I reviewed the beautiful new album from Daryl Groetsch (who also makes records under the name Pulse Emitter), a lush collection of ambient soundscapes representing the depths of the ocean.

Daryl Groetsch: Fathoms Read Daniel Bromfield’s review of the album.

Big thanks to Daniel Bromfield @pitchfork.com for this excellent review.

“Fathoms is a frictionless listen, but there’s a stubborn sense of craft to it, and that’s what distinguishes it from the streaming-era onslaught of music with little purpose except to be pleasant.”

Fathoms, by Daryl Groetsch 4 track album

New digital album out today! 🌊🫧 Fathoms, by Daryl Groetsch.

Inspired by Earth’s oceans, and reading Rachel Carson’s 1951 book on the subject, The Sea Around Us.

Fathoms, by Daryl Groetsch 4 track album

New digital album available for preorder today! 🌊🌊🌊
Inspired by Earth’s oceans.

I had that tape in high school!

Favorite Electronic Albums | AllMusic 2025 in Review AllMusic has assembled our Favorite Electronic Albums of 2025. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

Stoked to have made this list!

The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025 » PopMatters This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, always pushing boundaries.

Tide Pools is #3!

lol. I’m thinking goodwill might be the best option.

What on earth to do with old test pressings. Is there any value in these things?

Between the circuits and the Tide Pools :: A conversation with Pulse Emitter For over thirty years, Daryl Groetsch—best known as Pulse Emitter—has explored the interplay of noise and beauty, crafting electronic soundscapes where the mechanical and organic coexist. His latest r...

Here’s an interview I did for @igloomag.bsky.social

I had no idea Florian Schneider was so into saxophones and horns.

Pulse Emitter - Tide Pools
reviewed on @pitchfork.com by Daniel Bromfield
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"On Tide Pools he ramps up to the level of his labelmates, both in its progginess and in the way it seems a little more computerized than his earlier works, with MIDI playing a bigger role."

🔗:
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@pulseemitter.bsky.social - 𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨
reviewed in Futurism Restated by @philipsherburne.bsky.social

So happy to see this album featured alongside fellow Chicagoans - Bitchin Bajas & Sam Prekop!

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My new LP reviewed in The Wire!

“A masterwork of synthesizer programming and sound design, Tide Pools is an impressive and absorbing evocation of our natural world and its countless organisms moving in concert and chaos.”

pulseemitter.bandcamp.com/album/tide-p...

This Sunday - October 5th - in Portland, Oregon:

It's the Pulse Emitter - 𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 album release show!

featuring:
@pulseemitter.bsky.social
Saloli
Analogue Dream Research

Presented by @brainfoodbread.bsky.social and @moonglyph.bsky.social

11 AM at Speck's Records
8216 N Denver Ave
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Out today! 🌊TIDE🌴POOLS 🐠 LP/CD/shirt/mug pulseemitter.bandcamp.com/album/tide-p...

Portland show and album release for my new one, Tide Pools!

I composed a recorded piece of music that will be played during the reading at this book release!

🪸 OUT TODAY
new single from @pulseemitter.bsky.social
from Tide Pools - coming out on 09/26

"Tide Pool 1"
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with his network of latticed synth arpeggios & washed out pads percolating against each other, Daryl conjures the atmosphere of a inlet teeming with sea creatures & swirling eddies.

Tide Pools, by Pulse Emitter 15 track album

Two tracks streaming, musical merch available for pre-ordering, t-shirt and mug just added, check it all out at:

pulseemitter.bandcamp.com/album/tide-p...

OUT TODAY
new single from Pulse Emitter's upcoming album

"So Many Leaves"
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maybe the most percussive track on the album, Daryl dials in thick synth bass & glitched out snare patterns before he sends us down a whirlpool of warp-speed arpeggios

🌊 Tide Pools out 09/26 on LP, CD, digi, & merch w/DL

Unbelievable, the only person I ever knew named Colt was also the most right-wing person I ever worked with!

A joke in the manual for Waldorf’s iOS recreation of their famous Microwave synth.

🌊 Pulse Emitter's new track "Energy Flying" - featured in
@hearingthingsco.bsky.social by @cushac.bsky.social

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@pulseemitter.bsky.social's new album 𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 releases September 26th on LP/CD/digi:

ANNOUNCING:
𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿
𝙏𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨
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out Sept 26th on LP, CD, & digi

We're so happy to have world's nicest man Daryl Groetsch back in HausMo zones with a spellbinding new LP that finds him dipping his toes into progressive synth composition, jazz-inspired harmonies, & intricate rhythmic swirls.

Tide Pools, by Pulse Emitter 15 track album

A new Pulse Emitter LP/CD on @hausumountain.bsky.social is coming! —Tide Pools— September 26. Hear the single “Energy Flying” and preorder today.

Tomorrow in Portland at the great Turn! Turn! Turn!:

@pulseemitter.bsky.social
Bliss River
Me

Sure to be a soul-revealing journey! Starts at 8 pm.

Thanks for listening and glad to hear it sounded good! 🖤

Blotted, by Daryl Groetsch 1 track album

#SomaFM promo listening

🎧 Daryl Groetsch - Blotted (2025)

Long form darker drone. I listened to about a half hour of this. It’s a soothing deep drone in constant slow movement.

I like it. If you’re a fan of drones - give it a try.

darylgroetsch.bandcamp.com/album/blotted

Pulse Emitter/Bliss River/Golden Feelings at Turn! Turn! Turn! (8 NE Killingsworth IN Portland) Tuesday, July 29. 8 PM/21+

More (and sooner) gig announcements coming shortly, but already made a flier for this one in Portland next month. Hope to see my PDX people out and about!