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Qrion is at the controls for this Ignition Sequence, the series in which a guest artist picks five records and explains every one in their own words. Kornél Kovács and Matt Karmil are both in her selection, and Forest Drive West turns up with her favourite track from the Twitch streams she ran during the pandemic.

Anyway, commencing countdown…

Qrion started making music on a phone. At school she tried to copy Skrillex on Nanostudio, an iPhone app that uploaded straight to SoundCloud, and by her own account what came out was an ambient track. She learned production from YouTube tutorials and Japanese blogs. She kept posting, and SenSe, a label in her hometown of Sapporo, got in touch and released her first EP.

Anjunadeep released her albums 'I Hope It Lasts Forever' and 'We Are Always Under The Same Sky', and had her mix an edition of its '25 Years Of Anjuna' series in 2025.

Her other regular label is Last Night On Earth, which Sasha runs. She and Sasha made 'Dry & High' in 2022, and she has since recorded the 'MT. DS' EP there with Spencer Brown. 'Arp Check' has been out on the label since 30 October 2026, and we reviewed it when it landed.

Follow her on Instagram, and find the music on SoundCloud and Bandcamp.

Here are Qrion's five tracks. Enjoy!

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'Szikra' is the record Kornél Kovács calls his "first proper solo release". It arrived in 2014, and by his own account it taught him he could "actually make music people enjoy". His debut album, 'The Bells', landed in 2016.

Kovács put 'Szikra' out on Studio Barnhus, the label he co-founded in 2010 with Petter Nordkvist and Axel Boman, whose album with Superpitcher, 'Tell It To The Mountain', we reviewed. The three of them shared a studio on Barnhusgatan in Stockholm, which is where the name comes from. The plan was to release only music made in that studio, until demos from the Gothenburg duo Shakarchi & Stranéus changed their minds. Studio Barnhus has put out more than a hundred records.

Qrion: "This is one of those tracks that just feels right no matter when or where I listen to it. I discovered it during the golden era of lo-fi house, and I'm still listening to it in 2026. The synths are incredibly soothing, and the track feels timeless."

Grab 'Szikra' from Kornél Kovács's own Bandcamp.

Matt Karmil spent years on other people's records before his own name went on one. He produced, mixed and played sessions, and made beats for pop songwriters in London. His own records started in Cologne, where the artists Ada and Jens Uwe Beyer heard his music and released it on their labels, International Records Recordings and PNN. He was about 30 when his first record came out.

'Moment' comes off 'Dans-Maxi Från Nacksving', the EP that brought Karmil to Studio Barnhus in 2015. Kovács counts Karmil's two EPs for the label "among our most focused, singular and effective releases". The EP's title nods to Nacksving, the Gothenburg studio where Karmil is the engineer. 'Moment' itself samples Fleetwood Mac's 'Little Lies'.

Qrion: "This is easily one of my top five favourite tracks of all time. The way the samples are used is absolutely mind-blowing. I was so curious about the original samples that I went back and listened to them, and it's incredible how they transformed them into a house track like this. As a producer myself, I have so much respect for the creativity behind it."

Clamp onto 'Moment' at Studio Barnhus on Bandcamp.

Firzan DJs and produces with the Anomalis Radio collective in Richmond, Virginia. His debut EP, 'You Can Do This', was self-released in 2021. 'Your Turn' followed on Anomalis Radio. Further afield, he has played Flash, the Washington DC club, on a bill with Move D.

Don Chirashi founded Anomalis Radio as a monthly mix series and a run of open-air pop-up parties, and the record label came later. 'The Out' comes off Anomalis Radio's December 2023 compilation, 'Universal Transmissions', which went out on cassette as well. Stimulator Jones, who also records for Stones Throw, is on the compilation too.

Qrion: "I remember discovering this track on YouTube. One night, I went down a house-music rabbit hole, endlessly digging through recommended videos, when I came across this track, and it gave me goosebumps. It has such a beautiful, jazzy feel, and it's still one of my favourites to this day."

'The Out' is yours via Beatport.

Archie Ward and James Levey are the duo My Friend, with EPs on Anjunadeep. Their 2025 record with Steven Weston, 'Fast Times', came out on Last Night On Earth. Anjunadeep and Last Night On Earth both release Qrion too. On his own, Ward got 'Pizza Girl' onto Running Back, the label Gerd Janson runs, in 2022.

'Penguin Love Theory' came out on Online Songs in February 2024. Ward started Online Songs in 2022 to give his solo records a home, and it releases them as singles.

Qrion: "This is a great upbeat track I used to play often in my DJ sets. I especially love the rave-inspired samples, which give it such a cool energy."

Online Songs sell it on Bandcamp.

Forest Drive West is Joe Baker, and for years he kept his tracks to himself. "I didn't want to send anything to anyone until I was comfortable playing it myself in a DJ set," he told Resident Advisor in 2018. He had been making music since the turn of the millennium. Around 2016 he burnt a CD for Peverelist at Colony, a club night his friends ran, and his debut on Livity Sound, the label Peverelist runs, followed. Rupture London, the jungle and drum & bass party and label, signed him soon after, and Ilian Tape and Echocord have put out his records since.

'Para' came out in October 2020 on 'Evident Ware (Pt.01)', a Sneaker Social Club compilation with Peder Mannerfelt and Christoph De Babalon also on it. Jamie Russell, who records as Low End Activist, started the label in 2011. He was already co-running Hypercolour, a house and techno label, and the UK club music he wanted to release did not fit there. In his words, Sneaker Social Club has "the 'hardcore continuum' at its core".

Qrion: "I remember discovering this track during the pandemic, when I spent a lot of time at home. Back then, I streamed on Twitch, and one of my favourite things was being able to play whatever music I loved, no matter the genre. Out of all the tracks I played during those streams, this one was definitely my favourite."

Sneaker Social Club have 'Para' and the rest of 'Evident Ware (Pt.01)' on Bandcamp.

Big thanks to Qrion for her selection. The next Ignition Sequence comes from Balrog.

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