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M/A/R/R/S’ lone solitary “INCREASE the quantity” continues to be a watershed in the -hop into dance music and ultimately the pop mainstream. The 1987 solitary was the brainchild of 4AD main Ivo Watts-Russell, who put together M/A/R/R/S’ lineup from your rates of label functions Colourbox and A.R. Kane. The idea …

Among the legendary 4AD label’s earliest & most under-recognized serves, Colourbox were one of the primary artists beyond the world of hip-hop to rely heavily on sampling methods; eventually, their arty blue-eyed spirit — a fusion of far-ranging affects spanning from traditional R&B to dub to commercial — reached its …