Browse by Artist: ULTRALYD

Artist:	ULTRALYD
Title:	Chromosome Gun
Label:	LOAD RECORDS
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	LOAD 070CD

"An all-star lineup of some key Norwegian improvisers make some dense and chewy stew for you to mull. The lineup on this record is Kjetil Brandsdal (of Noxagt) on bass; Frode Gjerstad (leader of the Circulasione Totale Orchestra) on alto sax, clarinet; Anders Hana on electric guitar; and Morton Olsen on drums. The seven compositions on this record definitely possess an avant-garde schooled energy that is heavy but also wielding a downtuned rock vibe. Drums explode, clarinet pushes, guitar and bass swirl with massive sheets of throb and feedback. Moments of quiet hum jut up against busy shitstorm to make an engaging sonic experience."

Artist:	ULTRALYD
Title:	Conditions for a Piece of Music
Label:	RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RCD 2065CD

This is the third full-length release by Norway's Ultralyd. This all-star quartet formed in 2004 when legendary saxophonist Frode Gjerstad suggested that the trio Gjerstad/Olsen/Hana needed a distinct bass player. The very first rehearsal with Kjetil D. Brandsdal (also of Noxagt) was released as the self-titled album Ultralyd on the English label FMR in 2004. After a UK tour the same year, the band established the sound captured on the album Chromosome Gun, which was released in 2005 on the American avant-rock label Load Records. Frode Gjerstad decided to leave later in the year and for a short while the band operated as a trio before recruiting new sax player Kjetil Møster, winner of the Young International Jazz Talent award in New York in 2006. During two extensive European tours and several studio sessions, Ultralyd's direction slowly changed from a rather chaotic free rock approach towards composition and more structured forms of improvisation, experimenting with different layers and altered roles of the instruments, integrating elements from contemporary music, electronic music, funk and doom metal and ending up with something that might be classified as chamber rock. However contradictory that might sound. Ultralyd is part of the N-Collective, an international conglomerate of musicians, composers, improvisors and artists. Ultralyd is: Kjetil Møster (saxophones), Anders Hana (guitar), Kjetil D. Brandsdal (bass), Morten J. Olsen (drums, vibraphone, percussion).

Artist:	ULTRALYD
Title:	Conditions for a Piece of Music
Label:	RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	RLP 3065LP

LP version. This is the third full-length release by Norway's Ultralyd. During two extensive European tours and several studio sessions, Ultralyd's direction slowly changed from a rather chaotic free rock approach towards composition and more structured forms of improvisation, experimenting with different layers and altered roles of the instruments, integrating elements from contemporary music, electronic music, funk and doom metal and ending up with something that might be classified as chamber rock. However contradictory that might sound. Ultralyd is: Kjetil Møster (saxophones), Anders Hana (guitar), Kjetil D. Brandsdal (bass), Morten J. Olsen (drums, vibraphone, percussion).

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