Robert Owens is absolutely one of the voices of his generation. He has lent his tender tones to more classic tracks than you could possibly mention and he continues to do so nowadays with a wholeness generation of producer who want a touch go his authenticity. He has recently achieved another career milestone with a superbly poignant new single that comes with sublime remixes. DJ Spinna's re-flip adds his usual sense of soul and Adeen Records label head Camille then brings some South African Amapiano vibes. Nico Lahs takes it on with a heavy house groove and Scott Hess brings some classic acid jack to his version. More

VICK LAVENDER'S REMIX of ROBERT OWENS highly buzzed about "TONIGHT" finally sees the light of day. Those in the know have been looking to possess this mysterious groove for quite a while so here's your chance to grab it along 2 more bonus jams for your groovin' pleasure! Heavy weight colored vinyl! More

More quality from the Trax vaults. Robert Owens classic from 1986 - produced by Larry Heard/Mr. Fingers. Re mastered versions from the Traxbox compilation.
Audio restoration by Arjan Rietvink's Digital Mastering. Released in conjunction with Trax / Harmless.

TRACK LISTING
A. Bring Down The Walls
B1. Bring Down The Walls (Dub)
B2. Bring Down The Walls (Instrumental)
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NDATL continues with it’s latest release ABACUS pres IDrum “Bang This Djembe” Austin Bascom is no stranger to this scene having released gems on classic labels Prescription & Guidance returns to the musical forefront with this 15min + remix of percussion/conceptualist Davidson aka IDrum.
From the start, the drums automatically pull you in and then comes the hard stabbing synths that will captivate the listener and dancer, add a trumpet & some acid lines, Voila! You have the next club banger! Then turn it over and “Welcome To The Party” is classic analog tracking Abacus at his best, with smooth chords and driving drums will be sure to please the deep heads worldwide. Also a bonus drum dub is included for our layering DJ’s to drive dancefloors into a frenzy! More

Needwant is proud to present a truly unique package of ‘Interpretations’ featuring the Chicago legend Robert Owen’s brand new ‘One Body’ vocal as individually sound tracked by four of house music’s most exciting producers and Needwant friends and family, Kaine, Mario Basanov, Nicholas and No Regular Play. Robert Owens is widely regarded as a bona-fide originator from the 80’s golden era of Chicago house. Revered for his creations with Larry Heard as Fingers Inc. and responsible for club classics including ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘I’ll Be Your Friend’ (recently remastered and remixed for 1Trax), these days Owens continues to explore new terrain with diverse output and collaborations with the likes of Photek and Coldcut. It is Owens’ velvet, deep, soulful voice that has been a constant thread throughout the history of dance music. Nicholas is the humble Italian disco producer who was last seen on Needwant dropping a stunning remix for Mario Basanov’s ‘Up’ release. His ‘One Body Interpretation’ is a classic house workout with crisp kicks and pulsing synths and bass and the result is a track that could easily be mistaken for an old school 90’s house record. No Regular Play are the unstoppable musical minds of Greg Paulus and Nick De Bryn from the Wolf + Lamb camp and their ‘Interpretation’ moves the body on a deeper level with chugging slo-mo house grooves, syncopated beats and a mid-point transition that melts with deep chords and muted jazz. Young Lithuanian, Mario Basanov lends his dextrous touch to ‘One Body’ with languid house grooves, clipped beats and evolving patterns of warm keys and harmonies. Kaine is already well known to Needwant fans for his monster hit ‘Love Saves The Day feat. Kathy Diamond’ (due a re-release on Defected this year.) With his ‘Interpretation’ he brings the bass, with rolling percs, club worthy piano stabs and dreamy chords. A flawless union between a veteran and a new generation of artists, ‘One Body’ is a true reflection of the Needwant label’s love for classic sounds and dedication to raising the stars of the future. With such a high calibre of artists in its stable, the label has fast become a beacon of originality and class. More

Back in 1991, Robert Owens was the name on everyone's lips. From New York clubs and warehouse mash-ups to London underground parties and acid raves; everyone looked up to Robert as the man responsible for one of the most seminal House records of all time. Now thanks to 1trax the release has been exhumed, re-mastered, and is available for the first time on the very year of its 20th Anniversary. Going head-to-head with one of the most prolific House producers of all time, the limited vinyl package will see remixes from producer prodigies of the now - Jamie Jones, Soul Clap, Gadi Mizrahi (one-half of wolf + lamb), Matt Tolfrey & Inxec. I'll Be Your Friend features the sultry vocals of Robert Owens, wildly regarded as the voice of house music. The track promptly caught the attention of every key DJ/Producer of our time and has remained one of House Music's most influential pieces compositions. Integral to the developing house scene in the mid-Eighties, Robert gained notoriety by singing on a number of underground club tracks. Famed for breathing life and soul into house music, Robert has added his own distinct dimension to a number of tracks of late including 'Silence' on 1trax and 'Greater Love' on MN2S.
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The 3rd part of the Humans Drums & Machines - Trilogy by House Master Ron Trent! The last part of the series seems to be the strongest. Ron's unique sound spectrum in full beauty is shown here on "Dimentions & Beyond".
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The tone always makes the music. But only those who actually make the sound? An ancient-house-avantgarde dream has always been there since the legendary -Warehouse- days of Ron Hardy, to bring more sounds and tones constantly to an independent, repetitive development. And thus beyond the limits of an executive creative artist on the otherwise purely commercial sense what we call in common -beyond imagination-.

-Raw Footage-, the latest album concoction of Chicago house legend Ron Trent (Prescription) on his new imprint -Electric Blue- works in the best sense of Stanislav Lem heroes Trurl & Klapauciusals, cruising like those two metal brains frantically invented by the universe of 4/4-Sounds to get insane tracks out of the new material matter located there, and put them together to brand new ones. This trackwerk varies as well as of course between classical Chi-Town to the context of contemporary, epic house dubs and lives in a perfidious manner from the interaction of various computer modules that constantly spits out new and exciting interactions. In the end, the software sings only as digital output of great analog sounds, which may well be understood as a mocking voice to the majority of contemporary Homeboy wackiness formats.-Unpredictable- and less -cryptic- might fit here as a keyword excellent, where you kick out of the rough house plant a significant entertainment value must, without the need to posess necessarily the same nerves of steel. Anyone who has ever really wondered what House sound could be appropriate for a journey through the vastness of the universe is, gets there now at this point completely to his fullest expense. Trent 2012 and its tracks on this album reflect a lot about the revolutionary founder of -Spirit of music- from the mid-80s, who is recorded then as now but with inadequate slogans such as -light years ahead of its time-. For as Trents body of work -Raw Footage- is also particularly scary genius material, although still of totally solid stress field and background from the musical spectrum between the Windy City and the Motor City engine bridled her.-But heres to the Future- – For Sir Trent more than twenty years after -Altered States- and the relevant follow-ups, thats not really a problem!
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The tone always makes the music. But only those who actually make the sound? An ancient-house-avantgarde dream has always been there since the legendary "Warehouse" days of Ron Hardy, to bring more sounds and tones constantly to an independent, repetitive development. And thus beyond the limits of an executive creative artist on the otherwise purely commercial sense what we call in common „beyond imagination“.

"Raw Footage", the latest album concoction of Chicago house legend Ron Trent (Prescription) on his new imprint "Electric Blue" works in the best sense of Stanislav Lem heroes Trurl & Klapauciusals, cruising like those two metal brains frantically invented by the universe of 4/4-Sounds to get insane tracks out of the new material matter located there, and put them together to brand new ones. This trackwerk varies as well as of course between classical Chi-Town to the context of contemporary, epic house dubs and lives in a perfidious manner from the interaction of various computer modules that constantly spits out new and exciting interactions. In the end, the software sings only as digital output of great analog sounds, which may well be understood as a mocking voice to the majority of contemporary Homeboy wackiness formats."Unpredictable" and less "cryptic" might fit here as a keyword excellent, where you kick out of the rough house plant a significant entertainment value must, without the need to posess necessarily the same nerves of steel. Anyone who has ever really wondered what House sound could be appropriate for a journey through the vastness of the universe is, gets there now at this point completely to his fullest expense. Trent 2012 and its tracks on this album reflect a lot about the revolutionary founder of „Spirit of music“ from the mid-80s, who is recorded then as now but with inadequate slogans such as "light years ahead of its time". For as Trents body of work "Raw Footage" is also particularly scary genius material, although still of totally solid stress field and background from the musical spectrum between the Windy City and the Motor City engine bridled her."But heres to the Future" – For Sir Trent more than twenty years after "Altered States" and the relevant follow-ups, thats not really a problem! More

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Ron Trent presents Humans Drums & Machines. Ron shows again his unique talent of creating timeless music. This release is dedicated to the Humans. Two more records about Drums & Machines will follow.


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Electric Blue presents another outstanding and timeless release by Ron Trent aka RT Factor!
E.B.S. 1 is a 15 minutes musical journey by the Chicago Master. Available on black vinyl and on a limited blue vinyl edition!
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Electric Blue presents another outstanding and timeless release by Ron Trent aka RT Factor!
E.B.S. 1 is a 15 minutes musical journey by the Chicago Master. Available on black vinyl and on a limited blue vinyl edition!
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Another timeless masterpiece from Chicago legend Ron Trent! More

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THE SECOND PRE-SAMPLER FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM BY RON TRENT CALLED "HUMANS, DRUMS & MACHINES". LIMITED RELEASE ON WHITE VINYL!
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Ron Trent is back with new music! After his outstanding Album "Raw Footage", we are happy to prestent you this limited pre-release on blue vinyl. New album "Drums & Machines" will follow - stay tuned!

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"Kids At Play" is convincing for "Altered States" again as another lesson in an extremely elegant design of exciting electronic aspects from life "on the cutting edge behalf House and Techno." Like with his legendary warehouse classic from 1990 Trent moves again at this point in 2011 off a harmonically dominated terrain on Prescription sound philosophy, to which many of his die-hard fans may focus him otherwise only. Anyone who has seen Trent since its KMS interlude with Chez Damier and his collaboration with Berlin's Maurizio duo [Mark Ernestus & Moritz von Oswald] as a real producer and not only as incarnate 4-Four-house machinery recognizes and loves the other side of his genius and his techno-affinity immediately. This is oriented so on the rawness of the early Chicago House with the initial spark of Farley Jackmaster Funk or Adonis, as well as the fusion potential of Herbie Hancock and performs as an educational base for the forthcoming album "Raw Footage" to an expression of open creative style that extends beyond the normal limits of the genre far beyond otherwise binding. "Kids At Play" touches in a whole both morning wee-wee-hours as well as ecstatic, night club moments, before Trent defines the trackwerk as unusual blueprint for new stringent forms of the House, where this vinyl will also demand his most impressive moment experiences. In Trent's body of work, the track comes ahead of many recordings in recent years on the highest level, mainly because it the dimension of predictability with that of unpredictability in the sense of "more energy and power" exchanges and at the end of an exhibit defines what probably most of today's house conaisseures with an open mind demand as their own. We therefore recommend simply seat reservation on the dancefloor!

„Kids At Play“ überzeugt dabei nach „Altered States“ erneut als weitere Lehrstunde eines extrem eleganten Entwurfs zu aufregenden elektronischen Lebensaspekten “on the cutting edge behalf House and Techno“. Wie bei seinem legendären Warehouse Klassiker aus 1990 bewegt sich Trent dabei erneut an dieser Stelle in 2011 (12 ?) abseits eines harmonisch geprägten Terrains an Prescription-Soundphilosophie, auf das ihn viele eingefleischte Fans sonst nur allzu gern allein fokussieren mögen.

Wer Trent seit seinem KMS-Intermezzo zusammen mit Chez Damier sowie seiner Zusammenarbeit mit Berlins Maurizio-Duo [Mark Ernestus & Moritz von Oswald] als realen Produzenten und nicht nur als fleischgewordene 4-Four-House-Maschinerie erlebt hat, erkennt und liebt die andere Seite seiner Techno affinen Genialität ebenso sofort. Diese orientiert sich so an der Rohheit des frühen Chicago House mit dem initialen Funk eines Farley Jackmaster Funk oder Adonis sowie dem Fusions-Potential eines Herbie Hancock und führt als Erziehungsgrundlage für das in Kürze erscheinende Album „Raw Footage“ zu einer Expression des Stil offenen Schaffens, die über die normalen Grenzen des sonst verbindlichen Genres weit hinaus reicht. „Kids At Play“ berührt dabei in einem Ganzen sowohl morgendliche wee-wee-hours wie auch ekstatische, nächtliche Club-Momente, wie auch bisher an Trent weitestgehende ungewohnte Blaupausen für neue stringente Formen des House, durch den dieses Vinyl dann auch seine beeindruckendsten Momente erfährt.

In Trents Gesamtwerk dürfte der Track damit weit vor vielen Einspielungen der letzten Jahre auf allerhöchstem Niveau rangieren, vor allem weil er die Dimension der Kalkulierbarkeit mit derjenigen der Unberechenbarkeit im Sinne von „more energy and power“ austauscht und am Ende ein Exponat definiert, dass wahrscheinlich die meisten House-Conaisseure mit offenem Geist ihr Eigentum nennen wollen. Wir empfehlen daher schlicht Platzreservierung auf dem Dancefloor!
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