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Ed Horrox, the creative director and A&R from 4AD joins NTS once a month for an hour of his personal favourites, which can be pretty much anything: hip-hop, house, found ‘classics’, esoteric century-old jazz recordings, and then occasionally some of those unreleased leftfield pop bangers that 4AD seem to be so good at finding.

Lord Fly

Lord Fly

Lord Fly has been played on NTS shows including Carolina Soul, with Donkey City first played on 27 March 2016.

Born in Lucea, Jamaica in 1905 to a musical family, Lord Fly (Rupert Linly Lyon , called 'Pertie' by friends and family) has the distinction of the recording the first records for the first Jamaican label, MRS. As a child, Rupert played violin and organ, but by the time he was 25, he was playing saxophone professionally. His jazzy dance band mento sounds less and less like the Jamaican music that followed. But would have Jamaica produced other mento, ska, reggae, and dancehall records if not for the success of Fly's initial recordings? If for no other reason, Lord Fly is assured a place in the Jamaican music hall of fame.

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Lord Fly

Lord Fly has been played on NTS shows including Carolina Soul, with Donkey City first played on 27 March 2016.

Born in Lucea, Jamaica in 1905 to a musical family, Lord Fly (Rupert Linly Lyon , called 'Pertie' by friends and family) has the distinction of the recording the first records for the first Jamaican label, MRS. As a child, Rupert played violin and organ, but by the time he was 25, he was playing saxophone professionally. His jazzy dance band mento sounds less and less like the Jamaican music that followed. But would have Jamaica produced other mento, ska, reggae, and dancehall records if not for the success of Fly's initial recordings? If for no other reason, Lord Fly is assured a place in the Jamaican music hall of fame.

Original source: Last.fm

Tracks featured on

Most played tracks

Donkey City
Lord Fly, Dan Williams Orchestra
Frémeaux & Associés2010
When Mi Look Upon Janie So; Ada; Time So Hard
Lord Fly
Mississippi Records, Canary Records2009
Whai, Whai, Whai
Lord Fly, The Dan Williams Orchestra
Soul Jazz Records2014