{"title":"U.","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"life-isnt-a-fountain","title":"Life isn't a Fountain?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the double-A side single 'Full Moon\/ Black Hole' U's next release is\nthe substantial 8-track 'Life Isn't A Fountain?', U's debut EP on LEX\nRecords. U's output genuinely defies categorisation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlotting into the broad genre classifications of techno, hip- hop and experimental\nelectronica while never fully pledging allegiance to any. Perhaps, strictly, U should be\nmore methodical selecting records yet invariably drifts towards current musical,\nhistorical, anthropological and artistic obsessions. These inclinations have\ntransported U to the grand orchestras of 18th century Vienna (Why Did I Pick Vienna\nTo Use As A Metaphor For Rest of Your Life?' LP, Where to Now?), sordid warehouse\nraves ('Ecstasy' EP, Phantasy Sound) , the break up of the giant, unified landmass that\nwould become Europe ('Lowlands' EP, Where to Now?) and further back still to the\nprimordial sludge with a neanderthal chug that strains towards the sun and halcyon\nwarmth of Berlin's Love Parade 'Parade\/ Watchers' (EP, Phantasy Sound) . It has been\nmooted that the electronic splicing and reorganisation of these moments in history\nmay even point to future events.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fascination that has inspired the cohesive collection of recordings for 'Life Isn't A\nFountain?' and provided a wealth of sonic gold dust for U to tweak and rework is the\nouter fringes of British post- punk, new wave and progressive rock, and all of the\nminute offshoots that sprang from this era, where recorded material was abundant\nand yet abandoned as musicians and listeners alike strove to find the next sound. U\nhas traced these threads through their record collection and exhumed a wealth of\nsource material to alter into this intriguing reflection on the peripheries of pop music,\ndesigned to portray a sense of gleeful mental imbalance teetering on the edge of\nhysteria.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lex","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50866913214795,"sku":"2228096","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/LEX183EP_Mock_Up_Front_27a04bbe_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732110662"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/u-2.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}