Roland SH-101, Roland TR-909, Novation Bass station rack, Korg PolySix, Yamaha 12-track mixing desk, Zoom 9210 Effects, Zoom 1201 Effects, Dell Inspiron 9100 3.40ghz 1gb ram running Cubase SX 3, whole host of plug-ins, VSTs, etc.
Influences
Adonis, Derrick May, LFO, Juan Atkins, Phuture, DJ Pierre, Jeff Mills, Kenario, 808 State, Adamski, A Guy Called Gerald, Humanoid, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, Bandulu, Underground Resistance, Marc Acardipane, Aphex Twin, Cybotron, Neil Landstrumm, Baby Ford, Model 500, Joey Beltram, The Advent, Robert Hood, Technasia, Regis, Surgeon, Shufflemaster, Fumiya Tanaka, Carl Craig, N-Joi.
Shanghai Ultra began his overwhelmingly unprolific music career in 1988 at the age of 13 in Dunfermline, a town in East Scotland. He grew up listening to the sounds of acid house and Detroit techno on the late John Peel's legendary BBC Radio One show.
During this time he formed a productive partnership with childhood friend Kenario, together in Scotland they released several vinyls on labels including the now defunct "Shoop! Records".
Their youthful indulgence in the artistically bankrupt and drug-obsessed Scottish rave scene offended the pair's underground ethos and left them somewhat disillusioned. In a reactionary move, Ultra then released the first ever hardcore techno EP in Scotland in 1995, using the name Unknown Source. It was a release which sent shockwaves through a scene that gorged on cheesy bouncy techno, and put Scotland on the hardcore map.
Ultra then disappeared for a few years heading off to university, releasing the odd Detroit techno-inspired transmission from time to time from his secret bunker. He was still enjoying dancing too much to make time for his own musical career.
A year-long stay from 2000-2001 in China, near Shanghai, brought him into contact with the unique body-techno of the Shenhua FC Blue Devil ultra football fans, and hence the Shanghai Ultra moniker was born.
He returned back to the wilderness of the UK for three years, before resurfacing in Shanghai in May 2005, feeling that the commercial metropolis was an ideal location to start putting something back into the scene again.
He remains a connoisseur of all machine-made music , and has an intimate understanding of "electronic-sounding" dance tracks.
shanghai ultraman... jigsaw is sending you salty greetings from the south china sea. The waves are amazing, the seafood exquisite. my definition of bliss. i have no internet now. I ll sort out a connection and we can have a session somewhen
over 10000 friends!! vielen dank for the support!! pls see our new clips of "in ordnung" and excerpt of "elektro leiber" feat. wolfgang flür (ex-kraftwerk)
