old skool µ-ziq

What was his music like in the olden days?

Somewhere I heard that it was more ambient and nice....maybe that was a misunderstanding?

It was simpler. More hardware used. He used to like to distort the fuck out of kicks.

i just posted here. agree with last post.

does µ-ziq ever do anything slightly emotionally affecting or is all just kind of bland?

I mean like does he make music that takes you somewhere else, like AFX or BoC or..?

Boc? lol...

actually yes.

my favorite is the Brace yourself remix. it will kill you dead. Lunatic harness is a great album.

he's one of the few artists where i don't have a favorite album! i like different tracks throughout his career, but i was never into his albums as wholes!

it's all about full sunken breaks yo!

Sonic Fox for the fucking win. Mashed to goodness.

Tango and Bluff are amazing emotional synths its not a million miles from AFX early stuff

iesope

  LUDD said:

iesope

mix with eyewall by anti pop consortium!

Emotionally affecting?

Tango 'n Vectif

Trike

Wergle the Proud

Goodbye, Goodbye

Morning Frolic

Brace Yourself Jason

Swan Vesta

Seige of Antioch

etc....

Mike P is awesome.

if someone ever says list your favorite albums the first album that always comes to mind is tango and vectif... . even if it isn't my favorite. well , maybe it is. it's hard to say because i listen to so much music but it really affects me. very emotional music, it's lovely. very moody.

Sick Porter (the shorter one) was the only track to ever make me come even close to crying it's so damn good.

wahle soup was a favorite of mine for a while, that may be considered ambient. what are you talking about olden days?

edit: wail soup

organic tomato soup. reminds me of old afx with old ae mixed in but it rox my sox from my feetz.

and it is AMBIENT ACID TECHNO YO.

I like Tango and Vectif. Get the 2CD version. It's very nice.

I'm listening to Bluff Limbo for the first time right now, actually at Metal Thing #3, for the few I've listened this album i'm already totally into it, it's wicked. I also own Lunatic Harness and Royal Astronomy, such tracks as Hasty Boom Alert on LH or World of Leather on RA are simply amazing. There are so many beautiful Mr. µ's tracks...

Oldskool µ is far less destructured (for the beats) and more accessible in my taste, but I don't prefer "recent" Mike to "old", I like both, and it isn't the case for many artists...

  Salvatorin said:

does µ-ziq ever do anything slightly emotionally affecting or is all just kind of bland?

yes he does!

some of the lunatic harness album is. and a lot of his older stuff e.g. pharagmal synthesis on tango n vectif.

his older stuff is completely different to his more recent jungle-style stuff.

  ezkerraldean said:

  Salvatorin said:

does µ-ziq ever do anything slightly emotionally affecting or is all just kind of bland?

yes he does!

some of the lunatic harness album is. and a lot of his older stuff e.g. pharagmal synthesis on tango n vectif.

his older stuff is completely different to his more recent jungle-style stuff.

I've been listening to allot more µ-ziq lately, and truthfully, his tracks are quite emotional. I really liked "My Little Beautiful" and "Catkin and Teasel" is just amazing.

Abmoit! This is such a melancholy song.

Secret Stair #1 is quite moving.

  Caretstik said:

Secret Stair #1 is quite moving.

I agree. Lunatic Harness/Brace Yourself contain, for me, some of his most emotional melodies. When I first got Lunatic Harness I knew very little about electronic music other than that I liked it. I wasn't too fond of crazy breakbeat stuff so the album really jarred me quite a bit, but I kept listening because the melodies were so beautiful.

Hasty Boom Alert is another great one - I tend to lump this and Secret Stair together because they are both in F#minor.

Summer Living is also fantastic. It is the sound of summer days! And yes, that was an incredibly cheesy thing to say. lol

Here's my playlist

Summer Living - Brace Yourself

Intellitag - Brace Yourself

Brace Yourself Jason - Lunatic Harness

Lenny Valentino 3 - Mu-Ziq vs. The Auteurs (taking it back to 95', fav two songs - crunchy!)

Lenny Valentino 1 - Mu-Ziq vs. The Auteurs

Scaling - Royal Astronomy

Autumn Acid - RA^

Goodbye Goodbye - RA^

Qisope - Full Sunken Breaks

Hard Love - FSB^

Jar Jar Binx - FSB^

Hill Street Blues - FSB^

Forgot Urmur Bile - Urmur Bile Trax Volume 1 & 2

goes right after Lenny Valentino 1 on my list, underrated song.