the ineffable genius of DJ Q

Right? I love him in both goofy bassline and TWOSTEP BACK modes. He's earned his own thread for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYjDlL9f3VY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJhhr63RUw&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHLDTA2B5E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqelNJl4_F0

lol @ " TWOSTEP BACK"

all the birds sayin that twostep back

:D

I approve of this thread.

I've thought of starting it a few times actually.

His recent DJ Weekly podcast is excellent:

http://soundcloud.com/djmag/dj-weekly-podcast-73-dj-q

DJ Q - All Junglist
Rusko - Somebody To Love
Todd Edwards - Beckon Call (2003 Remix)
TS7 - Bitter VIP
Discarda - Rhyme On Acapella
Disclosure - My Intention Of War
Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (Sunship Remix)
DJ Q - Here Comes Da Bassline
D Double E feat Example - Catch Me If You Can
Preditah - Groupies
SBTRKT feat Sampha - Living Like I Do (Lil Silva Remix)
Burgaboy - You're Gonna Love Me
Swifta - Oh Yeah
Redlight - Get Out My Head
Redlight - Get Out My Head (Joker Remix)
Project Bassline - Resistance
Mosca - Bax
Nick Hannam - Love You Girl
Lady Gaga - Marry The Night (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
5kin & Bone5 - Make You Understand
DJ Q - JD & Coke
Cause & Effect - Ripped Groove
DJ Q - All You Have To
Maya Jane Coles - What They Say
Mista Men feat Detboi - Happen To You
DJ Q - Dibby Dibby Sound
Zinc - Juicy Fruit
Zed Bias feat Sam Frank - Night Lovers (Heavyfeet Remix)
Preditah - Circles
TS7 - Nothing To Show
Booda - No More Calls
DJ Q - Brandy & Coke

i also approve, he is amazinggggg

i just bought the brandy & coke 12'', it is EVERYTHING

btw, sort of related, Unknown to the Unknown is such an amazing label like every release is dope.

Whenever The Reverend and The Brainwasher vehemently agree on things I imagine them with their own TV show called 'The Reverend and The Brainwasher'.

ha, we spend a lot of time vehemently agreeing on things these days

bummer i thought this thread was about dj q

The Robin Thicke remix on that mix!

this is fabulous also:

Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (Sunship Remix)

The Robin Thicke remix on that mix!

yeah love this one

even better than the a-side imo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLIejRG5484

THE SUMMER IS NOT READY

i do like "brandy & coke" better tho, myself

"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

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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

yup

q himself has a new single. which is pretty good but way too short??

20 Burgaboy ft. Miss Kai Ryder - What's It Gonna Be

^^this one's settled too

Q's Pure Bassline mix is awesome, no major surprises in there and he doesn't do the really rapid fire switches between records but good to have at least one version of his recent sets out there on streaming services/in shops.

listening to UKG at lunchtime and Hannah started singing "Baked Beans" along to the vocal sample in said track, even tho she'd never heard it before

:D <3

tqd album is amazing

Totally missed this. Some pretty great moments so far:
https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/ldn

Says it's been up for seven months, but I could swear it wasn't there seven months ago.

massive number of new tracks on soundcloud! lotta filth, lotta beauty

really like "my heart"

Bassline producers... in 2018 can we stop trying to be comedians online and actually release more music for the supporters... on that note, My Bae by myself and @FlavaD is available to stream / download from today https://t.co/ypyF8iRSup

— DJ Q (@djqmusic) December 25, 2017

Any idea where the vocal sample in Make Some Noise v2 comes from (if it is a sample)?

nope

5-hr set from July:
https://soundcloud.com/djqmusic/qllnightldn

the mixing around 49 mins is a thing of beauty. i love the ragga/hardcore/2-step combo. love how rough and ready these live sets are, how fearless q is, how ambitious

twenty-five mins in and he's breaking out the Dream Teem Dub of "Buddy X", today is going to be a good day!

This is predictably tremendous

omg@ 1:34

:00-ish

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