Pool Of Sound - Ultrabeat

Ultrabeat

'Ultrabeat' is a British electronic music group formed in Liverpool in 2002, originally consisting of vocalist and producer Mike Di Scala and producers Ian Redman and Chris Henry. Prior to forming 'Ultrabeat', Mike, Chris and Ian had already known each other as they were disc jockeys in the city and mixed in the same circle of friends.
With a common interest in late-1990s happy hardcore music, the group decided to enter the studio for recording sessions.. Initially, their productions were bootleg versions of old happy hardcore tracks recorded in order to improve their DJ sets. In 2002 they produced their first remixes, and the first record by the group was a double A-side 12-inch single 'Sonic Burnin' c/w 'Boomcore' released on label BCD Records in January 2003.

Mike Di Scala was previously a member of 'Rezonance Q', who  had chart success with their cover of 'Someday' by Mariah Carey. It was after Di Scala played 'Ultrabeat's' dance floor demo cover of 'Force & Styles' track 'Pretty Green Eyes' to label All Around the World that they signed them up and released the track which quickly found the band at No.2 in the charts.
Chris Henry recalls their quick success, "We were only kids then – 22 and 23. It all happened really quickly and we didn't really know what was going on. I went from being a glass collector in the 051 Club in Liverpool to being on Top of the Pops."
They followed this up with a video and then a follow up single, 'Feelin' Fine', which peaked at No.12 on the UK Singles Chart in December 2003. Their next release, 'Better Than Life', issued the following year peaked at No.23 on the UK Singles Chart.
The decline of their mainstream popularity came when their next single, 'Feel It with Me', released some ten months after 'Better than Life',  peaked at No.55 on the UK Singles Chart in 2005. The album ( originally titled 'Better Than Life:The Album' ) was expected to be released around this time, but it never materialised, and this upset many of their fans.
However, as music does, tastes changed. The lads moved on to their own projects and 'Ultrabeat' went quiet. Then, after 17 months, in April 2006, 'Elysium ( I Go Crazy )' was released to put the band back in the Top 40. This song, featuring Rebecca Rudd on vocals for the first time, was played on TV music channels more frequently than 'Feel It With Me', and became one of their most popular songs. MTV viewers voted it No.1 on their 'Galaxy Chart'.

In September 2007 the band finally released their album, 'Ultrabeat - The Album' which went straight to No.8 in the UK Albums Chart. In 2008, they released, 'Discolights', a collaboration with Darren Styles, which peaked at number twenty three on the UK Singles Chart. Their second album, 'The Weekend Has Landed', released in 2009, showed a departure from the sound heard on the first album and peaked at number twenty nine on the UK Albums Chart. Then 2013 saw the release of 'Pretty Green Eyes 2013'.
It is notable that their recordings have been constantly supported by Scouse House, an evolution of the 90s Happy Hardcore which was the defining sound of the city for many years, with clubs across the city centre banging out dance tunes with maximum bounce to the ounce.
Radio City 96.7 DJ, Lee Butler also helped launch them into stardom when he famously aired their cover version of, 'I'm Not in Love' within a few hours of its recording.

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