Any Unkle fans,suggestions please.

Head towards Cut Chemist (solo and with Shadow on Brainfreeze) and Dj Numark, naturally takes you go Jurassic 5

There was once an amazing website which was like a musical family tree / influences – was great for discovering new sounds related to favourites. I know last.fm etc do similar, but this was very visual and v.addictive clicking. Wish I’d bookmarked it.

Ooh, and grab some of the early Solid Steel mixes from Ninja Tune, awesome.

Back on Unkle, the remix of Dolphins were Monkeys by Ian Brown is well worth hunting down.

Edit: as is their F.E.A.R remix, and the Underdog remix of Unkles Be There:

If you do want to dig a bit deeper then it’s worth checking out David Axelrod. He produced some amazing albums in the 60s and 70s which have been heavily sampled by DJ Shadow etc. Songs of Experience and Innocence are an incredible musical journey inspired by William Blakes poems, deep but beautiful stuff.

The Mo’wax Excursions were good. Shadow and the groove robbers ‘in/flux’is often said to be the best trip/hip hop track of all time (if you can get around the folk arguing about it being hip hop or not!) When I heard it around 94 or possibly a year later I missed it first time around and was blown away by it.
I have a few of the Excursions on vinyl delving in about different genres. The one with ‘io – Claire’ was the techno excursion and it put to rest my thoughts on what techno was (going by the p*sh I was hearing on the radio) Fk me.. So good!

The others had twig bud,the groove robbers,chief excel,I think Olde scottish – wildstyle was on them. (great track)

My fav is probably :::reaches down for it!::: ‘MW018’ 12″. R.P.M – 2000. A lot of these can be picked up on Vinyl for not a lot of cash and I’d buy them again in a minute.

If you do come across them,buy them. If you enjoy the suspense of what these tracks are like then it would be cool to hear them blasing out from a record deck and through speakers rather than real poor youtube recordings. They’ll no doubt blow some of you away.

Blasting*

Not suggested yet but early Amon Tobin is outstanding.

Definitely worth listening to Aim as well. The albums Hinterland and Flight 602 are very good.

Also, give Kruder and Dorfmeister a listen – DJ kicks and the K&D Sessions

^ AIM another good one, but it has to be Cold Water Music surely?

Kid Loco anyone, or Tricky’s Product of the Environment?

Kid Loco – A Grand Love Story is an all time favourite album.. 😀

For me,Shadows best moment isn’t even on any of his own albums. Skip to 3.20 for a hidden gem

@ martinxyz – thanks, not heard that Shadow track, must of been sleeping. Loving this.

oh forgot AIM

hinterland and coldwater music are awesome

just like this thread!!

Did anyone post this yet. It’s off his album released this month:

First listen I thought ‘ok’ but after another couple, it’s really grown on me.

Sorry I’m in the zone now, a few more

As I work my way through this thread, my soundtrack to the housework this afternoon, yunki Jr is spinning around because ‘this music sounds like flying’

8)

awesome remix production from william orbit

My personal faves are War Stories and Where Did The Night Go, though TBH there isn’t a bad UNKLE album IMHO, not even a below average. certainly quite big differences from Psyence Fiction to Where Did…. but a pleasing progression for me.

Just be careful of remixes, they really are for the devoted or maybe DJs who will mix them again.

Anything new on the way?

Not suggested yet but early Amon Tobin is outstanding.

His new stuff ain’t bad…

[edit]and from the new album

*pictures yunki jr. crashing* 🙂

ok we can’t do this without –

warning – first link isn’t for the fragile of hearing…
EDIT – found an edited link..

Or my favouite Shadow joints…

The cops n robbers remix I first heard played by Steve Lamacq, took me over a year to find it – these days it took the knowledge it exists & 10 seconds. Amazing

12 minutes in is awesome

an oldschool joint..?

The Private Repress by DJ Shadow is another excellent album, better than the Private Press IMO.

Hadn’t seen a link for the short film they did, so here it is.

I love the Unklesounds mixes but I agree with Higgo on the first page, many of them are similar. Still, they are rather good.

Here’s a newish (July) free mix

^^ cool, whilst I watch that, here’s some classic Midfield General

Anyone got a copy of the Diminishing Returns party pack by Shadow? Mine is number 896/<1000

+1 Endtroducing.

Two Fingers ‘Sweden’, needs to be listened to on a stereo which can cope with super deep bass.

duckman – Member
Bought,and am listening to P-fiction. At 44 I have been switched onto a whole new genre I had only dabbled in. Many many thanks to everybody who posted suggestions, I have bookmarked this page and will be working through them.

Both you and Yunki Jr!

@ Rewski. I love that Gus gus track. All this stuff is pretty much what I’ve been into for ages. Before this I think I was listening to nwa,public enemy,del etc around 88-92 along with indie stuff around the same time and then a bit of dance stuff (like Sasha & Digweed’s renaissance)that I might have got into from late sat nights listening to radio 1 or something. I remember buying the re-issue of Dj Shadows In/flux around 94,taking it home and switching on the record player,and thinking ‘where have I beeeeeen all my lifeee listening to all that crap in the pasttt?!’ as this was far more me. Same when I bought the Dj Krush Meiso album. Bought it in Our Price after GLB (sometimes on here ;O))recommending it. Got it home and played it through and ‘Duality’ came on. Nearly fell asleep at the first part then the mash up of god knows what kicked in. From then on,this was it!

Ahhhh,thank the lord for an 18 year old James Lavelle with the coolest record label in the world. Have we seen anything like that since?

I don’t really care as the stuff is timeless!

Never did find a decent version of this –

Ki:Theory was who I was thinking of (have collaborated with Unkle)
Here’s a few

One of my fave riding a bike tracks

Forgot to add this one

@ martinxyz – if you like the distorted beats then check out the gaslamp killer brainfeeder mix, link in my earlier post.

Agree re: James Lavelle, he certainly had a good ear, I was fortunate enough to know a few people in the music industry around that time, I managed to get a few white labels promos, influx being one, sadly all sold on ebay, most of my mo wax stuff went to Australia. I recall trying to get a copy of entropy was pretty impossible then, now it’s on youtube for everyone to enjoy, even with web compression it still sound f**king amazing. There were so many great record shops in London then too, Atlas, Fat Cat and Honest Jons (were Lavelle used to work if I remember correctly). One of my best experiences of the time was a one off club night at subterannea, the music was rare and obscure deep funk 45s by no other than Josh Davis, I doubt I’ll ever hear records like that again.

Time for some David Axelrod, this gives me goosebumps

Funky Porcini…?

What a thread, i have where did the night fall in the car atm and dug out electric beats last night, not listened to it in ages, excellent. I saw James Lavelle dj at south west 4 a few years back, was very good and at Fabric a few years before that

If not already mentioned, the HEADZ compliations are well worth a look too, although quite rare, have a dig in your local 2nd hand cd shop.

Volume 1Disc 1
1.Freedom Now – Patterson
2.Contemplating Jazz – Attica Blues
3.Symmetrical Jazz – Awunsound
4.Stars – Nightmares On Wax
5.Ravers Suck Our Sound – La Funk Mob
6.Miles Out Of Time – M.F. Outa ‘National
7.The Inside – RPM
8.Lowride – Autechre
9.Wildstyle – Olde Scottish

Disc 2
1.Lost And Found – DJ Shadow
2.Destroy All Monsters – Skull
3….Don’t Fake It – Deflon Sallahr
4.2000 – RPM
5.Slipper Suite – Palmskin Productions
6.The Time Has Come – U.N.K.L.E.
7.Head West- Gun Fight At The OK Corrall – Howie B.
8.They Came In Peace – Tranquility Bass
9.In-Flux – DJ Shadow

Volume 2A
1.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 1
2.Nightmares On Wax – A Nights Interlude 3:26
3.Prunes, The – Cantona Style 5:47
4.Peshay – The Real Thing (90 BPM Version) 7:04
5.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 2
6.AIR – Modulor (Modulor Mix Produced By Solid) 6:02
7.Dust Brothers, The – Searchin’ 4:29
8.RPM – Flow 5:58
9.DJ Wally – My Bloody Valentine 7:09
10.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 3
11.U.N.K.L.E.* – Garage Piano 5:28
12.Sam Sever And The R.O.T.L.A.* – Do You Understand? 4:39
13.Stereo MC’s – What Is Soul? (Instrumental) 4:53
14.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 4
15.Urban Tribe – Covert Action 5:47
16.Lo-Fi Sensibilities – Cabin Fever 6:20
17.Midnight Funk Association – Code 5:56
18.DJ Food – Concentric Circle 6:23
19.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 5
20.Cool Breeze (Special Projects)* – 27 Years Of Solitude 5:39
21.Stasis – Discotron 7:45
22.Scott Free And Cybil Ant* – Mango Maracatu 4:40
23.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 6
24.Tortoise – The Source Of Uncertainty 3:45
25.Massive Attack – Karmacoma (UNKLE Situation Remix-Instrumental) 5:29
26.DJ Krush – Kemuri (’94 Part II) 4:44
27.Beastie Boys – Bodhisattva Vow (Instrumental) 3:17
28.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 7
29.Folk Implosion* – Simean Groove 3:14
30.Olde Scottish – Martian Economics 5:24
31.Urban Tribe – Eastward (Forme Remix) 6:21
32.DJ Krush – KRB Pt. 8
33.Lunar Funk – Spacewalk 6:20
34.Forme (2) – New Element 5:59
35.Solo* – Pressure II 6:46
36.Innervisions – Organized Crime

Volume 2B
1.Luminis – Spectral Arc 6:17
2.Luke Vibert – Sharp A2 6:40
3.Money Mark – World Lesson Part II 2:31
4.Twig Bud – Swiss Air 4:15
5.UNKLE – The Time Has Come Remix – Portishead 4:22
6.Grantby – It’s Coming 6:09
7.Donut Productions – Wirecutter 4:56
8.Dust Brothers, The – The Groomsman 3:21
9.Skull – Crash 5:56
10.Beastie Boys – Flute Loop (Instrumental) 2:00
11.DJ Krush – Maze 5:16
12.Attica Blues – Sketch 3:14
13.Jungle Brothers – Ultimatium Ultra Mix (Jungle Beats/Jungle Bass) Remix – Ultimatum 4:31
14.Danny Breaks – Science Fu Beats 5:38
15.Force, The (12) – Future Tense 7:18
16.Palm Skin Productions – The Beast Remix – Krust, Roni Size, Suv 5:43
17.Peshay – The Real Thing 9:09
18.Dillinja – In The Mood 6:04
19.DJ Krust* & Roni Size – Tribetoon 6:18
20.Source Direct – The Silent Witness 7:05
21.As One – The Counterpoint 8:06
22.Innerzone Orchestra – Bug In The Bassbin (Street Mix) Remix – Carl Craig 4:38
23.Black Dog Productions – Object Orient 5:42
24.Special Forces – Trilogy 13:41
25.max 404 – Quiddity (Last Visit) 6:32
26.Zimbabwe Legit – Doin’ Damage In My Native Language (Shadow’s Legitimate Mix) Remix – Shadow*

And.. all you people should be posting on the Tune Association thread! 🙂

Another astiste worth exploring is Blue Sky Black Death
Great variety of stuff

Double post

Got the 12 of this, used to scare the shite out of me on a come down 😉

Drums don’t get tougher than this