Quarion is a special project from Hip-Hop, Nu Jazz and Techno producer Ianeq.

Going back to the roots of hipnotic dance music, Quarion is all about the deeper aspects of House and Techno.

From Ianeq’s Myspace:

“I started getting involved with music at the age of 13, playing the saxophone in a string of jazz-funk outfits. Four years later I bought a DJ set, becoming an avid collector of hip hop, jazz, soul and funk records. From 1995 onwards I was heavily into house music and drum&bass, spinning in the Geneva club and bar circuit.

Thats also when I started producing beats for Geneva hip hop combos with the help of my trusty MPC. My first abstract hip hop track, “Visions”, was included on 1999’s Hosomaki Mix showcase CD. A year later I wrote “La Mandarine”, a jazzy broken beat number for DJ Goo’s Synchrovision Records and started hosting a live mix show on Basic Radio.

After setting up my own studio in 2001, I found a musical partner in Rosario. As a result we started producing as Square Meal, releasing on the ARM record label. At that time, I also joined the multitalented DJ/producer collective A Few Among Others, uniting five music heads from various parts of Switzerland. During that period, I delivered DJ sets at clubs like Cargo in London, Batofar in Paris, Transmusicales in Rennes, Paleo and Montreux festivals in Switzerland.

In 2002, I produced a Detroit techno tribute, “The Light” for Mental Groove’s first compilation. The track was licensed elsewhere then remixed by Moonstarr in 2004, with two new cuts from myself. That year I also released a housey broken beat 12″ for A Few Among Others. “Reset / Snowflakes Hesitate” gained heavy radio and deckplay from European connoisseurs such as Alex Attias and Rainer Trüby (Compost), Michael Rütten (Soulpatrol), Lars Behrenroth (Global House Connection), Dirk Rumpff (OFFtrack), Les Gammas and the Garage Traxx crew.

In 2004 Rosario and I were joined by Japan’s renowned DJ-producer Kent, recording a full album of dancefloor-pounding and home-listening material as Enterplay. “Water & Dust” received support from open-minded DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Benji B and Chloé.

Having delivered new tunes to AFAO and Mental Groove, I spent most of 2005 promoting the Enterplay album and collaborating with people as diverse as Jonas (top Swiss MC), Grand Pianoramax (Obliqsound) and Snax (Captain Comatose). My work with the latter came out on Get Physical in April 2006.

During the spring of this year, we set up a tour with Enterplay and played to audiences in Switzerland, Belgium, England and Japan. Inspired by the incredible experiences that happened during the tour, I came up with a new project that would allow me to explore the deeper side of House & Techno: Quarion.

I relocated to Berlin in may 2007 and spent most of the summer touring as part of “Jonas & Le Taxi Brousse Orchestra” while working on remixes and new material for my Quarion alias. I have a few projects lined up for 2008, including my debut album for Drumpoet Community…

In the end, If I had to descibe my style, I would say it’s Jazz with a Hip-Hop attitude and a techno edge…or vice versa

Peace”

Deadline Projects Art Show!
Saturday, April 5th
7pm -12am
FREE!
1542 N. MILWAUKEE
CHICAGO, IL 60622



Bigger Than Your Life
A one-night art event not to be missed: Deadline Projects’s one-year anniversary show!

All art has been created for and inspired by a particular idea, concept, or subject that each participating artist perceives to be immense, overwhelming, or “too large to comprehend all at once.” Artists will use their art as a means of understanding, exploring, researching, and/or breaking down their chosen subject.

Participating Artists:

Arielle Bielak
Gretel Garcia
nikki hollander
Damien James
Blake Parish Lewis
Sarah Perez
Holly Sabin
Marc Salha
Stephen Shapiro
Shawn Stucky
Kyra Termini
Michael Una

music by: Michael Una, Garo, Lokua, Slava

for video of past deadline projects events and other info visit: www.deadlineprojects.com

Friday, March 14th

11:30pm -> 2:30am

live sets by Slava and Garo

with dj M50

live on WNUR 89.3FM or www.wnur.org

Sunday, April 6th

The first official Content Theory: Moment Series V2 event

with rotating live PA residents: Lokua, Slava

special guest live pa: Searchl1te

dj set by: Slow Children

live video: Glen Stephani, The Machinist

@ Rodan 1530 N Milwaukee Ave
10pm, FREE

Searchl1te - Part Time Sucker Cru : Dubfront Records : WNUR Fm : Dubstep.Fm — Chicago U.S.

Around age six, Searchl1te (aka Kee - BassByThePound Crew) appropriated the family tape recorder. Re-using abandoned cassette tapes, he documented his random glossolalia, the sound of the mic rubbing on various household objects, and interviews with his toddler brother about the state of the known universe. After being gifted a walkman by a neighbor, he began to produce radio shows in his bedroom. Tunes were cued up on the walkman, tape rolled, mic stuck in between the headphones and the latest Grandmaster Flash, Lionel Richie, and ZZ Top jammed, followed by announcements and commercials for fake shit like Mr. T Brand Toilet Paper. The next several years were spent making pause-tapes for makeout parties. Enter the turntables, jungle music, and FM radio. No matter the tools or the medium, Searchl1te lays out fierce, cavernous, densely-layered, hauntingly beautiful, eclectic mixes and tunes. Strictly sarcopha-beats and tech:freek biz. His tunes are loaded with his own field recordings from bum-fuk-everywhere as well as obscure samples from an amazingly nerdy collection of music from around the world. Searchl1te is the founder of Part Time Sucker Radio. He’s been doing non-commercial radio for over a decade, most recently with WNUR 89.3 Fm Chicago (www.WNUR.org), Vocalo 89.5 Fm Chicago (www.Vocalo.org), www.Destroyer.net, www.Dnbradio.com, and www.Dubstep.Fm. Part Time Sucker Radio serves as a creative outlet for the crew, as well as for forward-thinking dj’s, producers, and musicians in, or as they come through, the Midwestern U.S. As his day gig, Searchl1te teaches reading, writing, and music production to incarcerated kids in Chicago. Visit www.FreeWriteJailArts.org to peep the latest publications of writing and art or to listen to tracks produced and performed by his students.

Sunday, March 16th

live pa:
Radius
Shannon vs the Stranger
Lokua
Garo

+Release

live art by Denser

video by: The Machinist, Glen Stephani

Darkroom 2210 W Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL

9pm
$5

including, but not limited to: killer live PA sets, tzusing’s fresh-off-the-boat dj set, shiku garu memorabilia, aesthetic response magazine release.

it will take place in a magical gold-filled land: El Dorado

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ft. Miles Tilmann

myspace: myspace.com/milestilmann
website (with tons of free music!): webhole.com

with residents Garo, Slava-Crane