Endtroducing.....

30 days, 30 songs (30 music items)

"Day 17 - A song from an artist I wish more people liked "

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"1996 Favourite song: "Changeling" Favourite moment: The Twin Peaks sample ending the album."

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"“In 1994, DJ Shadow (a.k.a. Josh Davis) locked himself in his basement with a sampler, a sequencer and one of the world's strangest record collections. Two years later, he emerged with a completely original electronic symphony. The 13 tracks vary in length and tone—some are beat driven and under a minute while others have orchestral swells and stretch to almost ten—but all are constructed entirely from samples, and the only voices are from obscure spoken word and comedy albums that sound l"

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"Favourite Track: Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt Still Listen? Occasionally Embarrassment factor: 0% Audioscrobbler plays: N/A"

“This album is nothing but pure proof of a master as work. It is impossible to imagine how painstaking it must have been to find, catalogue and compile the sheer number of samples used in this album. For me, Endroducing was a gateway into other DJ Shadow material and hiphop artists in general.

If only he'd stuck to the winning formula with his newer records instead of embarrassing himself with a collection of utterly mediocre rap and uninspired break beat. He's clearly an extremely talented musician and although he's never bettered this record, he's doing himself an injustice at the moment.” read more