Ugress
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Ugress is an electronica project from Bergen, Norway, the main project of prolific electronic musician Gisle Martens Meyer (GMM). Among Meyer's other projects are Nebular Spool, Shadow of the Beat and Ninja9000 as well as scoring soundtracks for moving pictures and several TV-shows. Ugress means weed
in Norwegian
(as in an unwanted plant).
Ugress has released five albums to date. Resound
, released in 2002, climbed to the second place on the official Norwegian chart board. A second album, Cinematronics
, was released two years later. It reached the third place on the same list. A third Ugress album titled Unicorn
was released on January 28, 2008. On the 15th of June, 2009, Ugress released their fourth studio album, called Reminiscience
. Collectronics
, a compilation album including previously unreleased material, was released in July 2010.
Ugress is notable for providing free mp3-versions of many of its songs through its web page and the web pages of associated acts like Nebular Spool.
. Some similarities to Röyksopp
have been suggested, but Ugress is described as having a more "dirty" style . Ugress uses a lot of sample snippets from various artists, movies (in particular horror and science fiction movies) and TV shows. Ugress is not the only project of Gisle Martens Meyer, it is actually one of several different projects by Uncanny Planet Records.
Sub-projects:
Weed
A weed in a general sense is a plant that is considered by the user of the term to be a nuisance, and normally applied to unwanted plants in human-controlled settings, especially farm fields and gardens, but also lawns, parks, woods, and other areas. More specifically, the term is often used to...
in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
(as in an unwanted plant).
Ugress has released five albums to date. Resound
Resound
Resound is the first album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2002.-Track listing:# "Spider-Man Theme"# "Queen Of Darkness"# "E-Pipe"# "Reason To Believe"# "Decepticons"...
, released in 2002, climbed to the second place on the official Norwegian chart board. A second album, Cinematronics
Cinematronics (album)
Cinematronics is the second album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2004.-Track listing:# "Il Pirata"# "Manhattan Sapphire"# "Makina Fifth"# "Cowboy Desperado"# "Nightingale"...
, was released two years later. It reached the third place on the same list. A third Ugress album titled Unicorn
Unicorn (Ugress album)
Unicorn is the third album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2008.-Track listing:# "Redrum"# "Lost In Time"# "Evil Jeans"# "Fail To Grow"# "Kommisär Kontemporär"# "The Ultimate Fix"...
was released on January 28, 2008. On the 15th of June, 2009, Ugress released their fourth studio album, called Reminiscience
Reminiscience
Reminiscience is the fourth album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2009.-Track listing:# "AMZ 1974"# "Chrome Shuriken Dragonfire"# "Numb"# "New Shoes Escape Manoeuvre"...
. Collectronics
Collectronics
Collectronics is a compilation album of singles and EPs released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released by Uncanny Planet Records in 2010.-Track listing:# "Klavier Aparat"# "Nightswimming"# "Terapolis Nightclub Fantasy"...
, a compilation album including previously unreleased material, was released in July 2010.
Ugress is notable for providing free mp3-versions of many of its songs through its web page and the web pages of associated acts like Nebular Spool.
Style
Ugress's musical style can be related to other artists as Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers and PropellerheadsPropellerheads
Propellerheads were a British big beat musical ensemble, formed in 1995 and made up of electronic producers Will White and Alex Gifford. The term propellerhead is slang for a nerd, and when Gifford and White heard a friend from California use this in a conversation, they thought it the perfect name...
. Some similarities to Röyksopp
Röyksopp
Röyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....
have been suggested, but Ugress is described as having a more "dirty" style . Ugress uses a lot of sample snippets from various artists, movies (in particular horror and science fiction movies) and TV shows. Ugress is not the only project of Gisle Martens Meyer, it is actually one of several different projects by Uncanny Planet Records.
Albums
- ResoundResoundResound is the first album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2002.-Track listing:# "Spider-Man Theme"# "Queen Of Darkness"# "E-Pipe"# "Reason To Believe"# "Decepticons"...
(2002) - La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc - Soundtrack to a Silent Movie - limited edition CD (2003)
- CinematronicsCinematronics (album)Cinematronics is the second album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2004.-Track listing:# "Il Pirata"# "Manhattan Sapphire"# "Makina Fifth"# "Cowboy Desperado"# "Nightingale"...
(2004) - Film Music - Selected Cues 2002-2006 (2006)
- The B Vault (2008)
- UnicornUnicorn (Ugress album)Unicorn is the third album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2008.-Track listing:# "Redrum"# "Lost In Time"# "Evil Jeans"# "Fail To Grow"# "Kommisär Kontemporär"# "The Ultimate Fix"...
(2008) - ReminiscienceReminiscienceReminiscience is the fourth album released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released on Tuba records/Port Azur in 2009.-Track listing:# "AMZ 1974"# "Chrome Shuriken Dragonfire"# "Numb"# "New Shoes Escape Manoeuvre"...
(2009) - CollectronicsCollectronicsCollectronics is a compilation album of singles and EPs released by the Norwegian electronica project Ugress. It was released by Uncanny Planet Records in 2010.-Track listing:# "Klavier Aparat"# "Nightswimming"# "Terapolis Nightclub Fantasy"...
(2010) - Planet U (2011)
Singles
- E-Pipe - limited edition 12" (2000)
- Ugress Promo EP - limited edition CD (2001)
- Loungemeister - limited edition 12" (2002)
- Cowboy Desperado - limited edition CD (2005)
Free EPs
- Sophisticated Wickedness (February 2006)
- Retroconnaissance (May 2006)
- Kosmonaut (October 2006)
- Chromosome Corrupt (September 2007)
- Schizophonica (March 2009)
- Reminiscience (June 2009)
External links
- Uncanny planet - Homepage of Uncanny Records, "motherpage" of the projects
- Journals of GMM - Blog, where updates on all projects and other issues are posted
- Gislewiki - a fan-run wiki about Gisle
Sub-projects:
- Ugress' Official Website - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s and music video downloads - Shadow Of The Beat - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s - Spokelseskladden - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s - Nebular Spool - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s - PixxelTyger - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
s - Ninja9000 - free MP3MP3MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
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