Unkle - Nights Temper Ep (a Prelude To War Stories)
Album Tracks:
01. Track One 02. Track Two 03. Track Three 04. Track Four 05. Track Five 06. Track Six 07. Track Seven 08. Track Eight 09. Track Nine 10. Track Ten 11. Track Eleven 12. Track Twelve 13. Track Thirteen 14. Track Fourteen
Biography:
Experimental hip-hop outfit UNKLE was 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 (at least until the long-delayed release of their debut LP in 1998), UNKLE numbered 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 II) 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 comprised the trio of Lavelle, Tim Goldsworthy -- a mate of Lavelle`s since childhood -- and producer Kudo, of seminal Japa ...
