avant-garde
DG 307 (1973-5) Douban
DG 307
release date 1990-01-01 publisher: czech noise records
DG 307是捷克斯洛伐克的一支地下乐队,1970年代初开始活动,1980年代初,主创之一,诗人 Pavel Zajíček被迫流亡国外,乐队解散。捷克民主化之后, Pavel Zajíček,回国,乐队重组。
这是他们1973-75年间的一些录音,1990年结集正式发行
Rhythmix Douban
Univers Zero genre: Rock
release date 2002-05-07 publisher: Cuneiform
Artwork [Art], Design – Bill Ellsworth
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards [All Keyboards], Harmonium, Composed By, Arranged By – Daniel Denis
Electric Bass – Eric Plantain
Marimba, Glockenspiel – Bart Quartier
Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Voice – Michel Berckmans
Photography By [Photograph By] – Vincent Chiavetta
Producer [Produced By] – Daniel Denis, Didier De Roos
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Didier De Roos
Recorded and mixed between August to October 2001 at Fields Studio, Braine l'Alleud, Belgium.
Mastered November 2001.
"The Invisible Light" recorded September, 1999 at the Chapelle Notre-Dame de Grâce, Henripont, Belgium.
© 2002 Daniel Denis ℗ 2002 Cuneiform Records
Made in the USA.
Catalog number on spines: rune 165
Catalog number on CD: Rune 165
Packaging: clear tray jewel case with 4-page booklet.
Copies may also contain a display strip featuring reviews, etc.
Clivages Douban
Univers Zéro
release date 2010-01-26 publisher: CUNEIFORM
I have been a Univers Zero fan for quite some time now and I have explored almost every full length that they have released. My joy knew no bounds when I heard a few months back that they were going to release a new album in early january of 2010. Although I wasnt carrying loads of expectations this time considering how everything had went downhill for the band after Heatwave. The band split only to reunite later. But the comeback albums werent as exciting as the previous ones. Needless to say that Rhythmix and Implosion were more of a damp squib. 2009 saw a revival of avant-prog masters with Magma coming up with an excellent Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré. Just when I though that it would be an impossible task for any band to come up with an album better than that, Present came up with an even more better (probably their best career work?) album in the form of Barbaro (ma non troppo).
I managed to hear the samples of a few tracks on their website and I knew this was going to be an excellent one. While Heresie and Ceux du Dehors will still remain unmatched in terms of their sheer darkness, improvisation & excellent incorporation of Bartokian sound into the progressive rock sound that they played. This album is quite different from the usual Univers Zero we are used to. Although there are tracks on this album that will turn back the time and take you back to their dark and haunting era. "Warrior" is one of them. It has the same repititive haunting melodies reminiscent of La Falux. Same can be said about "Retour De Foire", "Straight Edge" and "Les Cercles d'Horus". But there are a few songs that are very much different from their style. While "Soubresauts" and "Les Kobolds" remind you a lot of mood elating melodies of Magma, you can also find a lil bit of Zappa touch on "Three Days". They have done a wonderful job in combining the jazzy prog rock with the chamber prog. "Earth Scream" sounds like a filler but it does a pretty wonderful job to take you from one phase of the album to the other while maintaining the gloomy atmosphere.
This is the band's first album in 5 years, and the effort they have put into it shows clearly. Well, This is just the 8th of January, Are we already looking at the album of the year in front of us? Maybe, Maybe, Just Maybe!