Another week passes and two events have cropped up on my radar. For the people who enjoy a little disco on the weekdays, I’ll be playing at my friend Mike’s new party at Midway. Those as old as I am will remember it’s previous life as “Robots” but that was a long time and two Mayor Guilani terms ago. Still, you can dance if you want to. Stop by and show me what you got. Here’s the flyer:
Now, after that’s all said and done, there’s going to be another Loft Party this weekend. The last one went so well we were asked to come by and do another one before everyone is forced out of the building. It seems there’s only a few short weeks left before everyone has to leave the building for good. Thanksfully, we have some guests stopping off in town on their way to Miami, so it should be a great time for all involved. Be sure to come by, and be prepared to stay late!
SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND
Joshua (aka “Iz”) (Classic, SF)
Thugfucker (Thugfucker Records, NY/Rome)
Ulysses (Scatalogics, Sodium, NYC)
Galen (Tweakin SF)
49 Ann Street, sub-basement
11:30PM on
Google Maps
Nominal Fee at the door.
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/ulysses
www.myspace.com/ulyssesholmar
www.myspace.com/neuroticdrumband
www.myspace.com/electricscrewdriver
http://www.myspace.com/joshuaiz
Hey Everybody,
Loft party madness is back. It would be great if you could all come and shake a tail feather.
It’s a loft party in Lower Manhattan, inside an old recording studio. There are two rooms. I’ll be DJing along with my friend and partner Holmar Filipsson in one. FM Belfast, an amazing band from Rekyavik Iceland, will also be playing. They are better than peanut butter and jelly together. I swear.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH
FM Belfast (Live)
Holmar Filipsson (DJ)
Ulysses (DJ)
+ More!
49 Ann Street, sub-basement
11:30PM on
Google Maps
Nominal Fee at the door. Not sure what, just yet. Stay tuned!
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/ulysses
www.myspace.com/ulyssesholmar
www.myspace.com/neuroticdrumband
www.myspace.com/electricscrewdriver
www.myspace.com/fmbelfast
Friday, November 16, 2007
Hey everybody! I’ll be playing at a great party the Friday after Thanksgiving at the super-trendy 205 Club. You still have time to cancel your Thanksgiving plans so you can stay in New York and dance your pants off… 
It’s to celebrate the release of FM Belfast’s first (of two) EPs on Thugfucker Records. FM Belfast is an awesome threesome from Rekyavik, Iceland, who just recently signed to Sunday Music, in the UK. It’s two men named Árni, and a lady named Örvar. They also recently contributed vocals on a song on Kasper Bjørke’s new album “In Gumbo” on Plant Records/ Sony BMG. They are sure to become superstars at any moment, and this EP will be their first release. Get in on the ground floor, so you can tell your grandkids “I was there when…” You can check out some more tunes on their MySpace page. Here are the details for Friday night:
FM Belfast Record Release Party
For their new EP on Thugfucker Records
FM Belfast, Live (Sunday Music, Fine/Four Music, Thugfucker, Iceland)
Thugfucker DJ Tag Team ( Thugfucker, Brique Rouge Records NY/Rome)
Ulysses (Scatalogics, Sodium, MBF, Thugfucker Records, NY)
205 Club
205 Chrystie Street, at Stanton. New York, NY
$5, or Free with password.
Feel free to forward around… I’ll get the password for free entry the Monday before the party…
Thursday, October 11, 2007
It recently occurred to us that we’ve had this site up for a while without any contact info. So if you were lucky enough to stumble across our brilliant and insightful website you would have no way of reaching us, other than commenting at the end of a post. Of course, not many people have done that other than people trying to sell me Viagra and Car Insurance… So, without any further ado, I’ve replaced the contact us section of the site. Isn’t that wonderful?
In the meantime, let me update you on some happenings. Sodium Records 10 and 11 are about to be released this Nov 5th. The first 100 copies are to be bundled with a free CD of both releases, as well, so keep your eyes open for it! Here’s a short sample of the records:
Jordan Dare - Flatline MFs
This is a sample tune from the first release of the recently re-launched Sodium Recordings. Jordan Dare is an amazing producer from Montreal, and also a resident at Tiga’s “I Love Neon” Party. This EP is a stomper, I’m sure you’ll be playing each song so much they’ll have to pry your iPod from your cold, dead hands.
Ulysses - Resistance (Tony Rohr Remix)
This is the follow-up EP: three dazzling tracks of minimal funk. The original, by moi, is a Kraftwerking funk party. This is a low-quality MP3 link to Tony Rohr’s remix. I know you’re gonna like it. The third mix is by Nick Chacona and Stefny, and it’s a corker. All three will be available online on Nov 19th, after the vinyl/CD release.
Be sure to check your favorite local record shop and online retailer! You can always buy them here: www.newsdistribution.be
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Hey folks, time to dry yourself off and get ready for a real throwdown this Thursday at APT. When confronted with extra Thursdays the folks over there just don’t know what to do, so they did the only thing that made sense: they asked us to come and play. In turn, we’ve asked our good friend and overall nice guy Kap10Kurt to come by and spin a few disks as well. There will be much merriment for all comers, so come down! Here are the details:
THURSDAY AUGUST 9TH
at APT 419 West 13th
FREE, 21+ with ID.
HOLMAR FILIPSSON (Thugfucker, Crack&Speed, Moodmusic)
ULYSSES (Scatalogics, Sodium, Suicide)
KAP10KURT (Plant, Kitsune Records)
For those of you who attended last year’s Cooper-Hewitt Summer Session, you should check out this year’s schedule. Who’s that handsome fellow in the photo we wonder? Hmm…
If you need a little bit of the full-on Live Ulysses DJ action, stop by one of these two upcoming gigs. They are certain to bring pure chewing satisfaction. I’ll be performing on Wednesday, July 25th at Pianos for Ole’s “Pornography” party, and then again on August 9th at APT, with Holmar Filipsson. There might be some special guests coming through, so be sure to check back with us when we have more details. Here are the specs:
July 25th - Pornography at Pianos, 158 Ludlow Street, NY.
August 9th - Ulysses & Holmar Filipsson (aka Electric Screwdriver) at APT, 419 West 13th St, NY.
Summer is here, and it’s time for a new DJ Mix from yours truly. It’s a little sloppy in parts, but cut me some slack, those are human drummers.
You can find it in the “Mixes” section of the Scatalogics website. Here’s a track listing:
1. Candidio – Thousand Finger Man
2. Escort – Starlight – Escort Records
3. Unique – What I Got Is What You Need - Prelude
4. Stephanie Mills – Put Your Body In It – 20th Century Fox
5. The Emperor Machine – Labocatocs (Vincent Markowski’s Polski Re-Rub) – DC Recordings
6. The Nick Straker Band – A Little Bit of Jazz – Prelude
7. The Paul Simpson Connection – Treat Me (Dubmental Mix) – Easy Street
8. Sly Mongoose – Bad Pulse – Mule Musiq
9. Bombers – Dance Dance Dance – West End
10. Modern Romance – Salsa Rhapsody (Edit)
11. My Cousin Roy – Make it Yourself – Wurst Edits
12. Throbbing Gristle – Hot on the Heels of Love
13. Black Devil Disco Club – One To Choose – Rephlex
14. Everything But The Girl – It’s All True (DSE Dub) – Virgin
15. Ulysses & Unknown – Do The Electric Toothbrush – Scatalogics
16. The Immortals – Ultimate Warlord – Ram’s Horn Records
17. Rod Stewart – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Warner Brothers
Almost every time I go to France to DJ somebody will ask me if I ever chose my DJ name because of the TV show “Ulysses 31” that ran on French television back in the 80’s. In fact, I had never heard of this show before. Well, today a friend sent me a link to this megamix of 80’s TV Show intros and it kicks off with none other than Ulysses 31! Appropriately enough, the show has a nice spacey-disco theme song. Check it out for yourself, it’s the first two minutes of this YouTube video:
Hey everyone, I was asked last night to help Tim Xavier sub in for Camea and Kevin McHugh’s “Nerd Tank” show on East Village Radio, along with my friend John Selway. We got to play a lot of brand new tracks, including the premiere of Tony Rohr’s remix of “Resistance” off one of my next EPs, and Jamie Jones’ remix of another new song of mine called “The Wanderings of a Handkerchief”. A good time was had by all. You can hear the show from their archive by streaming this link.
You can podcast this show by going to Eastvillageradio.com and signing up. I recommend it, they have some great DJs on there playing some great music.
A new remix of mine has appeared on the Fluokids blog. Unfortunately, I can’t read French, but it seems to me they are not talking about the song on the blog. Knowing the French it may be better not to have them talk about the music: no news is good news. In any case, the girl in the picture above it is cute, which may be more of the point of the blog. Perhaps the remix is the sound of reversed photos of blond French girls with oversize glasses. I can tell its reversed b/c all the words on her pins are backwards. Yeah, maybe I’ve been looking a little too closely at the image…
Anyway, there’s no reason why you should only be able to listen to the remix on the Fluokids blog. I’ll post it here, as well:
One-Two “O Hot Brain (Ulysses Eats Hot Brains Remix)”
Download:
You can also hear the original on One-Two’s MySpace page. Check it out!
