James Lavelle has become known as the founder of the prestigious Mo Wax, a label that in the 1990s mainly specialized in acid jazz, trip hop and experimental explorations in dance. Together with , he started Unkle in 1998, a project that used dance techniques to create non-dance. This resulted in the brilliant . DJ Shadow was too busy for a successor. Luckily Lavelle found a worthy successor in
… , his best friend, with Lavelle taking care of the production and File devoting himself to crafting the songs. Unkle received help from a few guests. So once again the party with his old buddy Mani can be heard on bass in the song Reign. from can be heard on Invasion. and engage in a synth duel on I Need Something Stronger. The schizophrenic vocals of of grace Safe In Mind and Joel van delivers the beautiful Beatlesque Glow. The rest of the vocals are provided by Richard File. Never, Never, Land is one of the best CDs of 2003. (AD)more
