Pulselovers - Northern Minimalism 4 [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: LM004CD
Barcode: 5060889590851    
Release Date: 29 Aug 2025
Genre: Electronic

• BBC 6 Music: Gideon Coe's Favourites of the Year (2023)
• “A stark homage to the post-punk electronica that defines the region’s musical heritage.” Electronic Sound

South Yorkshire-inspired electronic artist Pulselovers returns with a bold new chapter in the acclaimed Northern Minimalism series. What began as a deeply personal tribute to the region’s industrial, post-punk and synth-pop legacies has now evolved into a sprawling, 20-track remix project released via Castles in Space's new CD imprint, Lunar Module.
The seeds for this release were planted when Sheffield trio Polyhymns delivered a mind-bending remix of Pulselovers’ track Kitchen in 2019—well before NM3 was even completed. From there, a full reimagining of the album slowly began to form, enlisting a dream lineup of collaborators from the extended Castles in Space network.
The double CD includes remixes from a stellar cast of underground electronic artists including Polypores, Field Lines Cartographer, Fred und Luna, Apta, Grey Frequency, The Heartwood Institute, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan and more.
These reinterpretations span dark ambient, haunted synth-pop, minimal techno, kosmische and beyond—yet each remix holds onto the distinctive, coal-dusted core of SoYo’s electronic heritage.
The release follows a run of acclaimed volumes in the Northern Minimalism series, with Volumes 1 & 2 reissued as a 12” 45rpm mini album via the CiS Subscription Library in 2023. Northern Minimalism 3 also earned a spot on Gideon Coe’s BBC 6 Music Favourites of the Year list and charted at #36 on the Official Download Chart.
This release is dedicated to Andy (Polyhymns) and Rainer (Fred und Luna). Rest in power.

 
TRACKLISTING
1. Suburban Shrinkage (Aural Design Remix)
2. Seeing Double (Apta Remix)
3. Slope and Intercept (Pefkin Remix)
4. Gunrubber (Grey Frequency vs Blue Room Rework)
5. Frames of Reference (Sulk Rooms Remix)
6. Kitchen (Polyhymns Remix)
7. Night Drive (Language Field Remix)
8. Orphans (Lo Five Remix)
9. Danum Shield (Fred und Luna Remix)
10. Shock Cubes (Field Lines Cartographer Remix)
11. Frames of Reference (Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan 1979 Mix)
12. Night Drive (Fred und Luna Remix)
13. Danum Shield (The Heartwood Institute Remix)
14. Kitchen (Language Field Remix)
15. Suburban Shrinkage (DJ 2MN Remix)
16. The Pansentient Hegemony (Panamint Manse Remix)
17. Seeing Double (Revbjelde Remix)
18. Night Drive (Polypores Remix)
19. Somersault (Doomlode Remix)
20. Silver Bridge (Lone Bison Mix)