Track by track with Ursula 1000
Kinda’ Kinky
“The funny story with the vocals for this was that we originally wanted this famous ’60s Twiggy-level model by the name of Veruschka to do it. But, that fell through and my friend’s girlfriend said she knew an actress who could nail it. That was Rebecca Mader, who ended up being a really famous actress in Lost and The Devil Wears Prada.
“The lyrics were inspired by a scene in this madcap ’60s comedy Lord Love A Duck where Tuesday Weld’s character is trying on all these sweaters and going through all these wacky sounding colours. I took that and started adding my own. That’s how the lyrics all became these wacky colour things.”
Boogaloop
“This is a funky boogaloo, Latin-flavoured kind of thing. That’s what the name was saying. At the time I was getting really into that kind of stuff. People like Pérez Prado and Joe Bataan – I was really into mixing that kind of vibe with things.
“I’ve always loved Latin rhythms, so that was kind of like an experiment, mixing funk breaks, rhythms,
