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How sample pioneers DJ Shadow and the Avalanches adapted to the YouTube era

3067 days ago

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 headquartersÂ in Melbourne, Australia. DJ Shadowâ€™s â€œEndtr... more info

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The 10 Best DJ Shadow Songs

3069 days ago

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

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Me and the muse: DJ Shadow on his sources of inspiration

3071 days ago

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

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DJ Shadow: The Mountain Will Fall review – winning reboot

3071 days ago

Guardian Music — Mass AppealTwenty years on from his landmark debut, 1996â€™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

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DJ Shadow album review: 'The Mountain Will Fall' revels in darkness

3073 days ago

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

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DJ Shadow – “The Sideshow” (Feat. Ernie Fresh) Video

3073 days ago

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

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DJ Shadow: The Mountain Will Fall review – cut-and-paste turtablist's inventive return

3074 days ago

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 â€“ though nor has he abandoned them ... more info

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DJ Shadow premieres intense new track “The Sideshow” — listen

3077 days ago

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

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DJ Shadow – “The Sideshow” (Feat. Ernie Fresh)

3077 days ago

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

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