the ineffable genius of DJ Q

Hope Tim's at the Melbourne show tonight!

I WILL BE

OMG BEST SHOW EVER

tell!

It was like a greatest hits but with just insane hyper mixing, endlessly splicing tunes and creating awesome miniature bootlegs: "Do You Really Like It" over Paul Johnson's "Get Down", Dizzee's "Stand Up Tall" over "Rip Groove", etc.

And so many awesome 2-step and jackin' tunes. Probably the only tune he let play out in full (because he needed to go the toilet I think) was Lorenzo, Ko Kane and Zanetti's "Darlin", which sounded totally amazing (as did "Smoke Machine", "Kneadin", "Testosterone Deficiency"...).

ahhhhhhh

when I saw him in Brixton for his Boiler Room set it sounds like it was similar, MUCH faster mixing than he does on the radio, lots of rewinds, etc.

how was the crowd, Tim?

are you in this?

http://fb.me/1zsa0wARS

endlessly splicing tunes and creating awesome miniature bootlegs: "Do You Really Like It" over Paul Johnson's "Get Down", Dizzee's "Stand Up Tall" over "Rip Groove", etc.

sounds dope

Tracer I remember when he filmed that bit but I was a bit further back at that point.

Crowd was really packed and really into it. I think the only tune I remember stopping the dancefloor dead (except me) was US Alliance's "All I Know (Da Grunge Dub)" - I don't think anyone there had heard anything like it...

We need to talk about this Taiki & Nulight live DJ set from February:

https://soundcloud.com/partylikeusrecords/taiki-nulight-night-bass-sound?in=taiki-nulight-uk/sets/mixed

So So So So So Good.

I know that the selections largely overlap with DJ Q but there's something about the way T&N deploys them that feels slightly different. Maybe it's slightly slower? There's a chunky, spiky deliberateness to it all. I'd almost call him the Sami Koivikko of interzone.

Also "It Ain't Even About The Dough" is one of the tunes of the year.

Not heard much DJ Q other than on the Tropical mixes, but this is a lovely little record. Big LOL at the shouty blokey song though. Massive derail, but somehow it's kind of endearing.

You should check his DJ sets dog Latin!

yeah i definitely will although i don't get much time to check online mixes that often. what's the best one to get started on?

'Trust Again' is the most immediate tune for me (that'll probably all change on further listens). I love how sparse and unfussy some of the production is - that little violin line that comes in during the song as though it's played with one hand on a cheap Casio, for example. I think in anyone else's hands, they'd be tempted to embellish it with a harmony or at least some sort of effect, but the fact it's so plain sounding doesn't detract at all from the track, in fact it helps it.

for a taste of what a Q "live set" is like, as opposed to a mix for radio:

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

https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/nokturnal-2-mixed-by-dj-q

had a crack at a tracklist, can anyone fill in the gaps?

Rs4 - No one else
? ´feels so good´ - ?
Thats not me acapella - Skepta
? ´i´m gonna get you drunk on my bass donk´ - ?
??? ´you love me...you´re special´ - ?
I enter - Second city & Tyler Rowe
2on (DJ Q remix) - Tinashe
? house n bass
Prove2u - ?remix - Alex Parkin & Lorenzo
West coast (mk remix) - Lana Del Rey
Its you (?remix?) - FCL
Wet dollars (Donaeo remix) - Tazer
Champion - Execution

(30 mins) -----------------

Do it all again - Mr Probz
? grimey ´baby´ remix
Way we are (Apexape remix) - Kove ft. Melissa Steel
? hnb remix of Janet Jackson - Rhythm nation
Always (Shiba San remix) - MK
Deep down (?remix) - Louie Anderson
sparks n kie fly bi acapella
? grimey hnb
? ´you´ve got to own up to this love´ - ?
DJ Q? instrumental
? grimey hnb
? "nothing less than love" - ?
Feeling high - Drop Lamond & Ruby Wood

can't listen til later but the fifth is flava d 'he loves me'

(flc remix is the gotsome one i would imagine?)

(and if 'grimey baby remix' refers to spooky not rudimental it could be hybrid theory 'king kong riddim' cos he plays it a lot and i had a misled mare identifying it too)

´you´ve got to own up to this love´ -> Motez - Own Up (AC Slater Remix)

^ yes! all these are bang on

reliably slamming mix

the on-the-fly grumpy/lusty THAT'S NOT ME/INSIDE OF ME clinch he hits upon with skepta and the preceding vox sample is >>>>>>>>>>>> all other djs go home

yet another example of that extraordinary kaleidoscopic facility for using, abusing, juxtaposing any and every available vocal strategy to make his sets freak which is such a huge maybe under-appreciated aspect of what elevates q to the ineff plain... ukg was always omnivorous, bassline made it in-your-face, q fuses it all into one

and then the clean and perfect baton handoff from ldr to fcl so absurdly simple like it was always there

after tinashe it's

Ben Mono - Bonanza Break

then the last section is

Apexape & Chris Lorenzo - Got To Give (Heavier Mix) (vs Fly Bi)
Motez - Own Up (AC Slater Remix)
[?? q instrumental]
Jook 10 - The Beginning
Example - One More Day (Shadow Child Remix)
Drop Lamond ft Ruby Wood - Feeling High

Yeah listening to this one now and loving it, not heard 'That's Not Me' outside of its natural habitat until now I can't believe people don't just whack it over the top of everything.

Also I was dancing in some far flung tent in the early hours of Monday morning at Glastonbury when Redlight dropped Q's remix of Tinashe and my head nearly exploded with joy.

smile every time when that remix nicks "make you wanna holla q!" from schoolboy namesake

yes!

https://soundcloud.com/donaeo/tinashe-2-on-donaeo-cover

btw i know it should only really have been a minor amusement but donaeo's montell jordanish 2 on cover has totally supplanted the og in my summerjam rotation

btw 2, all i was saying that about vocals is why 'lassie' is the most agent cut on ineffable - agree with the idea that it should have been another 'me and my bitch' but discarda (forever lame) didn't cotton on in the end sadly

Yeah it's the vibiness of the way the tunes literally talk to each other.

there's moments like this in every set but i recently stuck the february one on again and literally just ended up spending an entire spellbound commute rewinding over and over and over the bit where ruffneck stylo g and ballerina kiesza's worlds intertwine.... ~UR JUST A FEELING~

Not a Q mix but this sorta thing always reminds me of your description of the bit in Tropical 2 where the Preditah tune is suddenly seized by anxiety as it witnesses the unstoppable eruption of Royal T's "Cool Down".

oh yeah the tropicals are the absolute best/worst for that malarkey

anyway!

ESSENTIAL GARAGE - 16th June 2014
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/15560952/file.html

All About She - Remedy - Disturbing London
CJ Reign - Believe ft Anatea - Two Step Vybe Dubb - DPR Recordings
Tinashe - 2 On - DJ Q Remix - White Label
Shadow Child - Steak Fingers - Food Music
Sparks & Kie - Fly Bi - Accapella - EastWest
Lana Del Rey - West Coast - MK Remix - Polydor
Stikky Lips & Chris Lorenzo - Naughty Good Girl - Cuff
Olivia Louise - Cocaine - DJ Q Remix - Q Recordings
DJ Haus - Lez Get 2getha - Hot Haus Records
Davidian - What I Want ft Tiffani Juno - Original - Kitsune
Apexape & Chris Lorenzo - Listen Up - Speakerboxx
Justice - DVNO - Sunshine Brothers Remix - Ed Banger Records
Chris Gresswell & The Alliance - In Here - White Label
Wonderlush - Swag - Wideboys Summer Garage Mix - World Wide Phonographics
Flava D - Her Loves Me - White Label
Second City & Tyler Rowe - I Enter - Dirtybird
TS7 - Give Me A Sign ft Yaz Nicks - Dub Mix
Champion - Execution - Nest HQ
Mumdance - Take Time ft Novelist - Rinse
Mak & Pasteman - Electro Funk Massacre - Lobster Boy
Tazer - Wet Dollars - Donaeo Remix - Recess Recordings
Tony H - Deep Down - 42tf Recordings
Shift K3y vs Teedra Moses - Touch Your Girl - DJ Q Mash Up - White Label
Junior Jack - Thrill Me - GotSome Ruff & Rugged Remix - [PIAS] Recordings
Rough Copy - Street Love - DJ Q Dub Remix - Simco Limited
Hybrid Theory & Jamie George - Only You - Four 40 Records
DJ Q - Madness - White Label
PVC - You Smoke - Q Recordings
Colours - What You Do ft Eska - 10 Below Remix - Ice Cream Records
K Stewart - Tell Me Bout That - 37 Adventures

had originally intended to rerecord that (hence the delay) but 1/ cba and 2/ in retrospect i decided to preserve the forgetful moment that i contrived to install drivers more or less in tune and in time with 'wet dollars'. selec le lec tah!

http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/dj-q-live-at-motion

let's see if the dl works

...no. does if u inspect element yourself though

yep, same with all those rbma shows. sadly they've moved to 128kbps though (used to be 320).

Champion - Execution - Nest HQ
Mumdance - Take Time ft Novelist - Rinse
Mak & Pasteman - Electro Funk Massacre - Lobster Boy
Tazer - Wet Dollars - Donaeo Remix - Recess Recordings

this section is so sick

https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/dj-q-live-at-the-harley-in-sheffield-19-july-14-1

new Trumpet and Badman EP is a KILLER

The moment in the Sheffield set when Q drops "Gotta Get Thru This" is such a vibe ting.

http://f.cl.ly/items/1e421q003Q420q144729/ClouDrop%2015%20Aug%202014%2019%3A02%3A44%2015%20Aug%202014%2019%3A02%3A45.png

/ end communication

Is there a missing 'J' in that logo?

no we are disqualified from listening again sorry

Fuck.

i dunno what it is! as a consequence of me telling q about this thread he occasionally sends me things he wants to tell us about - like this graphic - and i'm sorry if it comes off as street-teamy. but he says deets are forthcoming.

da quietus

never stop street teaming for DJ Q.

this week's essential garage is a banger. features a monstrous insectoid thorax and an inspired dash of the reelists 'freak mode'

won't be putting it up til its unavailable to stream but i trust u will all rise above mediocre ilx-poster-ass indolence

yeah, the new one is a blast - here's a link for the casual crew

https://www.ministryofsound.com/radio/shows/dj-q