Ugress

Ugress

Ugress is an electronica project from Bergen, Norway. The man behind this project is Gisle Martens Meyer.

Ugress has released three albums: "Resound", released in 2002, climbed to the second place on the official Norwegian chart board. [ [http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=7289&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 Ugress: Resound (VG-lista)] ] A second album, "Cinematronics", was released two years later. It reached the third place on the same list. [ [http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=8242&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1 Ugress: Cinematronics (VG-lista)] ] . A third Ugress album titled "Unicorn" was released on January 28th, 2008.

Ugress means weed in Norwegian (weed as in an unwanted plant and not as in the street name for cannabis).

Ugress's music can be related to other artists as Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers and Propellerheads.Fact|date=February 2007 Some similarities to Röyksopp have been suggested, but Ugress is described as having a more "dirty" style.Fact|date=February 2007 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

* "E-Pipe" - limited edition 12" LP (2000)
* "Ugress Promo EP" - limited edition CD (2001)
* "Loungemeister" - limited edition 12" LP (2002)
* "Resound" (2002)
* "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc - soundtrack to a silent movie - Limited Edition CD (2003)
* "Cinematronics" (2004)
* "Cowboy Desperado" - Promo CD only (2005)
* "Film Music - Selected Cues 2002-2006 "(2006)
* "Unicorn" (2008) Ugress have also released a number of free EPs, [http://ugress.com/media_music_eps.asp available here] :

* "Sophisticated Wickedness" (February 2006)
* "Retroconnaissance" (May 2006)
* "Kosmonaut" (October 2006)
* "Chromosome Corrupt" (September 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.uncannyplanet.com Uncanny planet] - Homepage of Uncanny Records, "motherpage" of the projects
* [http://gmm.ugress.com Journals of GMM] - Blog, where updates on all projects and other issues are posted
* [http://www.gislewiki.com Gislewiki] - a fan-run wiki about Gisle

Sub-projects:

* [http://www.ugress.com Ugress' Official Website] - free MP3s and music video downloads
* [http://www.shadowofthebeat.com Shadow Of The Beat] - free MP3s
* [http://www.uncannyplanet.com/kladden Spokelseskladden] - free MP3s
* [http://www.uncannyplanet.com/nebular/ Nebular Spool] - free MP3s
* [http://www.uncannyplanet.com/pixxeltyger/ PixxelTyger] - free MP3s
* [http://www.uncannyplanet.com/ninja9000 Ninja9000] - free MP3s


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