1月4日，周五，LTJ Bukem【Drum&Bass运动的先驱！】

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1990年，LTJ Bukem第一次受邀在Raindance演出。当天LTJ Bukem演出时间是1am - 2am，面对10000名跳舞的群众，他没让大家失望，在这场令人难忘的派对过后，一位世界级的DJ - LTJ Bukem俨然诞生！

Raindance是一个大型派对的名字,位于伦敦东边的艾色克斯郡，这个派对在一个美式足球场内举行，时间从1989年到2001年，这个足球场爆满时可塞下1万人，而且Raindance的派对每场都爆满,曾经受邀过的DJs有Carl Cox, Dave Angel, LTJ Bukem, Mr.C, Dj Rap, John Digweed, Kevin Saunderson, Slipmatt, Fabio与Grooverider。

1991年，LTJ Bukem进录音室灌录了一张名垂青史的drum & bass巨作,叫Logical Progression(这首歌后来于1996年发行并大受欢迎)，这张专辑里舒缓写意的旋律，也奠定了LTJ Bukem日后音乐发展的蓝图。

接着LTJ Bukem亦同时着手属于自己的音乐厂牌Good Looking，1991年7月发行的第一张EP是Demon’s Theme。Demon’s Theme很快地就引起人们的注意，其跳跃的碎拍，活泼的旋律，优雅的节奏，结合了灵魂音乐的遐想空间，为当时drum & bass的音乐风格开创了一条全新的未来之路。

90年代中期Good Looking的创作越来越丰富，其名声也越来越响亮，随后Good Looking也发行了一些著名的混音系列专辑，例如: Progression Sessions系列，Earth系列，后来的Logical Progression系列与Points In Time系列。

视频：TRAKTOR 大师印记 LTJ Bukem

1995年LTJ Bukem创立了副厂牌Looking Good。1997 - 1998年，他又创立第二个副厂牌Diverse，Diverse目前只发行了1张作品，是更为深沉与实验性的drum & bass厂牌。

 试听：LTJ Bukem - Journey Inwards 

Arguably the prime innovator in the development of jungle from its early status as an offshoot of hardcore techno into the respected, stylistic genre it became by the end of the 1990s, L.T.J Bukem gained fame as an auteur in all fields of the drumnbass movement: as a top-flight breakbeat DJ, owner and label-head of the Good Looking/Looking Good stable of labels and, of course, for his recordings — inspired by the lush strings and natural ambience of 70s jazz-fusion masters like Lonnie Liston Smith and Chick Corea as well as elegiac Chicago house and moody Detroit techno.

Allied with the early-90s rave and hardcore scene, Bukem began working on production near the end of the 1980s; though his light, airy sound made little sense to his contemporaries, Bukems style was emulated much more as the jungle scene gained momentum during the mid-90s. While such producers as Roni Size and Goldie gained the limelight for their solo work, Bukem purposely downplayed his own artistic career in favor of mix albums and label-spanning retrospectives which highlighted dozens of artists from his labels.

When the acid-house explosion hit Britain near the turn of the decade, Bukem gradually stopped going to sound-system battles and began attending the ever-growing raves dotting Englands countryside. He began mixing at them as well, and produced his first track Logical Progression in 1990. Bukem soon grew frustrated with a lack of control for his own recordings, however, and in 1991 decided to form his own label, Good Looking Records. Bukems production style was a continuing anachronism on the rave/breakbeat scene; early Good Looking tracks like Demons Theme, Atlantis and Music provided a soulful, melodic alternative to the prevailing hardcore tracks then in vogue.

Friday. January 4, 2019

LTJ Bukem (Good Looking Records, UK)
The Drum n Bass legend LTJ Bukem!