COLE PULICE

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Saxophonist, composer and improviser Cole Pulice traffics in shimmering, otherworldly beauty. On Land’s End Eternal, their first album for Leaving Records (releasing May 9th), the Oakland-based artist expands their compositional palette beyond signal-processed saxophone to include layers of electric guitar and lush choral arrangements. The result is a prismatic collection of pastoral chamber jazz in six parts. Cole’s previous release, a 22-minute electroacoustic odyssey titled If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You In the Pasture (Longform Editions, 2023), was named ‘Best New Music’ by Pitchfork and included in the publication’s Best Songs Of The 2020s. Cole has also released a smattering of solo and collaborative work on beloved labels including Moon Glyph, Aural Canyon and Cached Media. Their performance history includes appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival (UK), Rewire (NL), ÜBERJAZZ (DE), Drone Not Drones (US), & Noise Pop Festival (US).

(Pulice is pronounced puh-lee-ché)

“Pulice has been boundary-pushing and prolific…[and] has become a punk grandchild to the Coltrane-Sanders-Ayler father-son-holy ghost equation and put out arguably the best release on Longform Editions, no mean feat.” (Pitchfork, from phantasy & reality review)

“At its most unhooked, Pulice’s playing gets into Karma era Pharoah Sanders levels of psychic relief (...). The results are mesmerizing.” - The Quietus

Pitchfork: “[Cole] released two of 2022’s finest experimental records”

Bandcamp Daily/Ted Davis “Best Ambient Releases March 2023”: [Cole Pulice is one] of the most exciting rising forces in modern experimental music”

New Commute “2022 Albums of the Year” - Scry

Bandcamp’s “Best Ambient Music in October” - Scry

Aquarium Drunkard “2022 Year in Review” - To Live & Die in Space & Time