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Ultraflex

city: Munich
country: Iceland, Norway
genre: Electronic
styles: Disco, Italo-Disco, Funky Disco, Funk

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Say Goodbye (Hiroshi Sato cover)

out on May 10, 2024

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The latest release from Ultraflex is a love letter to their recent time in Japan, a cover of iconic singer-songwriter and keyboardist Hiroshi Sato’s “Say Goodbye.” Sato was a pioneering keyboardist in the Japanese “city pop” soft rock and jazz fusion movements during the 70s and 80s. Ultraflex’s sound is a nod to their ancestors in the historical lineage of spectacular electronic music, like Sato’s, resulting in a catchy, contemporary whirlwind of dance floor weirdness. The duo’s material is both kitsch and high concept; pushed through a contemporary pop culture filter, Ultraflex creates their own brand-new potion carefully tailored to your needs.

Ultraflex discovered Sato’s original “Say Goodbye” while partying at Altered Soul at Ohm in Berlin some years ago. Kari declared that it would be the perfect (and incredibly inappropriate) song to have played at her funeral, with the line “hope you won’t be lonely” being directed towards her partner, Ådne Meisfjord, who co-produced the cover. Since then, the song has been a favorite of theirs and a big inspiration in terms of production, especially the epic vocoder sound in the verses and fantastic synth soundscape throughout the song.

“One of our first dreams together as a band was to travel to Japan. We longed to slurp up delicious ramen and soak up strange inspiration in the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Last year, Ultraflex’s vision finally came to fruition, and we got to lounge beneath cherry blossom trees with our matchas and onigiris. We didn’t want to say goodbye, so we took a piece of Japan home with us. Here’s our rendering of the Hiroshi Sato banger ‘Say Goodbye’!”

Debut album Visions of Ultraflex was released in 2020 to critical and popular acclaim, winning both The Icelandic Music Awards 2021 for 'Best Electronic Album' and Kraumur Awards for 'Best Album,' in addition to collecting multiple nominations for additional international awards. Their sophomore album Infinite Wellness was nominated for the Kraumur Awards, with the album’s single “Rhodes” being nominated for ‘Song of the Year’ at ÍSTÓN.

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