Under his Quantic Soul Orchestra moniker, Will Holland moves away from the sampled beats that he uses as Quantic and into the ‘real instrument’ arena. His mission is to make the sort of music that the next generation of producers and crate diggers can utilise.
But Holland’s Soul Orchestra is about far more than just makingDJ tools.In the same way as the likes of Sharon Jones &the Dap Kings go about replicating the vintage sound of Muscle Shoals, QSO assembles a gang of musicians so tight that you could bounce a quarter off their collective ass.The remit is soul for soul’s sake; the only rule is to keep it funky.
Review by By Simon Coates for BBC Music
