Urmur Bile Trax [Single]

Mu-Ziq | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 4, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 4, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B000003RYB
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,475 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Urmur Bile

2. Let Let

3. M5 Saabtone

4. Fine Tuning

5. The Hydrozone

6. 1 Hip 007

7. Hornet

8. The Phonic Socks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars don't skip it..., February 8, 2002

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Caeli Lohr (gainesville, florida, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urmur Bile Trax (Audio CD)

I don't know why, but of the five or so reviews i have seen for this album on Amazon, none of them mention the fact that this CD is really well produced! Even if you don't like the tracks, which are excellent, just check out the mix!! Go on, turn it up, its okay! This CD was made for listening at a higher volume as the mix for the most part is very subtle and deserves closer attention. I find this CD to be just as interesting and absorbing as any other u-ziq CD out there. Bravo to Mike P. for launching into yet another new musical genre and blasting it into the next level!
As far as the music itself goes - well, it's 2002, and I still haven't heard anything quite like it, which means that this CD is still innovative, fresh, dancable, funky, and just plain WICKED!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better..., January 22, 2000

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Matt Jacques (Saskatchewan, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Urmur Bile Trax (Audio CD)

Well, I'll admit I have only given this album about 5 GOOD listens. But I find that this album is nowhere near the interesting, evolving melodic soundscapes that I have come to expect from U-Ziq. I can't imagine why Amazon customers have rated this CD as U-Ziq's best. It is good, but FAR from his best. It is essentially two EPs worth of extra, leftover music from Mike Paradinas crammed together to make 1 'album'.

These songs strike me as too abrassive, and are less complex and melodic than U-Ziq's other releases. If you are looking for intelligent beats, interesting sounds and great melodies, check out Lunatic Harness or In Pine Effect first.

While I'm at it, I will also suggest Aphex Twin's releases I Care Because You do, the Richard D. James Album, and Selected Ambient Works 89-92. These are all worth 5 stars, as is U-Ziq's Lunatic Harness and In Pine Effect.

4.0 out of 5 stars highly influenced/influential mu-ziq, March 18, 2010

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0=0 (Earth) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Urmur Bile Trax (Audio CD)

Originally this was released as two EPs, and for good reason. As an LP, this can be a pretty intense listening experience, at times overwhelming even. Mike Paradinas takes his drum n' bass influences and creates his own wonderfully twisted aural tribute here. Some tracks on here could use some editing and some room to breathe, however there are a few that are some real standouts. M5 Saabtone is perhaps the most sublime and "laid back" track on this release, with a classic-era IDM meets D & B bass build throughout. The Hydrozone is one of my favorites from Mike P. - a spazzy, dubby breakbeat workout, with some gorgeous atmospherics and brilliant breakdowns and builds. Another all time favorite, "1 Hip 007" is a jaw-dropping thirteen-minute composition with some of the sweetest rhythmic transitions around - it's a real audio adventure, this one, with speed freak adrenaline-fueled industrial beats, clever, playful polyrhythms, rich, color-saturated melodies and plenty of peaks and valleys - a true feast for the ears and some serious fun. So, all in all, there are some somewhat decent, if not forgettable tracks mixed in there with some alarmingly good material, which makes this double EP worth having in your collection.