#mike paradinas

[dummyringbomb]

mutuals do this with me

[aqua-reggia]

Expert Knob Twiddlers

μ-Ziq(Mike Paradinas) and Aphex Twin(Richard D James)

⚡️🫨⚡️🫨⚡️

[trevlad-sounds]

Intro 00:00

Depomelan-Catalyst 01:33

Lookout-for you 03:37

Polypores-Crystal Shop 06:25

Andrew Weatherall-Between Stations 09:34

Otik-Clairvoyant 15:21

Bruno Pernadas-Problem Number 6 22:47

Simon Mavin-Good Hair Day - Harvey Sutherland Remix 27:08

Amongst The Pigeons-Proximity Alert 31:24

Mythologen-Blackheath 36:14

Breakbot-Happy Rabbit 41:01

Oblong-Fast Radio Burst 43:53

Monochrome Echo-The Moving Ways 48:01

James Bernard-Atwater (AMX Remix) 52:36

Multicast-Ansico 55:46

µ-Ziq, Meemo Comma-1977 1:01:58

Drew Cohen-Bone 1:07:12

Outro 1:14:09

[trevlad]

Friday 11 August Mixtape 353 “Candy Perception”

2023-08-11

Electronic Idm Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Support the artists and labels. Don't forget to tip so future shows can bloom.

Uncle Fido-They Want Some Candy 00:00

µ-Ziq-Reference Gravy 01:36

Wealdham-The Invisible Pull 03:51

CV Vision-Goldene Ritter 08:10

Sick Robot-Star Crash 10:48

Eulipion Corps-Phantoms 15:05

Tomer Baruch, Alex Brajkovic-The Dance 17:24

Monochrome Echo-One Three Three 20:29

HardWired-Down R6 22:31

Qasim Naqvi-Onna at Pulse 26:11

Veslemes-The Carnivorous Bar 29:29

Metius-Last Vision 36:55

SOEL, Oora-Purgatorio 41:07

Caterina Barbieri-Bow of Perception 50:03

[scrumpyfan43]

B is for bu

[hotpocketcasserole]

Top listened albums of July

[hicemusic]

Kurzkritik - Juni 2024

John Grant, μ-Ziq, K.I.Z., Kate Nash und Emilíana Torrini in der Kurzkritik – Juni 2024: https://hicemusic.wordpress.com/juni-2024/

[variousvicarious]

one of my fav top tier classic all time fav jams.

Urmur Bile hip007* by u-Ziq

[afiananvandot]

lol I actually know a song that sounds like this. and unfortunately it's from the uk.

Especially at 0:48 with that ringtone type noise

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Ccommd IV 2002 IDM / Abstract

Continuing this foray into the now-ancient, pre-social media days of online music community building with this highly ephemeral, half-decent IDM comp from 2002 that was made by the message board denizens of the website of Warp Records. Warp itself had long carried the torch of being the world's premier IDM label, and the folks who contributed to this album seem to have been highly inspired by a bunch of their own acts, like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, Boards of Canada, and a whole bunch of others.

And knowing that these musicians loved Warp to the point that they'd be regular contributors to its own message board kinda makes me feel that, while listening to this, I am myself someone at the label who's constantly seeking out fresh talent and wades through neverending, enormous piles of demos that they've received. And I've just happened to pop this Ccommd IV CD into my changer to see if anything might catch my ear 🤞.

Except, in reality, I didn't actually find this one on CD, because apparently, virtually no one can. It's not currently for sale on Discogs, it's never been sold there, and only 4 users on the site claim to own a copy right now. Super rare!

But thankfully, although it's been long out of print, the UK-based collective that was responsible for putting it out originally, TEFOSAV (The Electronic Foundation of Sound and Vision) records, has made it available on their own Bandcamp site for free, which is where I was able to come across it 👍.

So what we have here in the fourth installment of this Warp-inspired series, as is probably somewhat average for someone who gets tasked with listening to demos, is a comp with a good deal of half-baked clunk on it and a few nice gems too. The album hits back-to-back with Sktbx's "Wikal - Butcheredcetacea Mix" and Orange Dust's "Bitmap Sunset," both of which should have you feeling like you've come across a pretty sweet, nearly-lost-to-the-y2k-Internet-sands-of-time IDM goldmine. But most of what then follows that beginning turns out to be pretty underwhelming 😔.

That is until the grand finale, with Autofire's "Boots Akid (Nautilus Remix)," which is one of those songs that specializes in the art of splicing together multiple split-second samples of various bits of sound in order to construct melodies and rhythms out of them. I especially love when people do this type of stuff because I feel like it's such a meticulous process to make these collages in the first place, and it also happens to throw up a big middle finger and shit-eating-grin to the absurd copyright police, who can't sue you if the provenance of the minuscule bit that you've sampled is actually unknowable 😁. That said, though, I'm pretty sure I can hear the distinct voice of a very prominent TV character in this one. Not gonna give it away for fear that some big, evil, corporate web scraper comes across this post and files a cease-and-desist and/or lawsuit because of me—these posts show up in Google searches, folks!—but I'm pretty sure I'm hearing that voice. And Nautilis, by the way (yes, I know, I spelled it as Nautilus before, because that's how it was written on the tracklist!), had already made his first release on Mike Paradinas' (µ-Ziq) Planet Mu label the year before this album itself was released.

So, I had a feeling that I knew what I was getting myself into with this from jump, because most comps of this type aren't likely to consistently knock it out of the park, but given that fact, this album was still able to satisfy enough. So far, this little online y2k-era archaeology project of mine's been fun, even if a good portion of the music's ended up leaving a bit to be desired.

And for more posts like this one, check out Finnish label Luumu's Into the Core of Luumu and this double-disc that was made by folks from the ambient mailing list of pioneering online electronic music resource, Hyperreal, too ✌️.

Highlights:

Sktbx - "Wikal - Butcheredcetacea Mix" Orange Dust - "Bitmap Sunset" Pro(xy) - "D.C.K." Autofire - "Boots Akid (Nautilus Remix)"

[1hoverman0k]

I do have to come back to my favorite mike paradinas track during times like this as well

[trevlad-sounds]

”Beauty in Machines” Mixtape number 317.

2023-05-28

Downtempo Sunrise

David Boulter-Candles And Snowflakes-00:00

Roedelius-Minne-02:19

Ogle-Clouds-04:12

Kosmischer Läufer-Walzer der roten Katze-07:42

Binaural Space-Groovy Dave-09:08

µ-Ziq-4am-10:05

Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan-Moonbuilding Exclusive Live Set-13:53

Oceanographer-Light Mist and Moon Fumes-24:16

Apta-Esfand-28:44

Early Remains-Two Machines-31:20

https://earlyremains.bandcamp.com/album/melting-night-2

Monochrome Echo-Schmouse-36:38

https://monochromeecho.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-rebooting

Secret Circuit-A Beauty In Hiding-39:18

https://secretcircuit.bandcamp.com/album/corrupted-dusk

Omni Gardens-Watering Plants-45:16

https://omnigardens.bandcamp.com/album/moss-king-2

Future Children-(They Wore) Party Hats-48:01

[ourladyofomega]

A close-up of Milton Bradley's Downfall game. Mike Paradinas (μ-Ziq) and Richard D. James used this for the artwork of their collaboration album Expert Knob Twiddlers.

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[robertlombardi04]

MUS 258 HW 2/20/2025

One artist I’ve discovered that I don’t see many people talking about is Mike Paradinas, a British electronic musician who helped define the drill ’n’ bass subgenre, and is more notably known for his work under µ-Ziq (pronounced mu-zick). He’s also the founder of his own record label, Planet Mu, which is home to notable artists such as Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert, Leafcutter John, and Paradinas’ many different aliases such as the aforementioned µ-Ziq, Kid Spatula, and Tusken Raiders. Releasing 12 albums under the µ-Ziq pseudonym, he has conjured up so many under-appreciated deep cuts throughout his long and varied career. The 1990s were especially a vital time for the man, as earlier projects like Tango n’ Vectif, Bluff Limbo, and In Pine Effect have helped him find his footing in drill ’n’ bass and IDM while later projects like the very fun Lunatic Harness and the sorta-classical-sounding Royal Astronomy have further cemented him as a pioneer in these subgenres. Also, in 1996, a year in between the releases of In Pine Effect and Lunatic Harness, he collaborated with the one and only Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin) under the Mike & Rich name on an album called Expert Knob Twiddlers, which sounded arguably more goofy and zany compared to any other projects Mike Paradinas has released under µ-Ziq. Even Paradinas’ post-90s work under this name still has a lot of quality to sort through, as albums like Chewed Corners, Magic Pony Ride, and Grush demonstrate his willingness to continue with his experimentation and to work on his sound more over time.

I know this is not really the most comprehensive post ever about this artist, but I hope it at least convinces you to go check out his stuff. In no particular order, some standout tracks include The Motorbike Track, Weakling Paradinas, Hasty Boom Alert, Twangle Frent, 56, My Little Beautiful, Swan Vesta, Phiesope, and Goodbye, Goodbye.

[torley]

Formed out of live tracks made in hotel rooms on tour, we chat to the Planet Mu label owner about his new µ-Ziq album, Grush

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A-T-5 048 Alan Shearer Dark Is The Colour

Alan Shearer - The Flea Age

There's only one Alan Shearer! There's at least two. This Alan Shearer is a French musician and his real name is Frédéric Viger. He's a nepo baby, his father (jazz musician Robert Viger) owned a library music label. Dark Is The Colour is Frédéric Viger's debut outing for pseudonym Alan Shearer, having previously put out Marathon Life under his own name. Dark Is The Colour was reissued by Favourite in 2022

Personally, if the the synth sounds were not so polished, I think it could be one of Mike Paradinas's guises

Alan Shearer - Sons Of The Snake