Song:Rabbit in Your Headlights
Album:Psyence Fiction
UNKLE is the recording and performing name for British producer James Lavelle. He's had various partners over the years. His 1998 debut album Psyence Fiction should be of interest because of all the guest vocalists including Thom Yorke of Radiohead on Rabbit in Your Headlights. Lavelle started his own label Mo' Wax in 1992 and for the first couple of years he was producing mostly remixes. Then he brought in Josh "DJ Shadow" Davis for Psyence Fiction. The setup was Davis was responsible for executing Lavelle's concepts. Davis wrote and produced the music. Lavelle was the recording engineer and supervised the project. The album did well in England because of guest vocalists like Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Ian Brown of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve and Badly Drawn Boy. Rabbit in Your Headlights is based on the 1990 film Jacob's Ladder and it samples from that film among other things. The video stars French comic actor Denis Lavant and it was highly praised at the time. The single Be There featuring Ian Brown was a top ten hit in England. The album is available as a budget CD. After UNKLE toured to support the album, Davis left and was replaced by turntablists The Scratch Perverts. Rich File was brought in to produce the music for the 2003 album Never, Never, Land. He remained with UNKLE until 2008. Lavelle still records and tours as UNKLE. He brings in musicians and guest vocalists as needed. I think most fans will be interested in Psyence Fiction and not his other albums. Here's the video for Rabbit in Your Headlights by UNKLE featuring Thom Yorke.
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