Grush, by µ-Ziq

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releases June 14, 2024

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Limited Edition Glow in the Dark 2xLP + Extra Grush Cassette. 10 exclusive tracks from the Grush sessions, not available anywhere else.

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1.	Reticulum A
2.	Hyper Daddy 05:25	buy track
3.	Fogou
4.	Magic Pony Ride (Pt.4)
5.	Imperial Crescent
6.	Reticulum B
7.	Grush
8.	Belvedere
9.	Raver
10.	Windsor Safari Park
11.	Hastings
12.	Manscape
13.	Metaphonk
14.	Reticulum C

about

Mike Paradinas, veteran producer and Planet Mu label owner has written a new album called ‘Grush' and it's full of weird bangers that reclaim the 'dance' part of the woeful term IDM. A back-to-first-principles record, inspired in part by the group of artists IDM was coined for; melodic dance music that didn't come out of urban scenes, but interpreted them from a distance.

The tracks on ‘Grush’ are all road-tested live favorites developed with feedback from Mike's touring partner and visuals guy ID:Mora (Jan Moravec). It's a detailed and energetic journey which replicates the flow of a live gig. A lot of the tracks have been made in hotel rooms in response to shows, ‘Imperial Crescent’ is named after a Japanese Hotel, as is ‘Belvedere’ in Prague, while some tracks such as ‘Hyper Daddy’ were created specifically to play live.

Drums are confidently at the fore here and the album feels like it traces Mike's musical history and interests neatly around his sweetly nostalgic melodies, with atmospheres and structures which twist and turn with a charming softness which contrasts with the tension in the drums. Take ‘Hyper Daddy’s’ spiralling notes and twinkling piano which remind one of early Black Dog or Omni Trio rushing alongside splashy jungle drums, or the aquatic acid footwork of the title track with its drums softly bubbling and kicking. Elsewhere there's territory which harks back to his Tusken Raiders pseudonym, like the heads down Drexciyan funk of ‘Windsor Safari Park,’ which transforms from moody electro into a sunny hardcore track midway. The album is interspersed with Reticulum A, B and C at the start middle and end of the album which suggest a theme which carries across the music in an effortless and joyful way. ‘Grush’ is a strong album that works both for listening and DJing and a great snapshot of where Mike Paradinas musical head is at in 2024.

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releases June 14, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Mike Paradinas. All compositions published by Planet Mu Publishing. Manscape is a remix of Meemo Comma's Cloudscape. Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering. Photography and Art by Tyrone Williams.

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Grush

Jun 2024
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Apr 2023
Galope

Nov 2023
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Nov 2022

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