No album has managed to match the perfection of Endtroducing. It's a shame that Dj Shadow never made tons of his music; after his car accident that nearly killed him, he realized he would leave his newborn twins with 'nothing much than a bunch of old vinyls' so that's why he attempted to embrace the hyphy sound of hiphop that was emerging at the time hoping to make some money, and it backfired on him horribly.
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DJ Shadow's Entrouducing Still is Revolutionary
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PalaceBrother
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Where did you get that?
...Endtroducing may has been jostling for top spot on my all-time albums list for years. In my mind it's near perfect.
djshadow's online store on his site! Thats where i got mine!
PalaceBrother
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Ian Brown was only on the single wasn't he? A remix of Be There or something?
Screaming Meat
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Be There (with monkey boy Brown) is the last album track on the UK version of Psyence Fiction.
Screaming Meat
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Is that a reissue? The copy I've got is instrumental on the album.
hipster cred, i heard it first! saw a one paragraph write-up in the source in 96, went out and bought it, proceeded to listen on the bus ride to school everyday for at least a year. inspired my beats, group, life. OP is my friend.
i remember watching the video for Midnight on MTV Amp, what a great show...:_(
i remember watching the video for Midnight on MTV Amp, what a great show...:_(
POWERSPHERE
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Never gonna happen, key players left in the 90s and they're list in the water.
Screaming Meat
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Same here. Weird. 'Unreal' (the instrumental version) is on there, but I had to buy the 'Be There' single seperately when it came out.
Outdoor Miner
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MTV Amp, 120 Minutes, MTV used to be soooo good.
james lavelle ran mo wax, found dj shadow and put out endtroducing, and started unkle as a collaborative and the big project of the label. it was only mildly successful, him and josh had a falling out, and james lavelle after a ton of drugs took it in more of a techno/dance direction with richard file, and after that towards alt-rock. he just trend hops. cool dude tho.
The visuals can't help that show, come on.
NinjaBoiX
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His website innit. Got it framed separately.
Where did you get that?
...Endtroducing may has been jostling for top spot on my all-time albums list for years. In my mind it's near perfect.
I wanted this translucent acetate Unkle poster signed by him:
"DJ Shadow '99. Peace!"
So cool, but it went for over £100. Nope!
Better than Girl Talk?!
Awesome album. Favourite tracks are Organ Donor and The Number Song (thanks in part to sampling Cliff Burton's bass line from Orion).
I think this version of Organ Donor is better than the original album version though,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjZ0XqZ1aQ
I think this version of Organ Donor is better than the original album version though,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjZ0XqZ1aQ
Girl Talk is great! I actually even have one of his physical copy of a mix album he made, the one with the house and GT written in fire on the lawn. I have no idea if he has ever attempted 'serious' music, i've only heard his incredibly great party mixes.
This thread is incredible. Orion is my favorite Metallica track and I never EVER made the link between the bass line of Orion being sampled for The Number Song. and hearing the original track that was sampled for Midnight in a perfect World. I will try to find the artist's original album, I want to hear more of his work.
I also recommend IN TUNE AND ON TIME, a dvd recording of a small show Dj Shadow did during the Private Press era. It's very very good and an excellent entry point for people just getting into his music. The dvd has tons of cool extras like a video of him 'a music fight' using his turntables scratching skills and a Live drummer, and an excellent performance of 'Pushing Buttons' with Cut Chemist and another guy (his names escapes me) as they perform live music using samplers, changing and mixing styles. It's amazing stuff.
WATCH THIS: incredible drumming and while dj shadow is scratching:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFjk984D9zc
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