Ultramarine (band)

Cooper and Hammond first worked together in the band, A Primary Industry, during the mid-1980s. The duo's second long player, Every Man and Woman Is a Star (initially released in 1991 by Brainiak Records and reissued as an expanded version by Rough Trade in 1992), Live appearances during this period included a US tour in 1992 with Meat Beat Manifesto and Orbital and US and European tours in 1993 supporting Björk. The group's collaborative work has included a songwriting and recording partnership with Robert Wyatt, recordings with Kevin Ayers and David McAlmont, plus numerous live and studio sessions with members of the London jazz scene, including Lol Coxhill, Elton Dean, Dave Green, Roger Beaujolais, Greg Heath and Jimmy Hastings. Every Man and Woman Is a Star was followed by the albums United Kingdoms (1993), which features an extensive collaboration with Robert Wyatt, Bel Air (1995) and ''A User's Guide (1998). After a long sabbatical, the group released their sixth album, This Time Last Year in 2013. Every Man and Woman Is a Star'' was reissued by Rough Trade in 2014 as a triple vinyl set, including a previously unreleased 1992 John Peel BBC Radio 1 session. Ultramarine simultaneously released a double-album Signals into Space and a mini-album Meditations on Les Disques du Crépuscule in 2019. Signals into Space includes songs written in collaboration with Anna Domino and contributions from saxophonist Iain Ballamy. The group appears on Woo's album Arcturian Corridor (2020), remixing the track Arc II. ==Musicians==

• Ian Harvey Cooper (born 15 August 1966, Derby, England) • Paul John Hammond (born 7 December 1965, Chelmsford, Essex, England) ==Discography==

Albums • Folk (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1990 / Foam on a Wave, Reissue 2020) • Every Man and Woman Is a Star (Brainiak Records, 1991 / Rough Trade, 1992, Reissue 2014) • United Kingdoms (Blanco Y Negro (UK); Sire (US), 1993) • Bel Air (Blanco Y Negro, 1995) • ''A User's Guide'' (New Electronica, 1998 / WRWTFWW, Reissue 2025) • This Time Last Year (Real Soon, 2013) • Signals into Space (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 2019) • Meditations (Les Disques du Crépuscule / Real Soon, 2019) • Send and Return (Blackford Hill, 2023) Compilation albums • Companion (LTM, 2003) Singles and EPs • Wyndham Lewis (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1989) • Stella (Les Disques du Crépuscule / Dancyclopaedia, 1990) • Stella (Brainiak Records, 1991) • Weird Gear / British Summertime (Brainiak Records, 1991) • Saratoga / Nova Scotia (Rough Trade, 1992) • Nightfall in Sweetleaf (Rough Trade, 1992) • Kingdom (Blanco Y Negro, 1993) • Barefoot (Blanco Y Negro, 1994) • First Air (Blanco Y Negro, 1995) • Sketches (Blanco Y Negro, 1995) • Hymn (Blanco Y Negro, 1996) • Hymn Remixes (Blanco Y Negro, 1996) • On the Brink (New Electronica, 1998) • Carl Craig Remixes (Real Soon, 2003) • Find a Way (Real Soon, 2011) • Acid / Butch (WNCL, 2011) • Passwords (Real Soon, 2014) • Peel Session 1992 (Rough Trade, 2014) • Blackwaterside (Random Spectacular, 2018) • Breathing (Real Soon / Les Disques du Crépuscule, 2018) • Interiors (Blackford Hill, 2021) • $10 Rework (Real Soon, 2022) ==References==