Where Can I Find: SONIC PULSES Turns Grief Into a Dance Floor

On the birthday of his sister, a Tel Aviv producer moved out with an album that simply does not want to stop.

It has been a year since the last time he had a contact with anyone other than the delivery people. Not his friends, not even his parents – simply a door opened and him getting bag with food and then returning to Cubase. He claims that he spent some sessions lying on the floor, crying like a baby.

This is the room that gave birth to HANDS UP.

SONIC PULSES were born during 15 years of work in the nightlife of Tel Aviv. But the years were not of the type that could be captured on a flyer. Then, his sister Shirel Sara Golan died in events in Nova. According to him, the whole album tells the story of missing his sister. And so he did the only thing he thought he could do. He built something for her. This happened on October 20, her birthday. A gift and a monument.

The contradiction strikes you at once. Lyrics are painful yet bassline is smooth. Arpeggios move up while harmonies keep them calm. Techno, house, and trance share one rhythm stemming from The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Jan Blomqvist, and Marsh. It’s both crying music and dancing music which is what makes it honest as far as clubs go.

Three vocalists are Juliata Cohen, Yam Gronic, and Myia May while Zohar Bartov, the collaborator of Infected Mushroom and Drake, was responsible for mixing and mastering while SONIC PULSES was in charge of sound design.

Then, there's "Where Can I Find." This is screaming for one person only. Who is she?

He played the whole record at his best friend’s wedding. People danced and that’s a philosophy of this album and perhaps of grief itself. It does not ask for the beauty permission.

One last thing to check before publishing: his notes say the 20th of October is “the day she was born and died,” but the birth of Nova happened on the 7th of October, so I decided to choose the day of birth only.