DJ Alex Corton – Good Looking Records

Good Looking Records

Various – Textures

2002

Today, we reach a compilation that seemed to drop a random pastry cutter of decisions into the rolled out carpet of music that the expanse of the Good Looking releases provided. It’s a short and sweet review.

   The tracks include Good Looking tracks between 1999 and 2002. The artists and tunes have all been reviewed over the last 8 months of posts (which is mind boggling to be honest, as I wasn’t aware of just how many Good Looking Records tracks there are dat on the shelf). 

    The artists include Rantoul with ‘The Ladder’ from 1999, Big Bud with ‘High Times’,  from 2000, & then Intersperse with ‘Moonscape’, from 2000 on the same double GLR 40 & GLR 41. Nu Moon’s ‘Dark Matter’ is from 2000, PHD – ‘Contrast’ is from 1999, Nookie ‘Leviation’ is from 2000, Makoto’s – BlackBerry Jam is from 2001, Biowire ‘Karizma’ from 1999 and then the most recent track on the compilation is Pariah with ‘Primary Evolution’ from 2002.

  The artwork and photography for this release is the work of Gareth Jones, I have to ask, is the picture of the grass meant to be upside down? I just wonder if the ‘grass ceiling’ was the intention or it’s meant to be the familiar perspective of a lawn or grass patch. It does provide that feeling of the texture of grass as if you’re walking though it with just the soles of your feet enjoying the natural grounding, Gareth kindly got back to me on this:

“Often forget about this one. It’s a good call Alex Corton, with the ‘grass ceiling’ comment. Very possibly, mate. I know this release came from numerous label meetings and brainstorming new ideas, new angles that hadn’t been covered (which was getting harder and harder by that point). Of course, this ended up being the only one in said series. Was the upside-down grass intentional? for sure. We were even trying to find new angles with the artwork, literally. I think the shots were taken on a golf course on the outskirts of Watford, where GLR HQ was.”

 That’s the last singular compact disc that we’ll be reviewing, the next chapter is a unique little project that I always felt lurked in the deep shadows. Let’s change that, and bring forth a series that holds some cracking tunes and a few sneaky remixes that you’ll really appreciate.