Bleak District Electric is a boutique effects brand designing and building original guitar pedals in the Peak District, UK. Their approach blends lo-fi character, tactile control, and genuinely experimental sound design — perfect for musicians who like their tones imperfect, alive, and full of personality.
We’re excited to welcome Bleak District Electric to Moog Audio with four standout pedals that each explore texture, space, and movement in their own unique way.
Whether you’re chasing warped tape vibes, granular ambience, or surfy chaos, these boxes are built to inspire.
Wondertow — Surfgaze Textualizer
The Wondertow is a creative multi-effects pedal that combines reverb, overdrive, and tremolo into one compact unit — each with its own footswitch for hands-on performance control.
From subtle shimmer to fully driven, washed-out textures, Wondertow excels at unconventional tones. It’s equally happy adding gentle ambience or diving headfirst into chaotic surfgaze territory, making it a powerful tool for experimental players who want expressive control under their feet.
Best for: atmospheric leads, noisy rhythms, and stacked texture builds.
Tapescape V2 — Magnetic Ambience Generator
Tapescape V2 is an evolved lo-fi magnetic ambience delay built around a characterful PT2399 tape-style core. Compared to the original, V2 offers longer delay times, deeper modulation control, and much finer shaping of wow, flutter, and degradation.
This pedal shines at everything from dreamy ambient repeats to unstable, worn-tape echoes full of mechanical artefacts. It keeps the unmistakable Tapescape character while giving you far more control over how broken (or beautiful) things get.
Best for: ambient soundscapes, degraded delays, and tape-machine nostalgia.
RecHead — Lo-Fi Dynamic Modulator
Inspired by worn cassette decks, the RecHead captures the warmth, instability, and movement of old tape machines in a compact and intuitive format.
With a carefully voiced set of controls, it delivers everything from gentle saturation and subtle motion to deeply warped, sea-sick modulation. It’s immediate to use, yet surprisingly deep — perfect for adding organic texture to clean tones or pushing into more experimental territory.
Best for: lo-fi coloration, animated modulation, and tape-style saturation.
Orbits — Granular Delay & Sampler
Orbits is a granular delay and sampler designed for sound explorers. With up to 20 seconds of buffer, stereo TRS I/O, and intuitive hands-on controls, it can transform even the simplest input into evolving, glitchy, ambient soundscapes.
From playful micro-loops to dense granular clouds, Orbits is a powerful creative tool for musicians who like to treat effects as instruments.
Best for: ambient layers, glitch textures, and experimental composition.
Now Available at Moog Audio
Bleak District Electric pedals are built for players who value character over perfection — tools that invite experimentation and reward curiosity.
If you’re looking to expand your sonic palette with something truly different, come try them out in store or online at Moog Audio.
