Ursula 1000

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Ursula 1000
[photo by Charles Masters]
Background information
Birth name	Alex Gimeno
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre(s)	Electronica
Occupation(s)	Musician
Years active	1999–present
Label(s)	Eighteenth Street Lounge
Website	Official website

Ursula 1000 is a musical project of Brooklyn-born DJ Alex Gimeno ranging from lounge to breakbeat, glam to cha cha, and everything in between.

Alex Gimeno, the man behind Ursula 1000, was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood, he and his family moved to Miami Beach where his father, a member of the Spanish orchestra, Los Chavales De Espana, had an extended residency. He moved back to Brooklyn in the late 1990s.

Contents 1 Influences 2 Career 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 External links

[edit] Influences

In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and merengue music his parents listened to which deeply influenced him. He began collecting records as a teenager and in his own words "never stopped". By 2005, he owned over 20,000 records, filling up an entire room in his apartment. His father worked as a musician and was a member of a flamenco band called Los Chavales de España.

[edit] Career

Gimeno entered the music business around 1990. He was a DJ on Miami Beach for nearly a decade, and early in his career, he played drums for a band called 23. Other members of 23 later formed the band The Postmarks. He also had his own show on the pirate radio station WOMB.

After extensive work as a DJ, he sent a tape of original work to Thievery Corporation / Washington DC-based record label Eighteenth Street Lounge, which was immediately interested in signing him. On that label, Gimeno has released a number of albums containing mixes of an eclectic selection of bands, ranging from The Bees to Kraak en Smaak; Gimeno knows many of the artists whose work he uses in his mixes personally. Aside from mixing the music of others, he also creates his own original works such as the studio albums Kinda' Kinky and Here Comes Tomorrow.

The name Ursula 1000 is a reference to Ursula Andress, a famous actress, Bond Girl and sex symbol of the 1960s. Currently, he travels the world as a dj and has a monthly residency at APT in New York. His works have been used in episodes of Sex And The City, Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives to name a few.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• The Now Sound of Ursula 1000 (1999)
• All Systems are Go Go (2000)
• Kinda' Kinky (2002)
• Ursadelica (2004)
• Here Comes Tomorrow (2006)
• Undressed ...Remixed (2008)

[edit] Singles

• Very Leggy EP (1999)
• The Shake EP (2000)
• Kinky Sounds of Ursula 1000 (2000)
• Rennsport EP (2000)
• Beatbox Cha Cha EP (2001)
• Mucho Tequila EP (2001)
• Samba 1000 EP (2003)
• Boop EP (2006)
• Urgent/Anxious (2006)
• Electrik Boogie (2007)
• Step Back feat.Sista Widey (2007)

[edit] External links

• Official Ursula 1000 website
• Official myspace page