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Endtroducing.....

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by: DJ Shadow

Release Date March 25, 2002
I first got into electronic music a while ago, and frankly couldnt have asked for a better induction. I was recomended this by a friend when I said I liked the electronic stuff on Kid A and he told me that most of it was influenced by this man.
He was right, Shadow is a genius. His skill with a drum machine is matched only by his skill with a sampler and his talent for mixing, perfectly capturing an ever shifting mood with changes of tempo, time signature, key, instruments and genre. Its all captured here, like a beautifully preserved insect in a peice of amber. Jazz, soul, blues, and that ever present loaded-gun backbeat, tying every interesting sample and gorgeous melody together into an amazingly cohesive journey of beats.
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The Private Press

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by: DJ Shadow

Release Date August 25, 2003
I probably should have done this review earlier, but it just seems the right time to get people to listen to properly GOOD music (dance music seems to have gone down the drain a bit).
Josh Davis has come up with another winner here, in a sense that this album is quite removed from Endtroducing. As reviewers have said already (and i agree), this is a more "song"-orientated album, allowing you to skip to a favourite song, whereas endtroducing was more an album to listen through in one go.
The reason i give it 4 (but 4 1/2 in my heart), is because of the two dud tracks slap bang in the middle of the album (namely 'Right thing' and' Monosylabik'). Definitely not DJ Shadow quality.
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Endtroducing... [VINYL]

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by: DJ Shadow

Release Date January 21, 2002
I first got into electronic music a while ago, and frankly couldnt have asked for a better induction. I was recomended this by a friend when I said I liked the electronic stuff on Kid A and he told me that most of it was influenced by this man.
He was right, Shadow is a genius. His skill with a drum machine is matched only by his skill with a sampler and his talent for mixing, perfectly capturing an ever shifting mood with changes of tempo, time signature, key, instruments and genre. Its all captured here, like a beautifully preserved insect in a peice of amber. Jazz, soul, blues, and that ever present loaded-gun backbeat, tying every interesting sample and gorgeous melody together into an amazingly cohesive journey of beats.
It is, like the best ... Read More:

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Pre-Emptive Strike

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by: DJ Shadow

Release Date February 17, 2003
Im pretty new to DJ Shadow, though i had quite thoroughly listened to Endtroducing and Private Press before obtaining this. Personally i found the centerpiece "What does your soul look like" a little dull, a fleshed out version of "What does your soul look like, pt4." on Endtroducing.
However, everything else is hugely entertaining, the highlights for me being the unforgettable "Organ Donor" and the sublime "High Noon"

My advice however is: Buy Entroducing and Private Press first.

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The Document Vol.1: Compiled By DJ Andy Smith

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by: DJ Andy Smith

Release Date May 18, 1998
This record starts off slow with a few laid back rap tracks, but soon reaches a level of cool funk which it doesn't let up till the end of the disc.
Hip hop and techno tracks are mixed seemlessly with older gems like Tom Jones and Barry White to produce one amazingly cool album.

The reason I was searching for Andy smith was to see if he'd made another album like this, cause I've had this one 3 years and it's one of my favorite albums.

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Songs of a Dead Dreamer

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by: DJ Spooky

Release Date October 21, 2002
This album will take you somewhere else. This is DJ Spooky's medicine for your ears and your brain. Paul D Miller's own style he calls "illbient" is a merger of ambience and music thats ill.
This underground masterpiece cannot get any spookier, with the reconstruction of ambient sounds, elements of dub, striking delays and fresh soundscapes, this is reconstruction at its very best. If you like this album, you'll love the "The Quick and the Dead". Also try and get hold of the mix he did for Nest Magazine.
An experimentalist at heart, DJ Spooky is a parallel to the sounds of DJ Shadow, DJ Krush and other diggers/producers such as Jel, Mr Dibbs and EL-P/Company Flow

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Built from Scratch

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by: X-Ecutioners

Release Date February 25, 2002
It's hard for me to review this as it's not really my genre of music - It's perhaps too 'DJey' for me - When it comes to hip hop, I'm more DMX or Public Enemy (showing my age!)
The reason I bought this was for the excellent, It's Goin' Down featuring Mike Shinoda & Joe Hahn from Linkin Park - One of the best mixes of Rap and Metal to date, with a great, if simple, riff, a neat rap from Shinoda and lots of cool samples, scratches and spins. I had hoped, I'd find a couple more similiar tracks but alas, no - This is definiteley one for the hip hop crowd especially if they like the more 'instrumental' side of things, all the turntables etc but if you want the Metal side of it, then you will only find the one track -so it's up to you what you're willing to pay. ... Read More:

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Endtroducing... [Deluxe Edition]

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by: DJ Shadow

Release Date June 06, 2005
A melodic masterpiece, an emotional rollercoaster ride that allows all moods to be catered for. Tracks like 'organ donor' and 'midnight in a perfect world' grab the first time listener. Only after this early stage do the darker, more emotive songs develop for the purchaser, and the true colours of this record are truly portrayed. DJ Shadow can only be envied by DJ's and adored by fans.
A definate neccesite as far as out-there records go.

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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by: Kid Koala

Release Date February 21, 2000
Its always the same - an album gets hyped to a stage that no artist can realistically match. Yeah, there may be comparisons with Shadow and RJD2 but those boys provided quality product over numerous tracks. At a little over half-an-hour long, with numerous vocal samples, you can't help but feel a little ripped-off when buying this 'album'. Its great in parts but a few more tracks, offering a truer showcase of Kid's skills, would've been a better reflection of this artist's abilities.

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The Mix Tape Vol.1

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by: Funkmaster Flex, Funkmaster Flex

Release Date November 27, 1995
both the above reviews are spot on. this album is worth its weight in gold to the budding dj (if it doesn't destroy their fragile egoes with flex's mighty skills ;)