After the mellow, melodic Principles of Motion, Dougans and Cobain returned to rave territory with the third in the Pulse series. Featuring two previous Pulse artists – Smart Systems and Indo Tribe – and the first track released under the Yage alias, the EP continued to develop the imaginary ‘scene’ the band were creating at Earthbeat.
Despite being the first Pulse EP not to include a track by FSOL, Yage’s ‘Calcium’ did end up being released on Accelerator under the FSOL name, a rare example of a track existing under multiple aliases. Unsurprisingly, it’s the most interesting track here. ‘Tingler’ would go on to be the most famous Smart Systems track, and after the band had regained some confidence in releasing singles, would be released as a 12″ in its own right. Indo Tribe provide two tracks, typically pretty different from each other.
Buggy’s art follows the style of the second volume, with explosive looking greyscale computer imagery. The reverse cover features the now regular Freaky Deek and Earthbeat logos. The dubious mix names are present once again on the labels, while the back cover suggests all tracks are simply original versions. Credit-wise, things are still somewhat jumbled: the sleeve have FSOL producing and engineering the whole EP, while the labels themselves cite Mental Cube, Yage and Luco as producers. Tim Jones returns again as executive producer. As with the other three volumes, the EP was reissued as part of The Pulse EPs in 2008; some of the credits are slightly different, while alternate mixes of ‘Owl’ and ‘Calcium’ are used.
Release date: 1991
Tracklist:
12″ (12TOT 16)
A1. Smart Systems – Tingler (Four by Four Mix)
A2. Indo Tribe – Owl (I Can See You Mix)
B1. Indo Tribe – Bite the Bullet Baby (Jaques Reynoix Mix)
B2. Yage – Calcium (Elemental Mix)
Credits
Written by Brian Dougans / Garry Cockbain.
All tracks recorded and mixed at Earthbeat Studios London 1991.
Engineered and produced by The Future Sound of London (Sleeve).
A1 & A2 produced by Mental Cube (Labels).
B1 produced by Yage (Labels).
B2 produced by Luco (Labels).
Executive produced Tim Jones.
Artwork and profile control Buggy G Riphead.
Special thanks to all at Freaky Deek Records.
Published by Skratch Music Publishing.
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