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Release date: 22-10-2007 2007 UK 21-track vinyl LP, Includes a bonus CD version of the album in a plastic sleeve. Sealed & stickered. Tracks: A1: Occidental A2: Soul Descarga A3: Rap Descarga B1: Soul Montuno B2: Bugalú C1: Soul C2: Cumbia Soul C3: Soul D1: Blues D2: Soul D3: Cumbia - Tracks A1, A3 C2, D1 & D2 Produced and mixed at Sonora Lupita, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. - Tracks A2, B2 & D1: Recorded & Mixed at Panavox Studios, Panama City. - Rhythm Section on Tracks A1, B1, C1, C2, D2 recorded by Malcolm Catto in Hackney, London, UK. - Horn Section on tracks A1, B1 & C2, recorded by William Holland in San Juan, Puerto Rico. - Piano & Additional Percussion on tracks A1, A3 & C2 recorded by William Holland in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. - Track A3: Guitars recorded by William Holland at Kiln Sound, Brighton, England. Vocals recorded by Justice Allah Cadet in New York City, USA. - Track C1: Marimba, Piano & Vocal recorded by William Holland at Sonora Lupita, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. - Track C3: Horns recorded by Gabriel Roth at Daptone Studios, New York, USA. Produced and mixed by William Holland at Kiln Studios, Brighton, England. - Track D1: Piano recorded at Sonora Lupita, Santiago de Cali, Colombia. - Track D3: Produced and recorded by William Holland in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mixed by William Holland at Kiln Sound, Brighton, England. All tracks published by Full Thought Publishing.
This is the album Will Holland has been threatening to make since the first QSO offering...but it is very different in feel. Now apparently living in Colombia, he has manned his band with dyed-in-the-wool authentic latin musicians: Peruvian pianist Alfredo Linares, Kabir from Panama City, Ricky Staple fron San Juan, Puerto Rico, Javier Rivera and Hector Sotomeyer from the US. Consequently, there is an energetic funky/jazzy/latin flava to most of these tunes, which are guaranteed dancefloor fillers....upbeat and very danceable, the band seem to meld these funk and latin elements very naturally...and there is some superb percussion playing here too...especially on Regi Bugaloo...not forgetting the thumb piano solo on track 11! For fans of old school QSO, there is the odd Tru-Thoughtsy funky piece too. This is a consistent album, and I have to say that the quality of the sound is a step up from the previous QSO recordings, which were harsh sounding to my ears in spite of (because of?) the analogue studio used.
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