Portland-based composer Daryl Groetsch’s output under the name Pulse Emitter forms a catalog of nearly one hundred physical releases since the early ‘00s. The full scope of his wide-ranging experiments in synthesis and electronic arrangement encompasses everything from expansive new age drift exercises, to purely textural noise sculpting, to post-Berlin School cybernetic prog compositions. Pulse Emitter approaches electronic composition from the perspective of a master craftsman, harnessing a fine-tuned sense of narrative development and a penchant for juxtaposing contrasting synth voices from far-flung corners of his arsenal of softsynths, app-based programs, and hardware instruments. While he conjures time-lapse vistas of galaxies and nebulas in our mind’s eye, the sophistication of his arrangements and the universal beauty of his harmonies pushes the lens inward on the self, resulting in a journey that is as personal and internal as it is celestial.
2022
2022
2021
Expansive
Cass
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2018
Sacred Phrases
Cass, Album, Ltd
2018
Crash Symbols
Cass, Ltd
2018
2017
Hausu Mountain
Cass, Album, C30
2017
Expansive
Cass
2017
Immune
Cass, Album
2016
2016
2015
Beer On The Rug
Cass, Ltd, C27
2014
Expansive
Cass
2014
2014
2014
2013
Immune
LP, Album, Blu
2013
2012
Aguirre Records
LP, Ltd
2012
Immune
2xLP, RSD, Ltd
2011
2011
2011
2010
Gneiss Things
CDr, EP
2010
NNA Tapes
Cass, C30
2010
Not On Label (Pulse Emitter Self-released), Not On Label (Josh Hydeman Self-released), Not On Label (Sleeping With The Earth Self-released)
CDr, Minimax
2010
Root Strata
Cass, Ltd, C40
2010
Cylindrical Habitat Modules
Cass, Ltd, C50
2010
Synth Series
CDr, Ltd
2010
Anarchymoon Recordings
LP, Ltd, Num
2010
2010
2009
Digitalis Recordings
CD, Album, Ltd
2009
Ultra Eczema
LP, Ltd
2009
Gift Tapes
Cass, Ltd, Num, C30
2009
Snapped In Half
CDr, Ltd, Num
2009
Free Music Archive
File, MP3, 256
2009
2008
Not On Label
CDr, Comp
2008
Gameboy Records
2xCDr, Album, Ltd
2008
Tape Tektoniks
Cass, Ltd, C60
2008
Phaserprone
CDr, Album, Ltd
2008
2007
Chondritic Sound
CDr, Mini, Ltd, Num
2007
Organic Pipeline
CDr, Ltd
2007
Not On Label
CDr, Mini
2007
Swampland
Cass, C28
2007
Abhorrent A.D.
Cass, Ltd, C26
2007
Barfing Dagger Re-Recordings
Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, Num, C20
2007
8mm Records
CDr, EP
2007
Black Horizons
Cass, C46
2007
Vile Bile
Cass, Ltd, C16
2007
Cloud Valley
Cass, Ltd, Num, C10
2007
Brise-Cul Records
CDr, Album
2007
2007
2006
Snip-Snip Records
CDr
2006
Snip-Snip Records
CDr, Album
2006
Not On Label
CDr
2006
emr
CDr, Mini, Ltd, Num
2006
Collective Jyrk
CDr, Ltd
2006
Audiobot
2xCDr, Album
2006
Not On Label
CDr, Mini, VCD
2006
rundownsun
Cass, Ltd, Num, C30
2006
Knife In The Toaster
CDr, Ltd
2006
Not On Label
CDr, Album, Ltd, Num
2006
DumpsterScore
2xCDr, Mini, Ltd, Num
2006
Housepig
CDr, EP, Ltd
2006
Cherried-Out Merch
Cass, Ltd, C30
2005
Obscurica
CDr, Album
2005
Audiobot
CDr
2005
Chondritic Sound
CDr, Mini, Ltd, Num
2005
Swampland
CDr, Ltd
2005
TIBProd.
4xFile, MP3
2005
Morbid Tapes
CDr, Ltd
2005
Not On Label
CDr, Mini, Ltd
2005
Not On Label
CDr, Mini, Ltd
2005
RRRecords
Cass
2004
Blossoming Noise
CDr, Album, Ltd
2004
Stammer Tapes
CDr
2004
Swampland
Cass
2004
Blossoming Noise
7xFile, MP3
2004
House Of Lies Recordings
CDr, EP, Ltd, Num
2004
House Of Lies Recordings
CDr, Album, Ltd
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2002
2017
Genot Centre
2xCass
2020
Burnt Sound Offerings
CD
2008
Burnt Sound Offerings
11xCDr, Ltd
2006
Obscurica
CDr
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