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Ultrasonic Sound
Why we feature this artist Ultrasonic Sound: Hive’s Devious Methods recording Ultrasonic Sound is the title of a Hive recording, preserved here under an older title-based credit. Hive’s own Devious Methods programme identifies the song and supplies its proper …
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Ultrasonic Sound: Hive’s Devious Methods recording
Ultrasonic Sound is the title of a Hive recording, preserved here under an older title-based credit. Hive’s own Devious Methods programme identifies the song and supplies its proper album setting. The credit should not be mistaken for a separate band called Ultrasonic Sound.
The 1998 album
Hive’s artist-controlled release places Ultrasonic Sound second on Devious Methods, following Weapons of Mass Destruction. The album dates from November 1998 and also includes Questionable Directions, Inside the Hive and Behold a Pale Horse.
The track’s force comes from the relationship between its rapid rhythmic detail and the more sustained musical material around it. It can feel dense without losing a clear sense of forward motion.
Hearing the complete programme
The album gives the recording a wider context, moving through different lengths and arrangements before the three-part Moves Within Time sequence. That programme is a more useful next step than treating one title as an artist with a fictional discography.
Begin with Ultrasonic Sound, then continue into Devious Methods. The archive page retains its original trail while the artist’s own release establishes who made the record and where it belongs.
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Devious Methods
Hive’s original album includes Ultrasonic Sound as its second recording.