U Ziq Tango Nvectif Vinyl

µ-Ziq’s Tango N'Vectif was released in 1993, a classic year for auteurist electronicmusic that didn't always fit on the dancefloor. Written by Mike Paradinas in his late teens with some help from Frank Naughton, it still stands up really well today and its influenceon electronicmusic inthe decades since is obvious.Across an expanse of ideas, taking influences from early Aphex, Detroit Techno and UK Hardcore, Mike created this spirited, funky, jerry-rigged, lo-fi version of rave; with crunchy drums and a knack for melody that fell somewhere between John Barry and classic TV themes.Without owning a computer, Mike had been writing techno, house and industrial tracks on and off since 1990, playing live keys alongside drum machine rhythms on his 4-track recorder. µ-Ziq started whenMike linked up with Frank who was also writing dance-influenced music, and importantly owned an Atari1040ST computer with Cubeat software. They pooled their equipment and Mike would travel up to Frank's house a couple of miles away in Wimbledon to record together.By 1992, and after a false start when a proposed EP for Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton's Evolution label gotshelved, Mike had started at Kingston Universitywhere he deejayed and met like-mindedpeople includinga couple of guys who knew Aphex Twin who was also a student at Kingston too,and they passed Aphex a demo of Mike's material. A few days later Mikegot a message from his mum to ‘call Aphex Twin’ and he gave Mike some advice, and seemed interested in releasing something.So when Frank andhis family went on holiday that summer Mike borrowed his Atari and synths and wrote the majority of the Tango N’Vectif album during that 2 weeks.By the end of 1992 a release with Aphex Twin and Grant Wilson Claridge’s Rephlex label had been agreed -Aphex had moved to the house in Clissold Crescent where he recorded a lot of his early classic albums and Mike went over to collect hisadvance, in the form of his very own Atari computer.This is the original 1993 Rephlex vinyl album, completely remastered from DATs by Beau Thomas, with the original artwork, and photography by Richard James.