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and Suburban Base, it was prolific in its output, releasing singles such as "The Head Hunter" and "Cooking Up Yah Brain" by 4hero, "Feel Real Good", "Oblivion (Head in the Clouds)" and "Rainbow People" by Manix (Marc Mac), "Kingdom of Dub" by Tek 9 (Dego), "Seance" as well as "Atheama" by Nebula II,
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which not only allowed for more experimental music to be put out alongside dancefloor-oriented tracks, but which became increasingly innovative in their design and artwork too.
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In recent years, Reinforced have largely been re-releasing back catalogue music, and putting out previously unreleased material and remixes of classic tracks.
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to test out new tracks before release. He created a skull label logo specifically for use on Reinforced dubplates, which would eventually become
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productions, including "Mr Kirk's Nightmare", which sold more than 24,000 copies and which truly launched the label. During the height of the
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production crew) were increasingly experimenting with ever chopped up drum patterns, which would eventually develop into the
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genre. The aforementioned artists, and a new generation of producers such as Sonic & Silver, Genotype, Syntax, and
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sound in late 1992/early 1993, alongside "Journey From The Light" by 4hero, "Here Comes The Drumz" by Nasty Habits (
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Into the second half of the 1990s, a new emerging roster of artists such as Sonar Circle, Alpha Omega,
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and Gus Lawrence, soon to be joined by Dennis "Dego" McFarlane (also of 4hero) and Ian Bardouille.
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It was around this time, that Goldie also became obsessed with the use of metal acetates known as
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Probably the most important connection to be made during this time, though, was that of
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came through to launch what was known as the '2nd wave' into the 2000s.
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EP was amongst a number of releases at this time to explore the
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Reinforced was started in 1989 by Mark "Marc Mac" Clair of
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Index


Breakbeat hardcore
jungle/drum and bass
London
www.reinforcedrecords.co.uk
breakbeat hardcore
jungle
drum and bass
record label
1989
4hero
Dollis Hill
London
4hero
4hero
rave
Moving Shadow
Goldie
DJ Kemistry
A&R
Rufige Cru
dubplates
Metalheadz
darkcore
Doc Scott
'time-stretching' and 'pitch-shifting'
picture disc
EPs
Paradox
Bugz in the Attic

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