the ineffable genius of DJ Q

basically speaking your favourite dj is here [raises arm to midriff] and q is here [raises inspector gadget style extending arm to moon]

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.”

aye, that set is *fantastic*

ashamed that i was sleeping on Q for so long, he really is the greatest

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)

Taiki & Nulight - Take Me Up
Jonarr-Dotzz & Lorenzo - Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

blender!

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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQz1x6ptjFo

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!..

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

Listen via Soundcloud

Thanks

playing on 1xtra right now...

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

one of his finest ever sets imho

― r|t|c, Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:12 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Unforgivably late on this, but cosign ^^^

https://soundcloud.com/djq85/dj-q-throwback-bassline-mix

60 tracks, free download

https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/mixmag-mix-of-the-week-dj-q

Awwwwww yeah.

I just wanted to say that, but this is actually catching me at a moment when I am more primed for it than usual.

Liking the first mix so far.

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?

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.

was absolutely blinding live the other week, effortlessly high energy.

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.

http://www.dummymag.com/lists/2013/05/13/best-vocal-2-step-garage-dj-q-list/

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!"

We need to persuade the good man to make this the cover of a new release:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/226725_10151960558364202_1613001138_n.jpg

haha

Words cannot do justice to the extent of my infatuation with his 20 May Ministry of Sound set.

I like most of the "Classified" one for DJ Magazine, I think it is. I discovered that somewhere else but it must have been mentioned on this thread already somewhere.

Tracklist for the 20 May show:

DJ Q - Everytime
Linkoban - Like This (Tom Shorterz VIP Mix)
Ray Foxx - Heartbeat (Taiki & Nulight Remix)
Infinity Ink - Infinity (Skream's 99 Remix)
DJ Haus - Feel It ft Matrixxman
Hybrid Theory - So High
Disclosure - You & Me ft Eliza Doolittle
Breach - Let's Get Hot
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Girls
Kcat - Greater Love (Mike Delinquent Project Remix)
Mr Virgo - Jack In The Box
Royal T - I Know You Want Me
DJ Q - Wreck It
Champion - Iced Tea
We Are Nuts! - Bombaclat (DJ Q Remix)
Todd Edwards - The Dream (Compound Mix)
Majestic - Creeping In The Dark
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Kneadin'
Moet & Benson and Velvet Tux - When I Come Through
Moony - Barge
DJ Q - Notice Me
Sinden - Bad Boy
Palace - Astral
DJ Q presents Classified - All I Do
Lazy Rich & Hirstee - Damage Control ft Amba Sheperd (Danny Phillips Remix)
Shola Ama - Much Love (Dreem Team Remix)

... and it looks like a 17 June show is now available.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xwgbz

if anyone's after the tracklist for the new one it's this old skool mix from the 11 sept 2011 show

... what, don't look at me like that

What are these horrific Modern Rock vocals at 11 minutes into the (recent?) Classified/DJ Mag mix? Is this some sort of joke?

(around 11 minutes in)

I do love when he really gets going with the vocal reductions.

YOU GUYS.

this is a 30-min mix that Q sent me and asked me to post here. (!!!)

check out the artwork!!!!

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

:)

is this mix really exclusive to ilx?? it's hott!

it's almost as if he took pity knowing a oldskool set wouldnt be enough to sate his loyal crackheads for a whole month

i was sort of nervous to ask him if it was an actual ILX exclusive! not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth. but... it seems possible?

haha the art

made my day this.

Whats this old-skool (well he says 2005 in the lyrics) MC tune right at the end?

and 'Sherlock (Taiki & Nulight remix)' is so fucking good.

yeah this is delicious. what a gent.

xp http://soundcloud.com/man-like-me/london-town-large-joints-remix

iirc man like me's non-remixed stuff is some of the worst tripe ever put to tape

"The mix is exclusive to you guys on the forum as a thanks for the support!"

Rynsa Man - Foxy Brown
Walter Ego - Baby Benz
DJ Q - Everytime
DJ Haus ft Matrixxman - Feel It
Todd Edwards - Heaven
Lee Webster - Punch A Crocodile
Deckstar - Make It Through
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Kneadin
Rynsa Man - Electrons (Sivey Remix)
Hybrid Theory - So High
True Steppers ft Dane Bowers - Buggin
Ashanti - Happy (Dnd Remix)
Man Like Me - London Town (Juicy Joints Remix)

Thank you DJ Q! Really liking this so far. (Thank you ILM too, especially Tim F, without which I probably wouldn't have found my way to this music.)

Respect! So great.

<3 u, Q.

Q deserves some special ILM award for looking after us so.

Rynsa Man - Electrons (Sivey Remix)

damn you Q for making me like future garage!!

lol mind taker

heh q had a bunch of satirical tweets recently about his new genre "future bassline house"

(i tried to post them but kept getting an error page? weird)

i hope in talking past it i didnt put anyone off this week's oldskool essential garage mix this week btw, it's only cos i knew it well. ftr it is a treat and a masterclass and you'd have go to v far to hear better

the new tracklist also means i finally know what this is!! sick riddim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVH9mK-7dZQ

ooh i've got a copy of that GOD ep, the whole thing is sick. Jeremy Sylvester innit.

thanks Q, this is great!