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 Brenda MacIntyre
 Born in Calgary and raised in B.C., Brenda MacIntyre moved
to Toronto in 1985 and quickly earned a reputation as rap artist “Special
Ice.” At the time, Florida’s Moods International Records was looking for
fresh hip hop talent. The result: Brenda a.k.a. Special Ice’s first hit single
“Non Stopping Hip Hopping” entered the Florida charts as a “hot new
item” neck in neck with Aretha Franklin’s
“Ain’t Nobody Ever Love You,” and enjoyed high rotation on North
Miami’s Top 40 station WPOW 96FM.
Back in Toronto Brenda teamed up with The Parachute Club’s Billy Bryans, who produced her
2nd single “Rock A Talk,” featuring Charles Sinclair (Odel,
Messenjah)
on bass and Devon “Mr. Metro” Martin on keys. The single appeared on the
Juno Award winning CD “The
Gathering,” released by Attic Records
at the Opera House in 1991.
The dominant influence of hip hop (rap) on black music in 1990
and 1991 encouraged Carla Marshall, Devon Martin, Special Ice, and others in Toronto, to work in the 'raggamuffin' or
'ragga' style.
-- The Canadian Encyclopedia of Music
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“I have nothing but phenomenal things to say about
Brenda… She has always been a very professional, motivated and talented
individual and has, in more ways than one, contributed to Canada’s
ongoing international success.”
Ivan
Berry, Head of A&R and International
Sony/BMG
Canada
“The standard of your performance and the quality of
your work reaped praise and applaud from our visitors as well as the
members of the CNE board and staff.”
Asma
Arshad Mahmood, CNE
“Sweet and sultry and no-nonsense tough”
Dance
Hall Magazine
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Imagine
the vocal stylings of Alicia Keys and Sarah McLachlin, accompanied by Aboriginal
percussion…
A
prolific songwriter, Brenda MacIntyre has released 4 CDs and 3 singles, as a
solo artist and most recently with Spirit Wind, an Aboriginal women’s drum
group. Today, Aboriginal tradition meets
neo soul, reggae and folk styles in Brenda’s upcoming solo release Butterfly
Soul.
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Single
“Letting You Go” #1 on ArtistFirst
Internet Radio, and in the Top 10 for over 4 months in 2003
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Top
Female Dance Hall DJ nomination, 8th Annual Canadian Reggae Music
Awards
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1ST
Place Sound Recording, Poesis arts competition, York University (for “All
About Love”)
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Venues
include The Opera House, Ontario Place, Mariposa, Harbourfront, First Night and
more.
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DISCOGRAPHY:
Non
Stopping Hip Hopping, Moods Records, Florida 1986
“Rock
a Talk” (single), The Gathering, Attic Records, Toronto 1991
“Jungle
Mackin” (single), Sequence 1, IMPACT Music, 1995
Breathing
the Wind (Spirit Wind), WRPM dist., Toronto 2000
“I
Feel” (single), Mariposa 2002 compilation, Toronto 2002
Soul
Talkin (Spirit Wind), Independent, Toronto 2003
Never
Too Late, Independent, Toronto 2003
Butterfly
Soul: UPCOMING
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TELEVISION:
CITY-TV/CablePulse24 – Breakfast Television, Fashion Fridays, Electric
Circus; TVO’s Studio 2; CFMT News; MuchMusic’s Clip Trips; TVO &
VISION TV’s “Centre Stage Chronicles”
RADIO:
WPOW 96FM (Florida), CBC Radio (Local and National), CBC North,
ArtistFirst.com, CIUT 89.5FM, CKLN 88.1FM, CKCU FM (Ottawa), CHRW 94.7FM
(Ontario), CHRY FM (Toronto), AVR106.5FM (Toronto), Saugeen First Nation
Radio, CBC’s RootsMusicCanada.com
VENUE HIGHLIGHTS: Harbourfront Du Maurier Theatre, The
Phoenix, Ontario Place, The Opera House, Air Canada Centre, Mariposa,
First Night, Skydome Pow Wow, Celebrate Toronto Street Festival
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