Psyence Fiction
by UNKLE
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 August 1998
- Label: Mo' Wax
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:00:03
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 15 ratings
Artists on this release: Alice Temple, Mike D, Richard Ashcroft, Badly Drawn Boy, Thom Yorke, Atlantique, Damon Gough, Nathaniel Wilson, Jason Newsted, Michael Diamond, Kool G Rap, Atlantique Khanh, Josh Davis
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Spearheaded by James Lavelle and DJ Shadow, 'Psyence Fiction' is a dark, nocturnal masterpiece of trip-hop and urban sampling. The album is incredibly eclectic, featuring a high-profile cast of guest vocalists including Thom Yorke and Richard Ashcroft, set against cold, rhythmic, and cinematic electronic textures.
Genres
Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, atmospheric, electronic, downtempo, rap, experimental
Tracklist
- Guns Blazing (Drums Of Death Pt. 1) (5:01)
- U.N.K.L.E. Main Title Theme (3:24)
- Bloodstain (5:56)
- Unreal (5:08)
- Lonely Soul (8:53)
- Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field Of Artist Management (0:53)
- Nursery Rhyme / Breather (4:44)
- Celestial Annihilation (4:45)
- The Knock (Drums Of Death Pt. 2) (3:57)
- Chaos (4:41)
- Rabbit in Your Headlights (6:16)
- Outro (Mandatory) (1:05)
- Be There (5:16)
Credits
- UNKLE - primary artist, producer [all songs produced by], sleeve notes, recorded by [vox recorded with]
- Derek Waters - artwork [character wire frames by]
- David Murray - artwork [derek waters assisted by]
- DJ Shadow - band [unkle is], sleeve notes, music by, recorded by [vox], turntables [cuts], scratches [skratches], music by [additional], producer [additional production by]
- James Lavelle - band [unkle is], sleeve notes, recorded by [vox], voice [breaths]
- Futura 2000 - cover [cover image], painting [paintings], artwork [all characters]
- Andy Holmes - design [ben drury assisted by]
- Tim Drury - design [custom grids conceived & executed by]
- Ben Drury - design [sleeve designed by]
- Tim Young - lacquer cut by
- Jim Abbiss - mixed by [all songs], recorded by [vox]
- Will Bankhead - photography by, photography by [mike d. photograph re-shot by]
- Ryan Murphy - photography by [mike d photograph]
- Ali Peck - photography by [william bankhead assisted by]
- Kevin Scott - recorded by [vox recorded with], recorded by [vox]
- Lateef The Truth Speaker - vocals [additional]
- Lyrics Born - vocals [additional]
- Kool G Rap - vocals, words by
- Josh Davis - written-by
- Nathaniel Wilson - written-by
- Alice Temple - vocals, words by, written-by
- Wil Malone - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings conducted by], written-by, written-by [composition "concerto for strings and beats"]
- The London Session Orchestra - recorded by [strings]
- Sie Medway-Smith - recorded by [vox]
- Richard Ashcroft - vocals, words by, written-by
- Badly Drawn Boy - vocals, words by
- Damon Gough - written-by
- Jason Newsted - bass guitar, theremin
- Mike D - vocals, words by
- Michael Diamond - written-by
- Atlantique - music by, vocals, words by
- Atlantique Khanh - written-by
- Thom Yorke - vocals, words by, written-by