It was in 2003 that Q got his first paid booking as a DJ, first got his music played on national radio, and made any sort of money in music-hence, Est. Eight years is quite a long time, but it also occurred to him that it was approaching 20 years since his debut as a professional. And it wasn’t just time to work on music-it was time to also consider where he was as a producer, where he would like to be, and generally do a bit of much-needed stock-taking. Two years ago, like the rest of the world, DJ Q had a lot of downtime. There isn’t much downtime in Q’s schedule, but when there is, he stays plugged into his laptop, working on new ideas and finishing up old ones. There’s also been a relentless torrent of singles-between his equally relentless touring schedule, that is-and, of course, his ongoing collaborative outlet with Flava D and Royal-T: t q d. It’s not like the Huddersfield producer’s taken his foot off the gas, though: there have, in truth, been a couple of projects-namely, the All Night tapes-but they were more like compilations of the kinds of club bangers he was kicking out at the time. That doesn’t sound accurate at all, does it? But we checked. Eight years after signing with Local Action, DJ Q is finally ready with his sophomore album, Est.
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