Los Angeles-based experimental metal/noise/punk outfit Qui were formed in 2000 around the talents of drummer/vocalist Paul Christensen and guitarist/vocalist Matt Cronk. The duo released their debut album, Baby Kisses, on the Heart of a Champion label in 2003. Jesus Lizard vocalist David Yow joined the group in 2006, appearing on the single "Today, Gestation," which was released on Infrasonic Sound Recordings. Later that year the newly formed trio made an appearance at Austin's South by Southwest festival, where they met Ipecac masterminds Mike Patton and Greg Werckman, who signed Qui and released their full-length debut, Love's Miracle, on September 11, 2007. The following year, Yow suffered a punctured lung, and the project went on an indefinite hiatus. In 2014, Christensen and Cronk, sans Yow, returned with album number two, Life, Water, Living..., followed in 2016 by the five-track EP How to Get Ideas. ~ James Christopher Monger