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Must have # 3 & #4 : DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Deluxe Editition), DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Product Placement
Photo insert inside CD package
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Deluxe Edition)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Deluxe Edition)
Artwork by Upperhands
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Product Placement
Picture disc, Vinyl 12"
Discogs.com to check out detailed production notes
Picture disc, Vinyl 12"
Discogs.com to check out detailed production notes
Released in 2005, the Deluxe Edition of Endtroducing was a real treat for fans and collectors.
The original Disc, Disc One, contains Endtroducing in it's full length.
Disc Two, entitled "Excessive Ephemera" contains demos, alternate takes, remixes and b-sides of tracks from Endtroducing.
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist get together in one of their first released songs together,
"The Number Song (Cut Chemist Rmx)".
Before the days of Prroduct Placement (2001) and The Hard Sell (2007), in which Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist record
live one hour mixes together, the two DJs
got together for a sample heavy Number Song remix.
On the Deluxe Edition album, there is one remix that stands out amongst all the others,
"Stem (Cops and Robbers) Remix".
The slow harp sounds that mesh and blend into hard, almost drum and bass like drum patterns, played over samples from the film,
"Heat" (1995)
Shadow has created a roller coaster ride of emotion centered around
the on screen duel between a cop, Al Pacino,
and a bank robber, Robert Deniro.
If you are a fan of "Heat", you need to check out this track!
Product Placement is the one true album I heard that made me want
to research break beats and where they came from.
Shadow and Chemist bring us an all 45 record - mix album showcasing the illest
in breaks, funk, soul, hip hop, rock and parodies.
That's the end of DJ Shadow week.
I'm tired.
I'm going snowboarding all weekend.
Shred.
The original Disc, Disc One, contains Endtroducing in it's full length.
Disc Two, entitled "Excessive Ephemera" contains demos, alternate takes, remixes and b-sides of tracks from Endtroducing.
DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist get together in one of their first released songs together,
"The Number Song (Cut Chemist Rmx)".
Before the days of Prroduct Placement (2001) and The Hard Sell (2007), in which Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist record
live one hour mixes together, the two DJs
got together for a sample heavy Number Song remix.
On the Deluxe Edition album, there is one remix that stands out amongst all the others,
"Stem (Cops and Robbers) Remix".
The slow harp sounds that mesh and blend into hard, almost drum and bass like drum patterns, played over samples from the film,
"Heat" (1995)
Shadow has created a roller coaster ride of emotion centered around
the on screen duel between a cop, Al Pacino,
and a bank robber, Robert Deniro.
If you are a fan of "Heat", you need to check out this track!
Product Placement is the one true album I heard that made me want
to research break beats and where they came from.
Shadow and Chemist bring us an all 45 record - mix album showcasing the illest
in breaks, funk, soul, hip hop, rock and parodies.
That's the end of DJ Shadow week.
I'm tired.
I'm going snowboarding all weekend.
Shred.
Special thanks to: Henry David Thoreau, One year anniversary of Kobe Bryant's 81 point game, Kobe Bryant being the youngest player to reach 25,000 points. Rex Ryan's pizza stained sweatshirt, the spirit of 18 - 1, about 3 feet of snow...
J - E - T - S --- JETS JETS JETS!!!!
Good Night Conan.
Peace.
Good Night Conan.
Peace.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
DJ Shadow week rolls on. Dj Shadow must have: Camel Bobsled Race!
"A song about life, death, love, hate, wealth, poverty, racism ...
Just a few things that have been runnin' through my head."
Artwork taken from CD book and 12 inch record layout,
DJ Shadow's, Preemptive Strike
Circa 1999
(Apologies for no artist name, will post soon!)
I stumbled onto this album a year after I had become
completely obsessed with Entroducing,
only to realize it's a compilation of early works that were used,
and some not used on Endtroducing.
Random cuts of Shadow drumming in the studio,
uncut versions of tracks from Endtroducing,
an extended version of "Organ Donor",
and a new track at the time - "High Noon".
Okay, so what the hell is a Camel Bobsled Race, and where do I sign up?
It's the title of the second disc.
I would compare it to a half hour of DJ Q-Bert mixing a bunch
of DJ Shadow's music from his early 'Mo Wax' days.
Circa 1991 - 1998.
Smooth, yet technical scratching and mixing by
Grandmaster Q - Bert,
puts the original Shadow tracks together in a whole new light.
Go to Discogs.com to grab the vinyl version or CD!
completely obsessed with Entroducing,
only to realize it's a compilation of early works that were used,
and some not used on Endtroducing.
Random cuts of Shadow drumming in the studio,
uncut versions of tracks from Endtroducing,
an extended version of "Organ Donor",
and a new track at the time - "High Noon".
Okay, so what the hell is a Camel Bobsled Race, and where do I sign up?
It's the title of the second disc.
I would compare it to a half hour of DJ Q-Bert mixing a bunch
of DJ Shadow's music from his early 'Mo Wax' days.
Circa 1991 - 1998.
Smooth, yet technical scratching and mixing by
Grandmaster Q - Bert,
puts the original Shadow tracks together in a whole new light.
Go to Discogs.com to grab the vinyl version or CD!
Special Thanks goes to: Warrants out for my arrest, rain in Southern California, watermarking issues, explosive diarrhea, Yearning to be lying next to someone 3000 miles away.
First Installment of the DJ Shadow Must Haves : The 4 - Track Era
A collection of Shadow's work spanning from 1990 to 1992
focuses on Shadow’s first steps into full-fledged production.
Classics like Eric B and Rakim’s “Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em”
and Jungle Brothers’ “Jimbrowski”
are given the full cut-and-paste treatment,
all performed with turntables
and a multi-track cassette recorder; no samplers or computers are used.
Included in this volume are tracks from
the infamous “Reconstruction” tapes which led to Shadow’s first big breaks into the broader hip-hop scene ...
And then there’s the megamixes!
On a scale of 1 - 5 on Must Have
I give it a 5.
Notice how there are three different colored album covers.
These were mostly sold as artist prints on various websites
if you were lucky enough to snag
one when the album came out pre-sale.
The whole album bundle comes with 2 t - shirts sticking with the 4 -track theme.
Overall, the albums are amazingly mixed together for
for radio 106.1 KMEL FM serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose.
Bringing old break beats blended with your favorite underground hip hop acapellas.
It's a mash - up hip hop album before they ever did mash - ups really.
And if they were, they aren't nearly as smooth as this one.
Eat your heart out DJ Clue!
Sorry Vinyl friends,
this one's only available on CD or MP3.
Go to Discogs.com to purchase.
and Jungle Brothers’ “Jimbrowski”
are given the full cut-and-paste treatment,
all performed with turntables
and a multi-track cassette recorder; no samplers or computers are used.
Included in this volume are tracks from
the infamous “Reconstruction” tapes which led to Shadow’s first big breaks into the broader hip-hop scene ...
And then there’s the megamixes!
On a scale of 1 - 5 on Must Have
I give it a 5.
Notice how there are three different colored album covers.
These were mostly sold as artist prints on various websites
if you were lucky enough to snag
one when the album came out pre-sale.
The whole album bundle comes with 2 t - shirts sticking with the 4 -track theme.
Overall, the albums are amazingly mixed together for
for radio 106.1 KMEL FM serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose.
Bringing old break beats blended with your favorite underground hip hop acapellas.
It's a mash - up hip hop album before they ever did mash - ups really.
And if they were, they aren't nearly as smooth as this one.
Eat your heart out DJ Clue!
Sorry Vinyl friends,
this one's only available on CD or MP3.
Go to Discogs.com to purchase.
Week of DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow
October 31, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
Photographs Courtesy of Upperhands
My first introduction to DJ Shadow was by mistake ... twice.
Year: 1998
Store: Mr. Cheapo's Used CD's / Records
I know really nothing about music at this time, other than the Beastie Boys,
and what white boy at the age of 13 didn't know about them?
The cover of Endtroducing is what sucked me in at first i think.
Some hip hop heads hanging out in a huge record store.
Listened to it numeorus times.
I just didn't get it.
My ears just couldn't grasp it's shear genius.
Yet.
I actually returned the CD to the same Used CD place i had bought it from in exchange for most likely some terrible album that I would be embarrassed admitting to now.
About a year later I was walking in the rain pondering things, listening to my walkman, when I realized that I made a tape recording of Endtroducing.
I decided to give it a second chance.
Beats made sense,
Lyrics were no longer important,
What Does Your Soul Look Like?
City bricks and windows covered in writing pass by
the crackle of vinyl records constantly flowing through my veins
Changeling
Pain is no longer felt
the tracks just flowed
like water in an ocean
like carving through snow down a mountain
like the slowing down of a heartbeat.
Organ Donor.
My ears have matured.
Midnight In A Perfect World.
The week of January 19 - 24th, 2010
Upperhands is dedicated to DJ Shadow
Special Thanks : "Bic" - ing roommate's lighters, the New York Jets and New York Islanders finally making me proud, Seeing that clip in the film "Scratch" where DJ Shadow is in a dark and dusty basement with thousands of records around him, SinninginLA.com , Knowing when to call it quits.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Warped Wall Of Death (Video)
Now, for those of you who don't already know... it's 2010.
Where did the time go?
To start the new year on an ultimate note,
I thought I would bring you this little delight.
I have one question :
Why can't every hardcore show be like this?
Thank you : Frank151.com( the second illest free magazine ever),
Hardcore, Vans Warped Tour, my complete disdain for pop music.
Click link below to view video!
Warped Wall Of Death (Video) | Frank151
Where did the time go?
To start the new year on an ultimate note,
I thought I would bring you this little delight.
I have one question :
Why can't every hardcore show be like this?
Thank you : Frank151.com( the second illest free magazine ever),
Hardcore, Vans Warped Tour, my complete disdain for pop music.
Click link below to view video!
Warped Wall Of Death (Video) | Frank151
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