Dancing While Falling

Will Holland refashions Quantic into a full-blooded disco act on Dancing While Falling. As studied and distinctive as retro-contemporary disco albums by early Faze Action or Escort, it sees Holland and a host of collaborators turn out a largely celebratory batch of dancefloor nuggets that land somewhere between the Salsoul Orchestra and Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band. Its the type of disco derived from soul, decked out in strings, horns, and Latin and Afro-Caribbean percussion -- a Holland specialty -- in a way that is intensely striking without being ostentatious. Central to the album is recurring lead voice and co-writer Andreya Triana, a richly graceful natural who played a similar role on Ben Westbeech and Kons self-titled album as the Vision. Connie Constance takes her turn on "Get in the Ride," a bristling dance-punk deviation with a chest-quaking synthesized low end, while Rationale sweetly fronts the more soulful "Unconditional." A pair of invigorated group-vocal belters can be found on the first side. An equal number of cinematic instrumental pieces are on side two. ~ Andy Kellman

精力的な活動を続ける多作家のウィル・ホランドが、クァンティックとしてPIAS移籍後の第1弾アルバムをリリース。当初はボハノンやラリー・レヴァンからの影響を示すディスコ寄りの作品を作りたかったそうだが、結果的にはラテンをはじめとする無国籍ヴァイブとブレイクビーツを織り交ぜた彼らしいサウンドに仕上がった。盟友アンドレヤ・トリアーナが4曲に参加。
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