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Quantic YouTube Videos

Quantic - Transatlantic

Quantic - Transatlantic (04:42)

Quantic - apricot morning

Quantic - Time Is The Enemy

Quantic - Time Is The Enemy (03:37)

The song 'Time Is The Enemy' by Quantic. Off the 2001 album The 5th Exotic on the Tru Thoughts label. www.lifedotbydot.com

Quantic- Not So Blue

Quantic- Not So Blue (03:16)

Quantic- Not So Blue official music video *not made by me, just wanted to share*

Quantic - Life in the Rain

Quantic - Life in the Rain (06:34)

A very expresive Song from Quantic (Album 5th Exotic) "Sometimes i'm wonder if i know where i'm going. I go for a walk like this. And it seams i've been walking for years and years and years. And i don't know wehere...

ARCHIPELAGO - QUANTIC

ARCHIPELAGO - QUANTIC (03:02)

ARCHIPELAGO DE QUANTIC

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Quantic Biography

By dictionary definition, quantic is a homogenous function of two or more variables. "I was doing a lot of mathematics", says this UK project's Will Holland (b. Bewdley, Worcestershire, England), "and this seemed like the best name as it describes a whole with two or more variables.' Producer, remixer and musician Holland first released music under the Quantic moniker via the Breakin" Bread 7-inch imprint, and on subsequent albums The 5th Exotic (2002) and Apricot Morning (2002) fused a jazz sensibility with dancefloor orientated grooves. Afro-beat, brass (derived from samples and courtesy of his sister's playing), and tight breaks combined for sedentary listening. Featuring guest vocals from Alice Russell, MC EQ, and Bristol-based hip-hop crew Aspects, the unusually titled latter album took its name from the colour of the sky when Holland would return to his home at sunrise after a night DJing.

Inspired by a love of dusty 45s, in 2003 Holland adopted the Quantic Soul Orchestra moniker with the explicit intention of producing "a raw funk project in a 60s/70s style". For these purposes, Holland assembled a band including Dave Woodhouse (keyboards), Richard Gibbs (drums), and sister Lucy Holland (saxophone) alongside his own guitar playing. The Orchestra is a deliberately live venture with strictly no samples allowed. Although Holland and his collaborators acknowledge contemporary music with a cover of 4 Hero's "Hold It Down", both projects are heavily indebted to other music, particularly James Brown and David Axelrod. Holland also records vocal hip-hop/funk folk with Russ Porter under the Limp Twins moniker. Borne of a DJing partnership, the Limp Twins are described by Holland as "70s psychedelic hip-hop".

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Quantic Discography

Quantic albums.

  • The 5th Exotic - 2002 (Tru Thoughts)
  • Apricot Morning - 2002 (Tru Thoughts)
  • Stampede - 2003 (Tru Thoughts)
  • Mishaps Happening - 2004 (Tru Thoughts)
  • Pushin' On - 2005 (Tru Thoughts)
  • An Announcement To Answer - 2006 (Tru Thoughts)
  • I'm Thankful - 2006 (Tru Thoughts)
  • Tropidélico - 2007 (Tru Thoughts)

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