Ugress
| Ugress | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Gisle Martens Meyer, Nebular Spool, Shadow of the Beat |
| Origin | Bergen, Norway |
| Genres | Electronica, breakbeat, trip hop, house, alternative dance |
| Years active | 2000 to present |
| Labels | Uncanny Planet Records, Tuba records/Port Azur |
| Website | http://www.ugress.com/ |
| Members | Gisle Martens Meyer |
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 has released five albums to date. Resound, released in 2002, climbed to the second place on the official Norwegian chart board.[1] A second album, Cinematronics, was released two years later. It reached the third place on the same list.[2] A third Ugress album titled Unicorn was released on January 28, 2008. On June 15, 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.
The Norwegian word ugress means "weeds" (not as in cannabis).
Style
Ugress's musical style can be related to other artists as The Crystal Method, The Chemical Brothers and Propellerheads. 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.
Discography
Albums
- Resound (2002)
- La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc - Soundtrack to a Silent Movie - limited edition CD (2003)
- Cinematronics (2004)
- Film Music - Selected Cues 2002-2006 (2006)
- The B Vault (2008)
- Unicorn (2008)
- Reminiscience (2009)
- Collectronics (2010)
- Planet U (2011)
- It Came From Beyond Eternal September (2016)
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)
References
- ↑ "Ugress: Resound (VG-lista)". Lista.vg.no. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ "Ugress: Cinematronics (VG-lista)". Lista.vg.no. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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 MP3s and music video downloads
- Shadow Of The Beat - free MP3s
- Spokelseskladden - free MP3s
- Nebular Spool - free MP3s
- PixxelTyger - free MP3s
- Ninja9000 - free MP3s