Unicorn pre-orders starting
by GMM on January 22th 2008, at 03:43 CET



You can now pre-order Unicorn. Shipping starts at the end of this week. This means physical orders should theoretically reach Norwegians on Monday.

Digital download

Please be advised before your pre-order: On release date, you will be able to purchase all Uncanny Planet music, including absolutely all Ugress music ever released and unreleased, as digital downloads. DRM-free, 320 kbps mp3 in my own webshop, administered by myself, completely without interference from no-one and nobody. Every purchase in this store is instantly ready for download, and will directly support me.

Unicorn will also be available in iTunes and similar regular digital music stores if you prefer. But have not been able to confirm iTunes Plus (DRM free) except they have promised "yes most likely".

Physical CD

If you would like to buy the physical CD you have three options:

  1. Physical real world record stores in Norway. The album has national distribution and should be available in all regular shops. For the first few weeks, I would be very happy if Norwegians buy the album in a record store. Shops report sales to charts - If I can manage a chart position, this results in even more sales and exposure - particularly since many stores only pick up albums on the charts, and many people only buy chart music. Getting into that circle is very cool.
  2. Online record stores both locally (i.e. Platekompaniet in Norway) and globally (Amazon). Amazon carries the album, but expect long delivery times, they just recently ordered it from me.
  3. Directly from me. See next paragraph.

Direct mail order from me

I'd love to sell it directly to you. Send an email to orders@ugress.com with:

  • What CDs you want to buy, and how many
  • Your full name, postal address and country

I will respond ASAP with your total amount, and a Paypal invoice. The invoice can be paid by any normal credit card or Paypal account. Money transaction and security is handled by Paypal, the worlds largest online payment system. When I have received payment, I will email a confirmation, and ship the CD(s) by priority airmail.

Prices

Unicorn Release Price Feist: Any Uncanny Planet CD can be purchased, catalogue below, and pricing as follows:

  • 1 album:  € 12 + shipping costs
  • 2 albums: € 20 + shipping costs
  • 3 albums: € 30 + shipping costs
  • 4 albums: € 40 + shipping costs
  • 5 albums: € 50 + shipping costs

You get the idea for 6 albums and more I guess..

Shipping costs

The Royal Norwegian Postal operates with three areas and insane prices: Norway, Europe and Rest Of World.

1-3 albums shipping cost:

  • Norway € 3
  • Europe € 5
  • World € 8

4 or more albums:

  • Norway € 7
  • Europe € 11
  • World € 18

Catalogue

This is the current physical CD selection available for orders. Links to available Last.FM streaming albums.

Ugress - Resound
Ugress - Cinematronics
Ugress - La Passion De Jeanne D Arc
Ugress - Film Music: Selected Cues 2002-2006
Ugress - Unicorn
Shadow Of The Beat - Nanokaravan

FAQ

Any merchandise? T-shirts?

Yes, we got shirts.

Time to start a proper web store system?

Yes. Coming as well, planned and technology purchased, just need some calm weeks to program and set it up. I know the email/paypal solution is not optimal, neither for you nor me. But it is the best and easiest solution until I have time to establish a proper web store for physical orders.

 

Tags: webshop, pre-order, unicorn



Comments:
#1, by GMM on January 22th 2008, at 04:36
For those of you already emailed me asking/placing, and reading this, you might want to readjust your orders.

I'll be replying to your previous email ASAP to make sure everyone knows about this info, but if you'd like to change your order right away just drop me an email

#2, by Staso on January 22th 2008, at 05:04
I just came, honestly.
Thanks for this!

#3, by sysrq868 on January 22th 2008, at 07:52
The second... and I mean THE SECOND I get home... this is mine.

#4, by georgeblunt on January 22th 2008, at 08:05
As I use to say: pure awesomeness! :)
What really really REALLY would make me gasp thought would be a flac download. Or at least ogg. Do you still consider this option or is it out of question?

#5, by Tordenflesk on January 22th 2008, at 08:27
Give me FLAC or give me death! :P

#6, by Uberadri on January 22th 2008, at 09:30
Brilliant! Can't wait! But i would also really appreciate flac/lossless downloads. But I shouldn't really complain on 320kbps mp3.

#7, by mrhen on January 22th 2008, at 16:23
Sweet. I will probably wait for the iTunes download because it is most convenient. This is assuming it will be available at the USA store...

#8, by sysrq868 on January 22th 2008, at 17:04
Preordered. Haven't heard anything back yet... where art thou, Gisle?

#9, by Wouter on January 22th 2008, at 18:21
The best news for me is that we will be able to buy all ugress music as digital downloads. Finally, i'm going to be able to pay for all the great tunes that you have distributed freely in the past years and that deserve to be paid for.

A couple of questions:
- how many unreleased tunes are there going to be?
- how is payment going to be for digital downloads before the webshop appears? Is it Paypal?
- how much euro for one tune?

Can't wait! And can't wait for unicorn aswell.

For people interested, i think there is a possibility to use paypal without needing to register/account.

#10, by GMM on January 22th 2008, at 18:28
Hello everyone, thanks for all your orders, i'll get to them over the evening, busy day of running so far.

#4, #5, FLAC: I'm so sorry but currently the system I'm using is not supporting FLAC. I have been looking into Amazon S3 and stuff like that to host my own lossless files, but that will take quite the programming and setup effort to get going. I'd rather make music :) The mp3s are 320 kbps, encoded with LAME at the highest quality possible algorithm (insane), and IMHO the best solution for every situation; DRM free and supported by every player and system in the world.

#7 yes it should be available in iTunes USA, and hopefully iTunes Plus (DRM free)

#9 wouter
how many: many
payment: regular credit cards. the technical solution I am renting has promised Paypal within two months.
pr track: at the current exchange rate, just below 1 USD, but this will fluctuate depending on exchange rates

#11, by XoniC=64 on January 23th 2008, at 13:40
I've bought every Ugress album in my local record store, and I'm not going to break that noble tradition.

#12, by sysrq868 on January 23th 2008, at 14:10
Despite my efforts of trying to get some GOOD music to my local record stores, none seem to think too much of anything that doesn't read EMI on the back cover.

#13, by Atle on January 24th 2008, at 17:01
I've tried to see what the norwegian media says about Unicorn, and they're, well, mixed:

It spans from a dice roll of 2 o a roll of 5.

But after reading some of the critics I still have faith in Unicorn, the previews sounds great to me.

And when Aftenposten states: ""Lost in Time" takes us in a completely differen direction where eurodance-elements are mixed with embarassing lyrics and a performance alike.", while Bergens Tidene writes: "On Röyksopp-sounding "Lost in Time", with Heidi Marie Vestrheim as an ironic disco queen, does Martens Meyer show that he is in full control" can one start to wonder how old and bald the guy in aftenposten is..

Anyways, hope people buy the album for themselves instead of listening to grumpy critics..
.

#14, by sysrq868 on January 24th 2008, at 18:59
Atle: I hacked the Aftenposten intranet, and found this secret textfile:

UnicornChecklist.txt
============

1. Brand publisher: NO
2. TV ads: NO
3. A Miss Ass'n'titties on the cover: NO
4. 10 previous platinium releases: NO
5. Flash website: NO


Seems like the brand whore mass critics on Aftenposten have done it again! But then again, I've never dignified a poster for a critic-acclaimed movie by pissing on it, and nobody can tell me what music is good and what should I listen to.

#15, by GMM on January 24th 2008, at 21:14
never listen to critics or your parents regarding music - good or bad. listen to music, and listen to your friends.

#14 sysrq868: LOL!




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