Richard File | |
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Also known as | DJ Aura, Forme |
Genres | Electronic Electro rock Breakbeat |
Years active | 1995- |
Labels | Mo' Wax, Marine Parade |
Associated acts | Unkle, We Fell to Earth |
Richard File is a musician and producer, best known for his work with James Lavelle as part of Unkle. He has also released singles under the aliases DJ Aura and Forme.
File joined Unkle in 1999, having remixed Unreal (from the debut album Psyence Fiction) with added vocals from Ian Brown. For the subsequent Unkle albums Never, Never, Land and War Stories, File is credited with piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, and vocal parts, as well as co-production.
Working under the Unkle name, File remixed tracks by a number of well-known artists including DJ Shadow, Queens of the Stone Age, Depeche Mode, The Duke Spirit, Garbage, 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.
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.[1]
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