AbstractRadio session - masters at work 2016

Kenny Dope Gonzalez and Little Louie Vega aka the Masters at Work are unarguably the finest production team yet to grace the world of house music. Their truly gargantuan talents and influence require no further introduction.

Dominating the scene for over two decades, and recording for every legendary US house label of the early ‘90s - Strictly Rhythm, Nervous, Cutting, Nu Groove etc, MAW’s unprecedented output embodies the essence of soul in modern dance music, with tracks ranging from twisted house to pounding latin beats, often topped off with the sweetest of vocals (it certainly helps if one of your number was husband to the ultra-gifted chanteuse India). And the quality of their remix work remains unrivalled – all in all, a bar set very high, and yet to be paralleled.

As you may be able to discern, we’re big fans.

Here’s our tribute - a rather special selection of their finest, rarest and most influential tracks and remixes, starting from the early ‘90s.

Of course, for a body of work so large, there are many omissions here – countless Kenlou dubs, including Tito Puente’s Ran Can Can and Debbie Gibson’s One Step Ahead, Chris Cueva’s Hip Hop, MAW’s I Can’t Get No Sleep, Souffles & Everybody Needs Somebody to name a tiny selection. And then there’s their more recent solo work…

Maybe we’ll knock up another some time down the line?

With huge love and respect,

The AbRad team

select mixes by genre:

House

Deep

Funky

Disco

Tracklist

Start	Artist	Track Title	Label
000:00	vega & anthony	the ride	atlantic
004:00	jamiroquai	emergency on planet earth - club mix	sony
010:49	joe t. vannelli	play with the voice - MAW in your face mix	nervous
016:33	masters at work	our mute horn	cutting
022:19	julio iglesias	oye como va - organ mix	columbia
028:18	soul II soul	back to life - vocal dub	virgin
032:15	masters at work	brazilian beat - dope mix	mr bongo
036:04	hardrive vs dino lenny	deep inside - dino’s dub	strictly rhythm
037:44	nuyorican soul	runaway - spanish underground mix	giant step
045:00	people underground	my love - underground network dub	freetown inc
050:43	freedom williams	voice of freedom - bass hit dub	columbia
055:42	nuyorican soul	I love the nightlife / disco round - 12” mix	work
065:15	the cover girls	wishing on a star - jeep	epic
069:56	the braxtons	the boss - masters at work album mix	atlantic
079:20	linda clifford	runaway love	curtom
085:12	george benson	the ghetto / el barrio	grp
094:52	nuyorican soul	it’s alright	giant step
103:11	soul fusion	we can make it - underground network mix	strictly rhythm
107:47	mutiny	bliss - MAW main mix	sunflower
115:18	masters at work	backfired - frankie feliciano edit	MAW
124:21	voices	voices in my mind - cosmack master	sound of ministry
130:50	voices	voices in my mind - cosmic edit	sound of ministry
135:28	hardrive	sindae	strictly rhythm
141:40	barbara tucker	beautiful people - underground network mix	strictly rhythm
148:09	hardrive	deep inside	strictly rhythm
150:32	hardrive 2000	never forget	strictly rhythm
158:40	river ocean	love and happiness - junior boys own superdub	strictly rhythm
165:25	river ocean	yemaya y ochún - original	strictly rhythm

-- Total running time – 175.37 --

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