Ron Trent

Review: The original deep house master Ron Trent is back with one more soul soothing and utterly cathartic outing before this most turbulent of years draws to a close. This is the third release from his forthcoming Romantic Flight album and is a real house lament. He is in particularly spiritual mode here with 'Black Romantic' being a delicate house dance with sprinklings of percussion, acoustic guitar sounds and streaming synths all sinking you into a reverie while vocals drift up top. The instrumental removes that vocal and so ore focus is on the fantastic arrangement and instrumentation. Lush.

Review: Lavish soul feels from the one and only Trent right here. Having told us about the scientific art of storytelling many years ago, here he returns with his own beautiful yarn about the legend that is Johnny Hammond. Other tales include the sultry, dusky Balearic jam "The Tone" where fretless bass and fluttering brushed drums are the order of the day. Finally "The Place Inside" takes us right out to shore with soft vocal harmonies, light keys and a sense of sunset magic. Salinas crew this one's for you.

Review: There are few more iconic or influential deep house cuts than Ron Trent and Chez Damier's 1995 collaboration "Morning Factory". Reportedly inspired by the very particular vibe of early mornings at important early '90s NYC club Sound Factory, the track has remained a staple of late-night DJ sets for the last quarter of a century. Here the track gets the reissue treatment in the superior unabridged, nine-minute-plus "dubplate" mix form. For those that have not heard it, "Morning Factory" provides a near perfect fusion of spaced-out early morning chords, trippy electronic motifs, tactile synth-bass, swirling noises and softly shuffling, hypnotic beats. Basically, it's one of the best deep house tracks ever made and if you don't own a copy already, you should grab one of these ASAP!

Review: This is the first in what is said to be a new series of special Prescription reissues, remasters and retakes. It kicks off in bold fashion with label head Ron Trent's remixes of Indigo Tracks' "Rites & Rituals" which laid down an early blueprint for Afro house that has never really been bettered. It is alive with congas, hand drums and toms that bubble and boil over a deep, tribal groove. Two different remasters take the tracks in deeper, then more soulful and spiritual directions that are utterly hypnotic and enchanting. Looks like this could well become a vital series.

Review: According to the information given to us by the label, Attitude is "the first 12" from the forthcoming compilation series What The Fuck Do You Know About Deephouse". Regardless of whether this is actually the case, the three tracks showcased here are superb. Ron Trent is in exceptional form on A-side "Wet", a synth-heavy, head-in-the-clouds chunk of Detroit techno influenced deep house that's as evocative and emotion-rich as we've come to expect from the Prescription co-founder. On the B-side, The IT joins forces with Harry Dennis on the sublime, organic deep house beauty that is vocalist "Months of Mays", before Spaces & Places delivers the breathtakingly picturesque "New Rivers (Part 4)", which boasts a ragged, acid-influenced bassline and some wonderfully breezy piano solos.