Grush

by µ-Ziq

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Wuzzy Raccoon The album ranges from his well known Breakbeat style to some other more techno flavoured works. It has this very nice chillness and lounge feel going on fused with the music and its differently brilliant then his usual styles. I really like where he’s going with his music style. Favorite track: Hyper Daddy.

ejcw 30 years of producing and Mr Paradinas' output is still crisp as a midwinter a.m., Grush hits all targets and is a trip from start to finish, on repeat. Favorite track: Windsor Safari Park.

centralfocus I've been following Mike for awhile now and I used to think he was like the poor man's Aphex Twin but Pardinas keeps this steady flow of deeply personal elwcronica and definitely stands out as much more than any sort of clone. just gorgeous as per usual. Favorite track: Reticulum A.

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1.	Reticulum A 04:29	buy track
2.	Hyper Daddy 05:25 video	buy track
3.	Fogou 02:45	buy track
4.	Magic Pony Ride (Pt.4) 02:48	buy track
5.	Imperial Crescent 03:42	buy track
6.	Reticulum B 03:45	buy track
7.	Grush 03:09 video	buy track
8.	Belvedere 03:33	buy track
9.	Raver 03:06	buy track
10.	Windsor Safari Park 05:35	buy track
11.	Hastings 02:47	buy track
12.	Manscape 05:23	buy track
13.	Metaphonk 05:05	buy track
14.	Reticulum C 04:46	buy track

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Mike Paradinas, veteran producer and Planet Mu label owner has written a new album called ‘Grush' and it's full of weird bangers that reclaim the 'dance' part of the woeful term IDM. A back-to-first-principles record, inspired in part by the group of artists IDM was coined for; melodic dance music that didn't come out of urban scenes, but interpreted them from a distance.

The tracks on ‘Grush’ are all road-tested live favorites developed with feedback from Mike's touring partner and visuals guy ID:Mora (Jan Moravec). It's a detailed and energetic journey which replicates the flow of a live gig. A lot of the tracks have been made in hotel rooms in response to shows, ‘Imperial Crescent’ is named after a Japanese Hotel, as is ‘Belvedere’ in Prague, while some tracks such as ‘Hyper Daddy’ were created specifically to play live.

Drums are confidently at the fore here and the album feels like it traces Mike's musical history and interests neatly around his sweetly nostalgic melodies, with atmospheres and structures which twist and turn with a charming softness which contrasts with the tension in the drums. Take ‘Hyper Daddy’s’ spiralling notes and twinkling piano which remind one of early Black Dog or Omni Trio rushing alongside splashy jungle drums, or the aquatic acid footwork of the title track with its drums softly bubbling and kicking. Elsewhere there's territory which harks back to his Tusken Raiders pseudonym, like the heads down Drexciyan funk of ‘Windsor Safari Park,’ which transforms from moody electro into a sunny hardcore track midway. The album is interspersed with Reticulum A, B and C at the start middle and end of the album which suggest a theme which carries across the music in an effortless and joyful way. ‘Grush’ is a strong album that works both for listening and DJing and a great snapshot of where Mike Paradinas musical head is at in 2024.

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released June 14, 2024

All tracks written and produced by Mike Paradinas. All compositions published by Planet Mu Publishing. Manscape is a remix of Meemo Comma's Cloudscape. Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering. Photography and Art by Tyrone Williams.

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Grush

Jun 2024
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