U-Ziq
Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Techni

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Mike Paradinas returns under his U-Ziq guise with 'Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique'. The synths on opener 'Prong Seemness' are a little Analord like but then become more like his early releases for Rephlex. He's back doing his Tango & Vectif / Bluff Limbo type of electronics as opposed to the more Venetian Snares inspired sounds of 'Bilious Paths'. It's difficult to tell whether some of these are from the archives and have been revisited or not. It's those trademark slightly wonky discordant childlike melodies.There's some cool dark tracks on here though and some crunch tastic beats. Fans of his early stuff really ought to have a sniff. To keep up with the fashion he does an acid track with 'The Doubtful Guest' and all...CD only at the moment with wax to follow on Planet Mu.

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What their label says...

Duntisbourne Abbots... is U-Ziq's first new album for four years and
first new material released since 2005.
*It's a more reflective body of work compared to the whirlwind of chaos that
was Bilious Paths; introspective and rather melancholic, U-Ziq revisits
his roots in the early 90s ambient techno scene pioneered by, among others,
The Black Dog, Aphex Twin and himself.
*Amongst these 17 tracks of off-key melodies, nauseous harmonies and woozy
beats can be found gems such as the beautiful "Strawberry Fields Hotel" in
which a lone bassline strikes out a refrain of unexpected simplicity while
bees swarm overhead around a fig tree. And "Drum Light" where a 5 part melody
gives way to a startling noise assault. "Acid Steak Night", a collaboration
with labelmate The Doubtful Guest, is a more straightforward techno number with
303 basslines warring it out with spooky melodic synthlines. A melodic tour de
force.

*Tracklist: CD: 01 PRONGH SEEMNESS 02 DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTS 03 DEXEDRINE GIRL 04
WOOZY 05 2CV 06 EGGSHELL 07 DIRTYLUSH STINKWIFE 08 STRAWBERRY FIELDS HOTEL 09
PONS PONS 10 OLD & TIRED 11 RISE OF THE SALMON 12 SOMETHING ELSE 13
INSOMNIA 14 PAINSHILL PARK 15 ACID STEAK NIGHT (feat. The Doubtful Guest)
16 EGGSHELL 2 17 DRUM LIGHT

3LP: A: PRONGH SEEMNESS DUNTISBOURNE ABBOTS DEXEDRINE GIRL B: WOOZY 2CV
EGGSHELL C: DIRTYLUSH STINKWIFE STRAWBERRY FIELDS HOTEL PONS PONS D: OLD &
TIRED RISE OF THE SALMON SOMETHING ELSE E: INSOMNIA PAINSHILL PARK ACID
STEAK NIGHT (feat. The Doubtful Guest) F: EGGSHELL 2 DRUM LIGHT

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