5 March 2022 NEWS — After a long wait, the new LP rerelease is now available! It is remastered, features an insert with lot of unreleased photos plus an extended version of “Episcope”
Released May 1996 | Produced by Ulan Bator | Recorded at La Guillotine – Ulan Bator studio + few rerecordings at CCAM | Mixed by François Dietz at CCAM Vandœuvre Lès Nancy, FR | Engineered by Ulan Bator | Executive producer Ulan Bator & Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier | Mastered for CD (1996) by Tom Meyer at Master & Servant, Hamburg GER | Remastered for vynil (2021) by Amaury Cambuzat at Let Go Ego Sound, IT.
Performed by Amaury Cambuzat, Olivier Manchion, Franck Lantignac | Arranged by Ulan Bator
Music by A. Cambuzat/O. Manchion/F. Lantignac except Episcope by A. Cambuzat.
All songs SACEM (c) 1996 ULAN BATOR
Releases
- 1996 CD — Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier C-DSA 54043 Ltd ed. “silver” Digipak + jewel box
- 2010 LP — Killedbyanaxe records – Killed n° 4
- 2022 LP — Improved Sequence IMP045 – Ltd edition CLEAR / BLACK – ORDER!
Reviews
To say that this is the best rock music France has ever produced is to damn it with faint praise. This trio may be the only band from that oversauced nation to be worth a damn in a long time—maybe since Metal Urbain or Magma. 2 Degrees testify to Slint’s international outreach. Yeah, many bands emulate those Louisville legends, but Ulan Bator take Slint’s approach and give it their own Francofied spin. “Polaire” emerges from the gossamer web of Spiderland with gentle, detuned guitar plumes, brushed drums and artfully scientific use of space. Inevitably, the mood dramatically shifts to sinister stealth and Olympian grandeur. “Sea-ROOM” achieves the rare feat of loping with menace, repetition somehow fruitfully coexists with radical time changes. “Silence” is a Faustian exercise in drone and echoplex, resulting in a compelling monotony, a stunning stasis. “D-Press T.V.” recalls Ui’s “Sexy Photograph” if they revered Chrome and Sonic Youth instead of brainy ’80s funk. “Episcope” erects a sheet of electrostatic interference and Oval-like glitches accomplished through guitars instead of CD vandalism. Call it musique concrete paved with irreverence. 2 Degrees ranks among the best EPs of 1996. — Dave Segal, ALTERNATIVE PRESS (1996)
Olivier Manchion 