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. Incorporating trip-hop loops similar to Portishead and Hitchcock's vocal perfections, the duo earned props throughout the latter part of the decade in their native U.K., specifically with the albums Empathy and Instinct.
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Mandalay

( metalic voice )
All turning back to your life
All in vain
All coming back here to me
All in vain
All knowing all innocence
All in vain
All giving all suffering
All in vain
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Keep hearing your inner voice
Only dear
Keep hearing your inner thoughts
Only dear
Keep selling your inner life
Only dear
Keep telling your little lies
Only dear
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
( metalic voice )
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need
Here love is all you need