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05-13-2004, 11:18 AM
ULTRA NATE' LIVE ON STAGE!
Celebrate the release of the new single
"Feel Love" tomorrow night Friday, May 14th!!
out now on Chillifunk Records.
Sugar is every Friday at Club Vibe (1722 N. Charles Street) in Baltimore. 10pm-2:30, BYOB.
ULTRA NATE' - Spring press release
Genre-defying singer, songwriter and enduring dance music renegade, Ultra
Naté, returns with "Feel Love" which previews her forthcoming 5th
studio album entitled "Grime, Silk and Thunder" for her own label BluFire due out this autumn. "Feel Love" sees Ultra Naté revisit her soulful dance roots by way of an
epic slice of vocal dancefloor bliss produced by East West Connection aka
Lofty, Werner Niedermeier, Dr. Bob Jones & Neil Cowley (Fragile
State). Featuring lush backing vocals from the inimitable N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and Jay Williams and packaged with a solid set of mixes from Blaze, Liquid People and
Chillifunk¹s own Notenshun.
Also this spring, the single 'Bittersweet Melody' by Alex Gaudino featuring Ultra is due out in Italy on Rise Records while a video will be shot for 'Freak On' by Stonebridge vs. Ultra due out this Summer in the U.K. on Hed Kandi.
The official Pride anthem this year in Sydney, Australia was 'Time Of Our Lives' by Ultra Devoted [an uplifting duet between Ultra and singer/songwriter Gerry DeVeaux]. Released in March, this is a cover of the Alison Limerick club classic. The track went to no. 1 on both the dance and national charts.
Throughout her enduring 13-year journey as an innovative and internationally
renowned singer / songwriter / performer, Ultra Naté has never been your
typical dance music diva. She has-with much perseverance, hard work, and
talent-successfully shattered the image of the cookie-cutter dance princess.
Along the way she confidently erased borders that divided pop,
rhythm-and-blues, and dance. When she first appeared in 1989, with the
international club anthem "It's Over Now," no one could have possibly
predicted what would become of clubland's original diva of despair. As is
often the case with the typical dance music artist, artistic longevity is
not considered to be part of the overall plan. Her illustrious musical
career has since spawned 4 studio albums including Blue Notes In The Basement
(Warner Bros., 1991), One Woman's Insanity (Warner Bros., 1993), Situation:
Critical (Strictly Rhythm, 1998) and Stranger Than Fiction (Strictly Rhythm,
2001), as well as, various hit singles such as Scandal, Rejoicing, It's
Over Now, Show Me, Joy, New Kind of Medicine, Found A Cure, Divine
Love, Desire, I Don't Understand It and Twisted.
It was with her 1998 million-selling single "Free" (penned by Naté and Mood
II Swing) that Ultra captured the international spotlight. The spiritually
uplifting global anthem was a Top-10 pop single throughout much of Europe
(in Spain and Italy, the single reached the #1 spot on the national charts)..
In the U.S., "Free" soared to the top of the Billboard Club Play and
Maxi-Singles Sales charts, before crossing over to Top-40 radio.
Over the years, Ultra has worked with an array of acclaimed producers /
collaborators such as Nellee Hooper, Masters At Work, Lenny Kravitz,
Basement Boys, Soulshock Cutfather and Karlin, the Berman Brothers (on the
1998 hit collaboration "If You Could Read My Mind" from the film, 54 in
which she also appeared), Mood II Swing, 4 Hero, Gerry DeVeaux, Lati
Kronlund, D-Influence, Robert Clivilles, Al Mack, and Attica Blues. Most
recently a collaboration with Nellee Hooper and Headrillaz called "How It
Is" (co-written by Jill Jones) was prominently featured in the Samuel L. Jackson feature film, Formula 51
bangin the turntables: The legendary Thommy Davis!
It was Thommy Davis back in 1988 at Metro Stereo (Mondawmin Mall) that first introduced Ultra to the rest of The Basement Boys (her first production home along with Crystal Waters and Mood II Swing). The Boys and Ultra were one of the first production camps to land a deal with a major label (Warner Bros.) from the house music genre. Thommy has lived the house music sound for two decades.....all props due to one of the Baltimore house scenes originators......
support your music* support your scene
Celebrate the release of the new single
"Feel Love" tomorrow night Friday, May 14th!!
out now on Chillifunk Records.
Sugar is every Friday at Club Vibe (1722 N. Charles Street) in Baltimore. 10pm-2:30, BYOB.
ULTRA NATE' - Spring press release
Genre-defying singer, songwriter and enduring dance music renegade, Ultra
Naté, returns with "Feel Love" which previews her forthcoming 5th
studio album entitled "Grime, Silk and Thunder" for her own label BluFire due out this autumn. "Feel Love" sees Ultra Naté revisit her soulful dance roots by way of an
epic slice of vocal dancefloor bliss produced by East West Connection aka
Lofty, Werner Niedermeier, Dr. Bob Jones & Neil Cowley (Fragile
State). Featuring lush backing vocals from the inimitable N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and Jay Williams and packaged with a solid set of mixes from Blaze, Liquid People and
Chillifunk¹s own Notenshun.
Also this spring, the single 'Bittersweet Melody' by Alex Gaudino featuring Ultra is due out in Italy on Rise Records while a video will be shot for 'Freak On' by Stonebridge vs. Ultra due out this Summer in the U.K. on Hed Kandi.
The official Pride anthem this year in Sydney, Australia was 'Time Of Our Lives' by Ultra Devoted [an uplifting duet between Ultra and singer/songwriter Gerry DeVeaux]. Released in March, this is a cover of the Alison Limerick club classic. The track went to no. 1 on both the dance and national charts.
Throughout her enduring 13-year journey as an innovative and internationally
renowned singer / songwriter / performer, Ultra Naté has never been your
typical dance music diva. She has-with much perseverance, hard work, and
talent-successfully shattered the image of the cookie-cutter dance princess.
Along the way she confidently erased borders that divided pop,
rhythm-and-blues, and dance. When she first appeared in 1989, with the
international club anthem "It's Over Now," no one could have possibly
predicted what would become of clubland's original diva of despair. As is
often the case with the typical dance music artist, artistic longevity is
not considered to be part of the overall plan. Her illustrious musical
career has since spawned 4 studio albums including Blue Notes In The Basement
(Warner Bros., 1991), One Woman's Insanity (Warner Bros., 1993), Situation:
Critical (Strictly Rhythm, 1998) and Stranger Than Fiction (Strictly Rhythm,
2001), as well as, various hit singles such as Scandal, Rejoicing, It's
Over Now, Show Me, Joy, New Kind of Medicine, Found A Cure, Divine
Love, Desire, I Don't Understand It and Twisted.
It was with her 1998 million-selling single "Free" (penned by Naté and Mood
II Swing) that Ultra captured the international spotlight. The spiritually
uplifting global anthem was a Top-10 pop single throughout much of Europe
(in Spain and Italy, the single reached the #1 spot on the national charts)..
In the U.S., "Free" soared to the top of the Billboard Club Play and
Maxi-Singles Sales charts, before crossing over to Top-40 radio.
Over the years, Ultra has worked with an array of acclaimed producers /
collaborators such as Nellee Hooper, Masters At Work, Lenny Kravitz,
Basement Boys, Soulshock Cutfather and Karlin, the Berman Brothers (on the
1998 hit collaboration "If You Could Read My Mind" from the film, 54 in
which she also appeared), Mood II Swing, 4 Hero, Gerry DeVeaux, Lati
Kronlund, D-Influence, Robert Clivilles, Al Mack, and Attica Blues. Most
recently a collaboration with Nellee Hooper and Headrillaz called "How It
Is" (co-written by Jill Jones) was prominently featured in the Samuel L. Jackson feature film, Formula 51
bangin the turntables: The legendary Thommy Davis!
It was Thommy Davis back in 1988 at Metro Stereo (Mondawmin Mall) that first introduced Ultra to the rest of The Basement Boys (her first production home along with Crystal Waters and Mood II Swing). The Boys and Ultra were one of the first production camps to land a deal with a major label (Warner Bros.) from the house music genre. Thommy has lived the house music sound for two decades.....all props due to one of the Baltimore house scenes originators......
support your music* support your scene