Triple-Q

About

Triple-Q (also known by his alternate channel “Sexualized Omacho”) is a mashup artist on YouTube and SoundCloud who is known for his Psy mashups and his collaborative album Cut, Paste and Kill. He is also a visual artist and graphic designer.

Online History

His first complation album “Ruined Forever”, which contains 12 mashups from his channel, was released on 2011 and was re-released on October 27, 2012. A day after its re-release, he re-released another compilation album titled “Old Mouldy Miscellaneous Bullshitting Cream”, which contains 23 mashups that weren’t “good enough to be put on any main albums.”^[1] One of the tracks, Revolution No.11, is Triple-Q’s first mashup which was made on 2006, and was uploaded via his other YouTube channel “Sexualized Omacho” on August 16, 2013.^[2]

One of his most known mashups is “Pull Over (That Metal Too Fast)”, a mashup Pull Over by Trina and Metal Sonic (Stardust Speedway) from the Sonic Generations OST. The video features Metal Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Rikka Takanashi with her finger spin pose, having more than 760,000 views and 9,900 likes. Another known mashup of his is “Scanty & Kneesocks’ Absolute Territory”, a remix of Absolute Territory by Ken Ashcorp, Sexy and I Know It by electro pop duo LMFAO, and Knight of the Wind (the main theme of Sonic and the Black Knight). It has more than 525,000 views and 5,500 likes.

On February 7, 2015, Triple-Q released his birthday compilation album titled “Remember when Triple-Q made good mashups?” via Mega and Google Drive, along with a video of the same name (which also acts as the intro of the album). The video features Triple-Q acting as Skeletor from the Masters of the Universe series, responding to the negative criticism of the overabundance of Psy mashups and videos from the Cut, Paste and Kill album.

Gangnamcore / Psy Mashups

Triple-Q has been known for his numerous Psy mashups and albums. His first Psy-related album is “Psybrid Theory”, a collaborative album with RosalinaSama, is a mashup of Linkin Park’s first album, Hybrid Theory, and Psy’s . It was released on December 28, 2013 for free via Mega, Mediafire, YouTube and Bandcamp. A trailer has been released along with the album.^[3] The most known track is Gangnamcut, a mashup of Gangnam Style and Papercut. It has over 1 million views and 13,600 likes. His second Psy-related mashup album, “Dark Styles: Prepare to Psy”, was released on April 26, 2014 for free via Mediafire. It also has its own trailer with approximately 30,500 views and 600 likes.

Triple-Q’s most known collaborative Psy albums are the Gangnamcore albums, which has the most tracks and collaborators compared to other Triple-Q albums. The first Gangnamcore album was released on July 19, 2014 via Mega and Bandcamp, along with a trailer.^[4] The album has 107 tracks and 40 artists. The intro for the sequel, “GANGNAMCORE 2: NO STOPPING, ONLYOPPING!” was released on June 17, 2015, and submissions were open on the same day until July 14, 2015.^[5]

The first part, “GANGNAMCORE 2, Part I: NO STOPPING!”, was released on July 17, 2015, with 225 tracks and 69 artists. The two parts as a whole is said to have over 400 tracks and 100 artists. The second part, “GANGNAMCORE 2, Part II: ONLYOPPING!”, will be released a week after the release of the first part.^[6]

Cut, Paste and Kill

Cut, Paste and Kill is a collaborative project directed by Triple-Q with 47 tracks and 21 collaborators, in which the goal is to make a mashup of every track in the Kill la Kill soundtrack. On one video, Triple-Q stated that the project started at December 2013.^[5] The first track of the project titled “Losing Me Your Way [Kill la Kill Remix]”, a mashup of Pushing Me Away by Linkin Park and Before my body is dry by Mika Kobayashi was uploaded on January 11, 2014, with over 500,000 views and 6,000 likes. The full album was released on December 30, 2014 for free via Mega, which also includes printable CD jewel cases, covers, and a 56-page artbook with liner notes on every track.^[7]

Reputation

He sells his albums via Bandcamp with a “name-your-own-price” system. Most of the profits go to charity via the Humble Bundle (and some to Bandcamp), and the games will be given away to the supporters via Steam. He also shares the donation amount from his album profits via Tumblr.^[9]

In one video, he claims that mashups is something he does for fun, and that he could stop making them at any time.^[7] Besides his mashups, he is also a visual artist and graphic designer. He makes most of the artworks for his mashups and posts them on DeviantArt and Tumblr, as well as his other artworks.^[10]^[11] He also posts speed painting videos on his YouTube channel.