An Announcement to Answer
A year and a half in the making, An Announcement To Answer marks the next step in the evolution of Will Holland s sound‚ broadening his musical palette whilst still delivering the same quality beat-making that has made him a sure-fire floor-filler for DJs worldwide. Inspired and educated (as opposed to influenced) by the records he discovered whilst travelling and working in Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Ethiopia,Quantic has fused the traditional sounds of these countries with hip hop, soul, funk and jazz to produce his own potent musical brew. Much of the album was written and recorded on a laptop in various locations around the world including Puerto Rico and the Candela studios in San Juan during an extended period of international gigging and crate-digging. Experimenting with new techniques and collaborating with the talented people he met during his travels has endowed Quantics music with a greater depth, intricacy and level of sophistication than ever before. Guest artists on the album include Noelle Scaggs from The Rebirth, Ohmega Watts and Puerto Rican percussionist Tempo, who has previously worked with Roberto Roena of the legendary Fania All Stars.
Producer, programmer, and multi-instrumentalist Will Holland continues to explore Latin-flavored sounds and rhythms on his latest Quantic project.
Will Holland, the man behind Quantic, has a way of avoiding those attributes often associated with electronica that lead to criticisms of it being a cold and detached music.