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Album Reviews
Album Review: James Lavelle – GU37: Bangkok (Global Underground)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 10 August 2009
James Lavelle, the brains behind the UNKLE project and the Mo’Wax label, returns with his first mix CD for about five years with this collection for Global Underground. It’s an eclectic mix, with several UNKLE tracks rubbing shoulders with some heavy remixes and some chilled beats. It starts off with Doves’ ‘Jetstream’, which melds into Animal Collective and eventually through to a remix of Radiohead’s ‘Reckoner’ from James Holden – the latter sounding like it has been put through a washing machine (in a good way). And by track eight of the first CD, Layo And Bushwacka! are raising things to fever pitch. CD two starts with a number of UNKLE tracks keeping the bass heavy and the synth stabs piercing. It’s an equally massive second side selection ending up with Caribou and a Duke Dumont “deconstruction” of the Mystery Jets to go full circle. It’s the sort of mix you can imagine listening to in Thailand for sure, although I think probably better suited to a beach party than the bustling streets of Bangkok – either way Lavelle should do more of this stuff. IM
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