Rural Tapes – announces new album ‘Oneiric’  lead single ‘Bird’s-Eye View’ out now

Rural Tapes has announced his fourth album Oneiric to be released via Clay Pipe Music on October 17^th 2025. Fans will have the chance to listen to the album ahead of release in an exclusive Bandcamp listening party on September 3^rd. Sign up for listening party access here.
 
Oneiric is another expansive and enthralling record from the highly acclaimed Rural Tapes moniker of Norwegian producer and multi-instrumentalist Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen.
 
As the title suggests Oneiric is a record for the dreamers, a trippy cosmic aural experience of largely instrumental music, recorded analogue and crafted together at his Nygrenda Vev & Dur studio in rural Norway. Arne is also joined on Oneiric by long term collaborators Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip) and Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) for two vocal tracks on the record.
 
Regarding the album Arne says, “The word Oneiric refers to things connected with dreams. I’ve drawn inspiration from the strange, surreal, humorous, imaginative, and vividly colourful experiences that often unfold within them.
 
“I have played with genres, sounds and timbres and put together pieces of music that I think could be the soundtrack to a dream sequence. I love the way a dream can be so bizarre and yet still feel so natural, and I can relate to that otherworldliness in the way I compose and put together musical pieces. Some songs have a clear structure, some have not, some are minimalist, some are maximalist, some are wistful and some are joyful, but I think all of them are quite colourful and playful. 
 
“I’ve taken inspiration from many different music eras and many different corners of the world, from quirky British music to French dream pop to the 60s New York tape music scene to ambient and psychedelic music. The music is created hands on using old analogue gear such as tape machines, dictaphones, tape echoes and more to colour the music and give the sounds the right textures. This way I feel connected to the music I make.”
 
The first taste of Oneiric comes with lead single ‘Bird’s-Eye View’, a soaring song which dances on a smooth bassline as mellotron shimmers alongside warped synths simulating birdsong.

Oneiric will be available on vinyl LP, CD, and digital/streaming on October 17^th 2025 via Clay Pipe Music.
 
ONEIRIC TRACK LISTING
A1 – NREM
A2 – Flower Lab
A3 – Retire The Fool
A4 – Hypermnesia
A5 – Eidetic Memory
 
B1 – Bird’s-Eye View
B2 – Woolgathering
B3 – Fantasia
B4 – Reverie
B5 – Dream Within A Dream
B6 – Lingering Souls
B7 – Lucid Dreaming

 ALBUM PRE-ORDERS START ON SEPT 5^TH HERE

Artwork & cover design by Frances Castle (Clay Pipe Music)