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Poll Question: Univers Zero or Present?
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    Posted: February 20 2025 at 23:25
I searched and it seems that this question was asked for the first and last time on the forum in 2008, meaning sixteen (!) years ago. I was still a fetus.

In the last month I dedicated myself to listening to all of Univers Zero's studio albums (and some live ones) and Present (which I had pending, as their albums are not on YouTube or anywhere else).
Anyway, if I had to choose one of the two, which one would I stick with? Even after several days of contemplating this question, I still haven't found an answer (and I don't think I will for a long time).

Which one would you choose?
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I find both excellent, both have great albums, but Univers Zero overall for me for sure. By favourite of the chamber rock RIO bands is Art Zoyd, incidentally.
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Originally posted by ThyroidGlands ThyroidGlands wrote:

Anyway, if I had to choose one of the two, which one would I stick with?
Univers Zero, quite comfortably. As their Chamber Music-like version of RIO/Avant-Prog featured on their first three albums equals some of my favorite music out of all music, period.

-but you can be happy that you don't have to choose, as Present are great as well.
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Very hard to pick, UZ have been my favorite for a lot of years but Present have closed the gap in recent years.
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Present
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Slight edge to Present. Been a while since I listened to much of either but maybe I should soon
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UZ
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Hard to select one , voted Present
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