FACT magazine

MikeQ to score documentary about New York City ballroom subculture

9th May 2013 •

Gesture focuses on NYC's Kiki scene, a "society within a society" in the ballroom world. The Kiki scene is a ballroom subculture for LGBTQ youth of color, "where femininity and flamboyance are [...]

DJ MikeQ returns to House of Trax in London this Friday

15th April 2013 •

Get ready to vogue. After last month's explosive appearance from Chicago footwork don DJ Earl, House of Trax are ready to usher Fade To Mind's MikeQ back to Dalston hotspot Birthdays this Frida [...]

Brenmar and MikeQ team-up for Tigga Calore’s vogue rap ‘BEADS’

25th February 2013 •

The club-ready FACT mixers meet in the middle on the track; download it now. While ballroom boss MikeQ has remixed Brenmar (on 2011's Let's Pretend EP), this is the pair's first proper collabor [...]

MikeQ’s Qween Beat crew share remixes of Baauer, Rihanna, Whitney; download them now

22nd February 2013 •

MikeQ teams up with Divoli S'vere and Jay R Neutron for some ballroom-ready remixes. One of the leading figures in the world of ballroom, MikeQ needs no introduction around these parts, especia [...]

Fade to Mind shares a two-hour Rizzla and MikeQ back-to-back set

12th February 2013 •

The third installment of the LA label's FadeFM series is an intense one. Following sets from Kingdom and a Voltronesque assemblage of the label's mainstays, the latest dispatch from FadeFM is a [...]

Download a 2.5 hour Fade to Mind set mixed by MikeQ, Kingdom, Nguzunguzu, and Total Freedom

6th November 2012 •

It's no seven-hour set, but it will have to do. Recorded last Friday via the label's Ustream channel, the 150 minute mix brings together Fade to Mind's most intriguing talents for four back-to- [...]

Ballroom ace Mike Q heads up the latest instalment of House Of Trax in London

5th October 2012 •

Over the course of 2012, House Of Trax has firmly established itself as one of London's most crucial parties. Focussing on ballroom, jit, footwork and other ghetto dance derivations, [...]

MikeQ announces European tour dates

1st October 2012 •

One of the leading figures in the ballroom scene plots a tour of Europe. Starting Friday, Fade to Mind associate MikeQ will bring the "Ha" to Germany, Spain, France, Poland, and the UK. The bri [...]

MikeQ and Divoli S’vere give The Phantom a stunning ballroom house overhaul

6th June 2012 •

MikeQ, overlord of the ballroom, has teamed up with cohort Divoli S'vere for a punchy new remix. New York's voguing scene has come under renewed attention in the last year (for a crash course, [...]