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01. TOM THIEL  - Pulse
02. TOM THIEL  - An Isle
03. TOM THIEL  - Craxa
04. TOM THIEL  - STHG
05. TOM THIEL  - Loose Ends
06. TOM THIEL  - Falls
07. TOM THIEL  - Lowerslower
08. TOM THIEL  - Laissez Faire
09. TOM THIEL  - Sabado
10. TOM THIEL  - Suzuka
11. TOM THIEL  - Nordish
ARTIST
TITLE
Tom Thiel
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
STRIKE 125CD STRIKE 125CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/15/2011

Tom Thiel seems to be unflappable. On his solo debut album (released quite late in his career), he doesn't make too much of an effort regarding zeitgeist and trends. And why should he? He has been a part of it all since forever, no need to prove anything to anyone. And "Pulse" is the beginning of a great album, located somewhere in the warm regions of the genre. Like a sine wave, the record swerves from house to electronica and even touches the latitudes of pure ambient. Apart from a couple of short pieces, there are nine-minute songs and psychedelic guitar compositions, rummaging around in the depths of music, all the while self-confident and playful. The songs are characterized not only by Tom's special musical handwriting, they also always ring of his previous productions (when he was with Sun Electric or Bus), mirroring those times. The past seems to be just a little while ago as well as now and soon. The alleged contradictions disappear in favor of more important, crucial elements of music, without ever sounding moldy or even out-dated. Wide melody lines, soft, complex beats or direct, simple beats: they speak a timeless language and thus represent the most modern side of electronic music.