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Endtroducing....Half Speed Master Cut 2024

    As the first-ever album composed entirely of sampled material, "Endtroducing" is a landmark in the history of electronic music.

    its influence reverberates through the years, inspiring countless artists and solidifying DJ Shadow's place as a visionary in the realm of sample-based production. Each track tells a unique story, from the hypnotic groove of "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" to the cinematic atmosphere of "Midnight In A Perfect World." Shadow's meticulous craftsmanship shines through, showcasing his unparalleled skill in constructing beats that resonate with both intensity and emotion.

    TRACK LISTING

    Best Foot Forward
    Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
    The Number Song
    A - Changeling
    B - Transmission
    What Does Your Soul Look Like , Pt. 4
    Stem / Long Stem
    A - Transmission 2
    B - Mutual Slump
    Organ Donor
    Why Hip-hop Sucks In '96
    Midnight In A Perfect World
    Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain - Medley
    A - What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt. 1 / Blue Sky Revisit
    B - Transmission 3

    DJ Shadow

    Action Adventure

      Action Adventure is DJ Shadow's seventh solo LP, an inward-looking project, made for Shadow alone without any collaborators. DJ Shadow explains, “This album is about my relationship to music. My life as a collector and curator. All my records and tapes.”

      “Ozone Scraper” is the lead single of the album campaign. It represents the feeling of transportation, of jet engines lifting the passenger somewhere impossible. It's one of DJ Shadow's favorites on the album, as it's an invitation to strap in and also sets the table for the kind of deep listening Shadow loves.


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: It's DJ Shadow! You know you're getting a perfectly produced mix of cut-up hip-hop beats and funky electronica business. It's obviously brilliant, and sounds more like Entroducing than anyone else could muster to this day. Classic Shadow.

      DJ Shadow

      Our Pathetic Age

        The unassailable DJ Shadow finally returns to our humble shelves with an ambitious and exceptional double album, "Our Pathetic Age", once again on Mass Appeal. "Our Pathetic Age" is the result of an intensely creative period that found the hip-hop and electronic innovator delving further into original composition and experimentation. The first half of Our Pathetic Age features 11 new instrumental works that balance some of Shadow’s most menacing sounds with beams of hope, including his first fully composed orchestral piece. Mindblowing swathes of synth heft surge to trap percussion, sci fi sequences and distorted jukes, or else jazzy syncopation carries nebulous melodies into the upper atmosphere.
        The second half of Our Pathetic Age is a full album of vocal collaborations, ranging from Run The Jewels, Nas and Dave East to Sam Herring, Paul Banks and Wiki, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon. Shadow notably reunites with his early Solesides collaborators Lateef The Truthseeker and Gift of Gab (Blackalicious). It also features St. Louis MCs Rockwell Knuckles and Tef Poe, fellow Bay Area musicians Fantastic Negrito and Jumbo is Dr.ama, and Brookyln MC Stro. Full track list with collaborators is below.

        "More than anything, I try to get a sense of the mood of society as a whole. The subtle signals that humans send each other, the way people behave, their frustrations and ebbs and flows. In my part of the world, people are scared. There's rampant homelessness, and a real fear of falling into generational poverty. People are addicted to, and addled by distraction; they're angry and confused, and disaffected by their own governmental institutions. There's songs on the record that are inspired by this energy and seek to harness it, to make sense of it. In some cases, there's attempts to salve the wound; in others, the songs merely observe but don't offer solutions. I want the album to reflect the times we live in, a signpost in the ground to mark the era...Our Pathetic Age." - DJ Shadow.

        The album was produced by DJ Shadow, and the album art was created by Paul Insect, who also designed Shadow’s The Mountain Will Fall and Outsider covers.


        TRACK LISTING

        Vinyl Tracklisting:
        Side A
        1. Nature Always Wins
        2. Slingblade
        3. Intersectionality
        4. Beauty, Power Motion, Life Work Chaos, Law
        5. Juggernaut
        Side B
        1. Firestorm
        2. Weightless
        3. Rosie
        4. If I Die Today
        5. My Lonely Room
        Side C
        1. Drone Warfare (feat. Nas, Pharaohe Monch)
        2. Rain On Snow (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon)
        3. Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)
        4. C.O.N.F.O.R.M. (feat. Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker, Infamous Taz)
        5. Small Colleges / Stay With Me (feat. Wiki, Paul Banks)
        6. JoJo’s Words (feat. Stro)
        Side D
        1. Kings & Queens (feat. Run The Jewels)
        2. Taxin’ (feat. Dave East)
        3. Dark Side Of The Heart (feat. Fantastic Negrito, Jumbo Is Dr.ama)
        4. I Am Not A Robot (Interlude)
        5. Urgent, Important, Please Read (feat. Rockwell Knuckles. Tef Poe, Daemon)
        6. Our Pathetic Age (feat. Sam Herring)

        CD Tracklisting:
        Disc 1
        1. Nature Always Wins
        2. Slingblade
        3. Intersectionality
        4. Beauty, Power Motion, Life Work Chaos, Law
        5. Juggernaut
        6. Firestorm
        7. Weightless
        8. Rosie
        9. If I Die Today
        10. My Lonely Room
        11. WE Are Always Alone

        Disc 2
        1. Drone Warfare (feat. Nas, Pharaohe Monch)
        2. Rain On Snow (feat. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon)
        3. Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)
        4. C.O.N.F.O.R.M. (feat. Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker, Infamous Taz)
        5. Small Colleges / Stay With Me (feat. Wiki, Paul Banks)
        6. JoJo’s Words (feat. Stro)
        7. Kings & Queens (feat. Run The Jewels)
        8. Taxin’ (feat. Dave East)
        9. Dark Side Of The Heart (feat. Fantastic Negrito, Jumbo Is Dr.ama)
        10. I Am Not A Robot (Interlude)
        11. Urgent, Important, Please Read (feat. Rockwell Knuckles. Tef Poe, Daemon)
        12. Our Pathetic Age (feat. Sam Herring) 

        DJ Shadow

        The Outsider

          Called "The Outsider" beccause he has never fitted into any particular clique, DJ Shadow's new album is eclectic as ever. There's songs with samples and songs with no samples. There's very dark stuff and very light stuff. Fast and slow. Simple and complicated. Vocal and instrumental. Hip hop, blues, crunk, soul, hardcore punk, psyche, breaks - it's all here, making for another satisfying stew of sounds. Guest vocalists include Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno & Christopher Karloff, Q-Tip & Lateef The Truth Speaker, The Heliocentrics (Malcolm Catto and pals), Chris James (Stateless), David Banner, Christina Carter (Charalambides), Phonte Coleman (Little Brother) and many more.

          Having already gained an underground following with his US releases on Hollywood Basic, his own Solesides label and via the ultra-hip Mo' Wax imprint, the arrival of the 1995 recorded (hence the tenth anniversary deluxe edition reissue) and 1996 released "Endtroducing..." saw DJ Shadow gain plaudits across the globe. With his crate diggers magpie-like sample finding ability, Shadow took hip hop's blueprint of building breaks from old records to another level, creating an often psychedelic, tripped-out, but still funky selection of instrumental tracks that totally reinvigorated the 'trip hop' scene and inspired many artists who followed. Our (and so many others') record of the year for 1996, "Endtroducing..." still sounds as fresh as ever in 2005!

          DJ Shadow

          The Private Press

            Six years after his groundbreaking debut LP "Entroducing", Josh Davis (AKA DJ Shadow) is back with the follow up. This is everything you want from a DJ Shadow LP - crazy B-boy breaks cut ups, sublime hip hop instrumentals, oddball samples, quirky downbeat and leftfield rock weirdness. This is a totally epic LP.


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