# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-paradinas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:33:45.118Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-paradinas"
name: "Mike Paradinas"
slug: "mike-paradinas"
description: "Michael Robert Paradinas, 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, begun in 1995, where he has championed genres such as juke, IDM and footwork."
tagline: "British electronic musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Paradinas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1971-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.64864133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MikeParadinas"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6362421/"
    handle:    "nm6362421"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.planet.mu/artists/muZiq"
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    title: "ไมค์ พาราดินาส"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump