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 Since its 1994 inception, UNKLE has been the primary musical outlet of James Lavelle. The co-founder of Mo' Wax, one of the most consequential English independent labels of the '90s, Lavelle has been joined by a carousel of primary collaborators and an ever-changing array of guest contributors who have helped him indulge in styles ranging from sample-based hip-hop to downcast stoner rock. The collective's first release was the EP The Time Has Come. The next album, Psyence Fiction, presented a cinematic, dramatic Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly, putting together samples from sci-fi movies, heavy beats, rock guitars and extended instrumental sections. It's still regarded as their best album. Never, Never, Land had a more lukewarm reception, with many fans and critics feeling that it didn't really measure up to Fiction. A new Unkle album, War Stories, appeared four years later. Produced by Unkle alongside Chris Goss, Stories showed the group leaning more towards alternative rock than electronic music and featured contributions from both new (the band Autolux, Gavin Clark, Ian Astbury, The Duke Spirit) and old collaborators (Homme, 3D). It proved to be another Your Mileage May Vary, with some publications hailing it as the best album of 2007 and others deriding it as more tired, gloomy boredom from a once promising collective. Another compilation of B-sides and remixes, More Stories, followed. The Unkle latest albums are The Road: Part I (2017) and The Road: Part II (Lost Highway) (2019).
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