DJ Quantic tomorrow night in Toronto!

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Friday October 10

MOVEMENT presents

Thanksgiving Weekend Special

w/ DJ QUANTIC (Tru Thoughts Records, Brighton UK)

+ DJs John Kong, Jason Palma, DJ Nav, Aki

Roxy Blu 12 Brant St. Toronto.

$10 cover. Doors open 10pm

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Quantic Biography

Will Holland is very busy boy. Only 23 years old, he has established himself as one of the most talented and prolific artists in the world of alternative dance music today. Recording under various guises Will first found acclaim as Quantic, fusing jazz sensibility with dance floor orientated grooves and intelligent breaks. Exploring the worlds of jazz and deep funk his second project, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, is a live affair. A group of highly talented players, the Q.S.O pays homage to the funk explosion of the early seventies, and to the dusty 7" records that have always been an inspiration to Will. As well as Quantic and the Q.S.O Will is one half of the Limp Twins, a duo he formed with Russ Porter. Initially a deejay partnership, it wasn't long before they started recording, with Russ taking on the vocal duties and Will adding the magic with his savvy production.

He has enjoyed the most success with his Quantic moniker. Releasing his first album "The 5th Exotic" in the summer of 2001, it was picked up on by some of the biggest names in underground music. Giles Peterson, Richard Dorfmiester, Mr Scruff and LTJ Bukem all rated it very highly, not surprising when tunes like Common Knowledge and the near classic Life in the Rain had blazed across dance floors all over Europe. With elements of Jazz, Funk and Afro blended with tight breaks and Will's distinctive production "The 5th Exotic" proved irresistible to many, and won him many plaudits. He built on this acclaim with the release of "Apricot Morning" less than a year later, dispelling any talk of "the difficult second album". His sound seemed to expand in every direction on "Apricot Morning" collaborating with the incredible Alice Russell MC EQ and Bristol's freshest hip hop crew Aspects. "Apricot Morning" is a perfect snapshot of everything that's happening at the jazzier end of underground music in 2002, as proved by Giles Peterson who ranked it amongst his albums of the year.

Will is busy with his third Quantic offering and has been all over the world deejay-ing, invited to play in New York, Canada, Japan. His music has been featured on countless compilations and appeared in TV soundtracks. Somehow he has also found the time to form the Quantic Soul Orchestra Live band; an exciting 11 piece outfit featuring the vocal talents of Alice Russell and John Hughes. The show is a live translation of the critically accliamed debut album Stampede, released on Tru Thoughts, taking influences from Deep Funk, Afro Beat and Raw Soul. Aside from this, Will is also one half of The Limp Twins, a duo formed at college with friend Russell Porters. The combination of Russell's songs and Will's production The Limp Twins sound crosses over from funk to indie, whilst keeping one foot firmly on the dancefloor.