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Ursula 1000 is a lounge music project of DJ Alex Gimeno. Gimeno was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood, he and his family moved to Miami Beach where his father, a musician, found steady work. He moved back to Brooklyn in the late 90s.
In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and merengue music that his parents listened to which deeply influenced him. He began collecting records as a teenager and in his own words “never stopped”. By 2005, he owned over 10,000 records, filling up an entire room in his apartment. His father worked as a musician and was a member of a flamenco band called Los Chavales de España.
Gimeno entered the music business around 1990. Early in his career, he played drums for a band called Twenty Three and later had his own show on the pirate radio station Womb.
After extensive work as a DJ, he sent a tape to Washington DC based record label Eighteenth Street Lounge which was immediately interested in signing him. On that label, Gimeno released a number of albums containing mixes of an eclectic selection of bands, ranging from The Bees to Kraak En Smaak; Gimeno knows many of the artists whose work he uses in his mixes personally. Aside from mixing the music of others, he also creates his own original works such as the studio album Here Comes Tomorrow on which he performs original orchestration on many of the tracks.
The name Ursula 1000 is a reference to Ursula Andress, a famous actress, Bond girl and sex symbol of the 60s.
In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and merengue music that his parents listened to which deeply influenced him. He began collecting records as a teenager and in his own words “never stopped”. By 2005, he owned over 10,000 records, filling up an entire room in his apartment. His father worked as a musician and was a member of a flamenco band called Los Chavales de España.
Gimeno entered the music business around 1990. Early in his career, he played drums for a band called Twenty Three and later had his own show on the pirate radio station Womb.
After extensive work as a DJ, he sent a tape to Washington DC based record label Eighteenth Street Lounge which was immediately interested in signing him. On that label, Gimeno released a number of albums containing mixes of an eclectic selection of bands, ranging from The Bees to Kraak En Smaak; Gimeno knows many of the artists whose work he uses in his mixes personally. Aside from mixing the music of others, he also creates his own original works such as the studio album Here Comes Tomorrow on which he performs original orchestration on many of the tracks.
The name Ursula 1000 is a reference to Ursula Andress, a famous actress, Bond girl and sex symbol of the 60s.
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Now Sound of Ursula 1000
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Kinda' Kinky
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Here Comes Tomorrow
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Mondo Beyondo
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bingbongbilly wrote:
Loving 'Polyblend'.
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DCeclectic wrote:
Ursula 1000's live sets need to come with a warning label...Seriously. Bonkers. If you get the chance, GO! GO! GO!
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ultrafeel wrote:
Wow, those are some cool tracks!
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lakretino wrote:
hehe, Bombay 2: Electric Vindaloo :-)
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Crush1800 wrote:
FUNKY.....:)
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baked_tater wrote:
nice groove dude love the name
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jacquelinebor wrote:
love.... love.... loooove it..
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trishpants wrote:
Love It!!!!!
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fkarpinski31 wrote:
beautiful....*)
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dj-grial wrote:
I love this music, if you do too please check my website where you can find more of this kind of music. This is dj grial I am specialized in lounge downtempo, trip hop, lo-fi, latin lounge, music. http://www.djgrial.com
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monkeytale wrote:
me too
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ka_wa_buz wrote:
The New Album !
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gnomamos wrote:
great great band :)
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BenOnUserstyles wrote:
AU LOL
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joiletblog wrote:
Polish support his 4th LP: http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/02/Ursula-1000-ujawnia-tajemnice.html - Polish; http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/02/Ursula-1000-shiped-with-rune.html - English, greets ;)
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Mofilia wrote:
Saudações de Brasília-DF-Brasil!!! Carnaval no Brasil com estilo ao som dessa música gostosa de se ouvir!!
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TheSuperions wrote:
The NEW Ursula 1000 Remix of "Totally Nude Island" by The Superions featuring Fred Schneider is NOW AVAILABLE on iTunes and Amazon.
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SonicBabyBoomer wrote:
love this
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JustJuice wrote:
Indeed... Skeewiff vote seconded. So is Lemon
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AJulian wrote:
Skeewiff is way closer in sound than any of the top 8 listed.
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