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The Hard Quest

~ Univers Zero
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  • Audio CD (25 April 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • ASIN: B00001ZSVR
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 250,366 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Vieus-Manants
2. Civic Circus
3. Afeinite
4. Rouages
5. News From Outside
6. Rebus (To All Children)
7. Kermesse Atomique
8. Success Damne
9. Limpasse Du Cholera
10. Xenantaya
11. L'oubli

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Virtually alone among post-symphonic progressive rock groups, Univers Zero perfected a dark, complex chamber-rock soundin the '80s. After a layoff of 13 years, during which the group's fans had to satisfy themselves with post-rockers likeRachel's and Labradford, Univers Zero returns with an albumthat more than lives up the band's former glories. Roger Trigaux departed to form the decidedly more guitar-based, evendarker (!) Present, and THE HARD QUEST is consequently evenless rock-oriented than previous releases. This serves these elegant, baroque-tinged instrumental compositions just fine. As usual, excellent use is made of the counterpoint between woodwinds and keyboards (never has a synthesizer sounded less electronic), and the knotty compositions journey through a variety of moods, all equally satisfying. THE HARD QUESTproves that even at the cusp of the millennium, there's still life in "progressive" music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Instrumental heaven!, 14 Nov 2007
King Crimson, Bartok, Stravinsky, Henry Cow, Van der Graaf Generator, Charles Ives, Anthony Braxton, Soft Machine and Frank Zappa are some of the influences cited by Univers Zero, so one can immediately see that they are interested in creating music that stimulates, challenges and moves. I would also say that I hear touches of This Heat in their music. Their music speaks to both the mind and the spirit.

They recorded their first album in 1977 and it only took me nearly 30 years to hear of them and hear them. I am now well on my way to making good the lost time by buying all their albums. Although their line-up changes on each album (apart from drummer Daniel Denis) there is a consistency of purpose and quality that belies the years of line-up changes. All their albums (I'm nearly up to date!) are worthy of investigation I would say. There is no typical track on any album and no typical album, because of their interest in creating new music rather than any re-hashing. In terms of "sound" they tend to create using a mixture of modern electric stuff and older acoustic stuff. For example, a synthesizer and a bassoon!

A great band then that I recommend to anyone with an interest in truly modern music.
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