Mark Barnes (1970 – 1 January 2016),
known professionally as Mark B, was a
British hip hop
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record producer.
He was most active in the 1990s and early 2000s, associating with
Task Force and
Blade
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on many of his records. He was a DJ for Jazz Fudge Recordings for much of his career.
Mark B first signed with Jazz Fudge in 1995. He produced some tracks for
DJ Vadim
Vadim Alexandrovich Peare (russian: Вадим Александрович Пир, Vadim Aleksandrovich Pir ...
's U.S.S.R. Repertoire. His first individual album was ''Underworld Connection'', released in 1997. He died in January 2016.
Discography
* ''Any More Questions?'' (1995)
* ''Underworld Connection'' (1997)
* ''Disco-Loated Beats & Sounds, Vol. 1'' (1997)
* ''New Skool Dean'' (1998)
* ''Hitmen for Hire'' (1998)
* ''Nobody Relates'' (1998)
* ''Split Personalities/From the World Lab'' (2000)
* ''The Unknown'' (2000)
* ''The Unknown: The New Version'' (2001)
*0161 relief
ark b remix(2001)
*Big Tings
ark B remix(2001)
References
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1970 births
2016 deaths
English hip hop musicians
English DJs
English male rappers
English record producers
People from Kingston upon Thames
Rappers from London