D.W.G. Projects & Discography
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One of the things we wanted to do with DWG was to create special projects and products.
The brief has been kept pretty simple: release things that we'd want to buy ourselves.
So, that's what we've been doing!Over the past few years, we've curated a number of projects and we're steadily gaining momentum with each future release. The artists get paid properly from each release and any profits go back towards the next project: see our About DWG section for more information on this. Huge thanks goes out to everyone who's supported so far.
To purchase any of our projects we have in stock, please check the Store link above.
For updates on all new releases, please sign up to our mailing list on the home page and we'll keep you posted.
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- Cat. No: DWG011 & DWG012
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'THE COMPLEX ENGINEER E.P.' - DATE OF RELEASE:
2011 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Who is Emskee... The Complex Engineer?
Well, if you don't have the present pleasure of knowing him personally, or through his amazing, classic New York City style DJ mixes (http://djemskee.podomatic.com), or the hip hop/soul duo called The Good People he's affiliated with these days (www.thegoodpeople.bandcamp.com), you'll have to start with these lost artifacts of his that we have been blessed to release.
This dual-release features DWG011, 'The Complex Engineer E.P.' – and DWG012, 'The Radio Promos E.P.', which is a limited bonus record you can pick up at the same time IF you're quick!
>Listen to snippets of BOTH releases on our SoundCloud page:
DWG011: http://soundcloud.com/the_dwg_crew/dwg011
DWG012: http://soundcloud.com/the_dwg_crew/dwg012 - OTHER DETAILS:
Details
- Records will ship in mid November.
- DWG011 features 6 full tracks and comes with an informative 'one sheet'.
- DWG012 contains 8 radio promos, this record will only be available exclusively through DWG as part of this bundle deal.
- all tracks are previously unreleased and were sourced from Emskee's personal archive of DATs, tapes and CD's.
- the material was recorded between 1992-95.
Pick up your copies here: http://emskee.bigcartel.com - « CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A SNIPPET OF THE TRACKS
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- Cat. No: DWG010
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'THE COARSE SELECTORS EP' - DATE OF RELEASE:
2011 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Diggers With Gratitude (in conjunction with Conscious Music and Suspect Packages) are extremely proud to present Fresh Ski & Mo Rock’s previously-unreleased 'The Coarse Selectors EP'. All tracks on the record were recorded in 1988–89. On this exclusive vinyl EP, there are 4 vocal cuts and 5 instrumentals: 'Incredible' and 'Mind Positive' are the alternative/original versions and are previously unheard.
This North London duo previously released 'Talking Pays'/'Pick Up On This' 12” in 1989 on the Tuff Groove label. Two years later they followed this up with 'The Long Awaited Paroxysm E.P.' on their own Conscious Music imprint – both of these releases are highly sought after.
Fresh Ski was heavily involved in the '80s hip-hop scene and is still respected as one of the best MCs of the era, whilst producer Mo Rock is acknowledged as one of the original crate diggers, insisting that all samples used must be original – no overused breaks here! - OTHER DETAILS:
12” vinyl E.P./33.3 rpm/sticker sleeve/press photo/informational one-sheet. LIMITED TO 350 COPIES. NOT TO BE REPRESSED.
PRICE
12" EP £14.00 GBP
POSTAGE RATES (to be added as required)
1st Class or Airmail – registered not included
UK – 1 COPY = £2.50 (+£0.50 for each extra)
EU – 1 COPY = £3.50 (+£1.00 for each extra)
USA/JPN – 1 COPY = £5.50 (+£2.50 for each extra)
All Paypal payments or questions should be sent to Dave at freshski@diggerswithgratitude.com - « CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A SNIPPET OF THE TRACKS
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- Cat. No: DWG009
- PROJECT TITLE:
'BLACK RAGE EP' - DATE OF RELEASE:
2010 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
With a recording career spanning 25 years, Queensbridge rapper Tragedy is one of the undisputed hip hop pioneers, from his earliest work as part of the Superkids, Juice Crew collaborations and his ten solo albums released between 1990 – 2007.
In late 2009, our pal Canns (of Iller Regime) got in contact with us regarding a 3 track chrome cassette entitled ‘Selections from Black Rage’ he had acquired, at which point we started making contact with Trag’s camp. We eventually hooked up with Trag’s right hand man - DJ Phantom and set up an agreement to put out a project in conjunction with Trag’s 25 To Life Aura imprint.
The dark production on the original version on ‘Death Row’ featured on DWG009 captures the depressing scenario of being locked up – “I guess I never had friends, my lawyer took my ends and the bitch got the Benz”. ‘At Large’ is another track which is superior in its original mix with pounding organs and a lashing of ESG’s ‘UFO’ setting the frantic pace of the track – “knife inserterer, fear instiller, I’m better known as a political killer”. ‘Pump The Funk’ (originally named ‘Shit For Your System’) has a totally different stripped-back arrangement for the jeeps. Flip the wax over for the versions you will already know... Can you spot the differences? - OTHER DETAILS:
12” vinyl E.P./33.3 rpm/sticker sleeve/informational one-sheet. LIMITED TO 250 HAND-NUMBERED COPIES. NOT TO BE REPRESSED. Sold Out! - « CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A SNIPPET OF THE TRACKS
D.W.G Stockists:
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We occasionally make our projects and releases available to a small number of stockists around the world and online. Here are some of the places that you might be able to find DWG projects apart from on our site. Thanks to all of our stockists and distributors.
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.discogs.co.uk
http://www.ebay.co.uk
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