DJ Alex Corton – Good Looking Records

Good Looking Records

LTJ Bukem / P.F.M. / Blu Mar Ten / Tayla / Seba – Producer 01 – 06

2000 – 2003

For our next collection of CDs we channel our attention to the Producer series on Good Looking Records. This series took some of the classics and bits and pieces off the GLR label and compiled them into a neat selection of single CD’s of some VIPs of the scene. 

    Both Nick Purser & Gareth Jones both worked on these art projects. Each one captures the musicians in their poses of promise and ponderous stances. Nick worked on both Bukem’s Producer shots along with the Blu Mar Ten, and Tayla released issues. Gareth worked on PFM and Seba’s Producer compilations. 

    As you may notice, I am missing a couple of the releases in this series. Big Bud is Producer 07 which came out in 2004 and Makoto is 08 wasn’t released until 2013. I think when I look back at how many tunes I have from the artists on those two, I’m not really too troubled by not having them, and I can’t even play bloody CDs anyway, unless it’s my kids small portable player. By the time I’ve got that set up and ready to play, I might as well dig the vinyl out of the shelves instead.

  The good thing about these CDs is that they contain several tracks that were not released anywhere else, but then it’s the pangs of pain you feel in your heart, that you get when you don’t get the vinyl release. The first two Producer’s contained a full catalogue of releases from LTJ Bukem, at the GLR stable, but it’s the Producer 03 compilation from Blu Mar Ten, that has the first of the unreleased tracks: ‘Cumulus’ & ‘Small Truths’. ‘Ir-On-Ing’ was released on the CD of Earth – Volume 3. Tayla’s, Producer 04 contains ‘Resolution’ from the CD of Logical Progression – Level 3, then also on CD only, ‘Soft Focus’ on Earth – Volume 5 from his collab with Artemis, and ‘Timefields’ on Earth – Volume 4. 

   On Producer 05 we have Bukem with a collection of originals and remixes, and a couple of belters that never became more than tunes on this CD. ‘Demon’s Theme (Part II)’ is a little blend of the tracks from Bukem’s GLR 001 which I believe was made around 1997, with view to featuring as film music? The one track on here I really do wish had been pressed on vinyl is ‘Dreamworld’ which I also heard on one of Bukem’s Kiss shows from around 1995. I remember Bukem cutting in with the mic, just as the breakdown began, saying; “One for the dreamers”. A beautiful piece of music. ‘For All Of Us’, is also an alternate mix from that on the original. The rest on this P.F.M. CD all found their way to vinyl. 

  Seba’s Producer 06 compilation, contains a full house of material that was previously released across GLR, LGR and 720 along with ‘Remedy’ from Logical Progression – Level 3, and then from Level 2 the majestic and epic ‘Universal Music’. This CD is a brilliant collection of some of Seba’s (and Lotek’s) classics on the label. The vintage that keeps aerating on style. 

  That’s the Producer Series that I have on the shelf. If either of the 07 or 08 compilations reach me, I’ll add it into my blog which “plug plug” you can find here. I hope you enjoy reading through some of it. 

   Tomorrow, we feature another collection of CD’s, and have plenty of music to roll through. It’ll be more a snapshot, as the main purpose of these write ups is for my vinyl, but it’ll be hard to not dive into some of the most defining DJ mixes of the drum and bass world.