ARTIST u n c l e j i m
u n c l e j i m is just over two years old though it’s members - Rob Robinson and David Goard - have worked together on art installations for more than a decade. As u n c l e j i m it is Rob that has the more avant-garde sensibility whilst David manifests as a miserable version of an Everly Brother (who?). The situation is compounded by a fairly extreme difference in musical tastes. Rob insists that he doesn’t write songs whilst that is exactly what David is trying to do! Influences? They are as long as your arm and as diverse as dogs but in spite of this - or maybe BECAUSE of this - Rob & David come together to create "digitised music with a fat dab of humanity".
Influences: Brian Eno, Morrissey, David Byrne, Thievery Corporation, Marc Almond, Captain Beefheart, Joanna Newsom, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Nitin Sawhney, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, The Last Poets, Stephen Fretwell, Blur, Chris Isaak, Bootsy, Yes, Pearl Jam, Elbow, The Average White Band, Louisiana Red, John Lee Hooker, Lemon Jelly, David Sylvian, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Outkast, Gnarls Barkley, Mariza, Television, Crash Test Dummies, Telepopmusik, Randy Newman, Neil Young, Bob Marley, Big Youth, Bim Sherman, Gregory Isaacs, Underworld, Tim Buckley, Little Axe, The Penguin Café Orchestra, Sibelius, Bartok, Terence Trent D'Arby, Prince, Général Alcazar, Youssou N'Dour, Arvo Part, Bruce Nauman, Joseph Beuys and - I guess Al Green saved my life. I'm not sure about Rob tho - I’ll have to ask him.
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