Ultralap

Those who were there remember it differently, but the basic facts are as follows: Ryan and Mitch had recently been recruited to play with Atlanta songwriter Blair Lott in Austin during SXSW in 2008. Stacey was already in Blair’s band, and so the boys eventually found themselves getting acquainted at a bar on 6th Street.

At some point, Stacey said something about lap steel and beats, and Ryan said something about making beats (which frequently involved sampling Mitch). There was a lot of other stuff in there, and some drinks and some loud music, and then a long van ride back to Atlanta wherein the concept was fine tuned. Ultraman was invoked, which, when combined with the laptop + lap steel idea, well, you see where this is going.

After a year of tinkering in home studios, recording at the Precinct (home of the Somerset Sound), emailing tracks around, and watching Ultraman episodes, a batch of songs came into focus and a retro-futuristic organic electronic space gospel sound emerged.

Ultralap is:
Stacy Cargal – lap steel, guitar, sitar, voice

Ryan Taylor – laptop, keyboards, bass

Mitchell Sosebee – drum kit, percussion

http://www.somersetsound.com/ultralap