The Norwegian–Icelandic duo Ultraflex stages pop as a dazzling Gesamtkunstwerk – balancing irony and intimacy. Their second album »Infinite Wellness« is a deconstructive dance through Italo disco, Eurodance, synth-funk, and new-age aesthetics – complete with saxophone solos, Spanish guitars, and sultry whisper vocals.
What might sound like kitsch is deliberate: postmodern pop that feels like Soviet-era aerobics videos re-scored with Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and feminist eroticism. Tracks like »Mi Vuoi« and »Melting Away« nod to artists such as Alice Deejay and Uku Kuut – without slipping into retro pastiche. Ultraflex revel in the tension between trash and transcendence, between club and conceptual art. Their music is a playful exploration of surface and desire – seductive, playful, and full of subversive references.
Questions and Answers:
3 FACTS
1: Katrín got expelled from first grade primary school for stripping
2: Since 2020 one of us has constantly either been pregnant or breastfeeding
3: Our show at Pop-Kultur will be milky
11 QUESTIONS
1. What is the biggest inspiration for your music?
The feeling of listening to something you’ve made while walking around with your headphones on.
2. How and when did you get into making music?
Katrín: I’ve recently seen a bunch of home videos from when I was young and I was never not singing. After getting expelled from first grade primary school for stripping (it’s a long story), I guess I was destined for Ultraflex.
Kari: I went to see Spice Girls in Oslo in 1998 (the day before Geri quit) with my mom, and ever since I’ve felt an urge to be on stage in crop tops and mini skirts
3. What are 5 of your favourite albums of all time?
Jae Tyler – Jae Tyler Digest
The Zenmenn – Enter the Zenmenn
Vilde Tuv – Melting Songs
Easter – Ur a Great Babe
Sean Nicholas Savage – The Knowing
4. What do you associate with Berlin?
Falafel
5. What’s your favourite place in your town?
The local swimming pool
6. If there was no music in the world, what would you do instead?
Sleep
7. What was the last record/music you bought or listened to?
This summer we’ve been listening to “Karíus og Baktus” on repeat in the car. It’s got some bangers on it
8. Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Right now maybe Eartheater or Oklou. Or just the wonderful people we already collaborate with, such as Kuntessa, FRZNTE and Selma Reynsidóttir who are all joining us on stage for Pop-Kultur
9. What was your best gig (as performer or spectator)?
Our show at Menningarnótt last year with Kari’s big belly in front of a thousand shocked and confused teenagers
10. How important is technology to your creative process?
Well, we asked chat to reply to this interview for example.
11. What can we expect from your concert at Pop-Kultur 2025?
Milk! If you know what I mean
