Off The Record Mix Series 64: Miles J Paralysis

For this edition of Off The Record, we welcome Miles J Paralysis. Hailing from West Yorkshire, Miles has been steadily shaping a world of his own through releases on Crying Outcast, Mysticisms and Emotional Response. Drawing loose threads between dub, electro, hip-hop, post-punk and regional folklore, his productions feel as informed by soundsystem culture as they do by the stranger corners of the British underground. That restless curiosity carries over into his DJing. As comfortable reaching for a dusty breakbeat obscurity as he is a dubbed-out chugger or leftfield club tool, Miles approaches selection with an instinctive sense of movement rather than genre. "Someone once told me there are no rules in life," he says. "I think about that a lot when putting music together." The mix that follows reflects exactly that mindset: a winding trip through dub pressure, punk energy, B-boy tackle and plenty in between, stitched together with the sort of individuality that's become synonymous with his work. With a new EP for Long Gone Are The Old Traditions, further Crying Outcast releases and a debut album on the horizon, Miles J Paralysis continues to emerge as one of the most distinctive voices operating on the fringes of UK dance music. Enjoy.