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"...).
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 June 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
ahhhhhhh
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 June 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
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?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 June 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
are you in this?
http://fb.me/1zsa0wARS
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 June 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
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
― the late great, Saturday, 28 June 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
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...
― Tim F, Sunday, 29 June 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
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.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Monday, 7 July 2014 09:20 (ten years ago) link
You should check his DJ sets dog Latin!
― Tim F, Monday, 7 July 2014 10:49 (ten years ago) link
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?
― 3kDk (dog latin), Monday, 7 July 2014 11:25 (ten years ago) link
'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.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Monday, 7 July 2014 11:28 (ten years ago) link
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
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 7 July 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
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 Rowe2on (DJ Q remix) - Tinashe? house n bassProve2u - ?remix - Alex Parkin & Lorenzo West coast (mk remix) - Lana Del ReyIts you (?remix?) - FCLWet dollars (Donaeo remix) - TazerChampion - Execution
(30 mins) -----------------
Do it all again - Mr Probz? grimey ´baby´ remixWay we are (Apexape remix) - Kove ft. Melissa Steel? hnb remix of Janet Jackson - Rhythm nationAlways (Shiba San remix) - MKDeep down (?remix) - Louie Andersonsparks 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
― Benny B, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 10:24 (ten years ago) link
can't listen til later but the fifth is flava d 'he loves me'
(flc remix is the gotsome one i would imagine?)
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 11:15 (ten years ago) link
(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)
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 11:16 (ten years ago) link
´you´ve got to own up to this love´ -> Motez - Own Up (AC Slater Remix)
― Mind Taker, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 11:57 (ten years ago) link
^ yes! all these are bang on
― Benny B, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 12:23 (ten years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
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 BeginningExample - One More Day (Shadow Child Remix)Drop Lamond ft Ruby Wood - Feeling High
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
smile every time when that remix nicks "make you wanna holla q!" from schoolboy namesake
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
yes!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link
Yeah it's the vibiness of the way the tunes literally talk to each other.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
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~
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:19 (ten years ago) link
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".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah the tropicals are the absolute best/worst for that malarkey
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
anyway!
ESSENTIAL GARAGE - 16th June 2014http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/15560952/file.html
All About She - Remedy - Disturbing LondonCJ Reign - Believe ft Anatea - Two Step Vybe Dubb - DPR RecordingsTinashe - 2 On - DJ Q Remix - White LabelShadow Child - Steak Fingers - Food MusicSparks & Kie - Fly Bi - Accapella - EastWestLana Del Rey - West Coast - MK Remix - PolydorStikky Lips & Chris Lorenzo - Naughty Good Girl - CuffOlivia Louise - Cocaine - DJ Q Remix - Q RecordingsDJ Haus - Lez Get 2getha - Hot Haus RecordsDavidian - What I Want ft Tiffani Juno - Original - KitsuneApexape & Chris Lorenzo - Listen Up - SpeakerboxxJustice - DVNO - Sunshine Brothers Remix - Ed Banger RecordsChris Gresswell & The Alliance - In Here - White LabelWonderlush - Swag - Wideboys Summer Garage Mix - World Wide PhonographicsFlava D - Her Loves Me - White LabelSecond City & Tyler Rowe - I Enter - DirtybirdTS7 - Give Me A Sign ft Yaz Nicks - Dub MixChampion - Execution - Nest HQMumdance - Take Time ft Novelist - RinseMak & Pasteman - Electro Funk Massacre - Lobster BoyTazer - Wet Dollars - Donaeo Remix - Recess RecordingsTony H - Deep Down - 42tf RecordingsShift K3y vs Teedra Moses - Touch Your Girl - DJ Q Mash Up - White LabelJunior Jack - Thrill Me - GotSome Ruff & Rugged Remix - [PIAS] RecordingsRough Copy - Street Love - DJ Q Dub Remix - Simco LimitedHybrid Theory & Jamie George - Only You - Four 40 RecordsDJ Q - Madness - White LabelPVC - You Smoke - Q RecordingsColours - What You Do ft Eska - 10 Below Remix - Ice Cream RecordsK Stewart - Tell Me Bout That - 37 Adventures
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
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!
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/dj-q-live-at-motion
― toby, Thursday, 10 July 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
let's see if the dl works
― r|t|c, Thursday, 10 July 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
...no. does if u inspect element yourself though
― r|t|c, Thursday, 10 July 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
yep, same with all those rbma shows. sadly they've moved to 128kbps though (used to be 320).
― toby, Thursday, 10 July 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Champion - Execution - Nest HQMumdance - Take Time ft Novelist - RinseMak & Pasteman - Electro Funk Massacre - Lobster BoyTazer - Wet Dollars - Donaeo Remix - Recess Recordings
this section is so sick
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 July 2014 06:44 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/dj-q-live-at-the-harley-in-sheffield-19-july-14-1
― toby, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 05:02 (ten years ago) link
new Trumpet and Badman EP is a KILLER
― online hardman, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
The moment in the Sheffield set when Q drops "Gotta Get Thru This" is such a vibe ting.
― Tim F, Friday, 8 August 2014 09:02 (ten years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/1e421q003Q420q144729/ClouDrop%2015%20Aug%202014%2019%3A02%3A44%2015%20Aug%202014%2019%3A02%3A45.png
/ end communication
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
Is there a missing 'J' in that logo?
― The Reverend, Friday, 15 August 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
no we are disqualified from listening again sorry
― r|t|c, Friday, 15 August 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
Fuck.
― The Reverend, Friday, 15 August 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
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.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 August 2014 12:33 (ten years ago) link
da quietus
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Saturday, 16 August 2014 12:38 (ten years ago) link
never stop street teaming for DJ Q.
― Tim F, Saturday, 16 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Saturday, 16 August 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the new one is a blast - here's a link for the casual crew
https://www.ministryofsound.com/radio/shows/dj-q
― Mind Taker, Sunday, 17 August 2014 10:17 (ten years ago) link
that mysterious jpg tracer posted refers to this new collab with the also-excellent flava d (who i'm beginning to discover)
https://soundcloud.com/localactionrecords/dj-q-flava-d-ps-loc018
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
that sbtv mix:
http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/89508614/file.html
― dbs, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
think i missed this one! thanks
(in fact i know i did because sparks & kie vs ten walls is something u generally remember in life)
― r|t|c, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
and now theres this´http://www.mixcloud.com/Outlook_Festival/outlook-mix-series-20-dj-q/
― Benny B, Thursday, 21 August 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link