Originally released digitally at the tail end of 2021 and finally out on vinyl, Masters At Work's brilliant 'It's What We Live, It's What We Are' is a shameless throwback to their classic works of the 1990s. The A-side version summarises everything that's best about the veteran NYC duo, with raw, warehouse-ready synth stabs, twinkling piano motifs and vocal snippets from an early '80s Peech Boys workout (originally championed by the late, great Larry Levan) over a booming bassline and bouncy beats from the drum machine of the masterful Kenny 'Dope' Gonzalez. On the flip, they tip a hat to their influential Nuyorican Soul project by peppering a Latin-tinged broken house groove with woozy synth sounds, extra-hot percussion and Latin piano flourishes.
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It's What We Live, It's What We Are (Masters At Work Dub)
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It's What We Live, It's What We Are (Nuyorican Soul Mix)
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It's What We Live, It's What We Are (Kenlou Mix)
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Masters at Work is a house music production team from the United States, consisting of Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales. They are also known as Nuyorican Soul.
Kenny "Dope" Gonzales loaned out the name Masters At Work to Todd Terry who released two singles (Alright Alright and Dum Dum Cry) in 1987 under this moniker. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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