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Notability|music|date=March 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Quro| image =| alt =| caption =| image_size =| landscape = | background =solo_singer| birth_name = Andrew Michael Bradley| alias =| birth_date = | birth_place =| origin = Adelaide , South Australia , Australia | death_date = | death_place =| genre = Australian Hip Hop | occupation = MC , radio presenter, music journalist| instrument =| years_active = 1992–present| label = Playdirt| associated_acts = Finger Lickin Good, Fuglemen, Reference Point, Upshot, Mostyn| website = | notable_instruments = Quro (born Andrew Michael Bradley ) is an Australian hip hop MC from Adelaide , South Australia who later relocated to Sydney. He has been involved in the Australian hip hop scenecite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=Terra Firma|url= http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/terra-firma/|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=20 March 2011|date=03/05/2005cite web|title=The Golden Age of Aussie Hip Hop|url= http://www.hellyeahmag.com/blog/? cpage=1& p=6594|work=Hell Yeah Magazine|publisher=Hell Yeah Magazine|accessdate=20 March 2011|author=Tash|date=24/07/2010cite web|title=Clearing the throat with Draino|url= http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx? 251|work=Resident Advisor|publisher=Resident Advisor Ltd|author=Karl|date=20/02/2003cite book|title=Musical visions : selected conference proceedings from the 6th National Australian/New Zealand IASPM Conference and the Inaugural Arnhem Land Performance Conference|year=1999|publisher=Wakefield Press|location=South Australia|isbn=1862545006|pages=21–22|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=CYDNMtSGivcC|first1=Andrew |last1=Bradley |chapter=Driven by the sonic language passion|chapterurl= http://books.google.com.au/books? id=CYDNMtSGivcC& q=andrew+bradley#v=snippet& q=andrew%20bradley& f=false |editor=Gerry Bloustien|accessdate=20 March 2011 Note: Transcribed and edited by Emma Masters from 1998 discussion, Urban Xpressions , at University of Technology, Sydney. since about 1992, when he formed part of the legendaryCitation needed|date=March 2011 Adelaide hip hop group Finger Lickin Good with MC Madcap.cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=Reason|url= http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/reason/|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=20 March 2011|date=02/10/2004 Quro, as Andrew Bradley, has also worked on radio and as a journalist. He also contributed a verse on the Def Wish Cast track Saga (Iron Fist) from their debut LP Knights of the Underground Table .
Quro then formed the live hip hop group Fuglemencite book|title=Musical visions : selected conference proceedings from the 6th National Australian/New Zealand IASPM Conference and the Inaugural Arnhem Land Performance Conference|year=1999|publisher=Wakefield Press|location=South Australia|isbn=1862545006|pages=92|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=CYDNMtSGivcC|author=Tony Mitchell|editor=Gerry Bloustien|chapter=Another root: Australian hip hop as a 'glocal' subculture - re-territorialising hip hop with Muskrat and Madcap, releasing two albums, Resuscitation (1997) and Memento Mori (1999). Over the years he has appeared as a guest vocalist on many artist albums and compilations, including Culture Of Kings Volume 2 cite web|title=Various - Culture Of Kings Volume 2|url= http://www.discogs.com/Various-Culture-Of-Kings-Volume-2/release/239956|work=Discogs|accessdate=21 March 2011 and Straight From The Art .cite web|title=Quro|url= http://www.discogs.com/artist/Quro|work=Discogs|accessdate=20 March 2011
He has released two albums as a solo artist, ''This Last Week I've... and Looking For Andrew Bradley and with producer and DJ Mostyn (Space Unit) formed Reference Point in 1999 after moving to Sydney. The duo released their album Save The World cite web|title=Reference Point - LAST NIGHT AN AUSSIE RAPPER SAVED MY LIFE|url= http://www.pacificarecords.com.au/referencepoint.html|work=Pacifica Records|publisher=Pacifica Records|accessdate=10 December 2011|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20030608222454/ http://www.pacificarecords.com.au/referencepoint.html|archivedate=8 June 2003|date=22 January 2001|month=January|year=2001 in 2000 and the BackwordsForewords single on Pacifica Records in 2001.cite web|title="BackwordsForewords single" from REFERENCE POINT|url= http://www.pacificarecords.com.au/home.html|work=Pacifica Records|publisher=Pacifica Records|accessdate=10 December 2011|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20030601203502/ http://www.pacificarecords.com.au/home.html|archivedate=1 June 2003|date=24 May 2001|month=May|year=2001cite web|title=Reference Point – BackwardsForewords|url= http://www.discogs.com/release/3275608|work=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=10 December 2011 Following this Quro fronted the live hip hop group Upshotcite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=13th Son & MC Brass|url= http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/interviews/13th-son-mc-brass|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=20 March 2011|date=22/01/2005cite web|title=Upshot - Make It Happen|url= http://www.discogs.com/Upshot-Make-It-Happen/release/1451029|work=Discogs|accessdate=20 March 2011 (who released their album Make It Happen in 2004) and continued to work with Mostyn releasing their Goodnight Mr Howard EP in July 2007.
Discography
Finger Lickin Good
Illegitimate Sons of the Bastard Funk (1993)cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|title=Indigensing hip-hop: an Australian migrant youth culture|url= http://www.localnoise.net.au/site-directory/papers/indigensing-hip-hop-an-australian-migrant-youth-culture/|work=Local Noise|publisher=University of Technology, Sydney|accessdate=20 March 2011
Save The World... - Pacifica Records (2000) PRO569
BackwordsForewords - Pacifica Records (2001) PRCD55701 (Label) / PRCD55691 (CD)
Upshot
Make It Happen (2004)
Mostyn & Quro
Goodnight Mr. Howard EP (2007)
References
Reflist
External links
myspace|mostynquro|Mostyn & Quro
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