the ineffable genius of DJ Q

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.

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 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...

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.

i seem to have so little time to keep up nowadays nnnghhh

this maya jane coles track is fabulous

how the fuck did i miss "what they say"? so incredible

i say i missed it, i totally recognise it, but i didn't realise what it was til now

lol "what they say" is TWO years old o_0

It's one of those tracks that's totally easy to miss in that way because it sort of feels like it's been around for ever and is not in fact the product of a particular individual, just a structurally necessary moment in the mix.

Not a DJ Q ish tune but I love this Maya track "Senseless":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjegO3gcsk0

... but really she has so many great tunes.

afaik, this track does not exist and is very #secrete and #rare but someone put it on youtube so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_TJzf8tlRk

<3

I have nothing critical to add beyond that bonus track is great and I love Maya Jane Coles.

http://soundcloud.com/djq85/noticeme

haha my friend emailed me an hour ago saying 'how do i download 'notice me''

btw, for those who don't know, this exists:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/153s53

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, March 19, 2012 11:20 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tim you can DL it here - http://unknowntotheunknown.bandcamp.com/track/dj-q-enters-the-unknown-mix-cd

oh no you cant, n/m

can anyone clarify this... are "rocky" and "will i ever be free" the same track?

Nah, just vaugly simular like a lot of bassline. Rocky has more Rocky & Baby giggles innit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E438gokd3bQ

ok, i hadn't heard "rocky". i was just asking cause when i d/led "all junglist", it had "will i ever be free" as its b-side

They seemed to swap tracks sometime. Thought we were gettin 'Will I Evere Be Free' too but then got the promo with 'Rocky' in it instead.

DJ Q is a don at the moment. Too much fun.

for sure

Butterz where on recently

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dd3hk

Lucky Charmes — Get Outta That Corner (Preditah Remix feat. Perry Mystique, MC Versatile & Natalie May)
Alyssa Reid Alyssa Reid — Alone Again (Feat. Jump Speakers) (Sunship Dub Mix)
Yolanda Be Cool Yolanda Be Cool — Le Bump (TS7 4tothefloor Remix)
Mosca — Bax
Zed Bias & Trigga — Booster
Preditah — Circles
Preditah & Scrufizzer — Boom
NY NY — Music (Sunship Remix)
Emeli Sandé Emeli Sandé — Next To Me (Fabian Remix)
Modestep Modestep — Show Me A Sign (Todd Edwards Remix)
Butterz In The Studio
Terror Danjah — Air Bubble
Royal-T — Orangeade VIP
P Money & Blacks — Boo You
Swindle — Mood Swings VIP
Swindle & Silkie — Unlimited
Trim — I Am (Preditah Remix)
Terror Danjah — Let Me Be The One (Feat. Ruby Lee Ryder)
Champion — Crystal Meth
Royal-T Guest Mix
Royal T Royal T — Cool Down
Terror Danjah — Full Attention (Royal-T Remix)
Trc — Oo Aa Ee (Royal-T Remix)
Dizzee Rascal Dizzee Rascal — I Luv U (Royal-T Remix)
Royal-T vs Merky Ace vs Spooky — Everytime vs Spartan
X5 Dubs — Baby (Royal-T Dubplate)
Royal-T — Inside The Ride
Wiley Wiley — It’s Wiley (Royal-T Remix)
Royal-T — Orangeade V.I.P.
Royal — Music Please
D.O.K. Guest Mix
D.O.K. — West Coast VIP
D.O.K. — Unknown
D.O.K. — Chemical Planet
D.O.K. — Big Bang VIP
D.O.K. — Johnny Cage
D.O.K. — Golden Eye
D.O.K. — Hench
D.O.K. — Unknown
So Solid Crew So Solid Crew — Dilemma (D.O.K. Refix)
D.O.K. — Cardio
D.O.K. — Unknown
D.O.K. — Old School
Champion — Crazy (D.O.K. & Terror Danjah Remix)
D.O.K. — Wind Up
D.O.K. — Every Day
D.O.K. — Hustling
D.O.K. & Sir Spyro — Missing Step
D.O.K. — SideDOK
SBTRKT SBTRKT — Living Like I Do (Lil Silva Remix)
Rusko Rusko — The Pressure
Usher Usher — Climax (TRC Dub Mix)
Nastee Boi — You Don’t Know
Preditah — Nosey Parker VIP
Platnum — Solar System (Zed Bias Remix)
L Phonix & Yilavation — The Way I Feel

mad one.

http://soundcloud.com/butterz/butterz-on-dj-q-show

in case anyone was wondering i prefer "jd & coke" now

btw is that a reference to dupri?

I thought it was gonna be a Jermaine Dupri sample until I heard it!

i thought maybe he produced whichever track the vocals are lifted from?

Nope, Babyface.

btw, he just released this (haven't listened yet)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uofvg3

it's fun. they're basically remixes of "the sound of violence" by cassius.

seems like ever since...........there is no one else.........

starting off your old school bassline soundcloud mix with ladycop 'to be real', that's that shit i do like

ha, dj q just tweeted this thread

Q has lost his 1Xtra show

:( :( :(

NO

WHY

is this reported anywhere yet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/1x_schedulechange.html

still there thru august though! sorry if that wasn't clear.. but yeah :(

as to "why", well, apparently we need 7 hours of charlie sloth on tuesdays

ben cooper is a fucking cretin

either that or it's the curse of ILX

but really though have you got the whole schedule

they can't be nixing all the mix shows cos they just gave one to seani b

so are they replacing q or is it just gonna be cameo or...

cameo must suck a great dick for how long he's lasted there ahead of so many better djs

richie vibe vee, femme fatale, this one's 4 u

next you'll tell me they're seeing robbo ranx off

actually i can't even joke about that

oh soz trace i was so blinded by the red mist i missed the link

the shape of things seems to be "older" well-loved male DJs seen off in favour of B.Traits and a 21-year-old named Yasmin from Manchester who may be great for all i know but appears to have 0 following

1xtra as breeding ground for r1 was a great move but this is just throwing the baby out with the bathwater

fucking "simulcasts", pure hack n slash costcutting masked as brand integration & streamlined unity of purpose

yeah i can't think 1Xtra feels too great now about being 1's "sister station"

thing is 1xtra ought to be the sister station though, hauling it out of its ghetto and positioning the station like that was its great success of recent years - and besides, the landscape has changed and blurred enough so the two's remit has grown closer anyway. (you could even argue 1xtra has had a direct role in shaping that). but a sister should have a vibrant life of her own and not be hostage to the brother the way it looks like it'll be now.

getting back to the subject of q, i just can't stress enough how much of a travesty it is him leaving and cameo getting to stay on as garage tsar. why is this the one time the old dj gets to stay on? there's nothing q can't do that cameo can - q is an exceptional grime dj on the sly and has all the contacts just the same (especially as grime booms outside of london), he is the hot thing in the clubs, he produces excellently and has the media coverage, and his sets include, encompass and reinvent every facet of ukg new and old. i could go on. it's just terrible.

and now this: https://ra.co/podcast/766

New album coming out on Local Action:

https://djqmusic.bandcamp.com/album/est-2003

https://on.soundcloud.com/yFbqE7ejVLH186j3A

misteeq remix

https://djqmusic.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-want-dj-q-edit