Radiation [EP]

UKZ | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Glo Digital
• ASIN: B001S5ZC7M
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,109 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Appetiser, October 24, 2009

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Lawrence of Suburbia (Pepperland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

This EP was conceived as something to gauge the market for further UKZ product; the music is pretty good, not retro-influenced by UK too much. I'm glad about that, as the career prospects for a band looking back to 1979 isn't too great today. Given the lack of activity in the UKZ camp recently, apparently the project is in abeyance. Too bad; I like the atmospheric, Crimsoid/Porcupine Tree/Holdsworthy sound here. Real potential.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but misleading....this is not UK, May 11, 2009

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Music fan "archie" (California United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

I'm sure many people were excited to hear that Eddie Jobson would be back in a band environment and with a name like UKZ, expectations were high. I had heard the song Radiation via the video on YouTube and did like it a lot. But, it is hardly UK-ish. I don't have the best hearing and I am certainly no audiophile but is there even violin here (yes, I see it performed in the video)? There are not even that many keyboards in my opinion - at least in that familiar sound. While the song is great and the performances of the rest of the band are top-notch, this is more like modern King Crimson than anything else in so many ways. Is this more Trey Gunn than Eddie Jobson? I think so.

If you give this a listen for what it is, it is definintely 4 stars. If you are expecting UK, drop it down considerably. I never thought Eddie was the type of person to cash in on something ..... and that is the UK legacy. I can understand a band wanting to update its sound and in that regard, is succeeds.

I think what bothers me most is the video clips of UKZ performing in New York. They are performing classic UK songs and they are awesome! Violin and all. Obviously, this is what people want so if you are going to use the name UKZ, give the fans what they want - UK-ish material. If you are going to start a new band, perfect....it is a winner. Just don't call it UK.... I mean UKZ.

Bottom line, this is a great EP.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, July 17, 2009

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Joel Sosnick "Soz" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Radiation (Audio CD)

I love all the UK stuff and Bruford, Holdsworth (guitar god)

Considering this lineup, Marco Minneman is a monster. I expected alot more. This is basically mellow King Crimson. I was hoping for more of a UK sound. Well we can always hope for a reunion of the original UK, You never know. Stranger things have happened, Genesis got back together after Phil Collins said never and he found his prog balls and left the lightweight pop for a brief time. I dig Jobson, hopefully a better result next time. It kills me to write something negative about a group of awesome musicians that I have nothing but repect for!