Pre-release, the album titled 'Fathoms' by Daryl Groetsch is now featuring on M.P.R Ambient.
Release Date: 6th April 2026
Inspired by Earth’s oceans, and reading Rachel Carson’s 1951 book on the subject, The Sea Around Us, the new ambient album, Fathoms, by Daryl Groetsch starts on the rippling surface, with bright feelings and glittering light. Each of the four tracks go deeper through the stratums and currents, and ends on the ocean floor, in darkness and stillness. Some field recordings of water are mixed in with the selection of emotive synthesizer tones. In production for much of 2025, this work sees its release after the composer has relocated from Portland, Oregon to Salzburg, Austria.
"Whether recording under his own name, Daryl Groetsch, or the Pulse Emitter moniker, this much is certain: you’ll be lulled into a hypnotic state, entranced by the synthesizer-driven zoners that this Portland, Oregon-based [now Salzburg, Austria] sound artist so majestically crafts. A classically-trained composer, Groetsch’s heady amalgam of New Age-style radiance, hallucinogenic drone fields, interstellar melodies and rumbling electronics is the perfect escape mechanism to drift off and tune out the world.” - Brad Cohan
Links:
https://darylgroetsch.bandcamp.com/album/fathoms
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