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

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

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)

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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

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)

**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)

Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck - Five Step (Overdub Bootleg)

Here's a remix recently completed for my friends at San Francisco's Three Sixty Tunes, of the mucho-talented Mexican band Sr Mandril and their track "So Simple." I decided to hark back to the mid-90's or so, putting together a version that sort of sounds like the dubby breakbeat tunes I used to play in my sets at that time. The full single also features great remixes from Chris Coco and Darkhorse ... it's all quality in a Balearic fashion, and you should pick it up. It's available from <A HREF="http://www.junodownload.com/products/sr-mandril-remixed-vol-2/2025110-02/" target="_blank">Juno Download</A>, <A HREF="http://www.beatport.com/release/sr-mandril-remixed-vol-2/954558" target="_blank">Beatport</A>, and probably any other digital shops you can think of.

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From the press release:

Sr Mandril was born in 2000 when Germ&aacute;n Gonz&aacute;lez and Rams&eacute;s Ram&iacute;rez decided to merge their musical ideas. The resulting sound was electronic undertones mixed with organic instruments creating a sonic image of colors, sounds and influences that go from indie-dance to acid jazz and ambient all with that Latin feel. Sr. Mandril spend a lot of time on the road playing live at various festivals and venues around South America. This release from Three Sixty Tunes, the new dance floor division of veteran San Francisco leftfield imprint Three Sixty Records, showcases a diverse set of remixes of tracks from this exciting Latin American electronic act. Florida&rsquo;s imprisoned wizard Q-Burns Abstract Message takes the reigns of &ldquo;So Simple&rdquo; for a rhythm-heavy remix that harks back to the breaky tunes from the 90&rsquo;s he used to spin in the back room at the renowned Phat N&rsquo; Jazzy club night. It&rsquo;s dance floor funk with a classic sound, complimenting Sr Mandril&rsquo;s original with class and flair.

Sr Mandril - So Simple (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) (Three Sixty Tunes)

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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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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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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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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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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)

God Speed of Sound

Believe That I Believe

I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.

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