Track Listing

1. Mishaps Happening
2. Use What You Got feat. Sonny Akpan
3. Sound Of Everything feat. Alice Russell
4. En Focus feat. Trinidad
5. Trees and Seas
6. Angels and Albatrosses
7. Furthest Moment
8. Don't Joke With A Hungry Man feat. Spanky Wilson
9. Prelude to Happening
10. When You're Through feat. Spanky Wilson
11. Perception
12. So Long feat. Alice Russell

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9487 in Music
• Released on: 2004-06-28
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
With Mishaps Happening--12 new tracks of retro funk, soul and jazz with a contemporary twist--Will Holland is back under his solo moniker of Quantic. The title track is an epic take on café jazz, with Holland playing most of the instruments over a cut-up drum loop—it's fine stuff and a perfect introduction to the multi-talented instrumentalist. Quantic has a remarkable feel for 1970s soul-funk, capturing a lot of the essence that made the JBs sound so distinct. "Don't Joke with a Hungry Man" and "When You're Through", both featuring Spanky Wilson on vocals, sound like undiscovered funk breaks squeezed into an irresistible hip-hop groove. Two songs that step up the pace are "Furthest Moment" (Latin house with a deep tribal rhythm) and "Perception", an amazingly soulful drum & bass romp. Mishaps Happening is very easy to listen to and always very cheerful--a great record by a very talented individual. --David Trueman

Customer Reviews

Something Special
If you haven't yet dicovered the delights of Will Holland (Mr Quantic himself) then there's no time to lose! The guy is quite simply on another level, he cannot be compared to or bettered!
My first insight to his talents came through a friends recomendation of Quantic Soul Orchestra's 'Stampede' and there has been no turning back, needless to say that it and his other gems were soon quickley purchased.
How can you describe his grooves? Dusty-funky-jazzy, soulful and generally feel-good! OK, I gave it quite a few labels but it's true, silp on an album and be taken on a journey you will just keep on wanting to ride! Definately an genre for all ages - do yourself a favour and buy this or any other Quantic album, you will not be disappointed! Go on, you deserve it!

Getting better with every album
I stumbled across quantic last year by reading Amazon reviews and I am pleased I did. I have the first two albums, both are very good and get a lot of air play.

While the previous albums contain the odd bum track, Mishaps Happening is very consistent with a quality eclectic mix of tracks which really capture the imagination. Tracks like 'Angels and Albatrosses' would fit in perfectly with a majestic long distance camel ride though the Sahara. Whereas 'Perception' is more in line with a banging D&B club classic. I'm afraid I didn't appreciate Trinidad's contribution, and the album would have been better if it was omitted from the track listing. I would like to give it 4.5 stars as a result but will round it up to 5 anyway because the rest is so faultess. I'll just skip over track four!

An album to be proud of
I stumbled over Quantic with their previous album "Stampede" and was very pleased with that. So I had no hesitation in buying this one. It's got the funk feel of the 70's whilst it's feet are firmly planted here in 2004! Track 11 (Perception) is pratically a drum 'n' bass track but funky!

So if you have enjoyed listening to their previous work you'll love this. This is music for the more discerning funk listener who wants 70's vibes delivered in todays club dominated society.