Cornelius Ferguson, a.k.a. Traxman, has been shot in the leg in a robbery in his home city of Chicago.
Part of the Teklife crew with DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn and more, Traxman's best known as a foot [...]
Legacy
Available on: Planet Mu LP
In many music scenes it’s possible to make the distinction between originators and popularisers. The originators have the ideas - in a simplistic reading, they are [...]
Mike Paradinas announces eighth µ-Ziq LP Chewed Corners
Music sounds better with µ.
It's hard to believe that it's been six years since Mike Paradinas's last outing under his long-running µ-Ziq moniker. Chewed Corners is the electronica pioneer a [...]
Mike Paradinas to release first original µ-Ziq material since 2007
The Planet Mu boss announces a five-track 12", with an album to follow this summer.
Apart from the odd remix, Paradinas' long-time alias has been quiet for some time — understandable consider [...]
Planet Mu details debut album by footwork innovator RP Boo; preview it now
The label responsible for bringing footwork to a larger audience enlists the man who started it all.
Kavain 'RP Boo' Space is credited with creating footwork with his 1997 ODB looper ‘Baby Co [...]
“We just called it techno”: Mike Paradinas and Lara Rix-Martin on Heterotic, the early days of µ-Ziq and the ascent of Planet Mu
Mike Paradinas isn’t quite a household name. But as far as his impact on the electronic music world goes he is the equal of almost any other DJ or producer you’d care to mention.
As a teen [...]
Footwork founder RP Boo announces album for Planet Mu
The album will be the Chicago heavyweight's first proper full length.
Kavain "RP Boo" Space is one of the leading figures in footwork and is often created as its founder. While he has been feat [...]
Planet Mu to release debut LP by Mu-Ziq side project Heterotic
We've barely stumbled into 2013, but Planet Mu boss Mike 'μ-Ziq' Paradinas has already announced his second project of the year.
As reported, Paradinas is primed to release retrospective disc [...]
New brace of Venetian Snares records reissued for 2012
Itchy-fingered Canadian producer Venetian Snares will have two of his albums reissued at the end of this year.
The snappily-titled Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Hardcore Pom Poms and My [...]
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