{"id":17522,"date":"2022-08-01T00:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/?post_type=product&#038;p=17522"},"modified":"2023-11-05T05:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T05:09:59","slug":"ron-trent-presents-warm-what-do-the-stars-say-to-you-2lp-white","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/ron-trent-presents-warm-what-do-the-stars-say-to-you-2lp-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Trent Presents WARM &#8211; What Do The Stars Say To You &#8211; LP (White)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1990 <strong>Ronald Lee Trent Jr.<\/strong> was the teenage creator of Altered States \u2013 a raw, futuristic techno-not-techno anthem, which in retrospect was something of a stylistic anomaly for the young artist. Across subsequent years, with time spent in Chicago, New York and Detroit, came the development of his signature sound, and renown as a world class purveyor of deep, soul infused house\/garage. This story has already been told, and on casual inspection, the well-worn platitude \u2018house music legend\u2019 is an old shoe that still fits. However, in fact, he\u2019s actually so much more, and has been for quite a while. A genuine musician, songwriter, and \u2018producer\u2019 in the proper, old-school sense, the artist today has more in common with Quincy Jones than he does your average journeyman DJ track-hack.<\/p>\n<p>To those in the know, these broader skills haven\u2019t gone unnoticed, which is why on the highly collaborative, career-topping new LP \u2018What Do The Stars Say To You\u2019, it took little persuasion to recruit serious star power. Brazilian royalty Ivan Conti and Alex Malheriros from Azymuth, violin maestro Jean Luc Ponty, ambient hero Gigi Masin, hype band Khruangbin and more performed, whilst NY cornerstone Fran\u00e7ois K provided mastering duties. At various points Ron himself played drums, percussion, keys, synths<span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">, piano, guitar and electronics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">Aside from these esteemed guests, other key influences cited by Trent include \u2018Gigolos Get Lonely Too\u2019 by Prince, \u2018Beyond\u2019 by Herb Alpert, David Mancuso, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, The Cars, Trevor Horn, Alan Parsons Project and pre-Kraftwerk incarnation Organization. A multitude of others are audible too, including George Bension, Vangelis, Loose Ends, Maze, Flora Purim, Weather Report, Atmosphere, Grace Jones, James Mason and Brass Construction <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Night Time Stories<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Night Time Stories<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In 1990 <strong>Ronald Lee Trent Jr.<\/strong> was the teenage creator of Altered States \u2013 a raw, futuristic techno-not-techno anthem, which in retrospect was something of a stylistic anomaly for the young artist. Across subsequent years, with time spent in Chicago, New York and Detroit, came the development of his signature sound, and renown as a world class purveyor of deep, soul infused house\/garage.<\/p>\n<p>To those in the know, these broader skills haven\u2019t gone unnoticed, which is why on the highly collaborative, career-topping new LP \u2018What Do The Stars Say To You\u2019, it took little persuasion to recruit serious star power. Brazilian royalty Ivan Conti and Alex Malheriros from Azymuth, violin maestro Jean Luc Ponty, ambient hero Gigi Masin, hype band Khruangbin and more performed, whilst NY cornerstone Fran\u00e7ois K provided mastering duties. At various points Ron himself played drums, percussion, keys, synths<span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">, piano, guitar and electronics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bcTruncateMore\">Aside from these esteemed guests, other key influences cited by Trent include \u2018Gigolos Get Lonely Too\u2019 by Prince, \u2018Beyond\u2019 by Herb Alpert, David Mancuso, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, The Cars, Trevor Horn, Alan Parsons Project and pre-Kraftwerk incarnation Organization. A multitude of others are audible too, including George Bension, Vangelis, Loose Ends, Maze, Flora Purim, Weather Report, Atmosphere, Grace Jones, James Mason and Brass Construction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lcxOLiXSSQ8AX7Xj2BbuR_QdCJ2apv-VE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u25ba CLICK HERE TO LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[],"product_tag":[2570,1838],"class_list":{"0":"post-17522","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_tag-night-time-stories","7":"product_tag-ron-trent","8":"product_shipping_class-lp","9":"pa_artist-ron-trent","10":"pa_genre-deep-house","11":"pa_genre-electronics","12":"pa_genre-house","13":"pa_genre-jazz","14":"pa_label-night-time-stories","16":"first","17":"outofstock","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/17522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=17522"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=17522"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=17522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}