https://ultramarine.uk.com Ultramarine Sun, 11 May 2025 10:55:22 +0000 https://ultramarine.uk.com en https://ultramarine.uk.com/Header-with-live-dates Fri, 09 May 2025 21:20:03 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Header-with-live-dates ULTRAMARINE Bandcamp / Instagram / Facebook&nbsp;/ Contact https://ultramarine.uk.com/Routine Fri, 09 May 2025 21:22:03 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Routine <img width="892" height="892" width_o="892" height_o="892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0fdbf99ea98636b8061eaf54d4969999b3deec783a33bb747bbedce3bc6408c/BH019V-Routine-front-promo.jpg" data-mid="233015676" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/892/i/b0fdbf99ea98636b8061eaf54d4969999b3deec783a33bb747bbedce3bc6408c/BH019V-Routine-front-promo.jpg" /> RoutineLP/downloadBlackford Hill, released 18th July 2025 Purchase here via Bandcamp Routine is a collection of thirteen previously unheard tracks recorded between 1996-97.&nbsp; These tracks are drawn from the daily working practice adopted by Ultramarine at their studio of the time on Coronet Street, behind London's Hoxton Square. Often the result of a single day's work, these pieces find the duo&nbsp;developing their palette, experimenting with sounds, treatments and techniques. Recorded as live mixes straight to tape, the results have the immediacy of new ideas freshly captured. All tracks recorded direct to DAT at Survey, London, 1996-1997. Mastered from the original tapes by Jason Goz, Transition Mastering Studios, London, 2024. Sleeve artwork by Guillaume de Ubéda. Routine is available via Bandcamp and record stores worldwide (distributed by Kudos). https://ultramarine.uk.com/A-User-s-Guide Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:54:18 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/A-User-s-Guide <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2e2ecbc538b3f8e35a91a99c5bec88cca042461fb722aced1daa2daf5b1e6e8/AUG_sleeve_WRWTFWW.jpg" data-mid="219252171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2e2ecbc538b3f8e35a91a99c5bec88cca042461fb722aced1daa2daf5b1e6e8/AUG_sleeve_WRWTFWW.jpg" /> A User’s Guide2xLP/downloadWRWTFWW Records, released 14th February 2025 Purchase here via Bandcamp Ultramarine’s fifth album A User’s Guide was originally released on the New Electronica label in 1998. Now reissued on the great Swiss imprint WRWTFWW. Remastered from the original DAT tapes by Jason Goz at Transition Mastering, pressed on black double-vinyl. Includes new sleeve notes by dance music historian Matt Anniss. On the rare occasions that Ultramarine’s story is told, the duo’s fifth album, 1998’s A User’s Guide, tends to get omitted from the narrative. Radically different to anything the duo released before or since, it has remained a slept-on, timeless and inherently futurist classic ever since. <img width="2000" height="1326" width_o="2000" height_o="1326" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1851c4151746f6837accfc56cbb8c32119d25d1595610f2ca51b7261aa066e9f/Ultramarine_ph_John_Holden_greyscale_MEDIUM.jpg" data-mid="233060143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1851c4151746f6837accfc56cbb8c32119d25d1595610f2ca51b7261aa066e9f/Ultramarine_ph_John_Holden_greyscale_MEDIUM.jpg" />Photo: John Holden A User’s Guide is available via Bandcamp and in record stores worldwide (distributed by Word And Sound). https://ultramarine.uk.com/Send-and-Return Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:36:27 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Send-and-Return <img width="3701" height="3701" width_o="3701" height_o="3701" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a67acddffc85250b016ceba67e8776c362044527a776473a1f36f4d0623929e3/Ultramarine_Send_and_Return_front.jpg" data-mid="174671337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a67acddffc85250b016ceba67e8776c362044527a776473a1f36f4d0623929e3/Ultramarine_Send_and_Return_front.jpg" /> Send and Return LP/download Blackford Hill, released 26th May 2023 Purchase here via Bandcamp Send and Return is the result of a live session recorded on board a Thames sailing barge on the Blackwater estuary in Essex on the east coast of England. The album is a continuation of&nbsp;Blackwaterside, a project influenced by and in celebration of the Blackwater. Ultramarine were joined for the session by Greg Heath (soprano sax &amp; alto flute) and Ric Elsworth (vibraphone &amp; percussion). <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92a3ed658ea10d6c846a7542b89c281bd2a0ae91f7b3fb132df456fff7f70483/_PF79377_IG.jpg" data-mid="174671360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/92a3ed658ea10d6c846a7542b89c281bd2a0ae91f7b3fb132df456fff7f70483/_PF79377_IG.jpg" /><img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74421870bdbc379e6c306de1fe8e17fb3d872a116c8fa3d1814192431da8442e/_PF79415_IG.jpg" data-mid="174671388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74421870bdbc379e6c306de1fe8e17fb3d872a116c8fa3d1814192431da8442e/_PF79415_IG.jpg" /> <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3afca2fd24e6f80848ac0fc381c8e1b9a0b5a4f3df5ea15f1e55af216916d57/_PF79418_IG.jpg" data-mid="174671432" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3afca2fd24e6f80848ac0fc381c8e1b9a0b5a4f3df5ea15f1e55af216916d57/_PF79418_IG.jpg" /> Photos: Ian Cooper Send and Return is available via Bandcamp and in record stores (distributed by Kudos). https://ultramarine.uk.com/10-Rework Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:53:00 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/10-Rework <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ee11c723f3a5278bcd6c3bc52272da281148033cf8451acfcd4be1a83955dd3/REAL_SOON_RS-028_FRONT_COVER_3000px.jpg" data-mid="155191713" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ee11c723f3a5278bcd6c3bc52272da281148033cf8451acfcd4be1a83955dd3/REAL_SOON_RS-028_FRONT_COVER_3000px.jpg" /> $10 Rework 12” single/download Real Soon, released 11th November 2022 Purchase here via Bandcamp&nbsp; Ultramarine &amp; Anna Domino meet again for a reworking of their collaborative track $10 Heel. The song originally appeared on the Ultramarine album Signals Into Space (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 2019). $10 Rework replaces the urgent, jittery rhythm of the original with a straighter House backbone and then proceeds to disassemble the structure with a pair of freestyle, hands-on-the-desk, on-the-fly dub mixes. Anna Domino's stream-of-consciousness lyrics tell the impressionistic tale of post-club after-hours chaos in Times Square, NYC circa 1979. Anna raps off studio equipment brand names like passing neon signs glimpsed in a blur through a taxi cab window. <img width="706" height="980" width_o="706" height_o="980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f43766e8b8f3a4edeb226937df25472ad3c55af1ff2437a9fb90332da609895/annadomino1979.jpg" data-mid="155194077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/706/i/9f43766e8b8f3a4edeb226937df25472ad3c55af1ff2437a9fb90332da609895/annadomino1979.jpg" />Anna Domino, 1979 Sleeve artwork by Neasden Control Centre. $10 Rework is available via Bandcamp and in record stores (distributed by Word And Sound). https://ultramarine.uk.com/Interiors Fri, 07 Oct 2022 21:49:23 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Interiors <img width="1103" height="1103" width_o="1103" height_o="1103" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d89a9ffebc1173af75407504efcc26381b882f449d23aa84e67dd55c340db55d/Ultramarine_Interiors_small.jpg" data-mid="219253522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d89a9ffebc1173af75407504efcc26381b882f449d23aa84e67dd55c340db55d/Ultramarine_Interiors_small.jpg" /> Interiors5-track 12” EP/download Blackford Hill, released 5th November 2021 Purchase here via Bandcamp. Previously unreleased tracks &amp; versions by Ultramarine with contributions from Laurie Lowe (drums) &amp; Greg Heath (soprano sax). Originally recorded in 2011, this set was rediscovered during the domestic lockdown of April 2020 and initially made available as a pay-what-you-like download. Later reissued on vinyl by Blackford Hill. <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a7107f7d2169dbfee168fd8008b1d3d10ab2bdf3b35d69185c8e6c22137e3dfa/Routine-back-cover.JPG" data-mid="233015865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a7107f7d2169dbfee168fd8008b1d3d10ab2bdf3b35d69185c8e6c22137e3dfa/Routine-back-cover.JPG" />Sleeve artwork by Katherine Jones. Interiors is available via Bandcamp. A short film from the studio of printmaker Katherine Jones as she editions Clear Surface, the collograph and block print that features on the sleeve of Interiors. [Music: Even When, from Interiors] https://ultramarine.uk.com/Folk Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:23:29 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Folk <img width="3494" height="3492" width_o="3494" height_o="3492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78980b918e3a44f126dafa9e16e31726fa43b6a080976ee67ac56497902c074f/Folk-promo-cover_large.jpg" data-mid="86761844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78980b918e3a44f126dafa9e16e31726fa43b6a080976ee67ac56497902c074f/Folk-promo-cover_large.jpg" /> Folk (30th anniversary edition) LP/download Foam On A Wave, released 13th November 2020 Purchase here via Bandcamp Ultramarine’s debut album Folk, recorded in Brussels in 1989 and released by Les Disques du Crépuscule in 1990, has been remastered and lovingly reissued by Foam On A Wave. Decades ahead of its time... a classic that deserves to be rediscovered. Electronic Sound magazine Original sleeve artwork by Benoît Hennebert. Folk is available via Bandcamp. <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06e971849828f87296641ce48eeb30948af5395a513d34a424e2c69531fdd1fa/Colin_playing_ProOne_SMALL2.jpg" data-mid="86763725" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06e971849828f87296641ce48eeb30948af5395a513d34a424e2c69531fdd1fa/Colin_playing_ProOne_SMALL2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27e44e5bbf17551a08fb2ba8c2da4d4787b2c8063577cbb93f3c5f8535f4f87e/PH02_Paul_Ian_at_Le_Belgica_SMALL2.jpg" data-mid="86763835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27e44e5bbf17551a08fb2ba8c2da4d4787b2c8063577cbb93f3c5f8535f4f87e/PH02_Paul_Ian_at_Le_Belgica_SMALL2.jpg" /> https://ultramarine.uk.com/Meditations Sun, 10 Nov 2019 21:07:39 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Meditations <img width="3685" height="3685" width_o="3685" height_o="3685" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a20b26936e4faa94afac2738df1dd6c6a8cdad6517a2e8c1bdadeaaac875fccb/RS-027_FRONT_COVER_PROMO_LARGE.jpg" data-mid="54429240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a20b26936e4faa94afac2738df1dd6c6a8cdad6517a2e8c1bdadeaaac875fccb/RS-027_FRONT_COVER_PROMO_LARGE.jpg" /> Meditations Mini-LP/download Real Soon, released 15th November 2019 Purchase here via Bandcamp Meditations is two long-form ambient pieces performed with a reduced palette of kalimba, treated guitar, wavetable &amp; analogue synths and hardware effects.&nbsp; Conceived as a companion to Ultramarine’s seventh album&nbsp;Signals Into Space (2019), Meditations was originally released by Les Disques du Crépuscule as a limited edition CD; later reissued on vinyl by Real Soon. It was recorded with Andy Ramsay (Stereolab) and mastered by Jason Goz (Transition Mastering). Artwork by&nbsp;Heretic/Spectral Nation. Meditations is available via Bandcamp or in record stores (distributed by Honest Jon’s Records). https://ultramarine.uk.com/Signals-Into-Space Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:22:09 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Signals-Into-Space <img width="3500" height="3500" width_o="3500" height_o="3500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f0eaef0a16dd44fe93d6ad30686c47d7a3a0c28e62f984cb773293ea583993f/TWI1236_COVER_WEBSITE_V2.jpg" data-mid="28726572" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f0eaef0a16dd44fe93d6ad30686c47d7a3a0c28e62f984cb773293ea583993f/TWI1236_COVER_WEBSITE_V2.jpg" />Signals Into Space 2xLP/CD/download Les Disques du Crépuscule, 2019 Purchase here via Bandcamp <img width="3249" height="2166" width_o="3249" height_o="2166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/452b98f50d763f5c26e097c88dc4c7c8e313158d63f52117741851985d5632a7/img_9910.JPG" data-mid="28727154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/452b98f50d763f5c26e097c88dc4c7c8e313158d63f52117741851985d5632a7/img_9910.JPG" /> Photo: Emily Bowling Signals Into Space is Ultramarine’s seventh album and sees a return to their original record label Les Disques du Crépuscule. The new record features four songs written in collaboration with American singer-songwriter Anna Domino, a huge favourite of the band since her avant pop releases on Crépuscule in the 1980s. Also guesting are saxophonist Iain Ballamy (ECM, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Loose Tubes) and percussionist &amp; vibraphone player Ric Elsworth. The album was recorded &amp; mixed in London with Andy Ramsay (Stereolab) and mastered by Noel Summerville. Design &amp; artwork by Heretic/Spectral Nation. Signals Into Space is available via Bandcamp. https://ultramarine.uk.com/Blackwaterside Sun, 11 May 2025 10:55:22 +0000 Ultramarine https://ultramarine.uk.com/Blackwaterside <img width="2679" height="2679" width_o="2679" height_o="2679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/445ae45e4a61000c935dcf1c93453b0eb73c2b88d2f12e9c83407aadeeb1ec0a/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_3.jpg" data-mid="233052648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/445ae45e4a61000c935dcf1c93453b0eb73c2b88d2f12e9c83407aadeeb1ec0a/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_3.jpg" /> Blackwaterside 7’’ single, booklet &amp; downloadPublished by Random Spectacular, 2018Purchase here via Bandcamp In August 2016 Ultramarine created a photo film and soundtrack entitled Blackwaterside featuring Ian Cooper’s photographs of a particular stretch of the Blackwater estuary in Essex. The film was screened on rotation at the Caught By The River Thames festival at Fulham Palace in London.As a continuation of the project, Ultramarine produced this audio/print package for Simon Lewin’s publishing imprint Random Spectacular, featuring two new pieces of music inspired by their time working close to the estuary. Glasgow-based printmaker/sculptor Bronwen Sleigh visited this remote corner of Essex to sketch and draw, using these visual references to create a lithograph, printed in three colours, which features on the cover of the book accompanying the 7” single.The book features a series of Ian Cooper’s original photographs set alongside poetry by the writer Philip Terry, inspired by the Essex coast, taken from his book Quennets [Carcanet Press, 2016]. <img width="3753" height="3753" width_o="3753" height_o="3753" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7e8992ed05022cb9cade12d226cd0e74a1c03a86c143576c3cb611062047ad5/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_1.jpg" data-mid="233052693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7e8992ed05022cb9cade12d226cd0e74a1c03a86c143576c3cb611062047ad5/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_1.jpg" /> <img width="4611" height="4611" width_o="4611" height_o="4611" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/237cfc43749f0248b237cc726e2896c518914e54acf558dad4c1cf0ec11164fc/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_4.jpg" data-mid="233052694" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/237cfc43749f0248b237cc726e2896c518914e54acf558dad4c1cf0ec11164fc/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_4.jpg" /> <img width="5000" height="3571" width_o="5000" height_o="3571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b862b19de3cf15fb5798ef5faf8764351c9b7da109733755009d2b606c64d58/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_8.jpg" data-mid="233052696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b862b19de3cf15fb5798ef5faf8764351c9b7da109733755009d2b606c64d58/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_8.jpg" /> <img width="3960" height="3960" width_o="3960" height_o="3960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e6cd51bb28508a50d82f97e7585f81db74b3247ee5fde0f5cd1b25924ada99e/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_6.jpg" data-mid="233052700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e6cd51bb28508a50d82f97e7585f81db74b3247ee5fde0f5cd1b25924ada99e/Ultramarine_Blackwaterside_6.jpg" /> Photography by Ian Cooper, Survey East. Illustration by Bronwen Sleigh. Blackwaterside photo film (2016)