Horace Ferguson Sensi Addict

• Horace Ferguson – Jah Order
• Horace Ferguson – Great Stone
• Horace Ferguson – Sensi Addict
• Horace Ferguson – Tranquilizer
• Horace Ferguson – Gazuma
• Horace Ferguson – Slave
• Horace Ferguson – Tickle Me
• Horace Ferguson – Hunts Bay
• Horace Ferguson – Kie Out
• Horace Ferguson – Bossman

• 1. Jah Order
• 2. Great Stone
• 3. Sensi Addict
• 4. Tranquilizer
• 5. Gazuma
• 6. Slave
• 7. Tickle Me
• 8. Hunts Bay
• 9. Kie Out
• 10. Bossman

Death Is Not The End’s 333 sub-label reissues a serious all-timer of an LP from the peak of reggae/dancehall’s mid-to-late 1980s digi era, in the form of Horace Ferguson’s Sensi Addict – recorded for Prince Jazzbo’s Ujama label and originally released back in 1987.

Produced & arranged by the late great Jazzbo (and issued here under license from the foundation deejay & producer’s family) the Sensi Addict LP pulls together a selection of vocals recorded between 1984 & 1987 at Michael Carroll’s Creative Sounds studio in Kingston, with engineering from Paul Davidson. Horace’s infectious falsetto can be found riding a collection of Jazzbo’s digital rhythms – from the inspired Replay version on ‘Jah Order’, to the updated take on the foundational Sleng Teng rhythm track on ‘Tranquilizer’ – representing some of the most forward-thinking music of the period, outside of Jammys and King Tubby’s Firehouse stables.

The bulk of these rhythm tracks were performed by revered multi-instrumentalist Tyrone Downie (a long-time member of Bob Marley & The Wailers since the mid 70s who sadly passed last November) alongside Tony “Asher” Brissett – another massively undersung session musician perhaps most notable for laying down the initial Sleng Teng rhythm track for Jammys in 1984. Also on display here are a couple of choice early 80s rhythms, recorded for Jazzbo by Errol “Flabba” Holt’s legendary Roots Radics backing band. All of this comes paired with sympathetically reproduced artwork – featuring images of Horace by photographer and reggae documentarian, Beth “Kingston” Lesser.