In the beginning...
Ultrafunk as a creative entity was started in 1988 by three people from Oslo, Norway:
Anders Hamre (R.I.P. my friend & mentor), Lars Hamre and Rune Johnsrud. From 1988 until 1998, the group existed
under many different names, and we worked on many different projects, among them ProTracker,
Berimbau, Apollon, MovieStation and more.
In 1998, Ultrafunk was chosen as the new name for the group, coinciding with the first
release of the Sonitus:fx audio plug-in suite. The plug-in suite lived on for 5 years,
during which we released three generations (R1, R2 and R3), before it was sold to Cakewalk
as the result of very tragic circumstances.
In the same period, Ultrafunk also developed and sold the lightweight Popcorn e-mail
client, first as freeware (release 1.00 - 1.48), then as shareware (release 1.50 - 1.74). We
also expanded by including new people and resources in this period, and we created a
number of new things besides Sonitus and Popcorn, most of which has since been lost or abandoned
because of personal reasons.
After 16 years, Ultrafunk as a group was disbanded in 2004.
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Ultrafunk now
Today Ultrafunk consists of one person; Rune Johnsrud. Ultrafunk is the moniker I use
for all my creative efforts past and present. I have worked full time as a freelancer since 1999.
More detailed information is available through my online Curriculum Vitae (CV),
if you have any questions or you need more info, contact me via e-mail.
All samples in the portfolio designated as "created by Ultrafunk" was created by me (not Ultrafunk as a goup) unless otherwise noted.
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