Endtroducing... [VINYL]

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But I’m proud of these releases, and I’m hoping that perhaps they’ll bring some much - needed enjoyment to a small percentage of those who remember 1996 and an era of optimism that ‘Endtroducing’ helped soundtrack.

was produced by Shadow in the span of two years using minimal amounts of equipment, most notably the Akai MPC60 sampler. The album is considered to be a landmark work in the instrumental hip hop movement, with DJ Shadow's innovative sampling techniques and arrangements influencing other producers to create similar sample-based works. DJ Shadow, aka Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Mo' Wax issued four singles to promote the album, including the chart hits "Midnight in a Perfect World" and "Stem".

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The DJ built songs out of layer upon layer of sampled instruments and other sound fragments, most of which he processed, looped and re-arranged far beyond recognition.

In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop.

is the debut studio album by American music producer DJ Shadow, released on September 16, 1996 by the British independent record label Mo' Wax Recordings. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The lavish six-LP vinyl package comes with a deluxe lift-off lid box with embossed title and “hype sticker”, 48-page hardback book, three double LPs, two in gatefold sleeves, all with printed inner sleeves and pressed on 180g vinyl. Shadow’s friends, Tom Shimura (Asia Born) blurry dude in a white wig and sweater, and right behind him Xavier Mosley (Chief Xcel). I have the original UK 1st pressing, and this repress, and head-to-head they sound virtually identical.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. stars out of 5 - "It's an elegy from a vinyl mausoleum, a sonic fiction assembled by a keen-eared archaeologist. In the United Kingdom, where DJ Shadow had already established himself as a rising act, Endtroducing. Through a combination of tireless record collecting and mastery of the sampler, DJ Shadow crafts cinematic grooves out of rock, jazz, soul, hip hop, electronica, archive interviews and anything else he can get his deeply refined hands on.

A seminal, incredibly influential hip hop release (also regarded as pretty much the last word in instrumental ‘trip hop’, a term used a lot at the time), Endtroducing is simply one of the defining albums of the 90s. received universal acclaim from critics, who praised DJ Shadow's approach to sampling and the beats he created from samples. There’s an Abbey Road Half - Speed Master of the original LP, as well as a separate 7” fe aturing Cut Chemist’s classic remix of ‘The Number Song.Yes, 'Transmission 2' is credited, but missing, so that's not great - and something an official release wouldn't allow. The samples Shadow used are often poor quality recorded sources anyway from scratchy old 7" singles, which were then put straight to DAT after coming out of the Akai MPC60 sampler, so you can forget about the 'analogue chain' argument here - this is as good as it is gonna get. stars out of 5 - "A decade on, DJ Shadow's affirmatory essay on record collecting as a creative endeavour has lost none of its grandeur.