ULTRA NATÉ, RUSSELL SMALL & DNO P CHANNEL DANCE FLOOR EUPHORIA WITH ‘HAPPY FEELING’

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Almost a year and a half since her tenth studio LP ULTRA dropped to widespread critical acclaim, Ultra Naté finally releases the single for one of the album’s stand-out tracks and fan favorite, the Russell Small (Freemasons) and DNO P collaboration HAPPY FEELING.

Speaking about the song, Ultra said: “HAPPY FEELING, the opening track from my ULTRA album, always had a special place in my heart since it was written during the darkest moments of the pandemic. Such a simple desire seemed so remote, but working on this song gave me the anchor I needed. I’m happy to see this original Russell Small & DNO P version see its day in the sun and for my Spring birthday season.”

The single was picked out by Billboard on the album’s initial release back in 2022, Billboard Dance Director Katie Bain commenting: “We’re highlighting the urgent (album) opener HAPPY FEELING, because that’s what it gives us.” In the 18 months since Bain’s review, HAPPY FEELING’s message has become more relevant than ever, an unbridled clarion call for humanity nestled within a wickedly catchy stomp of anthem disco.

“HAPPY FEELING is a track that always gets a great reaction when it drops in my sets,” confirms Russell. “I just loved the song from the moment it came to us and what a joy to finally get to work with Ultra, one of the Queens of house music.”

HAPPY FEELING implores the listener and the dance floor to look within themselves and find the joy, the essence and the “light of love (that) pulses through our veins.” Delivered in a way that only Ultra knows how, the fan favourite is imbued with soulful and encouraging vocal stylings featuring arrangements and background assist from fellow club diva, Inaya Day. An instant classic from the moment the needle drops, HAPPY FEELING is truly Ultra Naté at her very best: a soaring, euphoria-inducing vocal, underpinned by ferocious, swirling piano, a tight club stomp and string crescendos courtesy of former Freemason Small and DNO P.

With more mixes and a music video for HAPPY FEELING set to drop over the coming weeks, and still flying high on the continued success of UNBREAKABLE, the #1 Party Girl (Gonna Do) with KIMMIC, and Every Emotion - a duet with Bright Light Bright Light, plus a new DJ residency with France’s Radio FG and a packed global tour diary that includes her influential Deep Sugar nights, Ultra Naté once more underlines her status as a perennial icon of both dance floor and radio waves.

ULTRA NATÉ, RUSSELL SMALL, DNO P ‘HAPPY FEELING’ IS OUT MARCH 26TH VIA BLUFIRE / PEACE BISQUIT ON ALL DSPS

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ABOUT ULTRA NATÉ:

Named one of Billboard Magazine’s Greatest Dance Artists Of All Time, and with a career spanning three decades and spawning massive crowd stompers such as Twisted, Automatic, Party Girl, New Kind Of Medicine, Found A Cure, How Long (Ultra Flava), If You Could Read My Mind, and the seminal, evergreen anthem Free, US singer, songwriter, DJ and producer Ultra Naté continues to be an integral force within the life blood of global House Music.

One of the first house music artists to sign a major label deal when she inked paper with Warner Music UK, Ultra Naté’s sound has continually embraced a variety of genres including House, Soul, Disco, Electro-Pop, R&B, HipHop and Rock. Her catalogue is one steeped in timeless classics, impressive accolades and creative highlights with everyone from The Basement Boys, Nellee Hooper, D-Influence, Mood II Swing, Nona Hendryx, Lenny Kravitz and Frankie Knuckles, to N’Dea Davenport, NERVO, Todd Terry, Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child), 4 Hero, Deee-lite, Masters At Work, Roger Sanchez and more.

Ultra’s #1 single ‘Free’ shows no sign of letting up 25 years after its original release. Ultra, a widely noted ally of the international LBGTQIA+ community was honoured that Free was universally named one of the Top Pride anthems of all time during 2019’s unprecedented global World Pride celebrations. In 2020 Tomorrowland’s influential One World Radio included the track in the Top 10 of its ‘Best Ibiza Anthems of All Time’. In 2021, Ultra was invited by dance maestro Pete Tong to close out his Ibiza Classics tour with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra, performing Free in front of sold out crowds. June 2022 saw Swedish Pop duo Icona Pop collaborate with Ultra for a revised version of Free, titled You’re Free and aptly released on Ultra Records. In July 2022, Ultra gave a historic performance of Free at a sold out Wembley Stadium for the Women’s Euro 2022 final, alongside Becky Hill and Stefflon Don. In October 2022, at the invitation of Tong, Ultra returned to the UK to record a sensational orchestral version of Free (Do What U Want) with LP Giobbi and Jules Buckley that incorporates a refrain of Rozalla’s classic, Everybody’s Free, exclusively for Amazon Music on Ministry of Sound. Ultra capped off 2022 with the release of her 10th studio album ULTRA, collaborating with the likes of Osunlade, Quentin Harris, Henrik Schwarz, Slowz, Mood II Swing’s Lem Springsteen, and GRAMMY winners Blue Lab Beats and Tracy Young.

2023 saw no let up for Ultra. Executive Producer Paris Hilton enlisted her to host the critically acclaimed #1 podcast The History Of The World’s Greatest Nightclubs, while seminal cut If You Could Read My Mind celebrated its 25th anniversary with an exclusive package release. A year after ULTRA, Ultra dropped ULTRA DELUXE, with additional tracks DANGEROUS (So Dare Me) – the Top 5 indie disco smash with Les Bisous, YOU’RE FREE with Icona Pop, and new songs WORLD ON FIRE and UNBREAKABLE. The latter anthem was seized upon by global radio, dominating the planet’s most influential airwaves including SiriusXM’s Utopia channel, FUN Radio, Radio FG, Studio Piú, GAYDIO, Hits Radio, and across the entirety of the BBC Radio 2 daytime schedule including plays by Rylan, Claudia Winkleman, Sara Cox, DJ Spoony, Zoe Ball, Jeremy Vine, Owain Wyn Evans, Jeremy Vine, Scott Mills, and Vernon Kay.

As 2024 continues, so does Ultra’s legacy. Titular single ‘Party Girl (Gonna Do)’ from the cult classic 90s Parker Posey film of the same name was re-imagined by Scottish rave upstarts KIMMIC and released worldwide on Armada Music, while synth-pop star Bright Light Bright Light brought Ultra on for his ‘Every Emotion’ confection. French national broadcaster Radio FG added Ultra to their regular DJ roster of dance music superstars with a monthly residency. International tour dates have seen Ultra perform the length and breadth of the planet: Live at Ibiza Orchestra at Dublin’s 3 Arena, LA’s WeHo Pride, Live with Paris Hilton, Saweetie and Kim Petras at the Fonda Theater LA, Milkshake Festival Amsterdam, GLITTERBOX North America, Botoxe in Athens, House of Yes in Brooklyn, White Party in Palm Springs, 90’s Baby Festivals across the UK, the esteemed Lincoln and down under during Sydney’s world-renowned Mardis Gras. Now with HAPPY FEELING finally unleashed, and a solid remix package forthcoming, the world is yet again dancing to Ultra Naté’s anthemic beat.

March 26, 2024 7:00am ET by The Mother Lode  

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