Prescription : Word, Sound & Power (Boxset)

2022 Repress

The legendary Prescription Records defined the 1990s deep house sound. Now captured in this monumental 6LP anthology boxset! Holds numerous classics that have been out of press for years + previously unreleased tracks.*Includes Download Code*

'Prescription: Word, Sound and Power' presents the groundbreaking Chicago based house label's anthology, holding milestone songs + four previously unreleased tracks.

Prescription Records defined the 1990s deep house sound. Chez Damier and Ron Trent started the label in 1993, released some two-dozen singles in a four-year span, many of which attained legendary status on the underground scene. "Chez Damier and I started the label, because we had the idea to take a certain level of fidelity and bring that fidelity to what people call tracks. Tracks being drum orientated Chicago rhythm tracks with a minimalistic melody. We were playing with that idea, expounding a point of that minimalistic aspect and making it more complex", Trent explains.

Ron Trent was born in Massachusetts but raised in Chicago, listening to jazz and learning percussion. He began DJing in 1982, playing at area high schools. His first EP, containing the epic instrumental 'Altered States', was released on Armando Gallop's Warehouse Records in 1990. Chez Damier (Anthony Pearson) grew up in Chicago, where he danced at the Warehouse as a youth. He left for Detroit in the 1980s, helping to open the Music Institute and working A&R for Kevin Saunderson's label, KMS. Damier and Trent met while Damier was visiting Chicago and immediately hit it off.

Today, Prescription is cited by countless producers as a major influence. "It's a very dub experimental label... sound bites, samples, rhythms, and a lot of ethereal stuff, too," Trent expounds "not to mention. Prescription's embrace of heavy sub-bass". Concludes Trent, "It was ahead of its time, definitely."

Full Tracklist :

A1 C. Damier & R. Trent*– Morning Factory (Dubplate) 10:41
A2 Ron Trent– Prescription 10:45
B1 Ron & Chez D– Don't Try It 5:58
B2 Ron Trent– Seduction 13:21
C1 Ron Trent– Pop, Dip And Spin 9:16
C2 Ron Trent– Energy 6:53
D1 Chez Damier & Ron Trent– Sometimes I Feel Like (Mid 80's Feel Mix) 5:44
D2 Angora– Enchantment (Original Demo Mix) 9:09
E1 Ron Trent– I Feel The Rhythm (Pres-001 CD Version) 6:18
E2 Ron Trent & Anthony Nicholson– Soul Samba Express 11:01
F1 USG* Featuring Monica Elam– Life 4 Living (Vocal Life Mix) 9:00
F2 Ron Trent– Space Ridims 5:49
G1 Chez Damier & Ron Trent– Foot Therapy 6:55
G2 Konfusion Kidzz– On My Mind 12:00
H1 Ron Trent– Morning Fever 8:11
H2 Ani– Love Is The Message (For Those Who Didn't Hear It) 5:31
I1 World, Sky & Universes– The Answer (Brooklyn World Mix) 7:23
I2 Ron Trent Feat. Harry Dennis– Black Magic Woman 8:00
J1 Noni– Be My (Friend) 3:45
J2 Warp Dub Sound System– Night Places Darkness Upon The Earth 15:31
K1 Chez-N Trent– The Choice 5:41
K2 Ron Trent– History 10:42
L1 Ron Trent & Chez Damier– The Meaning 8:55
L2 Ron Trent– Piano Track