In Pine Effect

On any given day, Mike Paradinas could be calling himself Kid Spatula, Jake Slazenger, Tusken Raiders, or Gary Moscheles. But it is to the Mu-Ziq" name that he most often returns, ever broadening the vocabulary and palette of electronic dance music. In other hands, such an incongruous mixture of stylised melodies, tinny pots-and-pans drum machine gabble, and cheesy-listening sass would be indigestible. With his gastronome's gift for flavouring, Paradinas instead ladles up serving after serving of supremely tasty and satisfying ragout.
IN PINE EFFECT's beguiling flavours range from the polyrhythmic zing of "Within A Sound" to the enticing delicacy of "Phiesope", a Casiotone triphop fantasia improvised around the acoustic guitar and cello hook of Kristen Hersh's "Your Ghost". Even "Mr. Angry", an objectionable gratin of hackle-raising screams and gnashing noises, will have its enthusiasts--probably the same intrepid souls who scarf habanero chilies. Those with more nuanced palates will find much to savour in the sophisticated interplay of mouthwatering melt-away melodies and crispy rhythms in "Roy Castle", "Old Fun #1", "Melancho", and "Problematic". The effervescent "Pine Effect", "Dauphine", and "Iced Jem" dance across the tongue, washing down another rich mu-ziqal repast like sparkling champagne.|