Perceptual Defence

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2019
Deep dark and ambient sounds from Belgium and Italy.

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2020
Electromagnetism invites you to a trip into electrical circuits. Fraught with tension, eruptive, effective on all frequencies. An ambient album to dive and resonate into the deep. From slow and low frequencies up to high voltage and electromagnetic disturbances. 

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2018
Divided by Two is an ambient project by Italian artist Gabriele Quirici (aka Perceptual Defence) and Belgian artist Danny Budts (aka Syndromeda)
"The Legend" is the story about Silvius Brabo who was a mythical Roman soldier who is said to have killed a giant, and by this would have created the name Brabant. Later this story was also used to explain the name Antwerp (meaning hand throwing). Brabo once killed a giant, called Druon Antigoon, who asked money from people who wanted to pass the bridge over the river Scheldt. When they didn't want to or couldn't pay, he cut off their hand and threw it in the river. Because of this, Brabo also removed the hand of the giant, and threw it into the river. (Wikipedia)

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Robert Rich
P: 2020
2 long flowing ambienttracks with Robert Rich playing his brilliant Steel Guitar.

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2018
PERCEPTUAL DEFENCE & SYNDROMEDA is a cooperation between both of this artists from Rome (Italy) and Antwerp (Belgium)
"Two Aliens conversating in the silent space" is the title of this live-album, that refers to the former deep-space trilogy of both musicians. In May 2017 Perceptual Defence and Syndromeda performed a live concert in a closed former plant in Belgium (ZLDR Luchtfabriek Heusden-Zolder) in front of an audience waiting in exited attention for ambient space sounds amongst huge generators, machines, tubes and turbines. Anyone being present may have saved this indelible memory for ever. To give an emphasis to this memory as well as for friends of ambient music, who weren't able to visit that stunning event, this album is reason enough to be released now to at least give a musical impression.

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2020
A nice Sci-Fi story, told with synthesizersounds like a movie. Brilliant, dark soundscapes of Alien attacking the Earth and the Rescue.

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2016
"The End of the Universe" is the third album of this duo, completing the trip through deep space achieving the end of the universe in complete silence and pitchblack darkness.  Perceptual Defence & Syndromeda complete their travel to strange worlds of aliens and black holes in the third album of the trilogy. The dark album is again full of ambient sounds and strange atmospheres.

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2014
PERCEPTUAL DEFENCE & SYNDROMEDA is a cooperation between both of this artists from Rome (Italy) and Antwerp (Belgium)
"Fear of the Emptiness Space" is a remarkable album that matches the expectations of fans of both artists for their atmospheric character that is created by ambient, sequences and electronic sound images.
This time the artists tried to express the consequences of an encounter with aliens. They warn us - could aliens just be as human, as we are...
The music expresses this tension vividly through two langtracks of each more than 30 minutes.
"Aliens : beautiful, peaceful, enlightened creatures from outer space teaching mankind their wisdom?
Built on dark revolving textures and crepuscular sequences, this album has only one purpose: to warn us.
The universe could be anything but such a great place to encounter new lifeforms.
Because aliens could be just as human as we are." *
 

Artist: Perceptual Defence + Syndromeda
P: 2015
Perceptual Defence & Syndromeda continued their travel to strange worlds of aliens and black holes. The dark album is full of ambient sounds.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2019
I’ve started to compose this album in september 2018 during a very important moment for me and my family. I’ve started thank to a new job to travel by train every week from Rome to Switzerland. This has given to me the opportunity to experience two different realities and different landscapes and also experience different emotional images in my mind. Therefore "Changing Images" is my attempt I wanted to try to translate my emotional images into music.Special Thanks to Danny Budts, John Valk, Mark de Vit, Johan Geens, Sylvain Mazars and Kilian Schloemp, all the friends of the 22nd Century Music Group and all the Friends and Musicians round the World

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2011
2 Live improvisations, recorded in Roma in 2011. With reverebed natursounds and long drones.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2013
Track 1 recorded live by perceptual defence at la scarzuola, montegabbione (italy)
the 22th june 2013 for the "illumina tenebras" butoh dance performance
about the life of st. francis of assisi.
Track 2 recorded live by perceptual pefence at the sasso pinzuto necropolis,
tuscania (italy) the 6th july 2013 for the "tur vinum" non company butoh dance performance
about the ancient etruscan ritual of the symposium.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2014 / 2016
Long ambienttracks with slowly evolving sequences in Berlin School style, on 2 CDs.
Perceptual Defence is Gabriele Quirici, a Swiss-Italian psychotherapist and music therapist based in Rome (Italy) and cousin of the late Oophoi. Gabriele has been composing music since 1993 for music therapy groups and soundtracks for Butoh dance and art performances and his first official album was produced by the Italian Umbra Label in 2004. This double album “Life Lights in the Shadow” presents 4 long-form live improvisations recorded between 2012 -2013 during several Rome art festivals and showcases Perceptual Defence’s skills and talent for creating dynamic and exciting EM compositions at the spot, which we thought deserved to be released on CD. Both 30+ minute tracks on the first CD were recorded during the "Attraverso il Butoh" Dance Improvisation. The first track from CD two ( 41 min.) was recorded live at Valle Theater Roma (Italy) during the "Dancing Lights" Butoh Dance Performance, the second, half an hour track,  was recorded live at Villa Lais Roma (Italy) during the "Three Forms of Art" Improvisation. During the performances Gabriele used the following tools and instruments: Waldorf Xtk, Korg M50, Teenage Engineering OP-1,Yamaha Tenori-On, Korg Kaossilator Pro, Arturia Minibrute, Clavia Nord Modural G2, Electrix Warpfactory, Filterfactory, Mo-Fx, Repeater, Waterphone, Natural Sounds and processed String and Wood Instruments.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2013
Long ambienttracks with slowly evolving sequences.

"Physis" is an emotional trip inside one of the most historical place in Ancona (Italy) where during the 18th century it was used as medical center for plague and leprosy patients. Now the place called "Mole Vanvitelliana" is used as cultural center. Perceptual Defence played live in this place in september 2012 and his purpose in this album was to reproduce the ambivalent feeling of this place full of historical pain but also great creativity.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2011
Live improvisation, recorded in Roma in 2011. With processed Guitar and sounds on top of some long sequences.
 

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2004 / 2017
Back in 2004! I remember I was always interested in science fiction Films, but above all to the wonderful space Soundtracks (especially the Soundtrack created by Louis and Bebe Barron for Forbidden Planet, or the Soundtrack created by Edward Artemiev for Solaris). So I decided to create two Albums in that Direction called Sounds from Space and Wishstones. 
My cousin Gianluigi Gasparetti (better known as Oophoi) in that Years created an Italian Label for electronic Music called Umbra Records and he decided to release them in a very limited Edition now out of print. 
It was only last Year during a talk about this Album with my good Friend Danny Budts, that he suggested to me to rerelease them and especially this first Album. So I agreed but I wanted to give new life to the original Master. That’s why I asked to my Friend Pierpaolo Bramonti, who is a well known sound Technician here in Italy, to digitally remaster it and I think the Result is great!  Although the album indicates 5 tracks, they are linked an can be heared as one track only. This corresponds with the original release
credits:
All Music composed, arranged & performed by Perceptual Defence at Musart Studio 
in Rome (Italy) during Year 2004. All Instruments played by Perceptual Defence (Gabriele Quirici). 
Only analog Synthesizers were played in this Album! 

Originally released on Umbra Records in 2004 thanks to my cousin Gianluigi Gasparetti (Oophoi). 

Digitally remastered during Year 2016 by Pierpaolo Bramonti at Bramonti Studio in Rome (Italy) 

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2011
Live improvisation, recorded in Roma in 2011. With processed Guitar and sounds on top of some long sequences.
 

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2014
LTD 40
This is the first Volume of a Series of mini cd-r of Ambient Music composed by Perceptual Defence. It was released on the 18th October 2014 in a very limited hand made mini cd-r signed and numbered by the Artist. Only 40 Pieces will be released!!!

This single 23,33 min Ambient Track was composed and recorded in August 2014 by Perceptual Defence in his Studio in Roma, Italy.
Original Pictures made in Alaska by Danny Buds (Syndromeda), September 2014

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2014
Long ambienttracks with slowly evolving sequences in Berlin School style, on 2 CDs. and on the second CD collaborations with many different artists.

Artist: Perceptual Defence
P: 2011
Live improvisation, recorded in Roma in 2011. With processed Guitar and sounds on top of some long sequences.