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Producer
Mark Clair is a man of several aliases, known most prominently as a member of the pioneering
4hero -- an act that has shifted through hardcore techno, drum'n'bass, broken beat, and alternative R&B.
Clair used his
Visioneers project to put an organic spin on his love for the jazzier end of golden age rap and those who built upon it throughout the '90s and 2000s, including legendary producers like
DJ Premier,
Pete Rock, and
J Dilla. A mostly instrumental affair,
Visioneers debuted in 2002 with a pair of 7" singles on
Clair's own Omniverse label. After a third
Visioneers single was issued in 2004,
Clair moved to BBE, which released the full-length Dirty Old Hip Hop (featuring the 7" cuts and more) in 2006. Dirty Old Remixes, which included a remix from
DJ Jazzy Jeff and an appearance from
Pharcyde, followed the next year.
Clair reactivated
Visioneers in 2012 for Hipology, also released on BBE. ~ Andy Kellman