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 electronics, eschatological ambience & brown acid techno on adapted bits of farm machinery & petrol cans
Just saying
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just saying
Watched Michael Haneke’s The Seventh Continent this morning at 5am (long, dull story). Crikey. Thought I’d already watched it - had the box set for years - but, unless my traumatised mind has repressed it, it turns out I haven’t. By all accounts Haneke is actually a bit of a laugh.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Watched Michael Haneke’s The Seventh Continent this morning at 5am (long, dull story). Crikey. Thought I’d already watched it - had the box set for years - but, unless my traumatised mind has repressed it, it turns out I haven’t. By all accounts Haneke is actually a bit of a laugh.
Only saw 30 mins of the Cremaster Cycle in a gallery in Paris 20 years ago but I do think of it now and then. I guess one day I’ll see the whole thing
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Only saw 30 mins of the Cremaster Cycle in a gallery in Paris 20 years ago but I do think of it now and then. I guess one day I’ll see the whole thing
This one, from Woolworths I think
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This one, from Woolworths I think
Watched Raw (2016) again very early this morning (don’t ask) & it was even better than I’d remembered. Haven’t seen Alpha (2025) yet, though not hearing great things. Titane (2021) was powerful but I think this one is the true masterpiece.
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Watched Raw (2016) again very early this morning (don’t ask) & it was even better than I’d remembered. Haven’t seen Alpha (2025) yet, though not hearing great things. Titane (2021) was powerful but I think this one is the true masterpiece.
Went to the church where TS Eliot’s ashes are interred in East Coker.
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Went to the church where TS Eliot’s ashes are interred in East Coker.
Finally (it’s been on the shelves for 30 + years) getting around to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and 3/4 of the way through… it’s (of course) great but funnier than I imagined… but the worse chapter headings ever.
October 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Finally (it’s been on the shelves for 30 + years) getting around to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and 3/4 of the way through… it’s (of course) great but funnier than I imagined… but the worse chapter headings ever.
Seefeel - Quique (1993) very exciting because it answered the question: what if it sounded like a Warp band but also a bit like Spacemen 3?
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Seefeel - Quique (1993) very exciting because it answered the question: what if it sounded like a Warp band but also a bit like Spacemen 3?
This is often my answer in polls but a huge release in my limited little musical circle in 1991 & I feel it’s been quietly very influential ever since. Coil - Love’s Secret Domain
October 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This is often my answer in polls but a huge release in my limited little musical circle in 1991 & I feel it’s been quietly very influential ever since. Coil - Love’s Secret Domain
Watching one of my emotional support movies, Betty Blue (1986) (perhaps not coincidentally also painted a Summerhouse this afternoon)
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Watching one of my emotional support movies, Betty Blue (1986) (perhaps not coincidentally also painted a Summerhouse this afternoon)
Andrew Liles was the support act and he was (brilliantly) all over the place; loved it
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Andrew Liles was the support act and he was (brilliantly) all over the place; loved it
The Utopia Strong at The King Arthur, Glastonbury.
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Utopia Strong at The King Arthur, Glastonbury.
Watching Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) for the first time since it came out on VHS. Funnier than I remembered.
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Watching Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) for the first time since it came out on VHS. Funnier than I remembered.
First impression, just a few chapters in, it would make a good double bill with Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat
October 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
First impression, just a few chapters in, it would make a good double bill with Muriel Spark’s The Driver’s Seat
Project Hail Mary came with quite a few recommendations but it seemed very much like it was aimed at children / YAs
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Project Hail Mary came with quite a few recommendations but it seemed very much like it was aimed at children / YAs
Now reading Edna O’Brien’s August Is A Wicked Month.
I’d take August, right now though.
I’d take August, right now though.
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Now reading Edna O’Brien’s August Is A Wicked Month.
I’d take August, right now though.
I’d take August, right now though.
Just finished Kim Stanley Robinson’s Antarctica (liked it, especially all the Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton stuff) & now trying to convince family to go there for Summer holidays…
October 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just finished Kim Stanley Robinson’s Antarctica (liked it, especially all the Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton stuff) & now trying to convince family to go there for Summer holidays…
Reading old NMEs for a thing. This one from the heady days of February 1989.
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reading old NMEs for a thing. This one from the heady days of February 1989.
Loved these books as a kid (never got around to the others in the series) but I don’t THINK they were supposed to be a political science guidebook…
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Loved these books as a kid (never got around to the others in the series) but I don’t THINK they were supposed to be a political science guidebook…
No question - Bunuel & Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (1929). Saw it on late night TV as a teen & have been obsessed with it ever since.
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
No question - Bunuel & Dali’s Un Chien Andalou (1929). Saw it on late night TV as a teen & have been obsessed with it ever since.
To celebrate our first vinyl release as part of the mighty Castles in Space vinyl subscription service - subscribe now etc to get it and loads of other great stuff - we’ll soon be releasing our first live album on digital & very Ltd. ed cassette on eastvillevending.bandcamp.com/music
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
To celebrate our first vinyl release as part of the mighty Castles in Space vinyl subscription service - subscribe now etc to get it and loads of other great stuff - we’ll soon be releasing our first live album on digital & very Ltd. ed cassette on eastvillevending.bandcamp.com/music
Skullflower’s Bo Diddley’s Shitpump shuffled onto the morning commute (I didn’t have the single but it was on The Portable Altamont). Not my fave period of theirs but it’s still a blast when you’re on your way to work.
September 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Skullflower’s Bo Diddley’s Shitpump shuffled onto the morning commute (I didn’t have the single but it was on The Portable Altamont). Not my fave period of theirs but it’s still a blast when you’re on your way to work.
Played Techno Animal - Ghosts album yesterday. Great in a storm.
September 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Played Techno Animal - Ghosts album yesterday. Great in a storm.
Reading the delightfully daft Carry-On Invisble Man comic Butterscotch by the inimitable Milo Manara
September 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reading the delightfully daft Carry-On Invisble Man comic Butterscotch by the inimitable Milo Manara
For some reason my brain immediately went to this album cover when I saw your picture
September 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
For some reason my brain immediately went to this album cover when I saw your picture