Ultraflex

Ultraflex’s new album ‘Infinite Wellness’ is naughty. Are you really allowed to combine a horny saxophone solo with a relentless eurodance beat, steel drums and shameless moaning? No, that is not ok. Neither is putting a melodramatic Spanish guitar solo in an excessively erotic power ballad, nor ending a whole album on a loud gong. Which is precisely why they’ve done it. Ultraflex aren’t interested in being good girls, but rather to explore what they can get away with - relying on faux innocence and devious charm. And they do get away with it all thanks to the immaculately pristine production that drapes the whole thing in glossy sophistication.

‘Infinite Wellness’ is a mashup of disco, R&B, 80’s synth pop, Italian 70’s film music and eurodance, with some references to jazz and classical music. Sources of inspiration include Estonian synth-funk producer Uku Kuut, International Music System, Master C & J and Alice Deejay on the dashing singles ‘Baby’, ‘Mi Vuoi’ and ‘Under The Spell’; Enrique Iglesias, Spice Girls and author Carmen Maria Machado on their power ballad ‘Melting Away’; while also drawing inspiration from Alessandro Alessandroni and Snoop Dog on the sensual ‘Ultrasex’.

The high note of the album is the evident friendship behind the music – you can vividly imagine the pair grinning in the studio while whispering a sensual Norwegian quote or adding secretly recorded party conversations. Their exhilarating playfulness welcomes you into their intimacy and lets you in on their secrets while inviting you to dance! All songs written by Ultraflex

Recorded and produced by Ultraflex in Street Pulse Studios in Berlin, Litluskógar, Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Birkimelur in Iceland

Co-produced and mixed by Ådne Meisfjord in Street Pulse Studios

Mastering by Emil Thomsen at ET Mastering

Vocals and all instruments by Ultraflex, except:

Additional synths, beat programming and arrangements by Ådne Meisfjord

Percussion on Relax, Melting Away and Ultrasex by Magnús Trygvason Eliassen

Saxophone on Mi Vuoi and Ultrasex by Tumi Árnason

Guitar on Melting Away and Ultrasex by Bjarni Daníel Þorvaldsson

Vibraphone and glockenspiel on Relax and Ultrasex by Bathos Trio

Vocals on Mi Vuoi by Caterina Vannucci

Photos of faces by Celine Paradis

Artwork by Gréta Þorkels