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Ultramarine - London-based duo Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond - began life in 1989, initially inspired by early UK House music and long-standing schoolboy crushes on the white funk of A Certain Ratio, The Pop Group, 23 Skidoo and Cabaret Voltaire Their early releases were issued on the seminal Brussels
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Ultramarine - London-based duo Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond - began life in 1989, initially inspired by early UK House music and long-standing schoolboy crushes on the white funk of A Certain Ratio, The Pop Group, 23 Skidoo and Cabaret Voltaire Their early releases were issued on the seminal Brussels-based label Les Disques du Corpuscule and shortly afterwards by Brainiak Records, a label closely affiliated to The Brain club (an early purveyor of regular House music nights in Soho, London). Their debut album Folk was issued by Corpuscule in 1990 but the group are best know for their classic second album 'Every Man and Woman is a Star', initially released on Brainiak in 1991 and given a wider audience with the release of an expanded version on Rough Trade in 1992.
'Every Man and Woman is a Star' was followed by the albums 'United Kingdoms' (1993) and 'Bel Air' (1995) - both released on Blanco Y Negro - and 'A User's Guide' (1998) on New Electronica. Most recently, LTM released 'Companion' (2003), a collection of remixes and alternative versions from the groupÕs early-90s period, and reissued 'A User's Guide' (2005).
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