# Casey Manierka-Quaile

Casey Manierka-Quaile, also known as Casey MQ, is a Canadian singer, musician, film composer, songwriter, and record producer. 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.

## Career

MQ began making music sometime during the 2010s. Formerly associated with the band Unbuttoned, MQ released his solo debut album, titled babycasey, in 2020. 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.
In 2021, MQ followed up with the remix album babycasey: ultra.
He has also been a member of the reunited lineup of 1980s New Wave band Spoons, and was one of the producers on Cadence Weapon's Polaris Music Prize-winning album Parallel World.

## Discography
### Albums

* babycasey (2020, Halcoline Trance)
* Later that day, the day before, or the day before that (2024, Ghostly International)

### EPs

* For the Beasts (with oklou) (2017, self-released)
* Nudes (2018, Creamcake)
* Two Songs (Live) (2023, Cascine)

### As film composer

* 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)
* Julian and the Wind (2024, dir. Connor Jessup)

### Remixes

* 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

* 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

| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Credit(s) | Credit(s) | Credit(s) | Credit(s) | Credit(s) |
| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Writing | Production | Instrumentation | Vocals | Arrangement |
| "Get Up" | 2018 | TiKA | Non-album single | | Co | | | |
| "Anywayz" | 2020 | Austra | HiRUDiN | | Additional | | | |
| "It's Amazing" | 2020 | Austra | HiRUDiN | | Additional | | | |
| "I Am Not Waiting" | 2020 | Austra | HiRUDiN | | Additional | | | |
| "fall" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | | Additional | | | |
| "unearth me" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | | Additional | | | |
| "god's chariots" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Co | | | |
| "galore" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Co | | | |
| "nightime" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Co | | Additional | |
| "asturias" (feat. Zero Castigo) | 2020 | oklou | Galore | | | | | Additional |
| "rosebud" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Co | | | |
| "girl on my throne" (feat. Casey MQ) | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Yes | | Featured | |
| "another night" | 2020 | oklou | Galore | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Connect" | 2021 | Cadence Weapon | Parallel World | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "Clean Sight" (feat. Casey MQ) | 2021 | 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" | 2023 | Rozie Ramati | TBA | | Co | | | |
| "Crush" (feat. Erika de Casier) | 2023 | Shygirl | Nymph_o | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Malocchio" | 2023 | Kara Lane | Chokehold EP | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Fruit (Red, White & Royal Blue Version) | 2023 | Oliver Sim | Red, White & Royal Blue (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | | Yes | | | Yes |
| "Lexicon" | 2023 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | Yes | Additional | Programming | | |
| "Autobahn" | 2023 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | Yes | Additional | Wurlitzer, organ | | |
| "Nothing to Lose" | 2023 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | | | Synthesizer | | |
| "Interlude" | 2023 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | | |
| "Made Out with Your Best Friend" | 2023 | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | Yes | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | | |
| "Sugarcane Switch" | 2023 | Eartheater | Powders | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Clean Break" | 2023 | Eartheater | Powders | Yes | Co | | | |
| "rosa" | 2023 | Namasenda | Ambrosia | | Co | | | |
| "Idolize" | 2023 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Yes Man" | 2023 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Touch Grass" | 2023 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Lifetime" | 2023 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Warning Signs" | 2023 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | | | |
| "CUT MY HEART OUT" | 2023 | daine | TBA | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Precious/Pressure" | 2023 | a l l i e | TBA | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "For Your Consideration" | 2024 | Empress Of | For Your Consideration | Yes | Additional | | | |
| "What Type of Girl Am I?" | 2024 | Empress Of | For Your Consideration | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "Baby Boy" | 2024 | Empress Of | For Your Consideration | Yes | Additional | | | |
| "Alarms" (feat. Austra) | 2024 | Cadence Weapon | ROLLERCOASTER | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "Fire" | 2024 | rei brown | Aura | Yes | | | | |
| "Not Your Angel" | 2024 | Zsela | Big For You | Yes | Co | Synthesizer, live drums, piano | | |
| "Brand New" | 2024 | Zsela | Big For You | Yes | | | | |
| "Play" | 2024 | Zsela | Big For You | Yes | Co | Piano, synthesizer, drum | | |
| "Blink Twice" | 2024 | Cecile Believe | Tender the Spark | Yes | | | | |
| "Red Brick" | 2024 | Cecile Believe | Tender the Spark | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Blue Sun" | 2024 | Cecile Believe | Tender the Spark | Yes | Co | | | |
| "10 in the Morning (Demo)" | 2024 | Dorian Electra | Fanfare: The Lost Demos | Yes | Co | | | |
| "endless" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "thank you for recording" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "family and friends" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | Additional | |
| "obvious" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "ict" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "choke enough" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "take me by the hand" (feat. Bladee) | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "plague dogs" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "forces" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "harvest sky" (feat. underscores) | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "want to wanna come back" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "blade bird" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | | | |
| "Virtue" | 2025 | Mallrat | Light hit my face like a straight right | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "The Light Streams in and Hits my Face" | 2025 | Mallrat | Light hit my face like a straight right | Yes | Yes | | | |
| "Love Songs / Heart Strings" | 2025 | Mallrat | Light hit my face like a straight right | Yes | Yes | | | |