Underground Resistance

New UR on the way via Rubadub in the uk. All 3 x12 sound on top UR form to my ears. The wave jumpers ep, James Stinson bro, in particular sounds immense. They’re back!

UR have been and always will be in a league of their own. True that from about number 45 the music was a bit less inspired than in the golden years (which is saying nothing, as they were always light-years ahead of the competition), but they have put out the occasional scorcher from time to time and the big fat The Destruction of Order compilation is pretty much essential stuff. Bit of a shame the label has become almost inactive in the last few years. We miss you, guys! At the very least keep up the represses!

incredible label unbeatable especially up to UR45 IS1, what a line up of UR soldiers on that one. Still great releases after that pinnacle point such as wind chime, low tech reality, electronic warfare 2, timeline releases. Own nearly all the UR releases. Hope they release some more tunes soon been long time now. Dusted off my decks so would love some more vinyl from the ur camp. I feel as more time passes more plaudits will come there way for the music, label, design and independence stance.

"Journey of the Dragons," "The Final Frontier," "Amazon" and so, so many others. Thank you, UR, for countless journeys through the depths of space in my lifetime.

So, whats up with the confusing release numbering? Did they ever say why they keep repeating some of their release numbers, even though it's two completely different records?

Worth checking all of your early original UR pressings. To the naked eye they look like plain old black vinyl, but hold them up to the light and a lot of them are brown translucent vinyl. I'd imagine this is a pretty good way to spot the originals from the represses.

The tracks for UR-046 were turned over to Ron Murphy at NSC so that he could release it as part of a collectors edition compilation signifying the beginning of his label NSC Records.

With the benefit of hindsight I can't agree with the comments about early UR stuff. Apart from The Final Frontier, which I think is still one of their best tracks, Nation to Nation and early James Pennington and Drexciya outings on UR a lot of the early releases were not quite so groundbreaking as their later work.

Initially they were influenced by the whole Rave phenomena of the period and 'hardcore' which the Techno pioneers disdained. Many of their early ep's owe as much to the sound of Essex or Utrecht as that of Detroit. Listen to their first LP 'Revolution For Change' on Network Records.

UR hit their stride with World to World and since then almost everything they have done has been timeless..

I confirm that UR is still able to be astonishingly creative. The soon to be released Interstellar Fugitives double LP proves this statement. It is understandable that listeners are now demanding the best from UR and Mad Mike as they have been used to so many masterpieces released by this label. But the best is still to come. Mike Banks is inspired and the younger artists that the label is pushing forward have undeniable potential.The electric soul is alive more than ever !

I think UR is still a great label and is still launching new talents and new music. It's still very innovative but as people -at this time- is always looking for vintage stuff, the recent records don't get the gratitude they deserve.
But BEWARE ! UR is creating tomorrow !