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Good Looking Records

Submorphics / Malaky – Cosmic Blue / Drifting 

2013

Today we reach one of my personal favorites on the white label series. Both tracks have a go-to lure that has me plucking it out the wall of white sleeves and smiling, whenever I’m roaming the shelves. 

   Greg Axelrad is US artist, Submorphics. He is from the home of techno, Detroit. I’m not sure what happened to him but he’s been quiet for the last ten years. Hopefully he’s making music somewhere, under some name. His talent is exceptional. 

   Malaky is Andrew Brewin out of Leicester, UK. We reviewed a piece of work from him and mSdoS when we spun through Criterion Records about two years back.

    On Side A, ‘Cosmic Blue’ really does blow a lot of the tunes in this series, off the pier and into the treachery of the void below. It’s such a catchy, harmonious string riff which lights the wick of this tune. The beats hurtle along and the bass groans back there, taking with it the moods of the ancient gods. When the breakdown arrives, it sucks you in even deeper. It’s a fucking magical piece of music this one. Also, that stammering, electric piano is just perfection! If there’s only a couple of this series that you really need, this is one plate you cannot ignore. Even if the flip side was poor, this side really does lift up the bar and deliver a prize bull to the market. 

   The good thing is, the flip side is a really good tune too. 

   ‘Drifting’ takes the chocks from under the wheels and pushes the throttle forward, releasing the ground brakes and taxing out to the launchpad of liquid sensationalism. Malaky assembles a firing piece of music here that barrels through the low level clouds and pushes up and out above the film of the atmosphere. That B-Line is just so incredibly nourishing and pure. As we near the breakdown, the bass encases you even more as it punches down into your bones, shaking up the nerves and allowing your insides to melt. Andy really smacked an Eagle drive on a par 5 hole right here. Seriously impressive music, and for me, one of the very best plates all round, in the white label series. 

  There is a blog I have with all but three of the GLR catalogue (three test presses at that), for your perusal. Here it is if you’re interested in amazing your family and friends with a back story of Good Looking. 

Have a superb weekend and get those tunes spinning!