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1979

by µ-Ziq

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bytep The aesthetics of this recording make the electronics sound like acoustics. Marvelous.
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desmondtroy Thanks Mike. Yet again, you've created and unleased such incredible soundscapes and sonic adventures that release so much joy from deep within...no BS, really! I've been a consumer for many years and look happily to the future. Thanks again.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    2LP: 140 grams Blue-Solid vinyl.
    Limited Lithographic Print.
    Full colour cover - printed inside and outside.
    Black poly-bag inner sleeve.

    Includes unlimited streaming of 1979 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
    ships out within 5 days
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      €33 EUR or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    2LP: 140 grams Black vinyl
    Full colour cover - printed inside and outside.
    Black poly-bag inner sleeve.

    Includes unlimited streaming of 1979 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      €29 EUR or more 

     

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    Organic Cotton
    Color: Stone
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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.

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  • 1977 Balmat Cap
    Hat

    Organic Cotton Cap.
    -Front: 'µ-Ziq - 1977's Illustration Patch (illustration by José Quintanar).
    -Back: Embroidered Balmat logo.

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1.
Majadahonda at Dawn 04:43
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2.
Clari 1 03:22
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3.
Billowy 04:09
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4.
Galletas 02:31
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5.
Floatation 04:08
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6.
Pulsar 04:38
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Radox 04:31
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8.
Houzz 14 04:05
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9.
Tente 05:03
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10.
Holmbush 04:43
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11.
The Next Room 03:45
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12.
Clari 2 03:44
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13.
Majadahonda at Dusk 02:43
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14.
Yemas 03:12
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15.
Escorial 05:16
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about

Two years after he first appeared on Balmat with 1977, Mike Paradinas returns with 1979. The sense of continuity between the two records is clear, and not just from their titles. Both capture the Planet Mu head venturing into the wilderness, seeking something—half-formed memories, thoughts caught in midair—in some of the most abstract, searching music he has released.

Just like 1977, 1979 surveys a synth-heavy array of ethereal soundscapes, ominous crevasses, and strange, psychedelic fugues. Like its predecessor, the new album’s atmospheric cast sets it apart from much of the work Paradinas has released as µ-Ziq on Planet Mu. It’s not strictly an ambient record, but it’s close, as close as this famously mutable artist ever comes to inhabiting a particular genre.

Paradinas’ inspiration for the record began on visits to the Spanish cities of Ávila and Majadahona, where his family hails from. That might account for the sense that there are spirits flitting through this music, presences you can intuit if not quite grasp. But 1979 is also a record to meet on your own terms, and to find your own meanings in.

It’s a stunning record, every track a world unto itself: the mysterious contours of “Majadahonda at Dawn”; the playful melodic fillips of “Clari”; the airy melancholy of “Galletas”; the full-scale breakbeat abandon (yes, you read that right) of “Houzz 14,” the rarest of dancefloor detours for Balmat. There are echoes of classic braindance and isolationist ambient and golden-age IDM; there are easter eggs and recurring themes and hidden symmetries. Every time we listen, we discover something new. Despite what the title might suggest, it’s less a trip back in time than a portal to another universe, a destination for(to?) which only Mike Paradinas knows the exact coordinates. –Philip Sherburne, Balmat

credits

released October 31, 2025

BALMAT19
Written and produced by Mike Paradinas.
Mastered by Alex Ferrer.
Cover artwork by José Quintanar.
Designed by Basora.
All compositions published by Planet Mu Publishing.
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℗ 2025 Balmat
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