Mike Paradinas

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The Strange World Of… Mike Paradinas

25 years on from the release of Lunatic Harness, Mike Paradinas provides ten entry points into a vast discography of scattered pseudonyms as he speaks to Miranda Remington

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Peer Reviewed: Mike Paradinas Interviews Lara Rix Martin… & Vice Versa

For the latest instalment of our series that sees some of our favourite musicians interview one another without editorial interference, this month the subjects are Lara Rix-Martin and Mike Paradinas

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Aphex Twin: Quietus Writers Select Their Deep Cuts

With new album Syro just announced Dale Berning Sawa, Joe Banks, Emily Bick, Charlie Frame, Joe Clay, Tristan Bath, Ned Raggett, John Doran and Cian Traynor select their favourite album cuts, side-project tracks, collaborations, b-sides and rarities

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Chewed Corners: Mike Paradinas’ Favourite Records

The pioneering electronic musician familiarly known as μ-Ziq, Planet Mu label founder and one half of Heterotic - who have just released their second album, Weird Drift - gives Joe Clay his potted biography in 13 top records

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Melancholy Euphoria: A Heterotic Interview & Full Album Stream

Lara Rix-Martin and Mike Paradinas of Heterotic and Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst talk to John Doran; stream their collaborative LP Love & Devotion in full here

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Mike Paradinas Unveils New µ-Ziq Album, ‘Grush’

It's out on Planet Mu in June

Mike Paradinas Details New Album As μ-Ziq, ‘1977’

It will be released through Barcelona-based label Balmat in April

Mike Paradinas Details Second µ-Ziq Album Of 2022, ‘Hello’

It's also Planet Mu's final release of the year

µ-Ziq Reveals 25th Anniversary Reissue Of ‘Lunatic Harness’

Mike Paradinas' 1997 breakthrough album will be re-released in a 4xLP set this July

Mike Paradinas Details New µ-Ziq Album, ‘Magic Pony Ride’

It follows Paradinas' recent 'Goodbye' EP released under the same moniker

Jlin, RP Boo And More Remix µ-Ziq On New EP

'Goodbye Remixes' is out next week

Mike Paradinas Details New µ-Ziq EP, ‘Goodbye’

It's the first in a series of releases from Paradinas this year, coming via his Planet Mu label

µ-Ziq & Mrs Jynx Detail New Album, ‘Secret Garden’

The record came about after the pair bonded over a mutual feeling of grief, after each losing a parent to cancer

Mike Paradinas Shares Long-Lost Album

Album was recorded under his µ-ZIQ alias between 1996 and 1998

Mike Paradinas Shares Lost Material

Planet Mu head follows in Aphex Twin's footsteps with a mass SoundCloud dump of old material dating back to 1982

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This June sees the publication of Come My Fanatics: A Journey Into The World Of Electric Wizard by White Rabbit. Here, author and tQ writer Dan Franklin explains the genesis of the book and gives us a glimpse into the crepuscular Wimborne, the town in Dorset where 'The Wizard' first coagulated into a rural world of biker gangs and drugs...

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Articles 5

The Strange World Of… Mike Paradinas

Peer Reviewed: Mike Paradinas Interviews Lara Rix Martin… & Vice Versa

Aphex Twin: Quietus Writers Select Their Deep Cuts

Chewed Corners: Mike Paradinas’ Favourite Records

Melancholy Euphoria: A Heterotic Interview & Full Album Stream

News 10

Mike Paradinas Unveils New µ-Ziq Album, ‘Grush’

Mike Paradinas Details New Album As μ-Ziq, ‘1977’

Mike Paradinas Details Second µ-Ziq Album Of 2022, ‘Hello’

µ-Ziq Reveals 25th Anniversary Reissue Of ‘Lunatic Harness’

Mike Paradinas Details New µ-Ziq Album, ‘Magic Pony Ride’

Jlin, RP Boo And More Remix µ-Ziq On New EP

Mike Paradinas Details New µ-Ziq EP, ‘Goodbye’

µ-Ziq & Mrs Jynx Detail New Album, ‘Secret Garden’

Mike Paradinas Shares Long-Lost Album

Mike Paradinas Shares Lost Material

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