Q&a / Tumbling Cubes

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Q: Who are Q&A? A: Q&A are Quinn Luke and Alexis Georgopoulos. Q: How did Quinn and Alexis meet? A: The two were introduced by Chris Veltri, owner of legendary record shop Groove Merchants in San Francisco. Veltri and Luke had made a pair of plunderphonic disco 12-inches under the name Coppa. Georgopoulos was a founder of the group Tussle and asked if Coppa would do a Tussle remix. This led to Luke acting as producer on the Tussle album Telescope Mind. Q: Can the roots of Q&A be heard on Telescope Mind? A: Yes, on "Warning," a song Georgopoulos wrote in the studio that Luke and he then arranged and produced together as a duo. The track was critically-lauded, remixed by the likes of Hot Chip, Optimo and Dennis Young (of Liquid Liquid). Q: Were they always called Q&A? A: No. Initially known as Expanding Head Band, their first release was a remix of New Zealand's Shocking Pinks' "Cutout" for DFA. Q: Did that get them a shit-ton of admirers among the DJ cognoscenti? A: Hells yeah. The group has already gained an esteemed short-list of admirers, among them Todd Terje, Sal Principato (Liquid Liquid), and Bill Brewster (DJ and author of leftfield disco classic Last Night A DJ Saved My Life). Q: Is this their first 12-inch for the God-like dance music overlords at DFA? A: Yes. "Tumbling Cubes" is the A side. "Trap Door" is on the flip. Q: What sort of convoluted and way-nerdy musical metaphor will adequately describe the sound of "Tumbling Cubes"? A: "Tumbling Cubes" is a svelte piece of Detroit-inspired electro, a lean charge where Mr. Fingers meets Telex and Carl Craig at the Hacienda. Q: Why in the world would I flip the 12-inch over then? A: Because "Trap Door," is a taut piece of flabby dirty disco, a dark cavern of sinister cool that comes off like a Padded Cell edit of Patrick Adams remixed by Andrew Weatherall. Q: Fuck yeah! A: Uhhhh, not a question.

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