Today Xeni Jardin of the illustrious Boing Boing was featured in Amoeba Records‘ regular segment “What’s In My Bag?” where the guest picks musical recommendations from within the store’s vast inventory. The always generous Jardin gave a fantastic plug to yours truly and held up a vinyl 12″ of my This Time single. I’m humbled.
So, there may be a lot of new people looking at this site today. Hello. If you’d like to check out some of my music, maybe for the first time, then know that I’ve got pretty much everything I’ve recorded streaming in its entirety on my Soundcloud page, which can be found by clicking HERE. Admittedly, that’s a lot of music, so here are some suggestions as to where to start:
- I’m a big fan of the distant collaboration/Third Mind technique known as remixing, and I’m remixing all the time. So most of my latest production work involves remixes. You can listen to my most recent remixes HERE.
- I’m probably best known for my compact discs released by Astralwerks. You can listen to my first album Feng Shui by clicking HERE and the second, Invisible Airline, which prominently features the vocals of Ms. Lisa Shaw, by clicking HERE.
- I also DJ in various cities quite a bit. You probably noticed some upcoming gig dates on this web site. I’ve got a load of DJ mixes in various styles that you can listen to and download at will HERE.
I’ve also got a Facebook fan page where I post all sorts of new DJ mixes, unreleased tracks, news, and salacious gossip … you can find this here: www.facebook.com/QBurnsAbstractMessage
Lastly, I’m can be found on Twitter where I actively post about my activities and obsessions (which generally include foreign movie poster art, Lucha Libre, and deceased beat writers): www.twitter.com/qburns
Thanks for checking me out and I really hope you like what you hear. I’ve got a lot of new music on the way in the coming months so stay tuned. And If you’d like to contact me and say hello then feel free to do so. I’d love to hear from you.
The latest Invisible Airwaves radio show is debuting this week and it’s an extra fabulous show, i think. There are a lot of great tunes included and I’m quite happy with the overall mix. I hope you like the show and perhaps discover some cool new labels, artists, and tracks through it. Here’s the tracklist for Invisible Airwaves #3:
1. Freaks vs. Robert Owens – Right Now (Glocal’s Night of Feverish Lovers Farewell Remix) – Rebirth
2. Tom Lown – Love Potion (Harold Heath Re-Rub) – Lost My Dog
3. Marco Cabral & Shux – Lonely (Marcos Cabral Edit) – On The Prowl
4. Ajello – Silver Tears (Space Ranger Remix) – Rebirth
5. Funky Transport & Giles Walker – I Am A Man – Lunatic Jazz
6. Tal M. Klein & Anthony Mansfield – Desayuno en Timpani’s – Aniligital Music
7. Damon Vallero – Keen To Play More – Downstream Records
8. Lusine – Crowded Room (Type A) – Ghostly International
9. Brett Johnson – Missing You – EIGHT-TRACKS
10. Joshua Iz – Alpha & Omega (Atnarko’s Alpha Mix) – Vizual Records
11. Cobblestone Jazz – Chance – Wagon Repair
12. The Trak Godz feat. Sheyi – Afro Godz (DJ Romain’s Deep Tribal Dub Mix) – Nu Faze Records
13. Demarkus Lewis & EMan – Behind Closed Doors (Deez Main Dub) – Grin Music
14. Birds & Souls – Birds & Souls – Spectral Sound
15. Sleazy McQueen – Fantasy – Deepfunk
16. Tone Control ft. Adeola Ranson – Take Me Away – Tone Control Music
17. Johnwaynes – Falling Leaves (Social Disco Club Remix) – Groovement
18. The Shift feat. Bora Yoon – On This Side (Courtney Nielsen Deep Mix) – Blunted Funk
19. Overcast Sound – Sarapiqui (Organon Remix) – Untitled & After
20. Animat – A Promise of Snow (Verbrilli Sound Windy Accumulations Mix) – Animat Music
The show can be heard on these stations at these times:
If you miss the show then the stations will be repeating it throughout the month. Play.FM will also have the show available on demand after its first airing. I’ll also be posting the mix to my Mixcloud page towards the end of the month.
I’ve had a nice history of Thursday weeklies in Orlando, including the beloved (at least by me) Holy Frijoles Thursday party at Knock Knock way back in the day. So, with that in mind, I’m totally pleased to announce a brand new Thursday party that I’m starting at downtown Orlando’s plush outdoor venue SkySixty. And we’ll be ready to go as soon as this very Thursday, February 25.
This weekly party will be called Starlight, inspired in part by the obvious fact that at SkySixty you’ll be dancing ‘under the stars.’ But it’s also inspired by the style of music I’ll be playing, and this wonderful song by NYC’s Escort bearing the same name gives you a healthy clue:
I’m going to be focusing on smooth vocal house tunes, with touches of disco and broken-beat in the mix for good measure. The flyer byline says “deep, sensual, vocal house music under the stars” which is exactly what we’re aiming for here. Basically, cool tunes that you can choose to dance along to or you can just chill with your friends and have a listen. Starlight will be a fun, casual night in a beautiful, comfortable setting.
SkySixty is also making this a Ladies’ Night which means that all drinks will be half off all night for (say in seductive voice) “the ladies.” Nice one, eh?
This happens this Thursday, February 25, and every Thursday at SkySixty, located at 60 N. Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando, above The Social. Click HERE for a map or directions. There is no cover and it’s 21 and up.
So, yeah … I’m quite excited about this and I hope you’ll make it out. If the night does well then eventually we’ll be bringing some very special surprise guests. Stay tuned, and we’ll see you on Thursdays!
The latest Invisible Airwaves radio show is now alive, featuring a couple hours of the latest and coolest in the deep house realm. There’s also a classic or two thrown in for kicks. If you’d like to tune in to have a listen then here are the times & places:
If you miss the show then the stations will be repeating it throughout the month. Play.FM will also have the show available on demand after its first airing. I’ll also be posting the mix to my Mixcloud page towards the end of the month.
The complete tracklist for this month’s mix can be found below the fold …
Our good friends at Stompy.com have just released a digital compilation album to coincide with the beginning of the new year. The purpose of the compilation is to highlight the many styles of house music that can be found on Stompy, and most of the tracks are, until now, unreleased. In addition to cool cuts by the likes of DJ Sneak, Johnny Fiasco, Radio Slave, Random Soul, and Lance De Sardi there is an exclusive track by your pal Q-Burns Abstract Message.
The best part about this is it’s totally free. It won’t cost you anything to check out & download these tracks. Convinced? Click HERE. The compilation is only available for a few weeks so be sure to grab it soon.
A little bit about my track on this compilation, titled “Melodica” : it’s a techy and atmospheric house track that I recorded in the early 2000s as the lead cut on an EP for the NYC label Fiji Recordings. Unfortunately, Fiji fell victim to the plague that caused many vinyl labels to close down in the first half of the decade. Thus, this track sat unnoticed and unplayed on an errant hard drive for many years. Its original inspiration was my purchase of a melodica, an instrument that can be heard on classic recordings by artists as diverse as Augustus Pablo and New Order. I think the track still sounds pretty contemporary, and has worked well for the dancefloor in recent sets where I’ve played it out. There are 2 other unheard tracks from the same session (which were also to be part of the Fiji Recordings EP) … I’ll also release those for free in the next couple months so stay tuned.
Yes indeed … say “Sayounara!” to 2009 and bring on 2010 as we celebrate on the rooftop at SkySixty under the stars, here in Orlando. I’ll be supplying a specially selected potpourri of funky tunes and party sounds for the entire evening. Champagne specials all night, and good times all around. 21 and up / $10 cover. We’ll see you there!
“Twas the night of ¡Club Queso! and all through the club /
All the creatures were dancing to the housey hubbub”
Suddenly another year of ¡Club Queso! is coming to a close and thus we celebrate with our special holiday edition: ¡La Navidad Es Para Los Luchadores! – this Friday, December 4 – at The Peacock Room.
Join your jolly hosts Q-Burns Abstract Message, Atnarko, and Sleazy McQueen as they fire up the mistletoe and DJ funky sets of gift-wrapped beats guaranteed to make you shake your jingle bells. Lola B supplies the holiday spirit décor to the Peacock Room and Show Source Productions make things sound extra-juicy. Santa-wrestling super-villians and luchadores have been invited.
This all takes place this Friday, December 4 – at The Peacock Room, located near downtown Orlando by the corner of Mills and Virginia. Click HERE for a map or directions. There’s a $5 cover, it’s 21 and up, and the first 50 people will get a free cheesy mix CD.
Yes, indeed. In about three hours after I post this I’m on an airplane to Bogota, Colombia, one of my favorite cities in the world. The occasion is partly some R&R, but mainly a fantastic gig to take place this Saturday night. It seems in Bogota I’ll be rendezvousing with Ms. Lisa Shaw, and she’ll be joining me for part of my set with her always wonderful vocal accompaniment. We haven’t done this together in a while so I’m quite excited.
If you happen to be in Bogota or know anyone who is there then please spread the word. The flyer with all of the information is below, and you can visit this party’s Facebook event page by clicking HERE.
My friend Ian Monroe recently had an interesting idea: about to graduate from journalism school into a risky job market, he has decided to offer a cash bounty for any job leads or referrals that result in his full time employment. It’s a cool proposal, and you can read his post on it by clicking HERE.
Meanwhile, I’m a traveling club DJ in an exceedingly risky DJ market. It’s just so slow at the moment … economic worries lowering club attendance means my schedule has been less and less busy. It’s a shame as I love to get out there DJ’ing in my frantic style, as you probably know, and I have a bit of new label tunes out at the moment I’d like to tour behind.
Thus I’ve decided to borrow Ian’s idea and reach out to not just the club promoters but also to those who know me or might like to come hear me DJ. So I’m offering my own bounty, or an agent’s cut if you will. Here’s what I propose: if you provide a lead or an introduction that results in a DJ gig for yours truly then I’ll pay you a 10% cut of what I’m paid. (more…)
