
It is of course never easy to describe such difficult music, with either words or images, but the acoustic world that UZ is presenting us is a dark, nightly, rather solemn and sinister underworld made of ambiances and angst of finding sheer horror round the street corner in London’s smog late XIXth century. The 14-min+ Ronde is a wild opener, with the violin taking first role, while the much shorter Carabosse (after the fairy-witch) is more in the space of Berckmans’ bassoon while Daniel Denis’ amazing and inventive drumming and percussions rules the backtracks.
If the first side of the vinyl was mostly Daniel Denis’ works, the second side will be Roger Trigaux’s oeuvre. Not that good old Roger’s “songwriting” is any lighter than Daniel’s, far from it, but his music is clearly more rhythmic and repetitive. As on the previous side, the music hovers between Stravinsky and Balkanic oriented “folk-classical” music with some strong Magma influencers (Denis did play for the group and remains nowadays a friend of the Vander tribe) and represents one of the best example of chamber rock. In some ways their music can be likened to early Gryphon (the acoustic and instrumental nature of the music), but UZ is nothing medieval.
Please note that UZ’s music is not easily accessible to the average Joe and therefore cannot be easily recommended to everyone. But in their genre, this group represents peak of what can be done in that kind of music. And this is only their first album of a lenghty career. Certainly a more influential band than a popular one, UZ is one of the gardians of the progressive music’s integrity. - Review by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine)
Track Listings
1. Ronde (14:45)
2. Carabosse (3:40)
3. Docteur Petiot (7:25)
4. Malaise (7:42)
5. Complainte (3:18)
Total Time: 36:50
Line-up/Musicians
- Michel Berckmans / bassoon
- Daniel Denis / percussion
- Marcel Dufrane / violin
- Christian Genet / bass
- Patrick Hanappier / violin, viola, pocket cello
- Emmanuel Nicaise / harmonium, spinet
- Roger Trigaux / guitar
Releases information
1977 - as "Univers Zero"
1978 - as "Univers Zero"
1984 - remixed, and renamed as "1313" (Cryonic)
1989 - remixed, and renamed as "1313" (Cuneiform Records Rune 20)
Download
Este é: Univers Zero
Postagem mais recente Postagem mais antiga Página inicial
Assinar:
Postar comentários (Atom)
Good dispatch and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Gratefulness you on your information.
Anônimo disse...
11 de agosto de 2010 às 09:16