{"title":"rq","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"solid-ground-blu-marten-vinyl","title":"RQ - Solid Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatalog: BMTLP011\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Blu Mar Ten Records\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2x12\"\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Drum n Bass\u003cbr\u003eCountry: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 5th March 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Alex Reece to J Majik, from Dillinja to Goldie, the influence of Jazz has been a constant and shadowy presence in Drum \u0026amp; Bass. We can hear its echoes in the samples and instrumental palettes of the early Liquid Funk \u0026amp; Atmospheric D\u0026amp;B championed by Fabio's Creative Source, Bukem's Good Looking Records and the legendary Moving Shadow or, more obliquely, in the smoky, late-night moods of Source Direct, DJ Trace and Hidden Agenda.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 20th Century journey of Jazz from its West African roots through to its de facto role as the soundtrack to a nocturnal, urban existence is reflected, amplified, distorted and intensified in Drum \u0026amp; Bass, with a constant and fertile interplay between the fleet-footed improvisation of the former and the rigid, machined discipline of the latter.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe city at night is a complex place; beautiful, chaotic, intimidating, peaceful, terrifying. It is through this lens and these tensions that we come to an understanding of RQ's music. It is the latest incidence of Jazz's dark, metropolitan portraits melting into modern electronic production, resulting in dance music that has drifted far from the dance and begun a journey inwards.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRQ's debut LP for Blu Mar Ten music, 'Solid Ground', occupies a darkly dreamlike hinterland, located somewhere between the retro-futurism of Photek and Alice Coltrane's jazz psychedelia. Fragmented, distant beats, rippling modal patterns and restrained astral basslines provide rhythmic and harmonic anchors to a constellation of timbres and textures.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Solid Ground' seeks a freedom from the meter, instrumentation and other conventions that codify Drum \u0026amp; Bass, creating instead a meditative and transcendental rendering of the genre. The album is compelling and mysterious, constantly suggesting cosmic and urban musical forms that switch and glide into and away from each other, forming a multi-directional flow of reflective, mystical moments. 'Solid Ground' is a spiritual transformation of functional dance music; An extraordinary exercise in metaphysics.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRQ himself is no newcomer to the scene. Not just a producer and DJ, as an accomplished graphic artist his visual work has graced the sleeves of releases on Metalheadz, Commercial Suicide, Samurai Recordings, Valve and many more. He is also resident designer for London's leading D\u0026amp;B night, Soul in Motion. He has released a range of ambient and leftfield D\u0026amp;B, including the incredible 'Shimmer' \/ 'Traces' on Blu Mar Ten Music in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks\u003cbr\u003eA1 Circle 1\u003cbr\u003eA2 Interplay\u003cbr\u003eA3 Roof Jumping\u003cbr\u003eB1 LMNTZ\u003cbr\u003eB2 Back To Life\u003cbr\u003eC1 Afterimage\u003cbr\u003eC2 Scarab Moon\u003cbr\u003eC3 Ride\u003cbr\u003eD1 Primary Rhythms\u003cbr\u003eD2 Union of Spheres\u003cbr\u003eD3 Circle 2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Mar Ten Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20196497981499,"sku":"BMTLP011","price":10.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/BMTLP011_66dd480e-d15d-4020-8822-cdcf24039a73.jpg?v=1626200099"},{"product_id":"various-artists-run-it-red-002","title":"Various Artists - Run It Red 002","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat No: RIR002\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Format: 12\" Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Release Date: 18 Nov 2022\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jungle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea1. LQ \u0026amp; Midnight Dubs - Draw Dubplate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e a2. RQ - Forward\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e b1. Duburban - Version Stylee\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e b2. LQ - Terminator 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRun it Red, sister label to Echo Chamber Sound comes again with 002 in the catalogue with four upfront jungle\/dnb cuts from four artists on black vinyl 12inch.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e First up Midnight Dubs and LQ continue their collaborations on the skanking amen workout Draw Dubplate, sampling obscure 80s reggae records and giving bass bins a workout with their trademark deep and rolling bassline.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Eximious NZ producer RQ contributes an atmospheric roller entitled Forward, which deftly walks the line of headphone soundscapes and 4am soundsystem meditation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Duburban brings the ragga heat with a wicked vocal hook and breakbeat science on his tune Version Stylee.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The ep finishes with LQ on a late 80s \/ early 90s dancehall flex with signature crisp and clean amen edits and thundering sub on the reworked version of his infamous dubplate only cut, Terminator.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Dj Support from Jay Cunning, Sully, RSD, Repertiore, JPS, LQ, Bronx, Tamen and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Run It Red","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41921145831580,"sku":"RIR002","price":15.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_2_676cae9b-e2be-4883-a878-0286e755a302.jpg?v=1662564171"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/collections\/rq.oembed","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}