Tag: Marc Mac
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Nouveau Synthetic Compositions album – Nu Era (Marc Mac)
4hero’s Marc Mac releases eight tracks of soulful techno beats for music lovers who like their electronica with a warm, human touch Nu Era is the moniker used by 4hero’s Marc Mac when he’s concocting soulful electronic beats. Nouveau Synthetic Compositions follows on from his 2013’s album The Third Adam and contains the same profusion […]
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The Dawning album preview – Dezaray Dawn
Check out the new album by an Atlanta-based singer who’s a former collaborator with 4hero’s Marc Mac Glimpses of Dezaray Dawn’s talents have surfaced sporadically over the years. There’s been her 2009 Chameleon EP, which was followed by 2011’s Marc Mac-produced EP Deep and DJ Psykhomantus’s official mix earlier this year. But only now has […]
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The Third Adam album preview – Nu Era (Marc Mac)
Previewing The Third Adam, a new electronic album by 4hero’s Marc Mac When Dego and Marc Mac pair up to form 4hero, they create an inimitable sound comprising lush strings and intricate rhythms. But apart, their solo work is quite different. Dego’s A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?, for example, leans towards soulful broken beats, while […]
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The Network album preview – T.R.A.C. and Marc Mac
4hero’s Marc Mac and Brooklyn MC T.R.A.C link up to create The Network, a soulful hip hop album The internet allows musicians to transfer large files across even larger distances, a fact not lost on 4hero’s Marc Mac. He, along with Brooklyn-born MC T.R.A.C (aka Terry Nickz), has created The Network, a transatlantic project borne […]
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4hero presents EXTENSIONS – various artists (4hero)
When an artist records someone else’s song in the pop world, it’s called a “cover”; the same thing in dance circles is a “remix”. Now, judging by this release, there’s a third category: an “extension”. Strictly speaking, it’s neither a cover nor a remix because the original artists — in this case, Marc Mac and […]
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…mixing album review – various artists (4hero)
The aim of this compilation is to “investigate the musical influences” of 4hero (aka Marc Mac and Dego) through an expansive selection of songs that spans J Dilla’s hip-hop breaks, the P-funk of Bootsy Collins, not to mention a smattering of retro electro and a dab of dub. For completist or new fans unfamiliar with […]
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Play With The Changes album review – 4hero
Since 1998’s Twin Pages, Dego and Marc Mac (the producers behind 4hero) have been known for their refined blend of beats and strings, a mix that earned the pair a Mercury Prize nomination that same year. Since then, little has changed. The duo follow the if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it school of music — as evident on this album’s […]