Name: Creating Patterns by 4 Hero
Brand: 4 Hero
SKU: 731458605720
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (105 reviews)

ALBUM

While it may seem 4hero's Mark Mac and Dego have been looking in different directions since 1998's Two Pages, their twin visions of music aren't so very far from each other. During the three-year interim, Dego spearheaded the programming-heavy broken beat community around West London, while Mark Mac explored small-group jazz using fusion and jazz-funk as a springboard (the Ronnie Scott's scene). Though the workload on Creating Patterns is distressingly one-dimensional (not one track features both of them), Dego's rugged breakbeats never sound too synthetic to clash with all the acoustic instruments, and Mark Mac's tracks feature a wealth of independent-minded musicians as well as the half-machine, half-human drummer Luke Parkhouse. After a fine -- though rather long-winded -- opening jam, return guest Ursula Rucker turns in one of her finest performances on "Time," revealing much more emotion than usual and flitting gracefully between sung and spoken vocals. A promising collaboration with Jill Scott turns out flat, though two other groove iconoclasts -- Mark Murphy and Terry Callier -- were recruited for great tracks. Murphy appears on the evocative spoken word performance "Twelve Tribes" (virtually no one else could've pulled off these pseudo-mystical lyrics with the same authority), while Callier performs on a misty, somber "The Day of the Greys." The single "Les Fleur" is easily the most beautiful moment of the record, except this trilling, spring-like performance (by Carina Andersson) is an unbelievably similar remake of a song from Minnie Riperton's solo debut, Come to My Garden. While Creating Patterns doesn't hit the heights of the brilliant, sprawling Two Pages, it's definitely a tighter record, more effective as a statement of art and music-making. The result is 4hero's usual synthesis of old and new, artificial and organic, strange and familiar. [The limited-edition release contains two bonus tracks.] ~ John Bush

1. Conceptions

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair; Performer
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Mark Anthony Clair; Production

2. Time

by 4 Hero, Ursula Rucker

Featured Artist: Ursula Rucker; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair; Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer
Author: Ursula Rucker; Production
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Mark Anthony Clair; Production

3. Golden Solitude

by 4 Hero, Bembe Segue

Featured Artist: Bembe Segue; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Author: Kate Phillips; Production
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

4. Twothesme

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

5. Another Day

by 4 Hero, Jill Scott

Featured Artist: Jill Scott; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair
Brad Somatik; Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer
Author: Jill Scott
Brad Munn; Production
Mixing: Brad Somatik; Production
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Brad Somatik
Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Studio Personnel: Brad Somatik; Production

6. Hold It Down

by 4 Hero, Lady Alma

Featured Artist: Lady Alma; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Lyricist: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

7. Unique

by 4 Hero, Patricia Marx

Featured Artist: Patricia Marx; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Author: Patricia Marx; Production
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

8. Something Nothing

by 4 Hero, Lady Alma, Face V. Walsh

Featured Artist: Face V. Walsh
Lady Alma; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Lyricist: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

9. Ways Of Thought

by 4 Hero, Face V. Walsh

Featured Artist: Face V. Walsh; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair; Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer
Author: Face V. Walsh; Production
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Mark Anthony Clair; Production

10. Eight

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

11. Blank Cells

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer

12. Twelve Tribes

by 4 Hero, Mark Murphy

Featured Artist: Mark Murphy; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair
Brad Somatik; Performer
Composer: Mark Anthony Clair; Composer
Author: Mark Murphy
Brad Munn; Production
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Mark Anthony Clair
Brad Somatik; Production

13. 2-Bs-74638

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Composer: Denis Mcfarlane; Composer
Performer: Dego; Performer
Producer: Dego; Production
Recording Arrangement: Dego; Production

14. Les Fleur

by 4 Hero, Carina Andersson

Featured Artist: Carina Andersson; Main Performer
Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Performer: Mark Anthony Clair
Carina Andersson
Brad Somatik; Performer
Vocals: Carina Andersson; Performer
Composer: Richard Rudolph
Charles Stepney; Composer
Lyricist: Charles Stepney
Richard Rudolph; Composer
Producer: Mark Anthony Clair; Production
Recording Arrangement: Brad Somatik
Mark Anthony Clair; Production

15. The Day Of The Greys

by 4 Hero

Primary Artist: 4hero; Main Performer
Author: Terry Callier
Mark Anthony Clair; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

15 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 17 minutes and 45 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

3/15 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

Only 1/15 tracks has synced lyrics

Genres

Pop, Broken Beat

Label

Talkin' Loud

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 28, 2001

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

731458605720

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Creating Patterns

1. Conceptions

2. Time

3. Golden Solitude

4. Twothesme

5. Another Day

6. Hold It Down

7. Unique

8. Something Nothing

9. Ways Of Thought

10. Eight

11. Blank Cells

12. Twelve Tribes

13. 2-Bs-74638

14. Les Fleur

15. The Day Of The Greys

Technical Specifications

Creating Patterns

Product information

Release options

1. Conceptions

2. Time

3. Golden Solitude

4. Twothesme

5. Another Day

6. Hold It Down

7. Unique

8. Something Nothing

9. Ways Of Thought

10. Eight

11. Blank Cells

12. Twelve Tribes

13. 2-Bs-74638

14. Les Fleur

15. The Day Of The Greys

Technical Specifications