Good Looking Records: The Birthplace of Intelligent DNB

[@Understeerking]

As an old head now, I really appreciate this. Even more than the drift videos.

[@vgbondarev]

Drifting, skating, DnB, car meets. I feel like you're my long lost brother or something.

[@roadballet]

THIS IS MY SON YALL PLEASE BE NICE TO HIM 😁✌️

[@SaitekiCo]

This must be God speaking 😮

[@AgentsofRush]

He seems sound don't worry 👍

[@distinguishedi]

awesome!

[@bluejackmedia]

He's fantastic!!! You brought him up well. This music is my life and he gets it. Love from a 48yr old in London

[@brianwilson49]

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!!!

[@hecku]

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.

[@TrotShuffle]

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.

[@AQT187]

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).

[@adobo9701]

loved the sekia hills video and playlist, now a video about one of my favourite labels. keep doing what you're doing brother!

[@philadams9254]

Check out ASC's "Spatial" label. It's the modern day equivalent of GLR. He does a regular radio show which is here on KZbin too

[@NextSound170]

RIP Conrad 🙏🏾

[@maxis.steewwwpid]

this is my fav channel from now on

[@andyfelts]

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!

[@mercoro]

Eu sou obcecado em DnB e Atmospheric, amei esse vídeo mano, continua com teu trabalho foda!!!

[@brainc0la-_-]

Hell yeah, and a big shout out to Lone and R&S Records too.

[@AQT187]

Moving Shadow and Creative Source as well! We were eating good in the 90s

[@alexdb9512]

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*

[@OG-VIDZ]

Aurora Boreal 👌

[@jpsg6178]

Yep u are easily turning intro my fav content creator

[@Styrophone1]

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

[@noxiousdow]

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.

[@paulb9645]

Earth Volume One = Doc Scott-Tokyo Dawn, Earth Volume Two = DJ Crystl-Mind Games, as a fan i wasn't disappointed Drum & Bass gems

[@Th4tsUp]

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!

[@localmo88]

I was lucky and by a complete chance of events got to see Buken and Conrad in Tokyo in 2008. They were absolutely brilliant and performed for 4 + hrs.

[@Egang03]

Hey man great vid. lack of people speaking about this music and it's roots. hats off.

[@neilrush659]

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.

[@ElliottCollect]

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.

[@AQT187]

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 Mouly & 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

[@philadams9254]

Nebula and the Scientific Wax crew, although they go hard so it's 50/50

[@AQT187]

@philadams9254 I know I missed a lot out there, and yeah Nebula and Equinox are mad men

[@sanderhackerhd8369]

Add Trashiii, Dopo Goto and Zorrivian here - they are the greatest modern atmospheric DNB artists!

[@AQT187]

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

[@rengokusfox]

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.

[@thomasblondet]

Awesome video!

[@keizu.]

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[@doomedtodigital]

Vinc

[@keizu.]

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[@whatchamacallit4711]

thank you for he music, danny. have and always will love it

[@Meridian-lk2fo]

Your channel is so great!

[@krisztiannagy8983]

I'm 40+ and still collecting GLO Vinyls. Big up from Hungary!

[@2f-yak]

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!

[@LASirensWX]

NO WAY, MY MAN MADE A DOC ON THE OGS? BUKEM!!!!!!!!!

[@PRAIRIEGH0ST]

i knew this kid was nuclear as soon as i saw the thumbnail of the sekia vid

[@franmoraiscisco]

Sick stuff friend, keep up the good work! Good 😊👍

[@jetstreamfps]

Brother you too Unique for KZbin. Its like im watching some great show from early 2000s on MTV at night.

[@bsdrevr]

i wish i could find more from intense, so far i’ve only found a few good ones like Shara.

[@stevenchampion8137]

3.5 Hemisphere Positive Notons

[@OfficialAceChoi]

thank you for the content!

[@kink97]

fantastic video

[@finnlass2565]

Thanks dad ❤

[@dmzbdg]

You look like of the guy from Total Science :) Thx 4 the 411 my G. Much love & Respect \m/

[@Vicky-Hugh-Martini]

Anyone know the name of the tune that plays at 3:18?

[@philadams9254]

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

[@psqlm457]

so good

[@colemantrebor1610]

Great video

[@MKULTRARANGER]

Thank

[@twongi3000]

fire

[@R-MAN-mp5tw]

Nice video, I'd like to know the name of the LTJ Bukem Kiss FM mix that Lonnie Liston Smith was featured in since I've been looking for it.

[@philadams9254]

It was just a radio jingle that was featured on most of his shows.

[@R-MAN-mp5tw]

@@philadams9254 I meant to say the music that was playing in the background.

[@mizuki5193]

amazin

[@adobo9701]

where is the interview clip that starts at 9:11 from?

[@CreativeRepublic]

it was a bbc documentary called modern times

[@stevenchampion8137]

"Diehard fans were angered" ... hmm, nah. It was good music. Was more than happy with it and knew nobody who was against the Cookin stuff.

[@beautifulcaramelman]

You could draw ths out too like 30-35 minutes and you know it

[@grantgear7846]

Yo im in UK been dnb all my life since it was born in Bristol UK you shocking me a Yankee knows all you knowing bro 😅🤣

[@richardvaasone5658]

Can vou do a video on Metalheadz next?

[@itzzgameboy]

W vid

[@markuseden2105]

Logical Progression was 1991 and Demons Theme was 1992. Otherwise nice video!! :)

[@Room379]

Charleston movement's

[@sleepypunpun2666]

🎉

[@miguls2826]

track at 3:18 ?

[@vxthreek]

B. R. O. by Blu Mar Ten

[@haruguchimane6921]

hi charlie do you like 6'1" oily muscled up south indian men asking for a friend

[@RoofLight00]

When we were making these tunes we never called them anything genre wise, it was all just jungle then drum and bass. 👍🏼

[@hydro5168]

Yo do u run a tapeless rig for these videos or are you sitting on mad tapes?

[@vxthreek]

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

[@hydro5168]

@@vxthreekoh damn that's tight