Ultra Living is the fraternal team of Takuma Nonaka and Tetsushi Nonaka. Their first

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, ''Monochromatic Adventure'', was released from

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in 1998. Since then they have released four albums, collaborated with Mike Ladd in "Preppy MC Death of Hip Hop Vol.1" from Ozone, and done several

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works including HiM (band)'s single from

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. Currently, they are also members of HiM (band).

Members

*Takuma Nonaka *Tetsushi Nonaka *(Shinpei Okaya) *(Yuji Takahashi) *(Kyoko Brown)

Discography

Albums

*1998 ''Monochromatic Adventure'' (

) *2000 ''Transgression'' (Artefact/France, Afterhours/Japan, Bubblecore/US Distribution) featuring Mice Parade, Mike Ladd, Kyoko Brown *2002 ''Through'' (Afterhours/Japan, Bubblecore/US Distribution) *2007 ''Zoonomia'' ( P-Vine Records/Japan)

Singles

*1997 "Freeze, Die & Revive" (Creation Records) *1997 "Sweetest Pleasure" (Creation Records) *1998 "Homesick" (Creation Records) *2000 "Absurdly Pedantic" (Artefact/France) *2001 "Preppy MC Death of Hip Hop Vol.1" (Ozone/US) featuring Mike Ladd

Remixes

*1996 "Gone" /

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(

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the ...

) *1996 "Bullfrog Green" /

The Boo Radleys The Boo Radleys are an English alternative rock band who were associated with the shoegazing and Britpop movements in the 1990s. They originally formed in Wallasey, England, in 1988, with singer/guitarist Simon "Sice" Rowbottom, guitarist/songwr ...

(Creation Records) *1998 "It's Like the Man Said" / Pigeonhed (

Sub Pop Sub Pop is an independent record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. Sub Pop achieved fame in the early 1990s for signing Seattle bands such as Nirvana (band), Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the gru ...

) *1998 "Keep on Keepin' On" / Pigeonhed (

) *1998 "Rev Splash" /

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(

Sony Records Sony Records was a record label founded by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner in 1963. It was not affiliated with Sony Group Corporation. Ike Turner produced singles by members of the Kings of Rhythm and the Ikettes on Sony Records. Records on the la ...

) *1999 "PRMX 1" /

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(

) *2002 "Sea Level" / HiM (band) ( Fat Cat Records)

Video games

*2005 '' Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball'' (

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)

References

External links

Ultra Living My Space

Ultra Living - Transgression on AnthologyRecordings.com
Creation Records artists {{Japan-band-stub