Rich File
{{Short description|British composer and music producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Rich File
|image =
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|caption =
|background = non_performing_personnel
|alias = Forme
|origin =
|instrument = Vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming
|genre = Electronica, breakbeat, trip hop
|occupation = Composer, music producer, recording engineer, DJ
|years_active = 1995–present
|label = Mo' Wax, Marine Parade Records
|associated_acts =Unkle, We Fell to Earth
|website = {{URL|www.richfilemusic.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=Rich|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/rich|website=Clash Magazine}} He has also released singles under the alias Forme.
Career
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 (2004) and War Stories (2007), File is credited with piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, and vocals, as well as co-production.{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=UNKLE|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/artist/unkle|website=Clash Magazine}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=UNKLE: Never Never Land|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8358-never-never-land/|website=Pitchfork}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=Unkle: Recording Never, Never, Land|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/unkle-recording-never-never-land|website=www.soundonsound.com}}
Working under the Unkle name, File remixed tracks by 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 (2005).{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=UNKLE – The Vogue|url=https://thevogue.com/artists/unkle/|website=thevogue.com}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=UNKLE Sounds visitará la ciudad de México|url=https://www.vice.com/es/article/unkle-sounds-visitara-la-ciudad-de-mexico/|website=Vice.com}}
In January 2008, File announced he was leaving Unkle{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=UNKLE emerge from retirement with new album|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/09/unkle-release-classical-album|date=9 December 2008|website=The Guardian}} after a decade of collaboration to pursue work with his new band We Fell to Earth alongside Wendy Rae Fowler.{{Cite web |url=http://www.unkle77.com/?m=200801 |title=UNKLE 77 » 2008 » January |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325053214/http://www.unkle77.com/?m=200801 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk/file-leaves-unkle-news |title=File leaves Unkle (News) : NOIZEMAKESENEMIES // MUSIC // NEW MUSIC |access-date=1 May 2012 |archive-date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501190623/http://www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk/file-leaves-unkle-news |url-status=dead }}
We Fell to Earth released their debut eponymously titled album in 2009{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=We Fell to Earth: We Fell to Earth|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/10/we-fell-to-earth-we-fell-to-earth|date=9 July 2009|website=The Guardian}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=Album review: We Fell To Earth - 'We Fell To Earth'|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-we-fell-to-earth-10672-315386|date=9 July 2009|website=NME}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=We Fell To Earth - We Fell To Earth|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/we-fell-to-earth-we-fell-to-earth|website=Clash Magazine}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=We Fell To Earth|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/we-fell-to-earth|website=Clash Magazine}} 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{{Cite web |url=http://www.bangonpr.com/campaigns/press-release/invisible-sign-ninja-tune-announce-rispah-album-11th-june-and-uk-tour-dates |title=The Invisible sign to Ninja Tune, announce 'Rispah' album (11th June) and UK Tour Dates | Bang on PR |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203306/http://www.bangonpr.com/campaigns/press-release/invisible-sign-ninja-tune-announce-rispah-album-11th-june-and-uk-tour-dates |url-status=dead }} The Invisible's second album Rispah (Ninja Tune, 2012).{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/invisible-2_0612.htm |title=The Invisible - Rispah | album reviews | musicOMH |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615145446/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/invisible-2_0612.htm |url-status=dead }} He also performed additional production and played omnichord on The Duke Spirit's album Bruiser (2011).{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-27|title=First Spin: Listen to the Duke Spirit's Full 'Bruiser'|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/11/first-spin-listen-duke-spirits-full-bruiser/|date=22 November 2011|website=Spin}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.richfilemusicproduction.com}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Richard+File Discogs.com - Richard File discography]
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