Ex-Thieves instrumentalist Saul Freeman aimed for his own dream-pop
aesthetic when he placed an ad in the now defunct music weekly, Melody
Maker. He had already worked with David McAlmont, but wanted a new
creative outlet. Searching for an ethereal voice similar to the likes
of the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson (Massive
Attack, Presence), solo artist Nicola Hitchcock ended Freeman's search
when answering his request. The two instantly clicked, for Hitchcock
also had a debut album under her belt and the two formed Mandalay in
the mid-nineties...
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