Exclusive: UNKLE - Download and Interview with James Lavelle
SEEN: We heard you recently wanted to remix the score to Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain" and release it as an album – can you tell us about it?
JAMES LAVELLE: Sadly though it is not happening now, it felt like a great opportunity to work with the music and dialogue to create a unique remix version of the soundtrack. Something that I would love to do one day, more like a DJ mix [where] a soundtrack meets the score.
S: How did the work on "Sexy Beast" come about? The tracks were so much a part of the film's soundtrack.
JL: From my relationship with Jonathan Glazier. He directed the "Rabbits in Your Headlights" video for UNKLE
S: If you could be a film composer who would you be?
JL: Vangelis
S: What films have influenced your music?
JL: So many, but those that spring to mind would be THX 1138, Blade Runner, Jacob’s Ladder, Apocalypse Now, Kubrick in general and Terrence Malick
S: What director would you like to collaborate with?
JL: Terrence Malick, Darren Aronofsky and Jonathon Glazier
S: You remixed a couple Oasis tracks for the film GOAL. How was that experience?
JL: Great fun and lots of memories.
S: Is Giorgio Moroder whack or a genius?
JL: Genius
S: We've heard you once described as 'the Hunter S. Thompson of dance music.' Did that make you cringe or do you think it's an apt description?
JL: Yeah I thought it was a pretty good compliment.
S: Who are your favorite bands right now? And favorite beatmakers?
JL: Bands: Hot Chip, Radiohead, M Ward, Queens Of The Stone Age. Beatmakers: Pablo Clements, Timbaland, James Holden, Bushwacka
S: Best club on the planet?
JL: Womb, La Mania, Fabric
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