Draft:Mark "Marc Mac" Clair

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Mark Clair a.k.a. Marc Mac is a groundbreaking British producer and pioneer of drum & bass music whose influence altered the course of 1990’s dance music. Marc Mac is one half of the infamous duo 4hero founded in partnership with collaborator Dego (aka Dennis McFarlane).^[1]

The London-based duo captained multiple sound systems and pirate radio stations. In 1998 Marc Mac and Guy Lawrence founded the legendary record label Reinforced Records. Reinforced Records featured breakbeat hardcore, jungle, drum & bass superstars including Goldie, Doc Scott, DJ Randall, Nookie, Tek9, Grooverider, Kemistry & Storm, Wings (aka Roni Size, Krust and Die), A Guy Called Gerald, Peshay, J Majik, Photek, 4hero, Manix and Tom & Jerry.

Marc Mac and Dego have led the way inspiring a generation of dance music producers, performers, djs, dancers and artists. Their epic 1998 album “Two Pages” paid tribute to Black musical historical legacies, forging a new sound melding ’60s jazz, ’70s funk, ’80s techno and ’90s drum & bass. Their musical contributions and support of up-and-coming producers crafted a new path for electronic music and ushered in a new era of musical genres including nu-jazz and broken beat. “Two Pages” won UK’s MOBO (Music of Black Origin) ^[2]award and was short-listed for the Mercury Prize.

Marc Mac’s projects pay tribute to Black legacies, stretching historical timelines and sounds into today’s audioscapes. His album, “The Power Tapes” (2005), was created to hold space for essential Black historical moments and narratives. Honouring our legacies in contemporary audio tracks, Marc Mac’s legacy-laden soundscapes counteract capitalism’s deliberate oppressive erasure of Black cultural contributions. “The Power Tapes” highlights and acknowledges significant historical movements and events to create a poignant mixtape of auditory history lessons for his children, their peers and future generations.

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Career

Beginnings 1989 -

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^ Cardew, Ben (January 23, 2020). "DJ Mag". dj mag.com/features/solid-gold-how-4heros-two-pages-predicted-future-db.
^ "MOBO Awards 1998".

[1] Cardew, Ben (January 23, 2020). "DJ Mag". dj mag.com/features/solid-gold-how-4heros-two-pages-predicted-future-db.

[2] "MOBO Awards 1998".

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