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Ursula 1000 is a lounge music project of DJ Alex Gimeno. Gimeno was born in Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood, he and his family moved to Miami Beach where his father, a musician, found steady work. He moved back to Brooklyn in the late 90s. In his youth, Gimeno was exposed to 50s and 60s exotica, world music, bossa nova and merengue music that 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 10,000 records, filling up an entire room in...

Made up of Tunisian immigrants in France, Ursula Minor was formed at first as Ursa Minor by the two Aloulou brothers, Omar (bass) and Sami (vocals), who were in the punk band Stavka. They were joined by their cousin, Ali Aloulou (keyboards, guitars), selim Zaoui (drums) and a former Stavka member, Moshen Ben Shaikh (guitar, programming). Several changes have lead to the joining of Elyes Farhat (keyboards), allowing thus for Ali to take charge of Moshen who has left the band to form the band E with a former Stavka member (Zied Hamrouni). The band released in 2007 their first...

Ursula Bogner (b. 1946) is a German musician and composer of electronic music. Born and brought up in Dortmund, Bogner went to study Pharmacy in Berlin when she was nineteen. She started work at a large German pharmaceutical company, where she had a successful career in tandem with her role as wife and mother. She also developed a keen interest in electronic music, following the work of the Studio für elektronische Musik in Köln, and attending seminars given by Herbert Eimert. Her enthusiasm for musique concrète was later joined by that for British new-wave pop, but she kept her own...

There seem to be at least four different artists sharing this page: an Estonian alternative rock band, a Spanish folk-jazz-electronica outfit, and an Ambient band and a the Folk Noir, folk punk band, all called Ursula: 1) Ursula, an Estonian alternative rock band, were formed in September 2003 in Tallinn, Estonia. They consist of Omar Nõmm (vocals, guitar), Andrei Ozdoba (drums), Mihkel Masso (guitar), Karl-Gunnar Isand (bass) and Johannes Naan (vocals). Their success began in the year 2004, after winning an Estonian band competition "Noortebänd 2004". Their witty, yet completely honest lyrics, catchy melodies and light conditions of mood recognised...