Artist: Q-BIK MUZ
Song: Title: Voyage (Bonus Track)
Produced, Written, Performed & Engineered by: John Penn
Recorded at Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records

Voyage (Bonus Track)

2nd Q-BikMuz Ambient release on 12-inch, B-side of "Can U Feel It" feat. Bridge Grace, originally titled "Wet Dreams" for the release, but the working title was "Journey of a Raindrop", which last today.

Artist: Q-Bik Muz
Song Title: Journey-of-a-Raindrop (aka Wet Dreams)
Produced, Performed & Engineered by: John Penn for Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records


Journey-of-a-Raindrop

Artist: KEM (on Motown/Universal)
Song Title: "Love Thy Neighbor" (from "Can't Figure U Out" EP)
Produced by: John Penn
Label: Undercurrent Records

Artist: KEM "Love Thy Neighbor"   (from "Can't Figure U Out" EP)

Artist: Q-Bik Muz
Song Title: While U Were Sleeping (Original)
Performed, Produced, Engineer & Mastered by: John Penn
Background Vocals: Deidre
Label: Undercurrent Records

While U Were Sleeping (Original)

Artist: Q-BIk Muz
Song: Title: Deep Dark Secret (Snippet)
Produced by: John Penn
Label: Undercurrent Records
Note: Regular version to be uploaded soon...

Deep Dark Secret (Snippet)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ
Song: Title: Pick It Up (99X-Mix)
Produced, Written, Performed, Engineered & Mastered by: John Penn
Recorded at Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit | Atlanta
Mastered by John Penn at Audible Arts Interactive, Atlanta
Label: Undercurrent Records

Pick It Up (99X-Mix)

Artist: U.N.V.
Song: Title: Something's Goin' On (Original)
Produced by: John Penn
Label: Undercurrent/Maverick/Warner/Sire

Something's Goin' On

Artist: U.N.V.
Song: Title: Straight From My Heart
Produced by: John Penn
Label: Undercurrent/Maverick/Warner/Sire

Straight From My Heart

Artist: Q-BIK MŪZ
Song: Title: Kinetic Motion (Original)
Produced, Written, Performed & Engineered by: John Penn
Recorded at Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records

Kinetic Motion (Original)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ
Song: Title: Kinetic Motion (Club Dub)
Produced, Written, Performed & Engineered by: John Penn
Recorded at Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records

Kinetic Motion (Club Dub)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ
Song: Title: Hip-No-Tek (Subsonic Mix)
Produced, Written, Performed & Engineered by: John Penn
Recorded at Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records

Hip-No-Tek (Subsonic Mix)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ feat. Bridgett Grace aka True Faith
Song: Title: Can U Feel It (Club Mix)
Vocals: Bridgett Grace
Music, Produced & Engineered by: John Penn for Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Lyrics: Bridgett Grace & John Penn
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records

Can U Feel It (Club Mix)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ feat. Bridgett Grace aka True Faith
Song: Title: Can U Feel It (Deep Hard Mix)
Vocals: Bridgett Grace
Music, Produced & Engineered by: John Penn for Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Lyrics: Bridgett Grace & John Penn
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records


Can U Feel It (Deep Hard Mix)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ feat. Bridgett Grace aka True Faith
Song: Title: Can U Feel It (Psycho-Sonic Mix)
Vocals: Bridgett Grace
Music, Produced & Engineered by: John Penn for Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Lyrics: Bridgett Grace & John Penn
Mastered by: Ron Murphy - National Sound Corp. (NSC), Detroit
Label: Undercurrent Records


Can U Feel It (Psycho-Sonic Bass Mix)

Artist: Q-BIK MUZ feat. Mista Chuck-D of Public Enemy
Song: Title: Can U See
Lead Vocals: John Penn
Rap Vocal: Mista Chuck-D
Music, Produced & Engineered by: John Penn for Penn Point Productions, Inc., Detroit
Lyrics: John Penn & Mista Chuck D (Rap)
Mastered by: John Penn
Label: Undercurrent Records


Can U See (feat. Mista Chuck-D of Public Enemy)

John Penn aka Q-Bik Mūz (pronounced Cubic Muse), part of Detroit’s 3rd wave of electronic dance music developed out of the Detroit Underground during a time when he lived a double life as medical student by day and record producer by night, running a basement studio, called Penn Point Productions where many artists including Carl Craig, Bridgett "True Faith" Grace, Scott Kinchen, Marie Devine, Davina,  Lodd Manafess, Greg C. Brown, U.N.V , KEM & many other artists & songwriters John worked with. 

Kenny Larkin, aka Dark Comedy, was one of the first techno artists who met John at Penn Point and heard Q-Bik’s “Kinetic Motion". Excited about this new sound, Kenny insisted on taking John to WDET radio to play the track on Alan Oldham's Fast Forward radio show, the venerable Detroit electronic techno music showcase on the airwaves.

This radio airing caught the ears of techno luminaries Juan Atkins, "Mad" Mike Banks, and the wider techno community and was released as the B-side of the more experimental "Hip-No Tek", (UC-1001A), one of the first electronic dance records to blend techno and hip-hop beats and trance, becoming an important Detroit release selling 9,000+ pressings globally.

The 2nd Q-Bik Mūz release "Can U Feel It?" (UC-1002), featuring techno diva Bridgett Grace aka "True Faith", quickly stormed clubs & dance charts. Then a twist of fate after much fanfare over "Dance Floor Terror" planned for Q-Bik Mūz’s third release (UC-1003), was held by John on Undercurrent to quickly react to R&B single, "Something's Goin' On" (UC-1004), by Undercurrent artists U.N.V., a four-man group in development at John’s studio, Penn Point Productions for 2 years prior. 

Detroit's WJLB radio begin playing the single quickly moving to full-rotation and eventually #1 Billboard R&B single, and Radio&Records U.S. reports to become one of the most recurrent and important R&B records over the next 2 years to come out of Detroit. UNV’s album including the singles “Something's Goin' On", Straight From My Heart”, Close Tonight” all charted Billboard, certified Gold on Undercurrent/Maverick/SIRE/Warner Bros.

John went on to sign and produce, Undercurrent artists KEM releasing “Love Thy Neighbor” the first single from Kem’s first EP “Can’t Figure You Out” (UC-1005) which established Kem as an R&B/AC mainstay eventually landing a major deal with Motown/Universal.  He expanded Undercurrent to Atlanta, GA launching Audible Arts Interactive, a one-stop for music, video, production, mastering & record pressing, working with 100s of artist and labels.

Undercurrent has evolved into a full-service XR Lab, stage, post-production studio based in Atlanta embracing XR+AI to launch new music, re-releases & remixes of Q-Bik Mūz & other Undercurrent artists slated for 2023.

johnpenn aka Q-Bik Mūz

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