Editing LTJ Bukem

{{Short description|British musician, producer and DJ}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = LTJ Bukem
| image             = ltjbukem1.jpg
| caption           = LTJ Bukem in 2006
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| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name        = Daniel Andrew Williamson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/912230390 |title=AFTERHOURS |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=July 9, 2023}}</ref>
| alias             = The Bookworm, Apollo Two
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|09|20}}
| birth_place       = [[Watford]], England<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720485/DJ-on-a-rhythm-mission.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227070406/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4720485/DJ-on-a-rhythm-mission.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2016|title=DJ on a rhythm mission|date=19 April 2000|access-date=14 April 2019|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
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| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Drum and bass]]
* [[jazzstep]]
* [[breakbeat hardcore]]
* [[breakbeat]]
* [[trip hop]]
* [[neo soul]]
* [[funk]]}}
| occupation        = DJ, record producer
| years_active      = 
| label             = [[Good Looking Records]], Looking Good, Cookin', Earth series
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| website           = 
}}

'''Daniel Andrew Williamson''' (born 20 September 1967),<ref>{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ltj-bukem-p194597/biography |title=LTJ Bukem – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> better known as '''LTJ Bukem''' ({{IPAc-en|'|b|ʊ|k|əm}}),<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/KrWvB6aiwFg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161005181841/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrWvB6aiwFg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|title=Modern Times - LTJ Bukem Documentary|website=[[YouTube]] |year=1996|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrWvB6aiwFg|access-date=20 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> is a British [[drum and bass]] musician, producer and DJ. He and his record label [[Good Looking]] are most associated with the jazzy, atmospheric side of drum and bass music.

==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>

==Style and influences==
Viewed as an innovator in the drum and bass style, Bukem is known for developing an accessible alternative to that [[Breakbeat hardcore|hardcore]] genre's speedy, assaultive energies. His style pays homage to the Detroit-based sound of early [[techno]], but Bukem also incorporates still earlier influences, particularly the mellow, melodic sonorities of 1970s era jazz fusion as exemplified by [[Lonnie Liston Smith]] and [[Roy Ayers]].<ref>Harrington, Richard. ''LTJ Bukem''. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' 27 April 2001: T.07. ProQuest Platinum. Online (31 October 2007).</ref> Early in his career, Bukem was identified for his response to the "almost paranoid hyperkinesis" of [[breakbeat]]-based [[house music]], and specifically for his reservations regarding the overbearing force of the [[Breakbeat hardcore|hardcore]] mentality.<ref name="autogenerated141">Chris Sharp, "Jungle." In ''Modulations: A History of Electronic Music,'' Peter Shapiro, Ed (New York: Caipirnha Productions Inc., 2000), p. 141.</ref>

Bukem's music from the early 1990s onward represents his efforts to map out an alternative future for drum and bass by incorporating softer-edged influences culled from London's 1980s [[rare groove]] and [[acid jazz]] scenes. Music on ''Logical Progression'' reveals these influences, as does his approach on 1993's ''Music / Enchanted'', which features string arrangements and sounds from nature. His use of keyboards, live vocals and slow-motion [[breakbeat|breaks]] on these and future releases earned Bukem's music the tag [[intelligent drum and bass]]. While this designation caused controversy within the drum and bass community, it also influenced the popularisation of [[Breakbeat hardcore|hardcore]] music in the UK during the mid-1990s.<ref name="autogenerated141" />

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''[[Journey Inwards]]'' (2000)

===Compilations/mixes===
* ''Mixmag Live! Volume 21'' ([[MixMag]], 1996)
* ''Logical Progression Vols 1–4'' (1996–2001)
* ''Earth Vols 1–7'' (1996–2004)
* ''Progression Sessions Vols 1–10'' (1998–2004)
* ''Producer 01'' (2001)
* ''Producer 05: Rarities'' (2002)
* ''Some Blue Notes of Drum 'N Bass'' (2004)
* ''[[FabricLive.46]]'' (2009)
* ''Bukem in Session'' (2013)

===Singles/EPs===
* "Delitefol" (1991)
* "Logical Progression" (1991)
* "Teach Me to Fly" (with [[DJ Trace]]) (1992)
* "Demon's Theme / A Couple of Beats" (1992)
* ''Who Knows Vol 1'' (as the Bookworm) (1993)
* "Bang the Drums / Remnants" (with Tayla) (1993)
* "Return to Atlantis" (with Apollo Two) (1993)
* "Music / Enchanted" (1993)
* "Atmospherical Jubilancy" (1993)
* "19.5" (with [[Peshay]]) (1994)
* "Horizons" (1995)
* "The Journey" (with Mystic Moods) (1996)
* ''Mystical Realms EP'' (1998)
* ''Suspended Space EP'' (2000)
* “Flip the narrative” (2021)

===Remixes===
* "[[Sweetness (Michelle Gayle song)|Sweetness]] (Mellow Drum n Bass Mix)" – [[Michelle Gayle]] (1994)
* "[[Feenin']] (LTJ Bukem Remix)" – [[Jodeci]] (1995)
* "Transamazonia (LTJ Bukem Remix)" – [[The Shamen]] (1995)
* "If I Could Fly (LTJ Bukem Remix)" – [[Grace (band)|Grace]] (1996)
* "[[James Bond Theme|The James Bond Theme]] (LTJ Bukem Remix)" – [[David Arnold]] (1997)
* "The Essence (LTJ Bukem Remix)" – [[Herbie Hancock]] (with [[Chaka Khan]]) (2001)
* "Homecoming (LTJ Bukem Remix)" - [[Above & Beyond (band)]] (2021)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p194597}}
* {{Discogs artist|artist=LTJ+Bukem}}

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