http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1410&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rssCombining a probing, experimental nature with a prankster's sense of humor, Mike Paradinas' work as Mu-Ziq is a perfect case study in the trajectory of cutting-edge '90s electronic music. Drawing inspiration from points as far afield as Krautrock, old school hip-hop, Industrial noise and Drum 'n' Bass, his records are at times maddeningly inconsistent, but always intriguing and often influential. Early albums like <I>Tango N'Vectif</I> deftly juxtaposed harsh mechanical beats with quirky, circular melodies, while later records under aliases like Kid Spatula and Jake Slazenger delved further afield into Soul Jazz, easy listening, Electro and Jungle. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Paradinas approaches his sonic bricolage with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, injecting an air of whimsy into what is often a stiflingly po-faced style. Although the genre-hopping diversity of his early work has become more smoothly integrated with each album, it is this playful aspect of his experimentation that has continued to set his work apart. - Mike SchulmanLeftfield/IDMen720Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:48:01 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1410&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Combining a probing, experimental nature with a prankster's sense of humor, Mike Paradinas' work as Mu-Ziq is a perfect case study in the trajectory of cutting-edge '90s electronic music. Drawing inspiration from points as far afield as Krautrock, old school hip-hop, Industrial noise and Drum 'n' Bass, his records are at times maddeningly inconsistent, but always intriguing and often influential. Early albums like <I>Tango N'Vectif</I> deftly juxtaposed harsh mechanical beats with quirky, circular melodies, while later records under aliases like Kid Spatula and Jake Slazenger delved further afield into Soul Jazz, easy listening, Electro and Jungle. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Paradinas approaches his sonic bricolage with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, injecting an air of whimsy into what is often a stiflingly po-faced style. Although the genre-hopping diversity of his early work has become more smoothly integrated with each album, it is this playful aspect of his experimentation that has continued to set his work apart. - Mike Schulman http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1779785&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bleep Tue, 9 Sep 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1779785 tra.1779785 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Trip To The Andes alb.254380 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/2/2/3/743221_170x170.jpg 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 1997-09-09 00:00:00.0 true Mo Sox Punchay tra.1779785 343000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1779785&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1779785&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672508&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672508 tra.9672508 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Mouse Bums tra.9672508 270000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672508&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672508&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672507&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672507 tra.9672507 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Grape Nut Beats (Pt.2) tra.9672507 309000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672507&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672507&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3751018&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3751018&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672504&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672504 tra.9672504 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Silk Ties tra.9672504 265000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672504&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672504&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672502&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672502 tra.9672502 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Octelcogopod tra.9672502 288000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672502&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672502&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012739&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Sun, 1 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1012739 tra.1012739 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.0 Bluff Limbo alb.87238 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/7/6/2/392672_170x170.jpg 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 1994-05-01 00:00:00.0 false Hector's House tra.1012739 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012739&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012739&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672505&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672505 tra.9672505 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true AEC Merlin tra.9672505 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672505&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672505&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672503&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672503 tra.9672503 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true On/Off tra.9672503 224000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672503&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672503&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672506&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672506 tra.9672506 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Grape Nut Beats (Pt.1) tra.9672506 322000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672506&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672506&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672509&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672509 tra.9672509 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Fall Of Antioch tra.9672509 124000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672509&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672509&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3751012&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 3751012 tra.3751012 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Johnny Maastricht tra.3751012 252000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3751012&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3751012&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18089360&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 18089360 tra.18089360 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 200 alb.18066547 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/1/8/0/1180812_170x170.jpg 2008-01-15 00:00:00.0 2007-10-16 00:00:00.0 true Lexicon tra.18089360 258000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18089360&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18089360&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2038045&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 2038045 tra.2038045 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.0 Digital Empire III: Phuturism alb.125098 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/0/4/394092_170x170.jpg 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 false The Fear (Remix) tra.2038045 425000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2038045&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2038045&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012740&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Sun, 1 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1012740 tra.1012740 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.0 Bluff Limbo alb.87238 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/7/6/2/392672_170x170.jpg 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 1994-05-01 00:00:00.0 false Commemorative Pasta tra.1012740 277000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012740&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012740&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012605&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1012605 tra.1012605 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Lunatic Harness alb.183135 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/9/8/388956_170x170.jpg 2007-11-20 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 false Hasty Boom Alert tra.1012605 315000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012605&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012605&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012604&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1012604 tra.1012604 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Lunatic Harness alb.183135 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/9/8/388956_170x170.jpg 2007-11-20 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 false Brace Yourself Jason tra.1012604 382000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012604&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012604&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012595&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 1012595 tra.1012595 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.0 Royal Astronomy alb.215492 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/9/1/3/173198_170x170.jpg 1999-07-27 00:00:00.0 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 false The Motorbike Track tra.1012595 444000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012595&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1012595&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672510&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 27 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 9672510 tra.9672510 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.99 Bilious Paths alb.148043 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/2/0/790244_170x170.jpg 2003-07-27 00:00:00.0 2003-05-27 00:00:00.0 true My Mengegus tra.9672510 417000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672510&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9672510&variant=data&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15141240&variant=play&rws=%2Fmu-ziq%2Ftop-tracks.rss Leftfield/IDM Sat, 23 May 2009 07:42:44 -0700 Top Tracks by Mu-Ziq on Rhapsody Online 15141240 tra.15141240 Mu-Ziq art.1410 0.0 Vintage alb.15139559 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