Lunatic Harness, µ-Ziq’s rare and sought-after fourth album, was originally released in July 1997 on Virgin’s Hut Recordings label. It is generally considered to be Mike Paradinas’s best work of the nineties. An Apple Music review describes Lunatic Harness as “the prettiest album to come out of the mid-’90s “drill’n’bass movement”, noting that Paradinas eschewed […]

Planet Mu welcomes back owner Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. µ-Ziq) for ‘Magic Pony Ride’, an album of joyful, melodic, jungle-inspired music, and his first LP of new material on the label since 2013. The title reflects the childlike wonder of the album, happy melodies are foregrounded, wordless vocals bounce and echo while sounds bubble and sparkle.  Paradinas […]

µ-Ziq recruits the Mu special forces to remix his Goodbye EP. It’s a killer set of remixes kicking off with Mike’s own intense VIP, followed by RP Boo’s nightmarish blurry footwork x breakbeat mix, the joyful full-spectrum micro edits of Jlin’s take on ‘Giddy All Over’ and DJ Manny’s polyrhythmic drum workout for ‘Goodbye’. Last but […]

µ-Ziq says hello again with ‘Goodbye’. The six track EP is the first in a series of releases by Mike Paradinas this year, which are all centred around the 25th Anniversary Edition of ‘Lunatic Harness’, his classic 1997 album.  Inspired by going back through the archives while he was remastering the Lunatic Harness reissue, ‘Goodbye’ sees Mike revisiting the […]

Planet Mu presents ‘ADDLE’ – Bogdan Raczynski’s first album of new music in 15 years. Marking a change from the high-octane jungle tekno braindance for which he is most commonly known, here we find the Polish American musician in a more melodic and zen-like place of peace, which is ergonomic and decluttered, whilst also bittersweet and tinged with melancholy.

Basic Rhythm returns to his Jungle roots for his final release with Planet Mu. Harking back to the golden era of the mid 90s, but with a contemporary slant, Basic Rhythm hands in three dance floor killers, with a remix from the grim reaper himself, Loxy. The titular track, Cool Down The Dance, opens with […]