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
Born1980 (age 43–44)
OriginUnited Kingdom
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsTru Thoughts
Selva

William Holland (born 1980) is an English musician, DJ, and record producer.[1] Holland records under various pseudonyms, including Quantic, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Limp Twins, Flowering Inferno, and Ondatrópica. His music features elements of tropical, 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. In addition to his original compositions, he has also produced remixes of over 30 songs.

Holland's first label was called Magnetic Fields, on which he released heavy soul and funk. Holland retired Magnetic Fields in 2003. In 2018, Holland founded the record label Selva, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., and he has been releasing music on Selva since the start of 2020.

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 project aimed at producing 1960s/1970s style raw funk, playing guitar himself, and featuring musicians including his sister Lucy on saxophone.[2]

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').[3]

Holland's collaboration with Nickodemus, "Mi swing es tropical", was featured on an Apple iPod television commercial in 2007.[4]

The Quantic Soul Orchestra

The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Background information
OriginEngland
GenresFunk, salsa, bossa nova, soul
Years active2001–present
LabelsTru Thoughts
MembersWill Holland
German 'Chispa' Lawson
Javier Rivera
Popo Buckley
Past membersAlice Russell
Damian Bell
Rich Gibbs
Lucy Holland
Russell Knight
Simon Little
Oliver Minkley
Antonia Pheulatos
Russell Porter
John Styles
Dave Woodhouse

The Quantic Soul Orchestra is a live band project of various musicians and Holland. Holland has recorded under several names, most notably Quantic. The band's line-up changes from album to album, with sometime members including Holland's sister, saxophonist Lucy Holland, his Limp Twins collaborator Russ Porter and former Hardkandy member Simon Little. Will Holland plays guitar and bass, and performs some of the percussion.

Their music focuses on reviving a dusty funk and jazz sound. They are signed to the Tru Thoughts label and have released four albums to date as well as a collaborative album with funk and soul artist Spanky Wilson.[5]

Their album Tropidélico was recorded in Colombia, where Holland was based at the time.

Discography

Albums

Holland has self-produced eighteen studio albums under various pseudonyms. Until 2020, all his albums were released on the label Tru Thoughts from Brighton:

Sortable table
Date Main recording artist Album
2001QuanticThe 5th Exotic
2002QuanticApricot Morning
2003The Limp TwinsTales from Beyond the Groove
2003The Quantic Soul OrchestraStampede
2004QuanticMishaps Happening
2005The Quantic Soul OrchestraPushin' On
2006QuanticOne Off's Remixes and B Sides
2006QuanticAn Announcement to Answer
2006Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul OrchestraI'm Thankful
2007The Quantic Soul OrchestraTropidélico
2008Flowering InfernoDeath of the Revolution
2009Flowering InfernoDog with a Rope
2009The Combo BárbaroTradition in Transition
2012The Combo BárbaroQuantic & Alice Russell: Look Around the Corner (with Alice Russell)
2011QuanticThe Best of Quantic
2012Los Miticos del RitmoLos Miticos del Ritmo
2012OndatrópicaOndatrópica
2014QuanticMagnetica
2015Quantic Presents The Western TransientA New Constellation
2016Flowering Inferno1000 Watts
2017OndatrópicaBaile Bucanero
2017Quantic & Nidia GóngoraCurao
2019QuanticAtlantic Oscillations
2019QuanticAtlantic Modulations
2020Quantic & DenitiaNowhere
2023 Quantic Dancing While Falling

Singles

  • 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 – "Ciudad 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)
  • 2023: Quantic feat. Andreya Triana - "Run"

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.
  • Wilbur Soot on the album “Mammalian Sighing Reflex” (2023);

References

  1. ↑ Horan, Tom (24 April 2014). "Quantic: 'All music is authentic'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Quantic". NME. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Quantic & B+ (Album, Film, Photo, Q&A)". Choice Cuts. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "iPod + iTunes Ad: Mi Swing es Tropical". Apple. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  5. ↑ Slawecki, Chris (21 February 2007). "Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra: I'm Thankful (2007)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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