Heatwave is the fifth album by Belgian

Belgium

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 RIO

Rock in Opposition

Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music...

 band Univers Zero

Univers Zéro

Univers Zero are an instrumental Belgian band known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th century chamber music. The group's name has had three variant spellings, the others being Univers Zéro and Univers-Zero....

. Released in 1986, the album is a continued exploration of the Middle Eastern influences, which first appeared on Uzed

Uzed

Uzed is the fourth album by Belgian RIO band Univers Zero. Due to a packed touring schedule, the band released this work three years after their previous album proper, Ceux du Dehors ....

. The instrumentation here is more electronic than in their previous works.
The album is unusual among Univers Zero albums in that drummer/bandleader Daniel Denis did not write the majority of the material. Keyboardist

Keyboardist

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 Andy Kirk takes the compositional lead instead, penning both the title track and "The Funeral Plain." The latter is notable for being the second longest Univers Zero song (Only the track "La Faulx", off the Heresie

Heresie

Heresie is the second album by Belgian RIO band Univers Zero released in 1979. It features heavy use of dissonance and dark, brooding and extremely complex melodies.-Track listing:...

album, is longer). "The Funeral Plain" is dedicated to "all living hardships that lead into self-awareness."
The band would not release their next album, The Hard Quest, until 1999. Denis temporarily broke up the band after the release of Heatwave due to financial difficulties and tension within the group.

Track listing

• "Heatwave" (Kirk) – 8:37
• "Chinavox" (Denis) – 4:53
• "Bruit dans les Murs" (Denis) – 8:27
• "The Funeral Plain" (Kirk) – 20:22

Personnel

• Michael Delory: electric guitar
• Daniel Denis: drums, percussion, voice
• Dirk Descheemaeker: clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax
• Christian Genet: bass guitar, nailskake
• Patrick Hanappier: violin, viola
• Andy Kirk: piano, synthesizer, voice
• Jean-Luc Plouvier: piano, synthesizer, voice