Masters at Work

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Masters at Work is the name of in New York -based House - producer and remixer "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales . Their collaboration goes back to a mutual friendship with Todd Terry , who brought the two together. In addition to Masters at Work, Vega and Gonzales have also produced, published or remixed under the names MAW , KenLou , Sole Fusion or Nuyorican Soul .

background

Masters at Work productions primarily belong to the genres Disco House and Vocal House . For their project Nuyorican Soul , however, many "real" musicians and artists such as B. Vincent Montana Jr. , Roy Ayers , George Benson , Jocelyn Brown , Tito Puente or individual members of the Salsoul Orchestra .

Masters at Work have produced an extensive list of more than 1,000 remixes , which not only includes specialty artists from the house and electro field , but also includes commercially highly successful stars such as Madonna , Donna Summer or Jamiroquai .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Nuyorican Soul (as Nuyorican Soul)
  UK 25th 
gold
gold
03/01/1997 (4 weeks)
Our Time is Coming (as Masters at Work)
  UK 94 04/20/2002 (2 weeks)
Singles
I Can't Get No Sleep '95 (as Masters at Work with India )
  UK 44 08/05/1995 (2 weeks)
Runaway (as Nuyorican Soul with India)
  DE 86 March 31, 1997 (3 weeks)
  CH 39 04/13/1997 (5 weeks)
  UK 24 02/08/1997 (8 weeks)
It's Alright, I Feel It! (as Nuyorican Soul with Jocelyn Brown )
  UK 26th 05/10/1997 (2 weeks)
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (as Nuyorican Soul with Jocelyn Brown)
  UK 31 10/25/1997 (2 weeks)
To Be In Love (as MAW with India)
  UK 23 07/31/1999 (3 weeks)
Brazilian Beats - Remixes (as MAW with Liliana Chachian)
  UK 76 02/03/2001 (1 week)
Backfired (as Masters at Work with India)
  UK 62 07/06/2002 (3 weeks)
Lei Lo Lai (as MAW with The Latin Project)
  UK 81 05/15/2004 (2 weeks)
Work (as Masters at Work)
  UK 81 06/23/2007 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1993: The Album
  • 1995: The Essential KenLou House Mixes
  • 1997: Nuyorican Soul (al Nuyorican Soul)
  • 1998: The Remixes (al Nuyorican Soul)
  • 2000: The Tenth Anniversary Collection - Part I
  • 2000: The Tenth Anniversary Collection - Part II
  • 2001: Our Time is Coming

Compilations

  • 1995: Ministry of Sound Sessions 5
  • 2001: West End Records: The 25th Anniversary Mastermix
  • 2004: Defected Presents: Masters at Work - In The House
  • 2005: The Kings of House
  • 2006: Soul Heaven Presents: Masters at Work
  • 2007: Ministry of Sound Chillout Classics
  • 2007: Strictly MAW
  • 2014: Defected Presents House Masters - Masters At Work
  • 2015: Defected Presents House Masters - Masters At Work - Volume Two

Singles & Remixes

With India

  • 1992: Ride On The Rhythm (by Louie Vega & Marc Anthony, wrote / background vocals)
  • 1993: When You Touch Me and I Can't Get No Sleep (The Album)
  • 1994: Voices In My Mind by Voices (India, Carol Sylvan, Michael Watford)
  • 1994: Vibe PM (Masters at Work Remix) (featured with Mondo Grosso)
  • 1998: To Be In Love (MAW Remix) (MAW Records: The Collection Volume I)
  • 1998: Runaway (Nuyorican Soul)
  • 2002: Backfired (Our Time Is Coming)

swell

  1. a b Chart sources: DE CH UK1 UK2 UK3 UK4 UK5
  2. Music Sales Awards: UK

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