情報正式解禁!!!! 2017.04.22 James Lavelle presents UNKLE Sounds x DJ Mykal 20周年 at Neo Studio
James Lavelle對我生涯影響的重要性早已無庸置疑，很榮幸可以在我20周年系列Project裡再次邀請他訪台，而且是首次以UNKLE SOUNDS名義來台演出~~
限量早鳥票明天(周三)中午KKTIX正式開賣!!!
【James Lavelle presents UNKLE Sounds x DJ Mykal 20周年】
★ 2017.03.29(三)中午12:00 限量早鳥票NT800元搶先開賣! ★
購票連結☞http://rokon2future.kktix.cc/events/422unklesoundsxdjmykal
2017.04.22 Neo Studio
傳奇廠牌Mo'Wax主腦James Lavelle
台灣潮流音樂指標 DJ Mykal a.k.a.林哲儀
聯手出擊，再創傳奇經典夜！
James Lavelle，你永遠不知道他的下一步又將如何超越世界！
身為英國著名樂團UNKLE的首腦 、Mo’Wax音樂廠牌創始人，多年來James Lavelle與DJ Shadow、Radiohead主唱Thom Yorke、DJ Krush、Mike D等世界頂尖音樂人合作發行了無數音樂作品，並建立起「Trip Hop」的不敗地位。此外，擔任知名品牌如：Nike、Converse以及日本潮流教主Nigo長期合作夥伴、邀請Futura 創作經典的Point Man圖像，James Lavelle的一舉一動永遠是全球潮流時尚的領導指標。
距前次James Lavelle訪台已有10年時間，這一次James Lavelle將首度以「UNKLE SOUNDS」派對系列登台演出，同時今年也是DJ Mykal a.k.a.林哲儀DJ生涯20周年，作為系列Project以及ROKON滾石電音首發派對，台灣英國兩地潮流音樂指標領袖，聯手轟炸、精彩可期！
限量早鳥票:NT800 (不含酒水)
預售票:NT1200 with 1 Drink
現場票:NT1500 with 1 Drink
＊一人一票，請攜帶證件憑票入場，票券遺失恕不補發，18歲以下不得入場
Support by
DJ Mykal a.k.a.林哲儀
OVDS(special club set)
Slamer
林貓王
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Everything James Lavelle has created and initiated has been driven by the same irrepressible sense of curiosity and an incorruptible willingness to take risks. The music released today under the banner of UNKLE is very different from early UNKLE records. The spirit is the same.
2014 was a landmark year for independent music svengali James Lavelle. Coinciding with his 40th birthday he launched Mo’ Wax21: Urban Archaeology - a mind blowing Kickstarter resourced exhibition and a lavish Rizzoli published book to celebrate the 21st birthday of Mo’ Wax records, the label he launched as a teenager. He was also the curator for Meltdown on London’ s South Bank. Joining a long list musical luminaries such as Yoko Ono, Ornette Coleman, Massive Attack, Nick Cave, John Peel, Lee ‘ Scratch’ Perry, Patti Smith, amongst others, is according to James, “one of the proudest moments of my life in music so far.”
Since the early Nineties James Lavelle has been on a global roller coaster ride. It’ s taken him from being an obsessive 18 year old indie record label boss to the heart of corporate record company darkness and back to the light with an array of dynamic visual adventures based around the collective musical experience of his UNKLE project. A child of the sampling generation, he has honed his curatorial skills while riding the tidal wave of information technology. The Nineties were hectic - an endless cycle of clubbing and unfettered creativity and his Mo’ Wax label was bold, irreverent and “Kicking More Phunk Than A Shaolin Monk”. He released a flood of hip, deftly packaged 12”singles and ventured far and wide in search of like-minded souls. He forged links with Japan’ s hip hop originals Major Force and DJ Krush but it was in Oakland California that he found the future - Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow.
In ‘ 96 Rolling Stone magazine declared Mo’ Wax as the true source of ‘ Trip Hop’ - a decision underpinned by the aural impact of DJ Shadow’ s ‘ In/Flux’ 12” single – but In reality, it was the ‘ Headz’ compilation, released in ‘ 94, complete with cover art by Massive Attack’ s 3D that took ‘ trip hop’ worldwide. What followed was DJ Shadow’ s skillfully crafted ‘ Endtroducing’ LP – a homage to his trusty Akai MPC60 and a seminal slab of vinyl that has since notch up sales in excess of a million. A label deal with A&M appeared to give James the freedom to pursue the Mo’ Wax grail and UNKLE was chosen to deliver the vision. DJ Shadow took on the producer role of ‘ Psyence Fiction’ . Meanwhile James commissioned Futura2000 to provide the artwork and succeeded in enlisting Radiohead’ s Thom Yorke and ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft to the project. It was a radical venture that predictably met with the glint of sharpened critical knives. A combination of youth and boundary breaking ambition has never endeared James Lavelle to the critics. Ironically, the deal-breaker when signing to A&M records was a Jean-Michel Basquiat drawing that declared “Cowards with get rid of you, the sky is the limit”. It proved an apt warning. At the dawn of the new millennium A&M imploded andtook Mo’ Wax with it. Financial uncertainty ensued. He sold the Basquiat, reverted to his DJ career and pressed on with UNKLE.
James Lavelle loves DJing. It’ s back to basics. He describes his five year long residency at Fabric as “insane” and is happy to point out that he’ s had residencies in all of the Top 10 clubs in the world including Zouk and Womb.
Obsessed with the collision of music, fashion and art James forged links with Nigo at A Bathing Ape and launched Mo' Wax Arts to translate Futura 2000’ s concepts and images into merchandise, toys and fashion. He was mates with iconoclastic London fashion genius Lee Alexander McQueen and continues to work with McQueen collaborators Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. Daydreaming with.... James Lavelle was launched at London’ s Museum Of Mankind and has produced collaborations with celebrated artists like Jonathan Glazer, 3D, Jonas Burget, Doug Foster and Turner Prize nominee Nathan Coley.
In 2005, he set up Surrender - a clothing line and boutique record label dedicated to all things UNKLE. Over a five period they produced three UNKLE albums - ‘ War Stories’ , ‘ End Titles- Stories For Films’ , ‘ Where Did Night Fall’ and around 150 tracks. UNKLE's progression in the studio from a classic hip hop aesthetic to breakbeats-meet-house to electronica to rock has also been instrumental in UNKLE manifesting as a live band that’ s successfully toured the world.
The UNKLE crew has been populated by a bunch of serious players who have made a massive impact on the UK music scene and beyond. Tim Goldsworthy set up DFA records, Nick Huggett signed Adele, M.I.A and Dizzee Rascal, Damian Taylor is Bjork’ s right hand person, Cameron Craig is a Grammy winning engineer and Jim Abiss and Paul Epworth are both producers at the top the game – think: Adele, Kasabian, Plan B, Florence & The Machine. Another UNKLE veteran Toby Feltwell went on to run Bathing Ape and Billionaire Boys Club with Nigo and Pharrell.
Here in lies the journey of a hip hop, subway art, Massive Attack obsessed kid from Oxford. It’ s been a wild and mind expanding journey. His focus is always on the future. Watch this space.
LIMITED EARLY BIRD : NT800 with NO Drink
PRE-SALE : NT1200 with 1 Drink
AT DOOR : NT1500 with 1 Drink
VENUE: NEO STUDIO
5F., No.22, Songshou Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City
