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█▓▓▓▓ TiTLE...[ Look Around The Corner ▓▓▓▓█
████ GENRE...[ Alternative CAT#....[ TRU250 ████
████ LABEL...[ Tru Thoughts ENCODER.[ Lame 3.98.4 ████
████ YEAR....[ 2012 QUALiTY.[ 320kbps ████
████ SOURCE..[ WEB MODE....[ Joint-Stereo ████
████ PLAYTIME[ 52:35 min REL.DATE[ 04.07.2012 ████
████ TRACKS..[ 14 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA ████
████ SiZE....[ 120,6 MB SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA ████
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████ 01 Look Around The Corner 04:28 ████
████ 02 Here Again 04:06 ████
████ 03 Travelling Song 04:44 ████
████ 04 Magdalena 03:25 ████
████ 05 I'll Keep My Light In My Window 05:41 ████
████ 06 Una Tarde En Mariquita 05:55 ████
████ 07 Interlude 00:36 ████
████ 08 Su Suzy 05:04 ████
████ 09 Boogaloo 33 03:45 ████
████ 10 Road To Islay 03:09 ████
████ 11 Similau 02:04 ████
████ 12 I'd Cry 07:11 ████
████ 13 Magdalena (Reprise) 02:08 ████
████ 14 Look Around The Corner (Reprise) 00:19 ████
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████ TOTAL: 52:35 ████
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████ www.soulseduction.com ████
████ ████
████ The first full collaborative album from ████
████ musical soulmates Quantic and Alice Russell, ████
████ two of the UKÆs best loved independent ████
████ artists. ████
████ ████
████ This intoxicating record mixes sweet soul and ████
████ blues with overtones of folk and gospel, and ████
████ the inimitable swing of QuanticÆs ████
████ world-renowned outfit the Combo Bßrbaro, who ████
████ form the core band. Recording at QuanticÆs ████
████ Sonido del Valle studio in his adopted home ████
████ city of Cali, Colombia, producer/musician ████
████ Quantic and singer/songwriter Russell had the ████
████ space and time to revel in their creative ████
████ chemistry, revisiting and building on the ████
████ spirit of their previous collaborative tracks ████
████ which have peppered the last decade (including ████
████ big hitters for Quantic Soul Orchestra and for ████
████ RussellÆs solo project). For legions of ████
████ hopeful fans around the World, this is the ████
████ culmination of a tense will-they-wonÆt-they ████
████ storyline, and æLook Around The CornerÆ proves ████
████ good things come to those who wait. ████
████ ████
████ The first single is the albumÆs title track, ████
████ out on 10ö vinyl and download on 20th ████
████ February. Intricately layered and stunningly ████
████ realised, it has sparked a huge buzz and an ████
████ addition to the BBC 6Music Playlist. Major ████
████ radio support includes repeated daytime spins ████
████ across 6Music and from Robert Elms (BBC ████
████ London); tastemaker play from Gilles Peterson ████
████ (BBC R1), John Kennedy (XFM), Craig Charles ████
████ (6Music), Emma Warren (RBMA/NME Radio), Jamie ████
████ Cullum (BBC R2) and more, plus many session ████
████ and interview requests. Heavy international ████
████ play includes rotation on KCRW (USA) and ████
████ French national stations including FIP and ████
████ France Inter. With Alice RussellÆs versatile, ████
████ shimmering vocals and QuanticÆs trademark warm ████
████ production alongside big string sections, ████
████ spine-tingling harmonies, unshakable hooks and ████
████ an uplifting crescendo, it is no surprise. ████
████ ████
████ The lead track lights the touch paper, and the ████
████ album abounds with melodies and momentum from ████
████ there on in; brimming with big, ████
████ classic-sounding yet fresh and original songs ████
████ including the simply irresistible funky stomp ████
████ of ôMagdalenaö and the close harmonies, Latin ████
████ rhythms and bouncing melody of ôSu Suzyö. ████
████ ThereÆs a taste of vintage rock ænÆ roll on ████
████ ôBoogaloo 33ö; and a modern take on seventies ████
████ soul ballads in ôIÆd Cryö, on which RussellÆs ████
████ heartfelt candy-laced vocals play a ████
████ bittersweet game of call-and-response with ████
████ gypsy-folk violins and the dancing piano keys ████
████ of Alfredito Linares, one of the musical stars ████
████ of the record. ████
████ ████
████ ôTravelling Songö and ôSimilauö see the duo ████
████ reinterpret a classic folk song from the ████
████ English movement and one from its equivalent ████
████ in the West Indies. YouÆll also find an ████
████ inspired version of the soul standard ôIÆll ████
████ Keep My Light In My Windowö, one of RussellÆs ████
████ all-time favourite songs which has scarcely ████
████ sounded better than in this current ████
████ incarnation, on which she exercises her famed ████
████ powers as a classic soul vocalist. The band ████
████ take centre stage in instrumental numbers ████
████ including ôUna Tarde In Mariquitaö and ôRoad ████
████ To Islayö, showcasing the sheer wealth of ████
████ talent running through the outfit, not to ████
████ mention the compositional skills and broad ████
████ church of influences for which Quantic (aka ████
████ Will Holland) becomes ever more greatly ████
████ revered with each release. The closing ████
████ flourish û a Reprise of ôLook Around The ████
████ Cornerö û is a compelling invitation to hit ████
████ the repeat button. ████
████ ████
████ Quantic, aka Will Holland, moved to Cali, ████
████ Colombia in 2007, and the sessions that became ████
████ æLook Around The CornerÆ took place over two ████
████ visits that Russell made in the intervening ████
████ four years. Pushing the concept of their ████
████ previous collaborations, reflecting the locale ████
████ and the playersÆ backgrounds, Quantic and ████
████ Alice Russell infused the style with a Latin ████
████ undertone; the blues and soul sound still ████
████ takes centre stage though, rather like the ████
████ soul records made in Miami and New York in the ████
████ æ70s, or the disco from the Bronx. ChicagoÆs ████
████ Chess label was a key influence on the ████
████ production aesthetic, and a mutual love of ████
████ Minnie Riperton fed into some of the vocal ████
████ melodies. ████
████ ████
████ Holland and Russell reminisce on what was ████
████ clearly a personally and creatively fulfilling ████
████ experience for both artists: ████
████ ████
████ Holland: ôOnce IÆd left Brighton, I yearned to ████
████ make more music with Alice û it was something ████
████ that I missed being out in Colombiaà Alice was ████
████ among the first to come out and visit me and ████
████ collaborate with the new musicians I had ████
████ found. When you hear of artists taking trips ████
████ to record in exotic locations you always ████
████ imagine Caribbean scenery, romantic sunsetsà ████
████ but this trip was a little more urban û ████
████ recording in the heart of the city, in the ████
████ smog and hustle bustle of downtown Calià We ████
████ also performed an acoustic set in a friendÆs ████
████ bar called Saloon one night, and travelled a ████
████ little by road. I remember us travelling down ████
████ to nearby Pasto in my car and listening to ████
████ Dorothy Ashby on repeatö. ████
████ ████
████ Russell adds, ôOn the first few tracks we ever ████
████ did together, way back in the past, we never ████
████ even met û we just did it remotely, being busy ████
████ with other projects. So it was a real luxury ████
████ this time around to be able to get away from ████
████ everything else, and go over to Cali to be ████
████ there solely to spend time and make this ████
████ music. We were rediscovering influences that ████
████ we both love. It was also my first time ████
████ recording with the Combo Bßrbaro, which was ████
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████ Holland agrees, ôItÆs true. I think this was a ████
████ far more intimate recording experience than ████
████ anything we had previously done. In a way, ████
████ being out in Colombia allowed to isolate ████
████ ourselves a little and concentrate on the real ████
████ essence of what we wanted to accomplish.ö ████
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████ The record features Mike Simmonds (Alice ████
████ RussellÆs regular strings guru who joined them ████
████ in Colombia from London); as well as Alfredito ████
████ Linares, bassist Fernando Silva and conga ████
████ player Freddy Colorado, all from the Combo ████
████ Bßrbaro. Wilson Viveros, from coastal town ████
████ Buenaventura, was an invited drummer; also on ████
████ drums for some songs was Jazz drummer Larry ████
████ Joseph from Cali. Alfredito is the ████
████ instrumentalist star of the show, sprinkling ████
████ his magical and charismatic brand of bluesy, ████
████ boogaloo piano throughout the album. ████
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████ Tru ThoughtsÆ two all-time biggest selling ████
████ artists, Quantic and Alice Russell have each ████
████ captured the WorldÆs imagination not just for ████
████ their natural born talents but for their ████
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████ fanbases, sell-out tours, and coverage across ████
████ the WorldÆs music and cultural media they are ████
████ now well established artists; Quantic released ████
████ a critically acclaimed æBest OfÆ compilation ████
████ last year, celebrating 11 years and 14 albums ████
████ on Tru Thoughts, while Alice Russell regularly ████
████ plays to thousands both at home and abroad, ████
████ and is recording her fifth longplayer. ████
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