More than four years after the first
Kid Spatula album,
Mike Paradinas revisited the alias with
Full Sunken Breaks, a treasure chest of what sounds like outtakes from the 1999
µ-Ziq LP
Royal Astronomy, plus a few tracks that didn't quite suit the flavor of his other full-lengths. Perhaps it's just over-appreciation of the quality of material
Paradinas relegates to his indie-label side projects, but several tracks here sound much better than those included on
µ-Ziq LPs. For the most part, they're a world away from the brittle, metallic experimentation of 1995's
Spatula Freak and much closer to the processed breakbeat freakery of
µ-Ziq material ever since 1997's
Urmur Bile Trax. Definitely more than just a collection of throwaway tracks designed for collectors only,
Full Sunken Breaks hits almost as many highs as
Paradinas'
µ-Ziq full-lengths.