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Horace Andy

From Jamaica

Massive Attack chum and reggae's sweetest voice
Reggae boasts a wide range of distinctive voices, from Gregory Isaac's honeyed tones to Peter Tosh's militant rasp and Prince Far-I's herbally enhanced pronouncements. The falsetto vocals of one Horace Andy are every bit as instantly recognisable as these contemporaries. Although still - rather unfairly - best known to British ears through his work with Massive Attack, his contributions to the Bristolians' body of work nonetheless remains significant - a deliciously sweet counterpoint to the brooding, paranoid pulse of records like Blue Lines and Mezzanine. But Horace Andy's true legacy is the records he's cut under his own name, ever since he served his apprenticeship at Kingston's legendary Studio One. And he's one of the few singers who can appeal both to those reggae fans who want songs of love and those who demand something with a little more substance. A hero to both the romantic and the Rasta.
(Biography by Nige Tassell 2010)

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