Look Around The Corner

Quantic & Alice Russell

Look Around The Corner
Format
Audio
Published
3 April 2012
ISBN
5060205152794

Look Around The Corner

Quantic & Alice Russell

Producer, musician, DJ and composer Quantic and singer/songwriter Alice Russell are two of the UK’s best loved independent artists. Through their respective solo projects and various acclaimed collaborations over the last decade, they have become leading lights of the international funk, soul and alternative dance music scene. 2012 sees the release of ‘Look Around The Corner’, the first ever full collaborative album from these two musical soulmates. The sound of this intoxicating record mixes sweet soul and blues with overtones of folk and gospel, and the inimitable swing of Quantic’s world-renowned outfit the Combo B rbaro, who form the core band. Recording at Quantic’s 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 (big hitters include “Pushin'On” for Quantic Soul Orchestra and “Sweet Calling” for Russell’s solo project). For legions of hopeful fans around the World, this is the culmination of a tense will-they-won’t-they storyline, and ‘Look Around The Corner’ proves good things come to those who wait. oining Quantic and Alice Russell on this project are Mike Simmonds (Alice Russell’s 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 B rbaro. 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.

  1. Look Around The Corner
  2. Here Again
  3. Travelling Song
  4. Magdalena
  5. I’ll Keep My Light In My Window
  6. Una Tarde En Mariquita
  7. Interlude
  8. Su Suzy
  9. Boogaloo 33
  10. Road To Islay
  11. Similau
  12. I’d Cry
  13. Magdalena (Reprise)
  14. Look Around The Corner (Reprise)

Review

Quantic aka Will Holland has worked in and around the British funk and soul scene for almost 15 years and is now based in Cali, Columbia. Alice Russell is a renowned soul vocalist has shared a few credits with Quantic but never a complete record. Look Around the Corner is a beautiful musical cacophony that blends Latin jazz & Cumbia styles with strong blues and soul vocals from Miss Russell. Reminiscent of the classic recordings of the 60s and 70s.

Michael Awosoga-Samuel is from Readings Carlton

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