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Q-Theory

english electronica, vancouver vocals

About Me

"This album breathes a new life into electronic music...the whole album is remarkably tight in quality, whilst seeming to keep the flow and uniquity of its very own electronic genre." Indie News Live

"Finally - an intellectual predecessor to Mezzanine-era Massive Attack...we'd be smart to keep a close eye on this multi-instrumentalist." The Black and White Magazine

"If Dream Warriors, Bjork and Moby got together to make a new band, it might sound something like this." Lucid Forge

Q-Theory has just released his first full-length electronica album on 01 Records, titled Design By Chance. This exciting new album, full of captivating melodies and rhythms, re-introduces the concept of songs as the most important component of electronica, rather than beats and effects which have saturated this genre over the last decade. Design By Chance embraces a range of musical influences from hip-hop to rock and world-beat, and puts forward an important contribution to the evolution of electronica.

Hailing from the UK, Adrian Quayle was originally trained in classical music, and has roots in the brit-rock music scene. He was largely influenced by the trip-hop sounds originating in Bristol, as well as the underground hip-hop scene of Manchester. He started the name Q-Theory to promote the release of his latest work that incorporates these influences.

Q-Theory currently produces music in Vancouver, where he has included the work of various local artists, singers and rappers for his first full-length album debut.

All tracks on this page are taken from the album Design By Chance, which is currently available to buy on CD from the 01 Records online store or from CD Baby, and will shortly be available from all major online digital music stores. Please use the links below to buy the album or listen to excerpts from other tracks on the album.


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Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: q-theory.com
Band Members: Adrian Quayle & various collaborators
Influences: Inspirations & Influences: Aim, Aphex Twin, Avalanches, Basement Jaxx, Bernard Butler, Bjork, Boards Of Canada, Common, De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Emiliana Torrini, Future Sound Of London, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Jah Wobble, Jurassic 5, Keane, Lamb, Lemon Jelly, Massive Attack, Moby, Morcheeba, Mylo, Nitin Sawhney, Orbital, Portishead, Primal Scream, Prince, Radiohead, Rae & Christian, Royksopp, Outkast, Smith & Mighty, Suede, Thievery Corporation, Tricky, U2
Sounds Like: Massive Attack, Moby, Rae & Christian, Aim, Nitin Sawhney
Record Label: 01 Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

2006/09/16 - Reviews and media coverage

The new album is starting to get reviews in online music sites and webzines, and we've also had our first full feature and radio interview recently.  You can check out all the latest coverage at ...
Posted by Q-Theory on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:17:00 PST

2006/07/12 - Q-Theory on the radio

Some of our tracks are now playing on radio stations around the world!  So far a combination of internet radio and college radio stations are playing or are soon to be playing tracks from Design ...
Posted by Q-Theory on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:34:00 PST

2006/06/20 - Number 1 in electronica charts

Q-Theory is now number one in the electronica charts at ubl.com which is great news.  Being a featured artist last week obviously helped to spread the word a bit more, and thanks to everyone who...
Posted by Q-Theory on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:34:00 PST

2006/06/14 - UBL featured artist

This week we've been selected by the editors at UBL (Ultimate Band List) as a featured artist, which hopefully means a bit more presence and promotion to people who've never heard the music before.&n...
Posted by Q-Theory on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:40:00 PST

2006/04/28 - Free backstage pass

A backstage area has been added to Q-Theory.com to support the forthcoming release of the debut album by Q-Theory called Design By Chance.  It is free to become a member, and you will get access...
Posted by Q-Theory on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:25:00 PST

2006/03/24 - Welcome!

Welcome to the MySpace site for Q-Theory - we've only just joined up so we'll be adding more content etc in the near future.  Hope you enjoy the site & music. ...
Posted by Q-Theory on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:29:00 PST