the ineffable genius of DJ Q

on mixcloud too

http://www.mixcloud.com/djqmusic/

seems like Q leaving 1xtra hasn't been such a bad thing after all. Love these hour long mixes.

Xxpost agreed, I've just been listening to the may one more in the past few weeks for obvious reasons.

And benny, I agree - the perfect length and much more accessible. Though maybe a step down for people who were getting a weekly fix before.

I only started to listen to the 1xtra show about a year before it ended (not every week i admit). Obviously it was a peerless show but I like the concentrated 1 hour hit and it means i'm replaying and getting more out of them. This no-chat format also really highlights his mixing skills more and puts him centre-stage. Plus the guy's workrate outside of radio is so fierce, can't say I've felt a lack of Q in my life since the MOS show started so i'm happy.

i'd imagined losing the weekly fix would be a terrible loss but actually it's been really rewarding spending a bit longer marinating on each mix and getting into some close reading. (ok i probably wouldnt say no to fortnightly...)

i guess in retrospect q's 1xtra departure could be seen to be serendipitous as from then on garage has diffused out into ubiquity whilst simultaneously losing its core heartland to some extent - everywhere but nowhere. "essential garage" becomes aptly named under q's direction - not simply an exercise in (superbly) mixing together whatever's around at the moment but an ideological treatise on garageness itself, and rather than retreat back to basics to make the point like everyone else he instead approaches it by taking in even more of the surrounding ecology as possible and intuitively teases out the bubbling thread running through

which is why i particularly ride for the march set cos i think he said more with what at the time seemed apparently "less" if you catch my drift

fyi i'd have said the 1xtra shows (admittedly on a weekly basis) had the same half hour to an hour span where he'd lock in and start to... emulsify what was at hand. the rest was maybe more casually mixing new tracks in a radio presentation style, and then an hour's interview and set from a guest

"essential garage" becomes aptly named under q's direction - not simply an exercise in (superbly) mixing together whatever's around at the moment but an ideological treatise on garageness itself, and rather than retreat back to basics to make the point like everyone else he instead approaches it by taking in even more of the surrounding ecology as possible and intuitively teases out the bubbling thread running through

― r|t|c, Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:36 AM (9 minutes ago)

When you put it like that, if Q ever does a MOS mix cd (now there's a thought) they should totally commission you to write the liner notes.

posts written while watching the rock, vol 1

do mos comps even have liner notes these days

This mix he did for us grows on me with repeated plays.

We get the crowd hype
Put scones on the mic. . .

Pretty sure that's not what I'm really hearing.

http://www.amazon.com/Come-With-Me/dp/B00DOVSPU4
http://www.trackitdown.net/track/dj-q/come-with-me/house/5974278.html

if anyone would like to return the sample spotting favour, what is the guitar lick here from (not the proper og og just the famous thing), it is driving me crackers

http://youtu.be/xm25ScybuTY

ok wait i somehow recalled this but surely q ain't also knowing 1995 deep cuts from og j-lo's, what am i missing

Biggie Smalls - Machine Gun Funk (og is something by parliament i think)

duhhhhhhhhh kill me

that is epic

heh, thats my fave biggie tune actually!

This new DJ Q Birthday bash mix!
https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/dj-q-birthday-bash-17th-august

Super high energy set this, Gorgon City 'Real' and Katy B revved up to the absolute max.

Also, is it too early to get excited about the Q album yet? (drops in September right?)

heh this mix feels like a congenial hits parade breeze compared to monday's ruff tuff essential garage set 4 the headz

in this (relatively) looser and more free-wheeling style it's good to hear some defected style bits like the mk mix of katy b or no artificial colours - a dialogue still only intermittently suggested in the 'proper' sets i think

disclosure 'voices' and drums of death 'true' sound at least twice the tunes they do here than on their own or elsewhere

also that blend of pete graham / lorenzo 'who dat' with amber jolene 'back in the day' accapella at 38 mins is >>>>>>>>>>

like that's in a nutshell exactly the salted caramel steez that defines what we're here for

yes he is kinda kinda breezing through the hits (expertly so, natch), I guess its meant to be a typical set he would do live - btw anyone here actually seen DJ Q out in the real world?

(love the DJ Q WILL JACK YOUR BOX! tag)

Hadn't realised the new mos mix was already out, gonna check that now.

the salted caramel steez that defines what we're here for

haven't even heard this yet but instinctively feel this description is correct.

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/07/makaveli

xp i get the feeling it's another mysterious promo mash-up like the redlight/'dub be good to me' last year

listening to them on their own there outside of le zone the q bass trax seem a pretty interesting take actually; like retrospective audio hypotheses on how bassline mutated into jackin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CEqz4Fuwtw

Birthday Bash mix is the shit.

Is there a vibier sound to drop into the mix in 2013 than the glassy organ intro of MK's remix of "What Love Is Made Of"? I suspect not.

On this (old? how old is this?) "Classified" DJ Mag mix, this part with "say you're not gonna let me go" and all the jazzy guitar is just amazing. I realize how unreasonable the idea is, but I'd love to hear a whole mix with wall to wall jazz guitar (something I mostly don't like in its pure form).

That reminds me I need to get around to checking out the Swindle album

i heard it the once and thought it fairly tedious and overindulgent. bump if u end up feeling otherwise though

Does anyone know if (ILX's) DJP has checked out DJ Q? It seems like it would be DJPbait, but maybe I don't get his taste (especially in dance music?).

http://soundcloud.com/hothausrecs/sets/love-keeps-changing-ep

(trumpet & badman = dj q & dj haus)

omg what a great name

i'm all about this release and what it's bringing to the table but twatty limited vinyl only just totally undercuts the fun point of it

ha this rules

similarly, based on track titles alone this is promising

http://www.junodownload.com/products/dj-haus-thug-houz-anthems-vol-1/2220051-02/

anyone checked out that Thug Houz vol 1 thing yet? Is it like a proper album or a dj mix?

It's up on Spotify.

Seems like an album more than a dj mix. (I have no idea if this is mostly new material or not, since I don't know this stuff.)

Can't hide my disappointment about Trumpet & Badman turning out to be a track title rather than a duo name.

"Feel It" sounds familiar. This is one oneofthose DJ Q mixes.

on one

This one gets me boppin'.

turn that frown upside down matt, you've misread

trumpet & badman appears to be a dj haus track that he and dj q then used as a duo name

:)

Fuck these guys for stealing my future children's names.

lol tim

i heard it the once and thought it fairly tedious and overindulgent. bump if u end up feeling otherwise though

― r|t|c, Tuesday, August 6, 2013 4:23 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hmmm, yeah. the previously released singles are the best things there by a longshot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHY-8j1FZzI#at=137