DJ Alex Corton – Vinyl Reviews

Good Looking Records

Nookie – First Light EP

2000

As we start to settle ourselves more comfortably into the new year, we move onto the next Good Looking EP among this top shelf selection of tunes. I hope everyone had a good weekend, with plenty of music to immerse oneself? What’s a day without it? The sounds trigger a million different visions, memories and escapes that keep the line of sanity a little more stable. The ultimate lift, decompress and historical forage. It’s thousands of experiences to hand, covering both audio and visual moments that are always there. 

   We now reach an artist who has been a regular inclusion in these Good Looking Records reviews. Not surprising when you dive into the mammoth catalogue of work he’s been a part of. This is actually the first of three EP’s from him, which makes up 1/3 of the EP’s left in the series. Of the three, it ls probably the least well known, based on a couple of the classic tracks on his ‘’Oceanic’ and ‘Feel The Funk’ EP’s. You cannot write off this EP though. Nookie was rolling out a such a healthy amount of atmospheric sounds for the label at this time. Gavin Chueng AKA, Nookie, delivers the sounds, so let’s kick this off, like only he can.

   The artwork for today’s garden of gatefold delights is Nick Purser, with more dynamic images that seem to interlock and tower upwards, as if you’re lying in the floor of the big city. Nick uses this meshed girder look here, keeping the bronzed and rusted colors while a breaking light clips through on the front. The reverse is such an incredible piece, almost as though the abstract structure is a mechanical arm, stretching across the view, while the smallest breeze is waiting to blow the cloud away for that first light.

He uses a few profile pictures of Gavin for this presentation too, which were a following theme for each of Nookie’s EP’s. Big up Nick, here’s his background link for the story behind it:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/367973625697805/

   This edition is again labelled as a limited number of 3000. Mine is No: 001416. I still don’t know why there are 6 place values for 3000, on the typed stickers, but hey ho. 

   This is the first EP in the series to play at 45 RPM (for all the fellow nerds out there). 

‘Rampage’ on Side A, sets up toasty sunrise elongating the synths out and brandishing a titanium coated, gravel scraping drum sequence, that walks alongside a murmuring bass, which cements this dawn sequence perfectly. Tracks like this lure out the settlers and hit biological patches of ultra sensory resolve. It’s deep, highly infectious and provides a recoiling and powerful assortment of thoughts. A fliipin’ brilliant piece of music. 

   On Side B is ‘Sound Scaped’ and more by Incredible pieces of music from Nookie. I’m really surprised none of the tracks on this EP made it into the Progression Session mixes. This track has that looped Detroit sound, flavoring the funky bass, as the break pushes that high octane, live vibe. It’s the edge of the cloud that sparks that time between silver lining and full beams, which hangs on to the verge of the depths and the heavens. The strength of this plate alone is easily enough to get hold of this amazing release. Nookie really delivered a special one here. Then again, his catalogue is one of the strongest out there, so making anything less than great is rarer than finding a snail with wings. 

   More from Nookie on tomorrow’s review as we hit the second record on this EP. If you can’t wait for more, my blog is ticking along with plenty of Good Looking Records for you to browse through. I hope you get the chance to check it out! Here it is: