The band Ultraista recently signed with Partisan Records and plans to drop an LP in 2020, their first release in over eight years. Ultraista includes vocalist/producer Laura Bettinson (FEMME, lau.ra), multi-instrumentalist/producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Thom Yorke) and drummer/producer Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M., Atoms for Peace). The group’s self-titled debut is now available digitally across all platforms as a special deluxe edition, which collects all of the remixes (Four Tet, Prefuse 73, Matthew Dear, Chvrches, Maribou State + more) that were originally released in 2013.
Godrich says, “We made an album a few years ago and we have another one coming out next year. To start the preparations in the run up for the whole thing we are re-issuing our first record… Hooray! Everything we’ve ever made, including loads of tracks you might have not actually heard before, bootleg remixes and other stuff…on a deluxe edition. We’re essentially three pals who get together and make music for love and we just did it again. We are also super excited to be working with the amazing team at Partisan Records on both this release and our new record next year.”
Ultraísta were founded on mutual love of Afrobeat, electronic and dance music, visual art, and tequila, and take their name from the early-20th century Spanish literary movement Ultraísmo. Nigel Godrich is known for his work with Radiohead, having produced all their studio albums since OK Computer (1997) and most of singer Thom Yorke’s solo work. In an article Godrich describes his love for music, “A recording studio is a magical place. When you have the benefit of hearing what happened right before a take that you know so well, the chit-chat, your heart flutters, because it gives you a feel what it was like to be there for a second. When I was a kid and in a band, I went into a studio and I felt the magic. I was spellbound. I knew that this is the place I wanted to be. It’s really a laboratory. There are no rules.”
Ultraísta (Deluxe) tracklist:
1. Bad Insect
2. Gold Dayzz
3. Static Light
4. Strange Formula
5. Our Song
6. Easier
7. Smalltalk
8. Party Line
9. Wash It Over
10. You’re Out
11. Smalltalk (Four Tet remix)
12. Smalltalk (Matthew Dear remix)
13. You’re Out (Prefuse 73 remix)
14. Gold Dayzz (Falty DL remix)
15. Gold Dayzz (Maribou State remix)
16. Wash It Over (Eraas remix)
17. Party Line (Nathan Fake remix)
18. Easier (Zammuto remix)
19. Static Light (Matthew Herbert remix)
20. Bad Incest (Dc Sux remix)
21.Our Song (Zero 7 remix)
22.Strange Formula (David Lynch remix)
23. Gold Dayzz (CHVRCHES remix)
24. Bad Insect (Alpines remix)
25. Smalltalk (Crewdson remix)
26. Party Line (Canon Blue remix)
27. Gold Dayzz (Boom Bip remix)
28. Smalltalk (Justin Martin remix)
29. Smalltalk (Sasha Involv3r remix)
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