Description
シカゴ・ハウスの巨匠Ron Trentが、アンビエントやダブの原体験を投影した新プロジェクトLA MARR名義で深遠な音響空間を探求するヴァイナル
シカゴ・ハウスの重鎮として名作を送り出し、長年にわたり音響設計と空間表現を追求してきたプロデューサーRon Trent。彼が1980年代初頭から影響を受けてきたアンビエント、ニューエイジ、ダブ、クラウトロックといった音楽的ルーツを現代のプロダクションで構築したプロジェクト、LA MARRによる作品『Mood Programs – Extended Play』。
アナログの温かみと精密な空間設計を融合させ、没入感あふれる音響世界を展開。「Good Magic」と「Clear」の2曲において、催眠的なシンセ・アルペジオと浮遊感漂うパッド、オーガニックなパーカッション、重厚なローエンドが交錯し、瞑想的でありながら身体に響くサウンドを構築した1枚。
A1. Good Magic
B1. Clear
Music From Memory presents 'Mood Programs – Extended Play', a two-track release by LA MARR, a new project conceived by Ron Trent. Representing the first in an ongoing series of releases on Music From Memory, ‘Mood Programs - Extended Play’ opens a new chapter within Trent’s deep and continually evolving body of work, rooted in mood-driven composition, spatial depth and the emotional resonance of sound within physical space.
Influenced by ambient and environmental music, New Age, dub traditions, New Wave, Krautrock and HiFi sound system culture, LA MARR reflects many of the formative ideas that informed Trent’s evolving approach to sound and sonic architecture from the early 1980s onward. Rather than revisiting these influences nostalgically, the project recontextualises them through a contemporary production language, balancing analog warmth with precision and spatial depth.
Developed through years of sonic experimentation and research into the physical and psychological qualities of sound, LA MARR extends Ron Trent’s long-standing interest in the relationship between rhythm, acoustics and human connection. Built through a combination of analog processes and contemporary computer-assisted production, the project explores warmth, resonance, depth and sonic clarity through carefully sculpted environments of tone and texture.
Gently unfolding within a spacious, ambient-leaning framework, 'Mood Programs – Extended Play' moves beyond passive background listening toward something more intentional and immersive. Across both tracks, ‘Good Magic’ and ‘Clear’, layers of hypnotic synthesizer arpeggios and gently floating pads gradually unfold alongside organic percussion and subtle low-end movement, creating compositions that feel simultaneously meditative, physical and emotionally responsive. Sound is treated not simply as musical information, but as an environmental force capable of shaping perception, mood and awareness within a room.
'Mood Programs – Extended Play' will be released digitally and on vinyl through Music From Memory on July 15th. Sleeve art and design by Michael Willis.
