Unkle
Unkle (often stylised as U.N.K.L.E. or UNKLE, occasionally known as UNKLE Sounds) are a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.
History
First incarnation (1994–1996)
Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined by Masayuki Kudo and Toshio Nakanishi of the Japanese hip hop crew Major Force (later Major Force West).
Second incarnation (1997–1999)
Lavelle drafted in DJ Shadow 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), 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".
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ALBUMS
- UNKLE and The Heritage Orchestra Presents 'Variation of a Theme' Live at the Union Chapel released: 2014
- Live at Metro released: 2014
- Another Night Out released: 2011
- Where Did the Night Fall released: 2011
- 2010 US Tour Sampler released: 2010
- Lives of the Artists: Follow Me Down Soundtrack released: 2010
- 4 McQ Autumn / Winter 2009 released: 2009
- Showreel released: 2009
- Remix Stories, Volume 2 released: 2009
- End Titles... Redux released: 2008
- End Titles... Stories for Film released: 2008
- More Stories released: 2008
- War Stories released: 2007
- Introducing... (Selected Works) released: 2006
- Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats released: 2006
- Def Beat Remixes, Volume 5: Men From U.N.K.L.E. released: 2005
- Never, Never, Land released: 2003
- Psyence Fiction released: 1999
UNKLE and The Heritage Orchestra Presents 'Variation of a Theme' Live at the Union Chapel
Released 20144 McQ Autumn / Winter 2009
Released 2009- Intro: UNKLE 4 MCQ
- Heaven (live Union Chapel mix)
- Persons and Machinery (feat. Autolux)
- Proximity (Unreleased Able skit)
- Unknown (String reprise)
- Heaven (a cappella)
- Mayday (feat. The Duke Spirit)
- Ghosts (String reprise)
- Against the Grain (Black Powder remix)
- 24 Frames (Redux)
- Ghosts
- The Little Things (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #13 dub mix)
- Blade in the Black
- Burn the Witch (UNKLE remix)
- Morning Rage
- Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)
Showreel
Released 2009- Showreel (intro)
- Eye for an Eye
- Be There
- Rabbit in Your Headlights
- Reign
- Paint the Silence
- Weight of the World
- Burn the Witch (UNKLE Variation)
- Frantic (UNKLE remix)
- The Enchanter (UNKLE remix)
- No Hits (UNKLE remix Surrender Sounds session #2)
- Life2live (UNKLE remix Surrender Sounds session #1)
- False Flags (UNKLE remix Surrender Sounds session #3)
Remix Stories, Volume 2
Released 2009- Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme) (Carl Craig C2 remix)
- Hold My Hand (Innervisions Orchestra dub mix)
- Hold My Hand (Innervisions Orchestra instrumental mix)
- Heaven (King Unique remix)
- Heaven (King Unique Bass Bliss remix)
- Heaven (King Unique a cappella)
- Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme) (Fergie's Excentric mix)
- Keys to the Kingdom (Lee Coombs remix)
End Titles... Stories for Film
Released 2008- End Titles
- Cut Me Loose
- Ghosts
- Ghosts (String reprise)
- Kaned and Abel
- Blade in the Back
- Synthetic Water
- Chemical
- Nocturnal
- Cut Me Loose (String reprise)
- Against the Grain
- Even Balance, Part Two
- Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)
- Can't Hurt
- 24 Frames
- In a Broken Dream
- Clouds
- Black Mass
- Open Up Your Eyes
- Romeo Void
- Heaven
- The Piano Echoes
Introducing... (Selected Works)
Released 2006- Intro
- Turnstile Blues (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #4)
- Burn the Witch (UNKLE Variation)
- The Enchanter (UNKLE Reconstruction)
- False Flags (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #2)
- No Hits (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #3)
- Life2Live (UNKLE Surrender Sounds session #1)
- GDMFSOB (UNKLE Uncensored)
- F.E.A.R. (UNKLE remix)
Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats
Released 2006- Reign (original version)
- Reign (Evil 9 mix)
- Reign (Way Out West instrumental)
- Reign (Trafik's Stoned Rose mix)
- Reign (Morgan Geist remix)
- Reign (Way Out West remix)
- Reign (UNKLE Reconstruction)
- Reign (Three AM's Black Swan vocal mix)
- Reign (Beat Pharmacy's Better to Reign in Hell Than to Serve in Heaven mix)
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Unreal
by: UNKLEMaybe I can help you
How should you feel?
When you've felt everything you can feel
And you still feel unreal?
How should you feel?
When you've felt everything you can feel
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How should you feel?
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