Who µ-Ziq is
Michael Robert Paradinas (born 26 September 1971), better known by his stage name μ-Ziq, is an English electronic musician from Wimbledon, London. He was associated with the electronic style intelligent dance music (IDM) during the 1990s, and recorded on Rephlex Records and Reflective Records. His critically acclaimed 1997 album, Lunatic Harness, helped define the drill 'n' bass subgenre and was also his most successful release, selling over 100,000 copies. Paradinas founded the record label Planet Mu in 1995, through which he has championed genres such as juke, IDM and footwork.
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Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for µ-Ziq, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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Artists to compare
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µ-Ziq in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does µ-Ziq have?
µ-Ziq has 107,700 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is µ-Ziq's world ranking?
µ-Ziq is ranked #880 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is µ-Ziq from?
µ-Ziq is from United Kingdom, where they rank #175 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does µ-Ziq make?
µ-Ziq is categorised as Drum & Bass and Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as idm, glitch, breakcore, ambient.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.