James Lavelle

小簡介
James Lavelle，英國著名實驗Hip-Hop組合U.N.K.L.E.的首腦；推動抽象Hip-Hop這種音樂形式產(chǎn)生的重要音樂廠牌Mo'Wax的創(chuàng)始人和老板；英國倫敦最著名的俱樂部Scala和Fabric的駐場DJ。James Lavelle在年少時就創(chuàng)辦了Mo'Wax，不論是為唱片公司網(wǎng)羅世界級優(yōu)秀藝人，或是自己的原創(chuàng)/混音作品，都已成為全球Hip-Hop音樂圈里推至極限的經(jīng)典。到現(xiàn)在旗下藝人已經(jīng)有了象DJ Shadow、DJ Krush這樣響亮的名字。他的個人魅力也吸引了炙手可熱的DJ Shadow加入到他的U.N.K.L.E.樂隊，Richard Ashcroft（The Verve的主唱）、Mike D（Beastie Boys的成員）、Thom Yorke（Radiohead的主唱）、Badly Drawn Boy等人為他的U.N.K.L.E.樂隊的專輯參與制作；作為一個DJ，他擅長各種類型的音樂，尤其是對他影響很大的Hip-Hop。從早期播放Stevie Wonder、Deep Purple到現(xiàn)在兼收并蓄，變化多端的音樂風格，盡管如此，對于已經(jīng)名聲顯赫的James Lavelle來說，唯一不變的是好的音樂和不斷的自我音樂革命。
James Lavelle同時還是一個時尚界的標志人物。他所簽約的日本超級DJ Krush不僅讓他的唱片品牌Mo'Wax名揚四海，更是為他結(jié)識了很多日本時裝界的巨子，其中當然包括原宿地區(qū)的著名設(shè)計師Nigo。Nigo旗下的時裝品牌A Bathing Ape在之后的很多年里都是James Lavelle充當形象代表的。James還擁有自己的時裝品牌，并在倫敦和新加坡都擁有時裝店。他的U.N.K.L.E.樂隊的形象還是由紐約著名的涂鴉大師Futura設(shè)計的。俊朗的外表加上超級時尚的品味，以及他在地下音樂界的江湖地位，無一不讓James成為Global Underground系列的新寵。
曾經(jīng)出版的唱片包括：
Fabric Live 01 (2001)
Global Underground 023 - James Lavelle - Barcelona (2002)
Global Underground 026 - James Lavelle - Romania (2004)
U.N.K.L.E.
Psvence Fiction (1998)
Never Never Land (2003)
曾經(jīng)合作過的音樂人：
DJ Shadow (美國最杰出的Hip-Hop DJ)
Richard Ashcroft (英國著名樂隊The Verve主唱)
Skylab (英國著名電子樂隊)
Mike D (美國樂隊Beastie Boys成員)
Thom Yorke (英國超級樂隊Radiohead主唱)
Badly Drawn Boy
Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age樂隊成員)
Ian Brown (Stone Roses主唱)
Kudo
Brian Eno (世界環(huán)境音樂教父)
Howie B (U2和Bjork唱片制作人)
Experimental hip-hop outfit U.N.K.L.E. were one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo'Wax, which helped launch the instrumental mid-'90s downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop. Though hardly the label's highest profile group, U.N.K.L.E. numbers among its members label-head James Lavelle, who formed Mo'Wax while still in his teens as an antidote to the increasingly stale acid jazz/Northern Soul scene. Stripping the music down to its barest of essentials -- bass, percussion, minimal samples and heavy effects -- the Mo'Wax sound (best exemplified by the second Mo'Wax label comp, Headz, as well as its sequel, the two-part Headz 2) quickly gained respectability and a large audience. Although not as prolific as other Mo'Wax artists such as DJs Shadow and Krush, Lavelle's group nonetheless played a crucial role in cementing Mo'Wax's early sound though their Time Has Come double EP, the latter of which featured remixes of the title track by Plaid, Portishead, and U2 producer Howie B.
The group comprises the trio of Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy -- a mate of Lavelle's since childhood -- and producer Kudo, of seminal Japanese label Major Force (and a member of the on-again, off-again psychedelic beat crew Skylab). Previous to his entree into production, Lavelle along with Goldsworthy was deep into New York hip-hop and electro, the emerging late-'80s Sheffield bleep scene, the English acid jazz scene (which he covered as a columnist for Straight No Chaser magazine), and of course the acid house and techno explosions that were redefining the English counterculture at the time. The pair hooked up with third-member Kudo through the growing rep of the latter's Love T.K.O. project. whose outbound interpretations of breakbeat and acid jazz drew Lavelle's ear. While Goldsworthy and Kudo remain more heavily involved in nuts'n'bolts production (especially given the success of Mo'Wax, with Lavelle penning an expansive partial ownership deal with A&M Records in 1996), Lavelle is heavily involved in the conceptual and organizational end, crafting beats and laying out vague sketches his partners then expand into full-blown tracks. Despite the scarcity of released material, U.N.K.L.E. have grown to wider acclaim recently through remix projects for the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Tortoise. An album is due sometime in 1998. Three years later, Lavelle issued his debut album Fabriclive.01, a more or less a retrospective of his popular setlists from his residency at the famous London club, Fabric. He marked his debut for Global Underground in 2002 with the stylish Global Underground: Barcelona release. His second installment in the series, Global Underground: Romania followed two years later.