EXPLAIN UNKLE TO ME

[Guest dontcaretoomuchforcrap]

no doubt, a lot of the stuff is killer. but can anyone give me a short history of it? some seems way too techno for my tastes too.

why futura art, how did that develop?

[ABELnyc]

DJ Shadow teamed up with James Lavelle circa 97, worked with various artists spanning the different "important" genres of music at the time.

(Thom Yorke, Badly Drawn Boy, the dude from Verve, even the legendary Kool G Rap)

result was slept on, just happens that Lavelle, Shadow etc. always had been friends with/fans of Nigo (BAPE) and they did some singles with him too (See "Ape [Nigo] Sounds" feat. the Biz, Rakim, and I think Gza). Futura had been down with the same camp. These cliques always seem larger than they are but it's all a pretty small scene actually.

See the Futura Book for more on this.

~multiflavored RodLavers~

[script]

ABELnyc pretty sum it up... but here's an almost new collabo with unkle.

check if you havent... http://www.btinternet.com/~nsinbath/surrender.htm

been to the store pretty cool but almost like the LABINAH store in HK.

good tees are all wrapped by headz and resellers and double $ on the bay. freakin' ass.

as for his prod. the best album, my opinion, PSYENCE FICTION.

eversince dj shadow left, the productions are a bit monotonous.

ABELnyc you illin' futura's stuff?

write your own script

Edited by script on Mar 20, 2005 at 09:32 PM

[script]

this might help to verify the genre...

http://www.mp3.com/unkle/artists/170365/biography.html

write your own script

[MyMindSpray]

James actually started UNKLE with Tim Goldworthy...they dropped some early singles most notably on the first Headz compilation...Tim jumped ship shortly after and James enlisted Shadow to produce an album...in my opinion, the best track UNKLE ever produced wasn't even on an album...Be There feat. Ian Brown...

James had always been a big fan of Futura, and had him do some work for album covers on early mo'wax releases...will bankhead i believe brought about the hook up...

[script]

hey MMSpray,

Be There feat. Ian Brown. - that's news to me!!

when was that produced? came out a single? EP?

i like unkle but not as a big but that name ian brown

is what i'm looking forward too.

i thought with 'richard ashcroft - lonely soul' was already awesome but with ian...MUST CHECK! help??

write your own script

Edited by script on Mar 21, 2005 at 09:38 PM

[edwin]

mmspray. agreed.

"be there" has been one of my long time favorites.

[MyMindSpray]

script...be there was a single released shortly after Unkle's first album dropped...it was actually Ian Brown singing over one of the tracks on Psyence Fiction...in my opinion, one of the dopest tracks Unkle ever put out...Or, Ian Brown since going solo for that matter...try to cop....

[Brienneoftarth]

of course the best unkle track ever has ian brown on it!

[script]

thanks mmspray. i'll def cop it. hope it's still out there. it's been since '97 '98?

damn should've included in psyence fict.

got to go now...cooooooooooooooooppp...

thanks all too.

write your own script

[jdavis]

if you like unkle check out their scratch perverts remix of psyence fiction - its pretty dope.. and as far as shadow leaving unkle, i actually like never never land better cuz i think its more trip hoppy. i think richard file and massive attacks 3D put on a better show then shadow. besides if i wanted shadow i'll put on entroducing.

oh yeah the dunkle is one of the coolest dunks ever in opinion