music@pulseworld.ca  

Martin Johann Kloppers

Martin Broke onto the Canadian Indie music scene with the enigmatic Feeding Like Butterflies, winning a dozen ARIA awards for their four CDs, and sharing the stage with the likes of Matthew Good, Blue Rodeo, Spirit of the West and the Crash Test Dummies. His diverse musical experience (including orchestral, theater, folk, world, and pop genres) is evident in his songs/compositions and has been applied to his world-class sculpted electric cello. The result is a surprising array of sounds that range from ancient to haunting, and hints at another world.

In addition to performance and music, Martin's imagination allows him to cross-innovate between many artisctic skills including TIG welding, sculpture, design and fabrication, to produce many of the instruments and gear in PULSE. Consequently, PULSE is an exibition of total art performance.

Barb Johnson

Barb has developed her own style of performance around the huge Global drums, which require a large wingspan! The movement combines athleticism, grace, core strength akin to yoga, taiko, and even an element of martial arts. Rehearsals and performances are a real workout!

PULSE as a band was originally conceptualized out of a Fringe production in 2010, which featured songs and music performed in a dramatic setting. The thoughtful energy and multicultural influences of the group soon gained attention, and they were performing events such as North Country Fair and the RBC Junior Cup in 2011.

Martin recorded and produced a demo PULSE CD also in 2011, and with additional new songs and remixing now nearly complete, the group is looking to release its full CD in 2013.

An impromptu audition by Martin for Travel Alberta netted a spot in the gorgeous 2012 full-length commercial "There is...", and 30-second versions featuring the group will release in March 2013 (USA) and April 2013 (CANADA). The music for the short version is based on PULSE's "Earthblood", mixed by Six Degrees Music in Calgary.

The new Global drums were completed and debuted at NME's Festival of New Music in the fall of 2012, in a performance of "The Dark Swan".

"Be prepared for an extravagant showcase of emotionally-charged music.... Wonderfully pulsating."

-Kristina de Guzman, Vue Magazine

"... laced with delicate cello, piano, and haunting vocals, all performed with such powerful physical grace it crosses into athleticism, the familiar music becomes something entirely unusual. Pulse's message is an inspiring one.... Prepare to be uplifted."

-Robin Schroffel, See Magazine

"...the passion is unquestionable... there's a shattered sense of time about the show... maybe the year 2250..."

-Fish Griwkowsky, Edmonton Sun

"Visually stimulating and wonderfully entertaining... wowed the audience. I HIGHLY recommend PULSE."

-Phil Alain, Night of Artists