Horace Andy

Horace Andy’s backing, with riddims by the Mafia & Fluxy band, cranked the party up, with some self-confessed ‘loud reggae music’ and a riff on; theme, testing the sound technician.

The reggae veteran has some of his eerieness smoothed out in a brisk and businesslike set – but his vibrato-laden voice remains spellbinding

The Bristol trip-hop ensemble's menacingly brooding Angel to which Andy contributed his most identifiable vocal has appeared everywhere from sportswear adverts to an episode of The West Wing.

Who: Horace Andy Where and when: Park stage, 4.50pm, Saturday Dress code: The elegant orange pyjamas worn by Andy himself made him one of the festival's best-dressed performers. Number of Massive Attack T-shirts spotted: just the one. What happened: A dignified elder statesman of reggae played some of his

Bristol, UK

Having recently finished an arena tour with Massive Attack, Horace Andy is back to touring the type of smaller clubs the Bristol trip-hop originators frequented when they approached the Jamaican legend to sing on 1991s Blue Lines.

It's ironic back in the early 90's the then reasonably unknown Massive Attack approached Horace Andy, one of Jamaica's finest reggae singers to join them on their debut album which proved fruitful and hugely successful but to see this legend on his own terms is a rare and special thing and tonight was first of five