Cool Hunting

"Savoir Faire is everywhere!" Ever since I first met this very unassuming maestro back in 1999 at DC's infamous Eighteenth Street Lounge, I've always been impressed with the high contrast between Alex Gimeno's mild-mannered in person demeanor and his jet set persona "Ursula 1000," a name that is defined by swift navigation of stylistic currents, savvy sense of humor (in song titles, art work and especially sample sources), and of course consistently seductive musical output. This guy needs no hype machine, he's just on point.

After 2 highly successful albums, numerous remixes, singles and two incredibly funky DJ mix CDs, I was beginning to think there was no where else for his "now" sound to turn away from its retro-exotica leanings. Suddenly Alex flips the nitro-switch on his sonic time-machine to introduce Here Comes Tomorrow, his most sophisticated and ambitious album to date.

It's a wild ride from his cheeky signature ethno-fusion breakbeat style (Kaboom, Got Cha and Mirkin The Mystic) to glam rock (Hello! Let's Go To A Disco) to electric boogie to dubby ska (Two Tone Rocka) to cinema-scopic spaghetti western epic—as if done by 1980's art-school rockers (think Talking Heads or Echo and The Bunnymen) on the title track at the end, with plenty of surprise in between.

Although it's not officially released until April 4, 2006 on ESL Music I'm certain you will be hearing cuts from this album everywhere long before then. The title track is already in rotation on KCRW in LA and other radio stations worldwide. Keep an eye on ESL Music and Ursula 1000 for more info.