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  "slug": "mu-ziq",
  "name": "µ-Ziq",
  "description": "µ-Ziq appears once in our IDM list, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/mu-ziq/",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1997,
    "last": 1997
  },
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  },
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    {
      "trackKey": "mu-ziq--hasty-boom-alert",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/mu-ziq--hasty-boom-alert/",
      "title": "Hasty Boom Alert",
      "year": 1997,
      "label": "Planet Mu",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Mike Paradinas puts a genuinely beautiful melody over drum programming designed to trip over itself. The tension between the two is the whole appeal, and few people have managed it since.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/%C2%B5-Ziq%20Hasty%20Boom%20Alert",
          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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}