DJ Alex Corton – Good Looking Records

Good Looking Records

Laroque / Vice Versa – Someone Like You / Still Doin’ It

2003

For the review today we have the stickered white label 12” release. The art will be returning on a couple more before 2004, and think there’s a different artist credit on them? Let’s worry about that when we get there.

  Today, we also have two new artists linking up with Bukem’s, Good Looking Records, all be it short, but sweet.

   Laroque was Tim Carroll who sadly passed away a couple of years back, in July of 2023. He had a couple of releases on GLR/LGR and went onto have tracks out on Fokuz and I believe his own project, Walnut Recordings. This was his first release and it gave Tim a great bounce into the fray. Not only that, it also grabbed the attention of many listeners. ‘Someone Like You’ drops a pretty rapid tempo with its snare based break and then that fresh, organ riff which moves you into a state of harmonious solitude. The sound was moving into those gardens of Liquid, ploughing the turf for a barrage of music with so many bones from music like this. The beats just flow, the jive swings rampantly and we hit a vibe that was a catalyst to so much more to come. Tim had a real talent. A sorely missed producer. RIP up there and know that your music is still cherished, greatly. 

    For the second new artists to Good Looking on this release, Raj & Roh Deshpande joined Bukem’s label with a short flurry of tunes, beginning with ‘Still Doin’ It’. The Australian duo were to go on with releases on GLR until 2004 but did continue productions as Vice Versa until around 2016. As tunes go, this has something lying within it that grows inside you the more you hear it. I’m not going to lie, but I wasn’t all that impressed with it on my initial listens, as I thought the bass was too sped up and those little noises started to irk me a little. However, I then started to think..”it’s gotta packed funk punch, the beats layer brilliantly, the yelps and the synths actually dismantle the tower of confusion and reassemble this organic and evolving skyscraper.” It’s original, infectious and drives the force forward with a molded yet malleable confine of jazz fusion drum and bass. 

   Tomorrow we hit another 12” single and back to an artwork cover. We also have the second release from Greenfly, on Good Looking and then a couple of Moving Shadow legends on the other. Oh yes…