Album Info

Magic Pony Ride

By µ-Ziq

Electronica - 2022

It feels right that Magic Pony Ride came out in 2022. For one, it’s the 25th anniversary of Lunatic Harness,... more

Tracklist

1

Magic Pony Ride (Pt.1)

3:50 min
2

Uncle Daddy

5:28 min
3

Picksing

1:48 min
4

Unless

6:09 min
5

Turquoise Hyperfizz

5:16 min
6

Galope

3:16 min
7

Goodbye

5:10 min
8

Brown Chaos

2:56 min
9

Shulem's Theme

4:23 min
10

Elka's Song

3:20 min
11

Magic Pony Ride (Pt.2)

3:09 min
12

Don't Tell Me (It's Ending)

6:36 min

About Magic Pony Ride

It feels right that Magic Pony Ride came out in 2022. For one, it’s the 25th anniversary of Lunatic Harness, an album whose sweet-and-sour mix of breakbeats and nursery-ready melodies helped define late-’90s electronic music. But it’s also Mike Paradinas’ first μ-Ziq album in nine years, a period during which he turned his attention to his label, Planet Mu, and put out some of the more pertinent, conversation-shifting stuff in 2010s dance: the Chicago footwork compilation Bangs & Works, DJ Rashad, Jlin, RP Boo. So, consider Magic Pony Ride a homecoming. The music has its wild moments (“Turquoise Hyperfizz”), but it’s generally a mellow, domesticated affair, the sound of IDM and drill ’n’ bass seen through the rose-colored glasses of middle age (“Picksing,” “Elka’s Song”). The lunatic has settled, and the harness hangs in the closet like a set of old spurs—but the spark remains (“Brown Chaos”).