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Shollen Quarshie (born 1985), known by his stage name DJ Q, is an English DJ and record producer. He forms part of the group TQD alongside Flava D and Royal T.
DJ Q’s musical journey started from a young age at The Nook in Holmfirth, listening to music played by his parents. It was at the age of 12 when 'Q' first got involved with the UK Garage scene, buying vinyls and tape packs. When his vinyl collection grew larger Q finally got a pair of record decks in his bedroom. After teaching himself to mix Q started to get bookings at local parties at the age of 15, before learning to produce music the next year at college.
TQD (often stylised as t q d or tqd) is a collaborative act that was formed in 2015, comprising Royal-T, DJ Q and Flava D, with the name TQD being an amalgamation of the last letter of each of their names. All three artists were already signed to the Butterz record label and thus all TQD releases have also been released on Butterz . The act play and produce the genres of music that the individuals do (such as UK Garage, Bassline and Grime), however they have released experimental tracks that cross into many other genres.
In 2015, Royal-T and DJ Q were collaborating on their first project together and they asked Flava D if she wanted to join in on the project too. This would then go on to be their debut single Day and Night, released on Butterz on the 18th April, 2015, both digitally and as a limited 500 copy vinyl pressing. This track was released as Day and Night (Day mix) however as an alternate mix of the single was also released on the B side as Day and Night (Night mix). Due to their solo efforts and differences in location however, TQD releases were sparse with their second track titled Ghosts being previewed digitally over a year later in 2016 and then being released on their second vinyl release Only One/ Ghosts.
The trio gained ample attention due to their releases and increasingly popular live sets and thus began working on an album together. This was formally announced at the beginning of 2017 to be a self titled debut album ukg and would be released on March 17th, 2017. The album contains features from P Money, Swindle and Skilliam and was met with generally positive reviews. Pitchfork called the track Vibsing Ting "Strange and outstanding"" and Mixmag said it consisted of "10 hard-hitting face melters". However Clash Magazine wrote that the album was "disappointingly short" and that "there’s a feeling that t q d aren’t really a case for three heads being better than one". The Bandcamp release of ukg contained three extra tracks that were not present on the vinyl or physical CD releases.
Though they have not made any official releases since their debut album as a trio, each member continues to produce and release music individually and the act still performs shows in many countries around the world, including the United Kingdom, Spain and Japan.
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