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Will Holland is 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. 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… Read more in Amazon's Quantic Store

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  • Audio CD (July 24, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: July 25, 2006
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Tru Thoughts
  • ASIN: B000FP2H4M
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #354,291 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Playing with the musical notion of call and response, "An Announcement To Answer" is the title and sound of the fourth Quantic album, the second released domestically by Ubiquity. Chronicling the ever widening musical world of producer, record collector, musician, and DJ Will Holland, a.k.a. Quantic, it's a big sounding shout-out demanding a positive response. The album delivers hip-hop, Puerto Rican, jazz, funk, and soul sounds with a 21st Century twist. Portland based MC Ohmega Watts floats his rhymes over two tracks and Noelle of LA band The Rebirth also makes an appearance. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good solid club joints, January 25, 2008
This review is from: An Announcement to Answer (Audio CD)
Will Holland aka Quantic has a DJ's sense of rhythm and it shows throughout his production work. This makes sense considering he is a sought after DJ on both sides of the Atlantic. The rhythm section of each song on An Announcement to Answer is geared to moving bodies on a dancefloor. Whether Latin, African, or jazz-infused the predominant musical influence of this record is club culture.

Horns are as omnipresent here as they once were in Pete Rock productions. There's nothing on this album that doesn't feature a large helping of horn play. The normally stabbing, almost percussion-like horns compliment Holland's own incredibly funky play on the bass and drums to create a rhythm triumvirate that drives Announcement's production.

As with any production album, a large part of its success or failure will rest in the selection of vocalists. While less than half of this record features vocalists, they are chosen perfectly. Label mate and stand-out left coast MC Ohmega Watts provides the album's dose of virtuosic MCing. Ohmega's ability to flow effortlessly on pretty much everything serves him well as he takes Holland's left-of-center production efforts over the top on "Blow Your Horn" and "Ticket to Know Where."

Reaching further into the west coast stable of talent, Holland taps Rebirth vocalist Noelle Scaggs for a beautiful turn on the Latin inspired "Politick Society." Scaggs not only blows things out of the water, but also delivers a heavy message of self-empowerment.

The second of the album's most obviously Latin tracks also features guest vocals. This time Tempo of the Candela All-Stars does the honors and the result is something as likely to move hips in San Juan as in the UK.

Holland says the sound on this latest album is a result of where his musical tastes have taken him recently. If so, An Announcement represents a very, very good direction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent follow-up to Mishaps Happening, January 3, 2007
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I started listening to Quantic with Mishaps Happening, and this is an excellent follow-up to that album. The same jazzy-funky-housey Quantic feel is here, but this time Quantic is exploring more Latin-sounding and hip hop themes along with those he's already mastered. As a fan of hip hop and rap, I got a big kick out of the tracks featuring Ohmega Watts (though I had never heard Watts before this album). My personal favorite is the final track, "Tell It Like You Mean It", which starts off with soothing low-key woodwind-ish tones before building up to a fun funky tune.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great album Tellit like you mean it, January 20, 2007
This review is from: An Announcement to Answer (Audio CD)
The best parts are the beginning and the end and everything in between but the best song is "tell it like you mean it."

he has a few songs of this style of latin jazz that has such energy. prelude to happenings off of mishaps happening is another and if you like those check one off's and B-sides the whole album is that way
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