Electric Picnic Line Up: UNKLE

When I saw UNKLE listed to play EP I thought they sounded familiar but couldn't place them. A quick search of YouTube revealed that they were responsibe for teaming up with Thom Yorke and producing the above gem 'Rabbit In Your headlights', that music video was around when I was in college and it stuck in my mind ever since. The music video was directed by Jonathan Glazer. He also directed Sexy Beast, a great movie, and several great Radiohead videos from around the same time - Street Spirit and Karmma Police.

But back to UNKLE... according to Wikipedia, UNKLE is a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and has employed a variety of guest artists and producers.

Check out another excellent video here, 'Burn My Shadow', best I've seen in a while now. The song features vocals from ian Astbury from the Cult and is directed by Miguel Sapochnik.

The only reservation I'd have about going to see UNKLE at Electric Picnic is that I love vocals, and seeing as UNKLE work with guest vocallists, will it be instrumental, or who does the vocals at live gigs?