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Will Holland
Will Holland performing with 'Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro' in 2009
Will Holland performing with 'Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro' in 2009
Background information
Also known asQuantic
OriginEngland
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsTru Thoughts

William Holland is a musician, DJ and record producer from Bewdley, Worcestershire. He is based in New York City, after spending seven years in Colombia.

Holland records under various pseudonyms, including Quantic, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Limp Twins, Flowering Inferno, and Ondatrópica. His music features elements of cumbia, salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Holland plays guitars, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone, accordion and percussion. Much of his sound is original composition, rather than sampling of other artists' material.

Holland also has his own label, Magnetic Fields, on which he releases heavy soul and funk. He has also produced remixes of over 30 songs.

History

His albums The 5th Exotic (2001) and Apricot Morning (2002) featured vocals from British artists including soul singer Alice Russell. In 2003, he assembled The Quantic Soul Orchestra, a new project aimed at producing 1960s/1970s style raw funk, playing guitar himself, and featuring musicians including his sister Lucy on saxophone.[1]

In 2007, Holland moved to Cali, Colombia. He set up an analogue studio called Sonido del Valle and recorded and released the Quantic Soul Orchestra album Tropidélico (2007) and the self-titled debut from his tropical-dub side project, Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno (2008), which featured a variety of musicians from the area. He subsequently assembled the Combo Bárbaro ('Bárbaro' is a colloquial term in Colombia meaning 'very talented').[2]

Holland's 2008 collaboration with Nickodemus, "Mi swing es tropical", was featured on an Apple iPod television commercial.[3]

Discography

Albums

Holland has self-produced eighteen studio albums under various pseudonyms. All albums were released on the label Tru Thoughts from Brighton:

Sortable table
Date Main recording artist Album
2001 Quantic The 5th Exotic
2002 Quantic Apricot Morning
2003 The Limp Twins Tales from Beyond the Groove
2003 The Quantic Soul Orchestra Stampede
2004 Quantic Mishaps Happening
2005 The Quantic Soul Orchestra Pushin' On
2006 Quantic One Off's Remixes and B Sides
2006 Quantic An Announcement to Answer
2006 Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra I'm Thankful
2007 The Quantic Soul Orchestra Tropidélico
2008 Flowering Inferno Death of the Revolution
2009 Flowering Inferno Dog with a Rope
2009 The Combo Bárbaro Tradition in Transition
2010 Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro Look Around the Corner
2011 Quantic The Best of Quantic
2012 Los Miticos del Ritmo Los Miticos del Ritmo
2012 Ondatrópica Ondatrópica
2014 Quantic Magnetica
2015 Quantic Presents The Western Transient A New Constellation
2016 Flowering Inferno 1000 Watts
2017 Quantic & Nidia Góngora Curao

Singles

2009 with his Quantic Soul Orchestra, NYC
  • 2001: Quantic - "We Got Soul"
  • 2001: The Quantic Soul Orchestra - "Super 8"
  • 2001: The Limp Twins - "Living Well"
  • 2001: Quantic - "Life in the Rain"
  • 2002: Quantic feat. Aspects - "Primate Boogaloo"
  • 2002: Quantic feat. Alice Russell - "Sweet Calling"
  • 2002: Quantic - "Apricot Morning"
  • 2002: Quantic - "Through These Eyes"
  • 2003: Quantic - "Search the Heavens"
  • 2004: Quantic - "Mishaps Happening"
  • 2005: Quantic feat. Spanky Wilson - "Don't Joke with a Hungry Man"
  • 2005: Quantic - "Perception"
  • 2005: Quantic - "One Off's Remixes and B Sides"
  • 2006: Quantic - "The Sound of Everything"
  • 2006: Quantic feat. Alice Russell - "Somebody's Gonna Love You"
  • 2006: Quantic - "Tell It Like You Mean It"
  • 2007: Quantic - "Sabor"
  • 2008: Quantic & Nickodemus - "Mi swing es tropical"
  • 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - "Juanita Bonita"
  • 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - "Death of the Revolution"
  • 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno - "Cuidad del Swing"
  • 2008: Quantic - "When You're Through"
  • 2009: Quantic & Nickodemus - "Sun People"
  • 2011: Quantic - "Sol Clap"
  • 2011: Quantic & Los Miticos del Ritmo - "Hiphop en Cumbia"
  • 2012: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - "Look Around the Corner"
  • 2012: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - "Magdalena"
  • 2013: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro - "I'd Cry"
  • 2013: Quantic & Ana Tijoux - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
  • 2013: Quantic & Nidia Góngora - "Muévelo negro"
  • 2014: Quantic - "Duvidó"
  • 2014: Quantic & Alice Russell - "You Will Return"
  • 2014: Quantic - "Spark It"
  • 2014: Quantic - "El Yagé" (self-released)

Collaborations on individual songs by other artists

Holland has collaborated and was featured on many recordings by other musicians, including (listed alphabetically):

  • DJ Greyboy, on the track "Got to Be a Love" from the album Soul Mosaic (2004).
  • Kinny, on the track "Enough Said" (2008).
  • Lanu, on the track "Mother Earth" from the album This Is My Home (2007).
  • Mr. Scruff, on the tracks "It's Dancing Time" (2002), "Giraffe Walk" (2006) and "Donkey Ride" (2008).
  • Nickodemus, as co-producer for "La lluvia", "Didibina" on the album Sun People (2009), and on "Conmigo" (2012) as Guitarist.
  • Nostalgia 77, on the track "Thing" (2004); as Saxophonist.
  • Alice Russell, on the track "Somebody's Gonna Love You" from the album Under the Munka Moon (2004).
  • Transgressors, on the tracks "Will Power" and "Money for Born, Money for Die" from the single Will Power (2012); as Guitarist.
  • The Whitefield Brothers on the track "Lullaby for Lagos" from the album Earthology (2009); as Guitarist.

References

  1. ^ "Quantic". NME. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Quantic & B+ (Album, Film, Photo, Q&A)". Choice Cuts. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  3. ^ "YouTube". Apple. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
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