qu: The Wednesday Alternative Mix

His new record features collaborators, the likes of East London’s Jay Prince amongst others. This mix features an evolution of such similar sounds. Listen and read the interview below:  Who are you, where are you and what are you?  My name is qu, I’m an artist & producer from Hamburg, Germany – born and raised. My parents are from Vietnam, they came to Germany in the late 80’s.  What does your music sound like? I always struggle to answer that question, but let me draw the lines in which my sound  moves. I come from many genres. I was trained in classical music for over a decade. I played the classical guitar and went to classical music college for a while before I dropped out. But in terms of starting to make my own music, HipHop was the main force behind my sound. J Dilla, Madlib, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Ryan Leslie, Pharrell, Kanye West to name a few.  I cannot describe my sound without mentioning these names and many more, because ultimately they inspired me to make music the way I’m doing it today. When I think of Pharrell, Kanye West, The Neptunes or even Frank Ocean – they...