Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation, out March 27, is the work of Chicago-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams. His new work is the aural manifestation of an art installation described as “an in-between space and access point to a pulsating experience that connects body and land.” An excerpt of the album is out today with a music video.

Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation was written in dialogue with Lisa Alvarado, Joshua's partner and Natural Information Society bandmate — specifically, for Alvarado's Pulse Meridian Foliation exhibition at REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. Daniela Lieja Quintanar, REDCAT Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Programs, described it as exploring “how memory can be transformed through the body’s relationship to geography and geology”, noting its engagement with Chicana feminist Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of Nepantla (in-between): "the midway point between the conscious and the unconscious, the place where transformations are enacted.” While sonically considering Alvarado’s matrix of geographic, geologic and personal histories, Joshua’s composition now stands on its own as a thirty-five minute piece for two violas, harmonium and electronics.

When playing with Natural Information Society, Joshua’s writing is directed toward the group as a whole unit. Here, he writes music in strict dialogue with Alvarado’s exhibit, making compositional choices within his own constructed ambiance. One of Abrams’ key interpretations is the hand-off of information between the two violas; they weave together from oppositional points across the sound stage, spiraling in and out of change and recurrence on multiple planes. Deep-reaching in elemental movement, Joshua leaves traces and echoes in the air as the piece expands and envelops the listener.

On Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation, Lisa Alvarado asks, “How does memory transform and live within the body?” and, in collaboration with Joshua Abrams, a transformation is enacted. Experience a brief immersion into the album via the single edit released today; Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation is out March 27, 2026.