the ineffable genius of DJ Q

"brandy & coke" was a total

http://imnotatoy.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/obamabased.jpg

for me

I thought "Brandy" was better for a while but "JD" just kind of snuck up on me.

I assume you dudes heard "Over Me" from last year?

What's especially dope is the Summer 2 Step Mix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRv7Yvs6Gho

I also love the unofficial sequel "Breaking Free":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz23Su7RSy8

Kinda sad that r|t|c isn't around to bask in the belated take-up of the idea he put so much effort into promulgating over a year ago (namely the ineffable genius of etc.)

Also THIS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkwsnUG74RI&feature=related

Kinda sad that r|t|c isn't around to bask in the belated take-up of the idea he put so much effort into promulgating over a year ago (namely the ineffable genius of etc.)

it doesn't sound like a very RTCesque turn of phrase!

i have always disliked the word "ineffable" tbh. one of the first words i can remember disliking.

where is rtc? ilm suffers without him.

I just gave it this title to make sure I roped in ppl who were taken with T2.

No I didn't mean the phrase, I mean DJ Q's genius.

I can see how my prior post was confusing, but I am confident that the phrase "the ineffable..." will not be going viral any time soon.

I've liked DJ Q for years, I just didn't start checking for him obsessively until recently.

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

schaffel sighting at 2:02:30-ish

lol @ "one more time" x "that's not me"

what is the absolutely incredible song at 2:44:00-ish? "i walk away"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MxPDEq1Sfc

nice :)

TUUUUUUUNE

https://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/newsflash-dj-q-has-mixed-fabriclive-99

This is firmly in the 'about fucking time' category.

“I’m Sorry...” one for the UK Garage heads!! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/7ATXtrZFYX

— DJ Q (@djqmusic) July 6, 2018

9 days left to listen.. TQD mix for R1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b89wkw

the new Barely Royal compilation "100% Bass" is giving me the same kind of feeling a DJ Q Kiss show gave me - lots of opulent bangers of growling subs and wobbling midrange, rhythmically thrilling but direct and brutalist, new vocal anthems mixed with refixes of 90s pop-house, skirting awfulness with tastelessness but never less than joyous glee

(except the drum & bass tracks on it, they're mostly rubbish)

caught him live at a festival recently. it was a lot more bassline and a lot less garage-house than i'd expected

This Fabriclive mix is fucking bonkers in the best way - personal highlight is the end of his remix of the Stingray theme (!) and a sample intones "anything can happen in the next half hour" and it feels like a promise as much as a punchline. Why can't all music be so charismatic and fun and joyous?

The Stingray drop is one of my favourite musical moments of the year but the mix in general is, I dunno, enjoyable but slightly frustrating and unsatisfying? Like it could stand to be more pop maybe?

It's like when Q was at his peak his sets had this magical alchemy, like he'd perfected the ratios of bassline brutalism, garage slink and pop shamelessness and his recent sets have more of the former and less of the latter. Over the last few years Q (and TQD in particular) have become fixtures on the UK festival bosh circuit and as a result maybe his sets have lost a bit of the balance that used to make them special. He's amped up the ruffness and cut back on the sugar.

sounds a little like the journey taken by my other favourite dj, jd twitch!

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