you make cosmic sound spiritual. bigups!!!

Remix work from 2006 - 2009. If you're contemplating a Q-Burns Abstract Message remix for your track or label then don't hesitate to contact me via this link: http://www.q-burnsabstractmessage.com/qb/?page_id=47

Q-Burns Abstract Message Remixes: 2006 - 2009

"buncha squelch and a rasp attack"

The very first EIGHT-TRACKS release involved UK duo Cosmic Groove Transmission and the choice cut "Just Looking." I gave it some fancy remix treatment featuring a squelchy MKS-7 bassline and some heavily processed guitar. 

If you're contemplating a Q-Burns Abstract Message remix for your track or label then don't hesitate to contact me on qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com

Cosmic Groove Transmission - Just Looking (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

Sumsuch returns with a special show to celebrate the imminent release of 'Temple OS' by The Self Help Group, playing remixes by Grottoes, Rosko & Sumsuch and Gavin Boyce, alongside a host of brand new electronic gems.

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Tracklist:
1. The Self Help Group - Temple OS (Grottoes Reversion) - Colour and Pitch
2. The Self Help Group - Temple OS (Rosko & Sumsuch Remix) - Colour and Pitch
3. Max Porcelli - Don't Stop - 989 Records
4. Joey Chicago - Going Deeper - Peppermint Jam
5. Gavin Boyce - Kitui - Nordic Trax 
6. LTN pres. Ghostbeats - The Wanderer - Monstercat Silk
7. The Self Help Group - Temple OS (Gavin Boyce 2MB Distro Mix) - Colour and Pitch
8. Paramour - Out of Body - Royal Advisor Records
9. Loveclub, Mariner + Domingo - Lose Control feat. Priest Music Productions - Particles
10. Gadi Mitrani - Out Of Time (Vincenzo Remix) - Be Adult Music
11. Albert R. - Drops - Electronic Tree

Colour and Pitch Sessions

Colour and Pitch Sessions with Sumsuch - May 2021

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I'm sort of a sucker for guitars in dance music. It's probably from a youth immersed in <A HREF="http://www.factoryrecords.net/">all those Manchester bands</A> but I do indeed like how chiming guitars and electronic drum beats go together. Thus I was immediately drawn to South African combo <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/bangbangsa">Bang Bang</A> and their "<A HREF="http://soundcloud.com/eighth-dimension/bikini-days">Bikini Days</A>", a cool and gentle track certainly evoking some sort of beachside romp. Quickly snatched up and released on my Eighth Dimension label, I dug the song enough to partake in a remix of my own. You can hear the result here:


I kind of went for a psychedelic, Balearic feel making the aforementioned guitars all twisty and using the vocal verse of the song as if it were the chorus. The rhythms build a bit and the full brunt of the bass doesn't really kick in until over halfway through (an exercise in patience on my part). I like the idea of the focused bits interchanging with the atmospheric sections, sort of like a camera lens in close-up suddenly pulling back for the wide shot.

There are other cool remixes of "Bikini Days" from <A HREF="http://www.prismatictracks.com/">Andrew Phelan & George Cochrane</A>, <A HREF="http://www.lovewonanother.com/">Gavin Hardkiss</A>, and Bang Bang themselves. You can listen to the single in its entirety by clicking <A HREF="http://soundcloud.com/eighth-dimension/sets/bang-bang-bikini-days-eighth-dimension-records-8th028d">HERE</A>. This single is also available now from <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/label/eighth_dimension">Beatport</A>, <A HREF="https://www.stompy.com/index.php?section=labels&parameter=Eighth%20Dimension ">Stompy</A>, <A HREF="http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=41499">Trassource</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1481477-02.htm">Juno Download</A>. The cover art, by the way, was created by the fabulous <A HREF="http://www.awareinjustice.com/">Awareinjustice</A>.

As a reminder, I'm always up for remixing if your label or song is in need of something like the above. Feel free to contact me by clicking <a href="mailto:qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com">HERE</a>

Bang Bang - Bikini Days (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Eighth Dimension Records)

Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck - Five Step (Overdub Bootleg)

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A deeply disco-tastic re-workng of Alvaro Ernesto's "Deep For You". The first in a series of Lost In A Tunnel remixes. Don't fear the reverb.

If you'd like to have me do a remix for your label or song then please get in touch with me by clicking <A HREF="http://www.q-burnsabstractmessage.com/qb/contact-q-burns/">HERE</A>. Chances are I'm game.

Alvaro Ernesto - "Deep For You (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)" (Chillin Music - CM-23)

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San Mateo - "re-evolver"
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San Mateo bends soundscapes and fuzzy rhythms, filtered through film grain and lo-fi aesthetics. The thread of remembrance and innocence guides San Mateo as warm emotion and intention emanate from the electronics. These songs are irresistibly melodic while strangely familiar, steeped in a tingling feeling of a shadow caught by the corner of an eye.

In a time of increased anxiety — fraught with divisiveness, depression, and addiction — San Mateo has turned to the notion of the Sonet Ring. A Sonet Ring is a term used to describe a healing ring. When the traffic breaks in one direction it automatically resolves to move in another. Though San Mateo’s Sonet Ring EP was inspired by our modern anxiety there is a silver lining of hope surrounding it. Things will eventually resolve to the desired resolution.

The theme is evident with “polywater,” a song that ominously surges at a slow pulse until a reassuring bell-like melody shines like a faint beacon. “re-evolver” is even more mysterious, hinting at something hidden as arpeggiated synthesizers and layered strings search for clues. A short detour is offered through “haliphon” and its otherworldly nursery melodies, and “terra incognito” is a deciphered sign with directions to home.

As a whole, the songs of the Sonet Ring are uneasy and cautious yet hopeful and expectant. San Mateo paints a future not mired in the past but better for it. The swirls of synthesized sound evoke a measured feeling, anticipating things to come but lightly hesitant. It’s a blurred photograph fading in and out as the Sonet Ring recalibrates to the vibration of history.
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More Ghost Than Man - “A Man Reborn”
a song from the new album + film SO SOON THE DARK
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Starring, written, and directed by Terry Grant, So Soon The Dark (the movie) concerns the undoing of a damaged man as he experiments with technology in a reach for immortality. The music came first, its moody, futuristic tones and ominous drones inspiring the plot, look, and pacing of the film. Thus it’s no surprise that the soundtrack to So Soon The Dark satisfies as a stand-alone album. The songs serve to bend the listener’s environment. More Ghost Than Man’s textures — reminiscent of the work of Jóhann Jóhannsson and Cliff Martinez — inspire new mini-movies to form. It’s the sound of an uncertain future wrapped inside the turbulent present, where hope is found in the ingenuity of imagination.

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More Ghost Than Man - "A Man Reborn"

Faded frames and memories from playing with video feedback during high school and college. We created dense, tripped-out collages using feedback generated by nothing more than a camera, video switcher and monitor. Good times.

Ceremonial Rites

Video Vortex '89

This is a first-ever collaboration with Orlando guitarist-extraordinaire @JeffMatz. A dark, Lynchian-dronescape with wave after wave of noisy (and exploratory) guitar.  RIYL: Angelo Badalamenti, Spacemen 3, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Sonic Youth, Brian Eno, Kevin Shields.

Children of Sunland (+guitarist Jeff Matz)

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1/2 of a double-fisted remix package delivered to Plastic Fantastic for this track by Londoners Kicksy & Alif Groove. This version is a bit closer in vibe to the original track with the bouncy bassline leading the charge. Yes, there's a none-too-subtle nod to "Plastic Dreams" ... good ear. 

You can listen to its moody remix companion here: http://soundcloud.com/q-burns-abstract-message/kicksy-alif-groove-out-of-nowhere-q-burns-abstract-message-re-remix

More info: http://www.plasticfantastic-recordings.com/releases/pft080.php
Written and Produced by Karim Ragab and Abbi Khliedy.
Published by Musiqware Ltd.
(P)(C)2009 Plastic Fantastic Recordings (Musiqware Ltd).
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Kicksy & Alif Groove - Out Of Nowhere (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Plastic Fantastic)

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1/2 of a double fisted remix package delivered to Plastic Fantastic for this track by Londoners Kicksy & Alif Groove. Though christened the Re-Remix this one actually came first, a bit of deep moodiness practicing with a warm ebb-and-flow and moist spring reverbs. Goth-rock bass guitar and surprise spaghetti western moments notwithstanding, this is probably one of my favorite remixes of late. 

You can listen to its remix companion here: http://soundcloud.com/q-burns-abstract-message/kicksy-alif-groove-out-of-nowhere-q-burns-abstract-message-remix

More info: http://www.plasticfantastic-recordings.com/releases/pft080.php
Written and Produced by Karim Ragab and Abbi Khliedy.
Published by Musiqware Ltd.
(P)(C)2009 Plastic Fantastic Recordings (Musiqware Ltd).
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Kicksy & Alif Groove - Out Of Nowhere (Q-Burns Abstract Message Re-Remix) (Plastic Fantastic)

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from the album LESSENING
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Scottish guitarist and electronic music producer Ralph Kinsella has mentioned his affection for "the poetics of the bedroom." He's referring to this intimate location as ideal for listening and, as in his case, suitable for music creation. A pronounced feeling is present — warm and flowing, lonely but transportive. This is distant travel in a small room, a concept closely tied to Kinsella's debut album, Lessening.

Imagined distance is a luxury during lockdown, as Kinsella composed and recorded Lessening's ten evocative tracks during 2020's extended confinement. One can easily hear hints of detachment and melancholy within remarkable songs like "Gallows Hill". But these sit alongside beauty and hope — there's a sense of these songs projecting better worlds, ones we want to live in for a while. 

Ralph Kinsella hails from the dual-named Dumfries and Galloway, which he describes as a "liminal, fringe space … where rural and (semi-rural) Scotland uncomfortably meet urban areas." It's a landscape, famous as a primary filming location for The Wicker Man, which influences Kinsella's music as a familiarity that hides secrets. "The boondocks, interspersed with fragments of debris and flickering housing scheme street lights. These places (and the artistic exploration of these places) suffuse my work."

With a background in "mostly lo-fi rock" bands, Kinsella's sonic path shifted after a teenage encounter with Sweden's experimental Häpna imprint and frequent visits to Glasgow's Monorail Records. He continues to explore the musical outer reaches, citing Elaine Radigue, Francis Dhomont, Loren Conners, and Cucina Povera as current obsessions. But, Kinsella also appreciates the guiding nudge of subtle accessibility. Lessening pits abstract against structure and the melodic against the opaque.

Kinsella's guitar is the even thread, sometimes bare and then often processed, awash in texture and synthetic glares. Tracks like "In the In-Between Light" use the guitar to express enormity — of space and emotion — before the song is gently brought close by calming lines and reassuring synth patches. There's also a soft tension in songs like "Lung Noises," sharing the masterful slow build of the shoegaze genre's finest practitioners. Lessening's closer, "Born on the Cusp," offers a resolution — chiming guitars and reverberant tones signaling both loss and promise. This is the sound of an uncertain present feeling its way to that better world. 
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Another in the Lost In A Tunnel remix series, here's a recent revision created for Mr. <A HREF="http://www.sleazymcqueen.com/">Sleazy McQueen</A> (in collaboration with the mysterious B Stalz). Like Space Ghost in scuba gear, we're cosmically exploring the depths here, the dark waters lit only by the gleam of a slowly rotating disco ball. Really. 

No one dies on this dancefloor. And it's currently available from <A HREF="http://www.bananzamusic.com/">Bananza Music</A> who, correctly believing one should have options, have thoughtfully made it available on vinyl from shops like <A HREF="http://www.juno.co.uk/products/106-Encounters/369141-01/">Juno Records (UK)</A>, <A HREF="http://www.downtown304.com/opussitelayout07main.cfm?lf=1966&group=all">Downtown 304 (US)</A>, <A HREF="http://www.deejay.de/Vinyls.aspx?sparte=All&art=Labels&Labelno=4789&Labelname=Bananza">DeeJay (Germany)</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.nuloop.com/en/vinyl-records/discography/label/Bananza/3615/">NuLoop (France)</A> as well as in new-fangled digital format via <A HREF="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/199772/106%20Encounters%20%28In%20Queens%29">Beatport</A>, <A HREF="http://www.stompy.com/EP/148602">Stompy</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.traxsource.com/Bananza_Music">Traxsource</A>. Grab it while it's piping hot.

As a reminder, I'm always up for remixing if your label or song is in need of something like the above. Feel free to contact me by clicking <a href="mailto:qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com">HERE</a>.

Sleazy McQueen & B Stalz - A Kiss On My Cheek (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Bananza Music)

God Speed of Sound

Believe That I Believe

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

………………….. qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com

Cosmic Groove Transmission - Just Looking (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

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