Uzeda is a four piece band that hails from Catania, a city in the region of Sicily. Catania is known for its close proximity to Mt. Etna, a volcano so consistently explosive that it makes the most obvious and closest point of comparison for Uzeda's music. It seems only right to say that Uzeda is the musical equivalent of this smoking mass of rock, because the songs they create together ebb and flow like molten lava. And the red-hot blasts of noise they've forged on their six albums, are fiery enough to leave scars and burn marks.   One of the first things you'll notice upon listening to Uzeda is the anguished screams of lead singer Giovanna Cacciola. Notice just how quickly she can switch from crooning to howling on her intense singing." She practically reaches out of the speakers and demands your attention." The angular, corrosive guitar work courtesy of Agostino Tilotta is right there in the mix too, providing its own commentary. And the punishing combo of Raffaele Gulisano on bass and Davide Oliveri on drums is the group's constant. Throughout the albums, Raffaele's bass work takes the lead as often as any other instrument. One-sided music this is not.   This type of songcraft needs a sympathetic producer, so who else were the band to call than Steve Albini? He and Uzeda have a long history together, with him having recorded 4 of their 6 albums. He traveled to Catania/Sicily to record Waters, to France to record "4" , to France again to record "Different Section Wires" , to Senigallia/Italy to record Stella . Sure enough, the sounds he captured on tape are just as muscular and natural as you'd expect watching Uzeda live on stage. And any fan of the genre will be thrilled to discover the wonderful performances the band laid down in the studio.   Every album has been distilled down to the rough essence of its pure creation. And if you need your bands to make concessions to the listener, forget about it. This music is made for those who like their rock uncompromising, passionate, and honest. There isn't a lick of false pretension in Uzeda's music. And that's the only way they'd have it.

The band was formed around four musicians with a same view about music, but different
experiences.
At the beginning Fabienne Vdp (Vocals) - Eric Lemaître (Guitar) - Guy Segers (Bass) - Danny
Van Hoeck (Drums) started an unusual repertoire, unclassifiable, based on all what these
musicians know about music without any style restriction. It goes from soft ballads to full volume
free played fast.
Also a mix between very structured compositions, improvisation, and covers revisited.

The band was on about to have Andy KIRK as a new member, but just before he joined the band
ERIC LEMAÎTRE founder of Magasin 4 unfortunately died in January 2012,

Now the music has been rebuild around the spirit of Eric thanks to Andy with who we found the
way to keep the flame burning !

The references of these musicians are numerous:
They played or recorded with:

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE (Jap) - Morgan AGREN (SW) - Daevid ALLEN (Australia) -
ART ZOYD (FR) - Franck BALESTRACCI (FR) - Peter BRÖTZMANN (D) - CARTOON
(USA) - CONTINGENT (B) - Lindsay COOPER (UK) - Chris CUTLER (UK) - DECIBEL
(B) - Jos DE PAUW (B) - DITO-DITO (B) - DOCTOR NERVE (USA) - FAITH (B) - FES
(B) - FINNEGANS WAKE (Brazil/B) - FULL FLAVOUR (B) - GALILEO'S LEFT WING
(B) - Nick GREY (Canada) - GURUMANIAX (D) - GUTS (B) - Charles HAYWARD (UK) -
Tim HODGKINSON (UK) - KHAZMA (B) - KK NULL (Jap) - KRÄLDJURSANSTALTEN
(SW) - Dagmar KRAUSE (UK) - Steve LACY (USA) - Garrett LIST (USA) - Charles LOOS
(B) - Albert MANGELSDORF (D) - Phil MINTON (UK) - MORTON FORK GANG (B/UK) -
MOVING TONES (B/NL) -
MUSIQUE FLEXIBLE (B) - PARFUM DE FEMMES (B) - Evan PARKER (UK) - PPZ 30 (B)
- PRESENT (B) - PRINCESSE MANSIA M'BILA (Congo) - RASCAL REPORTERS (USA)
- SIBEL (Turkey) - SIMPLETONES (B) - Yoshida TATSUYA (Jap) - Fred VAN HOVE (B) -
UNION (B) - UNIVERS ZERO (B) - USURPATION (B) - Wim VANDEKEYBUS (B) - Pierre
VERVLOSEM (B) - X-LEGGED SALLY (B) - YUGEN (IT)