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Quantic
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An Announcement To Answer
Quantic

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Released: Jul 25, 2006
Released By Ubiquity Records
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release description

A year and a half in the making, 'An Announcement To Answer' marks the next step in the evolution of Quantic’s sound – broadening his musical palette whilst still delivering the trademark funky grooves that have made him a sure-fire floor-filler for DJs worldwide.

Inspired and educated (as opposed to influenced) by the records he discovered whilst travelling and working in Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Ethiopia, Quantic has fused the traditional sounds of these countries with hip hop, soul, funk and jazz to produce his own potent musical brew.

Much of the album was written and recorded on a laptop in various locations around the world – including Puerto Rico and the Candela studios in San Juan – during an extended period of international gigging and crate-digging.

Experimenting with new techniques and collaborating with the talented people he met during his travels has endowed Quantic’s music with a greater depth, intricacy and level of sophistication than ever before.

Guest artists on the album include Noelle Scaggs from The Rebirth, Ohmega Watts and Puerto Rican percussionist Tempo, who has previously worked with Roberto Roena of the legendary Fania All Stars.

tracks
Absence Heard, Presence Felt
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An Announcement To Answer
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Blow Your Horn feat. Ohmega Watts
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Bomb In A Trumpet Factory
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Politick Society feat. Noelle Scaggs
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Meet Me At The Pomegranate Tree
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Sabor feat. Tempo
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Ticket To Know Where feat. Ohmega Watts
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Tell It Like You Mean It
press

"The hottest motherf*%er out there." — XLR8R

"Mashes fiery horns, tasty guitar riffs and cookin' percussion" — VIBE

"Most musicians can only dream about creating mishaps like this" — YBR

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