Something worth mentioning is the B side on Bukem's Logical Progression, Logical Reprise, which is an excellent proto-intelligent dnb track. Almost feels like a precursor to Demon's Theme, with some super smooth vocals and piano on it.
For anybody who doesn't know atmospheric drum and bass and like what they're hearing in this, these are the best to ever do atnospheric: Seba Photek/Aquarius Alaska & Paradox (aka Dev 😂) Artemis/Shogun ASC (he's killing it rn) Voyager (aka Pete Parsons) Makoto (absolutely killed it b4 going liquid pop) Nu-moon PFM LTJ Bukem PHD Tayla Jack Smooth Blame Future Engineers J Majik Intersperse Odyssey Pariah Aural Imbalance Big Bud Intense Molly & Lucida Be on the look out and remember the names (new generation): Solaris Missen Greekboy Okee Response & Pliskin Feel free to add anybody i might have missed
History lesson for an old raver here. I was a massive fan of early 90s bukem that peaked with his first radio 1 essential mix and was that guy who was p1ssed off at bukem’s transition from a psychedelic, progressive sound that structurally had more in common with house and techno to god awful noodly pseudo jazz new age beige wallpaper music. And now I know why! Thanks!!!
Loved this doc about a very special time in my life. Just got some decks again after a 20 year hiatus... the first record I played? Only You. Thanks much!
In the early-mid 2010's, they also had the grand idea of starting a subscription service to purchase mp3's of their music right before they officially flatlined. That left any remaining fans with a sour taste in their mouths. They really should've leaned way more into liquid funk when they had the chance to. Most of their closest competitors like Creative Source, Defunked, Hospital, V, and Soul:R all did so in the early 2000's. By the time they tried leaning into it during the early 2010's, everyone (fans) already moved onto jump up and other festival-friendly styles, which was getting increasingly popular. It's no wonder they became a forgotten memory.
Dude what? That is a huge reason why the label tanked. Bukem went with a generic diet-Hospital liquid sound pretty much abandoning what made Good Looking successful (atmospheric/intelligent jungle). The music he released was liquid trying to be mainstream, but couldn't quite cut it the way Hospital did (top of the pops minimal liquid).
This is pretty much how I remember things happening. I was a massive fan in the mid-90s and I remember getting Logical Progression and then Earth 1, 2 and 3. There were some great tunes on the Earth CDs but arguably too much downtempo stuff and it just got a little bit too repetitive and went off in another direction from the rest of the DnB scene which was getting faster, not slower. Then the whole scene disintegrated into subgenres of jumpup, hardstep, techstep, electrostep etc. and that's kind of when I lost track of it all. I never liked the faster varieties and still to this day prefer slower traditional breaks with more of a jungle or hardcore bent.
I wouldn't agree that the release of Earth mad fans angry, on the contrary, that release solidified that Bukem and crew were talking the music to an intellectual level!! The downbeat element cemented the whole sound together as both the DnB and downbeat complimented each other, you could say like a refined cheese board of music. Interestingly, the fusion of hip-hop and jazz although not new brought together a very specialised sounding record and William's and Co were able to splice it so that both genres sat side by side together like a hand to a glove. Simply put, the Earth series brought a brand new dynamic to a sound never heard before.
a newish jungle artist called BAKGROUND sampled the piece at 9:05 and ive been trying forever to find the sample.. watched this video and its right there... my brain can sleep now thank you!
Glad I got this in my recommended! Really well put together and to the point. Love the etheral DnB mixes on youtube and the people who loves it. RIP Mc Conrad
great vid. very quality my guy. you should make a video about the problematic/controversial term “intelligent” attached to different genres in electronic music. pretty interesting topic i feel like nobody talks about too often anymore.
Man you killed this once again. Absolutely loved this deep dive because I've been listening to Peshay Studio Set for what feels like forever but never really had the low down or knew about these other artists. Thank you thank you thank you.
Great video. Glad to see the youngins show some passion for the greatest music ever. Not trying to nitpick but you left out the "Nexus" and "Earth" sub-labels. Earth played a huge role in TGLO's success
I feel very lucky heaving LTJ Bukem as a true inspiration for me as a DJ, and feel very happy with the opportunity of release my track Aurora Boreal on Good Looking Records in 2004. Saw my dream coming true when I shaked his hand at Skol Beats Festival here in Brasil in 2003. Yeah, I have story to tell. Thanks for the video! *#GOODLOOKINGFOREVER*
If you've never listened to Artemis/Shogun/Oliver Lomax before, go listen to Sugizo - Like a Gold Le Fou (Artemis Remix) My favourite jungle track and jungle artist of all time ever since I found the song a few years ago.. Absolutely mint track! Love the video man! Finally a good video diving into to the history of GLR!
Intense - "Afterlife" [Unreleased] A live version was released that's slightly different. The clip was taken from "LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression 'X-Mas Special' at MS Connexion, Mannheim - 20th December 1997" which is available on Soundcloud
i get free tapes from my school (they used to use minidv camcorders but threw them all out and kept the tapes.) they have a box of about 200 hours worth of the fancy panasonic professional tapes and I just take them whenever i need more
