Editing LTJ Bukem (section)

==Life and career==
LTJ ("Long Time Junglist") Bukem was trained as a classical pianist and discovered [[jazz fusion]] in his teenage years, having a jazz funk band at one stage. By the late 1980s, he decided to become a DJ and gained fame in the [[rave]] scene of the early 1990s.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=240}}</ref> His stage name came from his nickname "Book 'em" which derived from the TV show [[Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series)|Hawaii Five-O]] where the character [[Steve McGarrett]] would say "Book 'em Danno" when someone was arrested.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ra.co/features/147 |title=Book 'em LTJ - arresting dnb fans everywhere, 24 June 2002 @1:30:00 |website=Resident Advisor|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> As a producer, he released a series of [[drum and bass]] tracks such as "Logical Progression" (1991), "Demon's Theme" (1992), "Atlantis" and "Music" (1993).<ref name="Larkin90"/> His most notable release was the track "Horizons" (1995) which attained considerable popularity, using the main melody from [[Lemon Sol]]'s song "Sunflash".

He then dipped in visibility as a producer, with his work running the London night club  [[Speed (club)|Speed]] and his record label [[Good Looking Records]], coming to the fore.<ref name="Larkin90"/> A series of compilations entitled ''[[Logical Progression]]'' highlighted a [[jazz]] and [[ambient music|ambient]] influenced side of drum and bass; the style became widely known as [[intelligent drum and bass]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> Bukem also explored the downtempo end of electronic [[lounge music]], with sister label Cookin' and the ''Earth'' series of compilations. Some of the artists who rose to fame under Good Looking in this period include [[Blame (music producer)|Blame]], [[Seba (musician)|Seba]], Big Bud, [[Blu Mar Ten]], DJ Dream (Aslan Davis), Future Engineers, Tayla, Aquarius (an alias of [[Photek]]), [[Peshay]], [[Source Direct]] and Artemis.

On 16 July 1995, he did an [[Essential Mix]] alongside [[MC Conrad]]. In 1997, he remixed the [[James Bond]] theme for [[David Arnold]]'s concept album of [[James Bond music]] ''[[Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project]]''.<ref name="Larkin90"/> In 2000, he finally released a debut solo album, the double-CD ''[[Journey Inwards]]''. The album heavily emphasised his jazz fusion influences. 2001 saw a remix of [[Herbie Hancock]].

He ran the Speed clubnight in London with fellow drum and bass DJ [[Fabio (DJ)|Fabio]].

He DJs extensively around the world, often under the 'Progression Sessions' or 'Bukem in Session' banners. However, his former companion and vocalist, MC Conrad left the label and ultimately their musical partnership in 2012.

Daniel Williamson was adopted from birth. In 2007, he revealed that he had found his biological birth mother, a Ugandan woman living in Paris. She told him that his father was Egyptian.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mixcloud.com/LTJBukem/ltj-bukem-one-in-the-jungle-bbc-radio-1-x-progression-sessions-live-06092007/ |title=BBC Radio 1, One in the Jungle, 6 September 2007 @1:30:00 |website=Mixcloud |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>