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Horace X

High Energy Reggae-Dance Fusion

About Me


Horace X formed in 1993, combining Mark's infectious dance rhythms with Eastern European fiddle tunes. They played their first gig soon after, sharing a bill with virtuoso Bulgarian jazzer, Ivo Papasov, and went on to play a host of festivals, including Glastonbury Jazz World stage, the following summer. Since then they have appeared at festivals and venues in the UK, Europe and Canada including:
Montreal Jazz Festival, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Toronto Harbourfront, Sidmouth International Festival, Glastonbury Jazz World, Avalon and Club Stages, Lost Vagueness, Megadog Total Eclipse, Cambridge Folk Festival, Exodus, Blackhorse Festival, Melkweg World Roots, Terschelling's Oerel, Towersey, Strawberry Fair, Aberdeen Alternative Festival, Phoenix:Turning up the Beat, Fleche D'Or Paris, Rock'n'Solex, Orange WOW, Black Horse Festival, Off the Tracks, On the Edge, Big Day Out, Bracknell Festival, Penybryn Seswyn Fawr, Presteigne Sheep Music Festival... to name but a few.
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Horace X have shared bills with The Bhundu Boys, Transglobal Underground, Asian Dub Foundation, Joi, Banca de Gaia, Baka Beyond, Ani DiFranco, Buck 65, Elvis Costello, Fundamental and the like. They have recorded four C.D.s, the first of which was put forward for nomination for the 1995 Mercury prize. Notoriously indescribable, Horace X venture ever further into uncharted waters playing a uniquely total global mix. Joining forces with Horace X, ragga-chants from Simon X ride across irresistible dance beats. A huge mix of sequenced and live sounds: Drums, Bass, Samples, keyboards, Asian/Celtic/Cajun fiddle, Free and Funky horns... all this and a stunning UltraViolet Stage Show.

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Member Since: 11/7/2005
Band Website: horacex.com
Band Members: Mark Russell - Composition, Drums, Organ, Percussion, Production, Programming; Hazel Fairbairn - Fiddles; Pete Newman - Clarinet and Baritone Sax; Simon Twitchin - Vocals; Cath Coombs - Vocals; Fabian Bonner - Bass
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Record Label: Omnium (US)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Simon - come back home, all is forgotten

Ola amigos - Looking forward to our first gig this year, at Notting Hill Arts Club, it looks like we may have a couple of people filming which will be cool. We dragged Simon back from his fun in Thail...
Posted by Horace X on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:08:00 PST

First Love up for download!

Hi everyone, great to see some new friends We have put First Love up as a download, play it loud! Check out our friends 'Godfather' for some happy vibes and sleazy grooves, 'sleazehiphopfunk' they cal...
Posted by Horace X on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:04:00 PST

Live session on UK national radio

Happy New Year to you all! To shake off the January blues, check out our live session for Andy Kershaw, on BBC Radio 3, this Sunday (8th Jan) 22.15-00.00 GMT - the show will be archived and available ...
Posted by Horace X on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:08:00 PST

Another day in Paradise...

Hi, welcome to the HX blog Apart from our upcoming gig in Grimsby this friday, we're hiding away to get some new tunes together. Latest exciting news is an Andy Kershaw session coming up in January - ...
Posted by Horace X on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:14:00 PST