Uziq - Billious Path - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Challenge Me Foolish is an almost lost album of µ-Ziq material circa 1998-99, an era that saw Mike Paradinas Royal Astronomy on the now defunct Virgin subsidiary Hut records, and also tour with Bjork.It's an era of his music that's definitely worth re-exploring, in which Mike went against the grain by producing music that was baroque, melodic and whimsical, while the IDM movement he was lumped with made instrumental music that was often neurotic and complicated. His taste for melody and dreamy beauty above roughness and intricacy confused people who were hanging on too tightly to the rules. He even brought in Japanese vocalist Kazumi, adding an extra human touch.InchChallenge Me FoolishInch is something of a companion to the Royal Astronomy record; arguably even better given the fresh ears selecting the material. It's imbued with a confident sense of pastoral colour, and a gentle optimism, utilising bells, studied orchestral arrangements and airy synthesisers that sit the album somewhere between, Jean Jacques Perrey (the French electronic composer whose whimsy was always balanced with serious innovation and chops) and the colourful, optimistic soundtracks of Joe Hisaishi. There's a strange sense of the old and new throughout, the sentimental and utopia, with nary a hint of darkness. Even when the album dips into the hyperkinetic rhythms of jungle, the melodies and mood still retain a sense of gentle warmth. Dive into peak time Paradinas.01 Inclement02 Undone03 Challenge Me Foolish (ft. Kazumi)04 Bassbins05 Robin Hood Gate06 Perhaps07 Durian (ft. Kazumi)08 Ceiling09 Lexicon (ft. Kazumi)10 Perfame11 Playbox12 Sad Inlay (ft. Kazumi)13 Peek Freans14 DoDaDu (ft. Kazumi)

Rush - InchRushInch [180g LP] The 1974 debut album that started the 50-year-plus iconic career of Rush, featuring John Rutsey on drums. Island Records; Mercury; Rock; Catalog. 180g vinyl.

Brand new album on Planet Mu Records from Mike Paradinas, following up last year's album 'Scurlage' on Analogical Force. Mike returns to his roots with a Jungle and breakbeat influenced melodic selection. Harking back to the sound first heard on Lunatic Harness but updated for 2022.01 Magic Pony Ride (Pt.1)02 Goodbye03 Picksing04 Unless05 Turquoise Hyperfizz06 Galope07 Uncle Daddy08 Brown Chaos09 Shulem's Theme10 Elka's Song11 Magic Pony Ride (Pt.2)12 Don't Tell Me (It's Ending)