Quinn Lamont Luke, also known as Bing Ji Ling (

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for "ice cream"), is a

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-based producer/musician. Luke has released six full-length albums of original material as a solo artist, as well as numerous singles, collaborations, and remixes. He is a former member of

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Biography

As well as

, Luke has also been involved in several other collaborative projects. As Incarnations, Luke joined friends Bart Davenport and Daniel Collas, to create an organic and original album in 2 weeks at a remote studio in the south of Spain for Lovemonk Records. As Coppa, a duo composed of Luke and Groove Merchant's Chris Veltri, Luke has produced a series of 12-inch singles. As Q&A (formerly Expanding Head Band), an instrumental, psychedelic-dance music duo with Alexis Georgopoulos, Luke has releases on

DFA Records DFA Records is an American independent record label founded in 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. They previously had a production team called The DFA, consisting of Goldsworthy and ...

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, and

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. Luke is also a constant member of

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's group. Luke has worked in a collaborative project with Paul "Mudd" Murphy under the name Paqua, on Murphy's Claremont 56 label out of London. Their album "Akaliko" was released in June 2014, and they toured Europe promoting it at places such as Glastonbury Festival (U.K.) and The Garden festival (Croatia). In the Fall of 2014, Luke released a solo/acoustic/covers record, entitled "Sunshine For Your Mind." In 2015 a 12" release of "See Me Through" and a Romanowski remix of "Thought Our Love Was Strong" on Coyote's Über label were released. Both songs were from previous Bing albums. A Lexx remix of "Hangin' On A String," was released on his Phantom Island label. Other songs, such as Luke's collaboration with Cantoma (aka Phil Mison) "Alive," and his collaboration with Alex From Tokyo "Don't Move" were featured on various compilations. The beginning of 2016 saw the release of a new collaboration with Alex from Tokyo, on his new World Famous label entitled "Not My Day." His version of Lil Louis' "Club Lonely" and a Tokyo Blackstar remix are also included. The late summer saw the first release under Bing's given name Quinn Lamont Luke on Aficionado Recordings and Tommy Guerrero's Too Good label, entitled "Temporadas." This release is Luke's first instrumental effort, with songs recorded at home, on a 4 track, one song per season. We also saw a new 12" release of and Idjut Boys remix of "Won't Wait For Yesterday," and a Tim "Love" Lee remix of "Everybody." In the spring of 2017, Luke released a new single entitled "Different Aspriations."

Discography

Albums

*''"doodle loot doot doodle a doo"'' (2004) *''"Fire & Ice Cream"'' (2006) *''"June Degrees In December"'' (2008) *''"So Natural"'' (2009) *''" Shadow To Shine"'' (2011) *''"Por Cada Nube..."'' (2013) *''"Sunshine For Your Mind"'' (2014)

References

General references

*My Spoonful (2011). Retrieved November 17, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20111206223046/http://myspoonful.com/bing-ji-ling *Rolling Stone (2013)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ling, Bing Ji Living people American rock musicians Year of birth missing (living people)