unkle. c/d

has anyone seen him actually dj solo? i've heard he doesn't do it very often, despite all of "his" mixes that are now available. it was always dj shadow, or the scratch perverts, or whoever else he could dig up. a friend saw lavelle by himself once and said it was pretty bad.

Agreed. One of my favorite ever film samples, mostly because it's a (relatively) subtle one.

but on the unkle project, i thought they were really lavelle imposing himself over shadow's work--especially the 'hearts of darkness' bit.

Really? To me it seems like one of the only clever samples on the entire record, maybe commentary from Shadow on Lavelle and the UNKLE project, both of which he was seriously disenchanted with before it was over... Then again, I'm probably reading too much into it and Lavelle just had him slap it in because it was WICKED AWESOME.

has anyone seen him actually dj solo? i've heard he doesn't do it very often, despite all of "his" mixes that are now available. it was always dj shadow, or the scratch perverts, or whoever else he could dig up. a friend saw lavelle by himself once and said it was pretty bad.

I've never seen him, but I have heard live bootlegs and they are wretched. You know the kind of bedroom DJ who has one "perfect" playlist that s/he never deviates from? That's Lavelle. Dude's released the same goddamn mix like five times already for Global Underground and as "bootlegs" with suspiciously wide distribution and snazzy packaging (Big Brother Is Watching, Do Androids Dream of Electric Beats, some others I've thankfully forgotten).

Even the DFA remix is boring.

I say thee, nay.

I've seen Lavelle DJ twice. Decent, but admittedly samey sets. He's also a lot less cooler as a person than Shadow, after meeting them both repeatedly during my student years.

The first 3 tracks on Psyence Fiction are probably the most classic the record gets at any particular points, especially if you rewind the CD to the beginning and have fun with the snippets of popular hits that form the "real" intro.

Best non-album track is 'Garage Piano' from the old Headz 2a compilation. Trip hop Barabarella space trips are hard to beat.

He's also a lot less cooler as a person than Shadow, after meeting them both repeatedly during my student years.

Wouldn't he have to be at least reasonably charismatic to get all these people to collaborate with him and pay attention? Also, am I the only one who occasionally gets a weird Lavelle vibe off of Pharrell whenever he brags about having his own shoes or talks about hanging out with Nigo?

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Goldie is definitely a good example

is this supposed to sound like old library music? 2015! who knew?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1lwvxyveJQ

That talk talk sample on rabbit is dope

even i found the latest album somewhat lacking ...

did unkle come up on the record collection music thread? because...

b**** n**** with the audacity to blaspheme me
got yourself caught in a motherfucking tragedy

I was maybe too persistently mean about James Lavelle in here

so that documentary that apparently came out(?), did anyone here see it?

i dunno, lavelle is pretty lame, as good as his label was ...

apparently there's also the issue of a kickstarter campaign from 2013 that has yet to deliver:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mowax21/urban-archaeology-21-years-of-mowax/comments

new Ronin album/mixtape starts off with the usual UNKLE widescreen/downtempo/moody excess, and then takes a swerve.
best thing james has released in ages.

Admittedly I just skimmed through it — from what I heard the production is fine for the most part if still mining around that good ol prog house vein. Some of the vocals are less than appealing.

tis all about the 'if we dont make it' edit that uses a sample from an old soul classic for me.
of course, its UNKLE, and so, its never going to break boundaries.
but i am a sucker for the UNKLE thing.