NONI/D'PAC "BE MY FRIEND" (RON TRENT).....MUST HAVE!!!!

Absolutely timeless Deep House classic!!!! A high-quality reissue of one of Ron Trent & Chez Damier’s inestimable masterpieces, Noni & D’Pac’s split release “Be My Friend/I Wouldn’t” was an indisputable landmark when it was originally released in late 1993, three years after Trent’s time-defying solo work spawned the Techno/Chicago House classic “Altered States”--- “Be My Friend” similar to the latter in it’s totally unparalleled & uncharted brilliance, a child of two truly original minds operating several dimensions ahead of anything even remotely charted of the time. Of course, the prestigious “PRES101” simultaneously marked the beginning of Prescription Records, whose legacy would drive forward in tandem with Trent & Damier’s future & plentiful innovations throughout the 1990’s, embodying the essential & always vigilante vanguard of deep musical exploration & artistic rigor in soulful experimental dance music. “Be My Friend” erupts with the youthful catharsis of newfound discovery & unexplored ground, and it’s relentless & subtlety refined production must have hinted at a new approach away from the completely anti-musical stringencies of Chicago & Detroit minimalism in favor of the trans-situational, organic, lush & sprawling musicality of Ron Trent & Chez Damier’s still aggressive but definitely well-rounded sound.To say this release is “suggested” would be a terrible understatement; to point out that “Be My Friend” stands the test of the time would be superfluous indeed; suffice it to say that, irrelevant of it’s historical worth---duly noted above---and beyond it’s situational status or it’s potential employment in the ranks of currently produced electronic music, the only task left for “Be My Friend” is to rip it from it’s historical anchor, re-contextualized it to fit our needs in the present, & liberate it’s objectively timeless status as one of the most impressive works in the chronicles of dance music---yes, it’s that good.

This track is a must have.