Ah nostalgia! I first came across The Pulsars during my formative years, 1998 to be exact. Scotland were in The World Cup the summer was long and Due South was the best thing on TV. When we were discussing who to write about for our electronic special the usual names cropped up Brian Eno, Figurine, OMD etc. I sat down that night and scanned my CD's picked up The Pulsars and gave them a long overdue listen. Pure unadulterated electro pop brilliance. The Pulsars sound like an amalgamation of pop/punk legends Nerf Herder and The Magnetic Fields .An almost perfect party album songs like Lucky Day Part II, Runway and The Tunnel song sound as fresh today as they did to me almost ten years ago. Sadly The Pulsars full length release also ended up being their last one. We caught up with one half of the duo, Dave Trumfio to see what he's been up to.

HOLV: Hi Dave how is 2007 treating you?

DT: So far so good. I'm still waiting for flying cars and "life like" electronic humans though. Oh yeah, and I'm really excited to be working with William Reid on his solo album, The Jesus and Mary Chain are one of my all time favourites!

HOLV: The Pulsars seemed to disband just as the music you were making was reaching a wider audience. Why was the band relatively short-lived after signing to Almo?

DT: Well, first off, ALMO was short lived. We did come close to completing our second record but they ended up closing the label and we kinda went into a tail spin. You know, life stuff. Harry wanted to go back to school, I wanted to focus on producing more and also moved to Los Angeles for romantic reasons.... so Harry and I weren't in the same town anymore etc Also, the concept of the band was always disposable pop music so I guess we stuck to our plan maybe a little to close.

HOLV: With so many electro/indie bands being in vogue these days (Postal Service, Bravery etc) don't you think The Pulsars are due a comeback?

DT: For sure, I've always had the problem of being way ahead of the curve or maybe way behind! Harry is now living in Los Angeles managing my recording studio Kingsize Soundlabs and we are in the process of starting to record new material. We're not sure what we're calling it. So far its been kinda electro folkish., so it's not as new wavey as the Pulsars were. More electro skiffle music. I want to call it The Trumfio Trio but we'll see.

HOLV: You are doing rather well for yourself producing and engineering for other artists now. Are you still writing your own music?

DT: It's funny, I kinda dropped out of the writing mindset around when Pulsars went south after being in bands since I was very young and always writing my own music. I never really learned covers of others music. It's always been easier to make up my own songs. BUT, recently I started getting the bug again so......

HOLV: Lastly, who in your opinion has created the best electronic music?

DT: Kraftwerk hands down! I'm sure there are lots of others I could come up with but they would take the prize.

Interviewed By Hammond