the ineffable genius of DJ Q

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.

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.

Yeah, but I understand, before recently I just kind of treated him as a "like him when I hear him" type thing.

his 97 remix of dizzee's "flex" is still all time, of course. And "you wot".

obv

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.

i gotta youtube that, but yes, i loved that about funky. "we belong to the night", "self religion", "turn me on", etc

"what they say" is basically an organ anthem.

same guy? used to love this bitd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1WJP9PoI0

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

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.

oh, you meant small "o" organ, i gotchu

pisces: different guy

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.

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).

His "Enters the Unknown" mix CD is amazing.

I should just break down and order this from boomkat, shouldn't I.

Its worth the money. I got mine from the label and it took about three weeks.

I'm sure it's worth the money! It's more that ordering CDs seems so.. anachronistic. But I will do it.

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

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)

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.........

it seems likely that hanging out around kiss and 1xtra would result in a bit of residual pop rubbing off?

I do wish there was a little more of the shameless 90s-ecstasy-refix about it but obvz that wouldn't be very on-brand for Fabric to have something like the Motez remix of "Don't Call Me Baby" or whatever

damn i missed this mix^, gotta check that out

this deep house roller from i don't know when is hot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGluH6YukdI

as hell

lol it's a different dj q. still good though!

How about this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d42B6m12UVg

https://m.mixcloud.com/djqmusic/the-best-of-dj-q-2010-2019/

If you’re a DJ and you’d like to receive some DJ Q music then simply reply with your email address 😃😃

— DJ Q (@djqmusic) March 3, 2020

oof

https://djqmusic.bandcamp.com/track/all-in

oh yeah that's a banger

https://polymerzine.club/2020/11/01/dj-q/

boom

HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE I’LL BE JOINING KISS FM WITH A NEW SHOW EVERY WEDNESDAY 9PM TILL 11PM PLAYING THE BEST IN UKG, BASSLINE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/vDXrTlfZJh

— DJ Q (@djqmusic) November 2, 2020

fantastic!

https://planetradio.co.uk/kiss/player/137057415/

octo octa remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTynM5QAmy0

dang, what an ilx special!

right???

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

New album!

https://djqmusic.bandcamp.com/album/foundations

A well deserved victory lap, continuing to crank out the bangers