µ-Ziq – Lunatic Harness

Still released under the Virgin Records umbrella, Mike Paradinas’ fourth album as µ-Ziq is the wildest, most humorous, and most eccentric thing that happened to Jungle at the end of its heyday. But we already told you that right here. When I unexpectedly found the album in a record store in Edinburgh in 1997, I didn’t know what the hell was going on. For a long time, Mike Paradinas was a bit embarrassed by the album because he thought it to be a poor imitation of Squarepusher’s “Feed Me Weird Things.” Far from it. Even today, “Lunatic Harness” is unique and contains all the madness and beauty you would expect from the title.