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Bibliography

A listing of printed articles and interviews relating to Unkle, James Lavelle, and Mo'Wax. For Press Releases, Mailouts and Newsletters see: Mailouts. For album reviews see: Bibliography - Reviews

Year Month Title Volume Issue / Number Country Description Scan Y/N Transcript Y/N
1991 Aug Echoes - - UK Charts by James Lavelle Y
1991 Dec Echoes - - UK Charts by James Lavelle Y
1992 - Straight No Chaser 1 15 UK Spring '92 - Mo' Wax column Y
1992 Feb Urb 2 2 US DJ Shadow
1993 - Straight No Chaser 1 20 UK Spring '93 - Mo' Wax column Y
1993 - Straight No Chaser 1 22 UK Summer '93 - Mo' Wax column Y
1993 - Straight No Chaser 1 23 UK Autumn '93 - Mo' Wax column Y
1993 - Straight No Chaser 1 24 UK Winter '93 - Mo' Wax column Y
1993 - Phat Magazine 1 3 UK "A Career Guide To Losers Y Y
1993 Apr Remix - 23 JP Mo' Wax featured
1994 - Straight No Chaser 1 25 UK Spring '94 - Mo' Wax column Y
1994 - Straight No Chaser 1 26 UK Spring/Summer '94 - Mo' Wax column Y
1994 - Straight No Chaser 1 27 UK Summer '94 - Mo' Wax column Y
1994 - Straight No Chaser 1 28 UK Autumn '94 - Mo' Wax column Y
1994 - Straight No Chaser 1 29 UK Winter '94 - Mo' Wax column Y
1994 ? URB - 37 US Summer - DJ Shadow N N
1994 Mar DJ - 109 UK 3-16 March - Mo' Wax - 2 pages Y N
1994 Apr The Times - - UK Young Free And Turning Out Singles - James Lavelle interviewed about Mo' Wax Y
1994 Jun The Times - - UK Mo' Wax clears the ears; New Waves: The Sounds Of Tomorrow, Today - Short article on Mo' Wax Y
1994 Jun MixMag - - UK Trip Hop - Article on Mo' Wax and Trip Hop sound. Read online here.
1994 Sep Dazed & Confused - 9 UK James Lavelle - "Mo Wax Than Most" - 2 pages Y N
1994 Oct The Face 2 73 UK James Lavelle interviewed on p164 Y N
1994 Nov New Statesman & Society - - UK Independent's Day - James Lavelle interviewed about Mo' Wax Y Y
1994 Nov The Guardian - - UK In The Mix: James Lavelle. Interviewed from 11 November Y Y
1994 Dec Wire - 130 UK DJ Shadow - 2 pages Y Y
1994 Dec NME - - UK Just Say Mo' - Mo' Wax 2 page feature, DJ Krush Review, & NME Chart Y N
1994 Dec MixMag - 43 UK State Of Play - James Lavelle interviewed about Jungle music
1995 - Straight No Chaser 1 30 UK Spring '95 - Mo' News column Y
1995 - Straight No Chaser 1 31 UK Spring/Summer '95 - Mo' News column Y
1995 - Straight No Chaser 1 32 UK Summer '95 - Mo' News column Y
1995 - Straight No Chaser 1 33 UK Autumn '95 - Mo' News column Y
1995 - Straight No Chaser 1 34 UK Winter '95 - Mo' News column Y
1995 - Dazed & Confused - 16 UK Tim Goldsworthy - "The Man From UNKLE" - 2 pages
1995 - Snarl - - - James Lavelle & MoWax article
1995 Jan Select - 55 UK Wax Headroom - 1 page of 1994 Headz Tour Y N
1995 Feb Music Week - - UK "A&M Snaps up Finan" (Mo' Wax co-owner) Y
1995 Feb Music Week - - UK "A&M wins race to sign Mo' Wax" Y
1995 Feb Hip Hop Connection - 72 UK Mo' Wax N N
1995 May Billboard 107 13 US London Records has inked a U.S. licensing agreement with Mo' Wax Records Y Y
1995 May Remix - 47 JP James Lavelle and DJ Shadow featured
1995 Jun Rolling Stone - 709 US "Rhythm nation" discusses Mo' Wax availability in USA N Y
1995 Jul Remix - 49 JP Mo' Wax Battle Royal Tour featured (Shadow, Lavelle, Krush)
1995 Jul Vox - - - "Trip Hop: Where The Beats Have No Name" Y
1995 Aug/Sep ele-king 3 - JP Features DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, & James Lavelle
1995 Sep I-D - 144 UK James LaVelle with other models in i-D tee shirts designed by X-Large and Fuct - 2 pages
1995 Oct I-D - 145 UK James LaVelle on 1 page. The Special Birthday issue.
1995 Oct Muzik - - UK James LaVelle interviews Nightmare's On Wax + DJ Krush interviewed
1995 Nov GQ - - UK Waxing Lyrical - James Lavelle interview - 4 pages Y N
1995 Nov The Independent - - UK "Twenty something" - James Lavelle interview
1995 Dec The Sydney Morning Herald - - AU "The Latest Trip" - Article on Mo' Wax - Can be read here.
1995 Dec The Sydney Morning Herald - - AU "Running with the SHADOW" - Interview with DJ Shadow - Can be read here.
1995 Dec The Face - 87 UK Spinal Rap - Mo' Wax versus the Beastie Boys. Article available to read here Y Y
1995 Dec Hip Hop Connection - 82 UK DJ Krush N N
1996 - Straight No Chaser 1 35 UK Spring '96 - Mo' News column Y
1996 - Straight No Chaser 1 37 UK Summer '96 - California's Hip Hop Underground - DJ Shadow N
1996 Jan The Sydney Morning Herald - - AU "Dropping cool keys" - Interview with Money Mark - Can be read here.
1996 Jan Select - - UK JAMES LAVELLE - 'At Home With James Lavelle' 1 and a half pages
1996 Jan L'Indic - - SP JAMES LAVELLE - 'La ciudad de los prodigios'
1996 Jan Muzik - - UK JAMES LAVELLE - 'A Year In The Life'
1996 Feb The Face - 89 UK Hype - Mo' Wax Changes It's Tune
1996 Feb Mojo - - UK Mojo Rising - James Lavelle N Y
1996 Mar I-D - 150 UK James Lavelle
1996 Mar Vox - - ? "Talkin' about Mo' Generation" article on Mo' Wax
1996 Mar/Apr JAZID - 2 UK "Mo' Wax Down Under" photos and Attica Blues article
1996 Apr Spin - - US "Beats Generation" article on Mo' Wax
1996 Jul Muzik - - UK James Lavelle interviews Kool Keith
1996 Jul Vox - - ? "Where The Beats Have No Name" article on Trip Hop
1996 Jul Rolling Stone - 738 US "Mo' Wax Captures the Trip-Hop Vibe" N Y
1996 Jul Hip Hop Connection - 89 UK Doctor Octagon N N
1996 Jul The Face 2 94 UK The Psychonauts Y N
1996 Aug The Sunday Times - - UK "Tomato - a source of inspiration." on Mo'Wax art show in Scotland N Y
1996 Aug/Sep Jockey Slut 2 3 UK James Lavelle - Doing Your Headz In! Y Y
1996 Oct I-D - 157 UK DJ Shadow Y Y
1996 Oct Blah Blah Blah - 7 UK DJ Shadow - one page N N
1996 Oct Melody Maker - - UK DJ Shadow "The Penumbra of the Beast" - 26 October 1996
1996 Nov Billboard 108 47 US Announces Entroducing US release and DJ Shadow's appearance in Urb Magazine Y Y
1996 Nov Urb 6 51 US DJ Shadow - Why Does Hip Hop Suck in 96? N Y
1996 Nov The Guardian - - UK "Rebel with a cause" James Lavelle article
1996 Nov Hip Hop Connection - 93 UK DJ Shadow Interview N N
1996 ? Graphotism - 8 - Futura 2000 talks James Lavelle Y Y
1997 ? Tokion 1 2 JP General Talk Ape Shall Never Kill Ape #1: Mo' Wax's James LaVelle N Y
1997 Feb Billboard 109 6 US SLICING GROOVES - DJ Shadow photographed crate digging Y Y
1997 Mar Muzik - - UK James Lavelle reviews Playstation games, and Berry Meditation is reviewed
1997 Mar/Apr Option - 73 US DJ Shadow featured across 6 pages
1997 Apr Vox - - ? James Lavelle reviews the latest records
1997 Jul Muzik - - UK James Lavelle reviews two Star Wars videogames
1997 Aug Snoozer - - JP DJ Shadow article
1997 Aug/Sep ele-king 14 - JP DJ Shadow article and on cover
1997 Sep Buzz - - JP DJ Shadow article
1997 Oct More Better - - JP Ape VS Mo' Wax Y N
1997 Oct Mixmag - - UK "Deborah Anderson - Prog sprog turns jungle explorer" - On Deborah Anderson recording an album for Mo' Wax N Y
1997 Oct The Face 3 9 UK DJ Shadow - The Man From Unkle - 2.5 - Scans here
1997 Oct/Nov ele-king 15 - JP Post Hip Hop article includes UNKLE
1997 Nov Remix - 77 JP Mo' Wax - Nigo, Attica Blues, Suika
1997 Dec The Times - - UK Chasing Shadow N Y
1997 Dec Melody Maker 48 74 UK DJ Shadow N N
1998 ? OOR - 23 Netherlands JAMES LAVELLE UNKLE - MO WAX 2 page
1998 Apr Remix - - JP UNKLE & Nigo
1998 Jul The Sunday Times - - UK The Men from Unkle Y Y
1998 Aug Music Week - - UK "UNKLE" - On Psyence Fiction Y N
1998 Aug Snoozer - 87 JP Article on UNKLE N N
1998 Aug MixMag - 87 UK Article and album review
1998 Aug NME - - UK 22 Aug - Unkle
1998 Aug NME - - UK 29 Aug - Article available to read here
1998 Aug The Face 3 19 UK UNKLE - Three years in the making, the epic story of two kids in baseball caps and how they made the album of the year - 8 pages - Transcript here
1998 Aug Telegraph Magazine - - UK Supplement in Telegraph 15 August. UNKLE - Starlife - 1 page
1998 Aug Dallas Observer - - US Article about UNKLE and Psyence Fiction - Read here.
1998 Aug-Sep Jockey Slut 2 15 UK The Horror! The Horror! *NB: Title of article is reference to final chapter of Heart of Darkness book N Y
1998 Sep De: Bug - 15 DE German Interview with James Lavelle about Psyence Fiction N Y
1998 Sep Music Week - - UK "LP Launched" - Psyence Fiction UK launch review + The Underdog describes creating his Rabbit In Your Headlights remix + Psyence Fiction in the charts Y N
1998 Sep I-D - - UK JAMES LAVELLE - 4 pages - Partial scan here
1998 Sep Loaded - - UK UNKLE - 4 pages
1998 Sep Groove - - JP UNKLE on cover
1998 Sep The Age - - AU Wax In Your Ear - James Lavelle feature N Y
1998 Sep Rockin' On - - JP Featuring UNKLE N N
1998 Oct Melody Maker 75 42 UK DJ Shadow and James Lavelle N N
1998 Oct Arena - - UK UNKLE - 3 pages
1998 Oct Paper - - USA UNKLE - Music's Next Big Thing?
1998 Oct Spin 14 10 USA THE MEN FROM UNKLE - Article available to read here Y Y
1998 Oct Rolling Stone - 798 US "Toys for B-Boys" discusses Money Mark and Unkle toys N Y
1998 Oct Music Week - - UK "Mo Wax on verge of naming new partner" Y
1998 Oct Urb 61 US UNKLE (James Lavelle and DJ Shadow) page 70-72
1998 Oct/Nov ele-king 21 - JP DJ Shadow and DJ Krush article and on cover
1998 Oct/Nov Flux - - UK 3 page DJ Shadow and James Lavelle article - Vincent Gallo on the cover
1998 Nov Music Week - - UK "7 days in dance" - Prime Cuts of The Scratch Perverts discusses plans to meet James Lavelle Y
1998 Nov Billboard 110 48 US "U.K.'s Mo' Wax Inks Joint Venture With XL" Y
1998 Dec Music Week - - UK "Brown to vocal new track" Y
1999 ? BAPEMANIA - 01 JP Bape Heads Y N
1999 Jan Dazed & Confused - - UK JAMES LAVELLE MEETS DAVID AXELROD - 4 pages
1999 Jan NME - - UK 23 Jan - For whom Lavelle toils...Unkle and Idlewild on the road with NME
1999 Feb Leeds Student / Juice 29 14 UK 5 Feb - James Lavelle discusses UNKLE in the Leeds Student Juice suppliment. PDF available here
1999 Feb Relax - - JP Contains Nigo in London and Money Mark record
1999 Mar Spoon 5 - UK "PORTRAITS FROM THE UPPERGROUND" - (by David Bailey) Includes photo of: Catherine Bailey, Josh Tuifa, Zenaida Yanowsky, Gail Porter, Boy George, Roger Saul, Olivia Williams, James Lavelle
1999 Mar Relax - - JP Contains feature on Wolrdwide Bapeheads Tour
1999 Mar Straight No Chaser 2 4 UK Scratch Perverts - Men From UNKLE Y
1999 Mar Buzz - - JP Hey Presidents (Mo Wax) James Lavelle
1999 Jun Official Playstation Magazine (UK) - 46 UK James Lavelle on Star Wars Y N
1999 Jun / Jul Level - 2 UK "Mo'Wax Design" Interview with Ben Drury N Y
1999 Jul What's In - - JP Unkle
1999 Sep Billboard 111 39 US "Mo'Wax's Parker offers subtle beats on 'Kiss'" - Andrea Parker Y
2000 ? BAPEMANIA - 02 JP James VS Nigo Y N
2000 Jan Record Collector - 245 UK MO' WAX - How did James Lavelle's label become one of the hippest around? Jake Kennedy tells the story - 5 pages
2000 Feb Relax - - JP Contains Futura feature and Nigo record
2001 Feb XLR8R - 50 US Futura 2000 Partial
2000 Apr Relax - - JP Contains pages on James Lavelle and Ben Drury at Mo' Wax
2000 Apr Billboard 112 18 US On Tommy Guerrero's Mo' Wax releases Y
2000 Sep Rockin' On - - JP Featuring James Lavelle N N
2000 Oct Jockey Slut - - UK Features a one page advertisement for Mo' Wax releases Y N
2000 Oct Graphotism - 22 - Released Oct 4 2000. James Lavelle talks Futura 2000 Book - Transcript here. Y N
2000 Dec Relax - 46 JP Contains Bape X Unkle T-shirt and Mo' Wax feature
2001 Feb Asayan Magazine - 86 JP Photos of Command Z exhibition Y
2001 Feb Relax - - JP Contains feature on Futura's Command Z exhibition
2001 Oct Relax - - JP Comes with Nigo record
2001 - Lodown Magazine - 29 - Contains images of UNKLE RAH figure and U77 Prototype Y
2002 May Creative Review 22 5 UK SHYNOLA'S ANTI-WAR FILM (Eye for an Eye) Y N
2002 May Les Inrockuptibles - 340 FR DJ Shadow N N
2002 Jun The Face - 65 UK DJ Shadow - "Dig For Victory" N N
2002 Jun OOR - 11 - Dutch Netherlands magazine - DJ Shadow (3 pages) N N
2002 Jun Rockin' On - - JP Featuring DJ Shadow N N
2002 Oct Go - 27 SP James Lavelle "La ciudad de los prodigios" N N
2002 Oct Billboard 114 41 US Lavelle Helms Latest Global CD - On Global Underground 023 Barcelona mix Y Y
2002 Nov XLR8R - 63 US The rise, fall and rise again of MoWax founder James Lavelle Partial
2003 - V Magazine - 26 US Short profile on Futura 2000 and James Lavelle - Scan here
2003 - Repellent - 2 US James Lavelle Interview - See here N N
2003 - Playground - - JP Short profile on Futura 2000 and his collaborations with BAPE and Mo' Wax - Scans here and here
2003 Jan / Feb Tokion - - - James Lavelle - The Mo'Wax founder turned superstar DJ will tell you: mo'money mo'problems - 2 pages
2003 May Vogue - - UK ON THE ROAD - 18 pages edit with fullpage photos by MARIO TESTINO featuring James Lavelle on 1(?) page
2003 May Jockey Slut 6 4 UK 'Things to do before you're 30' UNKLE article on Never Never Land album Y N
2003 Jul Mixmag - - UK UNKLE Reloaded - 5 page feature on Never Never Land album. Scans can be read here
2003 Aug Esquire - - UK James Lavelle interview. One page. One photo. N N
2003 Sep Billboard 115 37 US "UNKLE's back from Never Never Land" Y N
2003 Sep Jockey Slut 6 8 UK "The Psychonauts Go Straight To DJ Hell" Y N
2003 Oct Creative Review 23 10 UK First Sight: Packaging for UNKLE's Eye for an Eye promo DVD Y N
2004 Feb The Herald Sun - - AU "man from UNKLE - The DJ who remixed Metallica is contemplating a new indie label" N Y
2004 Jun Dazed & Confused - - UK Stella Artois After Dark 2004 - featuring James Lavelle interview Y N
2004 Nov Garden Magazine - 2 JP Feature on Futura and UNKLE toy RAH collaboration Y
2004 Nov Remix 6 11 US "Maneuvers in the Dark." Y Y
2004 Dec Lee's Toy Review - 146 US Feature on Futura and UNKLE toy collaborations Y N
2006 Sep Mixmag - 184 UK DJ Shadow Y N
2007 Jan Remix 9 1 US THE EVER EVOLVER: UNKLE. Y N
2007 Jul Billboard 19 30 US UNKLE discuss new album, War Stories Y Y
2007 Aug Mixmag - - UK "The Salvation Army" - James Lavelle and Rich File discuss next UNKLE album Y N
2007 Aug EYESCREAM - - JP "U.N.K.L.E. is Back" feature
2007 Sep Remix 9 9 US "HIGH CONTRAST" Y Y
2008 Jul Billboard 120 27 US UNKLE Marks The Spot - On the X-Files UNKLE remix Y Y
2010 Jun Snoozer - - JP Article on UNKLE N N
2010 Aug Future Music - 154 UK UNKLE discuss their new album Where Did The Night Fall Y N
2012 May EYESCREAM - - JP James Lavelle is featured as part of their Sk8thing profile.
2013 - The Rise and Fall of Plastics, Melon, and Major Force - - JP Autobiography of Toshio Nakanishi which details his time at Mo' Wax with James Lavelle, working with Howie B, and his career with Plastics, Melon, and Major Force.
2014 Oct Music Week - - UK "Mode To Measure" - Henry Lavelle discusses music packaging and his career at Mo' Wax Y
2017 Sep Q Magazine - - UK Feature on James Lavelle - 6 Pages Y Y
2017 Sep Mixmag - - UK James Lavelle discusses next UNKLE album and the 90s Y N
2017 Oct Long Live Vinyl Magazine - - UK "We also take the man behind UNKLE, James Lavelle, back to the shop where his crate-digging obsession began – London’s Honest Jon’s." - Available to read here. N N
2020 Mar Making Psyence Fiction - - - James Gaunt's book on the makings of UNKLE's Psyence Fiction album, as well as a history of James Lavelle and Mo' Wax Y N
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