Come with me, into the trees

Now before I begin let me stress to you all, Whiteboydancefloor is all about the dancefloor, all about the good vibes and all that shit. But let me take you into a darker world for a momento, the shadows... o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o. Whatever.

The artist Ulver has been known to my ears for quite some time now and never before had I thought to share, how rude of me. Often discarded by most as just another black metal band, clearly if you listen to the earlier albums, then your spot on. However, every so often you hear an artist who can really delve into their souls and reveal whatever it is they find, good bad or indifferent. The great Johnny Cash was one of these maestros. Now not for one second would I ever compare the music of Ulver to that of the Cashman but they've both been sprout from the same discursive approach.

Ulver is a noise rather than a sound, so fragile and personal that when the listener can look past the haunting sounds they hear, you uncover an artist presenting you with every twist, turn and turmoil within him.

Without question Ulver's most pioneering work would be that of Peridition City (2000) which literally as the mp3 i plan to feature suggests is the future sound of music. Finally on albums like this you can hear a stripped back authentic piano sound complimented by querky electronic bleeps and bops. More than capable in the art of composing a complete symphany, Ulver is a musician to the point of obsession. While Ulver does tend to deal more in concept albums, each track can truely also stand up in its own right also.

I say that you may not love this music, but you will agree it takes musical limits to a deeply personal yet personified realm.

Mp3: Ulver - Lost in Moments
This song literally has you lost in the drama and tension. Ive seen the emotionally choreographed interpretive dance peice performed to this song and with the tracks diversity it's not hard to see why.

Mp3: Ulver - Future Sound of Music
It is as the name suggests. The noises are so finely intertwined and complimenting to each other. There something familiar yet so undiscovered about this song.



On a much more happier note, I have got a major scoop from a little while ago. John Mayer, doing something musically groundbreaking and unique. You heard right. Well I mean put his guitar chops with the marvels of T Bone Burnett and what do you expect.