DOPEWAX RECORDS
DOPEWAX RECORDS
Dopewax was formed by Kenny Dope Gonzalez in 1990 and was formed as a spin-off label from NUGROOVE records. Dopewax was mainly records produced and written by Kenny Dope himself and included some classic in my opinion. The first one I got was the Dope Wax All Stars, Wicked EP and very different in an unusual way. I used to look for release on this labe as they were all produced to a ruff and ready sound just like it was made for the warehouse parties in the day.
My all time favourite on this label is thr massive Jam The Mace - The House Syndicate with the 'pump up the jam' sample that all of a sudden Kenny dope made that lyrical sound good (it was not good in the pump up the jam song in any way!). Kenny Dope transformed the Technotronic vocal to sound underground and with the deep bassline and thumping beat it was massive and still is. From there he released 'Total Madness' - Lawanda big bottom/sounds in the air - another excellent realse with the comic slagging match of lawanda big bottom. A touch of salsa came next, more to Kenny Dopes home roots of latin America and as an ep went down this was a good 4 tracker.
The label mellowed out as it relased more tunes and more producers came on board. Not as good in its latter days as the early days but an excellent label in its own right. Kenny Dope has recently started to release re-edits of the old tunes and Jam The Mace has just been released. Its excellent and has the original elements still in it.
Dopewax was formed by Kenny Dope Gonzalez in 1990 and was formed as a spin-off label from NUGROOVE records. Dopewax was mainly records produced and written by Kenny Dope himself and included some classic in my opinion. The first one I got was the Dope Wax All Stars, Wicked EP and very different in an unusual way. I used to look for release on this labe as they were all produced to a ruff and ready sound just like it was made for the warehouse parties in the day.
My all time favourite on this label is thr massive Jam The Mace - The House Syndicate with the 'pump up the jam' sample that all of a sudden Kenny dope made that lyrical sound good (it was not good in the pump up the jam song in any way!). Kenny Dope transformed the Technotronic vocal to sound underground and with the deep bassline and thumping beat it was massive and still is. From there he released 'Total Madness' - Lawanda big bottom/sounds in the air - another excellent realse with the comic slagging match of lawanda big bottom. A touch of salsa came next, more to Kenny Dopes home roots of latin America and as an ep went down this was a good 4 tracker.
The label mellowed out as it relased more tunes and more producers came on board. Not as good in its latter days as the early days but an excellent label in its own right. Kenny Dope has recently started to release re-edits of the old tunes and Jam The Mace has just been released. Its excellent and has the original elements still in it.
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