Crawling Wind

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title: "Crawling Wind" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["univers-zero-albums", "1983-eps", "cuneiform-records-eps"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawling_Wind" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Crawling Wind
type	ep
artist	Univers Zero
cover	Crawling_Wind_Univers_Zero.jpg
released	1983
genre	Rock in Opposition
length	19:34
label	Cuneiform
prev_title	Ceux du Dehors
prev_year	1981
next_title	Uzed
next_year	1984
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| name = Crawling Wind | type = ep | artist = Univers Zero | cover = Crawling_Wind_Univers_Zero.jpg | alt = | released = 1983 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock in Opposition | length = 19:34 | label = Cuneiform | producer = | prev_title = Ceux du Dehors | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Uzed | next_year = 1984 |rev1 = allmusic |rev1score = Crawling Wind is an EP by Univers Zero. It was a 3-song EP when originally released in 1983, but a 2001 reissue of the album included an extra studio track, "Influences" - originally issued on "The Recommended Records Sampler" 2-LP set - as well as two previously unreleased live tracks.

The track "Central Belgium in the Dark" is a live improvisation from March 27th 1982. The bonus track on the Japanese edition is "Up or Down" 4:48, live from the same March 27th show, and is inserted as track #4, raising the number of tracks on the CD to seven total.

Track listing

1. "Toujours Plus à l'Est" (Denis) – 5:34
2. "Before the Heat" (Kirk) – 4:06
3. "Central Belgium in the Dark" (Denis, Descheemaeker, Kirk, Segers & Ward) – 9:54
4. "Influences" (Kirk) – 7:36
5. "Triomphe des Mouches [Live]" (Denis) – 9:55
6. "Complainte [Live]" (Denis) – 5:29

Personnel

Tracks 1–4:

• Daniel Denis: drums, percussion, voice, harmonium, violin, piano • Dirk Descheemaeker: clarinet, bass clarinet • Andy Kirk: harmonium, organ, voice, piano, synth, viola, music box, percussion, radio • Guy Segers: bass, voice, violin, "invisible talk", "flies talk" • Alan Ward: violin

Track 5:

• Daniel Denis: drums • Dirk Descheemaeker: clarinet, casto • Christian Genet: bass • André Mergenthaler: cello • Jean-Luc Plouvier: keyboards

Track 6:

• Michel Berckmans: oboe, bassoon • Daniel Denis: harmonium • Patrick Hanappier: viola • Guy Segers: percussion • Roger Trigaux: guitar

References

References

1. [{{AllMusic
2. "Ground and Sky review - Univers Zero - Crawling Wind". Progreviews.com.
3. "The official homepage". Univers Zero.

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