DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

Good Looking Records

Rowpieces / Apse & Thiago Pery – Everything Is Fine / Jah

2014

The tunes continue and we reach January, 2014 for the next Good Looking Records release on the shelf. In the 22 year span of the label, the music had moved on with a utility belt of the world we lived in. 

   Side A gives us Rowpieces who turns up for his second release on Good Looking Records. Rob ‘Rowpieces’ had this knack for making tunes with a hook. Let’s see if this meets the mark. 

   The tune flexes its muscles with a choral, siren ensemble which holds a magnetic loop, but it’s that dynamic bass line which shows that creativity. Once the piano starts clinking and the mid section starts to settle, you have to admit that it tends to relax a little. Once the breakdown saunters toward us, you look for a little spice in this, which I don’t seem to find too easily. As tunes go, it rolls out sweetly enough but I’m not a massive fan. Rowpieces has produced a lot more tunes, of a lot higher quality than this. 

  A pretty much, unknown artist called Apse, is joined by Brazilian Thiago Pery, for this next track on the AA Side. Thiago has not been too extensive with his output, but he put some good pieces together with Andreas ‘Greekboy’ in 2016. ‘Jah’ lights the detonators and pushes you back, letting the listener unravel a fine piece of liquid. Of the two sides, this has always been the go-to. That two-step beat and humongous bass are a piece of magic. An absolutely intense section, that then steps into a bustling street carnival of movement, colour, vibrations and full on party extravaganza. The feel good vibe in this is second to none. A real peach of a tune that sweats out the evil of stagnating rot and ignites a fresh condenser of sweet undiluted pleasure. Wicked tune this! Let yourself loose. 

   My blog here, has the Good Looking catalogue on it from GLR 001 up to today. I am missing 75,78 & 79, which can’t be helped, but owning the rest will always fill me with immense pride. It’s all here if you want a read.