Album Notes

Marc Mac from 4hero steps up to the Far Out turntables to drop a heavyweight selection of Brazilian classics past, present and future for this, the second volume of ‘Brazilika’. Featuring an exclusive new track from Marc (Natures Plan ‘Broken Samba’), this edition of ‘Brazilika’ contains a barrage of Brazilian breaks and slamming sambas all mixed-up by one of the UK’s most in-demand producers.

4hero present ‘Brazilika’ is the second in the series and follows on from Kenny Dope presents ‘Brazilika’ that was released to great acclaim in 2004 and celebrated 10 years of Far Out. After Kenny’s mix it didn’t take us long to figure out that it was Marc’s turn to grace the decks as 4hero’s relationship with Far Out goes back to the early days of the label. Marc ‘s output for the label is quite prodigious – two remixes of Marcos Valle tracks - ‘Para De Fazer’ & ‘Valeu’, one of Azymuth ‘Laranjeiras’ as well as a collaboration with Grupo Batuque, ‘The Samba’ that is featured on the compilation. Marc has also recorded three 12”s for Far Out under the guise Natures Plan – ‘Smile’, ‘Somewhere Beyond’ and the seminal ‘Without Words’ that featured Ed Motta yet here we have a brand new Natures Plan exclusive for this CD – the Balearic broken beat gem ‘Broken Samba’.

Marc Mac is best known for being part of the seminal future-jazz act 4hero who produced two classic albums for Gilles Peterson’s Talkin’ Loud label – ‘Two Pages’ and ‘Creating Patterns’, and who are set to release a new album this autumn. Marc recently released an album under the pseudonym ‘Visioneers’ - ‘Dirty Old Hip Hop’ on BBE Records. He has produced and co-written tracks with Jill Scott, Ultra Nate, Terry Callier, Ursula Rucker, Mark Murphy, Ed Motta, and Azymuth amongst many others.

Alongside Marc’s collaboration with Grupo Batuque and his new Natures Plan track he has dug deep in the vaults and selected his personal favourite Far Out tracks for ‘4hero presents Brazilika’. Both classic sambas and bossas from the likes of Milton Nascimento, Antonio Adolfo and Joyce are featured as well as cutting-edge dancefloor Brazil-tronica in the form of firing jams from Incognito, Mark Pritchard, Offworld & Troubleman. Azymuth are clearly a favourite with Marc as they surface four times – the sonorous ‘Morning’ helps ease us into the mix whilst Mark Pritchard’s remix of ‘Pieces of Ipanema’ & the original version of ‘Roda Piao’ really kick us into the dance whilst ‘Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser’ is a reminder of the diversity of the Azymuth sound.