L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the fall of 1996, DJ Shadow blew minds around the world using materials he found in a dusty Sacramento basement. Four years later, the Avalanches did much the same from their headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. DJ Shadow’s “Endtr... more info

Stereogum — This year has to be a hectic one for DJ Shadow. As much as his new album The Mountain Will Fall deserves recognition on its own terms, its Brainfeeder-compatible art-beat minimalism — honed after an inspiring stint spinning DJ sets at Los Angeles�... more info

Guardian Music — The California hip-hop innovator on the records at the root of two decades of beat-making, sampling and scratchingBorn in 1972, Joshua Paul Davis grew up in California and started collecting records and experimenting with music production aged 12, la... more info

Guardian Music — Mass AppealTwenty years on from his landmark debut, 1996’s Endtroducing, Californian Josh Davis has changed his modus operandi. His fifth album emphasises live instrumentation and innovative production software, rather than the sampling on wh... more info

Chicago Tribune — DJ Shadow set a new standard for the art of sample-based composition with his auspicious 1996 debut album, "Endtroducing …" It was an album that turned snippets of obscure recordings into aural journeys, as if Shadow were orchestrating a perfectly ... more info

Stereogum — Today, legendary turntable visionary DJ Shadow releases his new album The Mountain Will Fall, and he’s also dropped a video for his Ernie Fresh collab “The Sideshow.” The track itself is an absolutely nasty display of Shadow’s scratching tech... more info

Guardian Music — (Mass Appeal) Coinciding with the comeback of fellow plunderphonic luminaries the Avalanches, Josh Davis returns with his first album in five years. Like the former, he no longer works exclusively in samples – though nor has he abandoned them ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The scratch track shows off DJ Shadow's impressive technique. more info

Stereogum — It’s been nearly 20 years since DJ Shadow released his landmark debut …Endtroducing, and later this week, he’ll release The Mountain Will Fall, his fifth solo album. We’ve already posted the title track, “Nobody Speak” (with Run The Jewel... more info

Consequence of Sound — Legendary DJ makes some missteps, but the journey remains whole. more info