Spectrical
Timothy Allen, aka Spectrical, is an ambient, drone and experimental artist and founder of Perceptual Tapes based in nipaluna, lutruwita / Hobart, Tasmania. He creates soundscapes both dissonant and dreamy, with a focus on atmosphere, texture and experimentation.
Tim began playing music early in life, starting with the violin at five years of age and picking up the guitar in his teens. He began releasing music as Spectrical in 2012 with releases on netlabels Test Tube and CONV. These works focused on experimental sound design and recording techniques with the use of a contact mic and induction coil pickup, respectively. His latter work incorporates acoustic instruments, tape recordings, analogue and modular synths, field recordings and digital processing.
Spectrical’s music has attracted attention from publications including Igloo Mag, First Impressions (from the Longform Editions team), Prism Reviews, Avant Music News and ATTN:Magazine. His music has been played on radio stations including Edge Radio (Hobart), RTRFM (Perth), FBi Radio (Sydney), KCXI 91.3 (Tucson) and Radio 100,7 (Luxembourg).