Utramarine - Send and ReturnUltramarine are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1989 by Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. Cooper and Hammond first worked together in the band A Primary Industry during the mid 1980s. Following the split of that band, they formed Ultramarine and released their debut album 'Folk' in April 1990 on seminal Belgian label Les Disques du Crpuscule. The duo found critical acclaim with their second long player, 'Every Man And Woman Is A Star', initially

still seductive

It is obvious that Roedelius and Moebius were not late in discovering the tape loop as a method of creating repetitive patterns

'Musik Von Harmonia' is at once a product of their source bands and a fine new twist on them

‘World Music’ oozes with a sonic confidence rarely seen on a debut album

these carefully restored live albums will comprise the entirety of each show in the format of a story with a beginning

a backdrop that mirrors the band’s own organic growth whilst highlighting their willingness to approach capturing their own sound their own way

perfecting his 'sheets of sound' over three lengthy improvisations with back-up from Donald Byrd

artistic yet unpretentious

no nonsense networker

significance and non-significance

for Record Store Day 2021

but celebrated author Robert Gordon takes us to the people and places history has yet to record