{"title":"Pulsars","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pulsars","title":"Pulsars","description":"\u003cp\u003eDave Trumfio grew up playing music in a suburban Chicago basement, but his native talent soon found him producing talents as diverse as house pioneer Mr Fingers, the legendary The Pretty Things and legendary reggae act Niney The Observer all within months of his first real go behind the mixing desk. Dave soon opened a studio in Wicker Park, just as a small contingent of cult heroes who lived there for cheap rent and cheaper bars - Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Tortoise et al - burst into acclaim. Dave looked further afield - Billy Bragg \u0026amp; Wilco, Mekons, Captain Beefheart’s Gary Lucas, acts from Iceland, Australia, the UK. One afternoon Dave and his brother Harry recorded nine songs as Pulsars. Within weeks, the band opened for Oasis and was courted by ten labels, and soon signed seven-figure deal with Almo Sounds - founded by A\u0026amp;M owners Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss - the largest deal ever offered to a new Chicago artist. The band played with Sean Lennon, Blur and Supergrass and toured Japan four times, where they were hailed as heroes of subversive minimalist pop...but Almo Sounds’ promotion deal with Geffen fell apart just as Pulsars began a tour with Weezer. Promotion was pulled, and radio support collapsed in a mere moment. And that was it! Rolling Stone: \"One of the gems of the mid-Nineties alt-rock gold rush, the lone album by the brotherly duo the Pulsars is a himmering collection of blissed-out synth-pop peppered with references to long drives to Wisconsin, pet robots and S\u0026amp;M...” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiny Global Productions","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50380229574987,"sku":"2215267","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50380229935435,"sku":"2215273","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_79c3bc11_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726211260"},{"product_id":"lost-transmissions","title":"Lost Transmissions","description":"\u003cp\u003eDave Trumfio operated a lesser-known yet impressive studio, Kingsize Soundlabs, just as Chicago's alt-rock boom took place. As the city's insular music scene became the focus of outsized attention which couldn't possibly meet the needs of a trend-hungry exploitation eternally, Dave put his nose to the grindstone, catering to a small group of outsiders - British visitors such as The Mekons and Stuart Moxham, a number of Icelandic artists, as well as future stars of the embryonic alt-country scene, such as Wilco and Neko Case . . . and quite a lot of madness besides. One rare day off, Dave rang his drummer brother, Harry, and the pair recorded nine songs in a single afternoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first outsider to hear the results was a friend from Atlantic who flew the band's 'emergency fill-in' manager to New York, where a deal was put on the table within an hour. While in shock at the speed of it all - the duo had yet to play a real gig - Pulsars were mistakenly asked to open a gig for Oasis, then at the peak of their fame. The dozen major label reps who attended the show fostered a six-month bidding war. But at the end of the day, it was Herb Alpert's surprise doubling of their monetary demands that led to the band's deal with Almo Sounds. Success was immediate in Japan, though in America the label foundered and collapsed . .. but undercover, the band managed to record some three hundred songs. Due to their clever inclusion of a contractual clause allowing reversion of master rights if statements were missed for two reporting periods, the band regained the entirety of their recorded catalogue from Universal's tape storage facilities . . . just weeks before fire destroyed the warehouse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently, the self-titled Pulsars was name one of the 40 Greatest One-Album Wonders by Rolling Stone, alongside The Sex Pistols, The Modern Lovers and Lauryn Hill: \"One of the gems of the mid-Nineties alt-rock gold rush, the lone album by the brotherly duo the Pulsars is a shimmering collection of blissed-out synth-pop peppered with references to long drives to Wisconsin, pet robots and S\u0026amp;M . . . \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tiny Global Productions","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50512875127115,"sku":"1125848","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/66731c96-bd08-4c92-88fc-daece3d67ac0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727908982"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/pulsars.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}