Quantic and his Combo Barbaro

One of my records of the year has definately been Quantic and his Combo Barbaro's ‘Tradition In Transition’ release through the every excellent Tru Thoughts.

In 2007 Will ‘Quantic’ Holland moved to Cali in Colombia to pursue his passion for both unearthing lost treasures from Colombia’s musical past and making new music with the golden array of talent available. Holland assembled his Combo Bárbaro (literally translating as ‘group of barbarians or people from outside Europe’)and with this record created a multi-cultural patchwork, a record bathed but not exclusively rooted in Colombian musical culture but embracing the musical range of all the American continent.

This is the video for my favourite track on the album 'Un Canto A Mi Tierra'which features folklore singer Nidia Gongora and is shot on location in her home village of Timbiqui in Colombia.