4d

Hahahaha

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah Joy Division, Pere Ubu, Throbbing Gristle, The Pop Group etc etc but the REAL underground sound ushering in the dayglo 80s was Where’s Captain Kirk? by Spizz Energi & you KNOW it

Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL) @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social · 4d

Saw it way too early and it proved… formative

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