DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

Good Looking Records

GLR048 / GLR049

Cascade / J Laze / Makoto – Mysteries / Trapezoid /

2001

Our next shift along the shelf brings us to our next double 12” on the legendary Good Looking Records label. Three more artists and four more tunes, over the next couple of days. 

    Cascade are Chris Kowalski and Julian ‘Casper’ Carrow. This tune takes the spiritual winds and stretches them out for one of the most delightful tunes. ‘Mysteries’ wraps the deeper sounds in a skin of futuristic visions, pouring out a rapid and crisp production throughout. We have the hook of those machine like beats and a breakdown to gasp a breather, taking its time to nurture and tenderize the emotions before returning to the hub of the music. If you are a fan of Future Engineers at the peak of their powers, you’ll really gel with this tune. Reel out the vibes and glide across the expanses of your mind. Don’t forget that later we’ll have the ASC remix of ‘Mysteries’ coming up on Good Looking. 

    On Side AA of the first 12” we have the mind bending talents of J Laze returning with a sedated cruise along the still waters of time. ‘Trapezoid’ build its story via the heightened awareness of Rob Blazye, who delivers a huge killer of a tune here. Intricate percussion plants itself into the quagmire of bass, that holds such a tenderness and groove lined inner lining, you’ll not want it to cease. This track sums up the perfect assortment of quadrilateral necessities. J Laze rattled off magic moments at ten a dozen on GLR. I wish he’d done an EP in that series too. A very unique and gifted artist, doing what he does best, with a passion. 

  The artwork here has a caterpillar track look so I wonder what the contraption is here? The striking yellow and black really pops out at you too. Gareth Jones, over to you my friend. 

“So another cover with a ‘trade secret reveal’. As far as I remember, in the lead-up to the final artwork, there was a building site near the GLR office in Watford at the time. I snuck in to take some shots of the various machinery, with this one standing out. I think ‘Trapezoid’ was the inspiration for the theme, like it was some dystopian machine. The flash of Pantone 109 helped bring it into the visual world of GLR.”

    Have a wonderful weekend. We get a bank holiday, (although it’s not called that here, it’ll always be to me) it will be spent with the music filling as much time between sleep, family and no doubt a good old chore list, as possible with the tunes. Early morning selections..here we come! 

  Have a good one and check the blog if you fancy reeling back the label so far.