Horace Andy

Born Horace Hinds in 1951, in Kingston Jamaica, "Sleepy" got his start in recording at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label in 1970. Horace has resided in the UK for the last 10 years, and has teamed up with the Mad Professor for more studio work. Horace's coup-to-date has been his link-up with UK avant-soulsters Massive Attack. Massive Attack formed their own record label, Melankolic, in 1997. Its initial releases ("Spying Glass") feature longtime pal Horace, who has also been taken on the road as part of their touring line-up, where Horace has grafted the Jamaican-composed "Man Next Door" to the Massive Attack sound. Speaking on his successful relationship with them, he commented that for years he had been wanting to do music in that vein, but "there was no one in Jamaica to do it."