Richard File (born 19 November 1975) is a British composer, music producer, and vocalist best known for his work with
James Lavelle as part of
Unkle. He has also released singles under the alias Forme.
Career
File joined Unkle in 1999, having remixed "Unreal" (from the debut album ''
Psyence Fiction
''Psyence'' is the second album by Japanese musician hide, released on September 2, 1996. It topped the Oricon Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 500,000 copies. The album was re-released on the Japan onl ...
'') with added vocals from
Ian Brown
Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the split in 1996, he began a solo career, re ...
. For the subsequent Unkle albums ''
Never, Never, Land'' (2004) and ''
War Stories'' (2007), File is credited with piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, and vocals, as well as co-production.
Working under the Unkle name, File remixed tracks by
DJ Shadow,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
,
The Duke Spirit,
Garbage
Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to a perceived lack of utility. The term generally does not encompass bodily waste products, purely liquid or gaseous wastes, or toxic waste produc ...
, and
Placebo. File and Lavelle also released a number of DJ mixes under the name Unklesounds, including ''
Edit Music for a Film: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Reconstruction'' (2005).
In January 2008, File announced he was leaving Unkle after a decade of collaboration to pursue work with his new band
We Fell to Earth alongside
Wendy Rae Fowler.
We Fell to Earth released their debut eponymously titled album in 2009 and saw tracks feature in US dramas: "The Double" in ''
Gossip Girl'', ''
CSI: NY'' and ''
The Prisoner''; "Lights Out" In ''
Numb3rs''; and "Careful What You Wish For" in ''
CSI: NY''. In winter 2010 We Fell to Earth composed and performed the theme song to
AMC's ''
The Killing''.
In 2011, File produced
The Invisible's second album ''
Rispah
''Rispah'' is the second album by the English band The Invisible, released by Ninja Tune on 12 June 2012.
Reception
Upon the release, the album received favorable reviews. On the review aggregator Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that ...
'' (
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others.
Inspired by a visit ...
, 2012). He also performed additional production and played
omnichord on
The Duke Spirit's album ''
Bruiser'' (2011).
References
External links
*
Discogs.com - Richard File discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:File, Rich
British electronic musicians
Living people
1974 births