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Ultra (music)

Ultra is a Dutch post-punk movement that originated in Amsterdam in the early 1980s. The name "ultra" is a shortening of "ultramodernen". The movement had an avantgarde, experimental, and artistic aesthetic. Many of its participants were students in art schools. In contrast to other countries' post-punk movements, the Dutch experimented with, among other things, toy instruments, chainsaws and de-tuned guitars.

Discography
Mekanik Kommando • It Would Be Quiet in the Woods If Only a Few Birds Sing (Torso, 1981) • Dancing Elephants (EP, Torso, 1982) • Snake Is Queen (Wereld Rekord, EMI, 1982) • Bay the Moon (Wereld Rekord, 1984) • Do (Rosebud Records, 1984) • ...And the Wind Died Down (Rosebud Records, 1986) • Shadow of a Rose (Rosebud Records, 1986) • The Castle of Fair Welcome (Rosebud Records, 1988) Minny Pops • Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement (1979), Plurex; (re-released 2004, LTMCD 2384, LTM) • Sparks in a Dark Room (1982), Factory Benelux; (re-released 2003, LTMCD 2351, LTM and 2014, FBN 15 CD, Factory Benelux) • Secret Stories (2003), LTMCD 2353, LTM • Standstill to Motion (2012), LTMCD 2566, LTM - CD/DVD Nasmak • Nasmak Plus Instruments/Instruments Plus Nasmak (Plurex, 1980) • Indecent Exposure 1 & 2 (Music For Brass, Wood, Drums And Violins) (cassette, self-released, 1981) • Indecent Exposure 3 & 4 (The Smell Remains) (Plurex, 1981) • 4our Clicks (Plurex, 1982) • Indecent Exposure 5 & 6 (Only This Day And 77 Others) (Plurex, 1982) • Duel (Plurex, 1983) • Silhouette (Plurex, 1983) Tox Modell • Parkhof 11/04/1981 C30 cassette (Lebel PERIOD, Amsterdam 1981) • Groote Keyser 21-3-81 C46 cassette (Lebel PERIOD, Amsterdam 1981) The Young Lions • No News, Strange Rumours, Plurex 0013 (Amsterdam, 1980) • Small World (live at Ultra, cassette), Amphibious (Amsterdam, 1983) Compilations • Ultra - Octopus Amsterdam, C90 cassette (Lebel PERIOD, Amsterdam 1981) == Literature ==
Literature
• Harold Schellinx, ULTRA. Opkomst en ondergang van de Ultramodernen, een unieke Nederlandse muziekstroming (1978-1983), Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam, 2012. ISBN 9789048812400. • Dirk Polak. Mecano: een muzikaal egodocument. Lebowski Publishers, Amsterdam, 2011. ISBN 978-9048851751 • Oscar Smit. De Paradiso Punk Jaren Deel 4: 1979-1981 Nederpunk(s) En Ultra.Black Olive Press, Amstelveen, 2021. ISBN 9789072811271. • Foster, R. (2020), Mapping Subcultures from Scratch: Moving Beyond the Mythology of Dutch Post-Punk. In: van der Steen, B., Verburgh, T. (eds) Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory. Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. • Richard Foster, “Afwijkende mensen.” Formulating perspectives on the Dutch ULTRA scene. studenttheses Universiteit Leiden ==References==
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