Lub suab paj nruag ntawm Mike Paradinas, ib qho ntawm cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag hauv kev lag luam hluav taws xob, khaws cia qhov zoo kawg nkaus tsw ntawm techno pioneers.
Txawm nyob hauv tsev mloog, koj tuaj yeem pom yuav ua li cas Mike Paradinas (zoo dua hu ua u-Ziq) tshawb txog hom kev sim techno thiab tsim cov suab txawv txawv.
Yeej lawv suab zoo li vintage synth tunes nrog ib tug distorted yeej atherosclerosis.
Cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag cov haujlwm xws li Diesel M, Jake Slazenger, Gary Moscheles, Kid Spatula, Tusken Raiders feem ntau tau hais txog thiab txawm thuam u-Ziq rau nws jazz, funk thiab electro inspirations.
Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, Paradinas nws tus kheej txuas ntxiv tsim suab paj nruag hauv nws txoj kev ib txwm muaj, muaj nws tus kheej style hauv nws lub arsenal.
Thaum ntxov u-Ziq cov ntaub ntawv yog raws li nrov percussion. Tsuas yog Paradinas siv cov txheej txheem no.
Ntxiv nrog rau percussion, lub tshuab hluav taws xob kuj tau siv nrog cov suab nrov nrawm uas maj mam nce siab.
Raws li Paradinas pib sib txawv ntau hom rau hauv ib qho kev sib koom ua ke, nws txoj haujlwm tau dhau los ua kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm hip hop thiab nruas thiab ntses bass thaj tsam nrog cov teebmeem kev lag luam thiab tib lub suab nkauj ntawm nws txoj haujlwm thaum ntxov.
Tus kws ntaus nkauj tom qab ua haujlwm tau cuam tshuam nws txoj kev txaus siab rau lwm yam thiab cov yeeb yam xws li Chicago's juke / footwork scene, British rave thiab Detroit techno.
Thawj qhov nkag
Yug hauv Wimbledon (txawm hais tias nws loj hlob hauv London los ntawm qhov chaw mus rau qhov chaw), Paradinas pib ua si cov keyboards thaum ntxov 80s thiab mloog cov pab pawg nrov tshiab xws li Human League thiab New Order.
Nws tau koom nrog ntau pawg hauv nruab nrab-80s, tom qab ntawd siv yim xyoo ua si keyboards hauv pab pawg Blue Innocence. Txawm li cas los xij, lub sijhawm ntawd Paradinas tau sau nws tus kheej. Nyob rau hauv lub synthesizer, nws kaw plaub lem.
Thaum Blue Innocence disbanded nyob rau hauv 1992, nws thiab bassist Francis Naughton yuav tshwj xeeb software thiab rov sau ib co ntawm Paradinas 'cov khoom qub.
Tom qab ua si cov khoom siv rau Mark Pritchard thiab Tom Middleton - Kev Sib Txuas Lus Ntiaj Teb thiab Rov Qab Dua duo thiab lub taub hau ntawm Evolution Records - lawv xav tso nws ua lawv qhov debut.
Cov lus cog tseg tom qab tau yuam Pritchard thiab Middleton kom thim lawv qhov kev pom zoo, txawm hais tias thaum ntawd Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) kuj tau hnov cov lem thiab pom zoo tso tawm ob lub album rau nws Rephlex Records daim ntawv lo.
Debut album - "Tango thiab 'Vectif"
u-Ziq's debut album yog 1993's Tango n' Vectif. Lub LP tau teeb tsa tus qauv rau ntau ntawm Paradinas 'kev ua haujlwm tom ntej, nrog qee zaum crushing percussion sounding underpinning ib daim ntawv teev cov suab paj nruag zoo nkauj.
Daim ntawv lo Rephlex nyuam qhuav pib vam meej thiab tau txais kev tshaj tawm xov xwm ntau dua. Tshwj xeeb, qhov muaj koob meej tau tshwm sim los ntawm kev tso tawm ntawm Aphex Twin album "Selected Ambient Works 85-92".
Txawm hais tias James tau dhau los ua tsis tshua muaj siab rau nws daim ntawv lo ntau dua li Grant co-founder Wilson Claridge, Luke Wiebert's (aka Wagon Christ's) "Rephlex Cylob" ua haujlwm tau ua rau lub tuam txhab cov ntaub ntawv nrov tshaj plaws hauv suab paj nruag.
Noton tawm mus
Thaum Naughton pib kawm ntawv qib siab ntau dua, nws tau tawm ntawm u-Ziq. Nws yog tsim nyog sau cia tias Paradinas nws tus kheej tsis tau kawm ntev: los ntawm 1990 txog 1992.
Qhov thib ob album tau npaj yuav tawm hauv nruab nrab xyoo 1994, tab sis tsuas yog 1000 daim ntawv luam tawm ntawm txoj haujlwm. Lub album tau raug tso tawm ntawm Rephlex nkaus xwb hauv 1996, tom qab Paradinas txheeb tawm tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv ntawm daim ntawv lo.
Thawj qhov kev tso tawm ntawm daim ntawv lo tau tawm hauv xyoo 1994, tom qab tus kws ntaus nkauj tau pom zoo los koom nrog hauv qhov project los tsim remixes rau Virgin Records.
EP “u-Ziq vs. Auteurs" yog ib qho piv txwv zoo tshaj plaws thiab ua tiav ntawm "remix tom qab obliteration" txav (obliteration hauv lus Askiv txhais tau tias smoothing, npog cov kab nrib pleb).
Qhov kev txav no muaj feem ntau ntawm cov tuam txhab hluav taws xob thiab tsuas yog kev nyiam ua rau lawv.
Lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev txav yog tias kev rov ua haujlwm ntawm ib zaj nkauj pop yuav tsum tsis txhob dais ib qho zoo ib yam li qhov qub.
Ua haujlwm nrog nu-skool Clear daim ntawv lo
Txawm hais tias EPs tsis yog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kev muag khoom, daim ntawv lo Virgin tau kos npe rau Paradinas rau daim ntawv cog lus thiab muab qhov ua ntej tso nws txoj haujlwm, nrog rau lub sijhawm los tsim cov neeg nyiam ua yeeb yam.
Ntxiv mus, lub tshuab raj tau txais ib feem me me ntawm daim ntawv lo rau kev ua haujlwm ywj pheej.
Muaj ib nqe lus hauv nws daim ntawv cog lus hais txog kev kaw tsis pub dhau lub npe sib txawv. Pom tau tias Paradinas zoo siab heev txog qhov no, thiab twb nyob rau hauv 1995 nws tau qhia nws peb lub npe thiab tso tawm tib tus naj npawb ntawm albums hauv tsawg dua ib xyoos.
Electronic daim ntawv lo nu-skool Clear tau tso tawm tus kws ntaus nkauj thawj zaug "Tusken Raiders" thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo.
Qhov no ua rau cov pej xeem tsis txaus siab rau cov suab paj nruag hluav taws xob los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom xws li Aphex Twin, Ntiaj Teb Kev Sib Txuas Lus thiab James Lavelle (tus thawj coj ntawm Mo' Wax Records).
Clear kuj tau tso tawm tus kws ntaus nkauj thawj qhov ntev album, "Jake Slazenger MakesARacket" hauv xyoo 1995.
Txawm hais tias muaj kev ntseeg siab rau nws cov qauv, tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag xaiv hauv kev pom zoo ntawm funk jazz, uas tsis tau siv los ntawm Paradinas yav dhau los, yog qhov pom tseeb hauv txoj haujlwm no.
Gary Moscheles thiab Jake Slazenger
Qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm cov qauv rov tshwm sim ntawm lwm cov nkauj uas muaj Paradinas: "Spatula Freak" los ntawm Kid Spatula. Nws lub suab zoo ib yam li tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag thawj ob txoj haujlwm, tab sis nrog lub suab qis dua.
Tsuas yog ib hlis tom qab tso tawm Spatula Freak, Paradias tau tso tawm lawv thawj qhov ntev LP nyob rau hauv lub npe u-Ziq rau daim ntawv loj hauv Pine Effect.
Cov album suav nrog cov nkauj kaw txij xyoo 1993 txog 1995. Thiab txawm hais tias nws yog ib qho kev sib txawv ntawm cov suab, nws tseem zoo li txawv txawv thiab disjointed rau cov neeg mloog.
Nyob rau hauv 1996, Paradinas tso nws thib ob album nyob rau hauv lub pseudonym Jake Slazenger, Das Ist Groovy Beat Ja? Rau Warp" thiab nws thawj txoj hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub npe Gary Moscheles - "Zoo ua kom koj lub neej yooj yim dua".
Kev sim nrog style
Paradinas tau nkag mus rau xyoo 1997, npaj txhij los ua cov kev npaj siab tshaj plaws thiab siv ib qho ntawm nws txoj haujlwm txawv tshaj plaw: fusion ntawm nws techno nrog txoj kev-theem nruas thiab bass rhythms.
Ib xyoo dhau los, Aphex Twin tau tso tawm ib lub npe hu ua "Hangable Auto Bulb", thiab Tom Jenkinson's Squarepusher project tau muab lub nruas thiab ntses bass thaj tsam thawj coj los ntawm lub ntsiab.
Paradinas tsoo rau hauv techno realm nrog Urmur Bile Trax, Vols. 1-22 ". Qhov no yog ob EP tab sis tso tawm raws li ib qho CD.
Txuas ntxiv txoj haujlwm tiav
Paradinas, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nws lub npe hu ua u-Ziq, tau qhia rau ntau tus kiv cua pob zeb tom qab nws ncig tebchaws Asmeskas raws li kev txhawb nqa rau tus neeg hu nkauj Björk.
Qhov kev ncig xyuas no cuam tshuam txog kev ua haujlwm xyoo 1999 hu ua "Royal Astronomy". Lub album sib xyaw ua ke xws li acid techno thiab hip-hop.
Tso tawm xyoo 2003, Bilious Paths yog thawj u-Ziq tso tawm los tshwm rau nws tus kheej Paradinas Planet Mu daim ntawv lo.
Qhov kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo tau tshoov siab rau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag los tsim qhov tsaus ntuj thiab tsaus muag xyoo 2007 album "Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique".
Ua hauj lwm rau Planet Mu thiab nws qhov project nrog tus poj niam Lara Ricks-Martin (uas yog debut album Hlub & Devotion tawm thaum ntxov 2013) yog qee qhov laj thawj uas u-Ziq tau so los ntawm kev ua yeeb yam.
Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo, qhov muab tso ua ke Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995) tau cim lub 20th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm lub neej kev ua hauj lwm ntawm lub tshuab raj u-Ziq thiab sau unreleased lem los ntawm thaum pib ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm.
Lub album "Rediffusion" tshwm sim hauv 2014, thiab "XTLP" hauv 2015.
