Re: shadow tracklisting? & u-ziq

Mark Turner
Thu, 8 Jan 1998 11:04:37 -0800 (PST)


>
> Whose this u-ziq guy? His CD on astralwerks "Lunatic Harness" sounds
> an awful lot like Squarepusher to me. Does this guy have any other
> aliases and what else has he done?
>
u-ziq is Mike Paradinas, a friend and sometime collaborator with
the Aphex Twin, Richard James.

He has released several albums in varying styles. His two earliest
efforts (on the Rephlex label) are TANGO N' VECTIF and BLUFF LIMBO.
These combine noisy Aphex-y electronics with some really gorgeous
melodies...both are recommended. He's also released a couple of
albums and 12"s as Jake Slazenger (on Clear and Warp). These are
my personal favorites...a sort of loungey take on electronica.
In a similar vein is the Gary Moscheles album on SSR, which is a
little more poppy. Lately he's started his own label (Mu) and
ventured farther into the "drill n' bass" territory staked out by
Squarepusher and company. His collaboration with Aphex Twin was
released on Rephlex as Mike & Rich; haven't heard that one.

-- 
 Mark Turner
 mturner@netcom.com