Ultra Living

Ultra Living is the duo of two brothers, Takuma and Tetsushi Nonaka. Takuma was formerly the buyer for a classical record store, and both brothers are multi instrumentalists. Growing up on hip-hop, the two brothers began recording their own version of the music. In 1996, with a backpack of demos and a notebook of label addresses copied from record sleeves, they flew to London. Within two days they were sitting across from Alan McGee, signing to Creation Records.^[1] Their first album, Monochromatic Adventure^[2], was released from Creation Records in 1998. Since then they have released four albums. Around the same time as their 2000 album Transgression^[3], Ultra Living also collaborated with the American emcee Mike Ladd on "Preppy MC Death of Hip Hop Vol.1"^[4] released on New York's underground hip-hop label Ozone.^[5] Ultra Living has done several remix works including The Boo Radleys^[6], Sub Pop act Pigeonhed^[7], Japanese girls duo Puffy AmiYumi^[8], The Cure^[9], and HiM (band)'s single from FatCat Records^[10]. They were also members of HiM (band).

Members

Takuma Nonaka
Tetsushi Nonaka
(Kyoko Brown aka Kyoko Mori)

Discography

Albums

1998 Monochromatic Adventure (Creation Records)^[11]
2000 Transgression (Artefact/France, Afterhours/Japan, Bubblecore/US Distribution) featuring Mice Parade, Mike Ladd, Kyoko Brown^[12]
2002 Through (Afterhours/Japan, Bubblecore/US Distribution)^[13]
2007 Zoonomia (P-Vine Records/Japan)^[14]

Singles

1997 "Sweetest Pleasure" (Creation Records)^[15]
1998 "Freeze, Die & Revive" (Creation Records)^[16]
1998 "Homesick" (Creation Records)^[17]
2000 "Absurdly Pedantic" (Artefact/France)^[18]
2001 "Preppy MC Death of Hip Hop Vol.1" (Ozone/US) featuring Mike Ladd^[19]

Remixes

1996 "Gone" / The Cure (Elektra Records)^[20]
1996 "Bullfrog Green" / The Boo Radleys (Creation Records)^[21]
1998 "It's Like the Man Said" / Pigeonhed (Sub Pop)^[22]
1998 "Keep on Keepin' On" / Pigeonhed (Sub Pop)^[23]
1998 "Rev Splash" / Ken Ishii (Sony Records)^[24]
1999 "PRMX 1" / Puffy AmiYumi (Sony Records)^[25]
2002 "Sea Level" / HiM (band) (Fat Cat Records)^[26]

Video games

2005 Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (Capcom)^[27]

References

External links

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[1] "Ultra Living -Transgression - Anthology Recordings". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2018-07-15.

[2] "Monochromatic Adventure - Album by Ultra Living".

[3] "Transgresson - Album by Ultra Living".

[4] "Preppy MC. Death Of Hip Hop Vol.1 - Single by Ultra Living".

[5] "Ultra Living".

[6] "Bullfrog Green (Ultra Living Remix)".

[7] "Keep on Keepin' On - Ultra Living Mix".

[8] "Puffy – PRMX 1 - Vinyl".

[9] "The Cure".

[10] "Him - Remix Series #1: Japan".

[11] "Monochromatic Adventure - Album by Ultra Living".

[12] "Transgression - Album by Ultra Living".

[13] "Through - Album by Ultra Living".

[14] "Zoonomia - Album by Ultra Living".

[15] "Sweetest Pleasure - Single by Ultra Living".

[16] "Ultra Living - Freeze, Die & Revive - Vinyl".

[17] "Homesick - Single by Ultra Living".

[18] "Ultra Living - Absurdly Pedantic - Vinyl".

[19] "Preppy MC. Death of Hip Hop Vol.1 - Single by Ultra Living".

[20] "The Cure".

[21] "Bullfrog Green (Ultra Living Remix)".

[22] "Pigeonhed - It's Like The Man Said (Remix)".

[23] "Keep on Keepin' On - Ultra Living Mix".

[24] "Ken Ishii - Islands & Continents - 600MHz - Box Set".

[25] "Puffy – PRMX 1 - Vinyl".

[26] "Him - Remix Series #1: Japan".

[27] "Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball (2003) PlayStation 2 credits".

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