Jan 18, 2019

RhoDeo !902 Grooves

Hello, I promised some UNCLE 'groovebeats' Sounds last Sundaze and well it could be seen as some overkill with another UNCLE post coming up next Sundaze, but there you have it, and to make matters worse i decided to top op today's post with a bonus Global Underground album from Mr. Lavelle, take it away....

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Experimental hip-hop outfit UNKLE were one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo' Wax, which helped launch the mid-'90s instrumental downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop. Though hardly the label's highest-profile group (at least until the long-delayed release of their debut LP in 1998), UNKLE's members included label head James Lavelle, who formed Mo' Wax while still in his teens as an antidote to the increasingly stale acid jazz/Northern soul scene. Stripping the music down to its barest of essentials -- bass, percussion, minimal samples, and heavy effects -- the Mo' Wax sound (best exemplified by the second Mo' Wax label comp, Headz, as well as its sequel, the two-part Headz II) quickly gained respectability and a large audience. Although not as prolific as other Mo' Wax artists such as DJs Shadow and Krush, UNKLE nonetheless played a crucial role in cementing Mo' Wax's early sound through their Time Has Come double EP, which featured remixes of the title track by Plaid, Portishead, and U2 producer Howie B.

The UNKLE trio was comprised of Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy (a mate of Lavelle's since childhood), and producer Kudo, of seminal Japanese label Major Force. Prior to his entry into production, Lavelle, along with Goldsworthy, was deep into New York hip-hop and electro, the emerging late-'80s Sheffield bleep scene, the English acid jazz scene (which he covered as a columnist for Straight No Chaser magazine), and of course the acid house and techno explosions that were redefining English counterculture at the time. The pair hooked up with third member Kudo through the growing rep of the latter's Love T.K.O. project, whose outbound interpretations of breakbeat and acid jazz drew Lavelle's ear. While Goldsworthy and Kudo remained more heavily involved in nuts 'n' bolts production (especially given the success of Mo' Wax, with the penning of an expansive partial ownership deal with A&M Records in 1996), Lavelle was heavily involved in the conceptual and organizational end, crafting beats and laying out vague sketches his partners then expanded into full-blown tracks.

Despite the scarcity of released material, UNKLE grew to wider acclaim during 1996 through remix projects for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Tortoise. After Goldsworthy and Kudo were effectively replaced by Mo' Wax bill-payer DJ Shadow, the all-star LP Psyence Fiction finally appeared in 1998. Lavelle replaced Goldsworthy and Kudo by Mo' Wax bill-payer DJ Shadow drafted him in to work on the debut album, and essentially discarded all previously recorded material. Lavelle and Shadow released Psyence Fiction in 1998 to critical acclaim. The album included collaborations with an all-star lineup including Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mark Hollis (Talk Talk), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Kool G Rap, Jason Newsted (Metallica), Badly Drawn Boy and Richard Ashcroft (The Verve). The album was mixed by Shadow's long-time collaborator, producer Jim Abbiss.
Shadow left the group after touring Psyence Fiction and was replaced by turntablist group the Scratch Perverts, who deconstructed the album and performed it live on turntables in 1999. Also in 1999, former producer Rich File remixed the track "Unreal", adding vocals by Ian Brown, and the resulting track was released as the single "Be There". .

Lavelle, amid much work as a DJ, recruited singer/songwriter Richard File for the second UNKLE full-length, 2003's Never, Never, Land. Four years later, Lavelle and File returned with War Stories, including collaborators from the past (Josh Homme) and new associates (Ian Astbury, Chris Goss) to contribute to the heaviest-sounding UNKLE release to date. File departed and was replaced with writer, producer, and longtime Mo' Wax associate Pablo Clements (of Psychonauts). A pair of odds 'n' ends collections, More Stories and End Titles...Stories for Film (both released in 2008), featured old and new material, including music from UNKLE's soundtrack to the documentary Odyssey in Rome. In 2009, the "Heavy Drug" single announced the coming of their organic, band-oriented 2010 album Where Did the Night Fall (Another Night Out). The duo's release schedule picked up once more with the 2013 release of an EP titled Trance Film. UNKLE returned in 2017 with their sixth studio effort, The Road, Vol. 1. The record once again featured a whole host of collaborators such as Mark Lanegan, ESKA, Keaton Henson, and Andrew Innes of Primal Scream.

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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats is an outstanding release by Unkle, but there is a certain amount of confusion surrounding it. It’s first release was limited to 500, yet there would seem to be more than that floating around….and there is. A second release was made, still under the ‘for promotional use only’ tag. The rationale behind this ‘unofficial’ wider release would be the licensing of certain tracks from the album would be impossible in an official commercial release….hence, ‘for promotional use only’. Full sleeve text reads: "UNKLENTERTAINMENT presents UNKLESOUNDS - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats. Originally Recorded For Radio Ape. An UNKLE Soundscape DJ Mix.

"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a Phillip K. Dick novel, written in 1968, and was the basis for the movie "Blade Runner".



 UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Shin (flac   339mb)

Shin (55:35)
101 UNKLESounds -Intro
102 Rare Earth - Get Ready
103 UNKLE - Lonely Souls (UNKLESounds Edit)
104 Psychonauts - Circles
105 Giorgio Moroder - Tears
106 DJ Shadow - Organ Donor
107 DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
108 South - Broken Head II
109 South - Broken Head (Jagz Kooner Mix)
110 Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (UNKLESounds Edit)
111 Garbage - The World Is Not Enough (UNKLE Remix Beats)
112 Sunna - I'm Not Trading (UNKLE Remix Instrumental)
113 UNKLE - Nursery Rhyme (UNKLESounds Edit)
114 Blur - Battle (UNKLESounds Remix)

UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Shin (ogg   126mb)

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UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Gi (flac   471mb)

Gi (74:00)
201 Biz Markie - Acapella
202 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking The Girl
203 Animated - Grab The Rope (FC Kahuna Mix)
204 FC Kahuna - Mind Set To Cycle
205 a Superfunk - Last Dance (And I Come Again) (Eric Morillo Dub)
205 b The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
206 Morel - True (The Faggot Is You) (FC Kahuna Headstart Mix)
207 Psychonauts - Empty Love
208 Vangelis - Blade Runner Theme (Unknown Remix)
209 Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing
210 Echomen - Thru 2 You (Bushwacka! Remix)
211 Landmine - Fairytale
212 Depeche Mode - Dream On (Bushwacka! Blunt Mix)
213 Medway - Release (Lexicon Avenue/Joeski/Original Mix)
214 Pete Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Medway Remix)
215 Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (UNKLESounds Edit)
216 Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story
217 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (UNKLESounds Edit)
218 UNKLESounds - Outro

UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Gi (ogg   171mb)

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UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Tai (flac   472mb)

Tai (74:00)
301 Tycoon Tosh & Terminator Troops - Prop Master's Party
302 Slave One - Bantha Trax
303 Skelf - I Can't Comprehend
304 Peter Dildo - Physical 2000
305 UNKLE - Be There (UNKLESounds Edit)
306 Girls On Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers (UNKLESounds Edit)
307 Forme - Kick A Hole
308 Howie B. - Hey Jack (UNKLE Metamorphosis Remix)
309 The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (UNKLEsounds Edit)
310 UNKLESounds - Eye For An Eye (V.I.P. Version)
311 Bushwacka! - Feel It
312 Mercury Rev - Holes (UNKLESounds Edit)
313 Forme - Percussive Thinking
314 Bushwacka! - Egyptian
315 UNKLE Sounds - Interlude
316 UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (UNKLESounds Edit)

UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Tai (ogg   173mb)

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UNKLE ‎– UNKLE Sounds Vol 1 (flac   403mb)

01 Restless (16 Bit Lolitas Remix) 8:52
02 Money And Run (16 Bit Lolitas Remix) 9:18
03 The Dog Is Black (Barry Jamieson Remix) 8:55
04 Sayonara (Original Mix) 7:10
05 Heaven (Charlie May Remix) 9:19

06 Narco Tourists (Original Mix) 6:26
07 Narco Tourists (Slam Mix) 6:35
08 Narco Tourists (UNKLE Remix) 5:31

 UNKLE ‎– UNKLE Sounds Vol 1 (ogg   145mb)

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With this compilation Lavelle went much further and deeper with his own stunning remixes and unreleased versions of his old tracks. British/psychedelic/progressive/vocal/tech house or whatever you call it.
It is very suitable to home listening as is fairly slow in bpm tempo but it has claws of steel running through it and so much emotion and soul.



 VA - Global Underground 41 - UNKLE Sounds - Naples I  (flac  502mb)

01 UNKLE Feat. Michele Lamy And Emiliana Torrini - Erebus 2:02
02 UNKLE - Eye For An Eye (UNKLE Sounds / Chris Allen Re-Edit) 6:03
03 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA... What A Life! (UNKLE Rework) 6:46
04 Queens Of The Stone Age - I Appear Missing (UNKLE Remix) 5:19
05 Mark Lanegan Band - The Killing Season (UNKLE Remix) 5:01
06 Elliott Power - Sword Souls (UNKLE Remix) 4:28
07 Jamie Woon - Lady Luck 2:38
08 HÆLOS - Dust (UNKLE Remix) 5:21
09 UNKLE Feat. Alice Temple - Bloodstain (UNKLE Sounds Remix) 7:07
10 Therr Maitz - Feeling Good Tonight (UNKLE Reconstruction) 7:08
11 London Grammar - Hey Now (UNKLE Remix) 5:22
12 Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork (UNKLE Remix) 8:24
13 UNKLE Feat. Liela Moss - Touch Me 4:57
14 UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (King Unique Edit) 7:02

 VA - Global Underground 41 - UNKLE Sounds - Naples I  (ogg  192mb)

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 VA - Global Underground 41 - UNKLE Sounds - Naples 2  (flac  462mb)

01 Lana Del Rey - Ride (James Lavelle Remix - Lyla's Surprise) 5:13
02 The Naked And Famous - The Sun (UNKLE Sounds Edit) 2:52
03 ESKA - This Is How A Garden Grows (UNKLE Reconstruction) 6:20
04 Elliott Power - On The Windrush (UNKLE Reconstruction) 5:04
05 UNKLE Feat. Big In Japan (Baltimore) - The Answer (Trentemøller Remix) 1:36
06 UNKLE Feat. Ian Brown - Reign (King Unique Edit) 2:38
07 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows 1:49
08 UNKLE Feat. Nick Cave - Money And Run (16 Bit Lolitas Remix) 3:07
09 a UNKLE Feat. Liela Moss - With You In My Head (UNKLE/Redux Reconstruction) 5:16
09 b 0UNKLE Feat. Sleepy Sun - Follow Me Down (UNKLE Sounds Edit)
09 c 0UNKLE - Heavy Drug
10 Four Tet - Angel Echoes (Caribou Remix - James Lavelle & Charlie May Re-Edit) 1:56
11 Jagwar Ma - Come Save Me (The Pachanga Boys' Jagwar Pawar Version) 7:18
12 Luciano - Rise Of Angel (UNKLE Sounds Edit) 3:21
13 UNKLE Feat. Ian Astbury - Burn My Shadow 5:47
14 UNKLE - Heaven (Charlie May Remix) 6:05
15 Planet Funk - Two Lost Souls (UNKLE Remix) 7:33
16 UNKLE Feat. Liela Moss - In A State (UNKLE/Redux Reconstruction) 7:04

 VA - Global Underground 41 - UNKLE Sounds - Naples I  (ogg  174mb)

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah! Thanks. Nice upload of 'Do androids dream...' with separated tracks. Only had the continuous mix files from an old rip

DBS NETLABEL said...

UNCLE lol UNKLE ;) if you are after anything UNKLE related that you are missing plz ask as i have an extensive collection mate

Rho said...

Thanks DBS, but i'v been a long time fan and though they have a extensive and somewhat confusing discography i have enough and after sundaze post plenty left over.

Alpha Omega said...

Awesome post ,love the tunes though Could you repost the flac :
UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Gi
UNKLESounds - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Beats? Tai
Links are down thks in advance