Casey Manierka-Quaile, also known as Casey MQ, is a Canadian singer, musician, film composer, songwriter, and record producer.[1] In 2022, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for "And Then We Don't", a song he co-wrote with Tika Simone for Thyrone Tommy's film Learn to Swim.[2]
Career
editMQ began making music sometime during the 2010s. Formerly associated with the band Unbuttoned,[3] MQ released his solo debut album, titled babycasey, in 2020.[4] In the same year, he was one of the creators of Club Quarantine, a popular Zoom-based online club night for LGBTQ audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
In 2021, MQ followed up with the remix album babycasey: ultra.[6]
He has also been a member of the reunited lineup of 1980s New Wave band Spoons,[7] and was one of the producers on Cadence Weapon's Polaris Music Prize-winning album Parallel World.[8]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- babycasey (2020, Halcoline Trance)
- Later that day, the day before, or the day before that (2024, Ghostly International)
EPs
edit- For the Beasts (with oklou) (2017, self-released)
- Nudes (2018, Creamcake)
- Two Songs (Live) (2023, Cascine)
As film composer
edit- Mary Goes Round (with Dillon Baldassero, 2017, dir. Molly McGlynn)
- Firecrackers (2018, dir. Jasmin Mozaffari)
- Honey Bee (2018, dir. Rama Rau)
- Tito (2019, dir. Grace Glowicki)
- Easy Land (2019, dir. Sanja Živković)
- Raf (2019, dir. Harry Cepka)
- Fitting In (2023, dir. Molly McGlynn)
- Backspot (2023, dir. D. W. Waterson)
- The Heirloom (2024, dir. Ben Petrie)
Remixes
edit- Jeremy Dutcher – "Pomok na Poktoinskwes" (2018)
- Christine and the Queens – "Comme si" (2019)
- Detente – "Candles in the Wind" (2021)
- Sophia Bel – "You're Not Real You're Just a Ghost" (2021)
- Anna Clandening – "Girls Like You" (2022)
Guest appearances
edit- WolF J McFarlane – "Deaf Ears" (2013)
- Emay – "7th" (2017)
- 2nd Son – "Only Underground" (2017)
- Cadence Weapon – "Infinity Pool" (2018)
- DJ Charme – "Saudade" (2018)
- L CON – "The Art of Staying Together" (2018)
- Suicideyear – "Said and Done" (2018)
- Desiire – "Goodbyes" (2018)
- Sparrows – "On Air" (2019)
- PBDY – "Prey/Pray" (2019)
- oklou – "girl on my throne" (2020)
- a l l i e – "Clean Sight" (2021)
- Aasthma – "3AM" (2022)
- Bliptor – "Back of Mind" (2022)
- myst milano. – "NBHD" (2023)
Other contributions
edit| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Credit(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | Production | Instrumentation | Vocals | Arrangement | ||||
| "Get Up" | 2018 | TiKA | Non-album single | Co | ||||
| "Anywayz" | 2020 | Austra | HiRUDiN | Additional | ||||
| "It's Amazing" | Additional | |||||||
| "I Am Not Waiting" | Additional | |||||||
| "fall" | oklou | Galore | Additional | |||||
| "unearth me" | Additional | |||||||
| "god's chariots" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "galore" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "nightime" | Yes | Co | Additional | |||||
| "asturias" (feat. Zero Castigo) |
Additional | |||||||
| "rosebud" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "girl on my throne" (feat. Casey MQ) |
Yes | Yes | Featured | |||||
| "another night" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Connect" | 2021 | Cadence Weapon | Parallel World | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Clean Sight" (feat. Casey MQ) |
a l l i e | Tabula Rasa | Yes | Featured | ||||
| "Highest Building" (feat. oklou) |
2022 | Flume | Palaces | Yes | ||||
| "No Sleep" | 2023 | Sophia Bel | Anxious Avoidant Deluxe | Co | ||||
| "Puppets for the Gods" | Rozie Ramati | TBA | Co | |||||
| "Crush" (feat. Erika de Casier) |
Shygirl | Nymph_o | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Malocchio" | Kara Lane | Chokehold EP | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Fruit (Red, White & Royal Blue Version) |
Oliver Sim | Red, White & Royal Blue (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Lexicon" | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | Yes | Additional | Programming | |||
| "Autobahn" | Yes | Additional | Wurlitzer, organ | |||||
| "Nothing to Lose" | Synthesizer | |||||||
| "Interlude" | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | ||||||
| "Made Out with Your Best Friend" | Yes | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | |||||
| "Sugarcane Switch" | Eartheater | Powders | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Clean Break" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "rosa" | Namasenda | Ambrosia | Co | |||||
| "Idolize" | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Yes Man" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Touch Grass" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Lifetime" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Warning Signs" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "CUT MY HEART OUT" | daine | TBA | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Precious/Pressure" | a l l i e | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "For Your Consideration" | 2024 | Empress Of | For Your Consideration | Yes | Additional | |||
| "What Type of Girl Am I?" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Baby Boy" | Yes | Additional | ||||||
| "Alarms" (feat. Austra) |
Cadence Weapon | ROLLERCOASTER | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Fire" | rei brown | Aura | Yes | |||||
| "Not Your Angel" | Zsela | Big For You | Yes | Co | Synthesizer, live drums, piano | |||
| "Brand New" | Yes | |||||||
| "Play" | Yes | Co | Piano, synthesizer, drum | |||||
| "Blink Twice" | Cecile Believe | Tender the Spark | Yes | |||||
| "Red Brick" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Blue Sun" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "family and friends" | oklou | TBA | Yes | Co | Choir | |||
References
edit- ^ Trey Alston, "Would You Be Casey MQ's 'Candyboy'?". Paper, November 26, 2020.
- ^ "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
- ^ Elio Iannacci, "Cupid's revenge". Fashion, February 2017.
- ^ Rachel Evangeline Chong, "Casey MQ Celebrates and Interrogates the Glamour of '90s Boy Band Pop on 'babycasey'". Exclaim!, August 17, 2020.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Is Keeping Toronto's Nightlife Alive with Club Quarantine, Isolation's Biggest Queer Dance Party". Exclaim!, April 10, 2020.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Announces 'babycasey: ultra' Remix Album". Exclaim!, September 29, 2021.
- ^ Coral Andrews, "Spoons continue fun-loving journey". Waterloo Region Record, February 10, 2017.
- ^ Jenny Feniak, "Cadence Weapon's Parallel World wins 2021 Polaris Music Prize as best Canadian album". Edmonton Journal, October 1, 2021.