Where Did the Night Fall
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Where Did the Night Fall is the fifth regular studio album from British
electronic music
act UNKLE
, released on .
, UNKLE
's mastermind, started an official "UNKLE
Blog
". According to the first post, Lavelle started to work in studio in January 2009 with Pablo Clements, James Griffith, Joel Cadbury, Gavin Clark, Matt Pierce and Mike Lowry.
", was made available digitally via Beatport
and iTunes
. On the download was followed by a remix EP with remixes by King Unique, Steve Mac
and Future Beat Alliance.
On a song, "Natural Selection", appeared as a streaming
on Spin
magazine's website, and was later made available to download as a 320 kbps
MP3
file, via UNKLE
's official website. Beginning on March 31, a Warm Digits remix of "Natural Selection" was made available for download to customers who had pre-ordered "Where Did the Night Fall" on UNKLE
's online store.
Available on the UNKLE
website was a 2 disc limited edition of the album, which included a second disc containing instrumental versions of all the songs.
revealed that "Where Did The Night Fall" would be re-released as "Where Did the Night Fall - Another Night Out". The first disc will contain the same songs that are on the original album but the second disc contains material from two of UNKLE
's previous EP's, plus a number of exclusive and rare tracks. It's currently set for a release on April 11th.
The standard edition comes packaged as a double jewel case with a 16 page booklet. The limited edition comes in a gold outer slipcase featuring a fully re-worked 16 page board book and 32 page booklet with new exclusive shots from the original photo shoot with Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
act UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
, released on .
Background
As a documentation of the work on the album, on April 13, 2009, James LavelleJames Lavelle
James Lavelle is a DJ, electronic recording artist and record label boss.-Early years:Born into a family with a strong tradition of music, Lavelle first began by learning the cello with his grandmother in Oxford....
, UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
's mastermind, started an official "UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
Blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
". According to the first post, Lavelle started to work in studio in January 2009 with Pablo Clements, James Griffith, Joel Cadbury, Gavin Clark, Matt Pierce and Mike Lowry.
Promotion
On a single, "Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)
Heavy Drug is an EP released by British electronic music act Unkle. According to James Lavelle, the track was born during a late night session, when he and his brother, Adian Lavelle, were working on serveal remix projects, which resulted in what they called a "happy accident"...
", was made available digitally via Beatport
Beatport
Beatport is an online music store specializing in electronic dance music and culture. Beatport is a privately held company owned and operated by Beatport LLC and based in Denver, Colorado.-History:...
and iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. On the download was followed by a remix EP with remixes by King Unique, Steve Mac
Steve Mac
Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide...
and Future Beat Alliance.
On a song, "Natural Selection", appeared as a streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
on Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
magazine's website, and was later made available to download as a 320 kbps
Data compression ratio
Data compression ratio, also known as compression power, is a computer-science term used to quantify the reduction in data-representation size produced by a data compression algorithm...
MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
file, via UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
's official website. Beginning on March 31, a Warm Digits remix of "Natural Selection" was made available for download to customers who had pre-ordered "Where Did the Night Fall" on UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
's online store.
Available on the UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
website was a 2 disc limited edition of the album, which included a second disc containing instrumental versions of all the songs.
Where Did The Night Fall - Another Night Out
On February 9th, UNKLEUNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
revealed that "Where Did The Night Fall" would be re-released as "Where Did the Night Fall - Another Night Out". The first disc will contain the same songs that are on the original album but the second disc contains material from two of UNKLE
UNKLE
Unkle are 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 have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.-First incarnation :Lavelle and Goldsworthy were joined...
's previous EP's, plus a number of exclusive and rare tracks. It's currently set for a release on April 11th.
The standard edition comes packaged as a double jewel case with a 16 page booklet. The limited edition comes in a gold outer slipcase featuring a fully re-worked 16 page board book and 32 page booklet with new exclusive shots from the original photo shoot with Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
Standard
- "Nowhere" - 0:40
- "Follow Me Down" (featuring Sleepy SunSleepy SunSleepy Sun is a psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California made up of singers Bret Constantino and former singer Rachel Fannan, guitarists Matt Holliman and Evan Reiss, bassist Jack Allen, and drummer Brian Tice.-Biography:...
) - 4:23 - "Natural SelectionNatural Selection (song)- Natural Selection :Natural Selection is the second single from Unkle's latest album, Where Did the Night Fall featuring American psychedelica band The Black AngelsTrack Listing...
" (featuring The Black AngelsThe Black Angels (band)- History :Formed in May 2004, the band's name derives from the Velvet Underground song "The Black Angel's Death Song".In 2005, the Black Angels were featured on a dual-disc compilation album of psychedelic music called Psychedelica Vol.1 from Northern Star Records...
) – 4:10 - "Joy Factory" (featuring AutoluxAutoluxAutolux is an avant-garde rock group consisting of Eugene Goreshter , Greg Edwards and Carla Azar...
) - 3:59 - "The Answer" (featuring Big in Japan) - 4:40
- "On a Wire" (featuring ELLE J) - 4:52
- "Falling Stars" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 5:48
- "Heavy Drug" – 1:13
- "Caged Bird" (featuring Katrina Ford of CelebrationCelebration (band)Celebration is a psychedelic soul band based out of Baltimore, Maryland.-History:Celebration is composed of singer Katrina Ford, multi-instrumentalist Sean Antanaitis and drummer David Bergander, with a number of additional rotating members: Walker Teret plays bass, sometimes guitar, percussion and...
) - 5:08 - "Ablivion" - 4:29
- "The Runaway" (featuring ELLE J) - 3:45
- "Ever Rest" (featuring Joel Cadbury of South) - 4:21
- "The Healing" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 4:27
- "Another Night Out" (featuring Mark LaneganMark LaneganMark Lanegan is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career...
) - 5:12 - "Close Your Eyes" - 5:25 (featuring ELLE J) (available on the Australian Edition)
Limited Edition
- "Nowhere (Instrumental)" - 4:10
- "Follow Me Down (Instrumental)" - 4:23
- "Natural Selection (Instrumental)" – 4:10
- "Joy Factory (Instrumental)" - 3:59
- "The Answer (Instrumental)" - 4:40
- "On a Wire (Instrumental)" - 4:52
- "Falling Stars (Instrumental)" - 5:48
- "Heavy Drug (Instrumental)" – 4:24
- "Caged Bird (Instrumental)" - 5:08
- "Ablivion (Instrumental)" - 4:29
- "The Runaway (Instrumental)" - 3:45
- "Ever Rest (Instrumental)" - 4:21
- "The Healing (Instrumental)" - 4:27
- "Another Night Out (Instrumental)" - 5:12
Another Night Out
- "Somewhere" - 1:12
- "In My Mind" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 4:44
- "Money and Run" (Feat. Nick CaveNick CaveNicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
) - 5:16 - "The Dog Is Black" (Feat. Liela Moss) - 5:03
- "Only the Lonely" (Over Dub) - 4:27
- "Wash the Love Away" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 5:12
- "Sunday Song" (Feat. Rachel Fannan) - 6:46
- "With You in My Head" (Feat. The Black Angels) - 5:11
- "Country Tune" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 5:16
- "Not a Sound" - 5:15
- "When the Lights Go Out/We Own the Night" - 5:36
- "Every Single Prayer" (featuring Gavin Clark) - 5:13
- "Forever" (featuring Ian Astbury) - 4:26 (Available on the Australian and Japanese Edition)