Dupa multe incercari de a-mi recupera muzica pierduta undeva intre laptop-buguri Microsoft-cabluri-server-admin si mediul incert de stocare a datelor “corporatiei” am reusit sa-mi recuperez toata avutia acumulata in decursul celor 15 ani de viata zbuciumata. Raman profund dator unui bun prieten care a depus destul de mult efort cautand printre malderele de foldere copiate de la mine cu mult timp in urma.

Unul din subiectele declansarii acestei campanii de scotocire urbana dupa ceea ce la un moment dat m-a determinat sa calc pragurile cluburilor house a fost James Lavelle care datorita talentului lui underground nu prea mai este de gasit pe vastul internet. L-am gasit in varianta “moca”, prafuit si imbatranit de urmele indiferentei  noastre de a-l mai deranja din cand in cand cu cate un play superficial. Nu va faceti griji de faptul ca am ales varianta “moca” pentru ca imediat ce am reluat auditia in drumul meu spre Bucuresti la o viteza care chiar a starnit invidia radarelor realmente tulburate de indiferenta kilometrajului meu, am comandat toata discografia lui in format “Original”.

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“James Lavelle (born 1974 in Oxford, United Kingdom) is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss.

Born into a family with a strong tradition of music, Lavelle first began by learning the cello with his Granny in Oxford.

While attending Cherwell Upper School, Lavelle’s music career started at 15 when he ran block parties in Oxford. At only 18 he started the Mo’ Wax label, taking the name from his club night at the time, Mo’ Wax Please. Around the same time he started the That’s How It Is night with Gilles Peterson, which went on to become one of London’s longest running nights.

In 1996 Mo’ Wax released one of electronic music’s most celebrated albums, DJ Shadow’s seminal Endtroducing…... Soon after this Lavelle started work on an album with DJ Shadow under the name UNKLE, though it is widely known that DJ Shadow did all the production work. The resulting release Psyence Fiction featured collaborations with Richard Ashcroft, Mike D, Badly Drawn Boy and Thom Yorke. In 2003, he released a follow up to Psyence Fiction, titled Never, Never, Land, though this album saw DJ Shadow replaced by Richard File as the second full time member of UNKLE. It featured collaborations with 3D of Massive Attack and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age among others.^[1]

He is a long time resident at Fabric in London, mixing the inaugural Fabric Live mix album.^[2] He has also mixed two progressive house albums for Global Underground.

He has produced a number of film soundtracks, including Sexy Beast. Also an in demand remixer, he has reworked tracks by Garbage, The Verve, Beck and Massive Attack.^[3]

In an August 2006 interview with The Skinny, Lavelle revealed that he’s working with Chris Goss and Autolux on the follow up to Never, Never, Land, entitled War Stories. Of the album’s direction, he said “It’s rawer than ‘‘Psyence Fiction’’ and Never, Never, Land although it’s more in the vein of the traditional singer/songwriter. If the first record was UNKLE does hiphop and the second record was UNKLE does electronic, then this one is like UNKLE does rock, but it’ll hopefully still have its continuity.”^[4]

Of other forthcoming projects, he revealed “I’m working on a film with Darren Aronofsky at the moment. It’s a collaboration between me and Clint Mansell who did the score, it’s to remix the score and do a whole new DVD package, the film is unbelievable. I’m working on a documentary about Abel Ferrara as well.”

He has recently finished working alongside his brother Aidan Lavelle on the soundtrack for the movie of the popular sci-fi series The X Files.”

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