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Harking back to the 70s and 80s boom in adventurous, luxurious albums, WDTSSTY is a love letter to the longplayer, where rich musicality and a liquid smooth, silky flow make seemingly odd genre bedfellows acquiesce harmoniously.__
Originally wanting to be an architect, Trent__s views his approach to collaboration and music in general as having the same principles. A firm believer in the nourishing qualities of sound, he sees direct parallels between the two disciplines, being as the purpose of good architecture is to improve quality of life. ___With WARM, through sound design, I built frameworks for the musicians, who furnished and occupied these structures beautifully, which was a big compliment for me_, he comments.
The conditions required for a good collab are more than simply structural though, as Trent expounds, ___I__m a huge fan of everyone on the record, especially Jean Luc and Azymuth, who__re part of my DNA. Each track was made with that guest in mind ___ for example, when I started writing ___Sphere__, I immediately thought ___this IS Ponty__. I played the keys in his style, and did a guide violin solo using a synth, which he then re-did, amazingly. ___Cool Water__ is based around Azymuth themes, so when I sent it to Ivan, he could immediately see himself in the piece; He got what I was going for straight away. For ___Melt Into You__ I hit up Alex on Instagram, sent him the track, he liked it, and within 24 hours he__d sent back six different bass passes!_
___Conversely, Admira began with a sketch sent by Gigi and became something combining Jon Hassell-esque chords and the feel of ___Aquamarine__ by Carlos Santana, which links back to Masin__s recurrent nautical theme_, he adds.
With community, history and the need for racial equality never far from Ron__s mind, ___Flos Potentia__ translates from Spanish as flower power, but rather than promoting some hippy idyll, instead it refers to plants which drove the slave trade: tobacco, sugar and cotton. Joined by Khruangbin, together they propel Dinosaur L, Hi-Tension and afrobeat into an ethereal, clear-skyed stratosphere.
Aside from these esteemed guests, other key influences cited by Trent include ___Gigolos Get Lonely Too__ by Prince, ___Beyond__ 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
Credit: Ron Trent Bandcamp
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