We’ve licensed the King Britt remix of “Innocent” to our friends at NRK in Bristol, England for a brand new 12″ release. They’ve backed it with a brand new remix by rising New Zealand superstar Magic J. This new mix is a brillant big room stormer, but still has a lot of deep, dubby elements. It’s good. Rumor has it a Joey Negro mix may also be forthcoming, and we’re really excited. For more info, visit the NRK website.
Q-Burns Abstract Message says: “You can hear about ten seconds of the my track “Enter/Other” in the trailer for the new Spike Lee movie “The 25th Hour”. The movie looks real good, too!
I’m reminded of the time I was playing funk tracks at the Blair Witch Project premiere party in New York City. At one point I looked up and Spike Lee was right in front of me nodding his head and gave me a quick approving grin. That’s one of my DJ career highlights (as I’m a big Spike fan).
Also, listen for an appearance of the old track “141 Revenge Street (Mess Of Afros)” in an upcoming episode of the TV show “John Doe”. It supposedly accompanies a thrilling chase scene which is perfect because that’s the image I had in my head when I recorded the song many years ago.”
We’ve been getting a lot of confused e-mails from people who are claiming to have had Q-Burns sightings on their television sets. Seems that in a certain public service advertisement involving a girl at a club going to a bathroom stall to call her parents, a quick glimpse of a familiar shoulder-bopping DJ can be seen. Well, we would like to confirm the rumors. This is indeed Mr. Q-Burns Abstract Message. In fact, the music playing in the commercial is the Q-Burns track “Total Maza” from the Eighth Dimension compilation “Selected Material”.
We were asked to be in the commercial by a friend of ours who was part of the production team. We appreciated its message of communication between parents and their children as a problem solver as opposed to the usual stereotypical and misinformed ‘drugs in clubs’ paranoia.
If you watch TV you’ll probably see it. This ad is playing all the time, almost way too much. After you see it, then reward yourself by visiting the EMDEF web site to learn what you can do to stop proposed anti-’rave’ legislation that is threatening our clubs and our freedoms.
Available at your favorite DJ vinyl shop comes this single, released on Q-Burns’ own Eighth Dimension label. On this slab, two songs – “Innocent” and “Differently” – get the remix treatment from Lovesky, King Britt, Funky Transport, and Neon Heights, four hot up-and-comers on the global DJ scene. You can hear all four mixes by launching the Rerouted listening party.
TRACKLISTING:
Side A
1. “Innocent” (Lovesky’s Confuse Me With Fear Mix)
2. “Innocent” (King Britt’s Scuba Mix)
Side B
1. “Differently” (Funky Transport Mix)
2. “Differently” (Neon Heights Ruffer Than Ruff Mix)
I’ve been keeping super busy with gigs and production work. I’m in the studio this week remixing Fila Brazillia which I’m quite excited about, and have just finished mixes for Church Street Recordings and our new Eighth Dimension act Beef Wellington. Soon I’ll be in the studio putting together a bevy of new original tracks which I hope to be shopping around at Conference time.
Look for new releases of my remixes of Hawke’s “Party People” (a remix collaboration with Huggy), Thunderball’s “Stereo Tonic” on ESL, Trabant’s “Enter Spacebar” on Thule, and Burdy’s “Doobie Dada” on Sunshine. I’ve also done a couple of mixes for Brique Rouge, including Mazi + Colette’s “Do You Want Me” and Kram’s “Sweet Love” which should be out by the summer.
Winter Music Conference approaches and I’ll have tons to promote …. there will be a few new releases on test from my Eighth Dimension label, and the Re-Routed Part 1 remix 12″ with remixes by King Britt, Lovesky, Neon Heights, and Funky Transport will be the highlight. Speaking of Winter Music Conference, if you are planning a WMC party and would be interested in my drunken DJ shenanigans, feel free to contact me. It’s great to get funky in the sun, eh?
Howdy everyone … I hope you are having a fantastic and relaxing
holiday season.
As for me, I am quite busy as usual, just finishing a bunch of new
remixes and currently on the Two Drunk Punks On Funk tour with Robbie
Hardkiss. Last week we DJed in New York City, Rochester NY, and
Toronto. This week we will be setting down in Washington DC,
Richmond VA, Baltimore MD, Pittsburgh PA, and Philadelphia PA. At the
end of the month, I’m looking forward to a big Orlando party right
after Christmas with DJ Garth and I at the Social/Sapphire. And, if
all goes well, I’ll be spending New Year’s Eve spinning records on a
far away Mexican beach.
For future plans, Robbie Hardkiss and I are to be in cahoots for a
midwest and west coast leg of our DJ tour which should start the last
week of January and run through February. Big thanks to Lotus
Magazine, Paul Frank, Stussy, and Dublab.com for their support and
help with our drunken DJ tour adventure.
On the remix front, I’ve just completed a couple of things for David
Duriez’s Brique Rouge label including remixes of the upcoming “Sweet
Love” by Kram and “Do You Want Me” by Mazi + Collette. I also
finished remixes of Lovesky’s “Come Back To Me” on Sunburn and
Thunderball’s “Stereo Tonic” on ESL. Lastly, I just completed a go-go
style remix of our very own Pimp Daddy Nash’s track “It’s A Wonderful
Life” which will be released on Modul in Germany early next year.
Yep, I’ve been quite busy here.
A bunch of people have also been remixing tracks off my Invisible
Airline album, and we are looking to put out a remix album on Eighth
Dimension at the beginning of Spring. Some of the remixers include
Lovesky and Thunderball as well as Doctor Olive, Tetris,
Funky Transport, King Britt, Hakan Lidbo, and quite a few others.
More details on this coming soon.
starring Q-Burns Abstract Message and Robbie Hardkiss
Fri, Nov 30 – Austin, TX at Texture
Wed, Dec. 12 – Toronto, Ontario at Tonic
Thu, Dec. 13 – Rochester, NY at Water Street
Fri, Dec. 14 – New York, NY at Groovejet
Tue, Dec. 18 – Richmond, VA at Bogart’s
Wed, Dec. 19 – Philadelphia, PA at Trocadero
Thu, Dec. 20 – Baltimore, MD at Sonar
Fri, Dec. 21 – Pittsburgh, PA at Club Laga
Sat, Dec. 22 – Washington, DC at Five
This is just the beginning…January will find extensive west coast dates with Robbie and myself nursing hangovers and dropping tunes….
We’ll be posting sets online from the tour on Dublab.com…we will also have some giveaways from Lotus Magazine, Stussy, and Paul Frank and the gigs.
Will give everyone more information as it all come together! Hope we make it out to your town……
In these last couple of crazy + stressful months, I’ve been trying to
stay out there gigging and DJing all over the place. I figure my job
as funkymiester party DJ man is twice as important now as folks want
to get out to the clubs, get their minds off the news, and shake
their monkeymakers to some chunky new tunes…
So, in addition to recent appearances in Los Angeles, Portland OR,
New York City, and Baltimore MD, I’ve also been lucky enough to pull
off a three week, eighteen city Canadian tour. From Halifax to
Vancouver, you name a Canadian city and chances are I played there
sometime in the end of September. The tour was lots of fun, and
definitely an adventure.
I’d also like to announce that I’ve added a monthly residency for
myself at Sonar in Baltimore, which I am extremely excited about as I
feel it’s one of the best clubs in the US at the moment. This is
certainly an honor for your humble DJ.
Plans for December include the beginning of a DJ tour which
will possibly last well into the end of January and will see me
playing all over the country, in towns big and small. Seems I am
going to rent a van with Mr. Robbie Hardkiss and we will be driving
it rock n’ roll style all over the US doing gigs in what we’ve
tentatively called the “2 Drunk Punks on Funk” tour. We’ve booked gigs in places such as Austin TX, Atlanta, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Fayetteville Arkansas, Nashville, Boston, New York, and Toronto and we are adding many more dates in the coming week. I’ll keep everyone
posted.
On the release front, look for Q-Burns Abstract Message remixes of
Moses Leroy, Traktor, Kidney Thieves, Neon Heights, Doctor Olive, 4
Way Fanatics, Hawke, and Burdy. The 12″ release for the Q-Burns
Abstract Message album track “Shame”is out now, with remixes by Hakan
Lidbo, East Coast Boogiemen, and a new mix by yours truly. The Rivera
Rotation remix of my album track “This Time” is out on limited white
label release and will receive a full release in a couple of months.
Both “Shame” and “This Time” feature the lovely vocals of Lisa Shaw.
01. Sylk 130 – Reasons Remixes 12″ (Ovum, US)
02. Greg Green – After The Dance 12″ (Aqaurius, Canada)
03. Black Thievz – American Dream/Tokyo Blues 12″ (Amazonia, UK)
04. 141st Orchestra – Just Because/The Chase 12″ (Dust2Dust, UK)
05. Ian Pooley – What’s Your Number 12″ (V2, Germany)
06. Interfearence – All Day/All Night 12″ (Electronically Enhanced, UK)
07. Bronx Dogs – 212 (Weya Funk) 12″ (Marble Bar, France)
08. 10 Bar – Burnin Up 12″ (20/20 Vision, UK)
09. Cassius – 1999 12″ (Virgin, France)
10. Scott Grooves – Mothership Reconnection Remixes 12″ (Soma, UK)
11. 16B – Water Ride Remixes 12″ (Eye Q/Alola, UK)
12. Exos – Q-Box 12″ (Thule, Iceland)
13. Airborne – Book ‘Em Dano 12″ (Bolshoi, UK)
14. Le Rosbifs – Vous Les Groove 12″ (Push, UK)
15. Old School Vs. New School Selections 12″ (Jive Electro, US)
16. Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions LP (Studio K7, Germany)
17. Tutto Matto – Straight To You 12″ (Tummy Touch, UK)
18. The Sunburst Band – Here Comes … LP (Z Records, UK)
19. Aromabar – Where’s Your Moon 12″ (Infracom!,, Germany)
20. Nickodemus and Jay B. – A New Day 12″ (Mush, US)
01. The Unlikely Lads – Two Of A Kind 12″ (20/20 Vision, UK)
02. Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better (Buffalo Bunch Mix) 12″ (Source, France)
03. Mot – One Sixteen 12″ (Marvin Nash, US)
04. La Cienda Honduras – The Gledhow Hall Gormless 12″ (Panhandle, US)
05. Hesohi – Get This 12″ (Viva, US)
06. Luomo – Tessio Remixes 12″ (Forcetracks, Germany)
07. Nectar – An Orange EP 12″ (Grayhound, US)
08. Veloce – Party Down 12″ (Cyber, France)
09. Hakan Lidbo – Mobos & Mogies EP (Chalant, US)
10. Solomonic Sound – Come Fi Mash It 12″ (Worship, US)
11. Neon Heights pres. Frankie Valley EP 12″ (Neon Heights, UK)
12. Swayzak – Ping Pong 12″ (Swayzak, UK)
13. Dano – Audio Acrobat EP 12″ (Red Mellon, US)
14. Mazi + Dj Motion – Free Space EP 12″ (Gourmet, US)
15. Choc Electrique – Shadows EP 12″ (Invincis, UK)
16. Lego – El Rtimo Del Verdad (Swag Mix) 12″ (True, Belgium)
17. Jacob London vs. Jacob London EP 12″ (Squid Records, US)
18. Archer/Laron/Pickett – Espace Cowgirl EP (Golden Gate, US)
19. Barrio Brothers – Hold On To Your Love 12″ (Electrik Soul, US)
20. Phil Weeks/Lion I – It Put Me Well 12″ (Robsoul, France)
