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Ultra
Electronic · 1997 · 12 tracks

Ultra

Slow-burning industrial blues and murky trip-hop textures. A heavy, vulnerable record documenting survival and the grit of recovery through deep electronic grooves.

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The sound of a legendary band surviving their own collapse and finding a dark, bluesy groove in the process.

A heavy, survivor's grit mixed with the murky atmosphere of a rainy urban midnight.

Ultra · vs · Depeche Mode
Low Energy-2.2σ

It runs markedly cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Barrel of a Gun
5:32
02
The Love Thieves
6:30
03
Home
5:40
04
It’s No Good
5:58
05
Uselink
2:21
06
Useless
5:12
07
Sister of Night
5:56
08
Jazz Thieves
2:54
09
Freestate
6:38
10
The Bottom Line
4:24
11
Insight
6:26
12
Junior Painkiller
2:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
the aggressive, metallic percussion snap that opens Barrel of a Gun
Martin Gore's fragile, orchestral-backed vocal delivery on Home
the sleazy, swaggering synth bassline that anchors It's No Good
the transition from the bluesy guitar of Freestate into the spiritual clarity of Insight
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