4 Hero

"From Jungle to Hip Hop, Jazz to Broken Beats, Marc Mac and Dego are the nucleus of Reinforced Records, one of the godfather labels of Drum n' Bass. They started their career in a tiny Dollis Hill studio packed to the rafters with the kind of old electronic kits you'd more often see in second hand stores. It was here they made their first Jungle album ('In Rough Territory') and followed it in the early 90s with a bewildering array of artist aliases to unleash an unstoppable avalanche of progressive Drum n' Bass into a fledgling genre crying out for innovators.

From these beginnings, there has followed a rollercoaster ride, crowned by a Mercury Music Prize nomination and a MOBO award for their 4 Hero identity which produced two albums for Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label. And so to the present Marc has set up the labels Omniverse Records and Twisted Funk, while Dego has launched his imprint 2000BlackMost artistes disappear after commercial success. Not Marc and Dego

The last few years have found them venturing further and further in hitherto unknown musical fields, creating patterns that no-one else has imagined. Working with diverse and talented poets and singers, right now they are shaping a new musical sound with Broken Beats-meets-Jazz-Latin-Soul

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