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Super fast shipping, CD was in perfect condition, great price, no problems what so ever.
I swear some of the samples are straight from my father's jazz record collection. The breaks are at times sloppy or jarring but the overall effect is a fantastic soundscape like the soundtrack to a futuristic 60s film. If Dmitri from Paris and Lady Miss Kier of Dee-Lite had a child, Ursula 1000 would be it. PLEASURE UNIT is also a fun little dance track with a spoken break in the middle: a luscious Swedish girl repeating "I AM NOT A PLEASURE UNIT" over and over.
The tracks are held together by lazy, sometimes jumping house beats. to pick up this fantastically groovy CD. Is that a sample of Mancini's BABY ELEPHANT WALK I hear in there. Check out Dmitri From Paris, Towa Tei or Tipsy for something like that. I'M GOING TO SHOCK YOU DADDY conjures up images of mini skirt clad girls go-go dancing on tables in smoky nightclubs.
Who knows but the outcome is scrumptious. However, it's great party music. A Courreges clad model from the 60s graces the cover indicating what awaits inside: fashionably chic, hipster cool tracks with an incredible array of samples culled from 60s music and movies like James Coburn's OUR MAN FLINT(PLEASURE UNIT)which is also one of the inspirations for Mike Myers' AUSTIN POWERS movies and Peter Sellers THE PARTY(MR HRUNDI'S HOLIDAY)which in my opinion is one of the funniest movies ever made. Yummy. It'S definitely a song that you cannot sit still to.
THE SHAKE starts off with a nice lesiurely beat layered with sampled keyboards that then veer off into some strange spacy jazz universe. Overall, this CD isn't anything new or exciting. Nothing serious, nothing new but a load of fun alone or with a group of your most freaked out wacky friends.
I bought this CD based on a mix of mr. hrundi's holiday and was expecting something more "contemporary." Some of the tracks are good, but most of them consist of retro 60s noise. Not that I don't like that some of the time, but here it's annoying for some reason.it's not AWFUL, but not what I was expecting. Be sure to sample all of the songs first to make sure it suites your taste.
However, the pop genius behind this approach only produces sporadically. Miami DJ Ursula 1000 perfectly fits the Eighteenth Street Lounge mold. The slick buzz of "Mambo 1000" and "Hip Length" dissipates into pointless groove exercises like "Funky Bikini" and "Pleasure Unit." But, so what. But where artists like ESL's founders Thievery Corporation are known for their sonic subtlety, Ursula 1000 puts his blissful, body-rocking beats right your face. The end result is a pastiche of mambo cut-ups, spy flick guitar riffs and mod swagger over a big beat foundation--imagine if Dmitri from Paris collaborated with Fatboy Slim. Ursula 1000 is lousy with potential, a DJ with his own sound, and that's enough to make the disc's shortcomings forgivable. Those looking for a different kind of big beat--one that doesn't try to bite off of Fatboy Slim's or The Chemical Brothers' styles--will get the most out of this one.
From electronic mambo to dreamy instrumentals - and all with pounding drumbeat. Fantastic drums, basslines. Groovy tunes. You've got to try this. If you don't like it, a friend will.
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