Description
Arriving almost 35 years since he wowed the world with his game-changing debut, the Afterlife EP, Lift Off was inspired by Trents desire to let the imagination speak for itself while exploring the diverse influences that have shaped his unique musical perspective. A departure from his previous album, 2022s downtempo masterpiece as Warm, What Do The Stars Say To You, the 10-track set features a mixture of epic instrumentals, inspired collaborations and vocal cuts whose music was written with certain singers in mind.
While it features music that ripples with the experienced producers familiar aural trademarks rich rhythms, warm chords, impeccable instrumentation, inspired arrangements, and lashings of heady hand percussion it also consciously explores a variety of sounds and tempos, in the process blurring the lines between dance musics past, present and future. Its a vision, in his words, of what dance music can become.
For proof, check the five impeccable cuts on part one. Theres the tactile, Wally Badarou-inspired wonder Hot Ice, the mind-soothing chords, lilting synth-strings and samba-soaked percussion of Woman of Color, the warming deep house jazziness of Jazz Funk and the restless, far-sighted brilliance of Sexstrology, where relaxed electric piano solos dance atop an infectious, locked-in dancefloor groove.
Best of all though is Leroy Burgess collaboration Let Me See You Shining an inspired musical meeting of minds that cannily fuses Trents signature deep house sound with the soulful, vocal-driven brilliance of the New Yorkers iconic boogie-era work. Even by the two artists dizzyingly high standards, its a very special song.
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