Phosphorescent Dreams (2014)

by Univers Zero

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) Many thanks to the Belgian "Sub Rosa" label for reissuing this remarkable avantgarde masterpiece! It's good to see that one of the oldest RIO legends is still alive, and still sounds great. Drummer Daniel Denis is the last one left of the original line-up, and his contributions are of the usual high quality he's renowned for, with "Très affable" traveling the trails of early "Magma". Woodwind virtuoso Kurt Budé, participating since 2006, proves impressively that he's on par with the master. Favorite track: Rêve mécanique.

willy vlyminck I love anything Univers Zero and or Daniel Denis ever released, this is no exception. I have the CD, the iTunes download and now the Bandcamp Flac download.

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1.	Shaking Hats 09:47	buy track
2.	Vocation 04:50	buy track
3.	Très affable 07:33	buy track
4.	Rêve mécanique 12:32	buy track
5.	Les voleurs d'ombre 09:59	buy track
6.	L'espoir perdu 05:27	buy track
7.	Phosphorescent Dreams 12:43	buy track

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Performed by :
DANIEL DENIS
KURT BUDE
NICOLAS DECHENE
DIMITRI EVERS
ANTOINE GUENET

Available for the first time outside Japan, and on LP and CD, Phosphorescent Dreams is another epic album of symphonic schizophrenic avant-rock from Univers Zéro, originally released - only on CD - on the Japanese label Arcàngelo. Phosphorescent Dreams presents at the same time, in the same track, even on a single moment, the complex musical schemes and ways of Univers Zéro, ranging from maximalism to minimalism, classical avant-garde with a 2020 vibe in a constant flux. In a blend of tension constantly emerging from a subtle dialogue between avant-rock and contemporary influences, harmonies and dissonance, Phosphorescent Dreams is a balanced formula of old-school know-how reshaped almost 40 years after the released of the seminal LP Univers Zéro.

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released February 18, 2012

Univers Zero represents one of the longest-living bands in Belgium. It was established in 1974. Drummer Daniel Denis had the brilliant idea to gather together a team of professionals sharing the same taste for music. The band has adopted an instrumental progressive style. Over the last couple of decades, the band has also implemented a series of influences from chamber music - most commonly, chamber music from the 20th century. Even if the line-up changes a lot over the years, the overall sound of UZ remained fairly consistent.

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Univers Zero Ecaussinnes, Belgium

Univers Zero (also known as Univers Zéro and Univers-Zero[1]) are an instrumental progressive Belgian band formed in 1974 by drummer Daniel Denis. The band is known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th-century chamber music.

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