u-Ziq Challenge Me Foolish LP Gold vinyl Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston

Innovative Leisure and his own New Reality Now)

Zimbabwe-born

as well as three tracks previously available only on compilations and soundtracks-"In Tha Beginning

A vicious drum sound underpins the group's uncanny blend of urgency and melody

u-Ziq Challenge Me Foolish LP Gold vinyl Bob Johnston"Challenge Me Foolish" is an almost lost album of Ziq material circa 1998 99, an era that saw Mike Paradinas release "Royal Astronomy" on the now defunct Virgin subsidiary Hut records, and also tour with Bjrk. It's an era of his music that's definitely worth re exploring, in which Mike went against the grain by producing music that was baroque, melodic and whimsical, while the IDM movement he was lumped with made instrumental music that was often