It's become pretty well known and
by now, and indeed is often remarked upon,
that Will Holland works damn hard. Works
damn hard, has put a lot of records out,
and is still damn young. Of course, when
you really consider that for someone in their
mid twenties to be, in 2006, releasing what
is essentially their 8th album, and racking
up nearing 30 remixes since his first release
in 2002, then that is quite astonishing.
We all know though, that quantity
does not equal quality, so what really astonishes
is the fact that every single release is
a winner. Every single release is worth your
time and sees him trying something different,
exploring sound, and translating his own
huge thirst for new sound into his own work.
There isn't a musical genre
out there thats related to the hearts of funk
and soul that he hasn't turned his hand to,
and yet at the same time he his one of the
few producers around that always sounds like
himself.
Whether it's under his original
Quantic moniker or as the live rocking funk
soul heaviness of The Quantic Soul Orchestra
you can spot a Quantic production a mile off,
even if it doesn't sound like anything you've
heard him do before.
It's a talent that has seen
him work with some of the finest names around.
Remixing Charlie Parker and Breakestra, collaborating
with Sharon Jones and Mr. Scruff, sharing
a live stage with De La Soul, to producing
and writing with Spanky Wilson, Quantic's
is a talent that is admired by producers,
vocalists, and musicians of all the ages.
And naturally, clubbers around the world
have felt the Quantic pressure too.
From the festival stages of
The Big Chill, Glastonbury, and Roskilde, super
smooth clubs in Europe and Japan, hard core
roadtrips around the USA and Australia, tiny
Muscovite basement sessions and Puerto Rican
Candela sweat boxes, where there's the music
love Quantic will go. Literally, where there's
a Will, there's a way. 2006 is set to be
his busiest year yet. The 'One Offs, Remixes,
and B Sides' collection has just been released
on Tru Thoughts, his limited edition collection
of rumba, plena, and cumbia music 'Mofongo
Para El Alma' is just out, July sees him
unleashing his brand new Quantic album 'An
Announcement To Answer', and September is
the launch of his QSO collaboration album
with US soul legend Spanky Wilson.
Time for a rest perhaps? Never.
Believe it or not there are still countries
he hasn't DJed or dug for records in, still
sounds he hasn't experienced, and still so
many great records to make. Onwards and upwards
my friends, onwards and upwards...
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Friday, Saturday
and Sunday
Night - September 19, 20, 21, 2008
/ 9:00 &
11:00pm |
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Lyons Lounge |
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