With an unbroken belief in rock music as well as its musical
progress, Phil de Gap and Ahoi Boi swapped their guitars for
synthesizers, laptops and controllers. Inspired by chip sounds
of the 80s and the energetic French DJ culture a new era of
Byterock was started.
It was in 2008 when the well-known electro band Digitalism
had a MySpace remix contest for their song „Taken Away“ that
ULTRNX first called attention to themselves with their remix
soon standing out as winner.
Numerous remix jobs for acts such as Mikroboy, Junior Caldera
feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Bobo In White Wooden Houses, True
Pseudo, aUtOdiDakT and Plemo & Rampue followed. Still,
they constantly experimented with their own sound. They keep
attracting international interest with their driving techno beats
and that certain French touch. Among others this earned them
a nomination for „URB Magazine’s Next 100” and a top ranking
in the Beatport charts. ULTRNX even became a YouTube
phenomenon when their remix of A.G. Trio’s “Replay” was used
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