Conscience Records was a record company in

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that existed between 1995 and 1998.

History

Founded in 1995, Conscience Records signed East Coast band

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, putting out their debut album ''The Blood Splat Rating System''. Other artists included El Dopa,

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/ref> Powerman 5000 was signed to DreamWorks in 1996, where they re-released the ''Bloodsplat'' album as ''Mega! Kung Fu Radio'', remastered and with two new songs added and new artwork (including the Conscience logo). El Dopa recorded, but never released a follow-up album to their debut called ''United In States Of Narcolepsy''. Krishna Venkatesh, singer and founder of El Dopa, currently lives in

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. Mocean Worker made one album for Conscience (''Home Movies from the Brain Forest''), subsequently leaving for

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, Chris Blackwell's latest foray into the music industry after founding

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. Conscience was distributed by the now defunct label Never/Proper Records Group. Principals in the company were Enno Vandermeer and Jen Kriesel. Eric Bohnenstiel, label manager, later went on to appear on VH-1's "Top Moments In Metal". The company folded in 1998.

References

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