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i just listened to grush (slapper btw, thank you @die4ever for posting it) and it made me think of another mike paradinas album i hadn't listened to in a while

fun fact when i first listened to this i did not connect the dots that "mike & rich" are in fact two of the greatest to ever do it, thought it was just some guys lol

also i love this album cover so much

Not enough Bogdan here lol

This is a machine for making cows!

Cylobian Sunday! Formant Potaton is probably my favorite Cylob album right now.

This playlist is a compilation from 2007, but the original release was 2006 https://www.discogs.com/master/776630-Equinox-Retroism-Where-Are-You-Roy-Ting

About this album

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.

released June 14, 2024

Another 90s track for Throwback Thursday!

is this IDM? idk but I like it

Another Cylobian Sunday!

"Almost Sunset: From the Archives 94-95" is a collection of tracks recorded around the same period as the classic albums "Cylobian Sunset" and "Bounds Green". Only "Klefdol" has been previously released, on the digital version of "Spider Report" EP for Breakin' Records; the others are available here for the first time. Full of the same warmth, simplicity of style and melancholy as "Sunset", these hitherto lost pieces were rediscovered after a further trawl through the Cylobian DAT archives.

This album was actually released in 2021, but the songs are all from 1994-1995.

Throwback Thursday!

Cylobian Sunday! From the EP "Cut the Midrange, Drop the Bass", which is also the next song in this playlist!

from Megalift EP on Planet Mu, great stuff!

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Throwback Thursday

This whole album, Radio Ape, is pretty great. Let the whole playlist run!