Showing posts with label Quantic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quantic. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 May 2015

TRACKS OF THE WEEK 24/05/2015 - Patrick Watson, Fink, Smashing Pumpkins, Everything Everything, Quantic, Shinehead

Five songs that didn't need a gimmick to win us over...



Flycasual:-
Quantic - 'Strike It' feat Shinehead (2015)


Hear meh kno! Dancehall goodness is the order of the week with Quantic featuring Reggae heavyweight, Shinehead and an ode to da 'erb! I'm a big fan of Quantic (aka Will Holland) anyway as he has his musical fingers in many South American pies. But I particularly like when he dabbles in Reggae like he did in Dog with a Rope. This has a great backing with an old skool vibe to it which hooked from the off. It's has been released as a 12' LP with various mixes, including a Quantic Dub version and a rather rude jungle one too by Ghost Writerz . BO!

Listen to it here on Spotify...

Tru Thoughts records...

Shell Hunter:-
Everything Everything - 'Regret' (2015)


When I heard this, I immediately thought 60s! It's got a touch of the Four Seasons to it in my opinion. I've always thought Everything Everything were a little bit mad with some of their previous stuff, in a good way though. I like this, more serious but with a hint of their usual quirk. It's taken from their 3rd album due out next month called Get To Heaven which I may even give a spin to in Spain when I visit Old Pa and Ma. In fact, I think the Spanish are already really into Everything Everything as they seem to name loads of their supermarkets after them. They call them Supermercardo Todo Todo. Todo means everything. Muy bien!

SFW:-
Patrick Watson - Goodnight Mr Wolf (2014)


I'm probably going to contravene the unspoken rule of not posting the same artist within a few weeks however Patrick Watson, and this video in particular, is worth the grief. The track appears on his latest album, Love Songs for Robots, and features the brilliant skating of Killan Martin.  You'll be able to catch Watson at this years Green Man festival in Usk. (Please can I go?)

London Scouser:-
The Smashing Pumpkins - 'Drum and Fife' (2015)



Earlier this week I was doing some overtime and was working in the Arrivals Lounge for the airline I work for. Around 10 am, 5 hours after I'd started shift a guy walked in, looking as knackered as I felt. In the process of checking him in he mentioned he needed some rest as he was playing in the next few days. I'd seen his name before, but wasn't sure if it was through work or his being in a band. I worked out he was in a band as he was dressed all in black and had a diamond encrusted skull ring... Very rock n' roll... I asked who he was playing with and he casually said 'Smashing Pumpkins, oh and also The Killers, I'm at the O2 this week with Brandon Flowers'. He also mentioned Billy was his oldest friend who a few days back had announced that he was going on tour with Marilyn Manson.Well being a huge SP fan from back in the day, I gushed to him as much stating that I loved 'Mellon Collie' and that my all time fave song was Disarm. Whether this impressed him or not I don't know, but I decided straight away to check out their most recent album (Monuments To An Elegy) which I missed when it came out last year. This track with its drum and fife (sounding a little Scottish-ish)was my standout from the first listen and was released back in March. If you were a fan of them at any time, then I definitely recommend you give the album a listen

Old Pa's Corner :-
Fink - Suffering is the Art of Love

 

Horizonlaism(2015) is the new album by Fink it contains a collection of dub reworkings of cuts off 2014's Hard Believer album! Plus 3 new tracks including this brilliant gem with the fabulous title of Suffering is the Art of Love. We all love Fink at Tune Doctor and this track is up there with their best. Another Track of the Year contender so far. Or at least I fink it is....oh! stop it!!


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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Ondatropica - 'Suena'

World Music Corner



Ondatropica - 'Suena' feat Ana Tijoux (2012)


It's been quite the week. I listen to the majority of my music in the car driving to and from work but I found myself listening to the radio, unexpectedly caught up in Olympic fever. You know you've got it bad when you end up choking back tears to Peter Wilson winning gold in Clay Pigeon shooting (a sport I have no clue about). So by the time British distance runner, Mo Farah, won an unforgettable and breathtaking 10,000 m, I was an emotional wreck!


A bit of light relief then when I heard this absolute gem of a track on this months Songlines world music magazine's free CD. Featuring Chilean MC Ana Tijoux, it's a brilliant example of marrying an unlikely pairing of traditional forms of music with modern contemporary styles, as despite the classic Cumbia backing, with it's rhythm and Accordion, there's an unmistakable Hip Hop feel to it. A formula that works so well, in my opinion and that I enjoy so much (check Congolese rapper Baloji, Danay Suarez from the Gilles Peterson Havana Cultura compilation, or Batida for example).



'Suena' is taken from the debut album Ondatropica, a joint project from Will 'Quantic' Holland (read another post here) and Colombian musician Mario Galeano who bring together classical Cumbia musicians and mixes Hip Hop, Dub and Ska in a modern celebration of Colombian Music. Ideal for donning your Speedos and sipping cocktails in the paddling pool!!



Sunday, 4 December 2011

WORLD MUSIC CORNER - Quantic - 'Linda Morena'/'Dog With a Rope'

World Music Corner...some hot Latin grooves to warm your coils, let the music do the talking!!


Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - 'Linda Morena' (2009)

I've recently been listening to bit of Quantic of late, my interest rekindled by a fantastic best of mix by Hip Hop DJ, J-Rocc, to celebrate 10 years of the prolific British DJ and producer. Will Holland (aka Quantic), originally from Worcestershire and now based in Colombia, infuses elements of Latin jazz, soul, funk and hip hop, which is basically right up my street. This is a fabulous tune, taken from the album 'Tradition In Transition'  featuring Panamanian singer, Kabir Malik Green. I can just feel the heat, caked in dust, sweating in a bar in panama city, ceiling fans blowing whatever hot air there is, ubiquitous Panama Hat and drinking the local beer.

Mucho suave....

Though only scratching the surface, I'm quite a fan of 'Latin' music, probably simply due to the fact it evokes warmth and that temporary escapism (preferably to a tropical island and not somewhere in a middle of a revolucion). I guess it must have started with my crush on Jennifer Grey, Meringue-ing with watermelons watching the movie Dirty Dancing as a hormonal teenager and it was onwards and upwards from there albeit minus the moves. As well as several solo albums spanning his career, it's Quantic's projects playing with various musicians I find captivating. Thanks to the 'world music' magazine, Songlines, I bought a couple of his albums through the strength of these two tracks and I wasn't disappointed, the aforementioned 'Tradition In Transition' and Latin dub album, 'Dog With A Rope', showing an experimental side and which is described as Tropical Horns on Reggae Rhythms (see below). Perfecto!





Quantic Presenta: Flowering Inferno - 'Dog with a Rope' (2010)

DJ J-Rocc's Quantic mix, it's free, fantastic and is the perfect starting point to get in to him. It was the catalyst for me to get into his back catalogue. Ooh!Download it here.

More World Music Corner....
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