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In Profile: UNKLE

Snippets of mentioned tracks in this article Founded in 1992 by a British DJ/ producer, UNKLE are musical group that has slipped under most people’s musical radars. James Lavelle has been the mainstay over the last nearly 30 years, and worked with several musicians – Josh Homme, Nick Cave, Richard Ashcroft, DJ Shadow and Ian Brown to name but a few. The albums released have been crafted by Lavelle from more of a composer position, crafting various sounds and voices together to produce work that centres around a theme, whether it be either musically or visually influenced. Founder of Mo’wax in 1992 (which released DJ Shadows’ ‘Endtroducing’), Lavelle used his profile, and his pull in music circles to attract people to work/feature on his UNKLE albums.