Artists
Cole Pulice
Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice (they/them) traffics in shimmering,
otherworldly beauty.
On Land’s End Eternal, their first album for Leaving Records (releasing May 9th), the Oakland-based artist expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed saxophone to include layers of electric guitar and lush choral arrangements. The result is a prismatic collection of pastoral chamber jazz in six parts.
Pulice’s previous release, a 22-minute electroacoustic odyssey titled If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You In the Pasture (Longform Editions, 2023), was named ‘Best New Music’ by Pitchfork and included in the publication’s Best Songs Of The 2020s. Pulice has also released a smattering of work on beloved labels including Moon Glyph, Aural Canyon and Cached Media. Their performance history includes appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival (UK), Rewire (NL), ÜBERJAZZ (DE), Drone Not Drones (US), & Noise Pop Festival (US).
Marc Melia
Born in Majorca, composer and producer Marc Melià is known for his ability to find beauty and emotion within the circuitry of his synthesizer, employing a minimalist style.
Currently based in Brussels, he has spent the past decade composing, collaborating and producing for a diverse range of notable figures in the French music scene, including Flavien Berger, Roméo Poirier, Françoiz Breut and Lonely Drifter Karen among others.
In an era of digital technological abundance, Marc Melià embraces constraints, often crafting his albums and performances around a select few options. Yet from these constraints emerges a stunning universe, brimming with rich textures and elegant harmonies. For his debut album, he exclusively utilized a Sequential Prophet. With his third LP, Pièces Monophoniques, set for release on Vlek in May 2025, he returns armed solely with an analog monophonic synthesizer and handcrafted MIDI sequences recorded directly onto a single stereo track. These recordings aim to reveal beauty within the confines of simplicity and limitation.
