Rich File | |
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Also known as | Forme |
Genres | Electronica, breakbeat, trip hop |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Music Producer, Recording Engineer, Disc Jockey |
Years active | 1995–present |
Labels | Mo' Wax, Marine Parade |
Associated acts | Unkle, We Fell to Earth |
Website | - www.richfile.co.uk, - www.richardfile.co.uk |
Richard "Rich" File (born 1974) is a composer and music producer, best known for his work with James Lavelle as part of Unkle. He has also released singles under the alias 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 alongside Wendy Rae Fowler.
We Fell to Earth released their debut album in 2009 and saw tracks feature in US dramas: "The Double" in Gossip Girl and CSI: NY and The Prisoner "Lights Out" In Numb3rs "Careful What You Wish For" in CSI: NY.