Ursula 1000's Single Of The Month Club! Enjoy a brand new song from Ursula 1000 every first Monday of the month starting October 2021!

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In 2002, New York producer Ursula 1000 released his groundbreaking, genre-busting album Kinda' Kinky, meshing groovy retro sampladelic licks with modern breaks and beats. For its 20th anniversary this year, Ursula revisits the 60's swinging London mod shaking title track with his own 2022 redux. UK breakbeat master A.Skillz remixes the flipside into a relentless, giggling funky disco monster! The cover design is by world renowned space-age bachelor pad artist Shag. Out on 7" vinyl from Juno Records and digital/streaming on September 12th.  © Insect Queen Music 2022

Kinda' Kinky 20th Anniversary Remix Single

Ursula 1000-Kinda' Kinky

Preview tracks from the new Quentin Quatro single QUATROPHONIC on Insect Queen Music, the new label from URSULA 1000. Featuring remixes by Cole Medina, Virgin Magnetic Material, The Gemini Bros and Discofari. Mastered by Tom Psychemagik!

QUENTIN QUATRO-QUATROPHONIC EP
on INSECT QUEEN MUSIC (IQ002)
Vinyl 12″ 
Digital EP 
Distributed through INgrooves and Crosstalk International

Juno Digital http://www.junodownload.com/products/quentin-quatro-quatrophonic/2455607-02/
iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/quatrophonic/id834047084
Beatport http://www.beatport.com/release/quatrophonic/1261761

Vinyl http://www.crosstalkintl.com/node/43516

Quentin Quatro-Quatrophonic EP Preview

In 2002, New York producer Ursula 1000 released his groundbreaking, genre-busting album Kinda' Kinky, meshing groovy retro sampladelic licks with modern breaks and beats. For its 20th anniversary this year, Ursula revisits the 60's swinging London mod shaking title track with his own 2022 redux. UK breakbeat master A.Skillz remixes the flipside into a relentless, giggling funky disco monster! The cover design is by world renowned space-age bachelor pad artist Shag.

Kinda' Kinky (Ursula's 20th Anniversary Redux)

Kinda' Kinky (A.Skillz Vocal Remix)

Kinda' Kinky (A.Skillz Dub Remix)

New York producer URSULA 1000 is known for his signature retro-future electronic dance fusions, but it's less known that he started off as a jungle and drum 'n' bass DJ during the scene's golden era in the early '90s. For Insect Queen Music's first release of 2023, Ursula 1000 decided to pay homage to some favorite elements of that period by mixing that sound with what he thinks is the perfect theme: classic martial arts movie vibes!   Early inspirations for Ursula 1000 were producers like J. Saul Kane's proto-trip hop stylings in Depth Charge and Photek's initial series of 12"s. Both producers often deployed the sound of whizzing shuriken throwing stars, whooshing swords, high-flying kicks, and karate chops for percussive hits. One should also mention the amazing Wu-Tang Clan, who also championed this recipe. With this sound palette in mind, Ursula 1000 has created the ultimate kung fu meets spy movie suspense thriller. Who is and what is … "The Glass Dragon"?

The Glass Dragon

Downtown 92 by New York producer Ursula 1000 evokes that classic era of the burgeoning Trip Hop scene from past masters like The Mighty Bop, Kid Loco, Kruder and Dorfmeister and Ursula's old labelmates Thievery Corporation. Cinematic in scope, the smoky jazz soundtrack palette mixed with the boom bap gives you that perfect cocktail of downtempo sophistication and late-night cool.  Out April 7th!

Downtown 92

Ursula 1000 - Downtown 92

Out Sept 29 2023 on Insect Queen Music (IQ043)

Ursula 1000’s fascination with Japan didn’t just stop with his love of Shibuya-kei and its massive influence on his sound DNA. City Pop, that sub-genre of Japanese music from the late 70s and into the 80s that blended synth pop, soft rock, boogie and jazz funk is something Ursula truly digs but never explored in his productions…until now. Japan’s Yuuko Sings, who Ursula discovered doing vocals for English art rock group Django Django, seemed like the perfect fit for this collaboration. She’s sang on tracks for anime soundtracks and J pop plus, she has a killer rap style to boot! Life Is So Beautiful is what emerged from this meeting of minds. Wrapped up in a bundle of bossa nova chords, tropical daytime nu disco beats and that timeless City Pop sheen, Ursula and Yuuko have concocted the perfect summer cocktail. All this song needs are a pineapple wedge and a parasol! 

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Life Is So Beautiful

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Ursula 1000 feat. Yuuko Sings- Life Is So Beautiful

Movin' 2 The Sound

Movin' 2 The Sound (Acid Jerks Refix)

Movin' 2 The Sound (Fort Knox 5 Remix)

Written-By – Alex Gimeno and Lukasz "Dr.Luke" Gottwald
From the Ursula 1000 album KINDA KINKY (ESL054 )
2002 ESL Music

Ursula 1000-Samba 1000

Movin' 2 The Sound (DJ Absolutely Shit Remix)

Ursula 1000 remix for The Pinker Tones available on their new album Modular.

The Pinker Tones-Sampléame (Ursula 1000 remix)

Title track from the 2011 album Mondo Beyondo from Ursula 1000

Ursula 1000-Mondo Beyondo

Out now!
Get your go-go boots out...Ursula's back with the groovy vibes on his new single "Get Down With Us Tonight"! Big chunky soul drums and growling Hammond organs are all shaken and stirred in his signature cheeky retro meets future cocktail. Add a sprinkle of percussive Afrobeat scats and acid squelchy business and this concoction is complete!
This is the first of a slew of new songs all leading up to a new album coming out later this year!
credits
released July 5, 2024

Written and Produced by Alex Gimeno
Mastered by Rob Small
Design by Alex Gimeno
Distributed by Symphonic
Superior Music Publishing
Ursula 1000 Music (ASCAP)
Insect Queen Music IQ045
UPC 198622034944

Get Down With Us Tonight

Style. What is style? Are you born with it? Can you learn it?  Or do you just have it? New York’s Ursula 1000, the genre-defying music producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist known for his eclectic soundscapes that blend elements of lounge, exotica, jazz, electro, and more knows a little something about style. He’s been dazzling in it for 2 decades with his innovative approach to mixing vintage and modern sounds. His latest single, “I Like Your Style”, blends his signature retro-futuristic sound for a jam equal parts vintage shag-a-delic groove, retro disco funk, cut up hip hop vocals and big beat b-boy breaks! OUT NOW on Insect Queen Music (IQ046)

I LIke Your Style

I Like Your Style

For his first single of 2025, New York’s Ursula 1000 kicks it into gear with some 60’s French yé- yé meets chunky funky breaks, growling organ and big brass action on a little number called “Quoi De Neuf” (meaning “what’s up?”) featuring Parisian vocalist François Club. François’ 2 albums, Cobra and Nickel Chrome, were some of Ursula’s fave French Pop grooves from the past couple of years. Inspiration for this song came via verlan, a French style of street slang where syllables are transposed, almost flipped, to create a new word. For example, “femme” (woman) is changed to “meuf” and “fou” which means crazy is now “ouf”. As a digger of pop culture oddities, Ursula found this language tweak fascinating and perfect for a lyrical concept. “Quoi De Neuf” is taken from Ursula’s upcoming album DECADANSE, coming out in 2025! 

Quio De Neuf is out January 10, 2025 on Insect Queen Music (IQ044)

Quoi De Neuf

Quoi De Neuf feat. François Club

The Shadow Of Your Smile feat Puddles Pity Party

Faded Denim Wash (Payfone Remix)

Ursula 1000’s last outing for Fort Knox Recordings was the breakbeat dancefloor killer Smoke Machine back in 2015. How apropos that 10 years later these two join forces once again! This time Ursula has conjured in his lab a funky concoction of classic elements harking back to the Mothership of Funkadelic combined with a dash of Nu-Disco action for a little something called…Funk U Want! 

Funk U Want

Clap Your Hands (Renegades Of Jazz Remix)

Clap Your Hands (Skeewiff Remix)

Who likes smoke machines? Everyone likes smoke machines! New York's Ursula 1000 teams up with MC bcap to deliver an ode to this glorious device. Wait, are we talking about dry ice? Yeah… sure! Ursula 1000 is a longtime Fort Knox Five collaborator, both in the studio and in the DJ booth. After releasing six albums and taking his eclectic dance sound around the globe, we are proud to feature Ursula 1000’s first single on Fort Knox Recordings.

Smoke Machine features vocalist bcap whose lyrics and soul are fused with a futuristic electro groove. Ursula 1000’s original mix is a quirky, synth-laden house stomper that takes you on a sleazy, sinister beat trip where bcap spits out the lyrical while keeping it mystical. Label bosses Fort Knox Five do what they do best and funk this sucker up. The result is a breaky, g-house vibe complete with pitched up and down vocals and trap fills. Qdup delivers a bombastic modern flip on old school breaks using electro toms, lasers and 808 booms. Completing the single is Whiskey Pickle's RiCHARD.GEAR who tweaks Smoke Machine into a techy, dark-house Dirtybird monster.

Beatport Exclusive Release Date - Tuesday September 15th
Worldwide Release Date - Tuesday September 29th

Written and produced by Alex Gimeno and Brian Capobianchi 
Mastered by Tom Coveney of Psychemagik

Ursula 1000 feat bcap - Smoke Machine

Fiorucci (Moustache Machine Remix)

Track from the Here Comes Tomorrow album featuring vocals by Dr. Luke

Ursula 1000-Electrik Boogie

Saturday Boogie ft Basement Freaks

Written and Produced by Alex Gimeno
Ursula 1000 Music (ASCAP)
c 2018 Insect Queen Music
Mastered by Rob Small

Chess King (Holiday 80 Remix)

Campari and Soda feat Qypthone

Bossa Hey feat Isabelle Antena (Jazzanova Remix)

In 1999, Alex Gimeno – aka Ursula 1000 – set dance floors whirling with his debut platter The Now Sound of Ursula 1000. Has it really been 20 years? Oh yes. And just look at the highlights: seven studio full-lengths, a pair of DJ mix albums, remixes for celebrated peers from Quincy Jones to Felix Da Housecat. Having performed in more than 30 countries, Ursula 1000 is fluent in the international language of dance. Two decades of sunny days and starry nights rolling by in waves of kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan pop.
 
This calls for a celebration! Not a retrospective of familiar hits, but a fresh spin on the fundamentals; that's the spirit of Esoterique. Think "Ursula 1000 at his best," rather than The Best of Ursula 1000. Think a lifetime of globetrotting grooves distilled into 56 minutes of bliss. Or don't think about it at all. Just kick up your heels, expand your mind, and join the party.
The first tasting of  Esoterique is “Swing Boom Bop”.
Drenched in a world of Big Band blasts and flapper girls, this electro-swing jam will get you doing the Charleston till your legs become jelly! It features the scat-tastic jazzy vocal stylings of Loredana Grimaudo from the Italian band Swingrowers. Signed to Freshly Squeezed with three albums out, more than 20M views on Youtube, 8M streams on Spotify, a steady string of catchy singles and a powerful live show, Swingrowers are one of the most long lived and sought after in the electro-swing and retro scene. 
Check out the video directed by B.A.Miale!
Stream here https://open.spotify.com/album/6remQh7mrbCmUfr6Vqmhzh

Swing Boom Bop

Swing Boom Bop Feat Loredana Grimaudo

Bass Rock (Fort Knox Five Remix)

Bass Rock (Jem Stone Remix)

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URSULA 1000 is the alter ego of Brooklyn, New York based producer/DJ/multi-instrumentalist Alex Gimeno. His 8 albums and mix sessions have taken you on a time machine ride of retro tinged exotic grooves and futuristic electronic disco funk fusions. He’s toured the world and performed in over 30 countries and collaborated with the likes of Fred Schneider of The B52s, Lady Bunny, Cristina (Ze Records) and Puddles Pity Party. His new Single Of The Month Club series is out now on his Insect Queen Music label! Kinda' Kinky Anniversary Remix preorder here: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ursula-1000-kinda-kinky-20th-anniversary-redux/881669-01/

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