Talk:Making Psyence Fiction
Additional Information & Errors
As new information regarding Psyence Fiction becomes available I will include it here, as well as any errors in the book that come to light. --Jimmyjrg (talk) 15:05, 24 April 2020 (AEST)
Atlantique - First time singing in English
Atlantique is said to have sang in English for the first time on 1998's Psyence Fiction, but this is incorrect. She sings a song in English on Dimitri From Paris' debut album from 1996. The song Nothing To Lose (where she is introduced as Mademoiselle Atlantique) is a cover of a song by Claudine Longet from the Peter Sellers' film The Party. This is listed as a direct sample on Wikipedia, but Atlantique is credited in the album credits.
It would be more correct to say that Atlantique's collaborations are her first time writing and singing her own songs in English. It may also be worth noting that Atlantique's contribution to Dimitri From Paris' album released in June 1996 and may have been recorded around the same time as her unreleased UNKLE song Dissatisfied which is assumed to have been recorded around 1995, though this has not been made clear yet.--Jimmyjrg (talk) 15:05, 24 April 2020 (AEST)
DJ Shadow comments on his contribution to If You Find Earth Boring
I had an article where Shadow mentioned he didn't know his voicemail recording was included on UNKLE's Time Has Come EP until it was released. I have lost the article though so I cut this from the final book. --Jimmyjrg (talk) 15:05, 24 April 2020 (AEST)
Honest Jon's
I have found an article from 1996(?) about the Honest Jon's records store which James Lavelle worked for in 1992. This is by Cynthia Rose and was available on the State 51 website. This quote is worth noting for further information about the store at the time, "Within the store's two-floors, there are subdivisions. Betty Carter, for instance, opened the excellent Jazz Basement ("We stock everything from be-bop to acid"). Equally valued is Reggae Revive -- a tiny, smoke-filled backroom piled with rare 7-inches."
James Lavelle was filmed in the store as part of Matt Lipsey's 1992 film 'London Underground', as seen here. John Clare (original Honest Jon owner) commented on the post "Good memories of when we’d get Saturday queues extending out of the shop to dig James’s latest tune. When I opened the shop in 1974, this famous graduate of the shop had not even been born!"--Jimmyjrg (talk) 14:37, 28 April 2020 (AEST)
Size Interview with James Lavelle May 2020
In this interview Lavelle discusses a few points worth adding to future updates:
- Discusses meeting the guys at Slam City Skates which led to working with Will Bankhead and Ben Drury. Also mentions starting Mo' Wax Arts "which was where we started doing this kind of unusual projects with people like photographer Glen E. Friedman and Mark Gonzales."
- Discusses his early love of martial arts and Asian culture a bit more in detail. Mentions learning Chinese, reading manga, and watching Bruce Lee movies.
- Mentions Straight No Chaser Japan tour, "I went to places like Takamatsu, Tokushima, Okayama, and all these really coastal towns."
- Discusses collaborating with Nike, and making the first UNKLE and Mo' Wax toys.