"Bilious Paths" chronicles much that has happened in the world of electronic music over the few years since his last album, taking in elements of bezerkerist beat constructions, ragga, electro, breaks, mash-ups, DSP trickery, hardcore revivalisms and, of course, a smattering of killer-melody led emotive IDM. "Meinheld" sound much like Squarepusher's awesome Hadcore mashup on Mask 500, twisted spliced-up Amen breaks, hiccups, lilting melodies and bassbin decimating swivels of low-end..... killer. "Aec Merlin" is bluer in hue, gorgeous off-tune melodies and hissed-up shuffles, you'd have to go back a good few years to here playful, warm IDM produced with anywhere near us much character as this, classic stuff. "Mouse Bums", meanwhile, is a masterclass in DSP re-wiring, processed tones and distortions with the melody lurking somewhere in the fog of the filtering going on, like a cross between Lexaunculpt and Pita, though substantially warmer than both. "My Mengegus" is the perfect album closer, shimmering warmth and spacious pads, all evocative strings and progressings, bells and a growing layering of lullaby lines that can't help but move you in the nicest possible way. An all-round winner from Mu, classic electronic listening making for an essential purchase.
A01 | –µ-Ziq | Johnny Mastricht |
A02 | –µ-Ziq | Meinheld |
A03 | –µ-Ziq | Siege Of Antioch |
B04 | –µ-Ziq | On/Off |
B05 | –µ-Ziq | Silk Ties |
B06 | –Electric Company | Octelcogopod |
C07 | –µ-Ziq | AEC Merlin |
C08 | –The DJ Producer | Grape Nut Beats (Pt.1) |
C09 | –µ-Ziq | Grape Nut Beats (Pt.2) |
D10 | –µ-Ziq | Mouse Bums |
D11 | –µ-Ziq | Fall Of Antioch |
D12 | –µ-Ziq | My Mengegus |