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Ceux du dehors

The third album and the first without Roger Trigaux, whose title means The Outsiders.
Univers Zero, 1981

The title alludes to H. P. Lovecraft, as does "La musique d'Erich Zann", which Denis said was a short improvised piece based on the story, recorded as soon as everybody had read it. Wikipedia lists Sunrise Studios for four tracks, a church in Brussels for the organ on the second, and gives the personnel as Segers on bass, vocals and clarinet, Kirk on harmonium, organ, piano and Mellotron, Berckmans on English horn, bassoon and oboe, Denis on drums and percussion, and Patrick Hanappier and Jean-Luc Aime on violin and viola, with a hurdy-gurdy and cello as guests. The CD (Cuneiform, 1992) adds "Triomphe des mouches", a one-sided 1981 single. Sub Rosa reissued it on vinyl in 2018 and 2022.

Denis called it his favorite U.Z. record in 1996 but said the drum sound was not thick enough, and in 2021 that the musical maturity is there. The release year differs by source: 1981 for most, 1980 on French Wikipedia and 1982 on Rate Your Music.

Track listing

  1. Dense12:26
  2. La corne du bois des pendus8:42
  3. Bonjour chez vous3:52
  4. Combat12:53
  5. La musique d'Erich Zann3:29
  6. La tete du corbeau3:11

More from Univers Zero

Univers Zéro (1977), Heresie (1979), Heatwave (1987), The Hard Quest (1999), Rhythmix (2002), Implosion (2004), Relaps (Archives 1984-1986) (2009), Clivages (2010), Phosphorescent Dreams (2014), Lueur (2023)

Sources

  1. Ceux du dehors, Wikipedia
  2. Daniel Dennis, Perfect Sound Forever (1996)
  3. Univers Zero interview with Daniel Denis, Psychedelic Baby (2021-12)