Mu-ziq (µ-zig)
Grush
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 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.