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UNKLE

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Location: London

Website: http://unkle.com

Bio: UNKLE was founded in the early '90s by Mo' Wax label chief James Lavelle and engineer/producer Tim Goldsworthy (who would later go on to form ... (more) the influential DFA production team and label). Like the late-era Beastie Boys who took in disparate sounds and styles to form one unique, utterly hip front, UNKLE's sound and vision was an amalgamation of British rave culture, American hip-hop, skateboarding, graffiti, and science fiction: the B-boy-centric version of the trip-hop subgenre that included Massive Attack, Portishead, and Tricky. (less)