Q-Burns S-Playlist

picking 25 years of non mainstream records

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Here are some of the most recent examples of my sonic redistricting and ear-borne tomfoolery inflicted on a variety of highly suspicious artists and labels. The wild part is, I might also be able to do this to you. If you're interested in a Q-Burns Abstract Message remix then feel free to email me with your indecent proposal: qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com

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Q-Burns Abstract Message Remixes: 2010 - 2013

PowerTrading

After the well-received and genre-bending album that was last year's „Ky Do Mar“, Studnitzky makes another wise move: By inviting two of the most sought-after remixers at the moment to rework two of the album's tracks the German Jazz-trained trumpet and piano player shifts his music smartly towards club land. 

First we have one of the UK's key players in house music, Charles Webster, to complete the task of building „Evora“ into a dark and mesmerizing deep house monster. And it's literally building up and up, adding bit by bit over a super catchy, but still complex rhythm pattern. Finally Sebastian Studnitzky's trumpet is setting in and we are overjoyed by this masterpiece of hide and seek.

12inch / digital : 09.08.2013

Charles Webster / Paskal & Urban Absolutes Remixes

Evora

Studnitzky - Evora (Charles Webster Clubmix)

Selected Reworks

Racket Abuse (Charles Webster Remix)

A somewhat dreamy remix I produced for San Francisco duo Cubik & Origami, of a cool track called "Bought & Sold." I've always liked Origami's vocals so I was well up for this remix project.

I basically just used the vocal hook, repeated, and a couple of synth pads from the original. I wanted a bayou-like flow to define the track, to give an aural impression of calmly reaching some destination. The mid-section is a bit I'm particularly happy with ... it's quite the patient build. I've had some DJs tell me this part can be a bit frustrating but, trust me: try it on a loud system with a dancefloor inhabiting the deeper zone and the track is quite effective. 

This is out now: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/213118/Bought%20%26%20Sold

Once again, 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 here: qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com

Cubik & Origami - Bought & Sold (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

Better late than never, I sent a message and it came out backwards. Rough and tumble, she says, basically blazing through a quarantined nighttime. How to come to terms with the matter at hand; a grab bag of mental flashes and internal snowflakes? Return as a conquering hero, but be a paradise of one.

Oh, here's a deep and bass-throbbing remix for Reno's Sulli & 5657, along with renowned vocalist Alexander East in tow. I think it's good in the headphones with the volume up. Way up. 

This track has been released on <A HREF="http://www.hypensoul.com/" target="_blank">Hype & Soul Recorings</A> and you can grab it now on <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/release/up-all-night/1084015" target="_blank">Beatport</A>, <A HREF="http://traxsource.com/title/231167/up-all-night" target="_blank">Traxsource</A>, and other digital shops. Do it.

Sulli & 5657 feat. Alexander East - "Up All Night (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)"

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This is a remix out just now via <A HREF="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/216601/missing_you">Beatport</a>, a little re-twisting of a gorgeous track by my good friend <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/robotkarate">Brett Johnson</A>. Maybe the ante gets up'ed when working with good friends as this turned out to be one of my personal favorite remixes I've ever done. I'm crazy about it.

The press release for this describes it best: 
"Imprisoned studio warlock Q-Burns Abstract Message was on hand to complement "Missing You" with a suspiciously spacious remix. Drawing inspiration from a pile of broken King Tubby records, Q-BAM's version rattles within a moisture-soaked cell block, building into an analog epiphany further enhanced through a steaming, dusty spring reverb box. Totally slinky for the dancefloor, it aims to beguile the rarely hypnotized."

Aha! 

As stated above this is out right now on <A HREF="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/216601/missing_you">Beatport</a> and will be available everywhere else on March 2. It's been released by the exquisite deep house label <A HREF="http://www.EIGHT-TRACKS.com">EIGHT-TRACKS</A>. You should also check out Brett's original on the release (as well as other remixes by <A HREF="http://www.allandbyallo.com/">Alland Byallo</A> and Brett himself) ... you can do so by clicking <A HREF="http://soundcloud.com/eight-tracks/sets/missing-you">HERE</A>.

Once again, 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="http://www.q-burnsabstractmessage.com/qb/contact-q-burns/">HERE</A>.

Brett Johnson - Missing You (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) - EIGHT-TRACKS 8TR008

True story: Q-Burns Abstract Message once DJ'ed underneath a weighty chainsaw covered in disco ball mirror squares, rotating roundly with silver beams flying off its blade. Imagine such a devious device honed for dance-floor devastation, its rumble tuned to bass-bin frequencies as its saw cuts through beats and melody. But we're talking about a chainsaw wielded by beardy types, waving its mirror ball excess over sunrise-stroked beach sand. We blissfully believe this could be the sound of the "Balearic Chainsaw."

The original "Balearic Chainsaw" is an extended, beefier version of what was previously found on the "Chainsaw" single, released spring 2011 on EIGHT-TRACKS. The piano-fueled, flamenco guitar-kissed version was hidden as the last song in the single. To our surprise, friends and foes alike asked for a longer version to send resonating over the waterfront. The requests have been answered, and this new version features an added groove coda that should send your neighbors dancing into the moon beams. 

A party like this needs a proper come-down, and for our back-to-mine moment we've enlisted the reputable chops of Gazeebo, mainstay of Denver's Community Recordings. Working out an Italo/nu-disco throb, Gazeebo's slinky rendition hits all the tingle buttons, giving us a slow motion refuge that still packs a low-end punch. It's fitting and superb power-down for this "Balearic Chainsaw."

Balearic Chainsaw (Gazeebo's Reprise)

Robbie's great remix of "He's A Skull" from 1998, vinyl-only. See here: http://is.gd/j5M96v
This mix always reminded me of a lysergic pirate's sea shanty. 
Kudos to Brewster Bringham for supplying the rip.


He's A Skull (Robbie Hardkiss Remix)

Dj set from 165 up to 210 bpm's ;)

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Grandma have you seen my pills

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Goldroom - Waiting To Ignite (feat. Ren Farren)

"A seriously hypnotizing groove" - Fader | http://bit.do/FaderYourLips
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Come and let me in
I don't believe in lies
It's too much explaining
Better than living something that you can't remember baby
The story of our life our ballet
I been on the sidelines while you figure eight
Hoping that you notice what I need
Why we wasting how we feel don't let it fade
All the ways you taking over me

I been holding on for something like the taste of
Your lips upon my skin (2x)
I can't get enough (repeat)

Suddenly something's grabbing me
The thought of crashing babe no gravity
All of me stems from the likes of you
Grows from absolutely loving you
I been on the sidelines hoping you'll remain
Exactly as the moment you were made
Why we wasting how we feel don't let it fade
All the ways you're taking over me

I been holding on for something like the taste of
Your lips upon my skin (2x)
I can't get enough (repeat)

I been holding
Your lips upon (repeat)
On for something
Like the taste of your lips upon my skin

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Your Lips ft. DiRTY RADiO

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Scared to Be Lonely (Remixes, Vol. 2)

Scared to Be Lonely (Gigamesh Remix)

Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared To Be Lonely (Gigamesh Remix)

The bulging eyeball of, one can maybe assume, <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/scotthardkiss">Scott Hardkiss</A> portends some serious "Beat Freak" action. It's a freewheeling cut on Scott's <A HREF="http://godwithin.com/site/?p=49">Technicolor Dreamer</A> album enthusiastically giving shout-outs to folks of all shades, no matter how neon, because, when it comes down to it, we all dig freakin' to beats (yes.).

Scott hit me up to remix "Beat Freak" and I happily obliged. There was an original version of my remix that I toiled on for 4 or 5 lonely days. Long story short, I decreed it "not freaky enough" and in a calm tantrum erased all evidence and started over from scratch. 24 hours later I had the remix you hear above.

I liked the implications within the synthesized vocal and visualized it as a bullhorn announcement. A sort of world music bounce is applied for a global "everybody's in the club" feel. The beats and bass line are kept overly simple, serving as anchors for everything around them. The keyboard solo and emulated fretless bass were last minute ideas and make up my favorite section of this. Celebration time. I'm into it.

Upon completion I immediately had an idea for an alternate version of this. Thus we have the dub which you can listen to here: http://soundcloud.com/q-burns-abstract-message/scott-hardkiss-beat-freak-q-burns-abstract-message-dub

I've been playing both of these out in my sets and they seem to work really well for the floor. I rarely have tracks of my own that I enjoy playing out (I know ... it's a producer/DJ thing. It's very silly.) so this is fun. I hope you dig it as well.

There are other cool remixes of "Beat Freak" by Paul Woolford, Fort Knox Five, and Scott Hardkiss himself. You can grab it now from <A HREF="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/248234/Beat%20Freak%20EP">Beatport</A>, <A HREF="http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=56472">Traxsource</A>, <A HREF="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beat-freak-feat-the-prophetz/id367778766?i=367778770&uo=6">iTunes</A>, and many other digital shops.

Scott Hardkiss - Beat Freak (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (God Within Recordings)

01. Dark Whisper - Shingyo
02. Sator Arepo - Chaotic Visions
03. Ogoun - Utopia Porcina
04. Murukhan - Encyclopedia Selfdestructica
05. Calyptratus - Dshadshadsha
06. Insector - Milky Way
07. Furious Meon - Portals
08. Kashyyyk Vs. Lalo - Shawarma
09. Dr. Bops - Pension Politics
10. Synthetic Forest - Twinkling Tears
11. SystemCrash & Dark Whisper - Iter
12. Technical Hitch - Outro

~170-180 BPM

Nathan Nathriel (Encyclopedia Selfdestructica)

Charles Webster - The Gift Of Freedom
http://soundcloud.com/charles

Charles Webster - The Gift Of Freedom

**Track streams at 128 kbps**

Here's a remix for San Francisco DJ dude <a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jpsoul">JP Soul</a> and the newly re-launched <a href="http://www.roamrecordings.com/home/">Roam Recordings</a>. 

Remix notes: Many of the elements from the original have gone a bit topsy-turvy here; reversed, effected, distorted, stomped upon with boat shoes. One listener detected a sample from a science fiction movie but it was the wrong movie and the wrong sample. That said, there's something from some PBS advertisement that's been recorded out of the TV speaker by accident while the mic was hot. Don't even try … you'll never guess. I'm also playing a synthesizer I'm holding in a single bare palm at one point, so that's a bit of an accomplishment. Yes, there's a cowbell. Thanks for noticing.

This Backsliding EP has three cool original tracks by JP Soul in addition to my remix. You should check it out. It's available right now from <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/release/backsliding/919852" target="_blank">Beatport</A>, <A HREF="http://www.junodownload.com/products/backsliding/1976074-02/" target="_blank">Juno Download</A>, and <A HREF="https://www.stompy.com/Ep/371708" target="_blank">Stompy</A>. It's also going to be out on 12" vinyl very soon, which is amusing as I already artificially added some vinyl pops.

JP Soul - Backsliding (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Roam Recordings)

CHARLES WEBSTER

British staples Charles Webster and Swag contribute two dancefloor driven remixes of songs from the beautifully rich and downbeat debut album from Australian producer Peret Mako.

With his interpretation of ‘Export’ Charles Webster expertly weaves the vocals of Tania Bowra into a sensual nugget of 4am bliss, tried and tested on the Future Classic dancefloor by Charles himself on his recent visit to Australian shores. 

The flip shows Swag in a bumpin’ and grindin’ state of mind with a jackin’ hip house groove, chunky drums and the deft musicality synonymous with their productions.

‘The Devils In The Detail’ album has won praise from media & djs alike with accolades coming in from allies such as Henrik Schwarz, Slope, Quarion, Dirk Rumpff … the usual suspects… for its deep musicality, layering and attention to detail. 

Export [Charles Webster Mix]

Fun fact: Its me playing drums on Sia's album "We Are Born" 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/we-are-born/id365337098

Sia - Cloud (Plastic Plates Remix)

Hawke swoops down from the perch of his recent album +++ to release another solid remix package on Eighth Dimension. Two tracks from that album are represented: the feel-good electronica anthem "Everything Is Happening At The Same Time" and the slinky, reggae-infused "Inside Job." An all-star cast of Q-Burns Abstract Message, Tal M. Klein, Atnarko, and Gavin Hardkiss himself provide the steady stream of top notch remixes.

"Everything is Happening At The Same Time" has gained oodles of notoriety after its use as the soundtrack to the Coachella time-lapse video featured on popular mutant culture blog Boing Boing (click <a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/09/30/bb-video-coachella-t.html">HERE</a> to see it). Q-Burns Abstract Message flicks the memory switch with his remix of the track, attempting to capture the feel of an early 90's indie-dance remix fused with contemporary antics. It's a nice dose of "heavy Balearica" as Q-BAM rides his MIDI-equipped surfboard into the sunset. Atnarko, coming off recent successes for Lazy Days and Onethirty, deeply dubs out the song, covering it in a seductively hypnotic sheen. After-hours DJs take note. Finally, Gavin Hardkiss, proprietor of the Hawke alias, crafts his own take stripping "Everything" down to rhythm and melody while adding more than a few new delightful bits and splashes.

 "Inside Job" is also revisited, with Aniligital Music's Tal M. Klein transforming the original's trepidation skank into a lush and cosmic undersea excursion. Endlessly chiming guitars and haunting vocal snippets invite the listener like a siren's song leading to a cozy and warm envelope of sound. We wager it may be the most beautiful thing you hear this week … or ever ...
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Available now from <A HREF="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/300270/Everything%20Is%20Happening%20At%20The%20Same%20Time">Beatport</A>

Hawke - Everything Is Happening At The Same Time (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

War - Low Rider Remix

More watery remix action, this time inflicted upon Colorado's Gazeebo for their NC-17 rated Adults Only series. Big bouncy bass guitar leading the way as 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.

Gazeebo - Gushing Climax (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Community Recordings)

Here's a bleepy remix commissioned by the Apollo label for their fine act Peluca. This one's a bit of a speaker rattler, with that growling, filtered bass and all, and the only secret I'll give up is that the programmed drum track was inspired by Babe Ruth's "The Mexican." Oops … I've said too much!

Taken from the album Modo (The Remixes) by Peluca, available on the Apollo label. Get it from <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/track/modo-q-burns-abstract-message-remix/4028130" target="_blank">Beatport</A>, and <A HREF="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/modo-the-remixes/id589634620" target="_blank">iTunes</A>, and loads of other fine digital shops.

I'm becoming a bit of a remixing fiend once again, so if you might be interested in a remix for your project or label then let's talk. Hit me up on qburns@q-burnsabstractmessage.com with the subject line: Secret UFO Base Found Inside My Mini-Fridge

Peluca  - "Modo (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)" (Apollo)

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

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