DJ Q Drops 'Foundations' – A Full-Force Bassline Album for 2025
Bassline champion DJ Q returns to Local Action with 'Foundations,' a high-impact, all-bassline LP that cements his status as one of the genre’s true lifers.
Cameron Holbrook
Bassline has been having a massive moment in 2025 – dominating clubs across the UK, blowing up festival stages, and inspiring a whole new wave of producers outside the traditional London bubble. And there’s no bigger champion, custodian, or straight-up lifer of the sound than DJ Q, who now delivers Foundations, his third album for Local Action and his first ever full-length built entirely around bassline.
A true pillar of UK dance music, Q has delivered heaters across grime, UKG, bassline, and even pop (“You Wot” will forever be part of the culture). Over the last year he’s only sharpened his form, dropping a stellar remix of Barbara Tucker’s “No More Broken Hearts” and linking with Hans Glader on the fan-favorite “Right On Time.” But Foundations marks a return to the core of what he does best: high-octane, full-flavor bassline from an artist who’s lived and breathed the genre for two decades.
In a moment when bassline is surging yet all too often overlooked, Q doubles down with an album that feels both overdue and perfectly timed. “No gimmicks. No pretending. Just pure Bassline from someone who’s lived it since day one,” he says. Listen below.
