nils quak aka nq has been around for a while creating his subtle definitions of laptop music. his warm electronica tracks are made from rhythmic structures lifting and descenting, minimal clicks/cuts aesthetics, subtle breaks, waves of dusty fieldrecordings and melodic eruptions. the crafted young man has released records with progressive form and i can’t break you break records and various netprojects. he’s also a member of the stfu-festival crew.

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various artists - purple skies remixed english info | german info
the new remix-album of the nq ‘purple skies’ release features remix artists from around the globe. 10 tracks in between warm and organic textures, shifting and glistening compositions full of atmospheric dissonance and crunchy rhythms made from crisp head-nodding twists and turns. the collection gathers electronica-artists from japan, finland, italy and germany. sounds like abstract pastel paintings, peculiarly nostalgic electronica tracks, some ambient wash of distant, almost unheard drums and piano, jazz-driven bittersweet melancholia and undulating symphonies of breaks, drums, loops and noises. including: spyritual, e.stonji, el fog, palac, deer, ametsub, aus, nq and bluermutt

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nq - purple skies english info | german info
for purple skies nq has gathered his clicky, fizzy laptop sounds and created a collection of classical ambient-idm-electronica tracks. the album is driven by repeated patterns of disjunct melody, tons of different little bits of noises, chattered max/msp patches and little electronic glitches. review no.1 | no.2 |

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