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Good Looking Records

MC Conrad – Logical Progression Level 4 (Remixes)

2001

Welcome back to another week of music reviews on the Good Looking Records label. I hope everyone enjoyed some precious time listening to the music that endlessly satisfies your every need and is always there for you in some way or another. The ultimate support network. 

    Today we continue the Logical Progression Level 4 – Remixes LP with two more of the highest end producers in the scene. Conrad Blame and the Nu Moon boys, Simon Murrell and Steven Kite. 

   The camaraderie that occurred during the Good Looking artists time together between 1995 and 2000 was probably the strongest in its entire life span. The gigs, music and tours led to bonding that now looking back, stands the test of time. Things eventually spilt in all sorts of ways but the Conrad Thompson and Conrad Shafie antics seemed like a hell of a lot of laughs combined with two visionaries on a mission to test the confines of the music. They both took things further from their Good Looking Records life and excelled in the projects they both created. 720 Records became Blame’s personal label away from the politics of GLR, helping in form his own sound with a bit more freedom, and MC Conrad, having been cast aside basically, began his own quest with ConNatural and his own label Resonanace in 2020. While things bloomed for both after their GLR years, it is today that we get both artists involved for our track on Side C. 

   ‘Logical (Remix By Blame)’ is a track that showcases Blames sound with a veer from his Good Looking mode and into his unique look at the light years ahead he was projecting back to us. He was taking the soundscapes into a realm that could only come from his visionary mind. The projectiles lit up here with those electro hungry bass keys, the recoiling and rapid firing of all the technological sounds and that mood sweating elect-tech style of beat programming. Hearing this again has made my fucking day. I have so much appreciation for the path and work ethic that Conrad puts into his music. This is another prime example of his exemplary brewery of creations. Music that will outlive all of us, fueling the mind for the ones who live, breathe and worship the sounds of our very special and minuscule moment in time, on this planet.

   Our track on Side D is ‘Cool Vertigo (Remix By Nu-Moon)’ and, as with the finest sounds that these guys produced, the results are quite incredible. This has something viral within it, a drug jammed with the purest and most scientific concoctions that you’ll hear in a long time. Nu Moon have a place in our scene that may seem like needles in a haystack at times. These needles however, shine like a lit strip of magnesium, torching away half the fucking barnyard. How this tune isn’t recognized with the anthemic status it deserves is a sacrilege in my view. It’s not just your standard slab of atmospheric drum and bass, ‘Cool Vertigo’ gets dropped into the Nu Moon hot pot and is simmered until you are able to ladle out the richest and most delicious concoction of detailed and bountiful music that you’ll hear. This track is an absolute percy of mine on this LP.  The only thing you have to do now is go and listen to it. 

   Now, your Monday has been improved already hasn’t it? Two essential remixes by two of the best on Good Looking and the best in the business. Plate three is up tomorrow. 

   My blog is continuing to collect all these Good Looking reviews so if you fancy darting back to the early days, and make yourself feel older, this is a great place to start. Ha ha! 

   Have a good day!