Ultra lounge
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An ultra lounge is a style nightclub
lounge, that came to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ultralounges tend to be small to mid-sized venues, featuring cocktails and an upscale atmosphere.
Among the design details, ultra lounge-style nightclubs may have subtly changing neon and vivid-coloured lights, and seating groupings for people to socialize. Ultra lounge-style clubs sometimes create privacy around the seating areas with room dividers, sheets or curtains. Unlike most nightclubs, ultra lounges rarely have a separate dance floor. Some clubs have semi-private rooms with mattresses to lounge on and socialize.
The music is often more subdued white-room or ambient house
type music instead of loud dance music or techno. These clubs offer a range of cocktails and drinks, and sometimes serve bar food such as tapas
-style finger food
.
"Ultra-Lounge" may also refer to a series of 1950s to 1960s lounge music cds released from 1997 till 2009 from Capitol records, featuring artists like Martin Denny
, Yma Sumac
, Dean Martin
, Tak Shindo
and more.
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
lounge, that came to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ultralounges tend to be small to mid-sized venues, featuring cocktails and an upscale atmosphere.
Among the design details, ultra lounge-style nightclubs may have subtly changing neon and vivid-coloured lights, and seating groupings for people to socialize. Ultra lounge-style clubs sometimes create privacy around the seating areas with room dividers, sheets or curtains. Unlike most nightclubs, ultra lounges rarely have a separate dance floor. Some clubs have semi-private rooms with mattresses to lounge on and socialize.
The music is often more subdued white-room or ambient house
Ambient house
Ambient house, a music genre that first emerged in the late 1980s, is a sub-genre of house music, combining elements of acid house and ambient music...
type music instead of loud dance music or techno. These clubs offer a range of cocktails and drinks, and sometimes serve bar food such as tapas
Tapas
Tapas are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold or warm ....
-style finger food
Finger food
Finger food is food meant to be eaten directly using the hands, in contrast to food eaten with a knife and fork, chopsticks, or other utensils. In some cultures, food is almost always eaten with the hands; for example, Ethiopian cuisine is eaten by rolling various dishes up in injera bread. In the...
.
"Ultra-Lounge" may also refer to a series of 1950s to 1960s lounge music cds released from 1997 till 2009 from Capitol records, featuring artists like Martin Denny
Martin Denny
Martin Denny was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of exotica." In a long career that saw him performing well into his 80s, he toured the world popularizing his brand of lounge music which included exotic percussion, imaginative rearrangements of popular songs, and...
, Yma Sumac
Yma Súmac
Yma Sumac was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music. She became an international success based on her extreme vocal range, which was said to be "well over four octaves" and was sometimes claimed to span even five octaves at her peak.Yma...
, Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
, Tak Shindo
Tak Shindo
Takeshi "Tak" Shindo was a Japanese-American musician, composer and arranger. He was one of the prominent artists in the exotica music genre during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Shindo also founded a dance band in 1947 and was a frequent lecturer and writer on Japanese music...
and more.
See also
- Ultra-Lounge Series Website
- Ultra-Lounge album series from Capitol Records