Wow, this brings back memories.  I had no idea who did this track way back when.  Thank you! 

The early remix work ... MasterTracks Pro (and later, StudioVision), three Juno-106s, an Ensoniq ASR-10, some rusty guitar pedals, and a bunch of DAT tapes. Those were the days. More early remixes to be added as I track down the audio files ...

Q-Burns Abstract Message Remixes: 1996 - 1999

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

Rabbit In The Moon - FLooRi.D.A. (Q-Burns Abstract Message + Grumptonix Remix #2)

In the late 90's I did a 2 month US tour with the Icelandic band. This was my first big tour, doing shows every other night, living on the tour bus, the whole deal. Good fun. A year or so later the second GusGus album 'This Is Normal' was released and my newfound friends in the band asked me to remix the track "V.I.P." This is the result.

A few fun facts (to me, at least) about this remix: I had just discovered the program Metasynth and the repeating sound loop that opens this is the vocal line manipulated through that. This mix started my fondness for recording fake stand-up bass lines which I still sort of have to this day. The second part of the mix was meant to be a 'bonus beats' version but it's timed so it can be played as an epilogue to the actual mix (and appears like this on the UK vinyl version). When I later did my live shows (on the Meat Beat Manifesto and Lo-Fidelity All Stars tours) I would usually do this 'bonus beats' bit as the last song of my set. The weird little ambient 'crackling' noises that are on this mix (and pretty much all my remixes from this period) is from a preset on a Roland JX-8P that was purchased from Dave Allen (of Shriekback/Gang Of Four fame).

I don't think this was ever released digitally ... as far as I know it's vinyl only, folks. The UK 12" version with my mix complete with bonus beats can be found on Discogs.com. There was also a US version which has the shorter version of the mix, sans bonus beats. This second 12" is quite the curiosity in my career as I share remix credits with Francois K. and Masters At Work.

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
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GusGus  - VIP (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

Thinkhead - The Pledge (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck - Five Step (Overdub Bootleg)

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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”
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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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(for those kaleidoscopic afternoons when the sun rays bend onto the shadows of dancing pigeons) 

I think this is the most popular remix I've done ... I still get e-mails about it all of the time even though it's almost a decade old. I was a big Yma Sumac fan before doing this so it was quite an honor. From the compilation CD <b>Electro Lounge</b> which is well worth seeking out. Release info: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00000J26N

Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

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)

Remix of this Rabbit In The Moon track which appeared on the Hallucination Limited 12" The Unreleased Remixes ( http://www.discogs.com/release/500350 ) as well as the Q-Burns Abstract Message remix compilation Future Past Tense ( http://www.discogs.com/release/632359 ). This is completely different than the remix that appeared on the Hallucination double 12" for Floori.D.A. This remix was done in collaboration with DJ Grumpy AKA Grumptronix who ran the classic Tampa-based deep techno label Erotic City back in the day.

Rabbit In The Moon - FLooRi.D.A. (Q-Burns Abstract Message + Grumptonix Remix #1)

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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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God Speed of Sound

Believe That I Believe

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

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GusGus - VIP (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

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