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:	Inertiadrome
Label:	RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	RCD 2105CD

Ultralyd are Kjetil Møster (saxophones/clarinet), Anders Hana (guitars), Kjetil Brandsdal (bass) and Morten J. Olsen (drums/electric vibraphone). Ultralyd can be said to operate in a sonic landscape that has as much in common with modern contemporary music as with heavy metal. While their vinyl-only release Renditions (TLRC 002LP) on The Last Record Company label in 2009 and their contribution to Rune Grammofon's Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep (RCD 2100/RLP 3100LP) compilation can easily be described as belonging to the former, Inertiadrome introduces a more rhythm-based, rough-edged sound. What you get is an instrumental album of ensemble playing, practically free of soloing, largely driven by Olsen's relentless drumming and Brandsdal's monster heavy bass. Hana and Møster's unorthodox instrument treatments are filling the gaps while the bleak and futuristic-sounding production brings a sense of doom.

Artist:	ULTRALYD
Title:	Inertiadrome
Label:	RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	RLP 3105LP

LP version. Ultralyd are Kjetil Møster (saxophones/clarinet), Anders Hana (guitars), Kjetil Brandsdal (bass) and Morten J. Olsen (drums/electric vibraphone). Ultralyd can be said to operate in a sonic landscape that has as much in common with modern contemporary music as with heavy metal. While their vinyl-only release Renditions (TLRC 002LP) on The Last Record Company label in 2009 and their contribution to Rune Grammofon's Twenty Centuries Of Stony Sleep (RCD 2100/RLP 3100LP) compilation can easily be described as belonging to the former, Inertiadrome introduces a more rhythm-based, rough-edged sound. What you get is an instrumental album of ensemble playing, practically free of soloing, largely driven by Olsen's relentless drumming and Brandsdal's monster heavy bass. Hana and Møster's unorthodox instrument treatments are filling the gaps while the bleak and futuristic-sounding production brings a sense of doom. Includes voucher for free mp3 download of the whole album.

Artist:	ULTRALYD
Title:	Renditions
Label:	THE LAST RECORD COMPANY (NORWAY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$34.00
Catalog #:	TLRC 002LP

Ultralyd are Kjetil Møster (saxophones/clarinet), Anders Hana (guitars), Kjetil Brandsdal (bass) and Morten J. Olsen (drums/electric vibraphone). On their debut for Rune Grammofon's The Last Record Company imprint, they continue to develop the sonic explorations that started with their brilliant Conditions for a Piece of Music album (2007) and continued with "Conditions for a Piece of Music II" off Money Will Ruin Everything 2. Just as comparable to dark metal dronemasters as to contemporary composers. Limited to 500 copies only and housed in a lavish, thick, individually hand-numbered gatefold sleeve with artwork by Grandpeople. Also includes a 16-page art-booklet.

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