Pulseprogramming is an American
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
al group and multimedia art project founded by Marc Hellner and Joel Kriske in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
in 1998.
The band is currently centered on Marc Hellner and new member Chanel Pease. It has also included art directors John Schacter and Hans Seeger, video artist Eric David Johnson (DJ Bunny Ears), and poet Joel Craig. The collective began releasing
intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music (commonly abbreviated as IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints.''"…the label 'IDM' (for avant-garde, 'intel ...
on Chicago label Aesthetics in 1999 and followed with releases on the same label in 2001 and 2003.
[ The 2003 release ''Tulsa for One Second'' was described by ]Pitchfork Media
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Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...
as "Lap-pop".
In the years after Hellner and Kriske parted ways, Hellner released a record entitled ''Marriages'' enlisting production team Telefon Tel Aviv
Telefon Tel Aviv is a New Orleans–derived, Chicago-based American electronic music act, formerly comprising Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis. Since Cooper's accidental death in 2009, Telefon Tel Aviv has continued with Eustis as the sole official ...
.Peacefrog Records
Peacefrog Records is a British independent record label based in London, England. The label produces releases in many different styles of electronic music, as well as branching out into folk and indie artists such as José González, Nouvelle ...
Releases
*Pulseprogramming (CD/LP) Aesthetics 1999
*1 Of 2 In 1000 (LP) Aesthetics 2001
*2 Of 2 In 1000 (LP) Aesthetics 2001
*Split (12") Outward Music Company (OMCO) 2002
*Tulsa For One Second (CD/LP) Aesthetics 2003
*Tulsa For One Second Remix Project (CD/LP) Aesthetics 2005
*Marc Hellner 'Marriages' (CD/LP) Peacefrog 2005
*'PLAY' Original Score L'Avventura Films 2005
*From Nowhere Near (Original Scores for Film/TV) Form Music 2007
*Charade is Gold (LP, Digi) Audraglint 2011
;Remixes
*The Awkwardness EP (CD, Maxi) I Change.C? (Pulseprog... Aesthetics 2001
*Harvest Remixes (CD, Album, Dig) Gymnopedie #1 (Pulse P... Victor Entertainment Japan 2004
;Tracks Appear On
*OMCO Compilation (CD/LP) Mozzer, Test Tubes/Tin... Outward Music Company (OMCO) 1997
*Installation:04 (CD) Detroitmembrings Masstransfer 2000
*Compiled (CD) Oh' Halo (1894 Penny ... Aesthetics 2001
*The Wire Tapper 7 (CD) To The Expert Eye Alone Wire Magazine 2001
*The Wire Tapper 9 (2xCD) Blooms Eventually Wire Magazine 2002
*Mind The Gap Volume 44 (CD) Blooms Eventually Gonzo Circus 2003
*Nova Tunes 08 (CD) Blooms Eventually Nova Records 2003
*Politronics (CD) Suck Or Run (Schneider... Onitor 2003
*Sónar 2003 (2xCD) Off To Do Showery Snap... Mute Records Ltd. 2003
*Wir_kommen_in_frieden (CD, Smplr, Comp, Promo) Off To Do Showery Snap... Persona Non Grata, Aesthetics 2003
*Reconfigures (CD) Suck Or Run (Schneider... Earsugar 2004)
References
American multimedia artists
Musical groups from Portland, Oregon
Musical groups established in 1998
1998 establishments in Oregon
Peacefrog Records artists
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