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I’m told April showers will eventually bring May flowers, but for now we’ll have to contend with the latest episode of my Invisible Airwaves radio show. It’s another jam-packed mix as, once again, I encountered too many outstanding tunes in the past month to fit in my allotted two hours. This makes for what I think is a gripping selection, perhaps one of my personal favorites out of the sixteen installments we’ve had so far. Evidence? Here’s the ‘choon!’-filled track list:

Mid Air – Ease Out (The Revenge Edit) – Z Records
Julian Sanza – Fired Up – Solardisco
Neighbour feat. Think Tank – Lando (Tal M. Klein Remix) – Homebreakin Records
Luminodisco – Questo Amore Splendido (Space Ranger Remix) – Danny Was A Drag Queen
Ivan Enot – Bonjour Tristesse (Latecomer Mix) – Conya
Waterson – When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Ashley Beedle’s Act Of Dub Mix) – Axis Trax
Diego Moreno – The Pain – Digital Delight
Data MC – Fever (Phonique & Tigerskin Remix) – Goodman Globe
Affi Koman – Blood From A Stone – Rememory Music
Crimea X – 10 PM (Alex Smoke Remix) – Hell Yeah Recordings
Amit Shoham – My Favorite Things (Blakkat’s Idreamofmoni Mix) – Noice!
Trap.Avoid – Presence – Dither Down
Phreek Plus One – Scottocosto – Compost Records
Soul Renegades – Y’all Won’t Let Me (Faze Action Dub Mix) – Instruments Of Rapture
Berny – Shplatten (Osamu M & Hiromat Remix) – Keep It Simple Records
Benoit & Sergio – Walk & Talk – Visionquest
Jimmy Edgar – New Touch (Jacques Greene Remix) – !K7
Sarp Yilmaz – Maybe I Do, Maybe I Don’t (Rich T Remix) – Trendy Mullet
Ruthit – I Feel – Fresh Meat Records
Ohm Hourani – Tits & Pieces (Nathan Burns & Elio Krass Mix) – Microzoo
Daco – Drip Dry – Paper Recordings

You can hear Invisible Airwaves each month on these stations:

Enation.FM (USA)
Mixology Radio (USA)
Play.FM (Austria)
Discotheque Radio (Brazil)
Nugen FM (Hungary)
BSP Radio (USA)
Deep Vibes Radio (UK)
Radio 4 By 4 (Sweden)
Pink City Beats (France)
In My Radio / Italia Network (Italy)
2B Continued Radio (Israel)
Safari Radio 104.7 (Greece)
A portion of the show is also aired monthly on the MaGmA Project Radio Show, syndicated to 45 Italian stations.
… and we’re also now a monthly contributor to the Fresh Meat Records Danceteria Podcast!

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.

If you’d like to air my monthly program on your Internet or terrestrial radio station then please contact me by clicking HERE.

Some intentionally watery (and slightly naughty) remix action, this time inflicted upon Colorado’s Gazeebo for their NC-17 rated Adults Only series. My latest trip is imagining a flowing river as I work on my productions, having the musical elements develop and dissipate naturally, like floating past structures on the shoreline. I’m playing some big, bouncy bass guitar run through a who-knows-what effect, its riff sort of being the melodic anchor. Staccato synth arpeggiations flow (yes) in and out and I’m happily able to include some cheap-sounding string pads. Head-bobbing beat-smith and a slinky disposition meet underneath a flashing red neon light. You’re never too old to get carded at the door at this club. Have a listen:

This remix joins rockin’ remixes by Irregular Disco Workers and Lou Teti of the same “Gushing Climax” original. It’s been released through Community Recordings and can be found on Juno Download as well as other fine digital shops.

March is the month where we in the northern hemisphere get a glimmer of nicer weather, a bunch of DJ types are hoarding fresh tunes in hopes to impress at some annual party pile-up in Miami, and I have a little Q-BAM b-day. As possibly expected, I’m also presenting yet another Invisible Airwaves mixshow, the fifteenth episode if you can believe, and I’ve been able to line up our usual assortment of brand new tunes that have found coveted homes in the virtual DJ crate. Goodies galore … here’s the track list:

Grandchildren – Saturn Returns (Runaway Remix) – Green Owl Records
Zev – Don’t Break It (Kenny Glasgow & Jonny White Remix) – Wolf + Lamb Music
Chopstick/Johnjon – Clear Eyes – Suol
The xx – VCR (Four Tet Remix) – Young Turks
Space Ranger – Nightmoves (Pional Remix) – Lovemonk
Colors Sound System – Pleasent Sea – Blunted Funk Recordings
Tal M. Klein – House On The Left (Bicep Remix) – Aniligital Music
YSE – Gelly – Ornate Records
Gemini – How Can I – Robsoul Recordings
Jevne – Following The System (Pete Dafeet Remix) – Eighth Dimension
Taras van de Voorde – 1998 – Rebirth Records
Mateo & Matos feat. Vincent Inc – Want U Tonight (Marc Cotterell Latenight Mix) – Manuscript Records
OD Muzique & Mark Holmes – Ronnie – Berwick Street Records
George Horn – Reviver – Aquamarine Digital
Mike DeVellis – Alkaline Metal (James Scannell Remix) – Blunted Funk Recordings
Quike – Strange City Funk – Exprezoo Records
Vanessa Daou – Heart Of Wax (Alpha Motive Dub) – Kid Recordings
Volta Cab – I Am Not Like You – Solardisco
Snoretex – Strange Aeons – Buzzin’ Fly Records
Arthur’s Landing – Love Dancing – Strut

You can hear Invisible Airwaves each month on these stations:

Enation.FM (USA)
Mixology Radio (USA)
Play.FM (Austria)
Discotheque Radio (Brazil)
Nugen FM (Hungary)
BSP Radio (USA)
Deep Vibes Radio (UK)
Radio 4 By 4 (Sweden)
Pink City Beats (France)
In My Radio / Italia Network (Italy)
2B Continued Radio (Israel)
Safari Radio 104.7 (Greece)
A portion of the show is also aired monthly on the MaGmA Project Radio Show, syndicated to 45 Italian stations.

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.

If you’d like to air my monthly program on your Internet or terrestrial radio station then please contact me by clicking HERE.

February is now in our hearts, and here’s a brand new Invisible Airwaves radio show for your consideration. Once again it’s an eclectic selection though we spend the first three quarters in a housier realm than we did the last time around. Everything in this mix is brand new or about to hit the shops … there’s so much good music already out in 2011 it’s been hard fitting everything in. Just check out the action packed track list below:

Lee Webster – Portal Nou – Digital Delight Barcelona Records
Deep Space Orchestra – Riding In My Imaginary Jeep (OOFT! Remix) – Foto Recordings
Freaks & 012 – Conscious Of My Conscience (Vocal Mix) – Rebirth Records
Fred Everything & 20for7 – Friday (Crazy P Mix) – Lazy Days Recordings
Tommy Largo – At The Beach (Thomas Sahs Mix) – Alphabet Music
Combo – Country Girl (Original Mix) – Solar Disco
Dead Seal – Koo Koo Mind (Anthony Mansfield Dub) – Nightlight Music
When Saints Go Machine – Fail Forever (Dop Remix) – !K7 Records
Benoit & Sergio – Midnight People (Vocal Version) – Spectral Sound
Rubicon 7 & Merlyn Martin – Hold Me Back (Jamie Anderson NY Dub) – Baker Street Recordings
Tamas Markus – Up In The Air – Whobear Records
Ludowick – Monoplastic (Original Mix) – 22 Digit Records
Never Knows – Poe – Untitled & After
Aural Imbalance – Sea State – Greta Cottage Workshop
Boohgaloo Zoo – Come To This – Lovemonk
Brownout - Slinky (Tal M. Klein Remix) – Six Degrees Records
Arthur Russell – Moon (Justin Harris 110 BPM Mix) – Eclectic Avenue Records
Giovanni Damico – Can Be Other (Sleazy McQueen Remix) – Home Audio
Pablo Decoder & CAPO – Imposible (Club Edit) – Pantamuzik

You can hear Invisible Airwaves each month on these stations:
Enation.FM (USA)
Mixology Radio (USA)
Play.FM (Austria)
Discotheque Radio (Brazil)
Nugen FM (Hungary)
BSP Radio (USA)
Deep Vibes Radio(UK)
Radio 4 By 4 (Sweden)
Pink City Beats (France)
In My Radio / Italia Network (Italy)
2B Continued Radio (Israel)
Safari Radio 104.7 (Greece)
A portion of the show is also aired monthly on the MaGmA Project Radio Show, syndicated to 45 Italian stations.

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.

If you’d like to air my monthly program on your Internet or terrestrial radio station then please contact me by clicking HERE.

Today I’ve found myself listening repeatedly to this DJ mix put together by Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti as part of The Quietus mix series. You may know Chris & Cosey for their extensive discography as a duo, and you may also know them as one half of iconoclastic musical heroes Throbbing Gristle. TG were especially influential to me as a teenage lover of all things musically controversial and I completely wore out copies of their various albums (as well as my tattered edition of the Industrial Culture Handbook of which their interview was a highlight). This exceptional mix betrays Chris & Cosey’s unique historical perspective on music recent and past and will be the background soundtrack to many future days of work here at Q-BAM HQ. Enjoy:

Quietus Mix 008: Chris & Cosey by The Quietus on Mixcloud

 

I’m launching 2011 with a whole new series of Invisible Airwaves shows and a new theme song (an edit of the Balearic Version of “Chainsaw,” if you wanna know). This mix gives baby new year a gentle spank with a selection of tunes that are slower in tempo than usual as well as a bit more melancholy in vibe. I usually find myself a bit reflective at the beginning of January and this episode reflects that. I hope you enjoy it! Here’s the track list:

1. Jugoe – In Memory Of – Bastard Jazz
2. Deep Space Orchestra – Clockwork Ninja – Use of Weapons
3. Hawke – Inside Job (Tal M. Klein Remix) – Eighth Dimension
4. Mark Duffin – The Redheaded League – Boredaudio
5. Trujillo – Baby You’re Still The Same – aPersonal Music
6. Atjazz Feat. Ernesto & Cee-Rock “The Fury” – Underlined (Mr Beatnik Italic Dub) – Mantis Recordings
7. 6th Borough Project – Closer – Instruments Of Rapture
8. Blacklodge feat. Guests Of Nature – Broken Promises – Lazy Days Recordings
9. Ajello feat. Fred Ventura – My Rhythm (The King of Basia Remix) – Danny Was A Drag King
10. 33 1/3 Queen – Disco Four (Ray Mang’s Mangled Mix) – Tu Rong
11. Zoe’s Raygun – Late Night Finger Dip – Hotbox Recordings
12. Morcheeba – Even Though (Mustang Dub) – [PIAS] Recordings
13. The Juan Maclean – The Future Will Come (Canyons Remix) – DFA Records
14. Havana Candy – Rainbow – Havana Candy
15. Matt Flores – My Circular Orbit (Poussez Remix) – Loudeast Records
16. The Rah Band – Messages From The Stars (Original 12” Astro Mix – Atjazz Re-Edit) – Tokyo Dawn Records
17. Toomy Disco – Fightless – So-Sound Recordings
18. Catalepsia – Dope Menace (Hardway Bros Dalston Housin’ Authority Mix) – Métis Recordings
19. Lord Of The Isles – We Were There (Dancin’ Freestyle) – Solar Disco
20. DJ Apt One – The Tilt – 11 Inch Records
21. Tevo Howard – The Age Of Compassion – Buzzin Fly

You can hear Invisible Airwaves each month on these stations:
Enation.FM (USA)
Mixology Radio (USA)
Play.FM (Austria)
Discotheque Radio (Brazil)
Nugen FM (Hungary)
BSP Radio (USA)
Deep Vibes Radio(UK)
Radio 4 By 4 (Sweden)
Pink City Beats (France)
In My Radio / Italia Network (Italy)
2B Continued Radio (Israel)
Safari Radio 104.7 (Greece)
A portion of the show is also aired monthly on the MaGmA Project Radio Show, syndicated to 45 Italian stations.

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.

If you’d like to air my monthly program on your Internet or terrestrial radio station then please contact me by clicking HERE.

The December frost brings this yuletide edition of Invisible Airwaves, featuring a load of lovely discoveries and newly released tracks coalesced into a two hour DJ mix by yours truly. Once again it’s an eclectic electronic music selection touching on a load of styles from Italo-influenced synth romps to melodic deep house cuts amid a few indie-dance detours. Check out the track list:

1. Gazeebo – Gushing Climax (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) – Community Recordings
2. Crimea X – Liubov (Daniele Baldelli Remix) – Hell Yeah
3. Bollo – Just Have Fun (BOriginal Remix) – Soluble Recordings
4. Gareth Cheshire – Falling From Space – Audio Parallax
5. George Vala & Audioprophecy – Gringo Brass (Space Ranger Remix) – Grande Buffo
6. The Heels Of Love – Slave – Hands Of Time
7. Supersonic Lovers – Eye Beta Boogie – Danny Was A Drag King
8. Chromatic Filters – Hypnotic Broad Beans – Rebirth Records
9. Luminodisco – Boommachine – Danny Was A Drag King
10. Jay Shepheard – Kuderski’s Groove – Retrofit
11. Reporter – Click Shaw (Runaway Remix) – Holocene Music
12. Triangle Orchestra – @137 (Chicken Lips Scratch Dub) – Rong Music
13. Hawke – Everything Is Happening At The Same Time (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) – Eighth Dimension
14. Hanssen – Intento Dismayo (Original Mix) – Innerflight Music
15. Deep Space Orchestra – Trust Skynet (The Revenge Mistrust Mix) – Use Of Weapons
16. Dead Seal – Like I Do – Nightlight Music
17. John Tejada – Flight To Tokyo – Poker Flat Recordings
18. Pete Dafeet – Future You – Lost My Dog
19. Mark Bell – Back To Me Baby (Abicahsoul Dub) – Finale Sessions
20. Cladin – Fascinated By The Noises – Lichen Records

The show can be heard on these stations at these times:
Sunday, December 12 at 9:00 PM EST on Enation.FM
Monday, December 13 at 8:00 PM EST on Mixology Radio
Tuesday, December 14 at 12:00 noon EST on Play.FM and 10:00 PM EST on Discotheque Radio
Saturday, December 18 at 5:00 PM on Nugen FM
Monday, December 20 on BSP Radio

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.

If you’d like to air my monthly program on your Internet or terrestrial radio station then please contact me by clicking HERE.

To the time machine! Tomorrow night (Saturday, December 11) we get a glimpse of “The Future” care of everyone’s favorite renegade art meets custom shirting establishment, i.e. Mother Falcon in downtown Orlando. Creations interpreting the theme of “The Future” will be on display from a myriad of artists, local and otherwise. All the while, I (Mr. Q-Burns Abstract Message) will providing musical sounds also along the lines of this theme (think retro-Italo optimism and Fatback’s “Is This The Future,” but no Timbuk 3, thanks).

Your futuristic dystopia/utopia begins at 8:30 tomorrow evening, going until midnight-ish, at the Mother Falcon shop and it’s totally free admission. Full details below, and the Facebook event page can be found by clicking HERE. Strap on your jet packs and head on over to The Future!

“The Future” begins Saturday December 11th (8pm until late) and we’re inviting some of our favorite Orlando artists to interpret what’s next.

Artists include: Eric Althin, Spectra82, Adrian Gonzalez, Sean Hartman, Victoria Price, Cake, Janae Corrado, Kristal Celeste, Elizabeth Shupe, Dennis Hansbury, Tad Branham and many more!

All artwork will continue to be on display, for sale, and available for T-Shirt printing thru January 14th!

Sounds by Q-Burns Abstract Message.
Cash Bar provided by Crooked Bayou Catering.
Yelp will be onsite with games & raffling off prizes!
This is a free event.

Parking:
Thornton Park Parking Garage with entrances on North Eola Drive and East Washington Street. Street parking is available if you can find it.

More info: www.MotherFalconClothing.com
Mother Falcon @ 817 E. Washington Street Orlando, FL (407) 423-3060

This weekend I’m hitching a ride on a jetliner and bringing my pack of tunes to a couple of fun mid-west venues. Friday night I will find myself in St. Louis and then on Saturday I’ll be skipping over to Louisville for a golden pair of rollicking Q-Burns Abstract Message DJ gigs. I’ve got loads of new music in tow and a few extra tricks up my sleeve so if you happen to be in the area then I hope you’ll join me. Here are the scintillating details:

Friday, December 3 – St. Louis, MO at Europe Nightclub

Blistering good vibes are expected as I roll into one of my favorite cities. The action starts at 9:30 PM with opening DJs Pattern Pusher + Slant-E, Narcosis, and Trevor Matthews. It’s 18 and up but if you’re over 21 then you can enjoy the dangerously free Stolli vodka until 11 PM. It’s a $10 cover, and Europe Nightclub is located at 710 North 15th Street. For lots more information go to this event’s Facebook page by clicking HERE.

 

Saturday, December 4 – Louisville, KY at Audyssey Nightclub

I’m a little late for what was once my annual Thanksgiving weekend Kentucky visit, but you knew I wouldn’t let you down totally. Louisville is always a good time and I’m positive this will be no exception. The club opens the doors at 10 PM and plan to keep things going until the break-a-dawn, just like those good old days. Nate FX, DJ Drek, and Cid Vicious are also spinning tunes and it’s 18 and up with a $10 cover. Audyssey Nightclub is located at 2420 South 4th Street in Louisville. To get tons of further details go to this event’s Facebook page by clicking HERE.

 

I hope to see you out and about!

PS – If you happen to be in Orlando then all is not lost … Joshua Iz, one of my favorite DJs and producers, will be playing a ¡Club Queso! at the Peacock Room with Atnarko and Sleazy McQueen. This happens this very Friday, December 3. For more information click HERE.

Since its original release on the Astralwerks album Invisible Airline in 2001, the Q-Burns Abstract Message song “Innocent,” featuring the vocals of Lisa Shaw, has seen many reappearances and remixes. The first mixes by King Britt and Lovesky released as part of the Re-Routed collection on Eighth Dimension were soon followed by stunning reworks from Joey Negro and Magik Johnson for Britain’s NRK label.

Years later, Eighth Dimension was contacted by House Arrest label impresario Cole Medina requesting to revisit this track, one of his favorites, for an even newer remix. Being a big fan of Medina’s excellent work, which includes his top notch remix of Sleazy McQueen’s “Anna Due” and his many sought after re-edits, the label promptly handed over the “Innocent” parts anxious to hear the result. Cole Medina did not disappoint at all: he promptly delivered three completely different, fantastic remixes of “Innocent.”

The first of Medina’s mixes is the Nue Boogie Mix with its soulful, low-slung disco funk. Dramatic percussion and an unrelenting keyboard riff play against Lisa Shaw’s expressive vocal providing a dose of ear-pleasing musical tension. Cole’s Bottom Heavy Tunnel Mix increases the tempo with a late night club-ready house mix. Over the insistent four-on-the-floor rhythm a healthy wash of reverb is applied to Lisa’s vocals giving this one a decidedly big room feel. The delicately sparse arrangement is tailor made for booming in an after-hours warehouse. Finally, Cole turns a total 180 with his Why Love Sucks Mix, a downtempo treatment comfortably placing the song in Portishead territory. Lisa Shaw suddenly takes the role of chanteuse as cabaret piano and emotive strings hover over the plodding, trip hop beats.

Cole Medina‘s return to “Innocent” precedes future singles and projects from Q-Burns Abstract Message including the upcoming “Dark Roots” and the mysterious “Balearic Chainsaw.” Keeps ears locked on Eighth Dimension for more exciting sounds to come.

Innocent (Cole Medina Remixes) :: Eighth Dimension Records – 8TH30D by Q-Burns Abstract Message

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