PULSE EMITTER
upcoming
Aeons;
Aguirre;
LP;
2012
2011
Spiritual Vistas;
Cylindrical Habitat Modules /
Expansive;
EE06LP;
LP;
2011;
recorded 2010;
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"when this post-millennial fascination with 70's / 80's "patch-cord" electronic music & it's subsequent immaculate birth from the ashes of the noise-scene gets pared down to a handful of progenitors, daryl groetsch will likely be one of them, as his steadfast explorations over the prior decade have yielded some of the genre's finest moments ...
case-in-point being this impeccably-assembled set of four "song-length" pieces ; each doing a damn good job at avoiding the catch-all trappings that would link lesser productions inexorably with the past ... daryl's is a music that both demonstrates an archivist's knowledge of "classic-era" tropes while simultaneously acting as a calling card for the contemporary reality of module-based electronic systems ; and for that, he's become one of the few artists that transcends both a love of gear and a love of music (seriously, a very small cross-section have managed this) ...
... that said, even the retro-luddite with appreciate the scalar / modal transgressions herein, always remaining light & airy without (con)descending into the whole dolphin / crystal thing that sours a less conceptually - strong affair ... along with last last year's ultra eczema lp, i'm hearing this as his strongest effort yet ; of course this lp is highly recommended to anyone wanting to hear a great example of the state of things ca. 2011 ..." -Mimaroglu Music Sales
"Major new release from Daryl Groetsch aka Pulse Emitter, still the stand-out performer to come out of the whole cosmo-synth explosion. Spiritual Vistas spans four tracks of heady devotional synth spectra that combine the high gothic mass style of early planet-devouring Tangerine Dream with a deep elemental/environmental feels that is profoundly affecting. The opening "Tree Lined Asphalt" conjures the lonely ghost of Nurse With Wound's Soliloquy For Lilith with glassy tones generating eerie circular melodies that dissolve into each other again and again while hinting at stately melodic arcs. "Moonlit Valley" hovers in the sky over the whole Neu/Harmonia cultus with simple ticker-tape melodies overwhelmed with sighing waves of distant synth. Unlike the bulk of the current crop there's little 80s nostalgia or new wave fluff to Groetsch's vision of new synthesized sound and side two's beautiful "High Altitude Golden Sunset" is a case in point, a music of awe-inspiring beauty that is as momentous as Ligeti or Gorecki and as cosmo-focussed as your favourite space cadet (mine's Sergius Golowin, in case you're wondering). No one is making synth music that feels so organic, so rapturous and so 'in tune' with the contours of outer and inner space as Groetsch and this just might be the masterpiece that we've been waiting for from him. You could live inside this. Edition of 500 copies. Highly recommended." -David Keenan/Volcanic Tongue
"Incomparable new full-length from Daryl Groetsch's Pulse Emitter project, and HANDS DOWN album of the year, already. I want to say this is the culmination and apogee of composed synthesizer music in the new millennium, but I guarantee Daryl's got plenty more tricks up his sleeve. The profound development of Daryl's music is more and more apparent with each release, from the crackly, hollow modular nightmares of his early sides to the heartbreakingly beautiful tonal architecture of "Spiritual Vistas", each key and each turn of a knob is a giant stride for the genre as a whole. Bringing to mind some mid-period David Borden at times, or Vangelis' Blade Runner score, this is truly transcendental, emotive music. No joke, Pulse Emitter solidifies itself as the best of the best with this colossal album. The result of almost a year's work, Daryl reduces all of his one-take, live to a tape deck competitors (myself included) to almost nothing. Four deeply contemplated, brilliantly composed analog symphonies that could literally be played for any music fan. It's almost impossible for me not to toss around bold proclamations when talking about this album, but really, this is pretty much as good as it gets. Edition of 500 on black vinyl." -CHM
cover art by Julian Gulyas, photographs by Daryl Groetsch
reviews: Zen Effects
Forest, Mountain, Valley;
Tranquility Tapes;
TQ14;
c50;
2011;
recorded late 2010, early 2011;
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"It's an honor to present new work by one of the most talented and dedicated purveyors of synthesizer music working today: Portland's Daryl Groetsch. Inspired by the environmental majesty surrounding Groetsch's home in the Pacific Northwest, Forest, Mountain, Valley explores the allure and mystery of nature through three long form compositions. Each movement unfolds with utmost patience, utilizing space brilliantly as they are paradoxically minimal in structure and dynamics, yet bursting at the seams with raw beauty and emotion. Recorded in pristine fidelity and played with precision, synthesizer tones are stunningly present, allowing gorgeous melodies to envelop the ears entirely. In just under an hour, Groetsch takes the listener on an entire journey: from the climb, to the vista, and finally to the descent. Just sit back and let the master be your guide. On pro-dubbed and imprinted chrome cassettes, featuring designs by Caroline Teagle."
Mars Meadows;
Gift Tapes;
microcassette;
2011;
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Pacific Support compilation;
Draft;
D008;
C75;
2011;
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"DRAFT is pleased to announce the release of Pacific Support, a benefit compilation created in support of the ongoing disaster relief efforts in Japan. All proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross to help fund those efforts. The compilation consists of 13 unreleased tracks by experimental electronic musicians featuring: Rene Hell, Pulse Emitter, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Greg Davis, Matt Carlson, The North Sea, solo tracks by both members of the Caboladies: Carl Calm & Flowerman, Panabrite, Temporal Marauder, Golden Retriever, Brother Raven, and a duo project by Geoff Mullen & Sakiko Mori called Make a New Memory. 300 edition, 75 minute tape w/ color insert. Artwork by Jamie Potter."
Neon Marshmallow Music Festival 2011 compilation;
cassette
2010
Cosmic Images;
Expansive;
EE01CD;
CD;
2010;
recorded 9/2009;
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"Cosmic Images is Pulse Emitter's deepest and most personal work to date. Combining his growling modular synthesizer patterns with sweeping keyboard motifs, the beauty and vastness of the universe is evoked in five movements, each based on nebulas, galaxies, etc. The sections morph into one another for one epic prog synth journey. CD in jewel case, mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk, art by Daniel Lopatin. The first release on Daryl Groetsch's private press label, Expansive."
"Self-released CD from Pulse Emitter aka Daryl Groetsch. With titles like "Eagle Nebula" and "Pleiades Cluster" as well as a dedication to "beings on other worlds also admiring the stars", Cosmic Images is set for the heart of the sun, a beautiful series of outer space meditations that connect contemporary synth styles to the gothic black hole of Zeit-era Tangerine Dream/Cyborg-era Klaus Schulze. Sure, there are a whole bunch of solo synth cosmonauts out there right now, but Groetsch is the master of revelatory cosmo-drama and this is possibly his most "beautiful" set to date, Artwork by Daniel Lopatin. Recommended." -David Keenan/Volcanic Tongue
reviews: Animal Psi;
Foxy Digitalis
Over Clouds;
Root Strata;
rs63;
C40;
2010;
recorded 12/2009;
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"lovely set from portland based daryl groetsch that falls nicely into the realms created in his meditative music series. two long sides of analog drift, punctuated by occasional bright harmonics and sparse fluorescent rhythms. soundtrack to carl sagan's visions of other worlds in 'cosmos'. edition of 100 dubbed cassettes with offset printed covers."
Longing Thresholds;
NNA Tapes;
NNA012;
C30;
2010;
recorded Dec 2009-Jan 2010;
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"The latest work from Portland, OR synthesizer veteran Daryl Groetsch. Layered, melodic analog synth music for astronauts that yearn for the..."
"Based on Michael Whelan's cover art for Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation and Foundation's Edge novels. Daryl Groetsch: Oberheim OB-8 synthesizer"
Sunset Into Night;
Gneiss Things;
Gneiss Things 09;
CDR;
2010;
recorded 12/2008;
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Lava Lamp;
Cylindrical Habitat Modules;
Twenty-First Module;
C50;
2010;
recorded 11/2009;
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"One of the biggest landmarks in the CHM discography thus far, can barely contain my excitement to be dropping a new tape for Daryl Groetsch's PULSE EMITTER project. One of the most consistently phenomenal and completely underrated artists out there, with one of the most spot-on, incredibly conceptual releases I've heard in a while. Based completely on watching a lava lamp, Daryl's unearthly modular waves ooze and melt in the trademark Pulse Emitter fashion. This one has kind of a "Meditative Music 2" vibe, with crackling pulsations and hollow Elaine Radigue-style drones that transfix as the lamp does. "Starts out pretty cold, then warms up, just like the lamp". Side B represents the lamp in full swing; "Rising Columns, Falling Orbs"... Some of the most ominous and oddly beautiful creep-waves I've ever heard. Just floating by. Guaranteed to turn your brain into an amorphous, shifting blob of wax, and the rest of your body into a statuesque, unable-to-move column of light and water. Mind-boggling and truly spot-on, conceptually. One of my favorite Pulse Emitter joints for sure, could not be more proud to release this. Edition of 100 with full-color cardstock covers and labeled tapes."
Meditative Music 4;
Expansive;
CDR;
2010;
recorded 4/2010;
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descending tones symbolize brain waves slowing down, delays tuned to theta and delta frequencies, designed for sleep but good for any calm time, dark but restful. i sleep with this all the time now, and often barely make it past the 10 minute point before i'm out. a full hour on CDr, months in the making. "sleep. recorded with synthesizers and Lexicon PCM 80."
free download
Cold Fire 4-way split LP with Astro, Pulse Emitter, Acre, Monsturo;
Anarchy Moon;
LP;
2010;
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Featuring the work of 4 artists from the extremes of synthetic electronic music, this record points the way to the future - by cutting through the illusions of
time, space, origin and destination, and surfing the caustic waves of progress.
Astro tears open the fabric of consciousness and launches a new Big Bang with a devastating and shapely electronic assault. Pulse Emitter provides
snapshots of landscapes of passionate, eerie colors from the skies and seas. Acre churns forth a crème brûlée of crown jewels and narcocryptic bliss.
Monsturo prods through the aether, starting tidal waves, digesting cities.
#'d edition of 200, with color cover art, and color inserts.
Pulse Emitter / Josh Hydeman / Sleeping with the Earth split;
not on label;
CDR;
2010;
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2009
Decaying Ships;
Ultra Eczema;
UE065LP;
LP;
2009;
recorded Oct-Nov, 2007;
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"The road is long, sweaty and tense when your shoes are made of metal and you have to walk through a labyrinth with a magnetic floor to reach a brown sea full of hungry lobsters. The ship is waiting though, and the tension is building up heavily with every spin of this record, heavy meditative aircraft static blurr slowing down your usual codeine rhythm! Modular synth carpets at its nastiest! you'll be purring when you're on the actual boat.. thick like your mommy's wallet, yet sparse droning that'll get you more "out there" than Bob Marley at his vaguest. 2 pieces pushing your brains to one side if the volume is right. Limited to 300 copies, comes in a neon green and black sleeve by Ulf F Faefs."
Oppressive Nature;
Digitalis Industries;
ace024;
CD;
2009;
recorded November 7-15, 2008;
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"I've been a fan of Daryl Groetsch AKA Pulse Emitter's synthetic concoctions for years now. Hailing from the hotbed of Portland, Oregon, his work is almost unparalleled when it comes to modular synthesizer excursions. "Oppressive Nature" is a 40 minute journey into cities that will soon be lost and overrun to the wilderness. The thematic idea behind the album is nature's inevitable reclamation of the concrete jungles we've constructed and amassed. Where Groetsch truly succeeds on "Oppressive Nature" is creating such an organic landscape with his synth. His work here is highly focused and dialed-in. Through the static and electronic waves something warm and almost triumphant emerges. Heavy saw waves weave a chaotic mass of urban debris, smoothed over by the sine waves of time. Barriers fade away as they consumed by sonic vines that find their way into all these aural cracks. The result is oddly beautiful in an almost post-apocalyptic way. Nature always wins. Limited edition of 500 copies in chipboard gatefolds by Stumptown."
reviews:
Animal Psi
Grass;
Gift Tapes;
GT009;
C30 tape;
2009;
recorded May 22-23, 2009;
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"Fellow NW-based Pulse Emitter, the solo project of modular synth mastermind Daryl Groetsch, has created a beautiful work, half of which is reminiscent of his self-released Meditative Music series, while the other half delves into the weirdo world of sub-earth root structures crawling with insects. Grass is one of my favorites from his recent discography and Gift Tapes is extremely honored to present one of his works."
reviews:
stoneskilled
Grasslung / Pulse Emitter split;
Phaserprone;
PPR14;
CDR;
2009;
recorded 5/2008;
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"Three tracks of Analog Modular synth, made in accordance with the winged eye of the oval. Packaged in a letterpress, diecut, duplexed, fold-over sleeve with insert, and diecut CD folder."
Progression to Desolation [repress];
Black Horizons;
BH-03;
LP;
2007;
recorded 9/2006;
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"Not much to say about this really after a few years of it's being released, besides it was an excellent release then, that has, and will stand the test of time to be remembered as one of this era's synth classics. "Ball Crushing". 75 copies on red translucent vinyl, 30 on black that are leftover from the first press, you can pick. All come packaged in a copper on black screenprinted sleeve, from Seizure Palace, and designed by me, for maximum label aesthetic. Only available from label and artist."
Meditative Music 3;
Expansive;
CDR;
2009;
recorded 3/2009;
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"placid waves for reflective times. recorded with analog modular and TX81Z."
reviews:
Gift Tapes Blog
free download
Radio Scenic Glow Vol. 1 compilation;
Upstairs;
CDR;
2009;
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Julian Lynch,
Autre Ne Veut,
Baggy Magnum,
Alice Cohen,
Stellar Om Source,
No Fun Acid,
Pulse Emitter,
Nackt Insecten,
Caboladies,
Oneohtrix Point Never,
Driphouse,
Asha Sheshadri,
Earth Station,
Mechanick Preachers,
Elfenbeinturm,
Games,
Africa Germany,
Gatekeeper
Modern Language #1 - Synth Tape compilation;
Snapped In Half;
siht24;
C60;
2009;
recorded 4/2008;
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"Andrew Coltrane,
Head Boggle,
Demons,
Angel Of Decay,
Evenomist,
Pulse Emitter,
Carlos Giffoni,
Oneohtrix Point Never,
D/A A/D,
Spine Scavenger."
2008
Unearthly;
Tape Tektoniks;
tek22;
C60 tape;
2008;
recorded oct 27--nov 30 2007;
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"Two loooooooong tracks of super heavy modular synth research from world's favorite chief engineer Daryl Groetsch. These recordings defy the laws of nature and leave you lost somewhere at the rear end of a vast universe. Side A sounds like Galactus playing pinball with planets in slow-motion. The flipside is a crawling ether mattress drone in classical void style. Ltd. to 100 copies."
reviews:
Cassette Gods
Nakamichi;
GMBY;
GB99;
2xCDR;
2008;
recorded 12/2006;
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"Massive layers of modular musk find themselves tangled in a web of whispering and crackling triangle and square waves. Over these two discs, Portland's programming master pushes his synthesizer to a new level. The man is so in tune with his machine, I'm starting to have cyborg suspicions. Nakamichi alternates between the murk and the crystalline, splitting the difference with a healthy amount of rasp and gurgle.
This 2xCDR set is an edition of 100. It comes packaged in a homemade digipack cut out of recycled LP covers (with actual digipack trays)."
Meditative Music 2;
Expansive;
CDR;
2008;
recorded 1/2008--2/2008;
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"this recording takes you to a peaceful, balanced place,
a sound environment befitting sleep, massage, or
deep reflective thought.
recorded with modular and FM synthesizers
for pure waves of simple beauty."
reviews:
Gift Tapes Blog
free download
People Who Do Noise;
Cold Hands Video;
DVD;
2008;
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"Smegma,
Daniel Menche,
Pulse Emitter,
Yellow Swans,
Honed Bastion,
Oscillating Innards,
GOD (bryan eubanks and leif sundstrom),
Kitty Midwife,
Josh Hydeman,
Soup Purse,
Sisprum Vish,
Argumentix,
Redglaer,
With Caro"
Compilation Submission Collection;
self released;
CDR;
2008;
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this includes all tracks submitted for compilations through 2007 except those that were vinyl sides, recorded live, excerpts from existing releases, or on joke compilations. some of the comps never came out. a bunch of short, weird tracks, 1 hour 13 minutes in length, in short dvd type case, handmade stamp on cover and disc, each unique, on new/old accounting paper.
2007
Progression to Desolation;
Black Horizons;
BH-03;
LP;
2007;
recorded 9/2006;
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"Finally Pulse Emitter gets the treatment he deserves, a full 12" of vinyl to lay down two prog flavoured tracks of synth drone. Created using homebuilt synth modules, and meticulously contructed into a sci fi storyline, this could be a soundtrack. Suffocating layered heavyness, dry synth hiss, oscillator click terror meets equally with beauty, a quality rare among Pulse Emitter's peers. Each cover and insert is a unique paint marbled design, silkscreened / designed over by Nick of Seizure Palace. Edition of 300 copies on black vinyl."
reviews:
Outer Space Gamelan;
smooth assailing;
Facial War Tactics
Meditative Music;
Expansive;
CDR;
2007;
recorded 7/2007;
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"use this CD for sleep, massage, or any activity where
a peaceful and balanced sound environment is desired.
recorded with FM and analog modular synthesizers."
reviews:
Gift Tapes Blog
free download
Pulse Emitter / Envenomist split;
Black Horizons;
BH-14;
C46 tape;
2007;
recorded 8/2007;
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"Two side-long tracks occupy this release. Both artists here move through dark immersing synthesized environments. Pulse Emitter provides a more barren yet varied track that has movement. Also of note to fans of Daryl's "Meditative Music" release, this has similar yet more ominous tones that create a slowly moving melody. Envenomist's side hits with his longest released track, an ebbing and flowing sea of organic synth waves. J-card is a 3-panel horizontal folding affair, offset printed silver on black linen paper, clear labels. Edition of 150 on hi-bias chrome tapes."
Deadly Space Missions;
8mm recs;
CDR;
2007;
recorded live 2006/5/27 and 2005/9/7;
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Creeping Obesity;
Chondritic Sound;
ch-163;
3" CDr;
2007;
recorded 3/2006;
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"absolute slow motion electronic bombing from one of my favorite current synth steel workers. true nightmare programming to form tight oscillation and shifting buzz to reach an abrupt end. color cover and grossly painted CDr."
Compounded;
Vile Bile Tapes;
VB08;
C16 tape;
2007;
recorded 6/2006;
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"Synth madness from my favorite sound scientist. Less cinematic than recent releases, more sci-fi droning weirdness. Always a pleasure. Spray paint and silkscreen."
Green Comet;
Brise-Cul;
SADE 059;
CDR;
2007;
recorded 2/2007;
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"Our favourite electronic engineer finally came with a disc that is perfect for the Brise-Cul label after asking us to not release the first ones he sent us. This oneis a huge behemoth track of Pulse Emitter's fine characteristic loud drone sounds played with a big sense of control few have... I say that just in case you don't know Pulse Emitter... Just in case... The CDR were spray painted on a fucking huge PULSE FUCKING EMITTER stencil and come on pink paper with the schematic of the track..."
Planetary Torture;
Housepig;
CDR;
2007;
recorded 4/2006;
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"Portland's Daryl Groetsch has been releasing sounds under the name Pulse Emitter since 2002. Using hand-built modular synthesizers, he creates torrents of sound that evoke vintage warm drones and mechanized rythyms to chaotic 8-bit crush, and everything in between. In 'Planetary Torture' he captures the sounds of world downfall, destruction, and rebirth. This cdr comes housed in an envelope & insert hand-printed by Seattle lino-block artist Nic Schmidt, and is limited to 100 copies."
reviews:
smooth assailing;
Outer Space Gamelan;
Heathen Harvest
Pause;
Barfing Dagger;
BDR060;
recycled tape;
2007;
recorded 1/2007;
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Violent Cosmos;
Organic Pipeline;
OP018;
CDR;
2007;
recorded live 2006/12/03 and 2006/11/16;
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Drunken Astronaut;
Abhorrent A.D.;
AAD03;
C26 tape;
2007;
recorded 5/2006;
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"sounds far too intricate to be made by a 'drunken' astronaut, he may have been stoned though for all i know...stoned and alone. surrounded by strange buttons and machinery and filled with overwhelming solitude, claustrophobia and vertigo. lost abysmal synth throb from the darkest cockpits."
Circuit Wound/Pulse Emitter-split;
Swampland Noise;
SWL048;
c28 tape;
2007;
recorded 8/2006;
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Doctor Who vs. The Noise;
The Institute For Organic Conversations;
compilation;
ORCO 016;
CDR;
2007
3 Elements. featuring Pulse Emitter, View, Brizbomb;
no label;
CDR;
2007;
recorded live 2006/12/03;
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Sonic Couture 2007;
Below PDX;
compilation;
CDr;
2007
Orthopedics;
Iatrogenesis Records;
compilation;
IR047;
CDr;
2007
2006
PORTLAND;
RRRecords;
compilation;
3 LP;
2006;
recorded 7/2006;
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1 side each - Bdong, Daniel Menche, Nkondi, Okha, Pulse Emitter, Smegma
Pulse Emitter & Pete Swanson;
Jyrk;
CDR;
2006;
recorded 7/2006;
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"Heavy metallic ESP sound on this team-up between Portland-based Kosmiche/threat project Pulse Emitter and Pete Swanson of Yellow Swans. Classic extra-terrestrial tone-worlds that are somewhere between Kluster, CCCC, a riff-less Hawkwind and Spacemen 3 circa Recurring/Suicide. Edition of 150 copies." --volcanic tongue
Ramped;
Audiobot;
BOT 186;
CDRx2;
2006;
recorded 12/2005;
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Pulse Emitter / Acre split;
Cherried-Out Merch;
C30 tape;
2006;
recorded 7/2006;
image
spokE;
emr;
emr27;
3" cdr;
2006;
recorded 4/2006;
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Magma;
snip-snip records;
CDr;
2006;
recorded 11/2005;
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"crushing waves of molten slag. massive enveloping darkness"
Outpost;
snip-snip records;
snip-snip 39;
CDr;
2006;
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"deep forboding electronics"
recorded live November 19th, 2005;
Psychoacoustic Soundclash with Nozmo King;
KFJC 89.7 FM;
Los Altos Hills, California;
engineered by Groundswell Grawer Monchichi;
kfjc.org
Fall;
Rundownsun;
Rundownsun No. 9;
c30 tape;
2006;
recorded 10/2005;
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"ominous. dark-cloud-doom-drones gather and give way to cold harsh winds of static. dread sets in. paralysis by fear. the deafening hum subsides, the frantic chatter of the final moments breaks through. the last transmission, the last sound before the fall. edition of 100. offset and screen printed 2 panel covers on heavy paper. xerox insert. xerox labels. high-bias tapes."
Suburbia Melting / Pulse Emitter;
Dumpster Score;
DSC#017;
double 3", each with unique artwork;
2006;
recorded 7/2006;
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Drone Season I: The Drone Season is Open;
Brise-Cul Records;
compilation;
SADE 040;
CDR;
2006;
recorded 9/2005;
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Various Artists;
Amp;
compilation;
AMP001;
net release;
2006;
image
download album
www.archive.org/details/amp001
Live from the Devil's Triangle: Volume IX;
KFJC;
compilation;
KFJC 18;
CDx2;
2006;
image
Brizbomb, Pulse Emitter, View split;
no label;
CDr;
2006;
image
No Noise is Good Noise;
Noise Machine;
compilation;
NOISE : 001;
CD;
2006;
image
99 artists, 99 tracks
Valley of Sickness. Sounds of Irritation and Infection from the Willamette Basin;
Obscurica Records;
compilation;
OB-036;
CDR;
2006;
image
Eugene Noise Fest 06,
Humanmonster;
compilation;
hm-cd02,
CDRx2,
2006;
image;
2005
Mountain;
Audiobot;
BOT 114;
CDr;
2005;
recorded 6/2005;
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"Sparse synth drone composition that erases all active knowledge of time and space from your mind. Leaving you numb in a bleak void of throbbing pulse grit. Like being frozen into the core of a misty mountain, no heartbeat or emotion, just pure generated waves of emptyness. Mountain was adjusted in strength and frequency to be a viable base defense. Packaged in demented anti-minimal full color fold-out covers by Jelle Crama & Godrapist, in an edition of only 80 copies. Classify under : alien synth psych."
reviews:
indieworkshop.com
Collisions;
Chondritic Sound;
ch-136;
3"CDr;
2005;
recorded 6/2005;
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"one twenty+ minute piece of sparse synth tones, twising static and unexpected analog grit from this portland artist, hot on the heels of his killer CDr on swampland. color artwork on silver paper, painted CDr."
reviews:
Aversionline;
AURAL PRESSURE;
volcanic tongue
Recycled Music;
RRRecords;
recycled tape;
2005;
recorded 8/2005;
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Different Waves;
Blossoming Noise;
DL01BN;
net release;
2005;
recorded 12/2004--1/2005;
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This work was recorded in 2004 before, during, and after the tsunami in Asia.
It was recorded using modular synthesizer, analog delay, spring reverb, and no hands (no human intervention while recording).
Blood Voltage;
SWAMPLAND noise;
SWL-024;
CDR;
2005;
recorded 3/2005;
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"sparse modular synth drone that builds and builds until you achieve a stoned out mindset and forget that the world begins or ends, that you even exist or if you ever were."
Vent;
STOP/EJECT Records;
EJECT06;
CDR;
2005;
recorded 3/2004;
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"Sounds projected by bloated synth roadkill overflowing with wiggling, distorted maggots. The scene of a car crash in the Atari dimension where nobody can decipher your 8 bit analog calls for help. Comes packaged in a screenprinted digipak with die cut cover."
Exo;
Morbid Tapes;
MT#4;
CDr;
2005;
recorded 2/2005;
image
"slow creeping synth drone excellence"
Pulse Emitter / Warning Broken Machine;
Live @ DIVA 3/19/05;
Obscurica Records;
OB-006;
CDR;
2005;
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These pieces were performed in conjunction with an event called:
Rhythm from Wreckage: Adventures in Vidsonic Art.
They played against (or with) video art from Carl Diehl, LoVid (NYC), Sue Costabile (SF), and others.
None Thus Far;
Barfing Dagger Records;
compilation;
CDRx2;
2005;
image
ENF05/D1 ;
Obscurica Records;
compilation;
OB-015;
CDR;
2005;
image
Catz-en-Jammer (cd2);
TIBProd.;
compilation;
tibcd35-2;
CDRx2;
2005;
image
Eugene Noise Fest 05 ,
Humanmonster;
compilation;
hm-cd01,
CDR,
2005;
image
2004
Pleistocene ;
House of Lies Recordings;
HoLR 025;
CDR;
2004;
recorded 11/2004;
image
Moth Drakula / Pulse Emitter split;
EM_IUA REC;
em16;
CDR;
2004;
recorded 1/2004;
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"Pulse Emitter brings about 20 minutes of super thick and
fuzzy synth noise. smooth sounding, but gritty in the loungiest way.
Moth Drakula does two reworkings of the same tape loops and a fuzzy 'guitar vs. 16ch mixer' boxing match."
Golden Cancer Aches;
House of Lies Recordings;
HoLR 023;
CDR;
2004;
recorded 7/2004--8/2004;
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in 12 page 8.5 X 5.5 inch art book
Underwater Corpse;
House of Lies Recordings;
HoLR 015;
CDR;
2004;
compiled 6/2004;
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in 13 page art book
bruise < smudge < arc ;
House of Lies Recordings;
HoLR 014;
CDR;
2004;
recorded 5/2004;
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Lung;
Synthnoise;
CDR;
2004;
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R<>T / Pulse Emitter collaboration;
House of Lies Recordings;
HoLR 010;
CDR;
2004;
source recorded 4/2004;
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Graham Moore/Pulse Emitter split;
Blossoming Noise;
BN001;
CDR;
2004;
recorded 8/2004;
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artwork by
Val Denham
Moth Drakula / Pulse Emitter split;
Drunken Goblins;
SWAMPLAND noise;
SWL008;
c20 tape;
2004;
recorded 7/2004;
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All I Want For Xmas Is Bowel Disrupting Noise;
STOP-EJECT Records;
compilation;
EJECT07;
CDR;
2004;
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2003
Polyakov;
Synthnoise;
CDR;
2003;
recorded 8/2003;
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Sack of Bugs;
Synthnoise;
CDR;
2003;
recorded 11/2002--1/2003;
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