Perceptual Tapes

22/06/2025

My friend listened to Spectrical - Among Lunar Glaciers on cassette as nature intended: at Goode Beach, Albany, on Menang Boodjar.

09/06/2025

Spectrical - Among Lunar Glaciers is featured in First Impressions 054, thanks to Andrew at Longform Editions.

Read the full post via the link in bio or 1stimpressions.substack.com

Among Lunar Glaciers is available to listen and purchase on limited edition cassette/digital via Bandcamp.

01/06/2025

David Nizet and Spectrical are featured - thanks to Chitra Records

Discover 10 outstanding ambient albums released in May 2025.

18/05/2025

Sons of Melancholia is a project of David Nizet, a Belgian electronic music producer operating under various aliases since the 90s. Now dedicated almost exclusively to experimental music, his new album ‘Hyperliquid’ is an introspective journey through atmospheric soundscapes, immersive drones, obscured textures and treated field recordings. The album takes the listener through varied sonic environments, from the light, airy and expansive to the submerged, hypnotic and contemplative. The compositions display a level of refinement and restraint, balanced with an ever-present emotional undercurrent, underscoring David’s experience and dedication to his craft.

Pro-duplicated cassette [limited to 50 copies] + digital

Purchase at:
🇦🇺 perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com
🇬🇧 normanrecords.com
🇯🇵 tobirarecords.com
🇺🇸 tapeheadcity.com

14/05/2025

‘Among Lunar Glaciers’ is an experimental ambient drone work, conceived as an imaginary soundtrack to an exploration of glaciers on an icy moon and the varied environments within the glacier’s depths. In making the album, Spectrical challenged himself by using only acoustic guitar, violin, and occasional analogue noise as the sole sound sources. The original recordings were transformed with various computer-based processes into otherworldly yet intimate soundscapes. A reel-to-reel tape machine was used and manipulated by hand to add vintage textures and imperfections, and a Eurorack system was used for additional sound design. The resulting aural environments invite the listener to daydream about crystalline caverns, subglacial oceans and iridescent atmospheres in a world far from our own.

Pro-duplicated cassette [limited to 50 copies] + digital

Purchase at:
🇦🇺 perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com
🇬🇧 normanrecords.com
🇯🇵 tobirarecords.com
🇺🇸 tapeheadcity.com

10/05/2025

✰ Out today! ✰
Spectrical - Among Lunar Glaciers
Sons of Melancholia - Hyperliquid

Pro-duplicated cassette [limited to 50 copies] + digital

Purchase at:
🇦🇺 perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com
🇬🇧 normanrecords.com
🇯🇵 tobirarecords.com

✧ About ‘Among Lunar Glaciers’
Conceived as an imaginary soundtrack to an exploration of glaciers on an icy moon and the varied environments within the glacier’s depths, .sound challenged himself by using only acoustic guitar, violin, and occasional analogue noise as the sole sound sources. The original recordings were transformed with various computer-based processes into otherworldly yet intimate soundscapes. A reel-to-reel tape machine was used and manipulated by hand to add vintage textures and imperfections, and a Eurorack system was used for additional sound design. The resulting aural environments invite the listener to daydream about crystalline caverns, subglacial oceans and iridescent atmospheres in a world far from our own.

✧ About ‘Hyperliquid’
is a project of David Nizet, a Belgian electronic music producer operating under various aliases since the 90s. Now dedicated almost exclusively to experimental music, his new album ‘Hyperliquid’ is an introspective journey through atmospheric soundscapes, immersive drones, obscured textures and treated field recordings. The album takes the listener through varied sonic environments, from the light, airy and expansive to the submerged, hypnotic and contemplative. The compositions display a level of refinement and restraint, balanced with an ever-present emotional undercurrent, underscoring David’s experience and dedication to his craft.

05/05/2025

29/04/2025

Thanks Trevlad Sounds for including David Nizet (Sons of Melancholia) in this mix!

28.04.2025 Trevs Intro – 00:00A Side -analog_mannequin x B9 – Tracing Planes – 03:05Dag Rosenqvist – Somna, sov – 06:35jarguna – Light Passage – 11:01*Sons…

26/04/2025

Pre-orders now available!
✧ Spectrical - Among Lunar Glaciers
✧ Sons of Melancholia - Hyperliquid

Both albums will be available in 2 weeks from now, on 10 May, as a limited edition of 50 cassettes and digital download via Bandcamp.

The ‘Autumn Batch 2025’ bundle is also available including both tapes at a discounted price.

Each album is a highly immersive and atmospheric journey into ambient / drone sonic environments.

Head to Bandcamp to listen to the preview tracks and find out more.

perceptualtapes.bandcamp.com

Thanks for your support!
Tim

20/04/2025

As many of you would know(?), as the curator of Perceptual Tapes, I also make music as Spectrical. My new album, Among Lunar Glaciers, is coming out soon. Made entirely with processed acoustic guitar and violin, with occasional analogue noise, the album is an imaginary soundtrack to an exploration of glaciers on a distant moon.

Among Lunar Glaciers is coming out on 10 May via Perceptual Tapes as a limited edition of 50 cassettes and digital download, with pre-orders starting in one week from now.