Ultrafox

Ultrafox

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ultrafox


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Origin = "Somewhere in Europe"
Genre = Electropop
Years_active = 2001 - present
Label = Loser Friendly Records
Associated_acts = Sneaker Pimps Client Trash Money
URL = http://www.ultrafox.de/
Current_members = Claudia Holzer Connie Holzer David Westlake
Past_members = Liam Hower Joe Wilson

Ultrafox is an electropop band formed by German twins Claudia and Connie Holzer. Liam Howe and Joe Wilson of Sneaker Pimps were also involved in the band's creation. The band was formed in 2001 [citation |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=43071907] , and their only album, Ice Skating, was released in June 2004. [citation | url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Skating-Ultrafox/dp/B00012O4D6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1218289363&sr=1-5] Since then, Howe and Wilson have stopped playing with the band due to other commitments, and David Westlake, also of Sneaker Pimps, has been working with them. [citation |url=http://www.electro-scene.com/index.php?action=interviews]

Creation

According to the band, [citation |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=43071907] Ultrafox was created when the Holzers met Howe and Wilson "somewhere in Europe" and decided to make an album as quickly as possible, since all their favourite albums had been made in a short time. The album, Ice Skating, was made in two weeks in Munich and London.

The name, an obvious take on the 1980's New Wave band Ultravox, was decided on by Howe and Wilson, since Howe is a great fan of the band. [citation |url=http://www.electro-scene.com/index.php?action=interviews]

Touring

Ultrafox has undertaken one European tour. They played in the Notting Hill Arts Club in London on the 8th of June 2004 (their first ever live performance), and the following day in "Shelter" in Vienna. Before the event they had only 20 hours practice - most big bands have up to a month before live performances. This was the first time David Westlake performed with them, playing drums.

The tour was a success, although problems plagued both nights. In London, since the stage had recently been repositioned, the sound system was incorrectly set up resulting in the backing track being too quiet (at one point the band stopped playing and listened to the crowd's conversation instead until the sound engineer could adjust the volume). In Vienna, excessive rain threatened to flood the venue, and indeed succeeded in flooding the toilets. The performance nevertheless went ahead and was well received. [citation |url=http://www.ultrafox.de/flash/start.html Select 'Diary' from the menu.]

Ultrafox later played in Client's gig "Being Boiled" in November 2004, again at the Notting Hill Arts Club. [citation |url=http://www.ultrafox.de/flash/start.html Select 'News' from the menu.]

tyle

Ultrafox has been said to have a unique sound, described by Connie as "dark, sophisticated electronic sounds" and Claudia as "minimalistic, catchy and groovy". Their songs have a mix of German and English lyrics, [citation |url=http://www.electro-scene.com/index.php?action=interviews] and are usually based around a broken drum beat and a strong bass line. (On the track "I Get Lifted", the bass line is taken from Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds).

They have been influenced by the likes of Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, Def Leppard, Daft Punk and The Beach Boys. [citation |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=43071907]

Current Plans

Ultrafox moved to London sometime after making Ice Skating, where recording studios and facilities for photography are more accessible. They stated they were working on a second album, which might have been released in 2007, but so far this album has yet to materialise. [citation |url=http://www.electro-scene.com/index.php?action=interviews]

Discography

*"Ice Skating" 2004 (album)
*"Cloakroom Girl" (single)
*"The Black Label" (remixes) [citation |url=http://www.ultrafox.de/flash/start.html Select 'Music' from the menu.]

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