Apart from:
1. A collection of transformations from the ULVER catalogue by artists such as Christian Fennesz, Jazzkammer, Kevin Drumm, Kid 606, Martin Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), Merzbow, Neotropic, Pita, Bogdan Raczynski, Alexander Rishaug, Stars of the Lid, Third Eye Foundation, Upland, V/Vm and others. Both classic and current ULVER material will be remade through contemporary noise, glitch and electronic frolic.
2. A new album, Utopian Enterprises, with texts and images in one grand package (the size depending on our sponsors). A return to vocals and violations with maximum manipulation and understanding of audio technology, beauty and - predicting the misunderstanding - pretence. We've killed too many darlings to please the police. When hurt, we reflect, the failure. Fuck you.
[Source: ULVER press release March 15 2002]
ULVER has been employed for the soundtrack to the upcoming Norwegian anti-Dogma outburst Svidd neger, a 1.5 million USD budgeter hitting the big screen spring 2003. The scenery is absurd Norway in splendour; the music will be all pomp and circumstance. More information at
www.sviddneger.no.
From the visual wing: ULVER is currently employed for a soundtrack to the Swedish film Lyckantropen, directed by Steve Ericsson (trailer download at
www.lyckantropen.com). The beast in man, in different neighbourhoods, different forms, but all the same: Awakening.
From the noise wing: An ULVER remix off Merzbow's Frog album will be released through Misantrophic Agenda (
www.holyterror.com/misanthropicagenda). A terrorist remix has also been done for the new album from Zyklon, old metal buddies of G., out on Candlelight Records this fall.
From the silence wing: The two post-Perdition city improv-glitch-EPs (limited and sold out) are re-released as one disc on the American indie label Black Apple Records (
www.blackapplerecords.com) under the title Teachings in silence.
The ambient string remake of Nattens Madrigal is a drag. We promise to complete it within summer and release it through Jester (
www.jester-records.com) this fall. If Century Media fancies our liquidation, contact the ULVER finance department at
bestseller@blake.com.
Do we have any news on the Nattens re-make? I can't find any
