LONDON.- James Lavelle has taken over Lazarides Rathbone with Daydreaming with UNKLE Presents… THE ROAD: SOHO: a unique and interactive exploration of his British music collective UNKLE. The show explores music, art and street culture from a host of talented artists and collaborators, including Futura, Doug Foster, John Isaacs, Norbert Schoerner, John Nolan, Nathan Coley, Ben Drury, Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, Dexter Navy, Seamus Farrell and more.

In anticipation of UNKLE’s forthcoming album THE ROAD, this immersive show celebrates 25 years of UNKLE by going back to its roots in Soho, London’s hub of counter culture. The show features new video installations accompanying the first opportunity to hear forthcoming UNKLE album collaborations with Keaton Henson, Mark Lanegan and Eska; in addition to paintings, special edition prints from a variety of artists and a series of events including talks and film screenings.

Daydreaming with UNKLE Presents…THE ROAD: SOHO goes back to where it all began; Steve Lazarides, founder of Lazarides Gallery, was the first photographer to work with James Lavelle on UNKLE and Mo’Wax, while Mo’Wax’s record label offices were situated on nearby Mortimer Street.

As well as new music releases in conjuction with The Vinyl Factory from forthcoming UNKLE album THE ROAD, there is a pop-up store featuring collaborative rare counter cultural artefacts from Hysteric Glamour, Neigbourhood, Undercover, as well as Cali Thornhill Dewitt (Kanye West’s designer), and vintage collectible archival pieces from Nike, Converse and Medicom Toys. There is also a collaboration with seminal Soho hairdressers Cuts.

The exhibition also features the premiere of a new Virtual Reality installation captured from ‘Daydreaming With…Stanley Kubrick’, and includes a unique opportunity to ‘step inside’ Doug Foster’s mesmerising ‘Beyond the Infinite’ installation to experience art at it’s most immersive.

James Lavelle says: “UNKLE has always been a multi-sensory creative project, ranging from genredefining music to cutting-edge visual art. It therefore feels incredibly fitting to celebrate UNKLE’s past, present and future in Soho, where it all began, with an immersive show at the much-loved Lazarides gallery. The exhibition is a collaboration between a number of very talented artists, presenting everything from paintings, videos, artefacts and film screenings; this is the definitive UNKLE experience. I look forward to welcoming visitors to daydream with us.”

For THE ROAD: SOHO, Lavelle has commissioned perfumer Azzi Glasser, to install the fragrance composition she has formulated, Build And Destroy, as an immersive scent scape that is encountered on entry to the gallery space.

The fragrance acts as the DNA print of the universe that Lavelle has created - UNKLE. Glasser’s personal composition uses the finest of ingredients thatencapsulates notes and accords to interpret Lavelle’s creative brain, his artistic style and his hidden sense. Notes of heritage and serenity on top using noble priceless ingredients of Frankincense, Myrrh and Pimento, are finely-tuned with Olibanumresin, Blond Woods and sensual Vetivert oils, polished with a long lasting addictive accord, of Musk entwined with Wood interactive molecules.

UNKLE is a collaboration of some of the most pivotal pioneers of British electronic music led by James Lavelle. 2017 marks 25 years of when they first started releasing music.

James Lavelle (b. 1974) is an electronic musician and founder of music collective UNKLE and the Mo’Wax record label. He has worked as a producer, recording artist, and has curated exhibitions at Somerset House and the ICA. In 2014 Lavelle curated the 21st edition of Meltdown on London’s South Bank, following in the footsteps of some of music’s biggest names, including David Bowie and Patti Smith.

Obsessed with the collision of music, fashion and art, James co-founded the celebrated ‘Daydreaming with…’ exhibition series in 2010. ‘Daydreaming with…. James Lavelle’ was first launched at London’s Haunch of Venison gallery and produced collaborations with celebrated artists like Jonathan Glazer, 3D, Jonas Burget, Doug Foster and Nathan Coley. ‘Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick’ at Somerset House in 2016 attracted over 30,000 visitors and brought together a total of 69 artists, filmlmmakers and musicians inspired by the work of Stanley Kubrick, including Sarah Lucas, Daft Punk, Marc Quinn, The Clash and Doug Aitken.