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Geezer (Live in Philadelphia, 1992)
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Geezer (Live in Philadelphia, 1992)
Album: Live
Released: Jan 1, 1992
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  • Alessandra Celletti

    hi Ultramarine! I'm happy to be your friend!  I recorded a cd with LTM...
    I hope you will enjoy my last cd with Hans Joachim Roedelius...

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  • Doris Circle

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BIOGRAPHY

Ultramarine – London-based duo Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond – began life in 1989, initially inspired by early UK House music and long-standing schoolboy crushes on the white funk of A Certain Ratio, The Pop Group, 23 Skidoo and Cabaret Voltaire.

Their early releases were issued on the seminal Brussels-based label Les Disques du Crépuscule and shortly afterwards by Brainiak Records, a label closely affiliated to The Brain club; an early purveyor of regular House music nights in Soho, London.

Their debut album Folk was issued by Crépuscule in 1990 but the group are best know for their classic second album Every Man and Woman is a Star, initially released on Brainiak in 1991 and given a wider audience with the release of an expanded version on Rough Trade in 1992; neatly described by Simon Reynolds in his book Energy Flash as:

Perhaps the first and best stab at that seeming contradiction-in-terms, pastoral techno... all sun-ripened, meandering lassitude and undulant dub-sway tempos... like acid-house suffused with the folky-jazzy ambience of the Canterbury scene.

Ultramarine's collaborative work has included songwriting & recording partnerships with Robert Wyatt and Pooka (Sharon Lewis & Natasha Jones), recordings with Kevin Ayers and David McAlmont, and numerous live and studio sessions with members of the London jazz scene, including Lol Coxhill, Iain Ballamy, Elton Dean, Dave Green, Roger Beaujolais, Greg Heath, Matt Wates and Jimmy Hastings.

Every Man and Woman is a Star was followed by the albums United Kingdoms (1993) and Bel Air (1995) – both released on blanco y negro - and A User's Guide (1998) on New Electronica. Most recently, LTM released Companion (2003), a collection of remixes and alternative versions from the group’s early-90s period, and reissued A User's Guide (2005).

Paul Hammond has recorded as Further Details and Iken and since 2002 has run the label Real Soon.

DISCOGRAPHY

Wyndham Lewis (12"/CD) - Les Disques du Crépuscule (1989)
Folk (LP/CD) - Les Disques du Crépuscule (1990)
Stella (12") - Dancyclopaedia (1990)
Stella (12") - Brainiak (1991)
Weird Gear/British Summertime (12") - Brainiak (1991)
Every Man and Woman is a Star (LP/CD) - Brainiak (1991)
Saratoga/Nova Scotia (7") - Rough Trade (1992)
Every Man and Woman is a Star (2LP/CD) - Rough Trade (1992)
Nightfall In Sweetleaf (12"/CD) - Rough Trade (1992)
Kingdom (7"/12"/CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1993)
United Kingdoms (2LP/CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1993)
Barefoot EP (12"/CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1994)
Folk (CD) - Offshore (1995) reissue
First Air (12") - Blanco Y Negro (1995)
Bel Air (2LP/CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1995)
Sketches (12") - Blanco Y Negro (1995)
Hymn EP (CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1996)
Hymn Remixes EP (CD) - Blanco Y Negro (1996)
On The Brink (12") - New Electronica (1998)
A User's Guide (2LP/CD) - New Electronica (1998)
Every Man and Woman is a Star (CD) - LTM (2002) reissue
Carl Craig Remixes (12") - Real Soon (2003)
Companion (CD) - LTM (2003)
A User's Guide (CD) - LTM (2005) reissue
Find A Way (7") - Real Soon (2011)
Acid/Butch (10") - WNCL Recordings (2011)

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