1. ULYSSES is music duo ha… Read Full Bio ↴There are several groups with this name.
1. ULYSSES is music duo hailing from Boston MA. With our first project "Entendre," we created a sound that is very unique in its own right. We wanted to make it very trippy/tranquilizing/psychedelic, yet aggressive. Ultimately it's a sound that is quite foreign yet oddly familiar. Think along the lines of Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, but not quite. At first we were just messing around, but then we realized we cultivated our own vibe with this music. Being a concept album, we recommend listening to entire "Entendre" project from front to back to get the full experience, although any one song on there will enable you to see what we are doing with ULYSSES.
2. Ulysses are a band who bring their own caravan of entertainment with them. Their audience feeds from their music and feeds them back appreciation in a symbiotic soul-love-power sunburst of warmth and noise.
References? Pop Levi, Patrick Wolf, Bobby Conn, Kings Of Leon, taking from the raw blues style that White Stripes articulate their songs from, but with added zest, pop padding and harmonies. There’s even some early ‘70s Bowie and ‘Electric Warrior’-period T.Rex in the mix.
Currently in the studio with EMI Publishing house engineer Mark Aubrey & Goldfrapp / New Order engineer Bruno Ellingham, the charm and wistful glitter of Ulysses is being added to ten new stompers, destined for their forthcoming debut LP 'Black Music'.
Luke Smyth: Songs / Vocals / Guitars
Julyan Wells-Cathedral: Bass / Backing Vocals
Shane Maxymus: Drums / Backing Vocals
Tom Sartoryal: Guitar / Percussion / Backing Vocals
3. The Band "ulysses" is an indie rock band formed by Robert Schneider (lead vocalist of The Apples in Stereo) along with John Ferguson and Ben Fulton in the spring of 2003. Robert Beatty (of Hair Police) joined later that year. They released their first album, 010, on October 26, 2004 through Eenie Meenie Records. The album was recorded in monaural audio instead of standard stereo.
While in Spain, Schneider was inspired to write "Castles in Spain", the first song written for 010. Schneider began writing other songs for the album as well.
Schneider's main influences for the band's songs were The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine.
In Lexington, Kentucky, the band formed by impulse when Schneider invited Ferguson and Fulton to organize songs for Schneider's other side project, Marbles. Schneider asked them to first play his set of 010 songs and recorded them as a demo. Soon Schneider decided to release the demo instead as a full album though Eenie Meenie Records.
In the process of writing and recording 010, Schneider's marriage with Apples in Stereo bandmate Hilarie Sidney ended.
4. The other "Ulysses", the DJ, began his university's first Techno radio show, Ulysses has been a major player in New York's recent Electro movement. Ulysses is one of the people who defined the eclectic New York techno/electro DJ'ing style later popularized by artists like Larry Tee. His DJ sets are famous for their energy, creativity and panache and have carried him all over the world, with recent appearances in Berlin, Paris and Hong Kong as well as his home base New York City, playing for thousands supporting local superstars the Scissor Sisters at the New York contemporary arts museum PS1's "Warm-Up" series last summer.
Ulysses also started one of the first large-scale Electro parties in New York: the "Regressive Technologies" series. Regressive Technologies has featured the likes of Arthur Baker, Mark Kamins, Alexander Robotnick, Miss Kitten and the Hacker, Ectomorph, Perspects, Adult., John Selway, DJ Unknown of Fisherspooner, and Tommie Sunshine.
Ulysses is not only about party promotion, however, and a close look at his prolific musical career will quickly shatter this misconception. Though initially lumped into the "Electroclash" semi-genre, Ulysses is charting his own musical path with many high quality releases on a dozen different labels. The music released so far has been wide in its breadth and quality, with records as diverse as Detroit Techno on pioneering Tribal Techno label Teknotika, Quirky Electro-House and Techno-Pop on Chicago's genre-defining Deep House label Guidance, Deep Tech-House for Plastic City Suburbia and Tuning Spork Records, Italo-Disco weirdness on Memory Boy, and NRG inspired Techno/House on Germany's influential Lasergun Records. Also look for collaborations with John Selway as the Neurotic Drum Band on Plant, Sodium and NDB Records, solo releases on Xylophone Jones and Play's Cool Records, as well as a new release on Lasergun Records. Also look for remixes of Le Tigre, Scissor Sisters and Fischerspooner
Scatalogics Records opened for business in the winter of 2002 and has so far proved to be an astounding success. Scatalogics features Ulysses as the primary artist, as well as music from HÃ¥kan Lidbo, James Duncan, Todd Sines, John Selway, and, most recently, 1980's Italo Disco legend Alexander Robotnick.
5. Ulysses is the Dutch progressive rock / metal band Ulysses.
Ulysses was initiated in November 1998 by guitarist Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong and keyboard player Ron Mozer. The intention was to form a band with the main objective: make great progressive music. During a three year period a steady line up was completed, songs were written and in September 2001 the band recorded a demo CD entitled “Eclectic”.
The Cdemo “Eclectic” received good reviews and the band immediately focussed all their attention on a full length album. In February and March of 2003 Ulysses recorded “Symbioses”. For the distribution the band signed a worldwide distribution deal. After the release in May (2003) the album promotion kicked off and “Symbioses” received overwhelming positive reviews. Despite the enthusiasm Ulysses decided to split with lead vocalist Raymond Jansen due to artistic disagreements.
Shortly after the release of the album the band was confronted with the fact that they had no frontman and had to find a good replacement singer with whom the band could promote “Symbioses”. After a period of auditions the band picked out Michael Hos to be Ulysses’ new front man. In this line up Ulysses performed on several stages and played on festivals like “Progpassion”, “Trailerpop”, “Goothstock” and other Dutch festivals. In November 2005 bass player René Schippers decided, due to personal reasons, to leave the band as soon as the band could find a replacement. Casper Kroon heard the news that Ulysses had a vacancy. After some try-outs, Casper joined the band as the new bass player.
At the end of 2006 the band took time out, to focus all attention on the writing process for the new album. In the fall of 2007 the band started recording demo tracks for the long awaited second album. In September the demos were ready and the final recordings were in full progress. Production was in hands of Sylvester Vogelenzang de Jong and René van Haaren.
Glacier
Ulysses Lyrics
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Like a drunken eyelid,
She, she looks on me,
She sicks like a broken arrow,
Like a frozen sparrow,
She, she falls asleep,
It is happening
It is happening
What is happening?
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out.
She moves like a sudden answer,
Like a hidden dancer,
She, she looks on me,
She slips like a melting glacier,
Like a velvet razor,
She, she falls asleep,
It is glistening
It is glistening
It is glistening
She is glistening!
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out.
She is listening
She is listening
She is listening
She's not listening!
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna stick it out,
Don't wanna stick out,
She don't wanna check out,
She don't wanna check out.
Ulysses’ song “Glacier” is an introspective and metaphorical piece that talks about a woman who appears to be detached from reality. In the first verse, Ulysses describes her as a sunken island and a drunken eyelid, which means that she is lost and unable to see things with clarity. Nevertheless, she looks at Ulysses and sickens him like a broken arrow or a frozen sparrow. Both similes signify a sense of discomfort and pain that someone feels when they are exposed to something they cannot change.
The chorus repeats the same line “She don't wanna stick it out” and “She don't wanna check out.” This repetition may suggest the inner conflict the character is experiencing. The lines could mean that she neither wants to endure the difficulties that life presents her nor escape them. It's as if she's stuck in a limbo that she cannot get out of.
In the second verse, Ulysses uses metaphors again to illustrate her movements. She moves like a sudden answer, like a hidden dancer, and slips like a melting glacier, like a velvet razor. These similes portray her as unpredictable, unclear, and dangerous. Despite her unsettling nature, she glistens in a beautiful way. Still, Ulysses is left to question what all of these signs signify when he asks, "what is happening?"
In summary, amidst beautiful and complex metaphors, Ulysses’s Glacier questions the reality and intentions of a woman that appears to be disjointed and unable to move on, creating a beautiful moment of introspection.
Line by Line Meaning
She floats like a sunken island,
She moves slowly and almost lifelessly, like a sunken island lost in the ocean.
Like a drunken eyelid,
Her movements are heavy and sluggish, like a drooping eyelid under the influence of alcohol.
She, she looks on me,
She gazes upon me, her eyes fixed and unwavering.
She sicks like a broken arrow,
Her movements are jerky and uncoordinated, like a broken arrow that veers off course.
Like a frozen sparrow,
She seems small and vulnerable, like a helpless sparrow that has been frozen in place.
She, she falls asleep,
She succumbs to fatigue and gradually drifts off into slumber.
It is happening
Something is occurring or unfolding, a change or development is taking place.
It is happening
Something is occurring or unfolding, a change or development is taking place.
It is happening
Something is occurring or unfolding, a change or development is taking place.
What is happening?
The artist is questioning what specifically is occurring or unfolding.
She don't wanna stick it out,
She doesn't want to endure the current situation.
Don't wanna stick out,
She doesn't want to stand out or be noticed.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna stick it out,
She doesn't want to endure the current situation.
Don't wanna stick out,
She doesn't want to stand out or be noticed.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She moves like a sudden answer,
Her movements are swift and decisive, like the answer to a question that comes to mind suddenly.
Like a hidden dancer,
Her movements are graceful and flowing, like a dancer performing a secret dance that is only meant for her.
She, she looks on me,
She gazes upon me, her eyes fixed and unwavering.
She slips like a melting glacier,
Her movements are gradual and fluid, like a glacier slowly melting and moving.
Like a velvet razor,
Although her movements are soft and delicate, they contain a sharpness that could cause harm, like a razor blade.
She, she falls asleep,
She succumbs to fatigue and gradually drifts off into slumber.
It is glistening
Something is shimmering or sparkling, perhaps indicating a change in mood or perspective.
It is glistening
Something is shimmering or sparkling, perhaps indicating a change in mood or perspective.
It is glistening
Something is shimmering or sparkling, perhaps indicating a change in mood or perspective.
She is glistening!
She herself is shimmering or glowing, perhaps indicating that she is experiencing some kind of transformation or epiphany.
She don't wanna stick it out,
She doesn't want to endure the current situation.
Don't wanna stick out,
She doesn't want to stand out or be noticed.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna stick it out,
She doesn't want to endure the current situation.
Don't wanna stick out,
She doesn't want to stand out or be noticed.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna check out.
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She is listening
She is paying attention and receptive to what is being said or experienced.
She is listening
She is paying attention and receptive to what is being said or experienced.
She is listening
She is paying attention and receptive to what is being said or experienced.
She's not listening!
She is not paying attention or receptive to what is being said or experienced.
She don't wanna stick it out,
She doesn't want to endure the current situation.
Don't wanna stick out,
She doesn't want to stand out or be noticed.
She don't wanna check out,
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
She don't wanna check out.
She doesn't want to leave or abandon the situation.
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@LukeBaldridge
Heard this once on MySpace. Had to listen 50 more times. Rushed to Best Buy in Lexington, KY. Shocked and relieved to find a single copy of this album, "010." Shocked and delighted to discover it had been recorded in a parking garage in Lexington, KY. The CD has barely left my car in 18 years, and only then for the boombox