Unkle Sounds

For the past 30 years, James Lavelle has been at the forefront of global club culture. Known as much for his hugely successful UNKLE project, Lavelle has been lauded as a highly influential tastemaker and musical curator.With 'UNKLE Sounds', Lavelle dives through deep cuts and club classics from right across the UNKLE-sphere, delivering a project that has seen him traversing the globe - headlining festivals and clubs everywhere from Tokyo to Mexico City - with one of the first audio-visual DJ setups.Lavelle continues to tour as a DJ, alongside producing albums under his UNKLE moniker, working with a myriad cast of musical collaborators including Mike D, Thom Yorke, Michael Kiwanuka, Mark Lanegan, Massive Attack, Brian Eno and Josh Homme.Always a sell-out every time he comes to Brighton, this one will be no different!Joining UNKLE Sounds for this unique event is none other than electronic music legend DJ FOOD. Founded in 1990 on the historic Ninja Tune record label as raw "food" (loops, breaks, and samples) for DJs to mix, DJ FOOD expanded into drawing from experimental techno, downtempo, acid jazz and more, releasing six genre defining albums.Don't miss this rare opportunity to catch 'UNKLE Sounds + DJ Food' live in Brighton at Chalk on Saturday 24th October 2026.Entry from 10:30pm. Curfew 2:00am. This event is also the official after-party for Mutations Festival. Stand-alone tickets for UNKLE Sounds at Chalk do not allow entry to other Mutations Festivals shows and stages. Entry to UNKLE Sounds is included with Weekend and Saturday Day festival tickets.