QZB
QZB is a production duo from the Basel / Lörrach border region. The project comprises Benjamin Ramsauer (also known as Zenith B) and Thomas Koubik (QBig). They work as producers within drum and bass, jungle and liquid-funk–leaning strands of DnB, and are based in Basel, Switzerland.
Ramsauer and Koubik began collaborating around 2012 and formally adopted the QZB name in 2017. Since then they have released material on several established labels, including Critical Music, Flexout, Demand and Liquicity. Their debut album, Future Forever, arrived in 2023. They have also issued EPs such as Kilowatt. Alongside studio work they perform DJ sets and produce their own material.
Musically QZB blends liquid funk melodies with harder-rolling drum programming. Their productions emphasise sustained, warm pads and chord work over clear, forward drums. Breaks are often resampled and layered: you’ll hear tightly edited amen-style shuffles and chopped snares stacked with short, crisp top-end transients. Bass design focuses on sub weight with a defined mid-range presence rather than pure distortion — low-end sine/sub layers combined with filtered growl or midrange saws to make the parts audible on club systems and smaller speakers alike.
On the technical side they use common drum-and-bass production techniques: parallel compression on drums for punch, multiband EQ to carve space for the sub, sidechain to sit pads behind kick and bass, and reverb/delay automation to open breaks at key moments. Their arrangements favour three- to four-minute builds and drops typical of liquid and roller tracks, with recurring melodic motifs and occasional vocal chops used as hooks rather than full vocal features.
Career highlights tied to verifiable releases include the Kilowatt EP and the 2023 full-length Future Forever. Releases on Critical Music and Liquicity place QZB in both heavier and melodic circuits: Liquicity links them to liquid-leaning playlists and audiences, while Critical Music appearances put them on a label known for deeper rollers and sharper dancefloor impact. They remain active as producers and take those productions into DJ sets.
Public information about direct artistic influences named by the duo is limited. What is clear from their releases is a working vocabulary that references liquid melodic structures and classic jungle/drum-and-bass drum editing techniques; those stylistic touchpoints shape their sound across EPs and the Future Forever album.
The factual record for QZB centers on the duo identity (Benjamin Ramsauer / Zenith B and Thomas Koubik / QBig), the collaboration start around 2012, the rebrand in 2017, releases on Critical Music, Flexout, Demand and Liquicity, the Kilowatt EP, and the 2023 album Future Forever — all of which document their output to date.
