DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

FFRR / Good Looking – 828 739-1

L.T.J. Bukem – Logical Progression

1996

Plate Two: Sides C / D & Plate 3: Sides E / F

It’s time for our next integral plates on Logical Progression, and we shimmy onto the next chapter on Bukem’s ‘Logical Progression’ album. 

   Side C has Tayla teaming up with Rupert Parkes (Photek) for the Aquarius & Tayla track ‘Bringing Me Down’. A meeting of two big guns who showed how it was done. We have hit this release already in the GLR reviews. Elegance and pinpoint producing. 

  The next track is PFM ‘Danny’s Song’. This holds a place in my life that will forever be a part of my heart. I first heard it at Dreamscape XI in Bukem’s classic ‘94 set. He mixed it into Aquarius – ‘Aquatic’ in a way that created its own magic blend, and then ‘Danny’s Song’ did the rest. It was one of those moments that I felt the lifting of drum and bass, into the highest and purest jet streams of purity. Then ‘Cold Fresh Air’ cuts in those perfectly timed crossfade flicks from Bukem which snap a bolt of lightning across the moment. Bukem is the ultimate DJ  and holds that finesse of unequaled brilliance. The whole set is fucking unreal. ‘Danny’s Song’ took a whole new meaning to the sounds. 

An ode to the master of the GLR kingdom. My kids adore this track too. In their words, “it sounds calm and peaceful”

   Side D is Peshay’s – ‘Vocal Tune’ which again, we have reviewed during the GLR 12” single reviews on the label. This has the same vocal as his early Metalheads release. It was also a return for him after a lengthy illness from which he came back pretty damn strong, musically. The next track is the one we are reviewing though. LTJ Bukem’s – Coolin’ Out. 

   This track is a big surprise that it did not make its way onto the GLR label as a 12” release. It’s a sheer beauty. If waterfalls could express the magic of the light that fractures across its curtained wall of glass, this would share its artistic values. ‘Coolin’ Out’ is a real gem of a release. 

    We return to the final plate on ‘Logical Progression’ next. I hope you get moments to dive into this music, and if this album is the one to do it, you’ll reset just perfectly then. 

  We reach this peak selection with the reviews and continue with the last plate on the ‘Logical Progression’ album. I hope that your enjoyment of the Good Looking Records tracks and those on this pillar of the music, have been enjoyed as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them all together. 

   Side E holds track all to itself, and what a track it is. The original ‘Western’ thumped a huge pack of the most radiant and powerful expressions into the mystic sounds of the music. Add in the legend MC Conrad on vocals and this just elevates to a new altitude where the cruise control picks up an extra 150 knots of tail wind for a sonic glide which is a permanent commemorative art piece. Hearing this again pours moments of history out into the drinking cups of ultimate digestive ecstasy. One of the best tracks, the very best MC’s to ever grace this earth. We will always turn to the guidance of tunes like this to see clearly through the mystics. RIP Connie.

   Last up is Side F with a LTJ Bukem classic, which we’ll review in greater detail during Looking Good Records. This was the first release on the GLR sister label and holds many many memories. The parties, crowds that went from losing it, then to the chilled, and the air of never knowing how or where this musical ride was going to take you. We had expectant goggles, thrilled minds and a mass of love for the sounds. They will be eternal in the wake of this wave of a triumphant era.  It is also good having a second copy of this tune as my original is a crackly and heavily played plate. It does fade out before the little Tom roll out at the end though. 

Essential music. Essential Bukem. 

One of the ultimate albums of our time.

Next up, let’s get into the almost unfathomable confines of the lift and press the button for the floor above. Get ready to expand your mind even further! 

Big shout to all that are enjoying these reviews.