| QUANTIC "An Announcement To Answer " (CD / LP)
"Before the album's nine tracks conclude, he's touched down with a multitude of tempos and styles without abandoning a sense that all these songs belong together... 4 1/2 stars." URB
“A sweet return to funky-ass form… worldly, dirty and pretty addictive.” WEEKLY DIG
“Very, very good” WORLD FAMOUS
“A short but sweet look into the evolving tastes of Brighton, England’s bright light” THE MIRROR
"A truly exceptional record." POPMATTERS
Playing with the musical notion of call and response "An Announcement to Answer" is the title and sound of the fourth Quantic album, the second released domestically by Ubiquity. Chronicling the ever widening musical world of producer, record collector, musician and DJ Will Holland, aka Quantic, it’s a big sounding shout-out demanding a positive response.
Intricately produced, the album delivers hip hop, Puerto Rican, jazz, funk and soul sounds with a 21st Century twist that’s friendly to ears and sound systems alike. While he’s a humble character, Holland is no typical DJ-turned-electronic-producer. He recorded himself on guitar, bass, percussion, piano and accordion in Brighton. He worked with his father on banjo in Wales, adding musicians from multiple sessions in Puerto Rico and the West Coast. The majority of the editing was carried out on a laptop across multiple time zones en route to DJ gigs.
“The album explores my most recent music tastes and reflects the fact that my record digging has gone deeper and more obscure. I’ve been picking-up more and more African, Caribbean and jazz records and applying what I learn to my sound,” explains Holland. Vocalist Tempo from the Candela All Stars appears along with fellow Puerto Rican-based trumpeters Major and Javier (from Fania recording artist Roberto Roena’s band.)
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