OUT NOW!!!
KD-018 VASS CORPORATION
“All The Love We Lost” (Kenny Dope Mix)
b/w “One More Day” (Kenny Dope Mix)”
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Vass Corporation, an obscure group tied to Cincy soul veteran Kenny Smith (see Shake It Records recent retrospective “One More Day”,) the groups only two known recordings, originally intended to be a single in their day – see their first release here some 35 yrs late. Collector and local music historian Chris Burgan teams up with Kay-Dee Records, for this first 45 in the new Iceburg series, an imprint focused on shadowy treasure from the Queen City. Chris pokes around in the dark with a flashlight, and Kenny Dope comes in like EMS, breathing life and back into these buried bodies, additionally giving them a good shock with his peerless remixillator.
“One More Day” is up-tempo funky soul – with a huge break leading into a fit group vocal call and response. The B-side, a ballad: “All The Love We Lost,” delivers sorrow over heavy drums. Kay-Dee Records is proud to present this belated but much deserving first issue…
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The Professor’s back! Look out for the new Kay-Dee release of Gary Davis’ “Remember Me,” mixed by Kenny Dope. If you can replace the bass player with your left hand then what are your keyboards’ limits? This record is one of Gary’s favorites and further illuminates the transitional period between Disco that clung to traditional song structure and the appearance of freer dance music with softer borders and hypnotic cinematic themes… a sound that would soon catch the ear of a young Kenny Dope. The Master was once the student – and where’d he get his foundation? Remember the Professor.
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