To wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and as a special thank you from Tribal Pulse HQ for all the support we've received in what's been a surreal first 6 months, we're giving you all a gift!

We're giving away a remix so dark, twisted and funky that we've been bursting to unleash it for a long time (we know these are just words but literally, have a listen...). 

It features Boom Merchant's tough chunks of bass, synth stabs and subtle chimes and it's been restructured by Acidulant, who's added all manner of sounds from his analogue arsenal to craft a slow-paced breakbeat monster. We're all about music that transports the listener, and this one certainly does the job.

We wish you all an awesome new year, and we'll be back in touch with more plans, more parties and more dancefloor weapons next month.

Boom Merchant - Misty Nights, City Lights (Acidulant Remix) ///FREE WAV DOWNLOAD///

For the sixth instalment in our catalogue we're extremely happy to be welcoming two new faces to the Tribal Pulse family. During our label showcase at last year's Amsterdam Dance Event, Sonic Union from Sweden and Khen from Israel voiced their intentions to collaborate on writing a track in the specific style of Tribal Pulse. The week before our showcase at this year's ADE we have the privilege of releasing it, and we think you'll agree that they've hit the nail on the head.

'Driven by Demand' is a track brimming with charisma and funk. Vibrant tribal percussion gives way to smooth, flowing synths before slamming back into a bass-driven, futuristic groove.

Belgian dynamo Pole Folder comes good on the remix once again, pairing the original's synth breakdown with an intricate electronic groove, moulding the track into a deep, dreamy soundscape.

We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Khen & Sonic Union - Driven by Demand

It's been a while since our last transmission, and our artists have been busy. We have an array of quality dancefloor weaponry ready to be unleashed on vinyl over the coming months, but we thought we'd kick things off with our second compilation release.

Just like first time round, this collection spans the full spectrum of our sounds, from low energy to high, but always forward thinking. 

The EP opens with a sweeping, drifting soundscape by the ever-prolific Acidulant from Malta. Always busy in the studio, he's been making waves with a release alongside Hardfloor on Balkan Vinyl, amongst others. In 'Stairways' haunting synths and vocals sweep over punchy percussion and bass parts to create a truly evocative piece. 

Moving on with one of our newer acts, Mexico-based Kaban brings us the huge groover 'Sugar Bits'. His debut release with us 'Overflow' is one of our most well received tracks to date, and here he pushes both the melodic and percussive elements of his sound, with huge pulsating electronics, heaps of echo and and a rhythm that will envelope your mind. 

Next up we have Glasgow-based rhythm specialist Boom Merchant with the driving bass monster 'Night Drive'. Fresh from a 4-track vinyl release on Resopal Schallware, here his machine-driven drum grooves generate momentum over low end power, into a breakdown that plays with both robotic and organic elements. This one pushes into serious dancefloor territory.

Our penultimate track features the high energy sounds of a new addition to the label, the inimitable Johnny Kaos from Italy. With 'Unidentified Object', the MB Elektonics and Sci+Tec man brings us a slamming techno workout full of crisp elements, rattling snares and looping vocals. With his signature energetic groove in full swing, this one really lets loose. 

Closing out the EP is another new addition to the label, the elusive DJ Warp. As Takashi Watanabe's alter ego, Warp is one of Japan's finest exports of the dark techno variety. Here he brings us a track so twisted and relentless it provides the perfect ending for our journey. Piercing synths, horns and drones move over a kick drum so heavy it has it's own gravitational field. 

We hope this music takes you right on up to your happy place.

DJ Warp - Kakuni Manjyu

Boom Merchant - Night Drive

Our 10th sonic transmission roams into housier territory with 2 expertly crafted pieces of primal but soulful electronic music. It combines the familiar tones of our 303 supremo Acidulant with those of a new addition to our family.

Alexander Koning has enjoyed a long and distinguished career both as a recording artist and a DJ, with an extensive back catalogue of releases appearing on distinguished labels like Global Underground, Pacha, Bellboy, Circle and Subliminal as well as on his own imprint Percep-tion alongside a host of quality artists. With 'Attend the Tension' he brings us a track where soothing toms and crisp tribal percussion merge to create a minimalist groove that will free your mind and put a smile on your face.

It's been a period of big productivity for Acidulant, between sharing a vinyl EP with Hardfloor, taking his live techno sounds to crowds across Europe and producing a number of quality releases, amongst them the unforgettable 'Stairways' on Tribal Pulse last Winter. With 'Kraknak' he delivers a funk-driven beast with warping tb-303 flowing over a moving bassline and hypnotic drum patterns.

We hope and trust these tracks will put a smile on your face.

Acidulant - Kraknak

Tribal Pulse is 5 years old, and we're celebrating with a special series of vinyl and compilation releases, and parties in some really insane locations, including a unique birthday celebration in the beautiful highlands of Scotland.

First up we have Boom Merchant's 'I See The Future' available on 180g vinyl and containing contributions from Italian slammin' techno kingpin Johnny Kaos and Maltese 303 sniper Acidulant. 

The title track is a morphing, energetic futurist techno cut. A powerful, bass-driven groove works alongside complex analogue percussion sequencing and growling distortion before Detroit-style chords and atmospherics move in to take you higher, before slamming you back into the dark groove once again. This one is a real bomb waiting to go off.

For 'Sub Mission' Boom Merchant combines forces once again with Johnny Kaos, and in keeping with the theme of the EP, the results are dark, distorted and full of flavor. The track roars through lashings of sub and relentless machine bleeps, drums and noises, jumping in and out of breakbeats with a monster Reese bass chasing you down from start to finish. 

To round off the EP, Acidulant does what he does best, stripping the original back to it's bare elements, looping the vocal and creating a Roland-heavy roller full of squelchy goodness. 

We see the future, and we are bringing it to you on wax. We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Boom Merchant - I See The Future (Acidulant Remix)

Johnny Kaos & Boom Merchant - Sub Mission

Boom Merchant - I See The Future

We aim to push the envelope and create new soundscapes with every release, and our third digital-only compilation contains five futurist dance weapons hand-crafted by artists selected from our growing stable of sonic assassins.

We welcome Maltese whizzkids Cedren and Manu-l to the label with 'Prevention', a downtempo dive into rich and warm sonic textures. It flows through waves of melodies and it's a real pleasure to listen to.

Johnny Kaos returns to deliver 'Hidden World', a fast-paced journey to space and back laced with intelligent sounds, huge melodic phases and an infectious groove. 

Acidulant continues to do what he does best with 'Flow Dance', a slick and squelchy 303-to-the-front banger that won't fail to make you jack.

DJ Warp's next transmission from Japan is 'Qwertyuiop.' is a slamming kick-driven odyssey, morphing constantly from twisted, distorted machines to warm synth stabs and back again.

Boom Merchant returns with 'Thump', a dark and driving piece of techno. A dirty and distorted groove flows over mangled samples and occasional glimpses of light.

We hope these tracks bring a smile to your face.

Acidulant - Flow Dance

The last 5 years have been something else. It's been a whirlwind of killer records, studios, projects and creativity, and parties in warehouses, clubs and castles. It's been the coming together of a tribe and a family, and it's all been over those crazy hypnotic rhythms. 

Now we're bringing you a package to celebrate the last 5 years, and to set the course for where we're going. TRIP013 contains new material alongside parts of our history. 

Acidulant brings us the fresh acid workout 'Pulse Modification', while Boom Merchant drowns us in the melting distortion of 'Malky's Sorrow'. Fragile X delivers complex breakbeat rhythms with 'Cerulean' and Cedren and Manu-l go deep with the perpetually evolving 'Absence'. New to the label, Nohow is the new project of Andrea Crestani, and he debuts with '3.0', a sprawling analogue banger. Canadian synth wizard Dark Arps joins us also, opening his account with the gritty Alt_Trx.

Two of our past recordings got the remix treatment for the occasion, with Takashi Watanabe (DJ Warp) adding a killer bite to Alexander Koning's Attend The Tension, and Dark Arps expanding on the melodies of Acidulant's Kraknak.

We've added material from Dave Seaman, Pole Folder, Sonic Union and Khen, Johnny Kaos, DJ Warp, Boom Merchant, Kaban and Di Rugerio, Deepfunk and Acidulant to deliver a comprehensive collection of psychedelic voodoo music. 

On to the next 5...

Acidulant - Kraknak (Dark Arps Remix)

Our next adventure in sound is a 303-focused, 4-track offering from Acidulant. He continues his rampant ascent to the acid summit with recent vinyl releases on DJ Pierre's Afro Acid and Jack Trax imprints, including the honour of remixing Phuture's genre-defining Acid Track on it's 35th anniversary.

Here, he delivers a diverse selection of squelchy techno, beginning with Look at the Cave, which features his characteristic drive and relentless low-end pulses.

Gozo Acid, written in a hazy state on the mystical island, takes a darker, faster and more menacing route, racing through phases of intense acid wubs.

Feed me Acid keeps the intensity high and mighty. Looming synths and intense percussion make this one a tough techno rumbler.

Song for Lucy brings you out the other side into a glistening, chord-driven soundscape with echoes of Chicago.

We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Acidulant - Look At The Cave

Acidulant - Gozo Acid 101

At Tribal Pulse we've always had a lot of love for recordings that really tell a story, and our final release of the year falls firmly within that category. 

Boom Merchant's Two Tribes merges particularly emotive vocals from tribes on two continents, melting into a drum groove that's that's tough as nails but light as a feather. Heaps of sub and waves of warm analogue goodness complete the recipe.

On the flipside we welcome Glasgow royalty Silicone Soul to the label with a remix that pushes the track into deep and smooth waters, with surging electronic pulses at work over rainsticks and shakers. A deep space piano provides the glaze.

We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Boom Merchant - Two Tribes (Silicone Soul Remix)

Boom Merchant - Two Tribes

Boom Merchant is back, and keeps pushing the right buttons with a potent return to Tribal Pulse. Here he builds on last December's 'Two Tribes' with 2 more deep, dark and cerebral pieces of dancefloor weaponry.

Back On It is a menacing sequence of Moog wubs, warps and bleeps pushing through his trademark tough rhythms. A snake-charming contribution from Glasgow reggae maestro Tom Spirals winds it's way through the distortion. There's order in the chaos.

Heatwave is a warm, sub-driven beast, created from a diverse palette of mangled typewriters and camera clicks, and heaps of machine funk. Off-key stabs and floating harmonics create a surreal feeling but when it kicks, it kicks.

We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Boom Merchant - Heatwave

Boom Merchant - Back On It

We're excited to kick off our 2020 release schedule with Dark Arps' debut solo EP on the label. The Vancouver-based live electronics expert has crafted a winding path through 4 pieces of morphing, breathing machine funk.

It begins with the dreamy cascades and relaxing flow of Nostalgic Reason; an excellent soundtrack for standing still and watching the world go by.

Title track Cognition moves quickly through the gears, with ominous horns and layers of lush melody flowing over an infectious percussion groove.

Modus Operandi is a series of bleeps, warps and a complex mix of organic and electronic percussion hits with a neurotic edge, thrown at the listener with increasing frequency as the intensity rises.

The EP concludes with Come Up (For A Sec). This is solid melodic techno, progressing through portions of continuously morphing synth over a tough, distorted bassline.

We hope these tracks put a smile on your face.

Come Up (For A Sec)

Modus Operandi

Cognition

Nostalgic Reason

Our aim is to provide to you music of the highest quality, both in live and recorded format.

We will bring you sounds from the future. Deep, pulsating rhythms that will rattle your chest and make your spine tingle. 

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