Release Date: 25/09/26
This is the original 1993 Rephlex vinyl album alongside all the additional tracks from the original Rephlex CD, The R&S EP, Rephlex reissue and several unreleased tracks and alternate mixes, completely remastered from DATs by Beau Thomas, with the original artwork, and photography by Richard James
µ-Ziq’s Tango N'Vectif was released in 1993, a classic year for auteurist electronic music that didn't always fit on the dancefloor. Written by Mike Paradinas in his late teens with some help from Frank Naughton, it still stands up really well today and its influence on electronic music in the decades since is obvious.
Across an expanse of ideas, taking influences from early Aphex, Detroit Techno and UK Hardcore, Mike created this spirited, funky, jerry-rigged, lo-fi version of rave; with crunchy drums and a knack for melody that fell somewhere between John Barry and classic TV themes. Without owning a computer, Mike had been writing techno, house and industrial tracks on and off since 1990, playing live keys alongside drum machine rhythms on his 4-track recorder.