The Ultra Montanes are a 5-piece band based in Dublin, Ireland. They first made an impression on the music scene in 1999, when their eponymously named album was awarded a five star review in Q Magazine. Since then, the band has consistently been at the frontier of Dublin's punk-pop-electro scene, showing their love for dark moods albeit with their trademark glamour and melodic twists. With the new millennium, the until then honorary band member, Austrian keyboardist Mateja Kert, has been added to their full line-up, opening a new way to experimenting with the electro-side of things.
The EP 'Dirty Blood Saved Our Town', released independently by The Ultra Montanes in February 2006, was the long-awaited outward sign of the new direction the band was taking. The EP's lead track, 'Speedwalker', was used for the radio and TV advertisement-campaign for Ireland's biggest music festival, Oxegen 2007. The forthcoming single 'This Party', recorded and mixed by Rob Kirwan, further consolidates the band's new sound – and has already attracted the attention of the man behind Depeche Mode, Andrew Phillpott, who approached the band with an offer to remix the song. 'This Party' and the remix will be released on-line over the next few weeks.EP press reviews:
The Irish Times: “Dublin band return with new razor-edged soundâ€
Connected Magazine: “a cracking EP…sickeningly modernâ€
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