★★★★★
At one point in the documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, the oldest man to be awarded three Michelin stars talks about the responsibility of a chef towards those coming to eat at his restaurant. That he must be better educated, with a more refined palette, than those coming to experience his art--for if this is not the case, how can cuisine progress and provide a better understanding of what quality truly is...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-06-11
★★★★★
There are few reliable things left in modern life, but Quantic is one of them. Just the mere mention of a new release from producer Will Holland makes all of us KCRW DJs salivate, knowing that we can count on him to put together an intriguing, multi-cultural mix of sounds. Thankfully, he's prolific, with a vast collection of various side-projects including the jazzy Combo Barbaro, his collaboration with acclaimed vocalist Alice Russell and the cumbia-flavored Ondatropica...
- www.kcrw.com
2014-06-10
★★★★★
Track List:
1. Magnetica 2. You Will Return feat. Alice Russell 3. Descarga Cuántica feat. Fruko & Michi Sarmiento 4. Duvidó feat.?Pongo?Love 5. Arada feat. Dereb The Amabassador 6. La Plata feat. Nidia?Góngora 7. Sol Clap 8. Spark It feat. Shinehead 9. Caruru 10. La Callajera feat.?Anibal?Velásquez 11. Muévelo?Negro feat. Nidia?Góngora 12. Águas?De?Sorongo feat. Thalma De Freitas 13. Painting Silhouettes
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- www.kcrw.com
2014-06-02
★★★★★
Two record stores changed Will Holland's life. One is Mr Tee's One-Stop Rock Shop, in Kidderminster, a childhood
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-04-24
★★★★★
Producer, DJ, musician and crate-digging madman, Will "Quantic" Holland has devoted much of his attention to the music of Colombia- his adopted home of the past seven years- with projects like Combo Bárbaro and Ondatrópica. His new record, Magnetica (out now on Tru Thoughts), is the first he has released as a solo album since he moved there from England...
- www.afropop.org
2014-04-23
★★★★★
For fans of modern leftfield soul, the news that - aka producer Will Holland - and British singer Alice Russell were collaborating on a new album comes like manna from heaven. The two go back some time - Russell lent her soulful, cosmopolitan voice to some of Holland's earliest recordings, back in the early 00s - but their careers have blossomed since then...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
If Quantic aka Will Holland's records are already some of the most solid music this side of the Panama Canal, what would make you think that a The Best of Quantic collection could be anything less? Beginning with his unfathomably impressive debut The 5th Exotic, Mishaps Happening, up to his recent interests in Latinoamérica, Quantic has gone through various iterations, styles, and musical metamorphoses...
- www.urb.com
2011-10-20
★★★★★
Since 2001, Quantic (nee Will Holland) has been releasing albums, singles, and collaborations that span virtually every musical genre. From his indie hip-hop work under his own name to his salsa collaborations with the Candela All-Stars to his neo-soul work with Spanky Wilson to his mambo songs with his Combo Barbaro, Quantic has experimented with every style of dance and club music imaginable...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-09-26
★★★★★
From a remarkably youthful beginning, Will Holland has been startlingly omnivorous in his musical tastes. Operating as , his talents as a producer, multi-instrumentalist, tunesmith and all-round maven have produced a hugely impressive body of work. Now, after a decade's output for the Tru Thoughts label, it's time to celebrate that accomplishment. This mammoth retrospective fills both of its discs to their 70-something-minutes maximum, and there certainly aren't any patchy stretches...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
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