In the realm of dance music, there are few producers that thrive on blurring the boundary between eclectic experimenter and populist ass-shaker as much as Q-Burns Abstract Message. Equally comfortable covering Krautrock legends Faust or dropping his favorite chunky house grooves into the mix, Q-BAM—known to his parents as Michael Donaldson—is indeed the rare auteur. Whether globetrotting as a DJ, co-running the Eighth Dimension Records label, remixing artists like Rabbit in the Moon, Fila Brazillia and Youssou N'Dour, or recording his own original productions, Donaldson is all about the coaxing the maximum soul out of the machine.Based in Orlando since the early-’90s, the former record shop owner and college radio DJ has spent the past two decades developing a sound that is obsessively devoted to the funk. His animated, vodka-soaked
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Rare SSR Electronica 1994-01 (Crammed Archives 3)
Common Factor, Snooze, Mr. Scruff, Wagon Christ, Aural Expansion, 4Hero, Nu Era, Juryman, Spacer, Gemini, Glenn Underground, Q-Burns Abstract Message, DJ Morpheus, The Bassbin Twins, Phosphorus, Fila Brazilia, DJ Spinna, Tek 9, Carl Craig, Auto Repeat, Stacey Pullen, Funki Porcini, Hector Zazou, Barbara Gogan, Eight Miles High, Meira Asher, Phume, Avalon, Karl Biscuit, Jordan Fields, YBU, The Arc, Q-Moog, Matthew Herbert, Harold Budd
Connections
Sinner DC, The Units, The Sneekers, Musiccargo, Nick Chacona, Vaghe Stelle, LoSoul, Enzo Ponzio, King & Hound, Lord Theremin, Sare Havlicek, Eclipse Soul, Dominatrix, L'Est, Juditta, Alexander Robotnick, Chris Carrier, Premier Rang, Q-Burns Abstract Message, The Love Supreme, Stefny Winter, Dubin Hood, Billy Bogus, Mushrooms Project, In Flagranti, I-Robots, Mannekin Pis, Danny Ocean
Poolside Miami 2018
Kraak & Smaak, Temples, Izo FitzRoy, Marcus Marr, Nick Murphy / Chet Faker, Meeka Kates, Jimpster, Moullinex, Bob Sinclar, Justin Jay, Josh Taylor, Fouk, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Lukas Lehmann, E. Live, Alex Gopher, Pierrick Devin, Eric Biddines, Andre Laos, AMP Fiddler, Cool Peepl, Billy Love, Sundiata O.M., Justin Faust, Ponty Mython, Shouse, Titeknots, Paul Cut, Swedish Red Elephant, SØNIN
fabric 89: Gerd Janson
QBAM RMX1
Deep House United, Vol. 3
Abstract Content, Vol. 5
Club Deep
Petal Four
Robert Babicz, TEMMA-Teje, MDVS, Goeran Meyer, Solium, Marasco, Module One, Maximiliano Montivero, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Mikalogic, Marco Dassi, Abyss (Giuseppe Morabito), Astronivo, Blockage, Facundo Mohrr, Rods Novaes, Wender A., Marco Madia, Dale T, Dantiez, Nihil Young, Less Hate, Valentina Black, 7th Star, Nigel Richards, Zenker, Harada, David Cabeza, Gusto, Swyft, Sweet N Candy, Spacesheep, Mylo Salte, Muzarco, Nir Shoshani, Stephen Lopkin