United Kingdomµ-Ziq is a Drum & Bass act from United Kingdom, ranked #1721 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 118,400 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #310 in United Kingdom and #182 in Drum & Bass among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 10% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 108K to 118K. They have 108,880 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 39/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Goodbye, Goodbye”.
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.
Biography from the µ-Ziq article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for µ-Ziq, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Goodbye, GoodbyeRoyal Astronomy · 1999482
Brace Yourself JasonLunatic Harness · 1997413Hasty Boom AlertLunatic Harness · 1997414
Unheard Melodies - EditUnheard Melodies (Edit) · 2021275Mushroom CompostLunatic Harness · 1997336
The Secret GardenSecret Garden · 2021227BlainvilleLunatic Harness · 1997308My Little BeautifulLunatic Harness · 1997299
Hector's HouseBluff Limbo · 19942210The Ballad Of Darth VaderSecret Garden · 202118Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 118K in the week of Sep 28, 2026.
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does µ-Ziq have?
µ-Ziq has 118,400 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is µ-Ziq's world ranking?
µ-Ziq is ranked #1721 of 4408 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 #310 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 Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.