Psyence Fiction

	Psyence Fiction
Studio album by Unkle
Released	September 29, 1998
Recorded	London, UK; California, US
Genre	Abstract hip hop, Trip hop
Length	54:57
Label	Mo'Wax
Professional reviews
	Pitchfork Media (9.8/10) link; Rolling Stone link; Allmusic link;
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Psyence Fiction is the debut album by the group Unkle, released in 1998 for Mo'Wax.

"Unreal" is an instrumental version of the song "Be There" (featuring Ian Brown), which was released a year later as a single. On some early presses of the album, instrumental versions of "Guns Blazing" and "The Knock" were added as tracks 13 & 14. On some re-releases of this album, "Be There" was added as track 13. Some versions (mainly the Japanese release, but also the US promotional copy) contain the hidden track "Intro (optional)" as "track zero", which is actually the pre-gap (index 0) of track 1. This can be accessed by "rewinding" the first track on some CD players.

"Lonely Soul" was featured in an Assassin's Creed trailer for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.^[1] Psyence Fiction debuted at #15 in Australia. Made #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of October 12, 1998.^[2]

[edit] Recording

"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)" and "Nursery Rhyme/Breather" were mixed and recorded at The Record Plant in Hollywood.
Vocals for "Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)" and "Rabbit In Your Headlights" were recorded at The Site in San Rafael, California.

All other mixing and recording took place in London, United Kingdom.

"UNKLE Main Title Theme", "Lonely Soul", "Celestial Annihilation", and "The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)" were mixed at Metropolis.
"Bloodstain" and "Chaos" were mixed at Rak Studios.
"Bloodstain" vocals were recorded at The Strongroom, "Rabbit In Your Headlights" was also mixed here.
"Unreal" was mixed at Matrix.
"Lonely Soul" vocals were recorded at Milo.
Strings for both "Lonely Soul" and "Celestial Annihilation" were recorded at CTS Studio.

[edit] Track listing

UK cassete version

A side
#	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)"	Kool G Rap	5:01
2.	"UNKLE Main Title Theme"		3:24
3.	"Bloodstain"	Alice Temple	5:57
4.	"Unreal"		5:10
5.	"Lonely Soul"	Richard Ashcroft	8:46

B side
#	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field of Artist Management"		0:56
2.	"Nursery Rhyme / Breather"	Badly Drawn Boy	4:45
3.	"Celestial Annihilation"		4:45
4.	"The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)"	Mike D	3:58
5.	"Chaos"	Atlantique	4:42
6.	"Rabbit in Your Headlights / Outro (Mandatory)"	Thom Yorke	6:20

European and American release
#	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Intro (Optional)" (Included on UK promotional slipsleeve only.)		2:19
2.	"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)"	Kool G Rap	5:01
3.	"UNKLE Main Title Theme"		3:24
4.	"Bloodstain"	Alice Temple	5:57
5.	"Unreal"		5:10
6.	"Lonely Soul"	Richard Ashcroft	8:56
7.	"Getting Ahead In The Lucrative Field of Artist Management"		0:56
8.	"Nursery Rhyme / Breather"	Badly Drawn Boy	4:45
9.	"Celestial Annihilation"		4:44
10.	"The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)"	Mike D	3:58
11.	"Chaos"	Atlantique	4:42
12.	"Rabbit in Your Headlights"	Thom Yorke	6:20
13.	"Outro (Mandatory)"		1:06
14.	"Be There" (1999 UK bonus track.)	Ian Brown	5:15

Japanese and Australian release
#	Title	Vocals	Length
1.	"Intro (Optional)"		2:19
2.	"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)"	Kool G Rap	5:01
3.	"UNKLE Main Title Theme"		3:24
4.	"Bloodstain"	Alice Temple	5:57
5.	"Unreal"		5:10
6.	"Lonely Soul"	Richard Ashcroft	8:56
7.	"Getting Ahead in the Lucrative Field of Artist Management"		0:56
8.	"Nursery Rhyme / Breather"	Badly Drawn Boy	4:45
9.	"Celestial Annihilation"		4:44
10.	"The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)"	Mike D	3:58
11.	"Chaos"	Atlantique	4:42
12.	"Rabbit in Your Headlights"	Thom Yorke	6:20
13.	"Outro (Mandatory)"		1:06
14.	"Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1) [Instrumental]"		4:00
15.	"The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2) [Instrumental]"		3:52

[edit] Samples

Intro (Optional) Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Solesides - "Blue Flames""
2.	"Massive Attack - "Teardrop""
3.	"Air - "All I Need""
4.	"Invisibl Skratch Piklz Vs. Da Klamz Uv Deth"
5.	"Timbaland and Magoo - "Clock Strikes (Remix)""
6.	"Chemical Brothers - "Elektrobank""
7.	"Jurassic 5 - "Jayou""
8.	"The Verve - "History""
9.	"Radiohead - "Just""
10.	"Oasis - "Wonderwall""
11.	"Portishead - "Numb""
12.	"Peshay - "The Nocturnal (Back on the Firm)""
13.	"DJ Krush - "Kemuri""
14.	"Björk - "Human Behaviour""
15.	"Innerzone - "Bug In The Bassbin""
16.	"Nirvana - "Come as You Are""
17.	"808 State - "Pacific State""
18.	"Orbital - "Chime""
19.	"Young Disciples - "Apparently Nothin""
20.	"Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep""
21.	"Ice Cube - "Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here (Remix)""
22.	"House of Pain - "Jump Around""
23.	"Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy""
24.	"Soul II Soul - "Keep on Moving""
25.	"Main Source - "Looking At The Front Door""
26.	"De La Soul - "Magic Number""
27.	"The Stone Roses - "I Wanna Be Adored""
28.	"Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give The Drummer Some""
29.	"MARRS - "Pump Up The Volume""
30.	"Public Enemy - "Public Enemy No. 1""
31.	"Depeche Mode - "Stripped""
32.	"Major Force West - "Kiss FM Radio Promo""
33.	"Beastie Boys - "The New Style""
34.	"Metallica - "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)""
35.	"Eric B & Rakim - "Eric B Is President""
36.	"Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "The Last Voice""
37.	"Art of Noise - "Beat Box""
38.	"Run-DMC - "30 Days""
39.	"New Order - "Blue Monday""
40.	"Afrika Bambaataa - "Planet Rock""
41.	"Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team - "Buffalo Gals""
42.	"Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Message""
43.	"Kraftwerk - "It's More Fun To Compute""
44.	"Zapp - "More Bounce To The Ounce""
45.	"John Oswald - "Plunderphonics""
46.	"Juice - "Catch A Groove""
47.	"Herbie Hancock - "Chameleon""
48.	"Sun Ra - "Space Is The Place""
49.	"Terry Callier - "Dancing Girl""
50.	"Silver Apples - "Lovefingers""
51.	"Incredible Bongo Band - "Apache""
52.	"The Doors - "The End""
53.	"Meters- "Cissy Strut""
54.	"The Beatles - "Tomorrow Never Knows""
55.	"David Axelrod - "Holy Thursday""
56.	"Velvet Underground - "Venus In Furs""
57.	"Jimi Hendrix - "Happy Birthday""
58.	"Nina Simone - "Feeling Good""

this zero track is usually found on the Japanese release of the record ^[3]

Based on the opening scene of the movie Contact

Guns Blazing (Drums of Death Part 1) Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"NASA, The 25th Year (intro synth build-up with beeping)"
2.	""Somewhere in space, this may all be happening right now", from the original trailer to "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope""
3.	"Frank Zappa - "Apostrophe'""
4.	"Sound effects from the video game "Galaxians""

Unkle (Main Title Theme) Samples: ^[4]
#	Title	Length
1.	"Joy Unlimited - "?" (drums)"
2.	""The middleground between light and shadow", from the 1st season intro of "The Twilight Zone""
3.	""An adventure unlike anything on your planet", from the original trailer to "Star Wars" (before the movie's released in 1977)"
4.	""There were too many of us...", from the documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse""
5.	""Fiery the angels fell.. burning with the fires of Orc", Rutger Hauers character Roy Batty from the movie "Blade Runner" who is paraphrasing a poem written by William Blake"
6.	""Uncle", LL Cool J - "Jingling Baby (Remix)""
7.	"B-Side & Fab Five Freddy - "Change The Beat""

Bloodstain Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Head West - "Attention""
2.	"Be Be K Roche - "Alone""
3.	"The Grodeck Whipperjenny - "Evidence for the Existence of the Unconscious""
4.	""You are alone", an animated Boba Fett from the Star Wars Holiday Special"

Unreal Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	""Maybe I can help you", an animated Boba Fett from the Star Wars Holiday Special"
2.	"The Other Brothers - "No Class" (drums)"
3.	"The Jules Blattner Group - "Birth""
4.	"The final episode of Twin Peaks (strings)"
5.	"Leroy Vinnegar – "Reservation" (Main bassline)"
6.	""How should you feel when you've felt everything you can feel and you still feel unreal, you're unreal, how do you feel", Steve Forman - "Pre-Dawn Retrospective Chant""

Lonely Soul Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Play School - Fred's New Band"
2.	""Apocalypse Now" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Do Lung Bridge""

Getting Ahead in the Lucrative Field of Artist Management Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"From the commercial for a 1976 game by Mego Corporation called "Ballbusters"^[5]"

Nursery Rhyme/Breather Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"L.A. Dream Team - "Calling on the Dream Team""

Celestial Annihilation Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Based on "Concerto For Strings And Beats" by Wil Malone"
2.	"Newcleus - "Let's Jam""
3.	"Baron Davis And The Fresh Krew - "Now Dance""
4.	"'Fire' sample taken from the 1996 film The Rock."

The Knock (Drums of Death Part 2) Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Frank Zappa - "Apostrophe'""
2.	"Roy Wood - "Going Down To Memphis""
3.	"Manfred Mann - "Snakeskin Garter""
4.	""the best MC in history", Troy The Wonder Boy & Electric One Thousand featuring Boo-Boo B - "Boo-Boo's Break""
5.	"Billy Squier - "Big Beat""
6.	""Whew, that was hot, now dig this", Michael Holman from "Graffiti Rock""

Rabbit in Your Headlights Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	"Supersister - "Pudding en Gisteren - Music for Ballet""
2.	"Talk Talk - "New Grass""
3.	"Osanna - "Variation 3""
4.	"David Axelrod - "Holy Thursday""
5.	""If you're frightened of dying..", from the movie "Jacob's Ladder""
6.	"humming noise at the end from the movie "Contact""

Outro (Mandatory) Samples:
#	Title	Length
1.	""Atmospheric" noise and rhythmic beeps from an episode of the 1978 BBC science fiction show "Blake's 7", entitled "Duel"."
2.	"Alan Hawkshaw – "Countdown""
3.	""I feel that this has given me..", Whitley Strieber, the host of the weekend edition of Art Bell's "Coast to Coast" nightly radio talk show"

[edit] Personnel

DJ Shadow - production
James Lavelle - vocals, engineering
Sie Medway-Smith, Jim Abbiss - engineering
Kool G Rap, Alice Temple, Richard Ashcroft, Damon Gough, Mike D, Atlantique Khan, Thom Yorke - vocals
Mark Hollis - piano
Jason Newsted - bass, theremin

[edit] References

^ Lonely Soul trailer, GameTrailers
^ [1] KTUH FM Honolulu - Charts - October 12th, 1998. URL:http://ktuh.fm/charts/1998/10/12
^ http://www.discogs.com/release/205516 Discogs
^ Unkle Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs
^ http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm344702.html

[0] Lonely Soul trailer, GameTrailers

[1] [1] KTUH FM Honolulu - Charts - October 12th, 1998. URL:http://ktuh.fm/charts/1998/10/12

[2] ttp://www.discogs.com/release/205516 Discogs

[3] Unkle Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

[4] ttp://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm344702.html

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