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CHANGE CITY :
With a well worn reputation as one of the more outspoken figures in the electronic music scene, never afraid to let loose on all manner of topics, ahead of his anticipated DJ tour this weekend James Lavelle of UNKLE made his opinion known on the somewhat lukewarm response to his last tour of Australia in early 2006 as part of the Future Music Festival.
“I went and did that fucking god-awful tour, of the big DJ festival tours,” Lavelle remarked in this week’s issue of Sydney street press 3DWorld, when asked about his most recent visit to Australia. “It was fucking terrible,” he continued. “I don’t like DJ festivals. I think most of them are pretty terrible. In my experience, they all suck, DJing clubs is always better.”
Whether Lavelle’s opinions reflect those of the punters or fellow touring artists on the Future Music Festival remains to be seen, but regardless of the fact; if you’re a fan and want to catch Lavelle in the more homely surrounds of an intimate club, don’t forget he’ll be playing Sydney and Melbourne this week!
trashy says...
maybe he should start playing good music instead of whinging...
nafets says...
i didn't think james lavelle even played at fmf....
denialworks4me says...
UNKLE
denialworks4me says...
Absolute Legend ! tho i want to see UNKLE in brisbane
theheadmasters says...
His music was good enough for Sasha to retouch on his Involver album, two tracks infact. And I understand what he is saying, if I was producing music to the same calibre of UNKLE, the last thing I would want to do is tour around Australia with TOCADSICO, DAVID GUETTA and ERIC MORILLO. Different styles of music, different trips and different motivations.
replicant says...
'start playing good music instead of whinging'??? - heard any of his albums? the dude has collaborated with Shadow...nuf said.
B-Radikal says...
yeah he played a sick set to about 50 of us where was everyone?
Phat habitat says...
Unkle's music - definitely groundbreaking. and yeah he calloborated with shadow...until shadow refused to work with him any longer due to JL's drug use and other issues. I caught JL at future here in perth - he seemed half asleep and even trainwrecked a couple..
future says...
maybe if he djed straight at one of the gigs he may have liked it, he was off his face 100% of the time and played like ****
austrance says...
heard Carl Cox the other day describe the 'amazing' future music festival tour so it's obviously subjective
denialworks4me says...
touched a nerve it seems... personally i think a small venue or intimate set is much more suited to the sounds of UNKLE...rather than a circus tent filled with glow sticks and fluro
spencer says...
Wasnt it Two Tribes? Was slightly different format than FMF.
Brennan_Heart says...
if he doesn't like festivals then why did he agree to tour? prolly trying to get over the fact there was about 50 times more people partying to trance on the other side of the festival
Brennan_Heart says...
if he doesn't like festivals then why did he agree to tour? prolly trying to get over the fact there was about 50 times more people partying to trance on the other side of the festival
robbz_69 says...
yea i dont remember him being there, swear it was two tribes he played at, otherwise he musta been pretty woeful cos i have no recollection of him at all
nafets says...
nope, checked sydney and melbourne artwork and he wasn't even at fmf...
mushema says...
He did play in Sweetchilli room at the 1st FMF... I was one of those 50 people there.
campbellt says...
Yeah he did play at fmf but at the time it was called Two Tribes, 3 years ago.
minimalcri says...
I've got the double james Lavelle cd in Barcelona...One of my favourite!Cant stop listening to it even though pretty old stuff.. I saw him in Dublin and i'm def going for this gig in Melbourne. Will be interesting to see what's new in his Dj box.
untitled-1 says...
you suk lavelle..petty boy go home
hunter9 says...
Well I am glad to see Future entertainment taking a stab at the DJ's the rpomote .... very professional
hunter9 says...
Well I am glad to see Future entertainment taking a stab at the DJ's the rpomote .... very professional
DJ BB says...
caught his band set recently in spain, they closed out a the main stage of a festival and that ripped.. perhaps he should just stick to his smaller venues for solo times
niallmurphy1979 says...
was at FMF last year and i have to agree, it was very average...sorry :( sounds systems were crap, weather didnt help and too many "put your hands in the air" djs for me