Quantic is English producer and multi-instrumentalist Will Holland, whose years based in Cali, Colombia steeped his funk, soul, and electronic work in cumbia and Afro-Latin tradition. Apricot Morning (2002) and Tradition in Transition (2008, with His Combo Bárbaro) are the entry points. Dig into Quantic vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Will Holland, performing as Quantic and under multiple related project names, was born in Worcestershire, England in 1980. He launched his recording career in the early 2000s with Tru Thoughts Records releases. He has been based in Cali, Colombia 2007-2014, with integration of Colombian and broader Latin American musical traditions into his subsequent work. He has been based in Brooklyn, New York since the mid-2010s. He has parallel work under multiple project names - Quantic Soul Orchestra (12-piece deep funk ensemble), Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro (Colombian musicians ensemble), the Limp Twins (with Russ Porter), the Western Transient, and others. His extensive collaborative work with Colombian, Cuban, and broader Latin American musicians and singers (work with Alice Russell, Nidia Gongora, Bombino, and others) has been. He has continued releasing material across multiple decades.
Quantic's sound combines Latin music, cumbia, tropicalia, electronic, funk, soul, jazz, downtempo, deep funk, and Afro-Latin with his distinctive multi-instrumental production (use of vintage analog equipment and field recordings), integration of Latin American musical traditions, and arrangements drawing on classic deep funk, Colombian cumbia, Cuban salsa, and tropicalia alongside contemporary electronic music influences.
Tru Thoughts Records and Quantic Records pressings of the Quantic catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand in tropical, Latin music, and deep funk communities.
Listeners new to Quantic typically start with Apricot Morning (2002) or Tradition in Transition (2008).
