Luminance / Pure Ground

Pure Ground is a human electronic duo from Los Angeles.

Luminance is a band from Brussels, Belgium, that was born in 2012. Their music could be described as New Wave, Synthpop, and Dark Electronics.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on June 14th, 2018 under Releases, , ,

Pure Ground - Giftgarten

Pure Ground is a minimal industrial/wave duo formed in Los Angeles in the Spring of 2012. Making use of a great assortment of analog and digital hardware, Pure Ground creates hard electronics teaming with rhythmic white noise and unsettling melody as the backdrop over which the group explores lyrical themes of present-day dystopian realities, sleeplessness and the supernatural, and the eventual triumph of the natural world over a human civilization in rapid decline. Not limited to music composition, the band also makes forays into analog video work, much of which can be seen projected onto them during live performances and in album art.

LP / Digital Album

Posted on October 12th, 2016 under Releases, ,

Pure Ground - The Arsonist- And So Remain

Pure Ground is a minimal industrial/wave duo formed in Los Angeles in the Spring of 2012. Members G. Holger and J. Short have over a decade of experience in both pop and experimental traditions. Making use exclusively of classic analog equipment, Pure Ground build a sonic template incorporating equal share of harmonious and discordant elements to drive their strain of rhythmic electronics. Present day dystopian realities and contemporary warfare influence the bands lyrical themes, with reference to 20th century science fiction and horror.

Not limited to music composition, the band also makes forays into analog video work, much of which can be seen projected behind them at performances and in album art. The band became a presence in Los Angeles playing shows with bands such as Martial Canterel, High-Functioning Flesh, Lust for Youth and Pharmakon.

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Posted on July 3rd, 2015 under Releases, ,

Pure Ground - Standard of Living

Pure Ground is a human electronic duo from Los Angeles. Their latest LP, Standard of Living, is nine songs of esoteric strife. Industrialized minimal wave in the form of an electrical storm.

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Posted on June 1st, 2015 under Releases, ,