But speaking of Quaid & promo’s, he’s currently mixing down the first couple of tracks from his forthcoming Metropolis project: ‘Adonis Blu’ & ‘Futura (love theme from Metropolis)’ both to be released digitally as part of a Metropolis promo package.

There may even be a short film to go with it…we’ll keep u posted.

Quaid’s taken some time off working on his forthcoming ‘Metropolis’ project to bring us the latest installment in his ‘Deep Range’ mixtape series. Over the last couple of years he’s tended towards concept-led mixes, but this set is much more about touching down across-the-board than following a single theme.

Expect to hear UK future funk alongside some lost classics plus beats new & old from Detroit’s finest and of course those signature Quiad flourishes.

Tracklisting after the bump.

Quaid — The Deep Range 04

tracklist:

Funkadelic — Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic #2 (DR extended mix)
Theo Parrish — Melloghettomental
Roy Ayres — Chicago (Prince Language edit)
Hounds of Hate — Tumble Down Slow
Quaid — Skyline (Bonus Beats)
Niko Marks — Chune (Quaid’s Sunshine mix)
George Duke — We give our Love
Charles Earland — Coming to you Live
Funkineven — You
Carl Craig — Highest
GangStarr — Code of the Streets
Slum Village — Players (instrumental)
Adrian Vight — Nightfall
JDilla — Over the Breaks (instrumental)
Aleke Kanonu — Mother’s Day

But whether it’s the Gilles Peterson-championed body music of ‘Feel’, the synth-funk of ‘Raw Shit’ or collaborative pieces with vocalist’s like Nigerian soul-boy Ade on ‘City on Fire’, Quaid’s aesthetic remains the same – raw, emotive electronic music.

This is an ongoing project, so we’ll be adding more back catalogue, edits and new material in the coming weeks, hope ur feeling it.

Gonna be launching the Firemusic online store in the next few weeks, where you’ll be able to buy exclusive music as both mp3’s and wavs. First up will be the super heavy LP from Reflections on Creation & Bass, then music from the rest of the family: Unified Theory, Ulysses 82 and the back catalogue of a certain Mr J. Quaid.

We’ll be keeping prices as low as possible — this isn’t about some bullshit business model — but if your feeling what we post on this site, u can get it in on a straight-from-the mastering studio format — we’ll also be doing limited runs of special edition CDs (& maybe even some vinyl).

And as ever we’ll keep posting the exclusives here, but at the store you’ll get them at their proper bitrate.

Taken from his latest mix ‘Memories of the Future‘ Quaid’s downright filthy ‘Raw Shit’ (standby for Quaid’s ‘Metropolis’ project coming in 2010)

Quaid — Raw Shit

Quaid returns with more music from Detroit’s finest. Where his previous mix had a strictly afterhours aesthetic, this set pushes a rawer electronic sound that inescapably feels more dancefloor friendly.

Referencing both the music’s origins (the metallic techno funk of Juan Atkins) and the latest innovators (Omar S’s dissonant soul) Quaid presents a retro-futuristic vision of music from and inspired by the Motor Cities continuing legacy.

Tracklisting:

Memories intro feat. 3 Chairs
Blackpocket – Cyborg
Omar S – Oasis 16 (Future edit)
Quaid – Raw Shit
Omar S – Polynesia
Karizma – Saturn
Omar S – (snippet)
Theo Parrish – Capritariuos
Quaid – Untitled
Quaid – Untitled
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Feel The Love
Kevin Reynolds – Favis (Future drums mix)
Moodymann – Freaky Mutha
Omar S – Foe Show
Juan Atkins – Metroplex (snippet)
Osborne – Evenmore
Niagara – Sangandongo
Omar S & Shadow Ray – Oasis 25
Piero Umiliani – Officina Stellare

Memories of the Future

This is the re-imagined soundtrack to a Sci-Fi noir classic. One where ‘Deckard’ fronts a covert troupe of Replicant producers, searching for their soul in the rain swept neon underground.

Dedicated to the ‘D’.

Hand Raised by Robots

This one’s been brewing for a while. J Quaid’s huge ‘Love From The Sun’ set against the timeless cosmic visuals of Kubrick’s ‘Stargate’ sequence from 2001. Heavy.

Love From The Sun 2001

Pitched up and transformed from down tempo head-nodder to leftfield dancefloor soul, here is quaid’s take on a Flying Lotus killer.

Flying Lotus-Tea Leaf Dancers (Deep Range jackin’ mix)

Tracklisting:

Joseph Quaid – Spirit Intro
Lonnie Liston Smith – Journey into Space
3 Chairs – No Drum Machine Part 2
Michael White – Coming From (Love edit)
Linkwood – Hear The Sun
Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers (Deep Range jackin’ mix)
Alif Tree – Forgotten Places (Ghost mix)
Afefe Iku – A 30 minute boat ride to Lamu Town (Talking Drums edit)
Joseph Quaid – Body Language (Test)
O.Boogie – Hoerenjong
The Ogyatanaa Show Band – Disco Africa
Oneness of Juju – African Rhythms (45 version)
Sabu Martinez / Roach Om – Spirits of the Universe (interlude)
Harold Mckinny – Ode to Africa (intro)
Tyrone Washington – Universal Spiritual Revolt
Andy Bey – Celestial Blues
Joseph Quaid – Spirit Outro

The Deep Range 3