Will Holland

Will Holland

Will Holland performing with 'Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro' in 2009
Background information
Also known as Quantic
Origin England
Genres cumbia
funk
bossa nova
soul
jazz
trip hop
downtempo
nu-jazz
Years active 2000–present
Labels Tru Thoughts
Associated acts The Quantic Soul Orchestra
The Limp Twins
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro

William "Will" Holland is a musician, DJ and record producer from Bewdley, Worcestershire. He is based in New York City after spending 7 years in Colombia.

He records under various guises, notably, Quantic, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Limp Twins, Flowering Inferno, and Ondatrópica. His music draws upon 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 with little in the way of sampling of other artists' material.

Holland also has his own label Magnetic Fields on which he releases heavy soul and funk. He has also taken on remix duties for 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 60s/70s style raw funk, playing guitar himself, and featuring other musicians including his saxophonist sister, Lucy Holland."[1]

In 2007, Holland moved to Cali, Colombia. He set up an analogue studio "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 colloquially referred to as very talented in Colombia).[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

Collaborations on individual songs by other artists

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

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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