Uzed

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Uzed
Studio album by Univers Zero
Released 1984
Genre Rock in Opposition
Length 43:04
Label Cuneiform
Univers Zero chronology

Crawling Wind
(1983)		 Uzed
(1984)		 Heatwave
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi 7/10[2]

Uzed is the fourth album by Belgian RIO band Univers Zero. Due to a packed touring schedule, the band released this work three years after their previous album proper, Ceux du Dehors (although the Crawling Wind EP was released in the interim).[3] This record marked an important stylistic shift for the band. The synthesizers which had been more moderately employed on Ceux du Dehors (and not at all in previous works) became much more prevalent on this release. In fact, the album opens with a synthesizer riff. Along with using more electric sounds,[4] Univers Zero began to take inspiration from Middle Eastern musical themes, perhaps most notably on the album's opener,"Présage."[5] The new sound was partially attributable to the addition of some new band members. André Mergen's cello work provided some interesting new textures for the ensemble. Michael Delory became the first guitarist employed by the band since the departure of co-founder Roger Trigaux after Heresie. Delory, unlike Trigaux, would play electric guitar with UZ. On Uzed, he plays a notable and unexpected guitar solo at the end of "Célesta (For Chantal)." Jean-Luc Plouvier was the primary keyboardist for this album, and would form an interesting combo within the band with fellow keyboardist Andy Kirk when the latter wrote most of the material for and played on the next UZ album. The album was recorded and mixed by Didier de Roos at Daylight Studio, Brussels.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Daniel Denis[5]. 
No. Title Length
1. "Présage"   9:52
2. "L'Étrange Mixture du Docteur Schwartz"   3:56
3. "Célesta (For Chantal)"   6:55
4. "Parade"   6:39
5. "Emanations"   15:42
Total length:
 43:04

Personnel

  • Daniel Denis: drums, percussion, synths
  • Dirk Descheemaeker: clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax
  • Christian Genet: bass guitar, balafon, bowed guitar, tapes, whistle
  • Andre Mergen: cello, alto sax, voice
  • Jean-Luc Plouvier: electric and acoustic guitars, synths, piano strings, percussion

Also with:

  • Michael Delory: electric guitar
  • Mark Verbist: violin

References

  1. ↑ allmusic review
  2. ↑ Scaruffi, Piero (1999). "Univers Zero". pieroscaruffi.com. Retrieved January 17, 2014. 
  3. ↑ Daniel Denis, Renato Moraes, Michael Bohn, Philippe Senynaeve. "The official homepage". Univers Zero. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r20851
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ground and Sky review - Univers Zero - Uzed". Progreviews.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
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