Hausu Mountain
@hausumountain.bsky.social
🎭 ANNOUNCING:
Ragger - 𝙀𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨
out 2/10/26
On their debut album, the duo of Marc Riordan and Jon Leland arrange the ragtime music of Scott Joplin for synths and electronic drums, all presented in bright electronic voices that wouldn’t be out of place in a Super Nintendo game soundtrack.
Ragger - 𝙀𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨
out 2/10/26
On their debut album, the duo of Marc Riordan and Jon Leland arrange the ragtime music of Scott Joplin for synths and electronic drums, all presented in bright electronic voices that wouldn’t be out of place in a Super Nintendo game soundtrack.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🎭 ANNOUNCING:
Ragger - 𝙀𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨
out 2/10/26
On their debut album, the duo of Marc Riordan and Jon Leland arrange the ragtime music of Scott Joplin for synths and electronic drums, all presented in bright electronic voices that wouldn’t be out of place in a Super Nintendo game soundtrack.
Ragger - 𝙀𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨
out 2/10/26
On their debut album, the duo of Marc Riordan and Jon Leland arrange the ragtime music of Scott Joplin for synths and electronic drums, all presented in bright electronic voices that wouldn’t be out of place in a Super Nintendo game soundtrack.
🎵 @melvingibbs.bsky.social - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - featured in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's "Releases of the Year"
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🎵 @melvingibbs.bsky.social - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - featured in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social's "Releases of the Year"
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
❤️🔥 Huge thanks to Phil Freeman for the wonderful review, and to The Wire for the many years of support!
The 2025 Rewind is available at your local record shoppe & digitally.
Four HausMo albums included in @popmatters.com - "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025" ‼️
🪸 Pulse Emitter - Tide Pools
🛣️ Dustin Wong - Gloria
🌞 Mondo Lava - Utero Dei
🎸 Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - HausLive 4
Much 💗 to @ingalls1969.bsky.social & the PM crew for all of the support this year!
🪸 Pulse Emitter - Tide Pools
🛣️ Dustin Wong - Gloria
🌞 Mondo Lava - Utero Dei
🎸 Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - HausLive 4
Much 💗 to @ingalls1969.bsky.social & the PM crew for all of the support this year!
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Four HausMo albums included in @popmatters.com - "The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025" ‼️
🪸 Pulse Emitter - Tide Pools
🛣️ Dustin Wong - Gloria
🌞 Mondo Lava - Utero Dei
🎸 Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - HausLive 4
Much 💗 to @ingalls1969.bsky.social & the PM crew for all of the support this year!
🪸 Pulse Emitter - Tide Pools
🛣️ Dustin Wong - Gloria
🌞 Mondo Lava - Utero Dei
🎸 Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet - HausLive 4
Much 💗 to @ingalls1969.bsky.social & the PM crew for all of the support this year!
Huge thanks to @thequietus.com for selecting @melvingibbs.bsky.social - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - as one of the 100 albums of the year ❤️🔥
Amasia is still available directly from us on LP and CD, and in the UK from Norman Records 🎵
scope the whole article at ⬇️:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
Amasia is still available directly from us on LP and CD, and in the UK from Norman Records 🎵
scope the whole article at ⬇️:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Huge thanks to @thequietus.com for selecting @melvingibbs.bsky.social - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - as one of the 100 albums of the year ❤️🔥
Amasia is still available directly from us on LP and CD, and in the UK from Norman Records 🎵
scope the whole article at ⬇️:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
Amasia is still available directly from us on LP and CD, and in the UK from Norman Records 🎵
scope the whole article at ⬇️:
thequietus.com/tq-charts/al...
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The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025
This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries.
READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25
This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries.
READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2025
This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries.
READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25
This year has been particularly exciting for experimental music, ranging from free-form guitar freak-outs to lush, ambient, and constantly pushing boundaries.
READ: tinyurl.com/BestExp25
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The new set of Pandora Picks are up -- I picked a song by COCOJOEY @cocojoeyyy.bsky.social ... it's from an album called 'Stars' on @hausumountain.bsky.social in Chicago.
Thanks to @pandoraamp.bsky.social -- Ahoy! www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:...
Thanks to @pandoraamp.bsky.social -- Ahoy! www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The new set of Pandora Picks are up -- I picked a song by COCOJOEY @cocojoeyyy.bsky.social ... it's from an album called 'Stars' on @hausumountain.bsky.social in Chicago.
Thanks to @pandoraamp.bsky.social -- Ahoy! www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:...
Thanks to @pandoraamp.bsky.social -- Ahoy! www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:...
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Bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs takes a deep dive into the Electric Miles zone — with a little help from Pete Cosey and John Medeski. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8004762...
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Melvin Gibbs - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
Bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs takes a deep dive into the Electric Miles zone on Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, drawing inspiration from Miles' (and Teo...
doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs takes a deep dive into the Electric Miles zone — with a little help from Pete Cosey and John Medeski. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8004762...
Some scenes from the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party at The Land School - presented by the Rebuild Foundation:
1) Melvin Gibbs x Ben LaMar Gay duo set - the thrilling peak
1) Melvin Gibbs x Ben LaMar Gay duo set - the thrilling peak
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Some scenes from the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party at The Land School - presented by the Rebuild Foundation:
1) Melvin Gibbs x Ben LaMar Gay duo set - the thrilling peak
1) Melvin Gibbs x Ben LaMar Gay duo set - the thrilling peak
🪸 @pulseemitter.bsky.social interviewed in @igloomag.bsky.social by Don Haugen:
"Tide Pools feels like both a culmination and a beginning—a calm surface concealing immense depth beneath."
Read the whole interview in full @:
igloomag.com/profiles/a-c...
"Tide Pools feels like both a culmination and a beginning—a calm surface concealing immense depth beneath."
Read the whole interview in full @:
igloomag.com/profiles/a-c...
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🪸 @pulseemitter.bsky.social interviewed in @igloomag.bsky.social by Don Haugen:
"Tide Pools feels like both a culmination and a beginning—a calm surface concealing immense depth beneath."
Read the whole interview in full @:
igloomag.com/profiles/a-c...
"Tide Pools feels like both a culmination and a beginning—a calm surface concealing immense depth beneath."
Read the whole interview in full @:
igloomag.com/profiles/a-c...
Melvin Gibbs (@melvingibbs.bsky.social) interviewed in @jazztimes.bsky.social by @adamorosi.bsky.social:
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Melvin Gibbs (@melvingibbs.bsky.social) interviewed in @jazztimes.bsky.social by @adamorosi.bsky.social:
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
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Melvin Gibbs - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
proggy, hiphop infused, cosmic funky jazz fusion blast to the brain. one of my favorite releases of the year without a doubt. murky & mystical & exploratory, total ripper. RIYL Dark Magus era Miles, Autechre, anything Hausu Mountain
proggy, hiphop infused, cosmic funky jazz fusion blast to the brain. one of my favorite releases of the year without a doubt. murky & mystical & exploratory, total ripper. RIYL Dark Magus era Miles, Autechre, anything Hausu Mountain
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Melvin Gibbs - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
proggy, hiphop infused, cosmic funky jazz fusion blast to the brain. one of my favorite releases of the year without a doubt. murky & mystical & exploratory, total ripper. RIYL Dark Magus era Miles, Autechre, anything Hausu Mountain
proggy, hiphop infused, cosmic funky jazz fusion blast to the brain. one of my favorite releases of the year without a doubt. murky & mystical & exploratory, total ripper. RIYL Dark Magus era Miles, Autechre, anything Hausu Mountain
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Hausu Mountain has been on fire this year. They recently released the excellent new Pulse Emitter album, a glorious collection of melodic soundscapes. I reviewed “Tide Pools” for PopMatters.
Pulse Emitter excels at creating synth soundscapes that sound mind-bendingly wild, are massively melodic, and demand repeated listens.
#PMPick out now via @hausumountain.bsky.social
READ: tinyurl.com/PulseEmit25
#PMPick out now via @hausumountain.bsky.social
READ: tinyurl.com/PulseEmit25
Pulse Emitter Dive Deeply Into Synth Landscapes » PopMatters
Under the moniker of Pulse Emitter, Daryl Groetsch's work with the synthesizer has embraced melodic synth music, organic ambient, relaxation, microtonal, and
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October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hausu Mountain has been on fire this year. They recently released the excellent new Pulse Emitter album, a glorious collection of melodic soundscapes. I reviewed “Tide Pools” for PopMatters.
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Chicago!
I'll be at The Land School
this Thursday
hosting a listening party for my new album
I'll be joined by Ben Lamar Gay & Joshua Abrams
Ben and I will play- the the 3 of us will chop it up & listen to the album together
thank you to The Rebuild Foundation & @hausumountain.bsky.social
I'll be at The Land School
this Thursday
hosting a listening party for my new album
I'll be joined by Ben Lamar Gay & Joshua Abrams
Ben and I will play- the the 3 of us will chop it up & listen to the album together
thank you to The Rebuild Foundation & @hausumountain.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Chicago!
I'll be at The Land School
this Thursday
hosting a listening party for my new album
I'll be joined by Ben Lamar Gay & Joshua Abrams
Ben and I will play- the the 3 of us will chop it up & listen to the album together
thank you to The Rebuild Foundation & @hausumountain.bsky.social
I'll be at The Land School
this Thursday
hosting a listening party for my new album
I'll be joined by Ben Lamar Gay & Joshua Abrams
Ben and I will play- the the 3 of us will chop it up & listen to the album together
thank you to The Rebuild Foundation & @hausumountain.bsky.social
Thursday
November 6
in Chicago
at The Land School (7200 S. Dorchester)
it's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party:
+ a short duo performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
+ Amasia album listening session
+ panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, and Joshua Abrams
RSVP w/ a $1 donation
November 6
in Chicago
at The Land School (7200 S. Dorchester)
it's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party:
+ a short duo performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
+ Amasia album listening session
+ panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, and Joshua Abrams
RSVP w/ a $1 donation
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thursday
November 6
in Chicago
at The Land School (7200 S. Dorchester)
it's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party:
+ a short duo performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
+ Amasia album listening session
+ panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, and Joshua Abrams
RSVP w/ a $1 donation
November 6
in Chicago
at The Land School (7200 S. Dorchester)
it's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party:
+ a short duo performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
+ Amasia album listening session
+ panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, and Joshua Abrams
RSVP w/ a $1 donation
Thursday, Nov 6th in Chicago
at The Land School
It's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party presented by the Rebuild Foundation
1️⃣) a short performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
2️⃣) album listening session
3️⃣) panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, & Joshua Abrams
RSVP link in post #2:
at The Land School
It's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party presented by the Rebuild Foundation
1️⃣) a short performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
2️⃣) album listening session
3️⃣) panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, & Joshua Abrams
RSVP link in post #2:
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thursday, Nov 6th in Chicago
at The Land School
It's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party presented by the Rebuild Foundation
1️⃣) a short performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
2️⃣) album listening session
3️⃣) panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, & Joshua Abrams
RSVP link in post #2:
at The Land School
It's the @melvingibbs.bsky.social Amasia listening party presented by the Rebuild Foundation
1️⃣) a short performance from Melvin x Ben LaMar Gay
2️⃣) album listening session
3️⃣) panel discussion with Melvin, Ben, & Joshua Abrams
RSVP link in post #2:
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This week's Five Albums: reviews of Lily Allen, Nappy Nina, Flycatcher, Melvin Gibbs, and Parts Work featuring Frances Quinlan
Music for Crashing Out
Albums contending with divorce, expatriation, suburban malaise, and other concerns
www.hearingthings.co
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This week's Five Albums: reviews of Lily Allen, Nappy Nina, Flycatcher, Melvin Gibbs, and Parts Work featuring Frances Quinlan
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This new Melvin Gibbs LP is exactly the kind of record that gets people into avant garde music. I think it’s o e of the best of the year. Feels free and wild. Such a unique combination of talents and influences; nobody else on earth could make it.
music.melvin-gibbs.com/album/amasia...
music.melvin-gibbs.com/album/amasia...
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, by Melvin Gibbs
6 track album
music.melvin-gibbs.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This new Melvin Gibbs LP is exactly the kind of record that gets people into avant garde music. I think it’s o e of the best of the year. Feels free and wild. Such a unique combination of talents and influences; nobody else on earth could make it.
music.melvin-gibbs.com/album/amasia...
music.melvin-gibbs.com/album/amasia...
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JUST IN! 'Tide Pools' by Pulse Emitter
Portland producer and synthesist Daryl Groetsch returns with an album blending Berlin School ambient electronic and kosmische with influences from jazz and progressive rock.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2108...
Portland producer and synthesist Daryl Groetsch returns with an album blending Berlin School ambient electronic and kosmische with influences from jazz and progressive rock.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2108...
October 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
JUST IN! 'Tide Pools' by Pulse Emitter
Portland producer and synthesist Daryl Groetsch returns with an album blending Berlin School ambient electronic and kosmische with influences from jazz and progressive rock.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2108...
Portland producer and synthesist Daryl Groetsch returns with an album blending Berlin School ambient electronic and kosmische with influences from jazz and progressive rock.
www.normanrecords.com/records/2108...
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Pulse Emitter :: Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain) igloomag.com/reviews/puls...
Pulse Emitter :: Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain)
On Tide Pools, Portland synthesist Daryl Groetsch—aka Pulse Emitter—crafts one of his most intricate and emotionally resonant albums, blending cosmic expanses with organic intimacy. Rich with shimmeri...
igloomag.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Pulse Emitter :: Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain) igloomag.com/reviews/puls...
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All of it adds up to a triumph for the now 67-year-old Gibbs and his collaborators...It’s also a triumph for Hausu Mountain, who...inherited the daunting task of taking up the Anamibia baton from the venerable Editions Mego.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Melvin Gibbs: Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
Read Daniel Bromfield’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All of it adds up to a triumph for the now 67-year-old Gibbs and his collaborators...It’s also a triumph for Hausu Mountain, who...inherited the daunting task of taking up the Anamibia baton from the venerable Editions Mego.
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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The legendary musician returns with a new album that thrills both the head and the hips.
Melvin Gibbs, “Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2”
The legendary musician returns with a new album that thrills both the head and the hips.
daily.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The legendary musician returns with a new album that thrills both the head and the hips.
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Marvelling at the synth textures and sense of sonic narrative on this record makes me realize how senseless dungeon synth is as a subgenre.
Tide Pools, by Pulse Emitter
15 track album
pulseemitter.bandcamp.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Marvelling at the synth textures and sense of sonic narrative on this record makes me realize how senseless dungeon synth is as a subgenre.