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offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-09-27 19:47 [#02441869]
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I always thought he was a twink, and had him in the same
category as Squarepusher as somebody technically on top of
their game but simply and starkly lacking in the geniality
they're praised for, until a few weeks back. I heard Lunatic
Harness in full and it actually reached my emotions and
brain, on a rewarding level. I've been listening to it on
and off since, and there are some real moments on it that
get me in the nads, while there are still plenty that are
simply exercises in break chopping to my ears.
What do y'all think of the album and μ-Ziq in general?


 

offline staz on 2012-09-27 19:50 [#02441871]
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µ-ziq bangface 2012 set. he's really good, and that set promises
great stuff to come.


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-09-27 20:19 [#02441874]
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Cheers, I'll check it out out. What do you think of
Squarepusher?


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-09-27 20:20 [#02441875]
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*check it out


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-27 20:21 [#02441876]
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like i said in another thread, lunatic harness and royal
astronomy are in my top ten of albums.


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-27 20:27 [#02441878]
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top 100, i mean


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-27 20:28 [#02441879]
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no wait... forget it


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-09-27 20:39 [#02441881]
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I'll give Royal Astronomy a proper shot. I feel compelled to
say that Expert Knob Twiddlers probably has some of the most
depressing sampling I've heard, which was why it took me a
long time to even consider checking Paradinas' other shit.
That album still gives me the willies


 

offline Jaser from Castle Greyskull (United Kingdom) on 2012-09-27 20:47 [#02441882]
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Tango is the best. Followed by Bluff. I quite like his last
one (D.A.S.D.T) pumped up it is a bit all the same levels
wise. Lunatic & Bilious are solid pieces. IMO.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2012-09-27 21:42 [#02441887]
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I never really thought his rep as 'top tier idm honcho' was
justified. Sure, there are some releases, like Bilious Paths
that have some good tracks on them. By and large, though,
talking about him in the same breath as Aphex, BoC, Ae and
[]

 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-28 00:00 [#02441916]
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i have to say its weird, hearing you talk like this about
mike. back then he was in the same league with aphex and
sort for me. one of the first tracks i downloaded from ss
was uziq with hectors house...

i bought lunatic harness and royal astronomy in a small
record store in my village. and loved it so much. when i
bought expert knob twiddlers afterwards, i thought: okay
mike and rich were having a nice weekend with burps and
shit. nothing more.

and when i heard bilious paths i was quite dissapointed,
because his old shit was so fucking great. but then, i mean
he has his own label that is great!

so mike... u rule.

LAZY_house


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-28 00:09 [#02441918]
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i forgot to say that u should get FULL SUNKEN BREAKS by his
alter ego KID SPATULA. one of his youngest creations. i love
it.

LAZY_love


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-28 00:11 [#02441919]
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young(er) ..its 2000


 

offline DADONCK from here on 2012-09-28 00:13 [#02441920]
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mjomjom...whiskey (*


 

offline RussellDust on 2012-09-28 00:15 [#02441921]
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Same here


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-09-28 01:54 [#02441923]
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See any of the bits above still have that sound of somebody
"banging out tunes" rather than writing music. That was
always my problem with Paradinas. His stuff never has that
musical quality to it that I hear in so much other work, it
just sounds forced and contrived to me. To each his own I
s'pose. Except for the stuff I don't like, obviously that's
shite


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2012-09-28 03:16 [#02441926]
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yo heads-up expert knob twiddlers is actually awesome


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2012-09-28 05:14 [#02441940]
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I like a lot of Mike's older material (namely TnV
re-release) and some of his other work.

I had Royal Astronomy playing in the car a few months back
and the g/f liked quite a few of the tracks, so I would say
that's his most accessible.

Lastly, he had a couple of wicked House/Techno tracks under
his Heterotic alias, which were up my alley.


 

offline magliore on 2012-09-28 05:52 [#02441941]
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Trike


 

offline magliore on 2012-09-28 05:57 [#02441943]
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Intellitag


 

offline magliore on 2012-09-28 06:02 [#02441944]
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Autumn Acid


 

offline jnasato from 777gogogo (Japan) on 2012-09-30 10:52 [#02442072]
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Hasty Boom Alert changed my life.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2012-09-30 17:00 [#02442084]
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He's an mp3.com drop out peddling ham fisted cacophony.
Every week his mom secretly pretends to be a new person and
makes a pity purchase.


 

offline wavephace from off the chain on 2012-09-30 17:03 [#02442085]
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hes ok but the stuff he made withi his wife lara rix
paradinas as "hetorotic" is the best hes made since 20 years
so that shows he lost alot of his skills and needs some1 to
help him


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2012-10-01 16:02 [#02442157]
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Hey the file is not up anymore, could you please put it back
up?
It's been a while since I didn't check what's mike's doing
and this looks like a good set according to you...



 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2012-10-02 11:57 [#02442212]
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bump, anyone else have it?


 

offline jnasato from 777gogogo (Japan) on 2012-10-02 12:58 [#02442214]
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new mu-ziq


 

offline sneakattack on 2012-10-02 13:19 [#02442215]
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swan vesta is currently one of my favorite tracks (from
any artist). From Tn'V I also like the title track, XENITH
FILIGREE ANUS, and whale soup.


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2012-10-02 13:44 [#02442216]
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here


 

offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2012-10-03 01:45 [#02442271]
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I adore both his older, mad smacking-the-headroom shit, and
also his DnB-influenced middle-period stuff a la Lunatic
Harness and Bilious Paths. Those two albums especially,
actually. Great fun.

What the fuck was Duntisbourne about? Was he planning to
kill himself or something? So depressing


 

offline drill rods from 6AM-8PM NO PARKING (Canada) on 2012-10-03 01:47 [#02442272]
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Didn't know about this Heterotic shit, will try it!


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2012-10-03 13:00 [#02442299]
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Thanks!


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-10-03 15:32 [#02442306]
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Is that genuinely µ-Ziq's genuine Soundcloud? It all sounds
so horrifically amateur, but I can't honestly tell if it's
just a fake or the real dealio


 

offline jnasato from 777gogogo (Japan) on 2012-10-03 15:38 [#02442309]
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He posted the link on his facebook page.


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-10-03 15:40 [#02442310]
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It has to be a fake... but it still caught me for a minute.
Kinda highlighted to me that my expectation of anything new
he may release is that it will be stale and washed out


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-10-03 15:51 [#02442311]
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Posted that last reply before I saw yours j. I'm pretty
appaled if that's what he's coming out with these days.
Everybody writes shite music, but to be putting stuff of
that calibre out online... the fuck is he thinking


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2012-10-03 23:19 [#02442345]
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There's some good stuff in that new µ-Ziq link. Some of it
is from his Heteortic alias, at least I thought.

Anyway, the song that comes in around 16:50 is GREAT.
Hopefully that makes the cut on his new release.

Interesting to hear him finally utilize an 808 as well.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-03 23:59 [#02442352]
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become a swan investa: raise ducks for quack profit


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2012-10-07 05:41 [#02442474]
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Alright you guys gotta help me, this is wracking my brain.

The song at 13:00 has a synth line pop in around 13:48 that
sounds like it came from another song (sampled or
otherwise).

For the life of me I can't remember what the song is.

LAZY_LINK


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2012-10-07 10:34 [#02442476]
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Took some searching, but the track I was thinking of was
Dykehouse - Last Song.



 


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