The formative moment in Daryl Groetsch ’s development as an artist came when he was a kid and heard strange and unearthly music emanating from the family garage. It turned out to be his dad listening to the long-running New Age radio station “ Hearts of Space ,” and the moment stuck with the young Portlander. The music he’s made as Pulse Emitter over the last 20 years exudes an affection for the “contemplative music” championed by “Hearts of Space” DJ Stephen Hill, ranging from Berlin School synth music to the spacier work of West Coast mystics like Kevin Braheny and Iasos . In the process, Groetsch anticipated the pervasive influence of New Age on late ’00s/early ’10s noise by a few years, plundering old crystal-shop tapes for inspiration before I Am the Center was even a twinkle in Light in the Attic’s eye. Fathoms is the latest in a string of synth albums the composer has made under his own name since 2022, and his first since relocating from Portland to the storied town of Salzburg, Austria.…