Right? I love him in both goofy bassline and TWOSTEP BACK modes. He's earned his own thread for sure.
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol @ " TWOSTEP BACK"
― kony indie fuxx (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 9 March 2012 05:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
all the birds sayin that twostep back
:D
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I approve of this thread.
I've thought of starting it a few times actually.
His recent DJ Weekly podcast is excellent:
http://soundcloud.com/djmag/dj-weekly-podcast-73-dj-q
DJ Q - All Junglist Rusko - Somebody To Love Todd Edwards - Beckon Call (2003 Remix) TS7 - Bitter VIP Discarda - Rhyme On Acapella Disclosure - My Intention Of War Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (Sunship Remix) DJ Q - Here Comes Da Bassline D Double E feat Example - Catch Me If You Can Preditah - Groupies SBTRKT feat Sampha - Living Like I Do (Lil Silva Remix) Burgaboy - You're Gonna Love Me Swifta - Oh Yeah Redlight - Get Out My Head Redlight - Get Out My Head (Joker Remix) Project Bassline - Resistance Mosca - Bax Nick Hannam - Love You Girl Lady Gaga - Marry The Night (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) 5kin & Bone5 - Make You Understand DJ Q - JD & Coke Cause & Effect - Ripped Groove DJ Q - All You Have To Maya Jane Coles - What They Say Mista Men feat Detboi - Happen To You DJ Q - Dibby Dibby Sound Zinc - Juicy Fruit Zed Bias feat Sam Frank - Night Lovers (Heavyfeet Remix) Preditah - Circles TS7 - Nothing To Show Booda - No More Calls DJ Q - Brandy & Coke
― Tim F, Friday, 9 March 2012 05:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
i also approve, he is amazinggggg
i just bought the brandy & coke 12'', it is EVERYTHING
btw, sort of related, Unknown to the Unknown is such an amazing label like every release is dope.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Friday, 9 March 2012 05:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whenever The Reverend and The Brainwasher vehemently agree on things I imagine them with their own TV show called 'The Reverend and The Brainwasher'.
― Tim F, Friday, 9 March 2012 06:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, we spend a lot of time vehemently agreeing on things these days
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 March 2012 06:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
bummer i thought this thread was about dj q
― the late great, Friday, 9 March 2012 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Robin Thicke remix on that mix!
― The Reverend, Friday, 9 March 2012 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is fabulous also:
Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (Sunship Remix)
― Tim F, Friday, 9 March 2012 09:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah love this one
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
even better than the a-side imo:
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 05:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
THE SUMMER IS NOT READY
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
i do like "brandy & coke" better tho, myself
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
"brandy & coke" was a total
for me
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 19 March 2012 05:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought "Brandy" was better for a while but "JD" just kind of snuck up on me.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I assume you dudes heard "Over Me" from last year?
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
What's especially dope is the Summer 2 Step Mix:
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 06:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I also love the unofficial sequel "Breaking Free":
Kinda sad that r|t|c isn't around to bask in the belated take-up of the idea he put so much effort into promulgating over a year ago (namely the ineffable genius of etc.)
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 09:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also THIS:
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 09:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
it doesn't sound like a very RTCesque turn of phrase!
i have always disliked the word "ineffable" tbh. one of the first words i can remember disliking.
― lex pretend, Monday, 19 March 2012 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
where is rtc? ilm suffers without him.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I just gave it this title to make sure I roped in ppl who were taken with T2.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
No I didn't mean the phrase, I mean DJ Q's genius.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can see how my prior post was confusing, but I am confident that the phrase "the ineffable..." will not be going viral any time soon.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've liked DJ Q for years, I just didn't start checking for him obsessively until recently.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 20:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
DJ Q as a "thing" post the golden age of bassline is something that has seeped into popular consciousness only over the past 18 months I'd say.
In particular the melting pot of bassline, 2-step and grime (with smatterings of dubstep, old school house, funky etc) that his dj sets from the last few years basically define.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also I wasn't accusing you personally of being a new jack, Rev, DJ Q's rep has exploded in general over about the last 6 months in particular.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, but I understand, before recently I just kind of treated him as a "like him when I hear him" type thing.
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
his 97 remix of dizzee's "flex" is still all time, of course. And "you wot".
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
obv
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
One thing I love about this scene (and it was true in the early days of funky as well) is how totally random (but awesome) outsider tunes become massive anthems. Maya Jane Coles' "what they say" being a good example.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i gotta youtube that, but yes, i loved that about funky. "we belong to the night", "self religion", "turn me on", etc
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"what they say" is basically an organ anthem.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
same guy? used to love this bitd
― piscesx, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i didn't realize the organ stuff was apart from this scene. i thought it was just kind of in another part of the spectrum. xp
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh no "what they say" isn't an Organ anthem, haha. Maya makes euro deep house and occasionally dubstep. But it feels like an organ anthem in this context. It's an inadvertent resonance perhaps.
Organ, as such, seems both part of this scene and also apart from it, slightly, in the sense that there are Organ DJs who would never touch the harder stuff that DJ Q plays. Though really the same is true of all the scene's constituent parts so that probably doesn't mean much.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh, you meant small "o" organ, i gotchu
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 21:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
pisces: different guy
― The Reverend, Monday, 19 March 2012 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
His "Enters the Unknown" mix CD is amazing.
I've also found myself gravitating towards that lovely nexus of bassline, grime, funky, and all the techno-y and housey bits of dubstep as of late. It almost feels like lots of things are moving in this direction. Maybe its just me.
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Monday, 19 March 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
all the techno-y and housey bits of dubstep as of late
it's quite interesting seeing what's "in" and what's outside the nexus of the above stuff - it's not just a quality issue either, some housey post-dubstep I adore would sound very out of place in a DJ Q mix whereas other stuff I like but less enthusiastically feels like a perfect fit (and tends to sound much better in that context than in isolation).
I should just break down and order this from boomkat, shouldn't I.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Its worth the money. I got mine from the label and it took about three weeks.
― matt damon & the jb's (the anephric project), Monday, 19 March 2012 23:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm sure it's worth the money! It's more that ordering CDs seems so.. anachronistic. But I will do it.
― Tim F, Monday, 19 March 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
really? i totally haven't noticed this. you're probably right but who are you actually referring to? other DJs or critics? if the latter i've been trying to pay less attention generally
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
maya jane coles has completely passed me by in that i know she's been getting big but i've somehow managed never to hear anything she's done, whether dj sets or productions (until her new dj kicks mix)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 12:18 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Getting more play in a variety of DJ sets in a variety of (obv really close together) genres, getting lots of critical attention (including stuff like doing DJ mixes for magazines), tunes seeming to get a (relatively) high sales results on juno etc, releases on more critically respectable labels...
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maya Jane Coles is really good mostly!
Lex I think you would like her release as Nocturnal Sunshine, "Can't Hide The Way I Feel". It's a lot like Damu.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
i seem to have so little time to keep up nowadays nnnghhh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
this maya jane coles track is fabulous
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
huzzah
a delight to see, not least as evidence that i'm keeping vaguely up to speed with stuff :)
shame i can't listen til tomorrow
― r|t|c, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
that ejeca shit is a monster btw, the new bax perhaps
This is a great mix btw. Can anyway deny the objective truth of dj q's ineffable genius at this point.
― Tim F, Monday, 15 October 2012 11:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/theblastakastb/djq
― r|t|c, Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:42 (6 months ago) Permalink
vocal bassline - not john legend-related
https://soundcloud.com/djq85/dj-q-ordinary-people
― rap乒 4-tay (The Reverend), Monday, 10 December 2012 19:10 (5 months ago) Permalink
i can't find where i spoke on wookie's '2 us' from this year before but i love this for the same reasons, that lost hippy herby 4hero acid jazz neo-soul platitude 90s vibe
― r|t|c, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
http://soundcloud.com/factmag/dj-q-closer-than-close
mmmhmmm
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:37 (4 months ago) Permalink
yeah, love that
more Q action:
http://podcast.dgen.net/rinsefm/podcast/MarcusNasty191212.mp3
― Mind Taker, Saturday, 22 December 2012 10:40 (4 months ago) Permalink
^ worth it just to hear flirta d mimicking the 'au seve' ahhh baby
― r|t|c, Saturday, 22 December 2012 11:03 (4 months ago) Permalink
album coming soon. lead single:
http://soundcloud.com/localactionrecords/dj-q-trust-again-feat-louise
― hemioblock (The Reverend), Monday, 7 January 2013 20:21 (4 months ago) Permalink
NEWS: DJ Q joins Ministry Of Sound Radio starting 28th January 2013
Check below for more info
http://thehubentertainment.com/wordpress/dj-q-joins-ministry-of-sound-radio/
― DJ Q, Monday, 14 January 2013 16:30 (4 months ago) Permalink
Nice!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 16:39 (4 months ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Monday, 14 January 2013 16:45 (4 months ago) Permalink
happening right now
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 28 January 2013 21:30 (3 months ago) Permalink
bloody knew i'd forget
still, been 5 minutes and i already can feel the life flooding back to me
― r|t|c, Monday, 28 January 2013 21:38 (3 months ago) Permalink
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, December 22, 2012 2:37 AM Bookmark
^this track is such a jam on the low
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 January 2013 22:14 (3 months ago) Permalink
rev would i be correct in thinking that you're super into dj q productions but less into his mixing?
― Tim F, Monday, 28 January 2013 22:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
I like his mixing and it was his mixes that made me realize just how great that track is. Why?
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 January 2013 22:27 (3 months ago) Permalink
And I've been playing his Todd Edwards mix the most, which doesn't even have any of his own stuff.
― The Reverend, Monday, 28 January 2013 22:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
okay nm maybe it's more a function of his mixes often being talked about in the bubblers thread and his productions being talked about here so I got the impression you were more interested in one than the other.
― Tim F, Monday, 28 January 2013 23:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
I mean, I can understand if it looks that way cause I haven't really been paying a ton of attention to his greater UK dance wheelhouse lately (hence my lack of participation in the bubblers thread), but he's so good at what he does that he's unignorable.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 00:41 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://www.ministryofsound.com/radio/dj/99/essential-garage/
Beyonce remix = finest Todd ripoff since god knows when
soundclouded it and *of course* it didn't sound half as good at original tempo
― Mind Taker, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:05 (3 months ago) Permalink
oh yes please!!!
― moullet, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 16:47 (3 months ago) Permalink
you fool!
― moullet, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:09 (3 months ago) Permalink
― Mind Taker, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:05 (8 hours ago) Bookmark
my thoughts exactly, it's awesome
iirc i'd heard it before on ez's show but even he didnt have it pitched up that high
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:45 (3 months ago) Permalink
aw fuming, forgot this show was monthly
last one up here fwiw
http://www.mixcloud.com/djqmusic/dj-qs-essential-garage-show-on-ministry-of-sound-radio-280113/
― r|t|c, Monday, 4 February 2013 21:09 (3 months ago) Permalink
Speaking of DJing vs producing, here's a DJ mix of his own tracks he did for Cameo:
https://soundcloud.com/djq85/dj-q-radio-raving-mix
01 DJ Q - Dance With Me02 DJ Q - Trust Again ft Louise Williams (TS7 Remix)03 DJ Q - Ordinary People04 DJ Q - Ordinary People (2 Step Remix)05 DJ Q - Armagideon06 DJ Q vs Hot Natured - Forward Motion07 DJ Q - Woooo Step Garage08 DJ Q - More Than You09 DJ Q - All Junglist VIP10 DJ Q - Steel Em11 DJ Q - Closer Than Close VIP12 DJ Q - Notice Me13 DJ Q & Classified - Ghetto
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 February 2013 11:22 (3 months ago) Permalink
Out of the corner of my eye, I keep thinking this thread is called "The Insufferable Genius of P.D.Q. Bach"
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 8 February 2013 04:48 (3 months ago) Permalink
http://www.ministryofsound.com/radio/radio-djs/99/essential-garage/
Moony - Out Of My MindAlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies [Shift K3y Remix]Sam Smith - Lay Me DownNirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Dare Me EdinBooty]DJ Q - BigZoe - Turn You OnZed Bias - LutherBK Squared - The PreacherFrenzy - Wandering Eye [Danny Phillips Remix]Jodeci - Freak'n You [Marcus Jakes back to 98 booty]Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me [Ejeca Remix]Jakwob - Fade [Club VIP Mix]Taiki & Nulight - Take Me UpJonarr-Dotzz & Lorenzo - Rhythm Is Gonna Get YouChampion - Prince JammyTS7 - BaneSpooky - Baby [DJ Q Remix]Burkie - Bad GalShift K3y - Get RightFlava D - FineMista Men - YoursKinky Movement & Adaja Black - Loco Love [Amnist Dub Mix]Krystal Klear ft Jenna G - AddictionDuke Dumont ft AME - Need U (100%) [Skreamix]
one of his finest ever sets imho
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 13:12 (1 month ago) Permalink
basically speaking your favourite dj is here [raises arm to midriff] and q is here [raises inspector gadget style extending arm to moon]
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 13:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
Finally, Mr. Berman stood up, took a fresh stick of chalk, climbed onto his chair, and reached above the blackboard to draw a horizontal line on the paint. “This,” he said, after a theatrical pause, “is Milton.” He let his hand fall a few inches, drew another line, and said, “This is Shakespeare.” Another line, lower, on the blackboard: “This is Mahler.” And, just below, “Here is Browning.” Then he took a long drag on his cigarette, dropped the chalk onto the floor, and, using the heel of his black leather loafer, ground it into the wooden floorboards. “And this, gentlemen,” he said, “is you.”
― Plasmon, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
aye, that set is *fantastic*
ashamed that i was sleeping on Q for so long, he really is the greatest
― Mind Taker, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 22:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
Still getting my head round that mix.(grabbed it from http://www.mixesdb.com/w/2013-03-25_-_DJ_Q_-_Essential_Garage, in case the MoS link goes dead, etc)
― etc, Friday, 29 March 2013 21:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
Taiki & Nulight - Take Me UpJonarr-Dotzz & Lorenzo - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
blender!
― Benny B, Saturday, 30 March 2013 00:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
This shift k3Y guy is great, a ukg/trap blend sounds horrible written down but is making perfect sense in Q Land (nice parallel with jackin's trappy stuff). I wonder does he play this one as well, it sounds made for him somehow
Shift K3Y - What We Had
― Benny B, Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
Hi guys it's DJ Q here. Thank you for the support as always. Just to let you know we're announcing the second single from my forthcoming album today.
rather than have a long promo campaign between announcement and actual release we've decided to make the track available straight away
check it out below!..
Listen via Soundcloud
Thanks
― DJ Q, Monday, 15 April 2013 01:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
playing on 1xtra right now...
― ogmor, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 23:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017t61p
G.E. - Chocolate Dub Jammer - Big Man (DJ Q's Classified Remix) Todd Edwards - Open Your Eyes KCat - Broken (Classified Remix) Classified vs Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu Indo - R U Sleeping (Todd Edwards Remix) Classified - Shine On Ebony - Sexy (Tuff Jam Remix) DJ Q - Party Time (Classified Instrumental Remix) (feat. MC Bonez & Robbie Rue) Duncan Powell - No One Loves You More Than Me Classified - All I Do Danny Phillips - Be Thankful Classified - Edward Scissorhands DJ Q - Breaking Free (Classified Remix) (feat. Louise Williams)Available since: Today
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 09:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:12 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Unforgivably late on this, but cosign ^^^
― Tim F, Saturday, 27 April 2013 08:51 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/djq85/dj-q-throwback-bassline-mix
60 tracks, free download
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 27 April 2013 20:35 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/mixmag-mix-of-the-week-dj-q
― Tim F, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:15 (1 week ago) Permalink
Awwwwww yeah.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:23 (1 week ago) Permalink
I just wanted to say that, but this is actually catching me at a moment when I am more primed for it than usual.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:24 (1 week ago) Permalink
Liking the first mix so far.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:39 (1 week ago) Permalink
The mixmag set sounded awesome at the gym this morning.
Here's the tracklist (apparently):
DJ Q - Set Dip DJ Q - Wreck It Fully Loaded - Y.O.U (GE Dub) Infinity Ink - Infinity (Skream's back to 99 remix) JonarrDotzz vs Lorenzo - Rhythm's Gonna Get You Royal T - I Know You Want Me Joker - Newham Generals Taiki & Nulight - Take Me Up Moony - Attica Virgo - Lean Decibel ft Flowdan - Skanks (Hybrid Theory Remix) Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Kneadin Musical Mob - Pulse 44 DJ Q - Big Bdot & Lorenzo - When Doves Die DJ Q - Armagedion Champion - Bowzer's Castle Swindle - Do The Jazz (Preditah Remix) DJ Q - Ordinary People Moony - Barge Disclosure ft Eliza Dolittle - You & Me Taiki & Nulight - Offkey DJ Q ft Louise Williams - Through The Night (TS7 Remix) DJ Naughty - Don Dadda Lil Silva ft Banks - Work DJ Q - Untitled Instrumental Mella Dee x Origin - Talkin Bout Todd Edwards - You Are Wonderful R1 Ryders - Slo Mo Dubaholics - DJ Do That Thing (Y-Tribe Remix) Nesha - What's It Gonna Be?
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 May 2013 02:40 (1 week ago) Permalink
I like the throwback postbassline mix for playing in the car. I'm less sure about the other, but I need to give it a driving listen as well. I generally like what's happening with the beats in this stuff but the vocal part of it is usually more iffy for me (though I generally like the distortion they are put through). I had just been playing Tropical 2, one my of my main rainy day driving choices, in the car, before I saw this thread yesterday, so that was the context. I still prefer that to just about any of this related stuff. Would love to have more in that precise vein.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 12 May 2013 05:27 (1 week ago) Permalink
was absolutely blinding live the other week, effortlessly high energy.
― ogmor, Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:14 (1 week ago) Permalink
Really enjoying the Mixmag one a lot more this morning. I think my response to this music is particularly mood dependent at this point. Maybe that will change with more exposure.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 12 May 2013 17:31 (1 week ago) Permalink
http://www.dummymag.com/lists/2013/05/13/best-vocal-2-step-garage-dj-q-list/
― etc, Monday, 13 May 2013 23:20 (1 week ago) Permalink
Some unexepcted choices but endless props until the rapture for putting "U & I" at number 3.
Also further endless props for saying of that Shola Ama Dreem Teem remix (which I'm not sure I've heard? Same with his number one. Don't mean to brag but that's unusual w/r/t me and 2-step): "“I’ll never forget this track. Complex simplicity!"
― Tim F, Monday, 13 May 2013 23:35 (1 week ago) Permalink