LTJ Bukem
LTJ Bukem is the alias used by a drum and bass musician, producer and DJ. He was born in 1967 in Watford, Hertfordshire. He owns the label Good Looking Records.
LTJ Bukem was raised in Carpenders Park, Watford, England by foster parents.[1] He was trained as a classical pianist and discovered jazz fusion in his teenage years, having a jazz funk band at one stage. However by the late 1980s he decided to become a DJ, and gained fame in the rave scene of the early 1990s. As a producer, he released a series of jungle tracks such as "Demon's Theme" (1991), "Atlantis" and "Music" (1993).
His visibility as producer was reduced as he had to spend more time running the London club night Speed and his record label Good Looking Records coming to the fore. A series of compilations entitled Logical Progression highlighted a jazz and ambient influenced side of drum and bass. The style became widely known as intelligent drum and bass, although Bukem himself was opposed to the moniker, unhappy with the implication that other styles of jungle were not intelligent. Bukem also explored the downtempo end of electronic music, with sister label Cookin' and the Earth series of compilations.
He DJs extensively around the world, often under the 'Progression Sessions' or 'Bukem in Session' banners, with MC Conrad.