Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq) plays the ten tracks that defined his career from vinyl and discusses them, followed by a late-night DJ set.
Mike Paradinas is at the Cellar Arts Club on Friday 6 November, presented by Music Saves Worthing. He's appearing as µ-Ziq, the name he's worked under since the early nineties, and the night is built around a format called The Defining Ten.
If you've not come across it before, The Defining Ten is a bit of a musical dot-to-dot: an artist takes ten tracks that led them to where they are today and plays them from vinyl, CD or stream, talking through each one as they go. It's a chance to hear the records that actually shaped someone's sound rather than just the ones they're known for. Paradinas will be the one doing the talking and the playing for this one.
He's a proper pioneer of techno and electronica, originally from Raynes Park in South West London. He started out as µ-Ziq in 1991 while studying Architecture at Kingston University, and his early recordings came out on the Rephlex label — Tango N'Vectif in 1993 and Bluff Limbo, which made the NME top 50 albums of 1994. He signed to Virgin in 1995 and released In Pine Effect, which Melody Maker described as "techno elevated above the mere functionalism of the dancefloor", and later recorded Mike and Rich with Richard James. In 1998 he launched Planet Mu Records, which has since become a mainstay of the electronic scene alongside the likes of Ninja Tune and Warp, with over 400 releases from artists including Jlin, Richard Devine, Jana Rush and Rian Treanor.
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The night is a long one, so you can drop in for the talk or stay on for the dancing. Doors open at 7:30pm, and The Defining Ten runs from 8:00pm to 10:30pm. Guest DJs take over from 10:30pm to 11:30pm, followed by Mike Paradinas' own DJ set from 11:30pm to 12:30am, with guest DJs closing things out from 12:30am to 1:00am. The Cellar Arts Club is at 70 Marine Parade, Worthing BN11 3QB.
