FAQ

Last updated October 2007.

When is the next album coming out?

"Unicorn" is out January 28th 2008.

Where can I buy your albums?

They are available on iTunes and other major digital music stores. Resound and Cinematronics should be available with all Scandinavian music retailers. Or, you can buy them right here in the online shop!

Why aren't your tracks available in iTunes plus (or Amazon mp3 store)?

iTunes: Because EMI has a exclusive time period of a few months before they open up to independent artists.
Amazon: Because we're n que behind a a huge amount of American major labels. Patience.
My music should be availalbe DRM free within early 2008. In the meantime, you can download lots of the music right here...

Can I buy the music in digital format directly from you?

When the next album is out, January 28th 2008, there will be a digital solution for direct mp3 purchase of all my music directly from me.

When are you coming to play in my town/my country?

See the calendar for live dates and happenings. Currently, fall/winther 2007, we're focusing on studio work for the next album, out January 28th 2008.

Will the music be available in OGG format?

When OGG is bigger and easier to use for everyone than mp3.

I would of course prefer a universally available lossless codec over mp3, but at the moment universal access (mp3) is more important to me than super lossless hifi that only a (smart) fraction of my fans use. I don't have the resources to deliver in all sorts of formats.

What kind of software/hardware do you use?

A huge, custom built electronic device called the Soundtronic 8000. It is specifically designed to chew beats and loops at twice the speed of light. It has more than 4000 nanobytes of non-volatile DRAM, dedicated SPDIF controls and it's own domain switch. Here is a picture, the frequency fluxmodulator section operated by two of my genetically cloned technicians.

Can I send you some tunes I've done, so you can listen to it and give me some feedback?

No.

Why isn't there a question about what the word "Ugress" means?

Because it's not a frequently asked question. Nobody asks about it.

What is Cowboy Desperado?

Cinematronics was only released in Scandinavia. Cowboy Desperado was the European version of Cinematronics with some tracks from Resound.

I've got an mp3 version of a song called Scared Away. Did you do it and is it available on CD/vinyl?

Scared Away was done by me under a my sideproject Shadow Of The Beat and is available on Port Azur sampler #1. It is unfortunately not available on vinyl but available from the Shadow website.

I'd like too book you for a gig. What do I do?

See the booking page! You just call or email Atomic (our booking agency) and make the arrangements. Then we come and play. Everybody happy.

I'd like to use/license some of your music in a film/project/web. What do I do?

Great! Please contact us with details of your project. For school projects/demo work/non-profit work it's usually just enough with an email for permission. If your project has commercial interests you'd need to talk to my publisher to negotiate usage terms and eventual fees. We'll put you in contact with the publisher if needed.

I'm running an Internet radio. Can I playlist your music?

Yes. Please report your usage to the correct collection organization if possible. We support online radio, but please consider supporting us back by paying any fee your country's law instructs you to. If you feel the fee is too high, or you can't afford it, please consider an online donation thru Paypal or linking to www.ugress.com. If you are a pirate, thats OK too, remember to brush your teeth, pirates always had bad teeth.

My question isn't on this list. I have a really good one!

Really? Did you try searching the blog, most of our thoughts are available over there. If that didn't help, let's see it.