Pulseprogramming

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Since childhood, we've been taught to never judge a book by its cover. Does the same apply to records and CDs? Hardly. CDs, unlike books, don't allow us to peruse their contents before purchasing them; we're limited to what clues we are given on the outside. Lucky for us, CD covers, more often than not, reflect the nature of their contents: cool, thoughtful packaging tends to contain cool, thoughtful music. Take, for example, this latest full-length release from the Chicago-based indie record label, Aesthetics. There are no words to be found anywhere on the cover. None. Not even the artist's name or album title--just an artistic, extreme close-up photo of someone's wrist and neck. The inside cover isn't much help, either. There are no credits or track listings and still no title. (A trip to their Web site reveals that the album is, in fact, untitled.) Those of you who are familiar with Marc Hellner and Joel Kriske's work as Pulse Programming know what to expect. Like their packaging, the music here is minimal. Warm washes of sound unaccompanied by beats, with slow, nearly nonexistent buildups in each "song" (the word doesn't really apply here, since Pulse Programming has abandoned traditional song structure entirely). Fans of their gentle, intelligent ambient music will be thrilled to get their hands on this aesthetically pleasing morsel of ear food. Newcomers to the world of Pulse Programming will have to take our word for it: this one's a gem. --Courtney Reimer

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Average customer rating: nuh uh, no beats, no melodies, no nothing Fragile beauty romance and ice cream

Pulseprogramming Pulseprogramming Manufacturer: Aesthetics Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B00002R0LM Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

1. Line
2. Light
3. Gesture
4. Word
5. Geometry
6. Moment
7. There Aren't
8. There Won't
9. There Isn't
10. There Will Never Be

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Since childhood, we've been taught to never judge a book by its cover. Does the same apply to records and CDs? Hardly. CDs, unlike books, don't allow us to peruse their contents before purchasing them; we're limited to what clues we are given on the outside. Lucky for us, CD covers, more often than not, reflect the nature of their contents: cool, thoughtful packaging tends to contain cool, thoughtful music. Take, for example, this latest full-length release from the Chicago-based indie record label, Aesthetics. There are no words to be found anywhere on the cover. None. Not even the artist's name or album title--just an artistic, extreme close-up photo of someone's wrist and neck. The inside cover isn't much help, either. There are no credits or track listings and still no title. (A trip to their Web site reveals that the album is, in fact, untitled.) Those of you who are familiar with Marc Hellner and Joel Kriske's work as Pulse Programming know what to expect. Like their packaging, the music here is minimal. Warm washes of sound unaccompanied by beats, with slow, nearly nonexistent buildups in each "song" (the word doesn't really apply here, since Pulse Programming has abandoned traditional song structure entirely). Fans of their gentle, intelligent ambient music will be thrilled to get their hands on this aesthetically pleasing morsel of ear food. Newcomers to the world of Pulse Programming will have to take our word for it: this one's a gem. --Courtney Reimer

Customer Reviews:

nuh uh, no beats, no melodies, no nothing.......2003-06-12

This isn't a bad disc if you're a fan of beatless, melody-less ambient music. I am not which is why I gave this two stars (and returned it to the music store). Intriguing cover art and packaging but unfortunately that's the only interesting thing here. Pulseprogramming's tracks consists of slow waves of droning synth which lazily shifts tones and notes, kind of like listening to underwater recordings or white noise. Good for background music if you're meditating and occasionally an interesting bleep or blip will make an appearance. Overall, I found this to be a bit boring and not very meaty. It's missing substance, almost as if it's all surface with no depth. If you like beat oriented ambient this is not the disc for you.

Fragile beauty.......2002-02-28

Minimal ambient does not get more beautiful than this. The dreaminess of My Bloody Valentine boiled down to an absolute minimum.

romance and ice cream.......2000-07-06

rolling out through the long grasses of the midwestern summer, asleep, staring out at breaking light reflected off of new tar, highways and seascapes...

Average customer rating:

Tulsa for One Second Remix Project Pulseprogramming Manufacturer: Aesthetics Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000AS1HJK Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Within the Orderly Life - Sylvain Chauveau
2. String Theory of Photo Fodder
3. Blooms Eventually
4. Three Year Stone
5. Off to Do Showery Snapshots
6. Tulsa Lebt
7. Suck or Run - Schneider TM
8. Salut_tulsa
9. Pulseprogramming [Sam Miller Remix] - Sam Miller
10. Blessed Be the Remix
11. Off to Do Showery Snapshots - Ghislain Poirier
12. BM [Remix] - Barbara Morgenstern
13. Within Orderly Long-Distance Life
14. Home [Remix] - B. Fleischmann

Average customer rating: worth your hard-earned dough WE COME IN PEACE. One of the top 10 CD's of 2003?

Tulsa for One Second Pulseprogramming Manufacturer: Aesthetics Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music IDM | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Ambient Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008AJQ5 Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

1. Blooms Eventually
2. Here Give It Here I'll Show You
3. Stylophone Purrs And Mannherist Blossoms
4. All Joy And Rural Honey
5. Off To Do Showery Snapshots
6. Don't Swell Up Your Glass Pocket
7. Within The Orderly Life
8. Largely Long-Distance Loves
9. Bless The Drastic Space

Customer Reviews:

worth your hard-earned dough.......2004-11-16

just an elegant album with a persistent, but subtle, melancholic tug. i love it.

WE COME IN PEACE. One of the top 10 CD's of 2003?.......2003-03-07

Pulseprogramming's "Tulsa For One Second" is a remarkable record, rich and personal with understated textures and wintry elegance while presenting an array of styles that reference artists such as Boards of Canada, Matmos, early Mouse on Mars, & Telfon Tel Aviv (whose Charlie Cooper mixed "Tulsa"). On "Tulsa" Pulseprogramming have expanded their use of vocals (including contributions from Lindsay of L'altra) to create a handful of pop gems that interact with their lingering instrumentals and make for a singular listening experience.

"Tulsa For One Second" is a truly unique record, offering a musical and emotional range that is unusual for an electronic record. "Blooms Eventually" opens the record as a superbly eager love song with a rhythmic hope that belies the loss it expresses ("precious little time to spend with you/so take my hand/hush now before you go"), while "Bless The Drastic Space" closes the record flawlessly with a striking, buoyant melody. With richer arrangements and detailed rhythmic deftness, Pulseprogramming haven't just grafted a human element onto their songs, but have permitted warmth that is rare in electronic music.

The intent of the packaging (printed on Tyvek by Blanchette Press in Canada) is to be a vehicle for "Tulsa's" inviting, intimate qualities while conveying impressions of "home". Illustration is used to manifest qualities such as tradition, hospitality and to achieve an unassuming, homemade look and feel. With "Tulsa for One Second", Pulseprogramming has created a defining record for contemporary electronic music in 2003.

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