Ultra – Eins (Album – Ultra)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: “Eins” is the debut album by Ultra. This is a German solo-project set up in 2019 by Lena Heiler aka ‘Das Ultra’.
Content: The album features 10 songs -including an ‘intro’ and an ‘outro’. Das Ultra used different influences to compose her work. She takes off in a Minimal-Electro way and is progressively moving towards Industrial-infused Techno music. Repetitive sequences are sometimes joined by spoken samplings while the most elaborated part of the work also features a solid bass line.
+ + + : I don’t dare say Ultra is a visionary project, but songs like “Eskal” and “Rewind” are clearly walking at this path. I like the way the artist is mixing different influences together creating something part and personal. I also recommend the more elaborated “Rule” while the next few tracks confirm the potential of this artist.
– – – : With a little bit improvement in the writing process -by adding a few more extra sounds and sequences, this album would be a sonic bomb.
Conclusion: Ultra takes off with a more than simply promising work; this is an artist to keep an eye on and I can only encourage her to hold on this sonic path while adding a few details.
Best songs: “Rule”, “Eskal”, “Rewind”, “What”, “Blanc Noir – Disco Version”.
Rate: 8.
Listen to “Eins”:
Artist: www.ultraofficial.de / www.facebook.com/DasUltraOfficial
About Ultra
Ultra is a German solo project run by Lena Heiler, who records as ‘Das Ultra’. The project’s Bandcamp page gives Germany as its base and credits all music on the debut to Das Ultra.
“Eins”, German for ‘one’, was released on June 11, 2021. The artist describes the album as danceable rhythm and noise built on distorted synthesizers, deep basses and rhythmic sounds. Jenny Bewer supplied the photography and Boris Kater Design the artwork, and the closing track “Im Nebel” sets a text by Hermann Hesse. A separate “Remix Compilation Eins” followed on Bandcamp.
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