James Lavelle goes to Bangkok

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  • The UNKLE man is set to release #37 in the long-running GU series in July.
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  • James Lavelle is in line to mix the next edition of the GU series. As a long-standing contributor to the GU mix series, Lavelle established his relationship with the imprint back in 2002 with the release of Global Underground #023: Barcelona, which was followed by 2004's #026: Romania. Said to be, "much more melodic and optimistic than his previous dark room Global Underground mixes," Lavelle split the recording process between Sri Lanka, Ibiza and London, which perhaps goes some way to explaining the sunnier feel to the track selection. Across the two discs Lavelle dips into a large pool of his own material, including a number tracks under short-list for the new UNKLE LP. CD1 goes for an obvious indie/electronica slant with the likes of Doves, Animal Collective and Radiohead all edging guitars into the equation, while CD2 takes a more direct, club-focused route with Radio Slave, Mark Broom, James Holden and Gavin Herlihy all bringing the noise. "Iïve not done an official mix for five years," commented Lavelle on the mix, "so a lot has changed with the music I play and I wanted the mix to show people where I'm currently at. It's a lot more uplifting and not so after hours so I wanted it to be a record you could listen to as the sun goes down and the night begins going on to then watch the sun come up again; a more personal experience." Tracklist CD1 01. Intro - Look Inside Yourself (Intro) 02. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Edit) 03. Doves - Jetstream 04. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes 05. Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Four Tet Mix) 06. James Holden - 10101 07. Radiohead - Reckoner (James Holden Mix) 08. Layo & Bushwacka! - Life2Live (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #1) 09. The Big Pink - Too Young To Love (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #14) 10. UNKLE - Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix) 11. Evil Nine - Icicles (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #12) 12. Silicone Soul - The Call Of The Wild (Mi Animo Goes Disco Mix) 13. Jesse Somfay - Lying In A Bed Of Myst 14. Mutant Clan - A Perfect Place 15. Henrik Shwarz, Ame, Dixon f. Derrick Carter - Where We At - Part 2 16. School Of Seven Bells - Sempiternal/Amaranth CD2 01. UNKLE - Heaven (King Unique Acapella) 02. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Variation On A Theme) (C2 Version 1) 03. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Variation On A Theme) (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #11) 04. System 7 - Space Bird (Dubfire Deep Space Remix) 05. Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Remix) 06. X-Press 2 - Now I'm On It 07. Mark Broom - Twenty Nine (Broom's 09 Mix) 08. Fergie - Break In 09. King Unique - Dirty (Fergie Mix) 10. Chelonis R. Jones - Deer In The Headlights (Radio Slave Remix) 11. Gavin Herlihy - Machine Ate My Homework 12. James Holden - The Wheel 13. Caribou - Niobe 14. Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down (Reconstructed by Duke Dumont) Global Underground will release James Lavelle GU37: Bangkok on August 3, 2009.
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