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Organic Pulse Ensemble
Organic Pulse Ensemble is a band consisting of just the one member, multitracking every instrument in his home-studio. He started out on turntables though, scratching and making beats. Through sampling old vinyl records from his fathers collection, and starting to collect for himself, he developed a love of jazz, soul and funk. In his twenties he started incorporating live instruments into his beatmaking, beginning with an electric bass and a drum kit. Along with some friends, more instruments was added to the mix and the hip-hop influence was somewhat obscured by that of Sun-Ra and labels like Black Jazz and Strata-East. Due mainly to geography the ensemble turned into a onesemble over time and in 2019 the project resulted in its first official release on the Urban Waves label.
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Organic pulse ensemble: Transcending the Sum
by Chris May
The name Organic Pulse Ensemble suggests a largish line-up, but Transcending The Sum is actually the creation of just one musician, multi-instrumentalist Gustav Horneij. Horneij does, however, definitely transcend the sum of that unitary part, overdubbing away to recreate a six, seven or eight piece band, with front line, rhythm section and all. As the cover art indicates, his bag is spiritual jazz. Horneij, who is based way up in the chilly north of Sweden, is a ...
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Autumn bloom
From: Transcending the SumBy Organic Pulse Ensemble