Q-Burns Abstract Message is the rather unwieldy pseudonym of Florida-based Michael Donaldson. On Oeuvre, the third release under the Q-Burns moniker, Donaldson"s touch is nearly perfect. His mixes, full of wide-open spaces and deep, chilly pools of electro gurgle, are extravagant landscapes that allow for a sense of three- dimensional space but also waste no time zipping from point to point, idea to idea. While Q-Burns is certainly one of electronic music"s most potent scene painters, he"s not too shabby when it comes to bustin" out the neck-snapping beats and breaks either. Looking for a record dedicated to wringing out the soggy parts of the brain while also keeping the hips more than occupied? Here it is. --S. Duda