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The hits and misses (mostly hits) of asian cuisine on my recent trepidation eastbound. Read more
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Its been a busy year at Quantic HQ, several tours, a Best of, an Accordionised Serato Vinyl and a new comp charting the history of Cumbia. Read more
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MTV Hive talks Cumbia’s past, Quantic’s ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’, Cumbia as influence in music with producers: Toy Selectah, JD Twitch, Uproot Andy as well as Mad Professor’s project with Colombian group (and Quantic-collaborator), Frente Cumbiero. And a great clip of Joe Strummer praising Andres Landero.
“Cumbia hasn’t suddenly become hip; cumbia was always hip.” – Will Holland Read more
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“Vintage Recordings of Colombian Cumbia” || Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Will Holland about the record hunt and where the sounds of cumbia come from. Read more
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The Original Sound of Cumbia (The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 compiled by Quantic) – is OUT NOW. Read more
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“…he has preserved forever not just a time and place but a feeling. Gentle but impassioned, these CDs put history not in the museum but firmly in the middle of the dancefloor.” – Daily Telegraph
“The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 – 79” is OUT NOW via Soundway Records Read more
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“This map goes in part to highlight the regions of Colombia that the different styles originated from and that the musicians, labels and recording studios were based. Rare video interviews with Curro Fuentes and Michi Sarmiento feature alongside performances from the likes of Lucho Bermudez and of course, some of the fantastic music that have featured on these compilations.” Read more
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A Closer Look from Illustrator Lewis Heriz For Quantic’s Upcoming Cumbia Compilation ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 – 79’ (Soundway). You can pre-order the 2 x Triple LP (limited to 1,500 copies) now! Read more
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“Boasting 55 tracks spread over two CDs and two triple LPs, ‘The Original Sound of Cumbia’ is Soundway’s definitive guide to the origins of Colombian cumbia and porro and the result of five years pain staking re-search by Will ‘Quantic’ Holland.”
Pre-order now available…on Soundway. Read more
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Quantic & Cut Chemist interviewed post-session at the Mid, Chicago. Read more
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LA’s finest, Stonesthrow’s J. Rocc, threw down on this special ‘Best Of Quantic’ celebration mix. Free Download! Read more
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Oliver Wang recently had Quantic by his LA studio for podcast #18 of his Soul Sides series, ‘The Sidebar’
“Quantic has had a remarkably prolific and diverse career over the last decade, all now captured in the new 32-song double-CD anthology, Best of Quantic. With that in mind, I asked Will about his history as a producer, beginning in his early years, recording sample-based beats for TV licensing, up through the formation of the Quantic Soul Orchestra, with his collaborations with Alice Russell and Spanky Wilson, and into his major shift into Afro-Latin styles of the last five years.” Read more
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Quantic premiered “Left & Right” ft Alice Russell on the Los Angeles Times Pop Hiss section…more from this collaboration soon! Quantic’s ‘Best Of’ is out now!
“It’s quintessential Quantic, an amalgam of old sounds and new ideas, dust meeting digital and yielding its own unique haze.” – LA Times Read more
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Check out this piece leading up to Quantic’s SOM-BAR show in San Francisco tonight!
“I wanted to really explore the side of music from Barranquilla and Panama City where you have bands playing soul, funk, salsa, cumbia, boogaloo … not necessarily one genre,” Quantic says. “What I appreciate in this music is that there’s tremendous diversity — culturally, ethnically, racially — and so many different rhythm experimentations.” Read more
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Read this in-depth interview with National Geographic touching on Quantic’s roots, his discovery/development with Latin music, the South American accordion greats he learns from, contemporary Colombian music camaraderie and future steps.
“It was just a natural evolution. I’m not a diehard salsa fan, I just like rhythm — something that South America has in abundance.” Read more
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Check out this review of Quantic’s ‘Best Of’ in Pop Matters…
“Because his catalog is so vast, it would be hard for a curious listener to figure out just where to begin in order to appreciate Quantic’s work. That’s why ‘The Best of Quantic’ is superb: It’s so perfectly chosen and sequenced that this is the Quantic album to begin with.” Read more
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“A mammoth retrospective of the producer’s wide spectrum of sounds… a hugely impressive body of work” – BBC Read more
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Robert Luis (Tru Thoughts A&R) plays some of his favorite Quantic tracks and tells some of the stories behind the music and Quantic’s various projects on Tru Thoughts. The podcast includes an exclusive previously unreleased demo track from Quantic which still sounds great today… Read more
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Will recently sat down with CMU for their ‘Same Six Question’ series to talk about the upcoming release of Quantic’s ‘Best Of’ (Out September 5th ROW; September 13th in USA) on Tru Thoughts… Read more
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Check out this acoustic version of ‘No Soy Del Valle’ from Quantic y Su Combo Barbaro on The Mahogany Sessions in London while on their Europe tour last week… Read more
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Quantic y Su Combo Barbaro stopped by “Cerys on 6” on BBC 6 for a live set during the amazing ‘Big Chill Festival’ (headlined by Kanye West, The Chemical Brothers, Rodrigo & Gabriela) where the group played with Sharon & The Daptones, Mulatu Astatke on the same stage… Read more
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Some great shots from Olivier Hoffschir (http://www.olivier-off.com) from La Plage du Glaz’art show in Paris… Read more
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For those who don’t know who Joe Arroyo was… Read more
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The band is hard at work prepping material for their forthcoming shows. Read more
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Each Monday leading up to the release of Quantic’s ‘Best Of’, Tru Thoughts will blog special treats from the Quantic archives…this week, the pre-order in Europe is open. Pre-order the double-vinyl and receive the CD on September 5th… Read more
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Some great footage of Day 2 at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival in beautiful Sete, France…from LeftO Films. Read more
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Quantic y Su Combo Barbaro kick off their European tour on July 27th at Koko in London. Read more
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Stream “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” at Prefix Magazine and learn a little bit more about the release…. Read more
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‘Dre En Cumbia’ from the June 13th release ‘Hip Hop En Cumbia’ was recently featured on NPR’s Alt.Latino program… Read more
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The story of recorded music. Read more
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Last week, Quantic was in Bogota with the good fellas of Frente Cumbiero. Check out the fotos via Radio Cumbia Poder & Porro and Ingmar Torijano. Read more
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Every record has a story, how you found it, how they made it, how you danced to it. Read more
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DJ Sabo returned to Cali for a second time to drop pure heat alongside Quantic. Read more
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Having known the city of Cali intimately for almost 5 years, I decided to devote a little musical selection to her. Read more
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This is a live recording of Quantic’s DJ set at Club Chaleur, Brussels on April 1st, 2011. Read more
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The Caliventura DJ Tour took Quantic to Toronto in February, where he sat down down with Dos Mundos Radio’s Sergio Elmir…. Read more
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Those of you interested in Colombia’s musical heritage should note Soundway’s release of ‘Cartagena!’ this month. Read more
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While in Los Angeles Quantic popped into the Friends We Love studios. Read more
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This month Quantic was invited to Caracas by the British Council. Read more
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Check out what Will has to say about his 2/26/11 gig in Toronto at ‘The Garrison’ for the infamous Turning Point… Read more
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Quantic sits down with Reel Feel & talks road trips, scientology, cumbia and alternative careers. Read more
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Its with great sadness we announce the passing of musician and friend Dave Woodhouse. Read more
