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Masters at Work, Also known as 'Little' Louie Vega and Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales. Only a few in the transient industry that is dance music should be lauded with as much praise and worldwide adoration as the Masters. In a medium where a hit record can be knocked up in just a couple of hours,'Little' Louie and Kenny 'Dope' display a talent that is beyond the currentcrop of producers bashing out dance music by numbers Not one that would be disputed by anyone in the industry. For example, fewother than Gilles Peterson could have expected the pure brilliance of the 'Nu Yorican Soul' album, an undisputed classic of our time Nu Yorican Soul, the moment that MAW became two of the finest producers in the world. The Latin, soul, jazz and house fraternities fused as one creating an album of intense passion. Tito Puente rubbed shoulders with Jocelyn Brown, and Jazzy Jeff with George Benson and Roy Ayers. Absolute perfection It was, but MAW have always stayed true to their roots, avoiding the easy, quick money path to production fame. Although some tracks received popular acclaim and the accompanying chart recognition, the origins are always spotless. The sampling of Chicago's 'Streetplayer' for their hit single 'The Bomb' under the Bucketheads pseudonym being a case in pointVega was brought up in the Bronx, the son of Latin musician Hector Lavoe. Across the river, Brooklyn-born Kenny Gonzales was beginning to set up a hip hop DJ crew by the name of 'Masters at Work' with early exponents of scratches and broken beats Marly Marl and Teddy Tedd. For some, it was the emergence in 1993 of 'I Can't Get No Sleep' sung by Vega's ex spouse, India. For others, the unique glut of drums in the 'Nervous Track' made the MAW name gold dust. Either way, it is without question that the Masters truly deserve their name.

KULT Records' MAW penned Catalogue

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