DJ Alex Corton – Good Looking Records

Good Looking Records

LTJ Bukem – Music (Technicolour Rework)

2013

Today’s review had many of the die hard fanatics of not just Good Looking Records, but the classic 90s sounds, skeptical about today’s release. Back in 1993, Bukem had given us a tune that refined the whole structure of how music that many of us went out and danced all night too, could transport you to realms of the unthinkable. It was one of the boldest and rewarding times ever within the history of the jungle and drum and bass world. Bukem gave us ‘Music’ as a pivotal, and looking back, essential moment. 

    In 1995, Bukem then handed remix duties on ‘Music’ to Peshay, to be released on the Good Looking Records sub label, Nexus, run by Tayla. It was with plenty of scrutiny that the remix was dissected and honed in on, only to discover that Paul ‘Peshay’ had not only kept one of the most important tracks in the history of the music, in highest honor, but had also so subtly and delicately added some fine touches, in making one of the very few remixes that held its own against the original. It really is a work of art. 

   This brings us to today. Fast forward 20 years from the original release and remix duties handed to a guy who I have a lot of time for. Peter Rogers is Technicolour, half of the eventual duo that became Technimatic, with Andy ‘Komatic’ Powell. I first heard a Technicolour track on a streaming show where they played ‘Cetrifuge’ on Spearhead. It really grabbed me, and I just hoped that Pete had the music gods with him for the Music rework. We are lucky that that is very much the case. 

    Side A breathes a fresh approach to this track and Pete puts a really thoughtful and engaging production and spice into this rendition of the classic. It’s not cheap, it’s not lazy and it’s not pieced together with the,wham-bam, thank you mam, approach. Technicolour delivers a fucking honorable and modern flair right here and I absolutely love the end result. The track will stand proudly In the bronze medal place of the Music saga in my view and that, in no way is a bad thing. This really has a special place for me in that it tore apart the Atlantis Remix and showed us that some of the most far fetched clutches of creative music making and remixing were still out there. It is a very worthy and respectable remix this. Technicolour deserves a lot of credit indeed for this work. Hats off sir! 

   Side AA has a nice updated clean version of the classic original so you can don the gold medal of the trilogy into the ears. 

    Have a good weekend! We have three days off work now so the tunes will be flowing at some point (or hopefully points), during the rest bite. Ez all!