LOCOMOTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LTD.
PO Box 3215, Negril, Jamaica W.I.
Ph: 876-388-2856/955-4186 Fax: 876-955-4321
Email: edgemichael@lycos.com
website: www.edgemichael.com
BIOGRAPHY
ORAL "EDGE MICHAEL" DURLOO
BORN ORAL MARK DURLOO ON THE 9t [+]LOCOMOTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LTD.
PO Box 3215, Negril, Jamaica W.I.
Ph: 876-388-2856/955-4186 Fax: 876-955-4321
Email: edgemichael@lycos.com
website: www.edgemichael.com
BIOGRAPHY
ORAL "EDGE MICHAEL" DURLOO
BORN ORAL MARK DURLOO ON THE 9th DAY OF FEBRUARY TO DAVID DURLOO AND MELZETA
McINTOSH (Younger sister of reggae legend and superstar PETER TOSH.) OF WESTMORELAND, JAMAICA.
EDGE'S PARENTS HAD DREAMS OF HIM BECOMING A FAMOUS DOCTOR OR LAWYER. HOWEVER, AT BIRTH EDGE MICHAEL SHOWED GREAT SIGNS OF MUSIC IN THE VEINS. GROWING UP EDGE EMPHASIZED MORE INTEREST IN MUSIC THAN ANYTHING ELSE. MUSIC WAS INDEED HIS DESTINY.
AS A TEENAGER ATTENDING MANNING'S SCHOOL IN WESTMORELAND THERE WAS NO SCHOOL CONCERT THAT DID NOT FEATURE THE VOICE OF EDGE MICHAEL.THE LOCAL SOUND SYSTEMS AND WEEKEND DANCEHALLS WERE HIS MAJOR FORTES.
EDGE MICHAEL'S PROFESSIONAL DEBUT CAME IN THE EARLY 90'S WHEN HE HOOKED UP WITH THEN VERY POPULAR JAH CHILDREN BAND. PERFORMING AS LEAD VOCALIST THIS BROUGHT ABOUT HIS EXPOSURE TO THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INDUSTRY. EDGE MICHAEL SHARED STAGE WITH CELEBRATED ACTS OF THE JAMAICAN MUSIC INDUSTRY. SUCH AS DENNIS BROWN, GREGORY ISSAAC AND SANCHEZ JUST TO NAME A FEW. HIS STINT WITH JAH CHILDREN LASTED A YEAR AND A HALF.
SOON AFTER EDGE MOVED ON TO PERFORMING WITH MEMBERS OF THE S.A.N.E. BAND. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS STINT WITH THE S.A.N.E. BAND HE REPLIED, "GREAT BAND.I REALLY LEARNED A LOT FROM THOSE MUSICIANS. BRIAN (Former keyboardist S.A.N.E. band) WAS THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME VOCAL PHRASING, PRINCE AND TREVOR ENCOURAGED ME TO CREATE MY OWN VOCAL STYLE." EDGE'S PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH S.A.N.E. WAS SHORT BUT HE WAS NOW TRAVELLING TOWARD GREATER PURSUITS.
1994 WAS THE YEAR THAT BROUGHT FORTH EDGE MICHAEL'S FIRST RECORDING THE SELF COMPOSED AND CO-PRODUCED SINGLE ENTITLED TRY MY LOVE ON THE CROWD PLEASER LABEL. THIS HIT THE DANCEHALL CIRCUIT WITH A BANG. THE EFFORT RECEIVED MODEST AIR RECOGNITION AND SALES IN EXCESS OF FORTY THOUSAND COPIES. THE FOLLOWING YEAR SAW EDGE IN KINGSTON CITY PERFORMING WITH GUMSION, THE OPENING ACT AND BACKING BAND FOR THE CELEBRATED BERES HAMMOND. EDGE WAS NOW PLAYING LARGER SETTINGS, SUCH AS REGGAE SUNSPLASH AND REGGAE SUMFEST.
1995 BROUGHT FORTH THE RELEASE OF A SECOND SINGLE, A REMAKE OF ROBERT K
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