Tommy Perman
@surfacepressure.bsky.social
Artist / designer / musician from Scotland Portfolio: https://surfacepressure.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfacepressure/ Latest LP with Andrew Wasylyk out now on Clay Pipe Music: https://thegullglideson.co.uk
Enough is enough. Demand those fuelling the climate emergency pay for climate action here: foe.uk/7rpsi
Make polluters worldwide pay for a greener future
The world's most polluting companies are actively working to block climate action – all for the sake of profit. We've had enough. From extreme weather to energy and food prices, the climate emergency’...
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Here is a big clue as to what is coming up next on Clay Pipe Music. @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social and @surfacepressure.bsky.social have written a soundtrack to the 1925 horror Phantom of the Opera and will be taking it across the country to these cinemas. All the info: ▶️ awtp.surfacepressure.net
Furthermore, @surfacepressure.bsky.social and I will be performing our new soundtrack House With A Curse and screening TPOTO at these fine establishments through Oct. & Nov. It would be amazing if you could join us. 🎟️s on sale 10am tomorrow ➡️ www.bit.ly/phantom-tour @claypipemusic.bsky.social
Late 2025, Dundee Contemporary Arts commissioned @surfacepressure.bsky.social & I to write a score for RupertJulian’s 1925 seminal horror PhantomOfTheOpera. It was a brilliant/terrifying experience. Our new soundtrack LP, House With A Curse will be released 16 Oct @claypipemusic.bsky.social 😱🙌
@andrewwasylyk.bsky.social & I composed a new soundtrack to the 1925 silent horror classic The Phantom of the Opera. Thrilled to share that @claypipemusic.bsky.social are releasing it as an album on 16 October & we'll be performing it live at cinemas across the UK this autumn. bit.ly/phantom-tour
'We need to talk about how we talk about nature and climate [...] How the misuse of tongue, teeth, mouth and throat can be as violent as a naked flame in an open, dry moorland.' Blue Kirkhope unpicks how the English language can catalyse the climate crisis www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07/word...
#NowPlaying Morgan Szymanski and @surfacepressure.bsky.social - Songs for the Mist Forest blackfordhill.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
Almost 10 years ago, I stopped flying for climate justice reasons. 🧵
The CCA in Glasgow has been put up for sale. Please consider signing this petition to keep the building as a public asset c.org/2sNBLqPG5S
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One week to go until our next National Meeting focusing on green jobs! Online, at 6.30pm on Wed 29 July 📆 Open to Friends of the Earth Scotland members - you can join ahead of the meeting for as little as £1/month. Sign up: act.foe.scot/green_jobs
National Meeting: Green jobs: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Hear about what we need to do create good green jobs and the threat that Reform UK poses to climate industries.
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I just signed the @stoprosebank open letter Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP. Sign here and ask her to #StopRosebank or fail the very first test of the UK's climate leadership: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Open Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Our new Secretary of State for Energy faces the first big climate test for Andy Burnham's new government -- whether or not to approve new North Sea oil & gas developments. Sign the open letter asking ...
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"A philosopher duetting with bats on a dance track? That's seriously deep house." – Hettie Judah, The Guardian Moving Without Travelling – b-side to Move Your Body, out now. Barbastelle bat calls meet philosopher Timothy Morton. Full album 28 August. eitd.surfacepressure.net/move-your-bo...
#NowPlaying: ‘Move Your Body (Greater Horseshoe Bat)’ by Hanna Tuulikki & @surfacepressure.bsky.social 🦇 Taken from the collaborative album 'Echo in the Dark' — composed entirely from bat echolocation calls fused with the human voice — forthcoming on KIN-TU www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/07/hann...
If you don’t know what to do to support Universal Basic Income, start with something simple. Make a post that says: “I support Universal Basic Income. How about you?” Share this message with a repost and support with your likes!
"I love art that feels like it could only have come from a particular place." A lovely interview with me just published by The Cusp Magazine. 🔗 thecuspmagazine.substack.com/p/meet-the-a...
Meet the Artist: Tommy Perman
The Scottish artist explains his drive to dissolve the boundary between musical composition and the sounds of his environment
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Here's Morgan Szymanski improvising along to birdsong in a spruce wood in Perthshire – with me hiding under a tree, processing the sounds. Come hear us play at Ronnie Scott's on Monday 29 June. London shows are rare for us. Tickets: www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/...
Clip from Night Whispers, b-side to We Came Out, the first single from Echo in the Dark (with Hanna Tuulikki) 🦇 Made entirely from bat echolocation calls fused with the human voice. Samples Brown long-eared bat calls, more minimal than the a-side. eitd.surfacepressure.net/we-came-out/
Hanna Tuulikki was on Nick Grimshaw's BBC 6 Music breakfast show this morning talking about Echo in the Dark 🦇 Lovely messages came in from listeners excited to go out bat detecting after hearing 'We Came Out'. Here's a clip from after the track played 👇 eitd.surfacepressure.net/we-came-out/
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 238 Drifting between inner reflection and outer wonder. Substack Article: open.substack.com/pub/trevlad/... Artists & labels: Morgan Szymanski @surfacepressure.bsky.social Blackford Hill David Cordero, Home Normal Desolate Horizons @willebrant.bsky.social ...
Trev’s Virtual Cassette Library 238
One Fine Evening
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#NowPlaying Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman – Night Whispers (Brown Long-Eared Bat) (Radio Edit) We Came Out (Kin-Tu) kin-tu.bandcamp.com/album/we-cam... @surfacepressure.bsky.social
We Came Out, by Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman
2 track album
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New music with Hanna Tuulikki out today 🦇 'We Came Out' is the first single from Echo in the Dark – an album made entirely from bat echolocation calls fused with the human voice. Out now on all streaming platforms. eitd.surfacepressure.net/we-came-out/
Morgan Szymanski and I are really looking forward to playing at Ronnie Scott's on Monday 29 June. Be great if you can join us: www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/...
I've joined over 300 artists, arts organisations, academics, think tanks and campaigners who have signed this open letter. Add your name. Tell Scotland's political parties and cultural institutions to deliver a basic income for artists: actionnetwork.org/forms/an-ope...
An open letter to Scotland’s political parties and cultural institutions
A new Scottish Parliament has been elected. Now is the moment. We must make sure a basic income for artists pilot is delivered in this Parliament. The SNP have been re-elected. They said if this hap...
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I really enjoyed being interviewed for the first episode of The Chill Out Tent's Sunday morning show on OpenLab radio. I told the story of the beginning of Blackford Hill Records and played music by Morgan Szymanski, Makushin, @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social & more. Listen here openlab.fm/radio/shows/...
OpenLab
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
No more Creative Standards - Cement Fair Work in the Art of Scotland
Scotland stands at a crossroads. Our creative industries contribute over £5 billion to our economy and are the heartbeat of our national identity, yet the workers behind this success are being pushed to a breaking point. Following the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections, we call on the next Scottish Government to move beyond "slogans" and immediately implement the 16 recommendations of the Culture Fair Work Taskforce and the findings of the Independent Review of Creative Scotland The...
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London friends… Morgan Szymanski and I are thrilled to announce our upcoming performance at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s on Monday, 29 June. This marks the first time we’ve played together in London and a rare opportunity to catch us live. Tickets here www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/...
Morgan Szymanski & Tommy Perman - Ronnie Scott's
Take a musical journey from the moonlit woods of rural Perthshire to the mist forests of Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
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Thanks so much Fiona Shepherd at The Scotsman for this kind 5 ⭐️ review of Irreparable Parables. The lesser spotted golden yellow sleeved repress pre-order is now live ➡️ www.claypipemusic.co.uk?m=1 @claypipemusic.bsky.social
I'm helping to run this Climate Justice Game Jam in Dundee on Saturday 28 March. It should be a really nice event. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in taking part.
Biome Collective@biomecollective.bsky.social · 5mo ago🌍 Climate Justice Jam - Dundee Make games about climate justice in a fun, collaborative workshop. No experience needed. Sat 28 Mar, 12:30–4:30pm Creative Central, Central Library Free tickets: events.humanitix.com/climate-just...
I'm happy to share a new project – The Golden Age of Community Radio. It's a directory of awe-inspiring stations across the world that I discovered while promoting an album last year. It's also a resource for other musicians wanting to find new places to send their music. radio.surfacepressure.net
