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 rap-metal outfit

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

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

{{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1995 Record labels disestablished in 1998