Tru Thoughts 12th Birthday Party at Koko
We’ve been writing about Tru Thoughts Records since the very beginning of Meme Magazine (in fact it was Tru Thoughts and Ubiquity Records in the US that were the main inspirations for starting this whole damned thing). We made a big noise about TT’s tenth anniversary and, at the time, wished the label continued longevity and [...]
Quantic – The Best Of Quantic (Tru Thoughts)
It’s difficult to know where to start, when faced with two (full-to-bursting) CDs of the very best of a prolific, brilliant, genre-transcending artist on one of the most innovative record labels around. But it’s a very nice problem to have. After 10 years and 12 albums on Tru Thoughts Records, this retrospective of Quantic’s full range of work will provide much aural satisfaction to anyone who appreciates quality music
Quantic – Transatlantics (Free Download)
Quantic has always delivered for us. Whether it’s from his solo tracks and remixes, with The Quantic Soul Orchestra or his Flowering Inferno guise, or from what we consider his pinnacle; The Combo Barbaro, Will Holland is both a prolific and a genius musician. So, no wonder that Tru Thoughts will be releasing a ‘Best [...]
Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro – Caliventura EP (Tru Thoughts)
This EP is, essentially, a collection of remixes from what we considered the best LP of 2009, ‘Tradition In Transition’. Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s band of international musicians managed to fuse many styles of music into a coherent whole on that record, and, here, the additional influences of Cut Chemist, J-Boogie, Jeremy Sole, Daedelus and DJ [...]
Meme Review of the Year 2010
For us, this was the year of broken beats, disco re-edits and, of course, the cloud. We also managed a major design revamp which seems to have gone down well as our visitor numbers nearly quadrupled over the year. But we would be nothing without the music and the artists that made it… A whole [...]
VA – Shapes 10:02 (Tru Thoughts)
This is not any label sampler, this is a Tru Thoughts label sampler. By which we mean the two CDs, which have been compiled by Rob Louis, are packed with treats and surprises that take this way beyond a collection of ‘previously released tracks’. Probably the biggest, and loveliest, surprise is the dub version of [...]
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog With A Rope
Following the superb album ‘Tradition In Translation‘ under his Quantic And His Combo Bárbaro guise, Will Holland is back – this time the music is from his reggae-influenced Flowering Inferno side project. On the EP there is the instrumental title track (which you can listen to below) with an exclusive reverb-heavy dub version, as well as a [...]
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dog With A Rope (Tru Thoughts)
The last LP from Will Holland was ‘Tradition In Translation‘ under the banner of Quantic And His Combo Barbaro, which was pretty much our favourite album of last year. The question is, could the multi-talented, and prolific, musician now based in Cali, Columbia, pull it off again, this time with his reggae and dub inspired project [...]
