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Founder of UltraSound Records
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In 2013, Chris Montgomery launched UltraSound Records not from a studio or boardroom, but from the back of a converted tour bus during the first wave of EDM’s mainstream explosion. While peers chased festival headliners and viral drops, he quietly signed experimental producers like LUXA and Tectonic Bloom, insisting on full creative control and analog-digital hybrid mastering workflows that defied industry norms. His 2017 compilation 'Circuit Ghosts' became an underground benchmark, not for its chart performance, but for its radical rejection of tempo uniformity: tracks ranged from 108 to 142 BPM, stitched together via field recordings from decommissioned power substations and modular synth improvisations recorded live in abandoned Detroit radio towers. Montgomery treats rhythm not as pulse but as architecture, layering granular synthesis with acoustic percussion sourced from industrial salvage yards. He’s turned UltraSound into a de facto R&D lab where licensing contracts include clauses mandating hardware-only production and quarterly sonic audits by independent audio archaeologists.
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- “How did the 'Circuit Ghosts' mastering process change your approach to dynamic range?”
- “What criteria do you use to vet producers for UltraSound’s analog-only imprint?”
- “Why did you ban AI-assisted composition across all UltraSound releases in 2022?”
- “Can you walk me through the signal chain used on Tectonic Bloom’s 'Substation Echo'?”