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| Will Holland wanted to experiment with new sounds and grooves inspired by the work of Bohannon and Larry Levan. |
Here's the scoop...
The new album by Quantic aka multi instrumentalist, DJ, composer and producer Will Holland is in many ways an evolution. Now 20 years into his career, ‘Dancing While Falling’ is the British born New York based artist’s most live sounding, euphoric and, in his own words, grown up release to date.
Predominantly recorded at his own Brooklyn studio, Selva, Quantic’s initial idea for his new album was to experiment sonically. However, after a while, he changed direction and realised that the record needed to also relate to the human condition not just his “singular pandemic wormhole”. The demos, then, started off as symphonic, loosely disco era dance music a departure from his previous Latin and Spanish instrumental releases. Influenced by legendary artists in the scene like Bohannon and Larry Levan, Quantic wanted to make a disco leaning album at first. “I’m really interested in Latin music and Afro Caribbean rhythms and I think there's a really amazing point in history where the emergence of those rhythms and its combination with American soul sparked what we now know as disco,” he says.
Get a copy of Dancing While Falling via Bandcamp right here. Listen to "Run" feat. Andreya Triana, "Unconditional" feat. Rationale and the instrumental "Tikurin" below. Check out a recent Juno Daily interview with Quantic talking about the new album right here.
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| Will Holland and his partner Aziza Ali at their Selva studio space in Brooklyn. |
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