Not only am I passionate about music, as well as simply listening to whatever I’ve already got or falls into my lap, I’m forever on the lookout for interesting new stuff. The great majority of what I hear does nothing or little for me but I’m motivated by the notion that there may be somebody or group or whatever out there making music that I would absolutely love so I need to keep hunting for it. The nightmare scenario is that I fail to hear some music that is, for me, “perfect”, an ideal that I always seek. So against all the odds, (but vindicating my never-ending search!) I have recently discovered a band who push all my buttons so to speak. And what’s even more amazing is they’ve only been in existence (with a hiatus) for about 30 years and I’d never even heard of them let alone heard them. So now I’ve started with their debut album from 1977 (called 1313, which I’ve just seen is to be re-mastered and re-issued with bonus tracks - !!!) and have had their two subsequent albums delivered. The band are Univers Zero. If this means anything to you, I’d describe them as being like the Bruford / Wetton / Fripp / Cross / Muir period King Crimson line-up playing music written by Bartok.
Quote from a review: “For music fans who worship at the altar of that thorny, convoluted and rigorously challenging wing of the prog canon known as Rock In Opposition…Univers Zero exists largely beyond reproach.”
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