U-Ziq: Challenge Me Foolish { CD }
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Title: Challenge Me Foolish
Artist: U-Ziq
Label: Planet Mu
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5055300392756
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 2018-04-13
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: JEWEL CASE PACKAGING
"Challenge Me Foolish" is an almost lost album of µ-Ziq material circa 1998-99, an era that saw Mike Paradinas release Royal Astronomy on the now defunct Virgin subsidiary Hut records, and also tour with Bjork.It's an era of his music that's definitely worth re-exploring, in which Mike went against the grain by producing music that was baroque, melodic and whimsical, while the IDM movement he was lumped with made instrumental music that was often neurotic and complicated. His taste for melody and dreamy beauty above roughness and intricacy confused people who were hanging on too tightly to the rules. He even brought in Japanese vocalist Kazumi, adding an extra human touch."Challenge Me Foolish" is something of a companion to the Royal Astronomy record; arguably even better given the fresh ears selecting the material. It's imbued with a confident sense of pastoral colour, and a gentle optimism, utilising bells, studied orchestral arrangements and airy synthesisers that sit the album somewhere between, Jean Jacques Perrey (the French electronic composer whose whimsy was always balanced with serious innovation and chops) and the colourful, optimistic soundtracks of Joe Hisaishi. There's a strange sense of the old and new throughout, the sentimental and utopia, with nary a hint of darkness. Even when the album dips into the hyperkinetic rhythms of jungle, the melodies and mood still retain a sense of gentle warmth. Dive into peak time Paradinas.01Â Inclement02 Undone03 Challenge Me Foolish (ft. Kazumi)04 Bassbins05 Robin Hood Gate06 Perhaps07 Durian (ft. Kazumi)08 Ceiling09 Lexicon (ft. Kazumi)10 Perfame11 Playbox12 Sad Inlay (ft. Kazumi)13 Peek Freans14 DoDaDu (ft. Kazumi)
Tracks:
1.1 Inclement
1.2 Undone
1.3 Challenge Me Foolish (Feat. Kazumi)
1.4 Bassbins
1.5 Robin Hood Gate
1.6 Perhaps
1.7 Durian (Feat. Kazumi)
1.8 Ceiling
1.9 Lexicon (Feat. Kazumi)
1.10 Perfame
1.11 Playbox
1.12 Sad Inlay (Feat. Kazumi)
1.13 Peek Freans
1.14 Dodadu (Feat. Kazumi)
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
U-Ziq: Challenge Me Foolish { CD }
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Artist: U-Ziq
Label: Planet Mu
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5055300392756
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 2018-04-13
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: JEWEL CASE PACKAGING
"Challenge Me Foolish" is an almost lost album of µ-Ziq material circa 1998-99, an era that saw Mike Paradinas release Royal Astronomy on the now defunct Virgin subsidiary Hut records, and also tour with Bjork.It's an era of his music that's definitely worth re-exploring, in which Mike went against the grain by producing music that was baroque, melodic and whimsical, while the IDM movement he was lumped with made instrumental music that was often neurotic and complicated. His taste for melody and dreamy beauty above roughness and intricacy confused people who were hanging on too tightly to the rules. He even brought in Japanese vocalist Kazumi, adding an extra human touch."Challenge Me Foolish" is something of a companion to the Royal Astronomy record; arguably even better given the fresh ears selecting the material. It's imbued with a confident sense of pastoral colour, and a gentle optimism, utilising bells, studied orchestral arrangements and airy synthesisers that sit the album somewhere between, Jean Jacques Perrey (the French electronic composer whose whimsy was always balanced with serious innovation and chops) and the colourful, optimistic soundtracks of Joe Hisaishi. There's a strange sense of the old and new throughout, the sentimental and utopia, with nary a hint of darkness. Even when the album dips into the hyperkinetic rhythms of jungle, the melodies and mood still retain a sense of gentle warmth. Dive into peak time Paradinas.01Â Inclement02 Undone03 Challenge Me Foolish (ft. Kazumi)04 Bassbins05 Robin Hood Gate06 Perhaps07 Durian (ft. Kazumi)08 Ceiling09 Lexicon (ft. Kazumi)10 Perfame11 Playbox12 Sad Inlay (ft. Kazumi)13 Peek Freans14 DoDaDu (ft. Kazumi)
Tracks:
1.1 Inclement
1.2 Undone
1.3 Challenge Me Foolish (Feat. Kazumi)
1.4 Bassbins
1.5 Robin Hood Gate
1.6 Perhaps
1.7 Durian (Feat. Kazumi)
1.8 Ceiling
1.9 Lexicon (Feat. Kazumi)
1.10 Perfame
1.11 Playbox
1.12 Sad Inlay (Feat. Kazumi)
1.13 Peek Freans
1.14 Dodadu (Feat. Kazumi)
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
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