Strictly Rhythm is an American

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History

The label was founded on May 1, 1989, by Gladys Pizarro and Mark Finkelstein, who were both working as A&R in a label called Spring Records. Working with

artists from the beginning, during the 1990s the label had a string of hit releases by

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Masters at Work Masters at Work is the American garage house production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. The duo has produced music together under the names MAW, KenLou, Sole Fusion, Hardrive, and Nuyorican Soul. They have bee ...

, Josh Wink, Armand Van Helden and Kenny Dope, amongst others. In 1994 '

I Like To Move It "I Like to Move It" is a song by American solo project Reel 2 Real ( Erick Morillo), featuring ragga vocals by Trinidad and Tobago rapper The Mad Stuntman (Mark Quashie). Released by Strictly Rhythm in October 1993 as the second single from t ...

' by duo Reel 2 Reel became the first of many worldwide hits for the label. By the end of the decade Strictly Rhythm's influence and notoriety began to fade, finally folding in 2002. Strictly Rhythm relaunched in 2007 after a five-year break, following a venture with

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. The label made a number of its recordings available for digital download and signed new productions from Quentin Harris,

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Dennis Ferrer Dennis Ferrer (born December 26 1970) is a New York–based DJ, producer and remixer. He currently resides in Union City, New Jersey. A veteran of soulful house music production, he has worked with the likes of Masters at Work (MAW), Little Loui ...

, Dirty South and

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. Three years later, in November 2010, the label opened a London office. Strictly Rhythm has offices in New York and London. In January 2013,

BMG Rights Management BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. BMG was formed in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its st ...

agreed to acquire the historic Strictly Rhythm recordings catalogue and publishing rights for an undisclosed amount. In October 2015, BMG purchased the Strictly Rhythm publishing catalogue outright.

Notable artists

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 1989 House music record labels