When UNKLE (then consisting of Mo’Wax label boss James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy) worked on their debut record in 1998, they collaborated to a great extend with DJ Shadow. The resulting album Psyence Fiction was a star studded affair, featuring Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), Badly Drawn Boy, Mike D. (Beastie Boys), Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and Ian Brown (Stone Roses) across the tracks.

In 2017, UNKLE only includes James Lavelle, but his upcoming fifth studio album The Road Part 1 has a comparable all-star line-up, featuring Andrew Innes (Primal Scream), Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit), Jon Theodore (Queens Of The Stone Age), Justin Stanley (Beck) and many more. The album’s out on 23 June, with work on The Road Part 2 already underway.

UNKLE’s cinematic, driving new single Looking For The Rain features both former Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan and Mercury Prize nominee Eska.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.