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SLAG BOOM VAN LOON
So Soon (ZIQ007CD) Planet Mu 2001 10 Tracks. 60mins31secs. Buy this CD on line now |
Boards Of Canada are first in line, as they soften the rough edges of Poppy Seed. The radiating warmth emerging, at the end of a slow build up, is typical of their unmistakable sound. The original melody, slowed down slightly, is coated in analogue sounds, faint vocal samples and laid down on a peaceful beat. Spc-Ch-Pn gets a radical reworking by Mike Paradinas himself. There is very little left of the piano-lead track. Instead, the µ-Ziq remix is a deep dive into pulsating beat and dub, territory usually fiercely guarded by Pole, who also contributes to the project, as he transforms Casual into a mutating dub, characteristic of his work. Both tracks are somehow quite similar. Paradinas and Stephan Betke build on bleeps and glitches, slowly bringing the underlying melodies to the forefront of their respective pieces. Paradinas’s label mate Leafcutter John takes on Broccoli, submitting it to the electro-acoustic treatment he is familiar with. John Burton deconstructs the track to the point when it seems made-up of countless little vignettes stuck together. This collage of field recordings is as an incongruent sonic experience as his own album. Matmos follow a similar path, although the result is slightly more conventional. The San Francisco duo do to Moon Base Alpha what they do best, that is playing up with diverse sound sources, injecting some funny funky electro to the only track featured here which was not present on Slag Boom Van Loon, while Coil’s cinematic orchestral version of Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium is dramatic and threatening. Tipper revive their glitch-generator on Butch, giving the track an abrasive makeover, while Horse Opera’s clicks and radio signals invade Pedals. Kieran Hebden provides here one of the best moments of So Soon, when Sutedja gets the Four Tet treatment. The warm, human, laidback beat, layered keyboards, and melodica, all contribute to an emotional reworking, as Hebden takes the track far away from the original. Boards Of Canada bring So Soon to a close, with the reprise of their remix of Poppy Seed, bringing the album full circle.
So Soon proves to be one of the most exciting albums to come out this year. The artists involved in this project have contributed to give a new direction to an already excellent record, handing Mike Paradinas and Jochem Paap with a second masterpiece.
| 01 | Poppy
Seed
Boards Of Canada |
06 | Sutedja
Four Tet |
| 02 | Spc-Ch-Pn
µ-ziq |
07 | Casual
Pole |
| 03 | Broccoli
Leafcutter John |
08 | Moon Base Alpha
Matmos |
| 04 | Butch
Tipper |
09 | Fallen Angels
Entering Pandemonium
Coil |
| 05 | Pedals
Horse Opera |
10 | Poppy Seed (Reprise)
Boards Of Canada |
SLAG BOOM VAN LOON Planet Mu 1997 Buy it on
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Light Of India
Sp-Ch-Pn Casual Butch Broccoli Bromtollen Poppy Seed Mooshy Sutedja Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium Pedals |
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SO SOON Planet Mu 2001 Buy it on line now |
Poppy Seed
Boards Of Canada Spc-Ch-Pn µ-ziq Broccoli Leafcutter John Butch Tipper Pedals Horse Opera Sutedja Four Tet Casual Pole Moon Base Alpha Matmos Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium Coil Poppy Seed (Reprise) Boards Of Canada |
MIKE PARADINAS DISCOGRAPHY
µ-ZIQ TANGO'N'VECTIFF Rephlex 1993 |
Tango'N'Vectiff
Burnt Sienna Auqeam µ-Ziq Theme Amenida Xenith Filigree Anus Edit Phragmal Synthesis Pt.3 Beatnik #2 Swan Vesta Iesope Vibes The Sonic Fox Whale Soup Die Zweite Heimat Phi*1700 (U/V) |
µ-ZIQ BLUFF LIMBO Rephlex 1994 Buy it on line now |
Hector's House
Commemorative Pasta Gob Bots The Wheel 27 Metal Thing #3 Twangle Frent Make It Funky Zombies Riostand
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µ-ZIQ VS THE AUTEURS µ-ZIQ VS THE AUTEURS Hut Records 1995 Buy it on
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Lenny Valentino 3
Daughter Of A Child Chinese Bakery Lenny Valentino 1 Lenny Valentino 2 Underground Movies |
µ-ZIQ IN PINE EFFECT Rephlex 1995 Buy it on line now |
Roy Castle
Withing a Sound Old Fun #1 Dauphine Funky Pipecleaner Iced Jem Phiesope Mr. Angry Melancho Pine Effect Problematic Green Crumble |
JAKE SLAZENGER MAKESARACKET Clear 1995 |
Megaphonk
Get Up R Stupid Wanker Gary's Birthday Daytime Kiss Erp Watt Flod Bolus Feet Five Alive Lux |
KID SPATULA SPATULA FREAK Reflective 1995 |
Dance #3
Chisholm Xvon Trunk Cough Vampires Get Up T Metal Things #1 Not Human |
GARY MOSCHELES SHAPED TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER SSR 1996 Buy it on
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Mamborama
Play It Again, Sonny Mamblues Plot Thickener Surprise Horn Pt.2 Funk Yo Ass Walk Like This Gary's Groove 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Johnny Hates Jazz Goodbye Jazz People Gary's House |
JAKE SLAZENGER DAS IST EIN GROOVY BEAT JA? SSR 1996 Buy it on
line now
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Hung Like A
Bull
Supafunk The Big Easy Lumpback Raider Nautilus King of the Beats (Paradinas) - 6:09 Gratuita Sabbaf Hot Fumes Come On You Slaz Slowdance |
µ-ZIQ URMUR BILE TRAX VOLUME 1 & 2 Hut Records 1997 Buy it on
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Urmur Bile
Let Let M5 Saabtone Fine Tuning The Hydrozone 1 Hip 007 Hornet The Phonic Socks |
µ-ZIQ LUNATIC HARNESS Hut Records 1997 Buy it on line now |
Brace Yourself Jason
Hasty Boom Alert Mushroom Compost Blainville Lunatic Harness Approaching Menace My Little Beautiful Secret Stair Pt. 1 Secret Stair pt. 2 Wannabe Catkin And Teasel London Midwinter Log |
µ-ZIQ ROYAL ASTRONOMY Hut Records 1999 Buy it on line now |
Scaling
The Hwicci Song Autumn Acid Slice Carpet Muncher The Motorbike Track Mentim The Fear Gruber's Mandolin World Of Leather Scrape 56 Burst Your Arm Goodbye, Goodbye |
KID SPATULA FULL SUNKEN BREAKS Planet Mu 2000 Buy it on line now |
Dirtwah
Come On Board Nordy Hard Love New School Bikes Epic Blusta Otdok XXX Dancing Demons Milk Bottle Tops Another Fresh Style Manfright Beaver Snorkmaiden Jar Jar Binx Qisope Not The Fear Kid Spatulet Hill Street Blues Full Sunken Breaks |
SPEEDY J DISCOGRAPHY
GINGER Warp Records 1993 Buy it on
line now
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Ginger
Fill 4 R2 D2 Fill 14 Jackpot Basic Design Perfect Pitch Flashback Fill 15 Pepper Beam Me Up! |
G SPOT Warp Records 1995 Buy it on
line now
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The FUN Equations
Ping Pong Fill 25 Lanzarote Extruma The Oil Zone Treatments Fill 17 G Spot Grogono |
!IVE Eye Q 1995 |
Symmetry
The Oil Zone Ping Pong Pepper Scare Tactics Fusion The Fun Equations G Spot |
PUBLIC ENERGY #1 NovaMute 1997 Buy it on
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Tuning In
Patterns Melanor In-Formation Pure Energy Haywire Hayfever As The Bubble Expands Canola |
VRS-MBNT-PCS 9598 I Fax Records 1999 |
Un-Klkkn
Spk Dtnd-Jn Flm Trpp-Bll Trmml-Dx Mbnt-Plng |
A SHOCKING HOBBY NovaMute 2000 Buy it on line now |
Terre Zippy
Borax Ferber Mudd Balk Acid Drill Caligula Vopak Actor Nine Sabina Seat Amoco Cadiz Manhasset |
| PLANET
MU
Michael Paradinas, aka µ-ziq, Jack Slazenger or Kid Spatula, started his very own imprint only a few years ago, and he has used it to promote very interesting new artists, such as Jega, Capitol K, or more recently Leafcutter John and Joseph Nothing. |
| ASTRALWERK/µ-ZIQ
Astralwerk site offering a biography, discography, news and more about the best known of all of Mike Paradinas's numerous projects. |
| µ-ZIQ/THE
RAFT
The Raft offers a similar content to the Astralwerk site, and hasn't been updated since 1999, therefore missing the Kid Spatula and Slag Boom Van Loon recent releases. |
| µ-ZIQ
CENTRAL
Although this site is not currently being updated, it is still a good resource for all things µ-Ziq. |
| SPEEDY
J
The official Speedy J home on the web won't help you much if you're looking for information about Jochem Paap. However, it is fun and intriguing... |
| SPEEDY
J.ORG
This fan site site is the ideal complement of the official Speedy J site, as it provides all the information required on the Dutch musician. |