DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

Good Looking Records

Greg Packer / Furney – Peoples Music / Life Begins @ 40

2009

For our last tune of the week, we have the return on Good Looking for Australian producer, Greg Packer. By this stage his work was well established and here he strides out on the esplanade with a real diamond of music. He is joined on the flip side of this plate, by Furney who unveils one of his blueprint tunes that seems to roll along as expected. It’s one of his more solid tunes I think.

   On the A Side, Greg Packer dishes up a track that many may cast the mind back to, as Bukem’s opening track on FabricLive 46. It was a pretty decent set of tunes on that CD but it was a long way from the classic ways that Bukem used to nurture and develop his epic journeys of sound. ‘People’s Music’ cracks the shells of the liquid pods and while the beats work up the lather, it’s the way that piano and fuel injected, soulful shade of jazz groove falls into the realms of the underground that plants this in the blooms of the garden. Greg slams a crisp and steadfast rollout here. While the city lights flicker across the ripples of the town lake, the heat from the heart of the city pulses strongly with this one. Massive shout to Greg! 

   Furney takes us onto the AA Side with a mosaic of mystery and memories. I really like this track from him. It has a calming and flare for the avant garde traveller that pits the retro style sample up with a full on bass, some catchy vocal wails and a pretty welcoming free flowing looped chord. Furney drops a top track here, putting one of his best on GLR out, in my view. ‘Life Begins @ 40’ collects the peak trail along the mountain spine of his work and shows us why Bukem found a pocket under his wing for him. Now, does life really begin at 40? Different paths and different journeys. 

  That’s another Good Looking plate reviewed. We have few gaps in the label next week, which is such a dent in proceedings, but we’ll truck on and who knows, maybe one day they’ll fall out the sky or grow on a tree in my garden. I’m not kidding anyone here am I? 

   Have a good weekend! I was exhausted last weekend but I’ll be spinning some tunes early tomorrow morning before life begins for everyone else in my house. It’s the music that moves me and forever will. 

Cheers all!