95 North - Let Yourself Go (Let Yourself Go Mix)

Event ¦ Queen & Disco with La Musique

La Musique and Queen & Disco | 30th August | Sandinos Back-Bar

Residents Party

When LaMusique head honcho and overall dance affectionado, Dollface Devereaux, a Mainstay on the Derry circuit for the past 6 years, came knocking on the door asking if we wanted to throw a joint party we jumped at the chance.



Dollface has been building his diverse music library for years now and is sure to always have the right track for the right moment. He will be bringing his usual sound, which is always sure to provide the perfect soundtrack to great night out.

Tom Hinds and Alan Mooney will be providing the sounds from the Q&D end of things. It will be the first time the pairing will have played together and both are equally excited to impress with a locker full of re-edited gems, old school bangers and as-of-yet, unearthed goodies. Alan has been busy putting together some of his very own re-edits, some of which may even be on offer this coming Friday!





On the night we'll be taking it to the 'back-bar' of Sandinos. A venue with a great atmosphere, perfect soundsystem and all round relaxed vibe.

The music will be a blend of disco, funk and electro as these 2 nights come together for a one night extravaganza.

Doors are £3 all night so there's no excuses not to get yourself down. Cheap night, great music and an intimate setting should help make it a great one. See you on Friday!

CKSNL - Orlando (OOFT! Vocal Remix) FREE DL

Bit of a wobbly deep house banger here from OOFT! One of our favorite producers, and he's giving this one away for free.

Fort Romeau - Jetée // Stay True // SW9

Mike Greene, aka Fort Romeau caught our attention a few years back and is starting to really cement his reputation as one of the UK's brightest producers. With these 3 releases on the ever-pleasing Ghostly, 2014 will see his debut album for released under them — it's his second full-length record, with his debut album Kingdoms being released last year on LA outsider dance institution 100% Silk.

EVENT ¦ Summer Sunset Soirée

Queen & Disco | 7th September | The Grand Central

Residents Party

We're getting ready for our autumn/winter parties and to see off the summer we're putting on a free residents party in The Grand Central.

The venue offers a perfect setting for our residents to show off their sounds, we're bringing this old beauty of a pub back to life. 90 years old this year, listed bar, listed building. Gorgeous original features, cosy, atmospheric little city centre gem!

Having thrown our first two events, we've been busy securing our upcoming acts for the months ahead but wanted to keep the ball rolling with this end of summer soiree.

The admission will be free all night, however capacity will be limited so get yourselves down early.

Souldiction // Studio55

Been a wee while since the last post, so it's only fair to post up a whole heap of bangers to get you through the week.

First comes from our man, Late Nite Tuff Guy. He released this a month or so ago and we can't stop listening to it

Been hearing this Sister Sledge tune for ages now but this particular edit always seemed to slip through the net whenever it came to finding it, so delighted to have finally done so. This recently featured in a mix from the heads in charge of Studio 55, a new night in Newcastle which promises to be a whole heap of fun going by the mix and their facebook goings-on. One to keep an eye on if you're in the North East for sure.

Studio 55 Mix. Vol. 1. by Studio55ncl on Mixcloud

Next is a crowd from Berlin, Souldiction, who fire out some half decent "Hip Hop/ Electronica/ Soul" mixes from time to time, but a lot of the times they can be brown gear. This is one of their better ones, nice and chilled.

Queen & Disco ¦ Podcast 002 - Pt's 1&2

For the second installment of our podcast series we have a double header of live sets taken from our recent night with Get Down Edits and Late Nite Tuff Guy. The two were kind enough to allow us to record live from The Gweedore and they didn't disappoint in the slightest.

PART 1 - Get Down Edits

The first part of the podcast comes from the same fella's who brought us our first ever podcast series, Get Down Edits. On warm up duties for the night the lads, as expected, delivered the goods.  We all agreed that the lads could have well headlined the event and we'll have 'em back up north soon enough no doubt.



PART 2 - Late Nite Tuff Guy

The 2nd part of the poddy comes from none other than Late Nite Tuff Guy. We were beaming from ear to ear when we first heard this recording back. As you'd expect from a man who's knowledge and experience is so vast, the set was perfectly crafted over the 90 odd minutes and rose to a bouncing crescendo which had everyone forgetting their dignity.

Make some time for this and give it a listen....




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Q&D

Kasper Bjorke ¦ Heaven (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

An old one here from another one of our favourite producers, Prins Thomas. The Norwegian has that same knack for choosing great songs and adding to them his own unique touch as Todd Terje and this remake of Heaven shows exactly that.

Fat Larry's Band ¦ Act Just Like (Alan's Disco Re-Edit)

The Free DL this week comes in the form of Q&D's latest resident and all round maverick, Alan Mooney. Alan's been producing for over 2 years now but has finally found his feet as far as the direction of his musical production is headed. His re-edit of Fat Larry's Band shows the talent he has and also the eye for re-editing the right records without taking away from them, a key ingredient these days to having a successful re-editing career.

Catch Alan playing at one of the upcoming Q&D events, or in Dublin where he'll be playing at the Twisted Pepper alongside a few other head-the-balls from Derry.

3rd August 2013 - Michael Mcadams & Lloyd Grogan [Szoda Dublin/Culprit/Twin], Just Paul [White Widow/Funkoloko/Reverb], Alan Mooney [The Queen & Disco], Smak [Stripped Records], Philip Macleod [Demotiv] @ Ware Derry, Garden Party, Moran's Bar, Derry

11th September 2013 - Michael Mcadams & Lloyd Grogan [Szoda Dublin/Culprit/Twin], Alan Mooney & Barry Crumley [The Queen & Disco], GRRD & Shay Healey [Bekuz], Sean Doherty @ The Twisted Pepper, Dublin

28th September 2013 - Raffa FL [Nurvous/Akbal], Alan Mooney {The Queen & Disco] @ Reverb, Masons Venue, Derry