Mon, 14 Mar 2011 / 3 CommentsThe Masters at Work man talks early '90s hip-hop with Spine TV [via XLR8R]. More ›
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 / 1 CommentThe Defected DJ/producer shares his thoughts on minimal, talks about his recent health problems and reveals why he's finally OK with being interviewed.
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 / Post a commentKenny Dope Gonzalez speaks to Beatportal about his career-defining 1995 track "The Bomb," and reviews ten tracks that helped define dance music during that period.
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 | | | Real name / | Kenny Gonzalez | | Aliases / | Kenny Dope Gonzalez, Masters At Work, MAW | Born in 1970, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez grew up in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park. By the early eighties he was absorbing the hip hop beats that were being played at the local street parties, and in 1985 he started to work in a local record store, WNR Music Center. Along with his partner, Mike Delgado, Gonzalez organized a series of neighborhood parties under the Masters at Work alias, and these were regularly attended by Brooklyn hero Todd Terry, who eventually borrowed the MAW name for two releases – "Alright, Alright" and "Dum Dum Cry". Terry returned the favour when he lent Gonzalez a drum machine, and in 1989 the resourceful rhythm addict recorded a series of Powerhouse beat tracks for Frank Mendez’s cutting edge Nu Groove label.
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On the internet
| | RA DJ Page / | residentadvisor.net/dj/kennydope | | Discogs / | discogs.com/artist/kenny+dope | | Buy releases / | Juno Records / Juno Download | |
The two festivals will take place a week apart from each other at The Gardens Tisno in Croatia.
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